Professional studies

"Professional studies" is a term used to classify academic programs which are applied or interdisciplinary in focus.

Students are trained to ensure expected standards and adequate service delivery in the best practice of a profession.

Polyani 1967), including professional judgment, discretion or fronesis, a term from the Greek philosopher Aristotle, also called practical intelligence or knowledge (see Dunne 1997; McGuirk 2013).

A BPS is similar to a Bachelor of General Studies with a greater emphasis on practical and technical training (and a corresponding lower emphasis on liberal arts), and therefore of greater interest to mid-career students.

[citation needed] MPS degrees are usually course-based with a report or project component rather than a research thesis.