BUSN 310 • Global Management and Leadership 3 Credits

Equip managers and leaders with a framework for understanding and formulating strategies to thrive in a global marketplace. Development of global managerial and leadership perspectives regarding business opportunities in global trade, global competition, modes of market entry, investment systems, power distance, communications, member cultures and other leader/manager challenges.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 5. Special Notes: Prior completion of BUSN 323 recommended.

BUSN 320 • Professional Project Management 3 Credits

Exploration of both traditional plan-based and agile frameworks and methodologies used for project management planning including project scope, schedule, and resources. Use of business analysis frameworks to determine and effectively communicate stakeholder requirements. Preparation for the PMI Project Management Ready certification.

CHMN 300 • Foundations for Christian Ministry 3 Credits

Exploration of the Christian gospel and how it is applied through a wide range of ministry expressions today. Comparison of the ministry of Jesus with contemporary ministry practices. Reflection on personal strengths and how they apply in ministry settings, and identification of steps to continue to discern vocation and calling.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 6. Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore class standing and above.

CHMN 320 • Personal Spiritual Formation 3 Credits

Introduction to the process of spiritual and personal formation. Exploration of models and themes for formation and faith development, with attention to cultural and gender dimensions of formation models and traditions. Examination of both individual and communal spiritual journeys, practices, and connections to God.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 6. Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore class standing and above.

HUSE 300 • Family Perspectives 3 Credits

Analysis of sociological, psychological, and theological perspectives on family relationships, with special attention given to understanding families as systems. Identification and personal evaluation of assumptions about families and to examination of one’s own family-of-origin experiences. Introduction to the history of human services.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 5. Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore class standing and above.

HUSE 320 • Advocacy and Social Change 3 Credits

Address the ways advocacy can take place and steps needed to achieve change in families and communities. Address reconciliation as a component of change and understand the role of policy in change.
Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore standing and above.

HUSE 330 • Leading and Managing in Human Services Organizations 3 Credits

Introduction to grants, financial management and funding in a non profit organization. Development of effective relational skills and personal leadership approach. Analysis of professional development and practices in leadership from a personal worldview.
Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore standing and above.

HUSE 410 • Dynamics of Interpersonal Relationships 3 Credits

An analysis of interpersonal dynamics, including love and intimacy; communication; shame; power and control; stress and coping; grief; compassion; and spirituality. Attention to a broad variety of relational states, including friendship, singleness, romantic partnerships, parent/child relationships, social networks, and faith communities.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 5.

ORGL 101 • The Relational Leader 3 Credits

Identification, interpretation, and analysis of effective leadership and followership styles, perceptions, and abilities. Development of self-understanding in relation to both personal leadership and personal followership skill and style. Application of a biblical perspective to leadership and followership opportunities.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 5.

ORGL 201 • The Framework of Leadership 3 Credits

Focus is on the individual leadership process as it is embedded in the organizational context. Developmental experiences, changing perspectives, and important leadership links are incorporated into class simulations, exercises, and other real-life learning opportunities regarding the subject.

ORGL 310 • Leadership and Adult Development 3 Credits

Assessment of personal strengths and how those strengths apply in personal, professional and learning communities. Analysis of various theories of adult development including psychological, moral and spiritual development. Reflection on personal strengths, development and purpose.
Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore class standing and above.

ORGL 330 • Theories of Organizations and Leadership 3 Credits

Evaluation of leadership theories. Exploration of organizational behavior and leadership models and their distinguishing attitudes, values and cultural dimensions. Analysis of individual/organizational factors that stimulate behavior. Analysis of common characteristics contributing to building and sustaining organizational culture. Identification of how faith and worldviews affect leadership theory and practice.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Areas 2, 5. Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore class standing and above.

ORGL 340R • Scholarly Research and Writing for Organizational Leadership 3 Credits

Instruction and practice in scholarly writing as preparation for the program’s writing assignments. A practical approach to expository essay structure, and reading and writing research studies. Bibliographic instruction, writing portions of a literature review, and an introduction to principles of survey research are included.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 1, General Education Category R. Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore class standing and above.

