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  • ACG 5213 - Enterprise Systems I - Introduction to ERP Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to Enterprise Resource Planning Systems is designed to introduce students to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), a business management paradigm that integrates all facets of the business, including planning, manufacturing, sales, finance, and accounting. It will also introduce the concept of digital transformation and discuss the impact of this concept for companies and industries.  It will establish a theoretical foundation of ERP systems and examines business function, processes, data requirements, development, and management of ERP systems for sales, marketing, accounting, finance, production, supply chain, and customer relationship management.  The course will cover both the methodology and practice of ERP using Microsoft Dynamics, a leading commercial ERP software package. Hands-on assignments will be assigned so the student can work through real-life business situations using the MS Dynamics system and explore the interaction among the different business processes. These exercises, along with class discussions through dialog, will prepare the student with the knowledge and skill sought by a growing number of businesses attempting to use enterprise systems to maintain or expand their competitive edge. 
     

    Availability: Fall


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  • ACG 5223 - Enterprise Systems II - Business Processes and Data Analytics

    3 Credit Hours

    Information is vital to any successful decision making process. ERP and accounting information systems are one of the primary information systems employed by organizations to assist managers within an entity with making internal decisions as well as provide information to external stakeholders such as investors, creditors, governmental agencies, and the community at large. The course incorporates hands on learning in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise Edition (Axapta, AX). It will introduce students to the systems that produce financial and managerial information for organizations.  Although discussions will cover information systems as a whole, particular emphasis will be placed on the revenue and expenditure cycles, and financial reporting and subsidiary ledgers. These are all components and business processes of an ERP system. 

    Students will learn theoretical material from the ERP/Accounting Information Systems Text. The text addresses ERP systems’ controls and processes in an automated ERP system. The course also incorporates hands on learning in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise Edition (Axapta, AX).
     

    Prerequisite: ACG 5213 - Enterprise Systems I - Introduction to ERP Systems  
    Availability: Fall


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  • BUS 5523 - Enterprise Systems III - CRM Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    This course examines customer relationship management (CRM) and its application in marketing, sales, and service functions within an organization. It will include theoretical concepts from the CRM textbook as well as hands on learning of a CRM system, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales. Companies adopting effective CRM strategies are able to properly align their business processes with customer centric strategies maximizing people, technology, and knowledge. Companies utilize CRM to optimize the identification, acquisition, growth, and retention of desired customers and to gain competitive advantage and maximize profits. CRM has the ability to help manage customers, clients or organizational affiliates and is used by corporations, not for profits and other organizations.  Emphasis is given on conceptual knowledge, real-world projects, and hands-on learning using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales software.  Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales is used throughout the course. 
     

    Availability: Spring


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  • BUS 5533 - Enterprise Systems IV - Supply Chain Management Systems and Data Analytics

    3 Credit Hours
    This course examines supply chain business processes. It utilizes hands on learning in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise Edition (Axapta, AX) in supply and distribution businesses. The course provides the required theoretical and hands on learning to provide students with a foundational understanding of supply chain processes for individuals implementing or considering Dynamics 365 Operations or other ERP systems and those that seek positions as management consultants. The course will cover both the methodology and practice of ERP Supply Chain systems using Microsoft Dynamics 365, a leading commercial ERP system.  Hands-on work will be assigned so students can work through real-life business and explore the interaction among the different business processes. These exercises, along with class discussions will prepare the student with the knowledge and skill set sought by a growing number of businesses attempting to use enterprise systems to maintain or expand their competitive edge.  The course will also include Data Analytics cases to assist students in analyzing data and converting information to useful knowledge.
     

    Prerequisite:  ACG 5213  , ACG 5223  
    Availability: Spring


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  • DEV 5001 - Seminar in Global Development

    1 Credit Hours
    The first in a series of two seminars covering basic elements of Global Development. This seminar covers elements of policy that relate to the operations of Go’s and NGO’s in developing nations, especially as they relate to their interrelationship with the U.N. and its millennium goals. Emphasis will be placed upon the African context.

    Availability: Every Fall


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  • DEV 5002 - Fieldwork Seminar

    2 Credit Hours
    This seminar presents the essentials of Ethnographic, Missiological and cultural studies relating to the micro and macroeconomic environment of the global poor. This seminar will also explore the ethical underpinnings of cross-cultural work. Emphasis will be placed upon the African context.

    Prerequisite: DEV 5001 Seminar in Global Development
    Availability: Every Summer


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  • DEV 5003 - Research Project I

    3 Credit Hours
    The aims of this fall research project will be to identify a problem area that exists within the student’s selected track. Students will begin by compiling a reading list and identifying a problem area of study. Students will then conduct background research relating to the identified problem area and ultimately create a prospectus for both research and action. This is the first in a 2-part series of courses. Students will be paired with a team of professors, with one designated as the chair.

