Minors Available for Professional Studies Majors

Students enrolled a Professional Studies Bachelor’s Degree may pursue one of the following programs listed below. To graduate with a minor, students must complete all the requirements listed. Please note that only the programs labeled as online are available entirely online or on-campus, the other programs will require you to take some courses on-campus.

Accounting (online & on-campus)

Course # Title Credits
ACC 130 Financial Accounting 3
ACC 140 Managerial Accounting 3
ACC 340 Cost Accounting I 4
ACC 230 Intermediate Accounting I 4
ACC 341 Cost Accounting II 4
ACC 231 Intermediate Accounting II 4
Total 22

Organizational Psychology (on-campus only)

Course # Title Credits
PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology 3
PSY 110 Introduction to Applied Psychology 3
PSY 150 Behavior Management 3
MGT 210 Management & Organization Behavior 3
PSY 140 Social Psychology 3
PSY 301 Research Methods 3
  Psychology Elective 3
Total 21

Business (online & on-campus)

Course # Title Credits
MGT 210 Management & Organization Behavior 3
MKT 110 Marketing 3
ACC 130 Financial Accounting 3
ACC 140 Managerial Accounting 3
LAW 140 Business Law 3
MGT 260 Project Management/Team Leadership 3
MGT XXX Management Electives 6
Total 24

Computer & Digital Forensics (online & on-campus)

Course # Title Credits
NET 120 Computers & Telecommunications 3
FOR 240 Computer Forensics I 3
FOR 340 Computer Forensics II 3
FOR 350 White Collar Crime 3
FOR 360 Cyber Crime 3
FOR 275 Analysis of Digital Media 3
Total 18

Computer Networking (on-campus only)

Course # Title Credits
NET 120 Computers & Telecommunications 3
NET 130 Intro. to Data Communications 3
NET 140 Operating Systems 3
NET 250 Windows Server Administration I 3
NET 350 Windows Server Administration II 3
NET 215 TCP/IP 3
NET 260 Linux Server Administration I 3
NET 360 Linux Server Administration II 3
Total 24

Paralegal (on-campus only)

Course # Title Credits
LAW 120 Fundamentals of Legal Research 3
LAW 130 Civil & Criminal Litigation I 3
LAW 225 Legal Analysis and Writing 3
LAW 230 Civil & Criminal Litigation II 3
LAW 140 Business Law I 3
LAW 310 Wills Estates and Trusts 3
LAW 245 Business Law II 3
Total 21

Professional Writing

Course # Title Credits
WRT 100 Introduction to Professional Writing 3
WRT 120 Creative Writing 3
WRT 137 Creative Non-Fiction 3
WRT 200 Print Journalism 3
WRT 231 Technical Writing 3
  Writing Electives 6
Total 21

Software Development (online & on-campus)

Course # Title Credits
SWE 135 Intro. to Computer Theory 3
SWE 130 Software Systems Analysis & Design 3
MTH 310 Calculus 3
MTH 325 Discrete Math 3
SWE 140 C++ Programming I 3
SWE 240 C++ Programming II 3
SWE 200 Relational Databases 3
SWE 381 Data Structures & Algorithms 3
SWE 355 Java Systems Development 3
Total 24

Website Development & Management (online & on-campus)

Course # Title Credits
WEB 125 Web Development I 3
WEB 225 Web Development II 3
WEB 200 Relational Databases w/Web Applications 3
WEB 265 Implementing Web Media 3
WEB 325 Client Side Scripting 3
WEB 320 Server Side Scripting 3
WEB 340 Mastering XHTML/XML 3
WEB 370 Web Usability and Design 3
Total 24