The College of Adult and Professional Studies offers graduate degrees designed specifically to help working adults advance their professional and personal proficiencies. These graduate degree programs offer intensive study in the disciplines and skill areas required for success in today's challenging social and economic conditions. Further, they are designed to equip working professionals to function as lifelong learners in their areas of specialty and to strengthen their ability to serve as leaders in their chosen professions.
The graduate programs demand from participants a high level of commitment, intensity, and prior professional experience. For this reason, entrance requirements are purposeful and followed carefully. These include the need to have demonstrated an aptitude for graduate study and substantive work experience.
Each course is a required component of the program (core) and is generally taken in sequence.