Excelsior University

Administrative/Management Studies

The Associate in Applied Science in Administrative/Management Studies is designed for those seeking careers in business management. The scope of careers is broad as this is a general management degree program that offers degree candidates the opportunity to explore different careers in management, ranging from business development to retail.

Advanced Project Management

The Graduate Certificate in Advanced Project Management will provide students with the opportunity to hone their project management and information technology skills from a leadership perspective. Students will manage a technology implementation project from start to finish, evaluating project risks and methods to control those risks, and hone their leadership skills across the three certificate courses.

Business

The Bachelor of Science in Business is a competency-based degree program focused on preparing students to become business managers and leaders. The program puts special emphasis on developing the knowledge, professional skills, attitudes, and values required for a business person to meet the demands of a 21st-century workforce.

Business Administration (Executive Master of Business Administration)

The one-year, hybrid Executive MBA offers a unique blend of industry-involved and location-informed experiences, emphasizing resilient, entrepreneurial, and forward-thinking business practices. With a tight-knit cohort model, you’ll emerge as a leader with a comprehensive view of leadership in a dynamic, socially conscious business environment.

Business Administration (Master of Business Administration)

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program emphasizes ethical leadership and decision making, design and development of corporate strategy, multi-geography/site teamwork and management, and the application of theory to practical situations in all concentration areas as well as in the general MBA degree. It facilitates career advancement, especially for those who work in middle management positions in business and in other organizations.

Business and Management

The Bachelor of Professional Studies in Business and Management program’s strength is primarily based on the curriculum, ease of reentry into higher education, and the ability to obtain a degree that offers the necessary skills to be successful in the workforce. This program affords students the opportunity to strengthen their business acumen as well as apply theory to best practices in the workplace thorough course assignments and projects.

Cannabis Control

The Graduate Certificate in Cannabis Control prepares students with the skills and knowledge base to understand the impacts of legalization of cannabis in our communities, states, and nation. The curriculum incorporates best-practice instructional techniques—including realistic case studies—to foster strong critical thinking skills that will enable students to keep pace with the fast-changing environment.

Computer Science

The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program is meticulously designed to equip students with a robust foundation in computer science theory coupled with practical skills in software development and systems management. The curriculum is structured to provide a holistic education that prepares students not only for technical challenges but also for the societal and ethical dimensions of computing.

Computer Technologies

The program focuses on preparing students for technician roles in computer technology-related industries. The goal of the program is to foster the ability of students to apply their knowledge from the degree program to real-world contexts of computer technology-based industries. The general education requirements ensure the student develops college-level competence in arts and sciences areas, including humanities, social sciences/history, and natural sciences/math.

Criminal Justice

A master’s degree in criminal justice provides current professionals opportunities to secure leadership roles in agencies including the FBI. Students learn how to address legal and ethical dilemmas in the workplace, analyze crime statistics, and how to develop effective crime-fighting strategies based on their findings.

Criminal Justice

The Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice program equips criminal justice practitioners with leadership skills and experience with real-world assignments to enable them to make a difference in the various areas of criminal justice, be ready for career advancement, and attain higher pay. Students learn about the laws, processes, and administration of the U.S.

Criminal Justice

The Associate in Science in Criminal Justice prepares students for leadership positions and advancement in their careers. They will gain relevant skills studying the criminal justice and legal processes involved in arrest, adjudication, sentencing, probation, incarceration, parole, and inmate release.

Cybersecurity

The Master of Science in Cybersecurity is designed to enable students to pursue their career goals within the critically important cybersecurity field. This program provides professionals with the techniques and knowledge to protect the organization’s cyber assets by focusing on prevention, detection, countering, and recovery from cyber incidents.

Cybersecurity

The Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity program is aligned with the academic requirements for cybersecurity set by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and will provide students with the ability to enhance technical knowledge and skills in cybersecurity. The program is designed to prepare learners for cybersecurity-related jobs in the U.S.

Cybersecurity Operations

The Graduate Certificate in Cyber Operations is designed as a specialization for an individual who wishes to be hands-on while combating cybersecurity threats and conducting risk analysis. The focus is on threat detection and incident response, information assurance, as well as cyber defense mitigation.

Data Analytics

The Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics enhances students’ analytical abilities and equips them with the skills to uncover new insights that improve strategic business decisions. Through this program, students learn how to collect, analyze and visually represent rich sets of data designed to improve organizational decision making.

Distributed Workforce Management

The Graduate Certificate in Distributed Workforce Management will train students to strategically lead decisively across all functions in organizations, including recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisals, health and safety, labor relations, and communications. Graduates will be prepared to fulfill senior and executive positions in the private, public and the nonprofit sectors.