ORGL 345 • Organizational Behavior 3 Credits

Exploration of how organizational behaviors and cultures are shaped and formed while considering emerging social trends. Examination of the roles of both leadership and followership as individuals, groups, and organizations as a whole. Reflection on personal competencies, foundational beliefs, and assumptions of leadership and their influence on organizational culture, conflict, and change.

ORGL 350 • Leadership Communication 3 Credits

Good communication as a foundation for effective leadership. A leader’s communication as a reflection of the ability to successfully influence and impact others with integrity. Practices, skills, and tools necessary to focus on the leader as the communication champion.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 1. Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore class standing and above.

ORGL 370 • Leading in the Digital Age 3 Credits

Introduction to major technology developments and their impact on people and organizations. Evaluation of technology, benefits and consequences of technology, and technology change in the organizational context. Analysis of personal and organizational issues related to technology in light of ethical and/or moral reasoning and relevant organizational and/or personal characteristics.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 2. Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore class standing and above.

ORGL 400 • Principles of Leading and Managing 3 Credits

Introduction to management principles and the leadership practices that support them. Evaluation of basic leadership models and individual management practices within an organization, and assessment of deep personal commitments that can impact leadership practices. Integration of research, best practice, and developmental self-awareness into a personal leadership and management plan.

ORGL 430 • Self-Leadership and Organizational Health 3 Credits

Analysis of components that contribute to healthy organizations, effective leaders and engaged followers. Apply self-leadership in real-world contexts. Recognition of appreciation in organizational environments. Assessment of personal understanding of cultural awareness and focused strategies. Exploration of how faith, worldviews and self-leadership inform organizational health.

ORGL 450 • Global Leadership Summit 3 Credits

Introduction to global perspectives on leading and following through lens of the Global Leadership Summit sponsored by Willow Creek Association. Designed as a self-directed study within parameters of a semester. Analysis of leadership concepts and application to personal, professional, organizational and faith contexts. Intentional design for continued personal and/or professional leadership growth and development.

ORGL 462 • Integrated Principles of Leadership 3 Credits

Focus on an integrated paradigm that brings together the broad field of leadership. Examination of how to frame (or diagnose) perceived versus real issues, in real time. Discussion and practice, with a repeatable process, to resolve identified issues. Evaluation of generational differences that may be a source of misalignment within work teams, and how to resolve those differences.

ORGL 465H • Applied Leadership Ethics 3 Credits

Application of ethical principles to issues of moral perplexity within a business/organizational management context. Analysis of ethical pluralism, cultural diversity, allocation of resources, equal opportunity requirements and sexual harassment policies. Consideration of the relationship between organizational imperatives and faith.
Prerequisites: ORGL 310, ORGL 400, ORGL 462. Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 6, General Education category H.

ORGL 490 • Leading and Change 3 Credits

Study of the various components of change and transformation related to leading, managing, and following. Examination of the leader’s role in promoting an environment that allows for the well-being of both the individual and the organization. Designed as a senior seminar integrating and synthesizing personal learning experiences in the program.
Prerequisites: ORGL 310, ORGL 400, ORGL 462.

THEO 341 • Gospel in Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 Credits

Examination of one’s own cultural framework in relation to other cultures. Analysis of cross-cultural ministry examples in scripture and how the gospel is influenced, expressed, and experienced through social and cultural systems. Understanding of the ministry of reconciliation. Interaction with individuals and environments in cross-cultural contexts, and development of capacity to communicate the gospel with cultural sensitivity.
Fulfills: CAPS Goal Areas 5, 6. Special Notes: Enrollment is open to students with sophomore class standing and above.

THEO 441 • Christian Theology 3 Credits

Systematic examination of the foundational doctrines of the Christian faith, including, but not limited to, the triune God, the person and work of Jesus Christ (incarnation and atonement), and salvation. Evaluation of the unity and diversity of Christian belief as a backdrop for subjects covered. Identification of the role of scripture and other sources in the development of theological beliefs.
Prerequisites: CAPS General Education Category R course. Fulfills: CAPS Goal Area 6.