GEN 100                                                               

THE MAKING OF THE CHRISTIAN MIND                                 

Course Description: Explores the development of a Christian worldview and philosophy of life.

Studies some alternative worldviews from a Christian worldview perspective. Investigates the sacredness of all spheres of human life and the relevance of a Christian worldview to all spheres of human life and action through the works of some of Christianity’s leading thinkers and writers.

3 Credits

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GEN 250                                                                 

THE MAKING OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE                                   

Course Description: Exploration, assessment, and application of Scripture to key ethical and cultural issues,

with an emphasis on the development of moral discernment and reasoning.

3 Credits

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BIB 105                                                                 

INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE                                                          

Course Description: Introduction to the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures with an emphasis on biblical interpretation

and application in the contemporary world. Importance and reliability of the Scriptures, genres of Scripture with

representative readings, basics of biblical interpretation, and skills needed for application to the Christian life examined.

3 Credits

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BIB 106                                                                 

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE                                                                   

Course Description: Exploration of core doctrinal and theological beliefs of the Christian faith. Emphasis placed upon the development of a Christian worldview in order to prepare students to face the challenges of their current culture.

3 Credits

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​LAN 101                                                               

ACADEMIC WRITING, RESEARCH & RHETORIC                     

Course Description: think and write rhetorically among various cultural discourses and worldviews.

Classical and current conversations across academic and cultural spheres, with a specific focus on the habits and conventions

of academic writing.

3 Credits

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​LAN 104                                                               

PUBLIC SPEAKING                                                                    

Course Description: Effective speaking using various methods.Classroom practice given in oral and interpretive readings.

Study is given to the correct preparation and delivery of different kinds of

speeches as well as the use of correct speech habits and behavior.

3 Credits

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​LAN 205                                                                 

INQUIRY BASED COLLEGE RESEARCH AND WRITING         

Course Description: Picking up where LAN 101 ends, this course focuses specifically on understanding

how to read texts with an academic curiosity that leads to substantive research questions.

Critically analyze the rhetorical situation of multiple types of research writing. 

3 Credits

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​MAT 060                                                                 

BASIC MATH SKILLS                                                                   

Course Description: This course equips students with mathematical skills necessary for success in college level mathematics courses. Students will build quantitative reasoning and logical thinking skills through encounters with problems drawn from a

variety of contexts, including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, financial math, and statistics.

3 Credits

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​MAT 102                                                               

EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS                                                         

Course Description: This course examines quantitative information and mathematical principles that permeate everyday life.

Topics include logic and problem solving, use and abuse of numbers and percents, personal finance, statistical reasoning,

probability and risk, and theories of voting and apportionment.

3 Credits

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​LAN -340                                                                 

BUSINESS WRITING                                                                  

Course Description: effective writing for professional and business environments. Students will write letters, emails, reports,

proposals, and other common forms of business communication to foster problem-solving communication in the workplace.

The course helps students shape their business writing ethically, for multiple audiences, and in a variety of professional situations.

3 Credits

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​MAT 110                                                               

APPLIED BUSINESS MATH                                                          

Course Description: quantitative analysis of real-world business problems. Understand the mathematical concepts

related to common business practices and, as needed, collect, organize, and analyze data.

Topics include checking accounts, percentages, interest, invoices, trade and cash discounts, markup and markdown,

payroll, promissory notes, annuities, consumer and business credit, and business statistics.

3 Credits

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​BUS 101                                                                 

INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS                                               

Course Description: This introductory course investigates the role business plays in society, and the importance of

integrating a career in business with ministry.

3 Credits

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​BUS 102                                                                 

INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESS I                           

Course Description: Introduction to the concepts and skills required for using computer applications for business.

The use of Microsoft Office programs in business. (Excel®, Access®, PowerPoint®, and Outlook®).

Creating, formatting and editing documents.

3 Credits

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​BUS 112                                                                 

INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING                                       

Course Description: The fundamental aspects of the accounting discipline are surveyed, focusing on significant

accounting concepts and the function, preparation, and analysis of financial statements.

