Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Accounting

An accounting degree can take graduates into forensics, cost accounting, taxation, information technology, auditing, consulting, and many other areas. At OPSU, accounting majors build skill in courses such as cost accounting, auditing, public sector accounting, income tax procedure, federal tax research and more. With an additional 30 credit hours, one can be eligible to become a Certified Public Accountant. An Accounting Information Systems (AIS) option is also available.

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)

The primary focus of the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician is to provide basic and limited advanced emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual possesses the basic knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation. Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians perform interventions with the basic and advanced equipment typically found on an ambulance.

Agribusiness

The College of Agriculture, Science, and Nursing, in cooperation with the College of Business and Technology, offers a program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in agribusiness. Coursework combines plant and animal science and agriculture with a business component in accounting, business law, management, and agricultural economics. A grade of C or better is required for all courses within the major.

AGRIBUSINESS

Agriculture

A two-year Associate of Science program offered through the College of Agriculture, Science, and Nursing. The curriculum combines the general education core with introductory agriculture coursework in plant science, animal science, and the agriculture industry, plus advisor-approved agriculture electives.

Agriculture Education

The Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Education combines major coursework in agronomy, animal science, agricultural mechanics, and agricultural education with a professional education component leading to teacher certification. A Communications option is also available that substitutes communications, media, and management coursework for the professional education block.

Animal Science

Animal Science offers practical and technical instruction and training in the selection, breeding, feeding, management, and marketing of all major types of purebred and commercial farm livestock. Instruction in meat science and technology is also emphasized in the areas of fresh and processed meat products. Options include Equine, Pre-Veterinary, Livestock Production and Management, Meat Science, Nutrition, and Wildlife Management.

Biology

The curriculum in biology acquaints students with the basic biological structures, processes, functions and interrelationships; an appreciation of the Earth's environment; and the philosophy intrinsic to the life sciences.

Business Administration

A two-year Associate of Science degree offered by the Department of Business Administration. The program pairs the general education core with a business core in accounting and professional workplace skills and a concentration in business or computer information systems.

Business Administration

The curriculum of the Department of Business Administration has been planned for a flexible, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary study of those functional areas closely related to the needs of today's businesses. To prepare students for the workplace or for further education, the program emphasizes communication, critical thinking, analytical, and soft skills. Students can add concentrations in management, marketing, finance, or general business.

Career Technical Education

A two-year Associate of Science degree that combines the general education core with major coursework in the foundations, instructional procedures, and management of career and technical education. Coursework includes student organizations, safety and facilities management, human development, diversity in education, and occupational analysis.

Chemistry

The courses offered in chemistry are designed to meet the anticipated basic needs of those students who wish to continue on to graduate studies in chemistry or closely allied fields. Courses are designed to provide the minimum chemical background for those students majoring in agriculture, pre-dentistry, pre-medicine, pre-veterinary medicine, and other fields which use chemical concepts. Academic and Bio-Chemistry options are available.

Computer Information Systems

The CIS BBA degree is built on a foundation of core business principles and technical skills. The program develops complex problem-solving skills while advancing through courses in networking, security, application development, web development, and database, culminating in a capstone course. The CIS program prepares students for careers as systems administrators, network administrators, web developers, application developers, systems analysts, database managers, and IT specialists.

Criminal Justice

A two-year Associate of Science degree combining the general education core with a criminal justice core in law enforcement, criminal law, corrections, and courts and legal systems. Additional criminal justice electives complete the 60-hour program.

Criminal Justice

The Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice is offered through the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Major coursework covers law enforcement, criminal law, corrections, courts and legal systems, forensic science, juvenile justice, ethics, constitutional law, victimology, and criminology.

Crop and Soil Sciences

The Bachelor of Science in Crop and Soil Sciences builds on the general education core with agronomy coursework in plant and seed identification, soil science, range management, integrated pest management, weed science, and soil fertility, supported by chemistry, biology, animal science, and earth science. A grade of C or better is required for courses within the major.

EDUCATION

Elementary Education

Oklahoma Panhandle State University, within the College of Arts and Education, offers courses leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education. The program combines general education, pre-professional courses, an elementary education core in reading, methods and materials, and practica, and a professional education component concluding with student teaching. All courses in the Elementary Core and Professional Education must be passed with a grade of C or above.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Emergency Medical Technicians provide out of hospital emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical services (EMS) system. EMTs have the basic knowledge and skills necessary to stabilize and safely transport patients ranging from non-emergency and routine medical transports to life threatening emergencies. Emergency Medical Technicians function as part of a comprehensive EMS response system, under medical oversight.

