Second Majors and Advanced Certificates

Upon completion of their first major, students in the Center for Adult Professional Studies Program my choose to complete a second major.  Students interested in a second major may obtain an AU Major Declaration form from their academic advisor or program directors.

Rather than completing a second major, students may choose to complete an advanced certificate.  Advanced certificates are identical to second majors except for portfolios and other courses which are marked as not required for advanced certificates below. 

NOTE: A student cannot earn a certificate in the same area in which he or she has a concentration.  A student who has earned or is earning an Organizational Leadership major cannot earn a certificate in Management.    

Business and Leadership

• Second Major or Advanced Certificate in Business Administration - for students who have earned/are earning an Organizational Leadership Major
• Second Major or Advanced Certificate in Business Administration - for students who have earned/are earning a major outside of Business Program 
• Second Major or Advanced Certificate in Organizational Leadership - for students who have earned/are earning a Business Administration Major
• Second Major or Advanced Certificate in Organizational Leadership - for students who have earned/are earning a major outside of Business Programs  

Human Sciences

•  Second Major or Advanced Certificate in Applied Psychology
• Second Major or Advanced Certificate in Human Services  

Required: 24 hours (2nd major) 21 hours (advanced certificate) 

For students who have earned/are earning an Organizational Leadership Major.   

• 3 BUS342 Organizational and Corporate Finance   
• 3 BUS376 Financial Accounting and Analysis
• 3 BUS378 Business Law
• 3 BUS485 Business Capstone* 

 Choose 4 (12 hours) of the following

• BUS351 Consumer Behavior 
• BUS363 Leading and Entrepreneurial Venture 
• BUS365 Professional Selling 
• HRM330 Theory and Practice of Training and Development 
• HRM351 Human Resource Management 
• HRM353 Legal Aspects of Human Resource Management 
• HRM425 Employee Benefits and Compensation Management 
• HSC315 Applied Psychology 
• HSC327 Psychological Test and Measurements 
• HSC345 Applied Social Psychology
• HSC365 Cultural Competence: Divergence and Deviance
• HSC420 Applied Positive Psychology
• HSC440 Non-for-Profit Management
• MTK335 New Media Platforms
• MKT345 Integrated Marketing Communications
• MKT361 Website Essentials for Marketers
• MKT461 Digital Campaigns I
• MKT462 Digital Campaigns II
• BUS*** 300 or 400 Business Electives not currently taken

Second Major or Advanced Certificate in Business Administration

Required: 27 hours ( 2nd major) 24 hours (advanced certificate)

For students who have earned/are earning a major outside of Business Programs. 

• 3 BUS330 Managerial Budgeting and Accounting
• 3 BUS342 Organizational and Corporate Finance 
• 3 BUS350 Technology Management 
• 3 BUS374 Economics 
• 3  BUS376 Financial Accounting and Analysis 
• 3 BUS378 Business Law 
• 3 BUS421 Leading Innovations 
• 3 MKT425 Marketing Analytics 
• 3 BUS485 Business Capstone*  

*Students do not need to take BUS485 for an advanced certificate. 

Required = 25 Hours (2nd major) 21 hours (advanced certificate)

•  3 HSC315 Applied Psychology
•  3 HSC327 Psychological Tests and Measures
•  3 HSC318 Interpersonal Communication and Relationships
•  3 HSC365 Cultural Competence: Divergence of Deviance
•  3 HSC345 Applied Social Psychology
•  3 HSC420 Applied Positive Psychology
•  3 ORL326 Organizational Behavior and Development
•  3 HSC350 Human Sciences Field Experience*
•  1 HSC496 Human Sciences Learning Outcomes Portfolio*

Second Major or Advanced Certificate in Human Services

Required = 25 Hours (2nd major) 12 Hours (advanced certificate)

• 3 HSC312 Foundations of Human Services
• 3 HSC328 Social Welfare Policy
• 3 HSC342 Individual Practices and Interventions
• 3  HSC343 Group Practices and Interventions
• 3 HSC357 Advocacy and Social Justice 
• 3  HSC440 Not-For-Profit Management
• 3  HSC472 Legal and Ethical Issues in the Human Services
• 3  HSC297 Field Experience in the Human Services I*
• 1  HSC496 Human Services Learning Outcomes Portfolio*