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From the Dean

College of Professional Studies website

Welcome!

The College of Professional Studies was founded in 1996 and offers programs designed to meet the needs of working professionals throughout southeastern Wisconsin and beyond. Students can pursue a bachelors’ degree in Leadership and Organizations, Professional Communication, Criminology and Law Studies and Psychology. Courses are taught in a concentrated format one evening or weekend day per week for eight weeks. There are five eight week terms per year.

The college also offers masters degrees in Leadership Studies, Public Service and Dispute Resolution and masters certificates in Leadership Studies, Dispute Resolution and Law Enforcement Management and Leadership. Courses are taught in a hybrid format with online classes available for many of the masters’ programs.

In addition, the college delivers the Future Milwaukee community leadership development program to professionals living and working in Southeastern Wisconsin.

The vision of the College of Professional Studies is “to create the conditions for the possibility of personal and community transformation.” The core values of the college – ethical leadership, civic engagement, social responsibility – are embedded across the curricula and throughout all college programs.

Robert J. Deahl, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Professional Studies