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BUSI 3143 - Principles of Information Systems
This course provides all business majors a broad understanding of processes that support the delivery and management of information systems within a business context. Instruction will examine the design, selection, implementation and management of enterprise business solutions. The focus is on how information systems serve to enable the people of an organization to better accomplish their duties. Students will learn how applying appropriate technologies around the business process provides competitive advantage and enables strategic development. Topics include IS and IT fundamentals, IS management, and an overview of evolving technologies. The course also includes components for ethics, security, and legal issues Class 3.
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BUSI 3213 - International Management and Communication
Geographic, cultural and communication differences that impact management decision making. Both theoretical and practical aspects of management in the international environment will be studied. Class 3.
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BUSI 3343 - Employment Law
This course is an introductory survey of the evolving law of the workplace. Topics covered include collective bargaining, constitutional protection, discrimination laws, health insurance and compensation, vesting, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Family and Medical Leave Act, labor law, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and other laws of the workplace. Class 3.
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BUSI 3403 - Business Ethics
This course involves a study of management/business policies and practices as they relate to contemporary moral and ethical issues in the work place. It includes an examination of issues such as equity and fairness, individual privacy rights, corporate social responsibility, moral aspects of capitalism, equal employment opportunities, sexual harassment, and others. Stress is placed upon historic Judeo-Christian ethical principles and their application to clarify personal values and improve management decision making. Class 3.
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BUSI 3423 - Business Research Methods
The focus of this course is on using business forecasting for managerial decision making. Topics include data analysis, reviewing of inference, distributions, and descriptive statistics, and collection and presentation of data. Statistical techniques covered include auto regression, ANOVA, linear and multiple regression, nonparametric tests, and other advanced statistical techniques. Students will learn to use forecasting techniques such as moving average, exponential smoothing among other to forecast profits and sales. Use of statistical software such as SPSS, Minitab, or Excel is included. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): MATH 1423 with a grade of C or higher.
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BUSI 3613 - International Business
A study of world trade and of the problems and issues faced by a business when it goes into the international market. Included is the study of cultural impacts, monetary exchange complications, and the problems faced by multinationals related with dealing in foreign legal and social environments. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): ECON 2103 .
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BUSI 3653 - Quantitative Methods: Data Analytics
Building on the concepts covered in statistics, students will learn how to model, create, manage, analyze, represent, and use data to make effective business decisions. Data security and ethics in data collection, storage, and analysis are also covered. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): MATH 1423 or MATH 3403.
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BUSI 3793 - Negotiation Strategy
This course is designed to strengthen the student’s skills in multiple types of negotiation situations. Students learn the dynamics of a negotiation, how to plan strategy, conduct initial research, modify his/her negotiation behavior, and leverage unbalanced power situations. Class 3.
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BUSI 3813 - Philanthropy
This course helps students develop the knowledge, skills, tools, and values of twenty-first century philanthropists. Students will explore the role of philanthropy in American society and the complex relationships between foundations, donors, grantees and social change. Class 3.
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BUSI 3823 - Management of Volunteers
This course will emphasize strategic volunteer engagement featuring resources and tools for maximizing a volunteer program’s impact. This course will reveal how organizations facing a difficult economic climate can still meet their missions through effectively utilizing their most important resources-volunteers. Class 3.
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BUSI 3833 - Nonprofit Law
This course is a study of current ideas and approaches related to nonprofit law, governance, and mission. Discussion covers distinctions between nonprofit, educational, charitable, social action, membership, cultural, scientific, environmental, and trade associations as they relate to incorporation, legal standing, tax-exempt status, and governance. Topics include nonprofit governance and trustee issues, as well as lobbying and advocacy, nonprofit liability, personnel and unrelated business income tax. Class 3.
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BUSI 3853 - Designing, Delivering and Coaching Learning and Training
This course will provide a basic foundation for designing and delivering coaching training. Topics will include core coaching skills, coaching models, the Biblical basis for coaching, coaching in change management, coaching for positive change, learning styles, cognitive preferences, and using coaching in the training environment. Class 3.