3 Credits

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​BUS 230                                                                 

SURVEY OF LEADERSHIP                                                          

Course Description: Exploration of expectancy, leader-member exchange (LMX), transactional, transformational,

and other theories, including foundational leadership principles and concepts.

3 Credits

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​BUS 304                                                                

PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT                                               

Course Description: Students examine the essential functions of management, including planning, organizing, leading, staffing,

and controlling, and how they can be utilized to strengthen management, employee, and organizational performance.

3 Credits

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BUS 305                                                                 

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT                                                  

Course Description: operations in an actual business setting. Topics discussed will include strategy, process flow, forecasting, scheduling and planning, and inventory management.

3 Credits

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​​​BUS 306                                                                

ENTREPRENEURSHIP                                                                

Course Description: This is a practical hands-on business course designed for students interested in starting their own business

and/or working for a new business. The course focuses on the steps necessary to create, maintain, modify and market

the new business from an entrepreneurial perspective.

Students will develop a business plan, find ways to secure financing, marketing techniques.

3 Credits

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​​​ECO 100                                                              

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE                                                         

Course Description: Overview of emerging online technologies and trends and their influences on the electronic commerce marketplace. Nature and impact of e-commerce on business operations, resources, and management.

Upon completion of the course, students will have a firm grasp of global e-commerce business trends

and the technologies required to implement them.

3 Credits

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BUS 405                                                                   

BUSINESS PLANS                                                                     

Course Description: development and presentation of an actual business plan. Complete a business plan

including an executive summary, industry and market analysis, a marketing strategy and plan, operations plan,

product, service development plan and company structure.

3 Credits

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BUS 406

BUSINESS POLICY

Course Description: Examines governmental regulations and discusses the factors that impact business interaction with governmental policies and institutions including the topics of public policy, social and environmental regulations, corporate responsibility, legal aspects of policy and sustainability.

3 Credits

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MGT 351                                                               

ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION                                             
Course Description: Analysis of the dynamics of change and the importance of innovation within modern organizations.

Emphasis on how managers can develop a culture receptive to new ideas, products, processes,

and systems for improving organizational performance.

3 Credits

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MGT 370

MANAGERIAL DECISION-MAKING

Course Description: Investigate analytical and process skills for effective decision-making and change management. Assess key factors in the change process, effective planning and problem-solving.

3 Credits

MGT 415                                                               

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN OPERATIONS MGMNT        
Course Description: understand the role of financial performance in the management of a company’s processes and services and its influence on an enterprise’s financial viability.

Integration of operations management and financial management. Concepts of net present value, internal rate of return and other

cost effectiveness indicators, and a general approach to the international standards for organizations are reviewed.

3 Credits

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MGT 510                                                               

STRATEGY PLANNING                                                                 
Course Description: Examine and apply the concepts and theories of strategic planning in present-day organizations.

Topics include strategy development and implementation based on internal and external analysis of the organization.

The course includes the perspective of both the domestic and global economy.

Special attention is given to innovation, technology, and entrepreneurial perspectives.

3 Credits

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ORG 300                                                                 

APPLYING LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES                                         
Course Description: Exploration, and application of leadership skills, principles, and practices.

Topics include leadership communication, motivation, style, and characteristics. 

3 Credits
 

ORG 301                                                                 

LEADING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR                               
Course Description: Broad analysis of individual and group behavior in organizations. 

Topics include job design, organizational structure and design, decision-making, power, rewards, stress,

organizational change, and group/individual behavior. Topics are covered with both leadership theory and application.

3 Credits
 

ORG 400                                                               

LEADING TEAMS                                                                          
Course Description: the development, organization and leadership of teams in both traditional and virtual settings, while also considering the impact globalization has on the importance of effective team participation and leadership.

This course is designed to facilitate skill development and a working knowledge of and experience in team creation,

leading teams, and individual roles within the team. 

