Graduate Study
Professional Studies
Program Overview
The professional studies MS enables the adult learner to fashion a customized plan of graduate study tailored to his or her professional goals. The program is suitable for those with career experience who can define the skills and knowledge they wish to obtain through graduate study. This degree offers an opportunity to draw on more than 50 graduate programs to gain the advanced knowledge and skills necessary for responding successfully to new and emerging career opportunities. The degree is completed with a practical, hands-on project directly related to the student's individualized plan. The program is available full-time and part-time in the evening.
The professional studies program is specifically designed to assist professionals in creating a customized plan of study tailored to educational or career objectives. The degree gives you an opportunity to draw on online courses offered in several RIT graduate programs in order to gain the advanced knowledge and skills necessary to respond successfully to new and emerging career opportunities. Concentrations may be drawn from:
Now available - concentration in Security Technology
New program concentration - Clinical Research Management
Applied Statistics
Communication and Media
Environmental, Health, and Safety Management
General Management
Health Systems Administration
Human Resource Development
Imaging Science
Information Technology
Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology
Marketing
Microelectronics Manufacturing Engineering
Print Media
Project Management
Service Management
Software Development and Management
Technical Information Design
The degree is completed with a practical, hands-on project directly related to the student's individualized plan-of-study.
Curriculum Review
The master of science in professional studies requires completion of 48 quarter credit hours as specified in an individualized plan-of-study consisting of two to three concentrations. Each concentration consists of three to four courses. Up to twelve quarter credits earned in other graduate programs may be used in completing this degree. Besides course work in two to three concentrations, there are two required courses: Context and Trends and the Capstone Project. Credit hours not required in the student’s concentration may be used for electives.
Students must complete their degree requirements within seven years of the day of the oldest course (either an RIT course or transfer course).
Core Courses
Contexts and Trends
The Capstone Project