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BUS 3700
Business Communications
In this course you will explore effective communication strategies for a leader or manager that promote positive communication inside
and outside an organization or business. You will especially focus on audience analysis, so that appropriate vehicles of communication can
be used in international settings that require heightened analysis in order to overcome cultural nuances and miscommunication. (3)
BUS 3800
International Business Practices
You will explore the international dimensions of business, including globalization, developing and implementing strategies for
international settings, cross-cultural human resource management, governmental relationships, and unique ethical considerations in
international settings. (3)
BUS 3910
Practicum in Business
This practicum is a limited learning experience within a business or organization for you to actively participate in work-related tasks
within a business culture. This experience requires a minimum of 50 clock hours on the job under supervision for each credit received.
Practicum units may be taken incrementally or as a three-credit block. (1-3)
BUS 4210
Marketing
In this course you will be introduced to marketing principles associated with business and organizational administration. You will study
various marketing concepts, such as product, pricing, place, and promotion as these relate to for-profit entities. You will also consider
marketing-related concepts as applied to non-profit and non-governmental organizations. (3)
BUS 4400
Practical Skill Development in Business
This course is designed to offer ministry skills experience within the discipline, providing opportunity for upperclassmen to gain
competency and confidence within related vocations. Experiential learning requirements are defined by your program and assessed by
the program faculty. A minimum of 50 clock hours of direct experience is required for a unit of credit and advisor approval is required. (1)
BUS 4410
Legal Environments in Business
This course is an introduction to the legal and regulatory process in which business and organizational decisions should be made and
documented. You will explore the application of legal constraints and regulatory law related to corporate directors and operational
managers. (3)
BUS 4500
Information Systems and Technologies
This course explores the role of business tools, such as software technologies, in managing information systems and quantitative research
data mining acquired via various technologies. You will also explore the tension between effectiveness and efficiency with tools or
services that can be purchased. (3)
BUS 4700
Operations Management
In this course you will explore the management of operation variables and their part in the overall strategy of a business or non-govern-
mental organization (NGO). Your primary focus will be managing the operation of a service-oriented organization, including such topics as
business process engineering, allocation of resources, cost control, quality control, and standards and procedures development. (3)
BUS 4710
Strategic Planning, Policy Making, and Assessment
In this course you will explore the interactions of corporate visioning, planning, implementing, and evaluating within a framework of
applied social science. Areas you will focus on include: Communications, culture, motivation, perception, operational formations and
adaptation, risk management, clarity of mission, change processes, and learning theory. (3)
BUS 4930
Business and Organizational Internship
This internship provides exposure to organizational leadership, management, and operations. This may occur in an international or cross-
cultural setting, or in North America. Internship assignments must be approved by the program director. (1-3)
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HAPLAINCY
CHP 3100
Introduction to Chaplaincy
This course will help you develop a basic understanding of chaplaincy as a stand-alone ministry in the workplace. This course will
develop chaplaincy ministry skills within institutional and organizational settings as it applies to the eight functional areas of chaplaincy.
In addition you will develop basic knowledge, skills, and understanding of ministry care as they are applied in chaplaincy.
(3)
CHP 4100
Chaplaincy Capstone Course
This capstone course requires you to demonstrate and hone the knowledge, skills, and abilities you have learned through your courses. It
is designed to enable you to demonstrate a basic understanding of chaplaincy through a significant, relevant project that has an oral and a
written component. You should demonstrate the ability to gather material independently, think critically about, and be able to integrate,
the theoretical and/or practical knowledge you have acquired throughout your undergraduate experience, and reflect on the
moral/ethical/social/theological issues that are implicit in your project. The project will be designed to assimilate into an interconnected,
unified whole knowledge and skills pertaining to communication, leadership, world religions, apologetics, ministry care, and sermon
delivery as they pertain to and apply to ministry within the eight functional areas of chaplaincy. (3)
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