This adult completion program will allow students to finish their degree in two years or less, receive course credit for prior learning experiences, work closely with faculty for personalized course planning, take advantage of hybrid options for the best of online and on-campus courses, and choose from two concentrations: organizational operations or health services.
For admissions requirements, visit https://www.winthrop.edu/bps/admissions-requirements.aspx.
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General Education |
Semester Hours |
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|---|---|---|
| Shared Skills and Proficiencies |
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| Writing and Critical Thinking | ||
| WRIT 101 | Composition |
3 |
| HMXP 102 | Requirement satisfied with major courses PFST 301 and 302 | 0 |
| CRTW 201 | Requirement satisfied with major courses PFST 303 |
0 |
| Oral Communication | See approved list; may be met in major |
0-3 |
| Technology | See approved list; may be met in major | 0-3 |
| Intensive Writing | See approved list | 3 |
| Constitution Requirement | See approved list; may be met with another requirement | 0-3 |
| Physical Activity | See approved list | 1 |
| Thinking Critically Across Disciplines** | ||
| Global Perspectives | See approved list |
3 |
| Historical Perspectives | See approved list |
3 |
| Introducing Students to Broad Disciplinary Perspectives |
|
|
| Social Science | See approved list; must include 2 designators; may be partially met in major |
3-6 |
| Humanities and Arts | See approved list; must include 2 designators |
6 |
| Quantitative Skills and Natural Science | (3 courses) | 9-12 |
| Quantitative Skills | See approved list; may be met in major | (3-8) |
| Natural Science | See approved list; must include one lab science. If 2 courses taken, must be in two different groups: Life, Physical, Earth; may be met in major |
(3-8) |
| Subtotal | 34-46 | |
| Requirements in Major |
42 |
|
| PFST 301 | Introduction to Professional Studies |
3 |
| PFST 302 | Diversity and Collaboration in the Workplace |
3 |
| PFST 303 | Applied Critical Thinking |
3 |
| PFST 401 | Professional Identity and Leadership Development |
3 |
| PFST 402 | Global Environments and Economies |
3 |
| PFST 495 | Professional Studies Capstone Seminar | 3 |
| Organizational Operations Concentration |
24 |
|
| ACCT 280 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| QMTH 205 | Quantitative Methods in Business | 3 |
| MGMT 321 | Management and Leadership | 3 |
| MKTG 380 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Choose 2 courses from the following: | ||
| BADM 250 | Legal and Ethical Environment of Business | 3 |
| ECON 215 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 216 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ENTR 373 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGMT 325 | Organizational Theory and Behavior | 3 |
| MKTG 381 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| Choose 2 courses from the following: | ||
| MCOM 205 | Intro to Mass Communications | 3 |
| MCOM 341 | Advertising Principles | 3 |
| MCOM 370 | Public Relations Principles | 3 |
| MCOM 412 | Ethics & Issues in Mass Communications | 3 |
| PLSC 321 | Public Policy and Policy Analysis | 3 |
| PSYC 305, 316 | Social Psych: Individ & Other People; Industrial & Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| SCWK 306 | Working with Multi-Cultural Populations | 3 |
| SOCL 314 | Race & Ethnic Relations | 3 |
| SOCL 332 | Sociology of Conflict & Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| SOCL 518 | Social Organization | 3 |
| Health Services Concentration | 24 | |
| HCMT 200 | Introduction to Health Care Management | 3 |
| HCMT 302 | Health Care Planning & Marketing | 3 |
| HLTH 300 | Personal and Community Health | 3 |
| PSYC 510, SCWK 305, or SOCL 339 | Behavior Anal/Behavior Change; Human Behavior in the Social Environ; Soc of Hlth/Illness | 3 |
| Choose 4 courses from the following. At least 2 designators are required: | ||
| BADM 250 | Legal and Ethical Environment of Business | 3 |
| GRNT/SCWK300, GRNT/SOCL304 | Intro to Gerontology; Death and Grief as Social Processes | 3 |
| HCMT 300, 303, 492 | Hlth Care Mgr, Hlth Care Organ & Legal Environment, HC Economics and Finane | 3 |
| HDFS 450 | Family Stress and Resilience | 3 |
| HLTH 406, 500, 501, 506, 507 | Exercise & Hlth Promotion, Contemp Hlth Prob; Human Sexuality; Women’s Health Issues | 3 |
| MKTG 380 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| MGMT 321, 325, 365 | Mgmt & Lead, Organizational Theory/Behav, Bus Communication & Prof Development | 3 |
| NUTR 221, 370 | Human Nutrition; Food & Nutrition in Cult Perspect | 3 |
| PLSC 324 | Health Politics and Policy | 3 |
| PSYC 301, 320, 402, 510, 515 | Statistics; Racial, Cultural & Ethnic Influ on Ident Devel; Positive Psychology;Behavior Anal/Behavior Change | 3-4 |
| SCWK 305 | Human Behavior in the Social Environment | 3 |
| SOCL 316, 319, 339 | Soc Res I: Statistics; Study of Population; Soc of Hlth/Illness | 3-4 |
| General Electives |
32-44 |
|
| Total |
120 |
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***A maximum of 18 credit hours in courses with designators in the College of Business
Administration may be applied to a PFST concentration (ACCT, BADM, CSCI, ECON, ENTR,
HCMT, MGMT, MKTG, and QMTH).
The student must attain a cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 or better in courses
taken at Winthrop and included in the 42 semester hours of the required program.
Within the 120 semester hours required for this degree, the student must include a
minimum of 40 semester hours in courses numbered above 299.
For additional requirements, please visit the Degree Requirements Page.