    Availability: Every Fall


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  • DEV 5004 - Fieldwork

    4 Credit Hours
    This course offers a mandatory internship for all students enrolled in the M.S. program in Strategic Global Development. Situated abroad within the context of an emerging economy, students will immerse themselves within a target culture to be studied and served, and both observe and work alongside the operations of GO’s and NGO’s within the culture. Academic exercises include the creation of a field journal and both discussion and writing exercises pertaining to the tracks represented in the M.S. degree. Requires Passport, Visa, and status of “Cleared for Departure” from the Center for Experiential Learning.

    Availability: Every Summer


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  • DEV 5013 - Research Project II

    3 Credit Hours
    The aims of this spring research project will be to create a thesis related to the activities of DEV 5003 Research Project I. Students will work to answer questions raised in a methodical manner, and in close conjunction with a faculty representative or committee. The final result will be the creation of a thesis and the creation of a case study which summarizes the issues of the thesis.

    Prerequisite: DEV 5003 Research Project I
    Availability: Every Spring


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  • DEV 5023 - Practicum in Cultural Concepts of Wealth and Value

    3 Credit Hours
    This course provides a practicum for those students who completed DEV 5123. It offers them the opportunity to take the content matter of that class, and to apply it to some discrete problem for Global Development. Students, through group work and under professor direction, are to identify a global need relating to wealth value, assess the cultural nature of that need, and articulate a solution to that need.
    Prerequisite: DEV 5123 Cultural Concepts of Wealth and Value

    Prereq/Corequisite: DEV 5123 Cultural Concepts of Wealth and Value
    Availability: Every Spring


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  • DEV 5033 - Practicum in Development Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is a practicum in Global Development Policy, offering the student the opportunity to implement the tools learned in DEV 5043 Development Policy to specific issues. Students will be assigned global development policy issues and will be required to articulate a policy statement regarding them. Students will acquire background knowledge, research Governmental and Non Governmental reports, assess the cooperative landscape, and deliver a policy document which addresses the core needs in their area of research.

    Prerequisite: DEV 5043 Development Policy
    Availability: Every Spring


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  • DEV 5043 - Microenterprise and Microfinance

    3 Credit Hours
    This course offers a practical, data-driven study of microenterprise and microfinance. Topics include the identification of need, micro-loan mechanics, microfinance policies, and the potential extension of microfinance into capital markets.

    Availability: Every Spring


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  • DEV 5053 - Global Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    This course provides a study of the global economics, with application to the global banking industry and financial markets. Attention will be paid to both Western and European financial markets, as well as emerging markets. Topics include trade theories, commercial policy, and theories and international investment and migration, international regulations, loan markets, debt capital markets, global equities markets, and mergers and acquisitions.

    Availability: Every Fall


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  • DEV 5063 - Development Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    This course studies trends and dynamics in Global Development Policy. Topics include the U.N. Millennium goals, U.N. policy and practice, cooperation among GO’s and NGO’s, policy evaluation, and peace-keeping operations.

    Availability: Every Fall


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  • DEV 5073 - Development Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    This course studies the dynamics of economies in developing nations. Topics include both microeconomic and macroeconomic data regarding the global poor, the nature of informal markets, the institutions and forces that serve to promote or prevent poverty and the successes and failures of attempts to address this problem.

    Availability: Every Spring


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  • DEV 5083 - Case Study Seminar I

    3 Credit Hours
    This is the first of two case study seminars. In this seminar, students will be provided cases prior to each class meeting, and are expected to prepare opinions regarding the case. Class time will be used, under professorial supervision, to offering solutions to the cases. Emphasis will be placed on each of the three core areas of the M.S. in Strategic Global Development program - Applied Theology and Ethics, Policy, and Microfinance and Microenterprise. Students are expected to submit their analysis of each case, and prepare a final extended analysis on one case discussed during the semester.

    Availability: Every Fall


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  • DEV 5093 - Case Study Seminar II

    3 Credit Hours
    This case study seminar, building upon its predecessor, offers the student continued experience with case study analysis and also with the opportunity to present and lead discussion on cases of their own making. Students will be provided cases prior to each class meeting, and are expected to prepare opinions regarding the case. Class time will be used, under professorial supervision and in group discussion with other students, to offering solutions to the cases. Emphasis will be placed on each of the three core areas of the M.S. in Strategic Global Development program - Applied Theology and Ethics, Policy, and Microfinance and Microenterprise. Students are expected to submit their analysis of each case, and prepare a final extended analysis on one case discussed during the semester.

    Prerequisite: DEV 5083 Case Study Seminar I
    Availability: Every Spring


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  • DEV 5103 - Advanced Microfinance

    3 Credit Hours
    This course offers an advanced study of microfinance. Topics include the underlying macroeconomic environment which creates need for microfinance, determination of interest rates, hidden wealth, gender and microfinance, models of financial services, and an analysis of value added.
     

    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: DEV 5043 Microfinance and Microenterprise
    Availability: Every Fall


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  • DEV 5113 - Advanced Microenterprise

    3 Credit Hours
    This course offers an advanced study of microenterprise, Topics include different natures of legal obligations in emerging nations, regulatory differences, the challenges of marketing and bringing products to market, mergers and acquisitions, franchising and the role of equity and capital in the creation of microenterprise.