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BUSI 4123 - International Research
Students will select an international topic of their interest and prepare a paper for presentation/submission to an appropriate meeting/journal. Class 3.
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BUSI 4283 - Nonprofit Leadership and Management
In this course, students are exposed to foundational concepts of nonprofit leadership and management. Topics include: strategic management of nonprofit organizations, challenges of leading nonprofit organizations, nonprofit governance, advancement, and current trends in nonprofit management. Class 3.
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BUSI 4333 - Grant Writing
This course teaches students how to identify sources of funding and write grants for non-profit organizations. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1013 and ENGL 1023 or equivalent.
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BUSI 4343 - Fundraising
This course examines the critical role of fundraising and development in successful nonprofit organizations. Students will learn to analyze, plan, and evaluate a comprehensive fundraising program and to create elements of a professional fundraising portfolio. The course will also explore management and leadership issues associated with the rapidly changing field of development and philanthropy. Class 3.
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BUSI 4403 - Project Definition and Planning
This course focuses on the design, planning and scheduling elements of the project management process. Other elements include project team development, resource planning, risk assessment, and budgeting. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): MGMT 4363 and ENGR 4813 , or COSC 3403 and COSC 4303 .
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BUSI 4413 - Project Implementation and Evaluation
This course focuses on the implementation and closeout phases of a project. Students will work with a team to execute a project plan, evaluate and manage common barriers, integrate ethics and integrity into the project process, and apply methods of evaluation. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 4403 .
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BUSI 4433 - Project Management Application
Students will demonstrate a mastery of project management skills, using simulation tools. The processes, tools, and techniques of project management will be applied to a team project. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 4413 .
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BUSI 4623 - International Travel Experience
Students have the opportunity to experience the dynamics of doing business globally while understanding the impact of differing cultures. The trip will allow students to engage with business leaders, experience cultural events, and visit international companies. Students who are unable to participate in this experience will take BUSI 3613 International Business in its place. Class 3. Can be repeated 3 times for credit, with different destinations.
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BUSI 4763 - Global Management Strategy
This course serves as the capstone experience for Bachelor of Business Management students. Students will use the knowledge and skills learned in their major courses to demonstrate their ability to effectively evaluate business management principles using case studies, internal diagnostic techniques and external environmental analysis. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): All other major courses must be satisfactorily completed prior to enrollment.
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BUSI 4793 - NonProfit Management Capstone
This course is the capstone experience for nonprofit management majors. Students will draw on skills learned in their major courses to demonstrate their ability to evaluate nonprofit management scenarios using case studies. The class will also discuss strategies regarding the integration of faith in the area of nonprofit management. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): All other major courses must be satisfactorily completed prior to enrollment.
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BUSI 4823 - Mission, Values and Culture in Leadership
Students will learn the importance of mission, values, culture, and ethics in developing foundational characteristics of organizations. Students will learn how to effect organizational change through assessment and modification of the mission, values, and culture of the organization. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): MGMT 3713 .
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BUSI 4843 - Servant Leadership
Students examine foundational concepts of servant leadership within a historical concept, beginning with the study of Jesus Christ as the foundation of servant leadership, and continuing on to modern perspectives of servant leadership. Students will develop leadership competencies consistent with a Biblical framework for servant leadership. Class 3.
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BUSI 4853 - Designing and Leading Effective Organizations
Students examine how to design and lead effective organizations, including understanding the systems and structures of the organization, and the design of appropriate structures, communication systems, and reward systems. In this course, students undertake the analysis and modification of an actual organization, applying their management and leadership skills to effect organizational change. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): MGMT 3713
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BUSI 4863 - Transformational Leadership
In this course, students learn concepts and skills of transformational leadership through the examination and application of leadership theories and contemporary leadership examples. The case method is used to provide opportunities for critical thinking and analysis of organizations, and to give students opportunities to practice transformational approaches to organizational leadership. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): MGMT 2303 .
