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Combining a core of liberal arts classes and professional areas of study, Misericordia offers an online BS in Professional Studies.  This degree is geared towards adults with existing transfer credits to use and subsequently integrating that previous classwork with electives in liberal arts to complete the degree.  Misericordia is a Catholic university that will encourage you to think critically in setting both your educational and professional goals.

The online Bachelor of Science in Accounting provides individuals with communication, critical thinking, and analytical skills, as well as the technical proficiency needed to become professional accountants.  The accounting curriculum includes a liberal arts core and business support courses that emphasize the value of a broad approach to education and help individuals acquire the skills that will contribute to productive lives and satisfying careers.  Accounting courses also integrate an extensive use of microcomputers and standard business software into instruction and assignments, along with instruction in business writing and presentation skills.

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Management, an online business management degree, prepares students for success in both their careers and life.  This degree features great flexibility to meet student needs and expectations while permitting them to freely fashion their study to meet their professional and personal needs.  Topics covered include:

• Managerial Accounting
• Management Science 
• Money and Banking 
• Current Issues and Trends in Business 
• Business Management

Develop skills in problem-solving, critical-thinking, analysis, and ethics, while integrating real-world based learning experiences with business concepts and practices.  Ethical decision-making and an awareness of social and ethical issues in the business world are emphasized.

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Marketing online degree prepares students for success in both their careers and life.  This degree features great flexibility to meet student needs and expectations while permitting them to freely fashion their study to meet their professional and personal needs.  Topics covered include:

• Sales and Sales Management 
• Product/Service Marketing 
• Advertising and Sales Promotion 
• Channel Strategies 
• Pricing Strategies

Develop skills in problem-solving, critical-thinking, analysis, and ethics, while integrating real-world based learning experiences with business concepts and practices.  Ethical decision-making and an awareness of social and ethical issues in the business world are emphasized.

Whether you are in the public or private sector, Misericordia University’s online MBA in Accounting will enable you to grow your knowledge and improve your management skills. You can accelerate your career pace and increase your earning potential with this specialization.  Misericordia’s online Accounting MBA when completed with an undergraduate degree in accounting will satisfy most states’ requirements to become a CPA.  However, you should check with your state certification board for confirmation.  This program, designed for working professionals within the accounting industry, includes:

• Accounting theory
• Advanced auditing
• Advanced taxation

Improve your management skills and learn how to further develop your organization’s human resources with an online MBA in Human Resource Management from Misericordia University.  Your online studies will involve an integrative capstone experience in place of an elective.  Combined with core business classes, you will study:

• Regulations of human resources
• Performance, compensation and reward systems
• Employee relations and services

Misericordia University offers an online MBA in Management where you can hone your leadership skills.  Using the knowledge you gain in this flexible distance-learning degree, you can effectively manage projects and people in an effort to reach corporate goals.  Along with an integrative capstone experience, you will have specialization coursework in organizational leadership and strategic management.

Misericordia University offers an online BS in Information Technology with a concentration in IT Security to the nontraditional student.  This liberal arts based program is career-oriented, designed for those seeking advanced knowledge in computing technology.  Studies may cover subjects including but not limited to:

• Cryptology
• Risk assessment
• Database concepts

Students work with the most recent technologies to ensure up to date knowledge and skill development.  Graduates with this online IT degree may find pursuable pathways in systems analysis, industrial programming, and more.  Learn the best procedures, practices and policies to protect information and data online at Misericordia University.

Misericordia University offers an online Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (Ultrasound). Students learn about changes in technology and images in sonography that help continue and modernize the field. The field is complex, and this degree offers flexibility in learning about all the different areas practicing sonographers need to know to be successful.

Misericordia University offers an online Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management degree. The curriculum is directly correlated with the dynamic field of healthcare. Areas of study include management, leadership, strategic planning, marketing, health care law, and more.

The online Graduate Certificate in Professional Geriatric Care Manager program enables students to gain the knowledge and professional skills needed to establish geriatric care management practices committed to assuring the provision of quality care and to maintaining the best possible quality of life for the elderly.  The curriculum teaches students to professionally assess, coordinate, and monitor the health and human services needs of elderly clients and their families, and to understand the impact of the aging process on individuals, the family, the community, and the health care delivery system.  Graduates deliver their professional services in an ethical manner and with respect for cultural and other diversities in the aging population.

Culminating with an integrative capstone experience, is the online MBA in Healthcare Management from Misericordia University.  This graduate degree will enable you to face the administrative and leadership challenges that exist within today’s medical environment.  Misericordia’s MBA in Healthcare Management online may include coursework such as:

• Healthcare leadership and management
• Global health
• Healthcare finance
• Healthcare law

If you already hold a human services bachelor’s, or a degree in a related field, and want to expand your knowledge and ability to provide help to those struggling with substance abuse, consider this online Graduate Certificate in Addictions Counseling from Misericordia. Curriculum has been approved by CADC, so you can likely seek professional certification upon completion of your coursework. As a distance learning student, be sure to check with your individual state’s requirements for licensing or certification if you are located outside the state of Pennsylvania. Non-elective coursework usually includes:

• Professional Ethics
• Chemical Addictions Dependency
• Drug Pharmacology