    Prerequisite: DEV 5043 Microfinance and Microenterprise
    Availability: Every Spring


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  • DEV 5123 - Cultural Concepts of Wealth and Value

    3 Credit Hours
    This course offers a study of the historical and recent work on the cultural nature of wealth and value. Attention is paid to these concepts in the western world, and compares them to concepts in developing or emerging nations.

    Availability: Every Fall


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  • MLS 6203 - Topics in Ministry Leadership

    3 Credit Hours
    This elective course provides the student with the opportunity to explore and examine one or more selected topics in ministry leadership. Selected topics may include church revitalization, spiritual formation, church planting, or youth ministry. 

    Availability: Summer A Term


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Accounting
  

  • ACG 2013 - Financial Accounting

    3 Credit Hours
    For the following elective courses, please check the PBA Undergraduate Day Catalog for course descriptions. The descriptions will include course requisites and course availability.


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  • ACG 2023 - Managerial Accounting

    3 Credit Hours
    For the following elective courses, please check the PBA Undergraduate Day Catalog for course descriptions. The descriptions will include course requisites and course availability.


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  • ACG 5033 - Advanced Managerial Accounting

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasizes the concepts, techniques, and conventions underlying the balance sheet and the income statement. Covers the fundamental principles of asset valuation, income determination, financial reporting, business taxes, and owner’s equity. Includes the principal functions of accounting analysis, managerial control, and financial analysis. Special focus on budgeting and performance measurement.

    Prerequisite: ACG 2013  and ACG 2023 
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • ACG 5113 - Advanced Accounting Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    An in-depth analysis of the historical development of accounting theory and its application to current and future accounting issues. The effect of economic, political, and social forces on accounting theory and practice is examined. The course utilizes a case approach that enhances critical thinking skills to increase the understanding and knowledge of accounting theory in relation to accounting practice.

    Prerequisite: Admission to MAcc
    Availability: Fall


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  • ACG 5123 - Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced study of accounting and financial reporting concepts, standards, and procedures for consolidated companies and partnerships. Topics will focus on the consolidated financial statements, partnership accounting, segmented reporting, and interim reporting.

    Prerequisite: Admission to MAcc
    Availability: Spring


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  • ACG 5133 - Advanced Auditing

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced application of Auditing Concepts, standards, and procedures in the conduct of a Financial Statement audit. Topics will include the auditor’s responsibilities for reporting on internal controls, audit sampling requirements, audit reports, professional ethical standards, and auditing EDP systems.

    Prereq/Corequisite: Admission to MAcc
    Availability: Fall


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  • ACG 5143 - Tax Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods of researching tax problems and practical exercises in the uses of research tools in locating, understanding, and interpreting source materials.

    Prerequisite: Admission to MAcc
    Availability: Fall


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  • ACG 5153 - Financial Statement Analysis

    3 Credit Hours

    An in-depth study of financial statements as an integral part of the strategic analysis of firms, with the effect of accounting regulations and managerial discretion on financial statements. Topics include strategic analysis, risk and profitability analysis using ratios, accounting analysis, interpretation of financial statements, cash flow analysis, judgments about earnings quality, and prospective forecasting of financial statements.

    Prerequisite: Admission to MAcc

     
    Availability: Spring


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  • ACG 5163 - Government & Not For Profit Accounting

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced study of accounting and financial reporting concepts, standards, and procedures for governments and non-profit agencies. Topics will focus on the financial management and accountability issues pertinent to government and non-profit organizations.

    Prereq/Corequisite: Admission to MAcc
    Availability: Spring


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Biblical and Theological Studies
  

  • BIB 5012 - Elementary Hebrew I

    2 Credit Hours
    This course introduces the students to the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of the Hebrew Bible with emphasis on translating from Hebrew to English. This course is offered in a more compressed format and requires from the student guided, independent learning.

    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 5022 - Elementary Hebrew II

    2 Credit Hours
    This course is a continuation of   with added emphasis given to translation of Hebrew texts. This course is offered in a more compressed format and requires from the student guided, independent learning.

    Prerequisite:   or BIB 2033
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 5032 - Elementary Greek I

    2 Credit Hours
    This course introduces students to New Testament Greek with emphasis on the mastery of forms and basic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.  Students begin to translate selections from the Greek New Testament.
     

    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 5042 - Elementary Greek II

    2 Credit Hours
    This course is a continuation of   with added emphasis given to translation of the Greek New Testament. 

    Prerequisite:   or BIB 2013
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 5212 - Genesis

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will explore the nature, value, and purpose of Genesis within the context of Christian ministry. Incorporating study in biblical Hebrew, the course builds on an introductory familiarity with the Torah, focusing on the text’s historical background, literary content, canonical role, and theological application. As an integrated course, this study of Genesis will intentionally dialog with the Ante-Nicene fathers and the task of communicating the gospel, connecting to the semester theme of Announcing God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite:   *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 5223 - Life and Faith in the Ante Nicene Church

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is a study of selected Ante-Nicene Christian writings, giving special attention to early Christian perspectives on the Torah and the Synoptic Gospels; to emerging understandings of Christian living, Christian community, and the relationship of Christians to the world; and to the communication of the Christian message by the early church. The course will connect to the semester theme of Announcing God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite:   *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 5233 - Life and Faith in the Early Church

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is a study of selected writings form the early church, giving special attention to early Christian perspectives on the Torah and Synoptic Gospels; to emerging understandings of Christian living, Christian community, and the relationship of Christians to the world; and to the communication of the Christian message by the early church. The course will connect to the semester theme of Announcing God’s Kingdom. 