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BUSI 4873 - Dynamics of Leadership
This is a survey course in organizational leadership. Areas of discussion and emphasis include the differences between leadership and management, visionary leadership, problem solving, team building, communication and communicating across boundaries, power distribution and delegation, liaison skills, and effective planning. A wide variety of teaching methods will be employed to illustrate these topics, including case studies, role plays, research, and hands-on exercises. Class 3.
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BUSI 4893 - Faith and Work
In this course, students will consider and explore several models of integrating the Christian faith into their work activities. Students will gain an understanding of the ways in which business and other vocations are extensions of one’s personal ministry. Likely subjects include biblical models of work and toil, redemption of work, examples of people who have lived a life of integrity in various work environments, the biblical concept of avodah (work and worship), development of workplace ministries, business as mission (BAM). The course will also introduce a cursory exploration of legal constraints, rights, and issues related to faith and work.
Class 3.
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BUSI 4921-4926 - Business Internship
The student will receive supervised experience in performing duties in an actual business environment with emphasis on observing the management decision making process involved in the conversion of resources into sales of goods and/or services. For International Business students, this course is part of a 16 credit hour international studies experience. Class 1-6. Prerequisite(s): Six hours of upper level business courses and consent of instructor. (On Demand)
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BUSI 4941-4994 - Special Topics
A one-to-four credit hour course to be utilized for seminars, special lectures in topics not offered in the catalog, and as a mechanism for developing new courses. Subjects offered under this number may include the full spectrum of the business field. This course may be taken more than one time when the topics are different. Class 1-4. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
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BUSI 4983 - NonProfit Internship
The student receives career preparation in the nonprofit management area by observing,
planning, directing, and evaluating applied management through a supervised work experience
in a nonprofit organization. Experiences and observations of the work processes are discussed
and applied. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): Completion of 18 hours of nonprofit management coursework.
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BUSI 5101 - Self-Leadership Assessment and Development
Various assessment tools will be used to identify students’ abilities and leadership styles. Students will learn how individuals can develop their abilities through thoughtful self-reflection and lead themselves during times of challenge. Students will also develop a personal leadership development plan. Class 1.
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BUSI 5113 - Entrepreneurial Leadership
Based on exemplars of invention and engineering such Thomas Edison, R.G. LeTourneau, and
Wernher Von Braun, this course explores the ingenuity and faith that leaders need to create,
found, adapt and manage new ventures in today’s global integrated economy. Students learn a
generic process to design new innovative business models and assess their leadership style
with respect to entrepreneurship in new and existing corporations. Class 3.
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BUSI 5121 - Work-Life Balance
Students will explore ways to establish and maintain balance and harmony between leaders’ different areas of responsibility and influence. It extends the concept of self-leadership and self-care into the personal realms of family and community and discusses how drawing boundaries increases personal and professional effectiveness. Class 1.
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BUSI 5123 - Organizational Behavior & Design
An examination of the theory and practice of organizational behavior management from the line
manager’s perspective. The class examines the roles of individual differences, perception,
learning, motivation, group dynamics, teams, conflict, stress, communication, power, politics,
leadership, and other factors having an impact on individual job and overall organizational
performance in today’s organizations. Students conduct a workplace survey in order to
diagnose an organization’s current culture and preferred design. Class 3.
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BUSI 5131 - Spiritual Elements of Leadership
Considers the relationship between faith and leadership through exploration of students’ own experiences of leadership and spirituality, informed by recent research and readings from the fields of leadership, spiritual formation, theology, sociology, and psychology. Class 1.
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BUSI 5141 - Integrating Faith and Work
Students will evaluate their readiness to integrate their faith into their work and their growth as leaders, as stated in their personal development plans. Specific steps will be taken to answer the question: how does faith impact your actions in your professional life. Class 1.
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BUSI 5203 - Dynamics of Teams and Communities
Students will understand the way groups work and develop skills for leading groups of various
sizes. Face-to-face, distance, and virtual communication strategies and tools will be discussed.
Topics will also include the impact of diversity, conflict resolution, mentoring and how to deal
effectively with difficult people. Class 3.
