Bachelor of Science, Major in Aeronautical Engineering (STEM)

at Southern New Hampshire University USA

Get to know the world around you with a BA in Politics and Global Affairs from Southern New Hampshire University. In this program, you’ll learn what it takes to become a global citizen who communicates and collaborates with those from different cultures and backgrounds.

Additionally, this program can also help improve and deepen your interactions between people, regions and countries. In a time of global transformation, earning your bachelor’s degree in politics means you’ll improve your oral and written communication, critical thinking and analytical skills, all while gaining a better understanding of the world at large.

The skills that you’ll acquire in our program are not only essential for politics and global affairs professionals, but can be easily transferred whether you choose to pursue a graduate degree or an entirely different path altogether.

The Education Program provides students not seeking certification a degree in the field of education.

A plan of study allows the individual to design a program to accomplish career goals in the areas of educational services or related fields that do not require certification. Individuals may select courses from related disciplines to complete the 45 credit hours for the General Studies in Education program. Students design a plan of study with an academic advisor from the School of Education. Acceptance into the major requires approval by the Certification Officer.

Program Outcomes

• Organize and synthesize core concepts and principles across education and other subjects.
• Integrate and use tools of inquiry to become reflective, self-directed learners.
• Use technology to learn and support ongoing growth and connection to a global society.
• Identify cultural perspectives, norms, and traditions and see their connections to educational systems.
• Exhibit dispositions showing the potential to become effective, ethical, professional citizens.

Delves into the three major areas of business analytics: descriptive analytics, predictive analytics and prescriptive analytics. You’ll learn how to collect and interpret business data in a spreadsheet environment, communicate findings to stakeholders and execute strategic business decisions. Upon completion of this specialty track, you’ll develop skills that can help prepare you for roles as a management analyst, operations research analyst and budget analyst.

The BA in English with a concentration in Professional Writing is designed for students interested in technical writing, editing, publishing and web-based careers such as social media editing, copy editing and web development. During a time when branding is on the rise and companies are looking for talented writers to tell their stories, having this concentration in your toolkit could be useful in the job market.

In a world where data has quickly gone from a scarce resource to an abundant one, statistical tools are rapidly evolving. This concentration helps students learn the skills necessary to build and interpret statistical models, in the age of "big data," "data science," and "data analytics."

Concentration Outcomes

• Utilize effective oral and written communication strategies in the construction, evaluation, and presentation of statistical models.
• Obtain and clean data sets, engineering new features where appropriate.
• Identify, communicate, and justify assumptions made prior to the model construction phase.
• Apply mathematical and statistical reasoning, analysis, and problem-solving to hypothesize and construct meaningful models that reflect real-world processes.

Investigate the physical world when you earn a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Southern New Hampshire University. This program allows you to immerse yourself in traditional classroom settings to learn about theory, while giving you access to state-of-the-art laboratories to gain the hands-on experience needed for the application of your studies.

As a student in the SNHU program, you’ll learn the fundamentals of physics – as well as get exposure to engineering design and laboratory instrumentation. In addition, you’ll participate in original research and design projects – an ideal way to build up your resume as an entry-level job candidate.

The SNHU physics degree can position you for either an immediate career or further study in graduate school.

The five-course concentration in Global Business provides students with the competencies and knowledge to understand the challenges facing managers and to allow them to operate successfully in the global environment.  This concentration provides knowledge supporting both international business and international trade.  The concentration covers four distinct areas: Global Management; Trade Finance; Global Marketing; and International Supply Chain Management.  Students also receive practical information on import and export activities.  The campus-based Bachelor of Science Global Business Concentration can help to educationally prepare you for the professional Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) exam offered by NASBITE International.  Students cannot earn the CGBP certification through SNHU; however, the University is a participant in the CGBP Student Pathway Program, and the content of the concentration aligns with the four primary domains of the exam: Global Business Management, Global Marketing, Supply Chain Management, and Trade Finance.  Please note that completion of the Global Business Concentration program does not guarantee certification.  Students must successfully pass the Certified Global Business Professional exam offered by NASBITE.

Concentration Outcomes

• Identify effective risk management strategies that address the various commercial, political, legal, financial, and cultural risks associated with international trade, contractual relationships and investments.
• Analyze potential international business opportunities using quantitative and qualitative data and research.
• Evaluate how the interaction between cultural, economic, legal, political, and business practices impact organizations in the international environment.
• Apply legal and ethical principles to international business activities.
• Integrate interdisciplinary practices and principles into management decisions in a global environment.
• Apply interdisciplinary knowledge in the areas of management, trade finance, marketing, supply chain management to take the NASBITE Certified Global Business Professional exam.

The Biology Major integrates practical skills (laboratory and field work) and theoretical education into courses that investigate the diversity and biology of plants, animals, and microbes. This Major is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in careers in the biological sciences, including those in the field of health. It is also a strong foundation for those wishing to go on to teach biology. The curriculum focuses on the structure and function of cells, tissues, and organ systems in living organisms, the evolutionary relationships among all organisms, and on the interactions between living systems and the environment. In research partnerships with our faculty, SNHU students participate in original research projects that utilize cutting edge technologies, as well as traditional field based studies. The hands-on teaching environment and small classroom size at SNHU allows students to investigate their own interests, and to find support for high-quality undergraduate research projects that further develop their proficiency in biology. Our goal is to foster awareness, appreciation, and understanding of biology as a diverse and dynamic field, and to prepare students to enter career paths or graduate programs that utilize their skills and knowledge.

Program Outcomes

• Apply principles and concepts from the broad range of biological sciences, including cell biology, genetics, evolution and ecology.
• Design and conduct independent laboratory or field research that is consistent with the standards and practices of research in the biological sciences.
• Collect, evaluate, interpret, and communicate data and information according to the standards of practice in the biological sciences.
• Apply fundamental mathematical tools (statistics, calculus) and physical principles (physics, chemistry) to the analysis of relevant biological situations.
• Assess the ethical dimensions inherent in biological research, especially as it pertains to biotechnology and health science.

The business analytics concentration includes courses that cover the three major areas of business analytics (descriptive analytics, predictive analytics and prescriptive analytics) and other courses that support the study of business analytics. The curriculum of the program is very hands-on and will prepare you for a successful career in the world of business analytics.

SNHU's Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a concentration in Forensic Psychology challenges students to apply their research skills, psychological knowledge, and critical thinking abilities to a variety of issues facing the legal system. This concentration helps prepare students for careers within the criminal justice field, in areas such as psychological assessment, investigative research, and crime analytics. Students wishing to become forensic psychologists would need to continue on to graduate-level study in forensic psychology, and this concentration provides the ideal curriculum for this pursuit.  

Students study subjects such as:

• How psychologists serve as expert witnesses and advisors in courts
• Motives and patterns of criminal behavior
• Definitions for insanity
• Treatment, rehabilitation and assessments used in corrections and in private practice
• Eyewitness memory
• Criminal profiling