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Master of Professional Studies (M.P.S.)
A Regents Online Degree Program (RODP) at ETSU

  

This degree program is especially designed for working adults who wish to pursue graduate professional studies that combine two or more disciplines.  The MPS allows for the development of professionally oriented programs that respond to the dynamic needs of students working in or preparing for rapidly changing professional environments and expectations.  In this program of interdisciplinary graduate studies, students make connections between various professional fields and traditional social science disciplines.
 
MPS Core   9 Hours
  PRST 5100:  Issues and Ethics in the Professions (3Hours)  
  PRST 5200:  Globalization in the Professions (3 Hours)  
  PRST 5300:  Research Methods (3 Hours)
 		  
Concentrations 21 Hours
 

*Only the Strategic Leadership Concentration is Available Currently

 

Students in the Strategic Leadership Concentration must complete at least one course from 5 subject areas:
  Area 1:  Leadership Theory  
       PRST 5500: Foundations of Leadership (3 Hours)  
       LDSP 5000: Current Issues & Cases in Leadership (3 Hours)
       ELPA 6560: Small Group Leadership (3 Hours)  
  Area 2:  Research/Data Analysis  
       PRST 5770: Computer-Based Decision Modeling (3 Hours)
       PRST 5600: Statistical Analysis (3 Hours)  
  Area 3:  Organizational Structure and Change  
       PRST 5310: Leadership in Organizations (3 Hours)  
       PRST 5800: Organizational Change Skills (3 Hours)  
  Area 4:  Communication  
       COMM 5110: Leadership and Communications (3 Hours)  
       JOUR 5450: Public Relations Management (3 Hours)  
       PRST 5700: Conflict Management & Negotiation (3 Hours)
  Area 5:  Strategic Planning and Assessment  
       TECH 5105: Project Planning and Scheduling (3 Hours)  
       PRST 5040: Human Resource Management (3 Hours)
 		  
Electives

Choose two unduplicated courses from the list above.
 

 6 Hours
PRST 5998      Culminating Professional Project
 		 3 Hours
 

Total:      

33 Hours
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