    Corequisite: BIB 5212  

    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 5462 - The Book of the Twelve

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will explore the nature, value and purpose of the Book of the Twelve (minor prophets) within the context of Christian ministry. Incorporating study of the biblical languages, the course builds on an introductory familiarity with the Latter Prophets, focusing on the text’s historical background, literary content, canonical role, and theological application. As an integrated course, the study of the Twelve will intentionally dialog with the Nicene Fathers in particular and the semester theme of Revealing God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite: BIB 6603  *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 5512 - Acts of the Apostles

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will examine the Acts of the Apostles, focusing on background issues, literary content, and theological application for the church, incorporating study in biblical Greek. Particular emphasis will be given to the theological development of the Holy Spirit’s role in the growth and reconciling ministry of the first-century Christian community. This course has a narrative focus and draws on connections to the semester theme of Revealing God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite:   *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 5632 - First and Second Samuel

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will explore the nature, value, and purpose of First and Second Samuel within the context of Christian ministry. Incorporating the study of biblical Hebrew, the course builds on an introductory familiarity with the Historical Books, focusing on the text’s historical background, literary content, canonical role, and theological application. This course will connect to the semester theme of Applying God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite:   *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 5673 - Life and Faith of the Radical Reformers

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will study the life and faith of the Radical Reformers, with an emphasis on primary texts. Particular emphasis will be given to themes emerging from the Old Testament Historical Books and ecclesial and soteriological developments affected through the Radical Reformers. This course will connect to the semester theme of Applying God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite:   *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 5722 - First Corinthians and the Life of the Church

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will investigate the major theological themes of 1 Corinthians. The course builds on an introductory familiarity with New Testament epistolary literature. Incorporating studies in biblical Greek, students will learn to move from a thorough exegesis of 1 Corinthians to broader theological themes and to recognize how these undergird Paul’s discussion of the life of the church. This course will connect to the semester theme of Applying God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite:   *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 5803 - Life and Faith in Global Christianity

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will study modern Christianity, with special reference to non-Western forms of Christian faith and practice. Students engaged in this course will learn to recognize the significance of theological thinking for their understanding of God’s Kingdom purposes and its connection to the life of the modern church. With special attention to the themes of the Psalms, this course informs the semester theme of Living God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite: BIB 5812   *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 5812 - The Psalter

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will explore the nature, value, and purpose of the Old Testament Psalter within the context of Christian ministry. Incorporating the study of biblical Hebrew, the course builds on an introductory familiarity with the Old Testament’s poetic traditions, focusing on the text’s historical background, literary content, canonical role, and theological application. As an integrated course, this study of the Psalter will intentionally dialog with contemporary global Christianity in particular and will connect to the semester theme of Living in God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite: BIB 5803  *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 5912 - Gospel of John

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will investigate the historical context and narrative and biblical theology of the Fourth Gospel. Incorporating study of biblical Greek, students will learn to move from a thorough exegesis of a Johannine text to a well-founded comprehension of Jesus as the object of Christian worship. This course will connect to the semester theme of Living in God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite: MLS 5903  *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 5922 - Gospel of Matthew

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will investigate the major theological themes of the three Synoptic Gospels, with special emphasis on Matthew. The course builds on an introductory familiarity with the Synoptic Gospels. Incorporating study in biblical Greek, students will learn to move from a thorough exegesis of a Matthean text to a well-founded comprehension of Jesus’ main message. This course will have a narrative focus and draw on connections to the semester theme of Announcing God’s Kingdom.

    Corequisite: MLS 5313  *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 6000 - Comprehensive Examination

    0 Credit Hours
    The comprehensive written examination shall be taken in the candidate’s final semester at a set time in Finals Week and shall be comprised of essay questions derived from the student’s course-work (answering one question from each broad category of study —i.e. OT, NT, History/Theology, Great Commission, Electives).

    Availability: On Demand


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  • BIB 6001 - Research and Writing I

    1 Credit Hours
    This elective course investigates advanced graduate research methodologies and proposal design in various theological disciplines, culminating in a research project proposal.

    Availability: Fall/Spring/Summer


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  • BIB 6002 - Research and Writing I

    2 Credit Hours
    This elective course investigates advanced graduate research methodologies and proposal design in various theological disciplines, culminating in a research project proposal.

    Availability: Fall/Spring/Summer


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  • BIB 6003 - New Testament Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is an advanced exegetical or theological study of the New Testament, a particular New Testament writing, author, literary tradition or theme. The course may be repeated if content of course is different.


