"Professional studies" is a term used to classify academic programs which are applied or interdisciplinary in focus. The term can also be used for non-academic training for a specific profession. Research on professionals can be seen as a multidisciplinary field of research with a multiple of perspectives in theory and by methods.
Professional studies usually combine theory and practice-based professional learning, focusing on a body of knowledge that is more strictly delineated and canonical than non-professional studies. Students are trained to ensure expected Standard of care, standards and adequate service delivery in the best practice of a profession.
One aspect of professional action that has been widely studied in professional studies is tacit knowledge (cf. 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).
Professional studies may lead to academic degrees such as the Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS), Master of Professional Studies (MPS), or Doctor of Professional Studies (DPS). 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. MPS degrees are usually course-based with a report or project component rather than a research thesis. The US National Science Foundation considers a DPS to be equivalent to a PhD.
Professional Studies Certificate
Some music schools like Curtis Institute of Music offer postgraduate programs that result in a ''Professional Studies Certificate''. Other schools, like the Manhattan School of Music require a master's degree or postgraduate diploma in order to attend the program.
See also
* Bachelor's degree, Bachelor
External links
Bachelor of Professional Studies
Further reading
* Dunne, J. (1997). ''Back to the Rough Ground. Practical Judgment and the Lure of Technique.'' Notre Dame, Indiana, University of Notre Dame Press.
* McGuirk, J. (2013). «Dreyfus, Merleau-Ponty and the phenomenology of practical intelligence.Â
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift 48(3-4): 289-303. Open Access.* Polanyi, M. (1967). ''The tacit dimension.'' New York, Anchor.
References
Professional studies,
Vocational education
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