Thomas University

Accounting

The mission is to provide value-added accounting education and service to the profession, University, and community. Graduates gain the accounting and information technology skills to become future ethical leaders of business, with Public Accountancy and Managerial major tracks available.

Biology

Biology majors design their curriculum to meet personal career and advanced study goals, taking process-oriented coursework in areas such as biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, cellular biology, and physiology. The program prepares students for medicine, biomedical research, natural resource and environmental careers, or graduate study.

Biomedical Laboratory Science

A course of scientific study related to biology as it affects healthcare, designed as a degree completion program for students who have earned an Associate Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology, hold current MLT certification, and desire a Bachelor of Science degree.

Business Administration

The Thomas University MBA is a professional and applied graduate degree, preparing the student for leadership in the business world of the twenty-first century through readings, research, and case study analysis. The program builds from the strong undergraduate program in business administration and is open to students with undergraduate majors in any area.

Business Administration

The Business Administration program prepares students for administrative, managerial, and leadership roles by developing skills in statistical data collection, budgeting, regulatory processes, policy analysis, and interpersonal communication with business and community leaders.

Computer Science Education

The Computer Science Education Program is designed to prepare educators to teach computer science in grades PK-12. It combines computer science coursework with professional education core courses and student teaching.

Computer Systems Management

The program produces well-rounded, technically knowledgeable individuals capable of moving into multiple areas of Computer Science, MIS, Management, or Project Management. Students apply computing and business knowledge to support managerial decision-making and may earn industry certifications.

Counseling

The Thomas University Master of Science in Counseling is a professional and applied graduate degree that prepares students for positions as counselors in a wide range of human service settings. It is a 60-credit-hour program consisting of 45 credit hours of foundational counseling courses plus 15 credit hours in one of four specialization areas (Clinical Mental Health, Clinical Rehabilitation, Professional School, or Addiction Counseling).

Creative Technologies

Creative Technologies is a mixed media design program that combines traditional creative disciplines (art, creative writing, film, music) with technology-driven media such as graphic and web design, digital photography, and digital media writing, preparing students for careers in digital media design, graphic art, website development, and audio-visual production.

Criminal Justice

The Criminal Justice program develops analytical, research, communication, and leadership skills for careers in the criminal justice system, covering policing, courts, corrections, constitutional and criminal law, evidence, and crime prevention.

Curriculum Instruction

Thomas University's Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction for certified teachers is designed to enhance the role of the teacher as a leader in the school community. Candidate proficiencies related to knowledge, skill, and professional dispositions are aligned with professional and state standards.

Data Intelligence

This program provides students with solid foundations in intelligence and technical data analysis and prepares them to apply an analytic intelligence tradecraft to the management of data, spanning cybersecurity, data visualization, data management, and applications in national security and law enforcement.

Educational Leadership Tier I

The Certificate in Tier I Educational Leadership (Certification Only) provides candidates who already hold a master's degree or higher in education with the content knowledge and credentials necessary to lead schools, districts, and educational agencies. Completers are eligible for GaPSC Tier I Leadership Certification as an assistant principal or district-level coordinator who does not supervise principals.

Educational Leadership Tier I

The MEd in Educational Leadership (Tier I) prepares candidates with the content knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to effectively lead schools, districts, and educational agencies, and certifies the educator to serve as an assistant principal or district-level coordinator who does not supervise principals. Completers are eligible for GaPSC Tier I Leadership Certification.

Educational Leadership Tier II

The Certificate in Tier II Educational Leadership (Certification Only) provides candidates who already hold a master's degree or higher in education with the content knowledge and skills necessary to lead schools, districts, and educational agencies. Completers are eligible for GaPSC Tier II Leadership Certification as a principal or in a district position that supervises principals.

Educational Leadership Tier II

The EdS in Educational Leadership (Tier II) prepares candidates with the content knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to effectively lead schools, districts, and educational agencies, and certifies the educator to serve as a principal or in a district position that supervises principals. Completers are eligible for GaPSC Tier II Leadership Certification.

Elementary Education

The Elementary Education Program is designed to prepare educators to teach in grades PK-5, with a professional core covering curriculum development, teaching methods, assessment, and student teaching.

Elementary Education (MAT)

The MAT in Elementary Education is designed to prepare educators to teach in grades PK-5, leading to an advanced degree and initial teacher certification.