3 Credits
 

ORG 405                                                               

PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP           
Course Description: Explore the various aspects of leadership. Learn concepts such as leadership styles, effective leadership, diversity, and frameworks for motivating and influencing groups and individuals within organizations.

Additionally, students will practice problem solving and crisis decision making through simulation. 

3 Credits
 

ORG 420                                                               

LEADING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE                                      
Course Description: Analyze the role of leadership when planning and implementing change within contemporary organizations.

There is an emphasis on how leaders strategize, direct, and assess organizational need for change.

3 Credits
 

ORG 423                                                               

COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES                                                 
Course Description: Practical review of leadership communication strategies for transmitting, receiving, and understanding information in the workplace. Emphasis is on equipping leaders with the knowledge of how to overcome communication barriers by utilizing appropriate strategies and methods, including effective ways to provide feedback. 

3 Credits
 

ORG 430                                                               

LEADING FORWARD                                                                     
Course Description: Examine how leaders use information and intuition to transform and drive organizations towards the future.

Knowing how to develop a vision, make incremental advances, support innovation in the organizational culture,

and influence across organizational hierarchies are crucial to leading forward.

Learning practical skills to cultivate innovators in the organization.

3 Credits
 

ORG 470                                                               

CONFLICT RESOLUTION                                                             
Course Description: Identify and analyze leadership strategies for dealing with both functional and dysfunctional conflict in organizations. Included is a study of conflict resolution approaches, including avoidance, accommodation, collaboration, competing, and compromising. Through theory and application, students will learn to use conflict resolution skills, immediately, in a practical way.

3 Credits

 

PJM 310                                                               

INTRO TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT                                         
Course Description: This course provides students with an overview of important aspects of managing both small and large projects, including assessment of needs, development of specifications, acquisition of labor and materials, optimization of schedules, controlling costs, and ensuring outcomes and deliverables.

Students learn project management techniques, ways that projects can be managed and organized, and how to plan and control a project.

3 Credits

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PJM 330                                                             

EFFECTIVE PROJECT SCHEDULING & CONTROL                     
Course Description: Project scheduling, monitoring, and controlling techniques used by successful project managers.

Development in project planning, scope definition and control, cost estimation, cost control, scheduling, controlling,

trade-off decision-making, learning-curve theory, quality management, and communication management.

3 Credits

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PJM 380                                                               

PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS                                              
Course Description: Use of project management tools and software to plan, design, and facilitate effective initiating, planning,

executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing projects. Students will have the option to use either Microsoft Project

or a combination of other MS Office tools to complete numerous assignments, culminating in the final portfolio project.

3 Credits

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PJM 400                                                             

PROJECT PROCUREMENT & CONTRACT MGMNT                  
Course Description: Procurement-management knowledge of project management. Obtaining the appropriate resources from external and internal vendors, which is the responsibility of the project manager. Process of acquiring external resources through vendors and the legal requirements associated with contracts. Study of the best practices regarding contract management and

purchasing within a project management environment.

3 Credits

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PJM 410                                                             

ASSESSING & MANAGING RISK                                                   
Course Description: Manage project risk. Includes planning, risk identification, qualitative risk assessment, quantitative risk assessment, risk response planning, risk response implementation, and risk monitoring.

3 Credits
 

PJM 440                                                           

PROJECT QUALITY MANAGEMENT                                             
Course Description: Concepts and benefits of having a systematic approach to project quality management.

It examines the main considerations necessary to plan, manage, and control quality in project environments.

3 Credits

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PJM 530                                                           

CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT & RISK MGMT                              
Course Description: An in-depth understanding of the procurement-and risk- management processes in projects.

Evaluate and synthesize concepts within the domains of contract management and risk management, and identify and assess

recommended practices in contract management and purchasing.

Topics primarily include risk-management planning, risk identification, risk analysis, risk-response strategies,

risk monitoring, and risk control. In addition, the course covers the project manager's responsibilities in identifying and

obtaining resources from vendors, as well as the legal requirements and contracting processes involved.

3 Credits