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  • BIB 6013 - Travel Study Experience

    3 Credit Hours
    An on-site study of the history, archaeology, geography, religion and culture of a specific region. Students will examine the historical, biblical, theological, religious, and cultural background of the area in order to gain an overall understanding of a specific destination and to make appropriate application to Christian thought and ministry.

    Availability: Odd Summer


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  • BIB 6101 - Research and Writing II

    1 Credit Hours
    This elective course continues the investigation advanced graduate research methodologies appropriate in various theological disciplines, culminating in a completed research project and presentation.

    Prerequisite: Instructor Approval. The prerequisite for this course is BIB 6001   and BIB 6002   Research and Writing I.
    Availability: Fall/Spring/Summer


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  • BIB 6102 - Research and Writing II

    2 Credit Hours
    This elective course continues the investigation advanced graduate research methodologies appropriate in various theological disciplines, culminating in a completed research project and presentation. The prerequisite for this course is BIB 6001-2 Research and Writing I.

    Prerequisite: Instructor Approval. The prerequisite for this course is BIB 6001 and BIB 6002 Research and Writing I. 
    Availability: Fall/Spring/Summer


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  • BIB 6112 - Intermediate Greek I

    2 Credit Hours
    This course is an intermediate-level course designed to enable students to maintain and further develop proficiency in translation of New Testament Greek.  Special attention will be given to developing the student’s ability to translate large sections of New Testament text in an efficient manner.  Attention will be given to intermediate syntax, grammar, and vocabulary.

    Prerequisite: BIB 5042  or BIB 2023
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 6122 - Intermediate Greek II

    2 Credit Hours
    This course is an intermediate-level course, designed to enable students to maintain and further develop proficiency in reading New Testament Greek.  The course will emphasize translation, syntax and grammar, and vocabulary using texts from the Greek New Testament.  Special attention will be given to developing a theoretical and functional understanding of intermediate Greek grammar for the purpose of translation and interpretation.  This course includes an introduction to textual criticism.

    Prerequisite: BIB 6112  or BIB 3053
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 6132 - Advanced Greek I

    2 Credit Hours
    This compressed graduate course is an advanced reading and translation course that will focus on selected readings from the Greek New Testament and Septuagint.

    Prerequisite: BIB 6122   or BIB 3063
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 6142 - Advanced Greek II

    2 Credit Hours
    This compressed graduate course is an advanced reading and translation course that focuses on selected readings from Koine Greek extra-biblical texts and critical issues.

    Prerequisite: BIB 6132  or BIB 4073
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 6153 - Old Testament Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is an advanced exegetical or theological study of the Old Testament, focusing on a particular Old Testament text, author, literary tradition, or theme. The course may be repeated if content of course is different.

    Availability: On Demand, Spring


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  • BIB 6212 - Intermediate Hebrew I

    2 Credit Hours
    This course focuses on developing intermediate proficiency in translating Old Testament Hebrew.  Attention is given to intermediate grammar and vocabulary.  Special attention is given to developing the student’s ability to translate the different types of Old Testament literature in an efficient manner.

    Prerequisite: BIB 5022   or BIB 2043
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 6222 - Intermediate Hebrew II

    2 Credit Hours
    As a continuation of Intermediate Hebrew I, this course focuses on developing intermediate proficiency in translating Old Testament Hebrew.  Attention is given to intermediate grammar and vocabulary.  Special attention is given to developing the student’s ability to translate the different types of Old Testament literature in an efficient manner.

    Prerequisite: BIB 6212   or BIB 3183
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 6232 - Advanced Hebrew I

    2 Credit Hours
    This advanced reading and translation course focuses on selected readings from the Hebrew Old Testament.  Attention is given to the advanced aspects of grammar, intermediate aspects of textual criticism, and the utilization of translation for exegesis.

    Prerequisite: BIB 6222   or BIB 3193
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 6242 - Advanced Hebrew II

    2 Credit Hours
    As a continuation of Advanced Hebrew I, this course is an advanced reading and translation course focusing on selected readings from the Hebrew Old Testament.  Attention is given to the advanced aspects of grammar, intermediate aspects of textual criticism, and the utilization of translation for exegesis.

    Prerequisite: BIB 6232   or BIB 4133
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 6301 - Advanced Greek Papyrus Study I

    1 Credit Hours

    This lab-based course involves the study of Greek papyri, which may involve transliteration, translation, and other explorations of various papyri. Papyri may be accessed electronically or physically. The course may include opportunities for students to assist in the education of Greek language students. This course is usually offered as a Directed Study course. 

    The course may be offered for variable credit (1-3 credit hours), depending on the semester’s curriculum and content of the course.

    Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 6302 - Advanced Greek Papyrus Study I

    2 Credit Hours

    This lab-based course involves the study of Greek papyri, which may involve transliteration, translation, and other explorations of various papyri. Papyri may be accessed electronically or physically. The course may include opportunities for students to assist in the education of Greek language students. This course is usually offered as a Directed Study course.

    The course may be offered for variable credit (1-3 credit hours), depending on the semester’s curriculum and content of the course.

    Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 6303 - Advanced Greek Papyrus Study I

    3 Credit Hours

    This lab-based course involves the study of Greek papyri, which may involve transliteration, translation, and other explorations of various papyri. Papyri may be accessed electronically or physically. The course may include opportunities for students to assist in the education of Greek language students. This course is usually offered as a Directed Study course.

    The course may be offered for variable credit (1-3 credit hours), depending on the semester’s curriculum and content of the course.

    Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
    Availability: Fall


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  • BIB 6311 - Advanced Greek Papyrus Study II

    1 Credit Hours

    This lab-based course involves the study of Greek papyri, which may involve transliteration, translation, and other explorations of various papyri. Papyri may be accessed electronically or physically. The course may include opportunities for students to assist in the education of Greek language students. This course is usually offered as a Directed Study course.

    The course may be offered for variable credit (1-3 credit hours), depending on the semester’s curriculum and content of the course.

    Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 6312 - Advanced Greek Papyrus Study II

    2 Credit Hours

    This lab-based course involves the study of Greek papyri, which may involve transliteration, translation, and other explorations of various papyri. Papyri may be accessed electronically or physically. The course may include opportunities for students to assist in the education of Greek language students. This course is usually offered as a Directed Study course.

    The course may be offered for variable credit (1-3 credit hours), depending on the semester’s curriculum and content of the course.

    Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 6313 - Advanced Greek Papyrus Study II

    3 Credit Hours

    This lab-based course involves the study of Greek papyri, which may involve transliteration, translation, and other explorations of various papyri. Papyri may be accessed electronically or physically. The course may include opportunities for students to assist in the education of Greek language students. This course is usually offered as a Directed Study course.

    The course may be offered for variable credit (1-3 credit hours), depending on the semester’s curriculum and content of the course.

    Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
    Availability: Spring


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  • BIB 6603 - Christian Ethics

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will investigate the ways in which Christian ethical formation and discourse are generated in the life and practice of the Church. Students will study the biblical and theological foundations of Christian Ethics and various methods of Christian moral decision-making. Students will then apply what they have learned to analyze contemporary ethical issues.

    Corequisite: BIB 5462  *

    Note: * This co-requisite is not required for students pursuing the M.A.C.S. degree
    Availability: Spring


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  • MLS 6013 - Biblical Leadership

    3 Credit Hours
    This interdisciplinary course explores biblical texts to discover issues of leadership theory and practice in the ancient context with a view toward understanding leadership in various modern contexts. Attention will be given to biblical metaphors and themes that shape an understanding of leadership.

    Availability: Summer Term B


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Cross-Cultural Studies
  

  • ICSV 5000 - Travel-Study Experience

    0 Credit Hours
    This course facilitates experiential learning through a Travel-Study program, allowing students an opportunity to encounter a global context through on-site study. The Travel-Study experience may emphasize historical, religious, cultural, demographic, geopolitical, natural, biological, business, economic, or environmental characteristics in order to develop a general familiarity with and appreciation for a specific destination.
    This course is normally paired with a co-requisite course taught the previous or same term.

     

    Prerequisite: May have a corequisite course.
    Availability: On demand


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  • ICSV 5001 - Travel-Study Experience

    1 Credit Hours
    This course facilitates experiential learning through a Travel-Study program, allowing students an opportunity to encounter a global context through on-site study. The Travel-Study experience may emphasize historical, religious, cultural, demographic, geopolitical, natural, biological, business, economic, or environmental characteristics in order to develop a general familiarity with and appreciation for a specific destination.
    This course is normally paired with a co-requisite course taught the previous or same term.
     

    Prerequisite: May have a corequisite course.
    Availability: On demand


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  • ICSV 5002 - Travel-Study Experience

    2 Credit Hours
    This course facilitates experiential learning through a Travel-Study program, allowing students an opportunity to encounter a global context through on-site study. The Travel-Study experience may emphasize historical, religious, cultural, demographic, geopolitical, natural, biological, business, economic, or environmental characteristics in order to develop a general familiarity with and appreciation for a specific destination.
    This course is normally paired with a co-requisite course taught the previous or same term.

    Prerequisite: May have a corequisite course.
    Availability: On demand


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  • ICSV 5003 - Travel-Study Experience

    3 Credit Hours
    This course facilitates experiential learning through a Travel-Study program, allowing students an opportunity to encounter a global context through on-site study. The Travel-Study experience may emphasize historical, religious, cultural, demographic, geopolitical, natural, biological, business, economic, or environmental characteristics in order to develop a general familiarity with and appreciation for a specific destination.
    This course is normally paired with a co-requisite course taught the previous or same term.

    Prerequisite: May have a corequisite course.
    Availability: On demand


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Business: Finance
  

  • BUS 5143 - Investments

    3 Credit Hours
    This course covers modern portfolio choice and asset pricing theories, seminal empirical studies and basic trading strategies related to the money, bond, equity, and derivatives markets. It also provides an introduction to the Market Microstructure approach to the, functioning of financial markets with an emphasis on the role of liquidity and asymmetric information in the price discovery process. This course also overviews different performance measures of investment strategies and portfolio managers.