Elementary Education (MEd)

Thomas University's MEd in Elementary Education for certified teachers is designed to enhance the role of the teacher as a leader in the school community, with candidate proficiencies aligned to professional and state standards. The degree requires selecting a Mathematics or Reading concentration.

Exercise and Sport Science

The purpose of this major is to address the public health need of physical inactivity by equipping students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for entry-level exercise and sport science positions in public or private industries or future graduate study, and prepares individuals for sport-related careers such as coaching and strength and conditioning.

Homeland Security

The Homeland Security degree concentrates on developing students' skills in national security, critical infrastructure protection, intelligence, risk management, and the legal and ethical issues required to succeed in the field, advancing the knowledge of individuals dedicated to protecting the nation and its communities.

Humanities

A liberal arts degree focused on the humanities, offered through the School of Arts and Sciences.

Human Resource Management

Reflective of the changing nature and role of the human resource function, the Master's in Human Resource Management prepares future HR professionals with the essential competencies to meet the demands of the HR field. The program is approved and aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) Competency Model, and student membership in SHRM is required.

Human Resources Management

The Human Resource Management program emphasizes the strategic role human resources plays in the performance of global organizations, providing students with the knowledge and skills needed to be effective HR leaders. Emphasis is placed on aligning HR policies with organizational goals and the needs of employees.

Interdisciplinary Studies

A flexible course of study that explores the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, ideal for students who want to design much of their program of study and for transfer students. It provides a foundation for careers in law, journalism, government, public service, and cultural employment.

Justice Administration

The Justice Administration degree concentrates on developing students' skills in analytics, supervision, and leadership required to succeed in supervisory positions within criminal justice agencies, providing the academic and administrative skills needed for supervisory and executive positions.

Law Enforcement

The Associate of Science Degree in Law Enforcement prepares students who are working as law enforcement officers for career enhancement or to pursue professional development at the baccalaureate level. Credit is awarded for prior police or corrections academy training.

Liberal Studies

A broad liberal arts degree in which students complete the general education curriculum plus electives selected in an area of concentration, providing a foundation for lifelong learning and continued study at the baccalaureate level.

Literature and Media

This degree prepares students for a range of professions bearing in mind the complexity of 21st century digital culture. The course of study concentrates on the convergence of literary study, writing, and critical thinking with digital media, blending editing, publishing, and digital content creation with multimodal approaches to literature.

Management

The Management program prepares students to maximize employee productivity, evaluate the sustainability of organizational practices, analyze business practices, and apply ethical problem-solving strategies for managing human capital in global and multicultural environments.

Marketing

The Marketing program prepares students to evaluate marketing and communication strategies based on consumer and target-audience data, apply electronic and statistical marketing strategies, and design solutions for international and global markets.

Medical Laboratory Science

The mission of the Medical Laboratory Science program is to produce competent and professional laboratory scientists through rigorous didactic and technical coursework. The program is NAACLS-accredited and offered via multiple routes (online 2+2, traditional, and second bachelor's), preparing graduates to sit for national certification.

Middle Grades Education

The Middle Grades Education program is designed to prepare professional educators to teach grades four through eight. Teacher candidates select two content concentration areas (mathematics, language arts, reading, and science) and complete at least fifteen credit hours in each.

Middle Grades English

Part of Thomas University's Master's degrees for certified teachers (printed as MEd Middle Grades Language Arts), this program is designed to enhance the role of the teacher as a leader in the school community and includes a Language Arts concentration.

Middle Grades Mathematics

Part of Thomas University's Master's degrees for certified teachers, this MEd is designed to enhance the role of the teacher as a leader in the school community and includes a Mathematics concentration.

Nursing

The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program prepares nurses to be reflective and critical practitioners in the advanced roles of leader, advocate, educator, and researcher. This 36-credit program consists of core courses (24 credits) in nursing leadership with an additional concentration in nursing administration or nursing education (12 credits), offered via Traditional and RN-MSN entry tracks.

Nursing Administration

The Post-Master's Certificate in Nursing Administration may be completed by any student with an earned master's degree in a nursing field (minimum of an MSN from an accredited institution). Students who completed the Nursing Education track at Thomas University can earn it by completing 9 additional credit hours.