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BUSI 5213 - The Art of Leadership
Explores leadership theories, models, and styles through an examination of current leadership
literature and discussions of effective leadership practice. Class 3.
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BUSI 5223 - The Strategy-Focused Organization
Introduces the concept of the strategy-focused organization. Topics will include elements of
organizational behavior, organizational culture, mission and vision, purposeful strategic
planning, and accountability result in an effective organization moving forward in a positive
direction. Class 3.
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BUSI 5233 - Managerial Accounting
This course presents a review of financial accounting techniques and an in-depth examination
of the uses of accounting information from a management perspective. Students examine the
preparation and analysis of financial reports for control, costing, methods, and systems of
planning and control. Emphasis is placed on the use of computerized tools in the preparation
and analysis of accounting reports. Class 3.
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BUSI 5243 - Analyzing Data and Trends
Explores both quantitative and qualitative techniques used to analyze data from a variety of
research sources. Examines how to understand research, to interpret statistical results, and to
identify trends important to strategic decision making. Class 3.
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BUSI 5273 - Managerial Economics
This course is a detailed study of how economic principles affect the internal and external organizational environment. Market structure and alternative forms of organizational architecture are explored. The roles of bounded rationality and transaction costs in determining organizational effectiveness are examined. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 5423 - Decision Analysis or equivalent.
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BUSI 5313 - Organizational Effectiveness
Focuses on strategies for organizational performance enhancement, exploring associated
theories, practices, techniques, and skills, including an overview of systemic processes
necessary to deliver quality results. The mechanics, structures, dynamics of effective quality
and improvement process teams are covered, as are issues related to continuous improvement
programs. Class 3.
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BUSI 5323 - Leadership in a Global Society
Examines leadership from a multinational perspective concerning local, regional, and global
issues affecting organizational planning and implementation, including economic forces, crosscultural
differences, and dynamics of international work groups. Students will explore
leadership practices and functions necessary to become effective in a global society. Class 3.
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BUSI 5343 - Leading Faith-Based Organizations
Considers the unique challenges and opportunities experienced when leading faith-based
organizations. Topics include the heightened importance of mission as critical to identity and
communications, the view of customers, employees, and constituents from a faith-based and
mission-oriented perspective, the practical tension between organizational effectiveness and
discipleship, and the importance of effectively engaging the faith community with the
organization. Class 3.
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BUSI 5353 - Communication and Culture in a Global Society
Students will explore differences in ethics, communication, body language, and cultures from a
global perspective. The impact of geography, power distance, history, and language through
differing cultures in a global society will be studied to increase understanding. Questions of faith
and perspective will be addressed. Class 3.
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BUSI 5361 - Developing an Ethical Climate
Examines leadership strategies for generating and maintaining an organizational climate that fosters ethical behavior as normative process. Students will explore methods to minimize dilemmas, reinforce ethical practices, and shape organizational values to build organizational integrity and trust.
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BUSI 5373 - Strategic Thinking and Planning
Students are introduced to the concepts, varied procedures, and tools that are used in
organizational strategic planning. Topics include the fundamentals of the strategic alignment of
people, resources, and processes to the vision, mission, and purpose. Discussion also includes
how to develop the ability to think strategically. Class 3.
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BUSI 5383 - Organizational Change and Development
Examines the structural and environmental forces that influence the leadership process within
organizations. Students will learn to identify an organization’s readiness for change and
appropriate intervention and change strategies. Issues examined will include power and
resistance, human motivation and behavior, organizational shadow, intervention in systems, and
the fostering of change-oriented cultures. Class 3.
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BUSI 5403 - Strategic Leadership in Practice
This applied integrated project is a capstone course designed to advance students’ abilities to put learned strategic leadership abilities into practice. Students will complete one of the following project options: a research project; an intervention project; a venture plan; or an applied leadership/consulting project. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): All courses in the MSL sequence must be completed prior to enrolling in this course.