    Prerequisite: BUS 5063
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5413 - International Finance

    3 Credit Hours
    To examine decision-making in International Finance via a broad study of the opportunities and problems encountered by Multinational Corporations (MNCs) operating in an increasingly globalized market-based economy. Emphasis will be placed on international parity conditions, foreign exchange determination, and the identification, measurement, and management of risks present in investments and business operations that span national boundaries. Specific topics include the international monetary system, balance of payments, market microstructure of foreign exchange, bond, and equity markets, international banking, interest and purchasing power parity conditions, transaction and economic foreign exchange rate exposures, the use of foreign currency derivatives to hedge transaction and exposure, and international capital market equilibrium theory and practice.

    Prerequisite: BUS 5063
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5443 - Money and Banking

    3 Credit Hours
    This course will cover the evolving role of the Federal Reserve, the structure and performance of the nation’s financial system and the role of money and interest rates in today’s economy. Issues related to the definition and measurement of the nation’s money supply will be discussed as will be the importance of an efficient and sound financial system.

    Prerequisite: BUS 5063
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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Business: General
  

  • BUS 2013 - Business Statistics

    3 Credit Hours
    For the following elective courses, please check the PBA Undergraduate Day Catalog for course descriptions. The descriptions will include course requisites and course availability.

    Prerequisite: MAT 1853 or higher
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 2343 - Principles of Macroeconomics

    3 Credit Hours
    Nature of economic concepts and problems. Course includes the basic theory of market price determination, extending into national economic measures, the business cycle, and the theory of the determination of national output, employment, and prices. Contemporary macroeconomic issues are discussed.

    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 2353 - Principles of Microeconomics

    3 Credit Hours
    For the following elective courses, please check the PBA Undergraduate Day Catalog for course descriptions. The descriptions will include course requisites and course availability.

    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5043 - Quantitative Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include research design, measurement issues, the sources and collection of data. An introductory graduate course designed to provide students with the background necessary for understanding the role of statistics in decision-making in the modern business environment. The ethical issues associated with the conduct of research will also be explored.

    Prerequisite: BUS 2013   or MAT 2003
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5053 - Marketing Management

    3 Credit Hours
    This course examines the planning processes marketing managers use to develop each functional area of marketing. Students prepare and present a comprehensive marketing plan using actual case studies to identify the central issue, recommend alternatives, and implement strategies.

    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5063 - Corporate Finance

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines and analyzes the decisions that managers are required to make about securing and managing funds. Includes capital markets, sources of funds, types of financial instruments, cost and risks, and financial strategies. Issues explored include risk analysis, financial and capital structure, capital budgeting, valuation and portfolio analysis, long-term investment decisions, dividend policy, tax strategies, break-even analysis, and cost/volume profit analysis.

    Prerequisite: ACG 2013  and ACG 2023 
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5093 - Corporate Strategies

    3 Credit Hours
    This capstone course is designed to help students examine both external and internal environments of an organization, identify key strategic issues, identify and choose from alternative strategies, and defend such decisions. Case histories of domestic and international organizations are examined, and the opportunities for and implications of strategic planning and managerial decision making are discussed in tandem with the impact of external political, social, and economic factors.

    Prerequisite: Completion of 9 MBA courses or more.
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5103 - International Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Presents an analysis of the impact of geographic, political, social, economic, legal, and technological influences on international businesses. Examines how businesses operate in an international environment composed of different political and cultural traditions, and different governmental institutions. Studies the opportunities and constraints for adjusting and accommodating to varying national requirements.

    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5203 - Global Business Environments

    3 Credit Hours
    This course identifies emerging economic, strategic and behavioral theories shaping the dynamic global business environments. The course will focus on developing economies, the tradeoffs of globalization, the evolution of the multinational enterprises’ role in the global economy, the future of global businesses and how MNEs develop competitive global policies and strategies for successful expansion into multiple countries. Global Business Environments includes the Global Trip Component.

    Prerequisite: BUS 5103 
    Note: Travel costs vary by travel destination.
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5293 - Managerial Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    This course includes several applications of material learned in microeconomics. These applications include theories related to pricing, resource allocation, consumer demand, profits, and production. The course will emphasize the use of economic analysis in managerial decision-making through the use of case studies and research projects.

    Prerequisite: BUS 2353
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5313 - Legal Environment of Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the Anglo-American legal system beginning with the historical and continuing to present-day basis of the common law and its influence on our modern statutory law. Emphasis on how to foresee and avoid legal entanglements before becoming involved in litigation. Contracts and sales torts; the legal nature of the corporation; business organizations and employment law. Practice in the art of careful listening, analysis, logic and expression of issues both verbally and in writing.

    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5403 - Operations Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Operations Management (OM) is concerned with the management of resources and activities that produce and deliver goods and services for customers. Efficient and effective operations can provide an organization with major competitive advantages since the ability to respond to customer and market requirements quickly, at a low cost, and with high quality, is vital to attaining profitability and growth through increased market share. As competition becomes fiercer in an increasingly open and global marketplace, a company’s survival and growth become greatly contingent on its ability to run its operations efficiently and to exploit its resources productively. The course focuses on the basic concepts, issues, and techniques for efficient and effective operations. Special emphasis is placed on process improvement and supply chain management. Topics include operations strategy, product and service design, process design and analysis, capacity planning, lean production systems, materials and inventory management, quality management and six sigma, project management, and supply chain management.

