Drury University

Accounting

Drury's accounting major integrates accounting instruction with a cross-disciplinary business core, preparing students to become public or private accountants. Additional elective coursework can extend the program to the 150 hours needed to sit for the CPA exam.

Architectural Studies

The four-year, pre-professional Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (B.S.A.S.) provides a design-focused education within a broad liberal arts context. A B.S.A.S. graduate is not eligible to also receive the Drury M.Arch.

Architecture

The five-year, NAAB-accredited first-professional Master of Architecture (M.Arch.), entered from high school and classified by Drury as an undergraduate degree, meeting requirements for eventual architectural licensure.

Art History

Art History is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Arts Administration

A Professional/Skills themed certificate developing skills in marketing, cultural policy, and arts management for careers in museums, galleries, theatres, music ensembles, and arts councils.

Athletic and Sports Administration

The Master in Athletic and Sports Administration is a comprehensive 30-credit-hour program designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the world of sports administration. The program provides a foundation in leadership, ethical decision-making, and the legal and operational aspects of athletic management, with internships offering hands-on experience.

Biochemistry

Biochemistry is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Biology (B.A.)

Biology (B.A.) is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Biology (B.S.)

Biology (B.S.) is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Business Administration

The MBA program at Drury University is committed to preparing ethical leaders for the global business community. The program is comprised of ten 3-hour courses including seven MBA core courses and three courses from a student-selected topic track, delivered online and designed to be completed over one or two years.

Business Economics

The Business Economics major develops analytical skills applicable to careers in business and government and provides a background for graduate study in law, public administration, and finance.

Business Leadership

This 12-credit hour certificate offers a graduate-level program of study in business leadership, teaching students to navigate a rapidly changing business environment with essential tools, frameworks, and technology. It can be a standalone program or applied toward the Master in Integrative Leadership or Master of Business Administration degrees.

Celebrating Neurodiversity: Different is the New Normal

A Life/Ideas themed certificate helping students understand and appreciate neurodiversity and mental health in order to create inclusive future workplaces.

Chemistry (B.A.)

Chemistry (B.A.) is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Chemistry (B.S.)

The American Chemical Society (ACS)-certified Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.

Clinical and Behavioral Neuroscience

The BS in Clinical and Behavioral Neuroscience provides an in-depth understanding of the biological bases of behavior, emphasizing psychology alongside biology, research methods, psychometrics, statistics, and philosophy.

Communication

The Master of Arts in Communication is designed to equip graduates with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to thoughtfully engage communication throughout organizational contexts. Grounded in organizational communication theories, it develops critical understanding of communication processes and how to develop communication-based solutions to organizational needs.

Communication and Organizational Leadership

The Communication and Organizational Leadership Certificate requires 12 credit hours taken in four courses, providing focused and applied exploration of communication dynamics in various organizational settings. It serves emerging and experienced leaders who seek to enhance their skills and knowledge in communication.

Computer Science

Computer Science is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Criminology

Criminology is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Cyber-risk Management

The Cyber-risk Management major pairs business preparation with a technical foundation in cybersecurity, addressing network security, software security, web application security, cryptography, and legal and regulatory compliance.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Cybersecurity Fundamentals

A Professional/Skills themed certificate covering computer skills for cybersecurity, risk management, network principles, and basic security auditing, testing, and monitoring.

Data Analytics: Big Problems, Big Data Solutions

A Professional/Skills themed certificate teaching data analytics skills using tools such as Excel, Python, SQL, and Splunk, culminating in a big data capstone project.

Data-Driven Leadership

This graduate certificate program is designed for leaders and professionals seeking to leverage data for strategic decision-making without requiring a deep technical or programming background. The four courses emphasize practical skills, critical thinking, and foundational concepts in data, analytics, and storytelling.

Designing a Personal Brand for a Multimedia World

A Life/Ideas themed certificate introducing students to marketing, storytelling, and branding, with a capstone focused on developing a reflective representation of their personal brand across media.

Designing Solutions for Environmental Problems

A Professional/Skills themed certificate providing skills to understand and address complex environmental problems, integrating scientific, economic, and political perspectives.

Digital Media

Digital Media is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A Professional/Skills themed certificate helping students gain the social, cultural, legal, and policy-making skills to build inclusive institutions and organizations.