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BUSI 5411 - Surviving Disruptive Technology
This course has students create a philosophy and approach to lead the advancement of technology and innovation systems in enterprises. Topics covered include diffusion of innovations, how disruptive innovations impact existing markets. Class 1. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 6303 . BUSI5411, BUSI 5421 and BUSI 5431 taken together are equivalent to BUSI 5433 .
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BUSI 5421 - New Product Management
Examines product management processes that encompasses technological assessment, the product development lifecycle and the technology life cycle adoption curve and its implications for product management. Class 1. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 6303 . BUSI 5411 , BUSI 5421 and BUSI 5431 taken together are equivalent to BUSI 5433 .
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BUSI 5423 - Decision Analysis
This course explores the frameworks and analytic tools to build decision-making competency
into an organization through both analysis and process. Students learn how to generate
alternatives, quantify uncertainty using probability, and evaluate decision trees to enable clarity
about best choices in uncertain environments. Some of the tools covered include linear
programming, probability, descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, and regression models. Class 3.
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BUSI 5431 - Leading Strategic Innovation
Examines technology-driven innovation in new and established firms, information systems structure and integration, shaping a firm’s overall IT strategy, and leading change through innovation management. Class 1. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 6303 . BUSI 5411 , BUSI 5421 and BUSI 5431 taken together are equivalent to BUSI 5433 .
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BUSI 5433 - Leading Technology & Innovation
This course allows students to create a philosophy and approach to lead the advancement of technology and innovation systems in enterprises. Topics covered include diffusion of innovations, how disruptive innovations impact existing markets, technology-driven innovation in new and established firms, new product road mapping and management, information systems structure and integration, shaping a firm’s overall IT strategy, and leading change through innovation management. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 6303 . This course is equivalent to three one-credit courses taken separately BUSI 5411 , BUSI 5421 , and BUSI 5431 .
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BUSI 5503 - Managerial Finance
This course is designed to help managers understand financial analysis so that they can work effectively with financial decision-makers in organizations. Topics covered include financial statement analysis, risk and return, discounted cash flow analysis, the cost of capital, capital budgeting, long-term financing, and working capital management. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 5233 - Managerial Accounting and BUSI 5423 - Decision Analysis or equivalents.
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BUSI 5613 - Program Management
Examines how program managers group projects together to achieve corporate strategic value, and manage these collections. Program management studies include strategic project alignment, benefits management, stakeholder engagement, program governance, life cycle management, and the supporting processes of planning and evaluation. Class 3.
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BUSI 6103 - Human Resource Management
This course challenges graduate learners to examine and manipulate, via experiential and roleplaying
exercises, the major activities and subject areas necessary for the successful strategic
management of an organization’s people. Topic areas include human resource planning, job
analysis, law, recruitment and selection, development, performance appraisal, and
compensation and benefits. Class 3.
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BUSI 6163 - Cross-Cultural Management
This course represents a comprehensive introduction to and survey of international cultural
management. Topics include national and organizational culture, managing transitions and
relocations, diversity among global work cultures, and the business characteristics of host
nationals from the world’s most attractive business arenas. The strategic implications of
managing a multinational firm are also examined. Class 3.
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BUSI 6233 - Quality and Operations Management
In this course, a strategic approach to continuous quality improvement is established and quality
paradigms are examined. Operations management concepts are integrated with quality
concepts to produce an organization-wide approach to quality. Graduate learners are given the
opportunity to analyze the operations of their workplace and develop a continuous improvement
plan. Class 3.
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BUSI 6303 - Marketing Management
A study of advanced marketing management, especially product, price, promotion, and distribution problem solving. The legal and social environment within which marketing problems occur is also discussed. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 5423 - Decision Analysis
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BUSI 6433 - System Safety and Risk Analysis
This course addresses the issues of system safety, risk analysis using probabilistic measures. It will cover life-cycle events and address both the probability and severity of risk analysis, along with the concept of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). Class 3.
