B.B.A. - B.S. Communication - B.S. Human Services
Adult and Prior Learning (3)
Learners will explore the non-traditional nature of adult education
and complete various self-assessment instruments designed to provide
a cognitive base for personal understanding and career planning. The
course will guide learners through the steps leading to the preparation
of a portfolio for credit for learning through life experience.
Directed Research (3)
Learners explore research resources and methods to conduct and document
a work-related research project.
Computer Applications (3)
Learners use word-processing, spreadsheet, database and electronic
communication applications to complete work-related documents and tasks.
Managerial Economics (3)
Learners explore principles of economics essential for managers,
including the U.S. economy, national output, employment levels, economic
growth, inflation and a global perspective.
Organizations and Environments (3)
Learners apply management theories to analyze their work environments
in view of organizational structure and environments, managerial roles,
and individual and group processes.
Marketing in a Global Economy (3)
Learners investigate basic marketing theory and terminology through
the analysis of workplace practices and case studies. They will identify,
critical marketing data and develop solutions to problems in their work
environments.
Accounting Principles for Managers (3)
Learners survey financial tools available to the manager in decision
making and learn to read and understand accounting documents, including
income statements, balance sheets, cash flow projections, budgets, changes
in financial position, and ratio analysis.
Business Through The Eyes of Faith (3)
Learners apply Biblical principles to guide business decision making
and values formation.
The Legal Environment of Business (3)
Learners survey laws regulating business activities, principles
governing contracts, negotiable instruments and sales including research
of laws applicable to their work environment.
Management Communication (3)
Learners demonstrate writing and speaking skills essential for effective
managers. Studies include intercultural communication, gender- and diversity-
related issues, media, crisis, and conflict resolution.
Statistical Analysis (3)
Learners analyze and evaluate problem-solving techniques. They will
define, research, analyze, and evaluate a problem requiring a solution
from their work environment. Specific statistical information covered
includes identifying and measuring objectives, collection of data, working
with significance levels, analyzing variance, and constructing questionnaires.
Finance Fundamentals (3)
Learners study principles and problems involved in the finance function
of firms, including taxes, cash flow, capital management, budgets, reorganization,
and investments.
Managing Human Resources (3)
Learners analyze their work environment and methods of planning,
staffing, training, and developing human resources. A survey of assessment,
compensation, and labor relations strategies will be presented, as well
as the legal aspects of human resource management.
Managerial and Manufacturing Decisions (3)
Students will apply quantitative techniques, using mathematical
models, to assist in the decision-making function of management.
Essential Christianity in the Corporate Culture (3)
Learners will evaluate the contemporary corporate culture (its institutions,
technologies, transactions, and practices) in light of moral principles
derived from a Christian worldview.
Directed Research (3)
Identification, analysis, and solution of a work-related problem.
Oral presentation.
Term 1
Adult and Prior Learning Assessment (3)
Learners will explore the nontraditional nature of adult education
and complete various self-assessment instruments designed to provide
a cognitive base for personal understanding and career planning
in the field of communication.
Introduction to Mass Communication
(3)
Learners analyze traditional mass media from both an historical
and a cultural perspective. Special attention is given to media
theories and effects, media operations, and social and economic
problems in the media. Studies include print and electronic media,
the Internet, and mass media ethics and law.
Interpersonal Communication
Theory (3)
Learners apply communication theories to analyze their work and social
environments. Topics include communication system theory, language
discourse, message reception and receiving, social and cultural
realities, interpersonal and trait theories, and critical theories.
A properly documented research paper on a communication theory is
the capstone of the course.
Media and Feature Writing (3)
Learners demonstrate their abilities to write and edit for all forms
of media, including print, electronic media and advertising/public
relations. Includes practical experience in information gathering,
organizing, and writing with emphasis on style, structure, and techniques
appropriate to the various media formats.
Communication Through
the Eyes of Faith (3)
Learners apply biblical principles to guide business and personal
decision-making and values formation, as well as to professional
communication situations.
Term 2
Broadcast Communication (3)
Learners explore the “how-tos” of radio and television.
This course provides practical training with theory-based instruction
as students begin working with audio and video production techniques,
electronic writing formats and methods used to produce on-air programming
and television productions.
Technical Writing (3)
Learners demonstrate their skills in writing tasks specifically encountered
in the work world. These include various types of business correspondence,
mechanism and process description, instructions, proposals, and
reports and manuals.
Desktop Publishing/Magazine Editing
and Design (3)
Learners demonstrate designing and editing skills essential to creating
a magazine from the initial concept to a comprehensive mock magazine.
Specific attention is given to the principles of design, typography,
paper and ink, print estimating and product delivery. Industry-standard
software, including Quark press, Photoshop and/or Illustrator, will
be used for the final project that will become a part of the learner’s
future portfolio.
Term 3
News Reporting/Editorial and Copyediting (4)
Learners explore news judgments and methods of gathering and writing
news. The course also includes the theory and practice of editing
copy, writing headlines and designing newspaper pages.
Film
Production and Criticism (3)
Learners explore the film industry, specifically basic film production
and digital film technologies. This course emphasizes motion photography,
film editing, digital video and non-linear editing. Also covered
are film genre and history.
Web Design (3)
Learners are introduced to the development of computer media on the
World Wide Web using text, visuals, animation, audio and video.
Topics of study include Flash and JavaScript programs, Web page
design, and production of multimedia elements for websites.
