Professional Studies

Are you looking for a flexible, customized, and career-ready education?
Misericordia University's Professional Studies major offers a flexible and personalized path to success.

• Transfer Your Credits: Pick-up where you left-off to expedite your education. Transfer up to 90 credits!
• Tailor Your Degree: Customize your coursework to match your professional aspirations.
• Flexible Learning Options: Complete your degree with a combination of in-person, online, or hybrid courses.
• Real-World Skills: Gain practical knowledge and marketable skills that employers are looking for.
• Support Every Step of the Way: With dedicated faculty and career guidance, we’re here to help you reach your goals.

Whether you're advancing your current career or exploring new opportunities, the Professional Studies program at Misericordia will empower you to succeed.

The Professional Studies Bachelor’s Degree completion program empowers students who are making academic and career direction changes the opportunity to earn a liberal-arts based Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts Degree to meet their academic and professional life needs. In doing so, the Professional Studies Major allows students to utilize previous academic work by accepting those courses that have been completed successfully either at Misericordia University or at another accredited college or university and combining them with courses that enhance their exposure to the liberal arts and to areas of professional and /or personal interest.

In the Professional Studies Major students are encouraged to use critical thinking in redirecting their efforts toward achieving realistic educational and professional goals, which may include the addition of career development counseling, job-seeking skills, graduate school advisement, and cooperative educational experiences. In addition, students will be required to demonstrate an ability to apply the core values expressed in the University Mission and Liberal Arts Core Goals.

If possible, students are encouraged to develop a “concentration,” and in some instances a minor, in academic areas which may help employment and / or graduate school admission. The Degree is designed to be flexible enough to permit students who have needed to make a change in their educational and / or career goals.