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BUSI 6453 - Integrated Logistics
Covers logistics in the context of integration within a firm’s Supply Chain operations to gain competitive advantage. Supply Chain Management is covered through in-depth study and case studies to highlight how firms deal with operational challenges, including the design and integration of operational logistics within a global supply chain, cross organizational collaboration and performance measurement, and managing risk to achieve sustainability. Class 3.
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BUSI 6503 - Strategic Management
This course is designed to integrate and summarize MBA course work and provide students
with interrelated cases for study and analysis. In this course, graduate learners examine
strategic processes that influence the direction of an organization. Students learn techniques for
defining the mission and objectives of an organization, understanding competitive forces and
industry dynamics, analyzing components of sustained competitive advantage, matching
organizational strengths with environmental opportunities, and developing strategies and
policies to achieve the organization’s mission and balance the interests of relevant
stakeholders. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): All courses in the MBA sequence must be completed prior to enrolling in this course.
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BUSI 6613 - Portfolio Management
Examines investment portfolio management. Topics include ethical standards of practice, return analysis, selecting investments, portfolio construction, management and performance evaluation/presentation. Also includes fixed income securities, industries and individual firms. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 5503 .
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BUSI 6623 - International Travel Experience
Students have the opportunity to experience the dynamics of doing business globally while understanding the impact of differing cultures. The trip will allow students to engage with business leaders, experience cultural events, and visit international companies. Students who are unable to participate in this experience will take BUSI 5353 Communication and Culture in a Global Society in its place.
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BUSI 6653 - Global Enterprise
Students have the opportunity to experience the dynamics of doing business globally while understanding the impact of differing cultures. The trip will allow students to engage with business leaders, experience cultural events, and visit international companies. Students who are unable to participate in this experience will take BUSI 6163 Cross-Cultural Management in its place. Class 3.
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BUSI 6703 - Engineering Management Design
Application of engineering management principles to a capstone project related to the student’s
current job. Each student will obtain the instructor’s approval of a proposal prior to beginning
work. Prerequisites: All courses in the MEM sequence must be completed prior to enrolling in
this course. Class 3.
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BUSI 6713 - Oil & Gas Industry
Examines the fundamentals of the Oil & Gas industry from the geologic, engineering, business sides of the energy sector, from exploration, refinement to supply chain logistics. Topics also include mineral rights, contracts, IT applications, plus legal, regulatory and environmental issues. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 5503 .
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BUSI 6723 - Asset Valuation
Examines business valuation and security analysis, along with the techniques, models and industry practices finance managers use to create institutional equity portfolios. Quantitative and fundamental analysis of businesses are covered, along with valuing of financial contracts, options, futures and derivatives securities. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 5503 .
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BUSI 6733 - International Finance
Examines the principles of finance in international markets. Topics include currency exchange, international money and capital markets, financing international trade and interest rates, currency futures, and analysis of foreign investments. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 5503 .
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BUSI 6743 - Project Management
Examines all facets of software or engineering project management, including initiating, planning, executing and evaluating complex projects. Topics include integration management, scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, HR management, communications management, risk management, and procurement management. The course adheres to principles of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and may be helpful in qualifying for the PMI’s certification exams. Class 3.
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BUSI 6763 - Petroleum Finance
Examines financial practices of petroleum companies by project managers and financial officers. Topics include project investment analysis, calculation of margins, economic models and spreadsheet design, methods for risk and sensitivity analysis, along with obtaining finance for oil and gas deals. In addition, financial reporting, performance measurement, cash f low analysis tools are covered. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 5503 .
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BUSI 6813 - Software Engineering
Explores how firms have leveraged technology for competitive advantage. Examines the
methods, tools, and techniques used throughout the life cycle of an information system that
enable firms to employ supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management
(CRM), business intelligence (BI), management information systems (MIS), decision support
systems (DSS), and enterprise resource planning systems (ERP). Class 3.
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BUSI 6823 - Computer Security
Examines cyber-crime and security. Topics include techniques and tools within a systems engineering process to provide data security including software and network security. Students will develop a managerial view of security that encompasses target system assessment, assessing Internet fraud, industrial espionage in cyberspace, cyber terrorism, and how to resist the forces to which they may be subject. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 6813 .