Nursing and Business Administration

Thomas University's MSN-MBA program prepares Registered Nurses for the complex demands of administrative leadership positions. Through this program, Registered Nurses earn a single Master's degree combining the skills and knowledge of both a Master of Science in Nursing and a Master of Business Administration, with Traditional and RN-MSN/MBA entry options.

Nursing Education

The Post-Master's Certificate in Nursing Education may be completed by any student with an earned master's degree in a nursing field (minimum of an MSN from an accredited institution). Students who completed the Nursing Administration track at Thomas University can earn it by completing 9 additional credit hours.

Nursing (RN-BSN)

The RN-BSN program is designed for the registered nurse to complete a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing while maintaining an active practice. It is offered totally online in 8-week sessions, with field and practical experience completed at times convenient to the student and clinical preceptor.

Pedagogy

The MAT in Pedagogy leads to an advanced degree and initial teacher certification in middle grades (4-8), secondary (6-12), or P-12 fields (except special education). It is intended for those who have demonstrated content expertise in a teaching area and now wish to become certified to teach that subject.

Psychology

Psychology is the study of behavior, mental processes, emotions, and their biological bases. The undergraduate program provides students with a comprehensive background in the basic concepts, theories, findings, and ethical issues in psychology, with goals aligned to the American Psychological Association's learning outcomes.

Rehabilitation Studies

The Undergraduate Rehabilitation Studies degree prepares students to provide rehabilitation services in public and private agencies to persons with various disabilities. It is offered entirely online in 8-week courses and provides foundational knowledge for continuing into the Master of Science in Counseling program.

Secondary Education

The Secondary Education program prepares professional educators to teach in grades six through twelve, with concentrations available in English, Mathematics, and Science.

Secondary Grades English

Part of Thomas University's Master's degrees for certified teachers (printed as MEd Secondary Education with an English concentration), this program is designed to enhance the role of the teacher as a leader in the school community.

Secondary Grades Mathematics

Part of Thomas University's Master's degrees for certified teachers (printed as MEd Secondary Education with a Mathematics concentration), this program is designed to enhance the role of the teacher as a leader in the school community.

Social Work

The CSWE-accredited Social Work program provides students with a robust curriculum that prepares them for beginning generalist social work practice and graduate studies in the field, and increases their capacity to be effective and empathetic members of their communities. It is available on campus and fully online.

Special Education - Elementary Education

The Special Education - Elementary Education Program is designed to prepare teachers to provide instruction or instructional support to all students in grades P-5, including those with disabilities whose individual education plan indicates instruction using the general statewide assessments.

Special Education Elementary Education

The MAT in Special Education Elementary Education prepares teachers to provide instruction or instructional support to all students in grades P-5, including those with disabilities whose individual education plan indicates instruction using the general statewide assessments.

Special Education General Curriculum

Thomas University's Education Specialist in Special Education General Curriculum prepares educators who serve as educational agency leaders of special education programs and who provide instruction or instructional support to all students in grades P-12, designed to enhance the teacher's role as a leader in the school community.

Special Education General Curriculum

The Special Education General Curriculum program prepares teachers to teach all students in grades P-12 with disabilities whose individual education program indicates instruction using the general education curriculum and participation in the general statewide assessment. Candidates select one content concentration area.

Special Education General Curriculum (MAT)

The MAT in Special Education General Curriculum prepares teachers to teach all students in grades P-12 with disabilities whose individual education program indicates instruction using the general education curriculum and participation in the general statewide assessment. In addition to program coursework, 15 hours of middle grades content are required.

Special Education General Curriculum (MEd)

The Master of Education in Special Education General Curriculum prepares teachers who are in-field to teach students in grades P-12 with disabilities who receive instruction using the general education curriculum and participate in the general statewide assessment, as well as students in special education preschool (ages 3-5).

Supply Chain Management

The program provides students with the knowledge and skills to design and manage global supply chains across a product's entire life cycle from design to distribution, and prepares them to sit for certification examinations in production and inventory management, logistics, and Six Sigma Green Belt.

Teacher Leadership

Thomas University's Master's degree in Teacher Leadership for certified teachers is designed to enhance the role of the teacher as a leader in the school community, with candidate proficiencies aligned with professional and state standards.

Teacher Leadership

Thomas University's Education Specialist in Teacher Leadership for certified teachers is designed to enhance the role of the teacher as a leader in the school community, with candidate proficiencies aligned with professional and state standards.