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We know balancing work, family, and education can be challenging. That’s why we’ve designed programs that work around your life. With online options, expert faculty, and real-world learning experiences, you’ll be supported every step of the way.
Winter 2026/2027 Courses - Earn undergraduate credits in just three weeks with 100% online winter courses. Open to DeSales and visiting students. Courses available 12/14/2026 - 01/02/2027.
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Online Accelerated Adult Studies Bachelor Programs
The accelerated accounting degree from DeSales enhances your current knowledge and skills while rapidly increasing your career marketability. This program offers convenient online coursework, making it easier for you to fit education into your busy schedule.
This program offers the following tracks:
- Forensic Accounting Track
- Data Analytics Track
Advance or launch your business career more quickly with DeSales University’s accelerated business administration degree. This program will prepare you to contribute effectively to a well-organized and efficient company in today's global business environment.
This program offers the following tracks and certificates:
- Data Analytics Track
- Certificate in Business Administration
- Certificate in Healthcare Administration
The accelerated criminal justice degree from DeSales University equips you with essential critical thinking and analytical skills for a successful career in the criminal justice system. Our comprehensive program offers specialized tracks in intelligence or rehabilitation, allowing you to choose an academic path that aligns with your interests and career goals.
The accelerated degree in Education from DeSales will give you the knowledge and skills to become a teacher. After finishing the program, you’ll be certified to teach in Pennsylvania.
This program offers the following concentrations:
- Concentration in Early Childhood and Elementary Education, PreK-4
- Concentration in Special Education, PreK-12
Designed for working professionals, the program recognizes your prior paramedic education and helps prepare you for leadership, management, and expanded opportunities across today’s evolving healthcare system. Enrolling now for a Fall 2026 semester start.
The accelerated degree in finance from DeSales will help you meet industry growth and prepare you to excel in business finance roles, accounting careers, and more.
This program offers the following tracks and certificates:
- Financial Planning Track
- Data Analytics Track
- Certified Financial Planner Board-Registered Program
- Certificate in Financial Management
Prepare for management roles in the nation's largest employment industry. This program is your first step toward becoming a healthcare leader. You’ll learn to make a positive impact on patient experience.
The accelerated bachelor’s in Human Resources Management combines a liberal arts education with technical business training. You’ll learn to develop employees and influence organizations. Learn to manage recruiting, staffing, compensation, benefits, and training. Prepare to lead and make a meaningful impact in the HR field.
As a management professional, you will make many key decisions in your career. Start strong by choosing DeSales University for your accelerated B.A. in Management. You will build management knowledge and skills in a relevant, future-focused curriculum here.
This program offers the following tracks and certificates:
- Data Analytics Track
- Certificate in Management
- Certificate in Leadership
No matter how digital marketing changes, you’ll be ready with an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Marketing from DeSales. You’ll be prepared to tell the story that connects your organization to consumers. Gain communication, business, and analytical skills and kickstart your marketing career.
This program offers the following tracks and certificates:
- Data Analytics Track
- Certificate in Advanced Marketing
The evening/weekend nursing program gives you a solid practical foundation to be successful on the National Council Licensing Exam (NCLEX-RN) and to begin practicing as a nurse. Join this in-demand field and make a difference in patients’ lives.
* Note - While prerequisites and general education courses are offered online, the clinical phase of this program requires hands-on experience. If admitted to this program, students are required to attend classes two evenings per week, with weekend clinical experiences at area hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
DeSales' BS in Psychology provides a strong foundation for a wide range of career paths. Our dedicated faculty engage each student as a unique individual. We are committed not only to the intellectual, but also the moral and cultural development of our majors.
If revenue is the heartbeat of business, supply chain is the pulse. Regardless of industry, Supply Chain professionals play a key role in ensuring efficient flow of information, product, and money. Supply chain experts help businesses grow by finding ways to decrease expenses. With a degree in Supply Chain Management from DeSales, you’ll be prepared to advance in this exciting field.
This program offers the following tracks and certificates:
- Data Analytics Track
- Certificate in Supply Chain Management
Certificates
Specialized skills in marketing are in high demand. The certificate in advanced marketing allows you to dig deeper across fields in the discipline. Learn industry-specific marketing tactics and skills that will help you advance or change your career. Coursework covers topics like B2B marketing, service and retail marketing, and international marketing.
A business administration certificate from DeSales is perfect for those with a non-business background seeking career enhancement. Earn your certificate on campus or online with core courses in accounting, finance, management, and marketing to thrive in today’s business world.
Adding a cyber security certificate from DeSales to your professional training will set you apart in the job market. Almost every industry values cyber security, so you’ll be equipped to secure systems, prevent attacks, conduct vulnerability assessments, and more.
A data analytics and applied AI certificate from DeSales University can make you stand out in the job market. Gain in-demand technical and analytical skills to qualify for roles across various industries.
A certificate in Digital Forensics from DeSales University will give you an advantage in the job market. Learn about the many exciting fields like evidence collection, forensic analysis, network and cloud forensics, and more.
This certificate program offers preparation in accounting fundamentals, legal processes concerning business organizations, federal income taxation, and various aspects of financial management related to the business enterprise. You'll gain insights into accounting and business finance fundamentals, making this certificate a valuable addition to various degree types and a boost to your existing career.
The certificate in Healthcare Administration: Health Systems offers students a chance to explore the dynamic field of healthcare leadership. Students will develop a foundational knowledge of business operations, healthcare systems, human resource management, and organizational behavior in healthcare. This certificate is perfect for those seeking essential knowledge and skills in the healthcare industry.
Discover what differentiates great business leaders from good managers with the Leadership Certificate program. You’ll learn knowledge and skills in areas such as planning, organizing, motivating, presenting, and decision-making. Learning about team building, business communication, and effectively implementing programs, processes, and people will help you discover your inner leader.
All organizations must be managed, and the need for good managers far exceeds the supply. It takes knowledge and skills in areas such as planning, organizing, motivating, presenting, and decision-making. While earning your Management Certificate, you’ll learn about team building, international management, ethical issues in the workplace, and more.
The Supply Chain Management certificate prepares you to oversee supply chain activities, maximize customer value, and achieve a competitive edge. Learn to develop and run supply chains in the most effective and efficient ways possible. Supply chain activities cover everything from product development, sourcing, production, logistics, and the information systems needed to coordinate these activities.
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