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BUSI 6833 - Strategic Data Management
Examines the strategic value of data and how to exploit its worth. The emphasis will focus on proven and mature data management computing technologies and practices. Topics will include an overview of datamarts, databases, data warehouses, cloud computing, data mining, and data center management. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 6813 .
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CCLT 1013 - Contemporary World Missions
A survey of missionary endeavor in the contemporary world, the principles of missions, and the Biblical basis for missions. Included also are the relationships between the western missionary and non-missionary personnel and the national church. Class 3. (Fall)
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CCLT 1203 - Cross-cultural Adaptation
The principles and practical application of adaptation to other cultural systems. Included are such concepts as culture shock, contextualization, and interpersonal relationships in the cross-cultural context. Class 3. (Fall, Even years)
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CCLT 2103 - Cross-cultural Communication
A study of human communication across cultures. The role of economic, political, technological, social, and religious values in the communication process will be studied. Principles of verbal and non-verbal intercultural communication will be discussed. Class 3. (Spring, Odd years)
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CCLT 2941-2993 - Special Topics
A course to be utilized for seminars or special lectures in topics which are not offered on a regular basis, and tours focusing on an understanding and appreciation of the peoples of other cultures, and emphasizing the significance of being a world Christian. This course may be taken more than one time when the topics are different.
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CCLT 3103 - Cultural Anthropology
An introductory study of cultural anthropology involving the concepts of culture, race, and such aspects of primitive society as status, marriage, kinship, and political and religious systems, with emphasis on both the practical and theoretical treatment of cultural anthropology. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): THEO 2043 . (Fall, Odd years)
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CCLT 3203 - Religions Of The World
A study of the doctrines and present practices of the major world religions, such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Religious beliefs and practices are compared and contrasted with Christianity. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): THEO 2043 . (Spring)
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CCLT 4003 - Cross-Cultural Internship
Conducted in cooperation with churches and/or mission organizations to offer the student a supervised experience in a cross-cultural setting with a professional currently in full-time Christian mission. The experience must be an immersion into a cultural context outside of the student’s daily norm. Students must remain in the cross-cultural ministry setting for at least 30 days. Students will be expected to reflect upon their experience in a research project. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): CCLT 1013 or CCLT 3203 , Junior Standing and Permission of Instructor. (On Demand)
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CCLT 4006 - Cross-Cultural Internship
Conducted in cooperation with churches and/or mission organizations to offer the student a supervised experience in a cross-cultural setting with a professional currently in full-time Christian mission. The experience must be an immersion into a cultural context outside of the student’s daily norm. Students must remain in the cross-cultural ministry setting for at least 60 days. Students will be expected to reflect upon their experience in a research project. Class 6. Prerequisite(s): CCLT 1013 or CCLT 3203 , Junior Standing and Permission of Instructor. (On Demand)
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CCLT 4103 - Biblical & Strategic Paradigms for Missions
An in-depth study of a biblical theology of mission with a paradigmatic look at mission strategy through historic eras and today, providing a biblical, theological, and historical foundation for the cross-cultural extension of the Christian Church. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): BIBL 1033 and THEO 2043 .