Electrical Engineering Technology

The Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology program focuses on preparing students for electrical and engineering technology positions in technology-related industries such as electronics, electrical power, semiconductors, and computers. The program is designed specifically to advance job skills by ensuring a breadth of knowledge in technology concepts as well as a depth of understanding and skill in a chosen concentration area.

Health Care Administration

The Master of Science in Health Care Administration program prepares working adults to become leaders in the health care field. This degree program equips people seeking promotional opportunities and those seeking a new career in the rapidly growing health care administration field to be ethical leaders and data-driven decision makers around critical aspects of individual and community health care.

Health Care Management

The Bachelor of Science in Health Care Management is a 120-credit program designed to meet the needs of adult learners interested in a career facilitating health care operations and activities. This program comprises coursework that prepares individuals to perform responsibilities required for the administration of health care. The curriculum includes core courses in business, health care management, and other areas supportive of the health care manager role.

Health Sciences

The Master of Science in Health Sciences prepares working adults to become leaders in the health¬- care and public health fields. This degree equips students to be ethical leaders and data-driven decision makers around critical aspects of individual and population health care.

Health Sciences

The Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences is a 120-credit program that integrates content in arts and sciences with a focus on the health sciences. It develops well-rounded professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to engage with diverse individuals and populations served by interprofessional teams. This degree program promotes quality care, expands career potential, and lays the foundation for graduate-level studies.

Health Sciences

The Associate in Science in Health Sciences is a 60-credit program that integrates content in arts and sciences with a focus on the health sciences. The program is designed as an academic gateway for individuals pursuing a career in the health sciences or for those already working in the field who want to build on their existing knowledge and skills to advance their career. The AS in Health Sciences program lays the foundation for continued education at the baccalaureate level.

Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Few areas of public safety generate broad and intense interest as matters of homeland security and emergency management. Ensuring the safety and security of a nation’s homeland—its infrastructure, its institutions, its economy, and most importantly, its people—is a prerequisite for success in all other aspects of societal life. This certificate program teaches students about threats posed by domestic and international terrorism and strategies for countering those threats.

Human Resource Management with an Emphasis in Diversity and Technology

The Master of Science in Human Resource Management with an Emphasis in Diversity and Technology program is structured using an interdisciplinary framework in keeping with research that suggests complex human management issues are interdisciplinary in nature, and human resource leaders must be knowledgeable about leading individuals and teams within an interdisciplinary environment.

Information Technology

The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology program focuses on preparing students to stay at the forefront of the rapidly changing technical environment and trains students to be the leaders in the information technology field.

Information Technology Management

The Bachelor of Professional Studies in Information Technology Management program emphasizes developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values required for a person to meet the demands of a technical computer workforce. The program provides a broad professional foundation in the functional components of information technology and management.

Leadership

The Graduate Certificate in Leadership helps new and aspiring leaders to develop a versatile set of leadership skills and to inspire high-performing teams in a complex world. Through an interdisciplinary approach, students learn about applied leadership theory, strategic talent management, and driving team performance.

Liberal Arts

For students who are working toward a promotion at work, are curious about their own capabilities, or want to change their profession altogether, a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts is one of the best ways to open those new doors. Comprehensive and foundational, a liberal arts degree prepares students to move forward in their current field or find a completely new path.

Liberal Arts

When students graduate with an Associate in Science in Liberal Arts from Excelsior University, they embody the classic strengths of a foundational education: abstract thinking and critical analysis, concise communication and clear comprehension skills, historical awareness, scientific thinking, and an appreciation for arts.

Management

The Master of Science in Management is a professional degree intended for those who desire to advance their career in the business, nonprofit, military, or government sector. This interdisciplinary program focuses on leadership, organizational behavior, change management, global business environment, and conflict management to enable students to build a strong foundation to qualify for an organizational leadership or management role.

Mechanical Engineering Technology

The Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology program provides students with a comprehensive understanding of complex systems, emphasizing problem-solving skills for careers spanning design, installation, manufacturing, testing, technical sales, innovation, and maintenance of mechanical components and systems.

National Security

The Bachelor of Science in National Security program prepares students to become leaders and policymakers to understand global conditions and shape the strategic environment. This program is especially geared to the background and career interests of military service members and veterans, and civilian employees working for the U.S.

Nuclear Engineering Technology

The Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering Technology program focuses on preparing students for technical positions in the nuclear industry. The program is designed specifically to advance job skills by ensuring a breadth of knowledge in nuclear engineering technology concepts. The program emphasizes the practical applications of engineering technology principles related to the nuclear industry.

