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Undergraduate Catalog | 2024-2025

Professional Studies, B.S.

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The multi/interdisciplinary major in Professional Studies is intentionally designed to allow transfer and returning students to build on past educational and professional experiences and work with faculty and professional staff to grow knowledge and skills needed to secure employment in a desired field.  Students complete a plan of study that includes a core of applied professional skills, an exploration of human social relationships and institutions, two concentrations, and culminates in a capstone project.

All program-level Admissions and Progression Requirements are in addition to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Admission Requirements .

Admission Requirements

Transfers

See University Admission Requirements  

The Professional Studies degree is available to transfer students and returning degree-seeking UNC Charlotte undergraduate students.

Prospective students interested in the Professional Studies degree should have at least 75 transferable credit hours. A maximum of 64 credit hours from two-year institutions is allowed. See Academic Policy for details. Transfer students with an Associate degree that does not meet the General Education exemption will have their prior coursework evaluated upon application and may qualify for admission directly to the Professional Studies degree or the Professional Studies pre-major. Prospective and newly admitted students will consult with the Office of Adult Students and Extended Services (OASES) for advising. Students who do not have 75 transferable credit hours but otherwise meet the criteria for admission will be admitted to UNC Charlotte as a pre-major where they will work with an OASES advisor to secure admission to the Professional Studies program.

In addition to the online application and required fee, official transcripts from every college attended, and an official high school transcript, the following requirements apply: 

  • Applicants must present an overall 2.0 grade point average according to calculations performed by the Undergraduate Admissions office.
  • Internationally‐educated students must have their foreign credentials translated and evaluated by an accredited credential evaluation service. Transfer applicants must have a “course by course report” completed by the service, and they must present the equivalent of a high school diploma in addition to college‐transferable coursework. 
  • Applicants must be in good standing and eligible to return to the last institution attended.

Currently Enrolled Students

  • Declaration of Major: Students must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA and have completed at least 75 earned credit hours. The final grades of the prerequisite courses must be posted on their transcript.
  • Submit the Professional Studies Major Application to request the Professional Studies major.

Degree Requirements

General Education Courses (31-32 credit hours)

For details on required courses, refer to the General Education Program . Total hours to satisfy General Education Requirements may vary as some general education requirements may be double-counted in the major with departmental approval. Please see your advisor for information. 

Credit for Prior Learning (optional)

Up to 23 credit hours (see policy for transfer credit ). 

Major Core Courses (12 credit hours)

Sociology Courses (6 credit hours)

Professional Studies Courses (6 credit hours)

Professional Competency Courses (3 credit hours)

Select one of the following Professional Competency series.  The three credit hours may be completed in a consecutive course series or selected from a different professional competency.  Special topics (PROS 3000 ) may also be used to satisfy the professional competency requirement.

Project Management Series
Leadership Essentials Series
Human Resource Management Series
Capstone Course (3 credit hours)

Area Courses or Optional Minor (18 credit hours)

Complete at least nine credit hours in two areas. Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward the area. A minor of 18 credit hours may be substituted for the two areas. Appropriate courses in the area may be substituted with advisor approval.

Area Courses (18 credit hours)

Accounting (9 credit hours)
  • ACCT 2xxx - 4xxx (9)
Anthropology (9 credit hours)

Select from the following: 

Architecture Studies (9 credit hours)

ARCH 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Art: Graphic Design (9 credit hours)

ARTG 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Business Information Systems (9 credit hours)

INFO 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Capitalism Studies (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Civil and Environmental Engineering (9 credit hours)

CEGR 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Civil/Environmental Engineering Tech (9 credit hours)

ETCE 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward ETCE area courses.

Communication Studies (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Computing and Information Systems (9 credit hours)

ITSC 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward ITSC area courses.

Computer Science (9 credit hours)

ITCS 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward ITCS area courses.

Construction Management (9 credit hours)

CMET 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward CMET area courses.

Criminal Justice (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Data Science (9 credit hours)

DTSC 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward DTSC area courses.

Economics (9 credit hours)

ECON 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward ECON area courses.

Education - Learning, Design, Tech (9 credit hours)

ELDT 4xxx (9)

Electrical and Computer Engineering (9 credit hours)

ECGR 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Electrical Engineering Technology (9 credit hours)

ELET 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
or ETEE 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward ELET or ETEE area courses.

Energy and Electromechanical Systems (9 credit hours)

ENER 4xxx (9)

Engineering (9 credit hours)

ENGR 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward ENGR area courses.

Engineering Technology (9 credit hours)

ETGR 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward ETGR area courses.

English (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Entrepreneurship (9 credit hours)

ENTR 3xxx (9)

Film Studies (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Finance (9 credit hours)

FINN 3xxx - 4xxx (9)

Fire Safety Engineering Technology (9 credit hours)

ETFS 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward ETFS area courses.

Geography (9 credit hours)

GEOG 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward GEOG area courses.

Gerontology (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Health and Medical Humanities (9 credit hours)

HHUM 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Health Systems Management (9 credit hours)

HSMT 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Industrial Engineering Technology (9 credit hours)

ETIN 3xxx - 4xxx (9)

International Studies (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Journalism (9 credit hours)

JOUR 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Legal Studies (9 credit hours)

LEGL 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward LEGL area courses.

Management (9 credit hours)

MGMT 3xxx - 4xxx (9)

Manufacturing Engineering Technology (9 credit hours)

ETMF 3xxx (9)

Marketing (9 credit hours)

MKTG 3xxx - 4xxx (9)

Mathematics (9 credit hours)

MATH 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward MATH area courses.

Mechanical Engineering (9 credit hours)

MEGR 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward MEGR area courses.

Mechanical Engineering Technology (9 credit hours)

ETME 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward ETME area courses.

Military Science (9 credit hours)

MSCI 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward MSCI area courses.

Nursing (9 credit hours)

NURS 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Operations and Supply Chain Management (9 credit hours)

OPER 3xxx (9)

Operations Research (9 credit hours)

OPRS 3xxx - 4xxx (9)

Philosophy (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Physics (9 credit hours)

PHYS 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward PHYS area courses.

Political Science and Public Administration (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Professional Studies (9 credit hours)

PROS 3xxx (9)
PROS courses cannot double count as major core courses. Students taking a PROS course from this area must select different courses outside the 6 hours of PROS major core courses.

Psychology (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Public Health Sciences (9 credit hours)

HLTH 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Social Work (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Sociology (9 credit hours)

Select from the following:

Software and Information Systems (9 credit hours)

ITIS 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward ITIS area courses.

Statistics (9 credit hours)

STAT 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward STAT area courses.

Systems Engineering (9 credit hours)

SEGR 2xxx - 4xxx (9)

Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies (9 credit hours)

WRDS 1xxx - 4xxx (9)
Only three credit hours from the 1000-level may be counted toward WRDS area courses.

Optional Minor (18 credit hours)

Select any 18 credit hour minor approved in consultation with advisor.  

Unrestricted Elective Courses (0-30 credit hours)

As needed to complete the total degree credit hours.

Degree Total = 120 Credit Hours

Progression Requirements

A GPA of 2.0 in the major is required for graduation, as well as grades of C or above in all courses. 

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