Asynchronous Online | 30-Credit | 7-Week Sessions
Unlock your potential by blending science expertise and professional leadership to solve tomorrow’s challenges.
The Professional Science Masters (PSM) program combines business or public-sector courses with a science certificate. This program is a non-thesis graduate program that prepares students through coursework that develops professional leadership skills and discipline-specific expertise applicable in rapidly evolving scientific fields.
The courses that comprise this 30 to 33-credit degree help students develop practical interpersonal, leadership, communication, and critical thinking skills in order to apply them successfully in a specific area of study.
The PSM requires the completion of a graduate certificate in a science field, four professional courses, at least one capstone/practicum, and an additional relevant graduate-level course(s) from the URI Online portfolio as elective with Program Director approval.
Fall 2024 Dates
Certificate Programs
Professional Courses
BUS502 – Leadership
(3 crs.) The course introduces basic principles and theories of leadership, explores the concepts of emotional intelligence, communication, motivation, accountability, interprofessional team building and leadership development.
BUS506 – Operations and Project Management
(3 crs.) The course is devoted to the factors that impact the design, improvement, and management of operations and project management.
BUS509 – Law and Ethics
(3 crs.) The course introduces basic legal and ethical principles that are relevant in industry.
BUS515 – Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practicum
(3 crs.) This course applies business concepts in an experiential setting.
- College transcripts
- Two letters of recommendation
- Resume/CV
- Personal statement that includes:
- Relevant work experience
- Reasons for applying to the online program at URI
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