Term 4
Electronic Media/Scriptwriting and Performance
(3)
Learners develop microphone and camera skills essential to successful
communication through electronic media. Specific “how-to”
techniques for announcing, delivering news, interviewing, teleconferencing
and doing press conferences give learners insight and practice in
communicating to an audience.
Small Group and Organizational
Communication (3)
Learners develop an awareness of group dynamics and the employment
of small groups in the processes of information seeking and problem-solving.
Emphasis is given to the theory and practice of communication in
organizations, as well as practical application through the assessment
and identification of communication problems in organizations.
Advertising
and Public Relations (3)
Learners discover the basic techniques of advertising and public
relations. Topics covered include copywriting, designing, strategy
and execution. Careful consideration is given to clarifying the differences,
but also the important interrelationships between advertising and
public relations.
Christian Media Ethics in the Corporate Culture
(3)
Learners evaluate personal values, ethics and worldviews in light
of their media knowledge and biblical perspective. This capstone
course in Christian ethics sets the learner on a career path of excellence.
Term 1
Behavioral Sciences Seminar (3)
Learners will be introduced the Human Services program and exposed to
the educational and professional options available. Opportunities for
self-assessment are offered and guidance is given on how to maximize
learning styles with course demands. Students are also oriented to professional
writing and strategies for success in the Human Services program.
Introduction to Human Services (3)
Learners will study the philosophy, historical development, and major
concepts of human services. The course serves as an introduction to
the many facets of human services as a profession, including practice
with special populations. Learners will be challenged to develop an
understanding of the integration of professional practice with Christian
perspectives.
Essential Christianity and the Human Services (3)
Learners will receive additional instruction in the concepts related
to the integration of their faith with the Human Services profession.
The course addresses some of the central concerns of the Christian life,
with emphasis on three main areas: (1) spiritual formation for the learner
and client, (2) biblical interpretation, and (3) integration of faith
and learning within the framework of a Christian worldview in the Human
Services.
Community Interventions to Social Problems (3)
Learners will study selected social problems addressed by Human Service
workers for the purpose of developing an understanding of the severity
of the problems, as well as theories related to their root causes. They
will explore approaches to the resolution of these problems within a
Judeo-Christian framework.
Term 2
Introduction to Counseling (3)
Learners will be introduced to the major schools of counseling and psychotherapy
and will be assisted in developing a personal, theoretical orientation
to Human Services. Attention is given to the underlying theoretical
assumptions of each approach. Faith integration is emphasized through
application of theories to particular case studies and in reaction papers.
Gender and Cultural Diversity (3)
Learners will be engaged in a study of the relationship between minority
and majority groups in the United States and the world. The origins
of prejudice from historical and sociological perspectives and theories
of inter-group relations are addressed. The development of effective
Human Services programs for people of differing cultures will be addressed.
Human Growth and Development (3)
Learners will survey the growth and development of the human organism.
The biological and social stages of growth from conception to death
are considered, with emphasis on the interaction of bio-psycho-social
stresses on contemporary human development.
Assessment and Case Management (3)
Learners will study case management, a core component of service delivery
in every sector of human services. Learners in this course will address
case management roles, functions, models, fields of service, managed
care, practice functions and policy issues.
Term 3
Helping Skills in Human Services (3)
Learners in this course will be exposed to core communication skills
essential to developing helping relationships. Emphasis is on experiential
role-playing and practice in nonverbal expression, active listening,
exploration, constructive confrontation, conflict resolution and other
interviewing skills essential to a professional helper. The end result
of this course should be not only the development of these skills but
also the wisdom to know when to use them.
Psychopathology (3)
Learners will address the theoretical approaches to psychopathology,
the assessment of mental disorders, and a sampling of the present day
classification system of disorders with respect to symptomatology and
treatment. They will become familiar with the DSM-IV and assessment
of Human Services clients.
Sociology of the Family (3)
Learners will study the family as a social institution, including its
functions and history, modern trends and changes and the relationship
between the parent and child. Course application will provide opportunities
to develop community and family interventions.
Practicum Seminar (3)
Learners will receive an orientation to the practicum placement and
discuss issues impacting professional practice as human services workers.
The practicum experience will include direct practice in a local social
service agency under close professional supervision. Students are expected
to provide 50 clock hours of service for each hour of academic credit.
Term 4
Introduction to Applied Group Process (3)
Learners will be introduced to the psychological dynamics of groups
according to the various theoretical approaches. Emphasis will be given
to both the knowledge content and personal awareness derived from group
participation. Consideration is given to the applications of group skills
in both secular and Christian settings.
Statistical Analysis (3)
Learners will be provided essential tools for statistical analysis.
These tools will include descriptive statistics, including measures
of central tendency and dispersion, bivariate analysis and correlation.
Learners will also learn to do hypothesis testing using the following
inferential statistics: t-tests, analysis of variance, regression, and
nonparametric statistics essential for research and interpreting professional
literature in human services. They will learn to present and interpret
data in an ethical manner.
Research Methods for Human Services (3)
Learners will be exposed to the ethical responsibilities related to
research in the Human Services and the steps in conducting research.
The steps presented include identifying a problem, selecting a research
design, sampling, instrumentation and procedures. Students will learn
to critique and to conduct research. Procedures for literature review
and formulation of research reports are also addressed.
Christian Worldview in the Human Services (3)
Learners will evaluate personal values, ethics and worldviews in light
of biblical perspectives in this capstone course, addressing values
and Christian ethics in the Human Services.