Nursing

In this fully online RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, students will build on their prior learning and gain knowledge that will prepare them for graduate-level education and the pursuit of lifelong learning, which is essential for practice in the nursing profession. The general education requirements ensure the student develops college-level competence in arts and sciences areas including humanities, social sciences/history, and natural sciences/math.

Nursing

In the Associate in Applied Science in Nursing program, LPNs, LVNs, paramedics, and certain military personnel can build their knowledge of nursing theory through educational experiences and demonstrate RN-level competency in a clinical setting. The nursing component is designed to ensure students possess competence in theory and performance in nursing comparable to that of graduates of campus-based associate degree programs.

Nursing Education

This program prepares students for nurse educator roles in both academic and service settings. Students will gain knowledge and skills in learning theories, teaching strategies, curriculum development, evaluation of learning outcomes, and using technology to support teaching.

Nursing Education (RN to MS)

The purpose of this nursing program is to build upon prior knowledge with new learning. Using both a teaching and outcomes assessment model, this fully online dual degree program provides a flexible means for registered nurses to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing more efficiently than completing the programs separately.

Nursing Informatics

If you are a registered nurse who wants to improve the health of people and communities and improve patient safety by using information technology, computer science, and nursing science, the fully online Master of Science in Nursing Informatics will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to make an impact in this area.

Nursing Informatics (RN to MS)

The purpose of this nursing program is to build upon prior knowledge with new learning. Using both a teaching and outcomes assessment model, this fully online dual degree program provides a flexible means for registered nurses to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing more efficiently than completing the programs separately.

Nursing Leadership and Administration of Health Care Systems

The evolving health care system calls for nurse leaders who can manage clinical experiences, fiscal challenges, organizational systems, and human resources. Expert communication skills are needed to integrate these diverse and often competing elements into a strategic plan that ensures the health of the population.

Nursing Leadership and Administration of Health Care Systems (RN to MS)

The purpose of this nursing program is to build upon prior knowledge with new learning. Using both a teaching and outcomes assessment model, this fully online dual degree program provides a flexible means for registered nurses to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing more efficiently than completing the programs separately.

Nutrition

The Graduate Certificate in Nutrition is designed for people seeking to obtain nutrition and health promotion training, advance in their careers, or shift career focus from an illness to prevention focus. It includes a four-course, 12-credit requirement, with themes in health education and equity. The curriculum aligns seamlessly with current global, federal, and regional imperatives to promote health outcomes through both prevention and interventions for chronic and acute disease.

Organizational Leadership with an Emphasis in Technology and Data Analytics

The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership with an Emphasis in Technology and Data Analytics is a fully online, asynchronous degree program that equips leaders to effectively lead their teams through turbulence and change, make data-driven decisions, and visualize goals and progress to drive their organization forward. The innovative coursework melds industry and practitioner-based experiences.

Psychology

Psychology, often referred to as “the helping profession,” appeals to students who have a passion for serving others and are interested in unlocking the mysteries of the human mind. Psychology majors develop a deeper understanding of themselves, others, and the world around them as they explore what motivates behavior and causes emotion. Studying what makes people tick, personality, and cognition enables psychology majors to develop strong communication, critical thinking, and analytical skills.

Public Administration

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program helps students to master both the personal and the business side of public administration with courses and assignments that show them how to harness information technology, respond to ethical issues, foster constructive collaboration, and more. Students also gain practical experience in honing their presentation skills, developing strategic plans and financial reports, and analyzing data to make better decisions.

Public Health

Public health touches every person, either directly or indirectly. Whether food safety, disease prevention, or outbreak response, public health practice enhances quality of life and increases longevity. The Bachelor of Science in Public Health program prepares students to address both current and emerging public health challenges driven by climate change, human migration, evolving social trends, and rapid advancements in technology and artificial intelligence.

Public Health Equity

The Graduate Certificate in Public Health Equity equips students to become transformational public health leaders and agents of change for their communities, particularly those that have historically faced significant health disparities. Essential skills in public health are taught throughout the curriculum, with opportunities to practice and develop expertise.

Technical Studies

The program focuses on preparing students for technician roles in engineering technology-related industries. The program has two technical concentrations: Electrical Technologies and Nuclear Technologies/Power Plant Technologies. The goal of the program is to foster the ability of students to apply their knowledge from the degree program to real-world contexts of an engineering technology-based industry.

Technology Management

The Bachelor of Professional Studies in Technology Management program emphasizes developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values required for a technical person to meet the demands of a technical workforce. The program provides a broad professional foundation in the functional components of technology and management. The program has concentrations in electrical technology, nuclear technology, and renewable energy technology.