    Prerequisite:   or MAT 2003
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5623 - Business Research Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    An applied and practical course surveying the contemporary advanced research methods and statistical techniques applied to business settings. Topics include advanced research design, collection of data, and the interpretation and presentation of results. Computer assisted problem solving is applied to the use of the research models.

    Prerequisite:   or MAT 2003
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5633 - Contemporary Project Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Analyzes current and future trends in the field of project management. Emphasis is placed on current events, research in the field, and foreseeable trends in the next decade. Explores different industries and their unique project management methodologies to meet industry-specific needs. Covers topics related to best practices and creating successful projects across commercial, government, and non-profit environments.

    Prereq/Corequisite: BUS 5653  
    Availability: Fall


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  • BUS 5643 - Planning, Monitoring and Controlling Projects

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides in-depth development of schedule, cost, and scope baseline plans, with an emphasis on their interdependencies using a work breakdown structure (WBS). Offers a structured approach to integrated cost and schedule management using schedule analysis, earned value methodologies, estimating procedures, sensitivity analysis, and variance analysis. Identifies methodologies for scope control, quality control, risk management, and supplier management.

    Prerequisite: BUS 5653  
    Availability: Fall


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  • BUS 5653 - Fundamentals of Project Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides an introduction to the planning and performance of complex projects within organizations. Emphasizes the technical planning of integration. scope, schedule as they are applied to initiating, planning, execution, monitoring, and controlling, and closing of projects. Highlights the integration of technical, leadership, and strategic and business management skills for successful project completion.

    Prerequisite: BUS 5403  
    Availability: Fall


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Business: Marketing
  

  • BUS 5213 - International Marketing

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to issues and practices in international marketing. Focus is placed on cultural, legal, social, economic, and behavioral differences that affect marketing in global environments and on how the marketing mix is adapted to different cultures, Importance of world trade and the global business environment is emphasized.

    Prerequisite: BUS 5053
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5363 - Integrated Marketing Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    The IMC concept and process focuses on companies that truly put the customer first by integrating marketing and communication strategies to achieve balance and efforts to acquire and retain customers. This course integrates communications and marketing strategies and provides the student with the analytical skills required to effectively implement marketing plans.

    Prerequisite: BUS 5053 
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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  • BUS 5453 - Special Topics in Marketing

    3 Credit Hours
    In this course students will research and discuss current domestic and international topics in the marketing field including the integration of marketing, advertising and promotion in profit and non-profit organizations.

    Prerequisite: BUS 5053
    Availability: Fall/Spring


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Leadership

Note: Courses are listed in sequence order

Courses are to be taken in this sequence: LDR 5013 , LDR 5003 , LDR 5103 , LDR 5033 , LDR 5043 , LDR 5053 , , LDR 5073 , LDR 5113 , LDR 5063  and LDR 5093 .
  

  • LDR 5001 - Cultural & International Leadership

    1 Credit Hours
    This course is centered on the challenges of international leadership practice; and the application of leadership models in a global or cross-cultural environment. It will utilize an international interactive experiential perspective attained through travel to various countries. This course will use several methods including student travel to different countries, an independent or collaborative self-study; culture specific action research; and online development of learning communities. Learners will explore various organizations and cultural sites and develop a project, find imaginative alternatives to leadership strategies in an international environment. Personal reflection and a learning contract are required for the course. Students must register for this one-credit course in order to travel.


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  • LDR 5003 - Organizational Behavior and Group Formation

    3 Credit Hours
    Engages students in this unique course through activities to develop the community of their cohort learning experience. The psychological foundations of group formation and interdependent relationship-building will be explored within a leadership context. Practical aspects explored will include group formation and behavior, motivation theory, task design, group decision-making, techniques for conflict management, negotiation and facilitation. Positive psychology will serve as the foundation for promoting a “broaden and build” leadership mentality.

    Availability: Fall and Spring


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  • LDR 5013 - Foundations of Leadership Development

    3 Credit Hours
    This course provides a foundational exploration of the discipline of leadership studies including definitions, theory and practice. Students will examine the history of leadership thought and how leadership theory has evolved over time. Students will examine key practices of effective leadership to enhance personal leadership abilities while assessing leadership strengths and styles. They will be introduced to academic writing at the Master’s level to learn APA formatting as well as analysis and synthesis thinking required at the graduate level.

    Availability: Fall and Spring


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  • LDR 5033 - Needs Assessment and Performance Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines methods, tools, techniques, and models to assess individual and organizational needs to optimize performance. Variables influencing performance are examined so learners may apply skills learned to accurately diagnose and analyze performance problems. Course materials and exercises assist learners in recognizing the importance of accurate needs assessment and performance analysis within their organization.

    Availability: Fall and Spring


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