English

English studies offer basic courses in composition, literature, and usage for all students in the University and advanced courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English. A student must receive at least a C in each course leading to the major. An English Education option leading to secondary teacher certification is also available.

Fine Arts

Coursework in the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree focuses on three separate tracks of study: visual art, studio art, and computer graphics. Art studies are based on the study of design, drawing, painting, art history, sculpture, ceramics, and advanced studies within those fields. Courses in the major must have a C or better to count as credit toward the degree in art.

Fire Protection and Safety Training (FPST)

The certificate meets the NFPA 1001 standard, which identifies the minimum job performance requirements for career and volunteer fire fighters whose duties are primarily structural in nature. The courses provide a combination of classroom study, field drills, and training evolutions to prepare a fire fighter to perform most fire-ground functions under supervision of the training officer or experienced fire fighter personnel.

General Studies

The Associate of Science degree program is offered in general studies and is available in most departments offering a baccalaureate degree. This degree qualifies a student to go on to a four-year degree program. Any course taken in the major must be departmentally approved.

Health and Physical Education

The Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education is offered through the Department of Health and Physical Education. Coursework covers human physiology, lifetime wellness, first aid, care and prevention of athletic injury, kinesiology, physiology of exercise, and organization and administration of physical education. Academic (non-teaching), Teaching, and Sports and Exercise Management options are available.

History

The Bachelor of Arts in History is offered through the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Major coursework includes United States history, early and late world history, historical methods, and upper level American and European history electives, along with a foreign language requirement.

Industrial Technology

The purpose of the Department of Industrial Technology is to provide the student with skills and knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes, drafting and design concepts, and power and equipment technology. These fields of study would provide the necessary skills and knowledge for successful careers in industrial areas. Options are available in Industrial Technology and Industrial Business Management.

Mathematics

The curriculum of the department of mathematics and physics is designed to meet the needs of students who expect to teach mathematics, students who intend to specialize in some branch of engineering or science which uses mathematics as a tool, students who plan to enter commercial work, and students who wish to study mathematics because of its cultural value. Academic and Teaching options are available, and all mathematics courses toward a major in mathematics must have a grade of C or better.

MUSIC

Nursing

The RN to BSN Program is designed to enhance professional knowledge and skills for registered nurses. The curriculum builds on the knowledge and skills of the associate or diploma prepared registered nurse. All nursing courses are offered online with practicum experiences arranged in the student's geographical area.

Physical Science

The degree in physical science offers an academic option for those who desire to seek employment in various science-related fields. This degree exposes students to the subject areas of earth science, chemistry, and physics. This program is considered a major-minor degree.

Psychology

The Bachelor of Science in Psychology is offered through the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Major coursework includes general, biological, experimental, and abnormal psychology, statistics, lifespan development, and the history and systems of psychology, supplemented by psychology electives.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Technology

Students may complete the Bachelor of Technology with major emphasis in a field for which OPSU has faculty expertise and whose courses have been approved under the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Statewide Articulation Agreement with Oklahoma Career Technology Centers. The degree combines general education and a business core with an approved transferred technical major and upper division electives.

Technology

The Associate of Applied Science is considered a terminal degree. It is vocational in nature and is designed for entry into the work force. Options are available in Drafting and Industrial Technology, Fire Protection, Industrial Technology, Metal Technology, Emergency Medical Services, and a general Technology option built on a transferred one-year technical program.

Welding Technology

This certificate is geared toward students who are interested in welding as it provides focused instruction in industrial and pipeline welding. Demand for this program in the area is high with the agriculture, beef, and pork industries utilizing welders in the production of wells and pipelines. Training encompassed in this certificate will prepare students for the State of Oklahoma Welding Exam.

Wind Energy/Maintenance Technology

This certificate of completion provides focused instruction and the basic knowledge requirements to enter the wind-energy maintenance, beef/pork production, and the oil and gas industry professions. The program takes approximately two semesters to complete and includes professional development, electricity principles, basic fluid power programmable logic controllers, AC/DC circuits, computer networking, and logic and design.