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CCLT 4941-4993 - Special Topics
A course to be utilized for seminars or special lectures in topics which are not offered on a regular basis, and tours focusing on an understanding and appreciation of the peoples of other cultures, and emphasizing the significance of being a world Christian. This course may be taken more than one time when the topics are different. Class 1-3. (Spring, Even years)
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CEGR 1523 - Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
An introduction to the civil engineering profession. Topics include career paths, ethics, professional licensure and practices, teamwork, leadership, and communication; global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. Class 2. Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1513 . (Spring)
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CEGR 2013 - Civil Engineering Materials
An introduction to materials used in civil engineering: steel, concrete, wood, asphalt and soils. Characterization of materials by engineering testing standards through experimentation, analysis, and interpretation of results. Principles are introduced in lectures and further developed in laboratory exercises. Class 2. Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): CEGR 1523 , PHYS 2013 , PHYS 2011 . (Fall)
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CEGR 2502 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Project Management
An introduction to project management aspects of the civil and environmental engineering professions. Topics include estimations, budgeting, contracts, scheduling, risk management, business principles, public policy, and other legal issues. Class 2. Prerequisite(s): CEGR 1523 . (Spring)
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CEGR 2713 - Introduction to GIS
An introduction to the Geographic Information Systems and their usage to analyze spatial data across multiple disciplines. Use of modern software to analyze various types of data including topographic, census, surface water and other spatial data. Emphasis is placed on learning useful skills to create new material culminating with an in-depth research project. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): CEGR 1523 . (Spring, Even years)
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CEGR 2813 - Introduction to Surveying
Surveying principles for engineering planning, design, construction, and monitoring. Lectures introduce skills, knowledge, and roles of surveyors, including practical surveying techniques and basic interpretation of graphical data. Laboratory exercises will enable students to develop basic skill in performing survey work. Class 2. Lab 3. Prerequisite(s): CEGR 1523 . (Spring, Odd years)
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CEGR 3011 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Junior Research I
Faculty mentors oversee students working on individual research projects. Lecture discusses context of civil and environmental research and research processes. Individual student work includes literature review, preliminary experimentation, and presentation of research proposal in written and oral form. Intended to be followed by CEGR 3522 – CEE Junior Research II to complete 3-hour elective. Class 1. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, Consent of instructor. (Fall)
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CEGR 3213 - Hydraulic Analysis
Fundamental coverage of engineering hydraulics, balancing analytical theory with practical solutions to common engineering problems. Covers topics of fluid statics, steady incompressible flow in pipelines and channels, pumped systems, pipe networks, and flow measurement. Continuity, energy, and momentum approaches are used to analyze fluid systems. Class 3. Lab on rotation. Prerequisite(s): MATH 2023 , MEGR 2013 . (Fall)
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CEGR 3313 - Structural Analysis
Presentation of the theory and application of structural analysis as it applies to trusses, beams and frames. Classical methods of structural analysis are introduced to develop a deeper understanding of statics and mechanics of materials. Course includes an initial coverage of computer techniques for structural analysis and students will learn to use software alongside classical methods of analysis. Class 3. Lab on rotation. Prerequisite(s): MEGR 3323 . (Fall)
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CEGR 3513 - Civil Engineering Design Software
Use of modern design tools to work with linear and topographical design elements related to the civil engineering industry, as well as architectural and structural elements required in the architectural / structural industry. Emphasis is placed on production of construction-ready drawings packages. Class 3. Prerequisite(s): CEGR 1523 . (Spring)
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CEGR 3522 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Junior Research II
Faculty mentors oversee students working on individual research projects. Individual student work includes experimentation, analysis and interpretation of results, and presentation of research findings in written and oral form. Completes 3-hour elective along with CEGR 3011 – CEE Junior Research I. Class 2. Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3011 . (Spring)
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CEGR 3813 - Transportation Engineering
Introduction to principles of transportation engineering. Topics include planning, geometric design, human factors, traffic engineering, societal contexts, and system analysis. Practical experiences involve basic modeling and visits to active sites. Class 3. Lab on rotation. Prerequisite(s): CEGR 2502 . (Spring, Odd years)
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CEGR 3823 - Construction Engineering
Construction engineering topics associated with the implementation of designed civil systems. Topics include construction equipment selection and estimated outputs, construction techniques, construction management and project documentation. Practical experiences involve implementation of construction processes and visits to active sites. Class 3. Lab on rotation. Prerequisite(s): CEGR 2502 . (Spring, Even years)
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CEGR 3913 - Geotechnical Engineering
Introduction to the basic concepts of geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics. Emphasis is placed on practical application of physical and mechanical soil properties. Characterization of soil properties, strengths, and behaviors by engineering testing standards through experimentation, analysis, and interpretation of results. Class 3. Lab on rotation. Prerequisite(s): CEGR 2013 , MEGR 3323 . (Spring)
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