Dyslexia

The Dyslexia Certificate is aimed at providing teachers support in evaluating students with reading, writing, and language difficulties and providing strategies and structures to assist these students. The certificate features four courses drawn from the M.Ed. in Special Reading and M.Ed. in Special Education and aligns with national dyslexia standards for certification.

Education

The School of Education and Child Development offers the Master in Education with concentrations in Curriculum and Instruction, Integrated Learning, Special Education, and Special Reading. The underlying philosophy is that teachers, administrators/leaders, and those in human services need professional development linking current research and theories to best practices.

Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Elementary Education

Elementary Education is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

English

English is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Environmental Biology

Environmental Biology is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Ethical Leadership

A Life/Ideas themed certificate providing a focused understanding of ethics grounded in philosophical theory, literature, religion, and non-Western perspectives, culminating in an applied ethics capstone.

Exercise Physiology

Exercise Physiology is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Finance

Finance courses ground students in current theories and applied practice in financial management, forecasting, and analysis for careers such as corporate finance, financial planning, and investment banking.

Fine Arts

Fine Arts is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

French and Francophone Studies

French and Francophone Studies is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Get Out, Plug In: Intercultural Connections

A Life/Ideas themed certificate developing foreign-language and intercultural skills, completed with a study-abroad experience and an Oral Proficiency Interview at the Intermediate Mid level.

Graphic and Digital Design

Graphic and Digital Design is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Graphic Storytelling

A Life/Ideas themed certificate developing skills in creative process, sequential thinking, visual narrative, and graphic design, culminating in a capstone comic or visual narrative publication.

Health Administration

The Master of Health Administration is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to excel in leadership roles within the healthcare sector. The program provides a comprehensive education in healthcare management, policy, technology, and financial operations.

Health Science (B.A.)

Offered only as a dual-degree program with Southwest Baptist University (SBU); students earn a Drury BA in Health Science while simultaneously earning an Associate of Science in Nursing or Radiography from SBU.

Health Science (B.S.)

Offered only as a dual-degree program with Southwest Baptist University (SBU); students earn a Drury BS in Health Science while simultaneously earning an ASN and a BSN in Nursing from SBU.

History

The History major offers a standard History track and a History-Secondary Education track leading to teacher certification.

Individualized Major

Students design an individualized, interdisciplinary major not offered among Drury's existing majors, requiring 36-48 credit hours including at least 12 upper-division hours and a capstone experience.

Instructional Design and Technology Leadership

This 12-credit hour online certificate provides trainers, teachers, and subject matter experts with the knowledge and skills to design and deliver content that supports learning goals. Students learn to use educational technologies with brain-based learning strategies to engage learners in a variety of contexts.

Integrated Business

The Integrated Business major focuses on the critical processes that cross industries and functions, preparing graduates who understand the cross-integration of business functions across the enterprise.

Integrative Leadership

The Master in Integrative Leadership is an interdisciplinary program offering specialized, stacked credentials that enhance one's ability to solve multifaceted problems in organizations and communities. Students complete two certificates and use the newly gained knowledge to conceptualize, develop, implement, present, and evaluate an applied project.

International Immersion

A Life/Ideas themed certificate recognizing integrative study-abroad experiences; required courses vary by approved program and include a minimum of six hours taken at the study-abroad location.

Justice Denied: Wrongful Convictions

A Professional/Skills themed certificate providing an in-depth understanding of the legal process, how ethics and social justice affect conviction rates, and post-conviction remedies.

Learning to Lead and Leading to Learn: Facilitating Learning in the Professional Setting

A Professional/Skills themed certificate preparing students to develop and deliver organizational training based on adult learning theory and to serve as workplace leaders and mentors.

Life in Close-Up: Film, History and Society

A Life/Ideas themed certificate introducing the study of film and how it reflects, distorts, and challenges ideas of historical eras, gender identities, and political events.

Lifestyle Medicine and Community Well-Being

A Professional/Skills themed certificate introducing evidence-based lifestyle interventions to optimize personal and community health, with a community-focused health intervention capstone.

Management and Marketing

The Management and Marketing major combines the management and marketing disciplines into one credential focused on sustainable product offerings and leading individuals and organizations.

Mathematics

Mathematics is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Mathematics Education

A Mathematics Education major (Secondary Track) available as a second major, leading to secondary mathematics teacher certification.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Medical Technology

Medical Technology is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Middle School Language Arts Education

Designed for students seeking Missouri initial certification in grades 5-9 Language Arts, including all required content and field/clinical experiences.

Middle School Mathematics Education

Designed for students seeking Missouri initial certification in grades 5-9 Mathematics, including all required content and field/clinical experiences.

Middle School Science Education

Designed for students seeking Missouri initial certification in grades 5-9 Science, including all required content and field/clinical experiences.

Middle School Social Science Education

Designed for students seeking Missouri initial certification in grades 5-9 Social Science, including all required content and field/clinical experiences.

Modern Healthcare

A Professional/Skills themed certificate helping students explore careers in and adjacent to healthcare and the variables that affect the practice of healthcare and patient success.

Multimedia Production and Journalism

Multimedia Production and Journalism is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Music

The Music major offers tracks in Liberal Arts, Composition, Performance, and Music Education (secondary certification).

Music Therapy

The Bachelor of Music Therapy prepares students to work as music therapists in clinical settings and to sit for the exam of the Certification Board for Music Therapists (MT-BC).

Nonprofit and Civic Leadership

This interdisciplinary program equips current and future leaders of nonprofit organizations with the theoretical knowledge behind best practices for nonprofit and community-engaged organizations. It integrates theoretical and research-informed decision-making with practical application through engaged learning opportunities.

Nonprofit Leadership

This 12-credit hour, online certificate offers timely and relevant coursework to strengthen and extend the leadership capacities of individuals in the nonprofit sector. All courses can be counted toward degree completion for the Master of Nonprofit and Civic Leadership or the Master in Integrative Leadership.

Non-Profit Leadership

Non-Profit Leadership is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Organizational and Leadership Communication

Organizational and Leadership Communication is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Philosophy and Religion

Philosophy and Religion is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Physician Assistant Studies

The Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies prepares students for the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE) to practice medicine across all specialty areas. Students complete 115 credit hours in 27 months across three phases: a 14-month didactic phase, a 13-month clinical phase, and a two-week summative phase.

Physics

Physics is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Political Science

The Political Science major offers optional tracks in American Politics and International Affairs.

Pre-Ministry and Community Engagement

Pre-Ministry and Community Engagement is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Professional and Visual Communication

A Professional/Skills themed certificate developing professional presentation skills and visual design tools to prepare students for design and communications-oriented leadership and support roles.

Psychology (B.A.)

Psychology (B.A.) is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Psychology (B.S.)

Psychology (B.S.) is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Public Safety Leadership

The Public Safety Leadership Certificate provides a graduate-level credential for public safety and service leaders in fields such as public health service, emergency medical services, homeland security, and public administration. It develops the essential leadership skills needed by individuals responsible for directing and managing public safety and service programs and teams.

Public Service and Safety Leadership

The Master in Public Service and Safety Leadership is a graduate-level degree for public safety and service leaders in fields such as public health service, fire services, law enforcement, emergency management, and homeland security. The focus is on developing leadership skills necessary for the successful integration of all-hazards public safety operations and policies.

Secondary Education

The Secondary Education major (49 hours of education coursework) is combined with a content-area major to earn Missouri secondary teaching certification.

Semester Abroad: Multicultural Perspectives

A Life/Ideas themed certificate for students who spend a full semester at a foreign institution, transferring a minimum of 12 credit hours plus a semester-abroad capstone.

Sociology

Sociology is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Spanish

Spanish is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

Sports Leadership

The 12-credit hour graduate certificate in Sports Leadership is designed for individuals seeking to enhance their expertise in sports management and leadership. It provides foundational knowledge and practical skills critical to navigating and leading within the sports industry through courses focused on sports management, ethical and legal considerations, and athletic administration.

Sports Leadership: Going Beyond the Game

A Professional/Skills themed certificate introducing students interested in coaching or leadership positions to key ideas in communication, management, and sociology of sport.

Sports Statistics & Analytics: How to Really Win the Game

A Professional/Skills themed certificate teaching students to apply statistical techniques to sports data to strengthen arguments, predict outcomes, and find competitive advantages.

Strategic Communication

Strategic Communication is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.

The Activist's Toolkit: Transforming Society through Civic Engagement

A Professional/Skills themed certificate developing practical skills in advocacy, social mobilization, political engagement, and community leadership through hands-on projects with civic organizations.

Theatre

The Theatre major leads to a Bachelor of Arts and offers options for emphases in performance, design, directing, history, and secondary teaching certification.

Writing

Writing is a bachelor's degree program offered at Drury University.