Bachelor of Science in Professional and Liberal Studies
Course Descriptions
The B.S. in Professional and Liberal Studies requires the completion of 45 credit hours. Students must transfer in at least 60 credit hours.
ODL 200 Career and Personal Development (3 credits)
Career and personal development is rooted in Organizational Psychology. This course provides students with an opportunity to learn and develop the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in a lifelong career development process. The course takes the student through various topics related to career development and how those topics apply to the students' self and their own career process. This course will be partially didactic, experiential and self-reflective.
CSC 101 Using Microsoft Office (3 credits)
Emphasis is on learning and using software applications for document creation, numeric data handling (spreadsheets), presentations and project planning. This course is a hands-on introduction and will introduce four Microsoft software packages, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project.
COM 263 Organizational Writing (3 credits)
This course is a study of the principles of writing in the business world. The course will examine the style, structure, and tone of various types of business communications and consider the planning and development process for business reports.
ENG 112 Research Based Writing (3 credits)
Emphasizing process and product through three significant research assignments, Research Writing teaches students to: conduct academically-based and workplace-based research; use traditional and technological library resources; read, analyze, compare and evaluate existing research and ideas; integrate sources while maintaining voice and syntactic fluency; document appropriately; conduct original research (such as surveys and interviews); present results in clearly written, skillfully organized and well documented papers; and effectively deliver oral presentation. Students will be expected to provide feedback to other writers, incorporate critical feedback into their own writing, produce multiple drafts of papers, and further sharpen their writing skills.
ODL 300 Organizational Development (3 credits)
A behavioral science perspective on the causes and outcomes of individual and group behavior in organizations, and of the behavior of organizations. Topics will include motivation, attitudes, interpersonal processes, leadership, and macro-organizational behavior.
ODL 330 Issues in Organizational Development (3 credits)
Selected issues in the field such as emotional intelligence, assessment, group and interpersonal processes, job enrichment, selection, and placement will be discussed. small groups, role-playing, and other experiential exercises will clarify important concepts in the field. Prerequisite: ODL 300
THE 154 Introduction to Christian Tradition (3 credits)
A broad chronological survey of the history of the development of the Christian tradition from antiquity to the present. This course will examine the origins of Christianity in the unique life of Jesus of Nazareth and trace the subsequent evolution of Christianity from a small Jewish sect to a major world religion. As is fitting for a foundational course taught in a Jesuit institution, this course will place a primary emphasis on the Roman Catholic thread of this great tradition, understanding that this specific tradition is at times clarified and properly understood only in contrast to alternative Christian positions. Critical dialogue with primary sources will be emphasized throughout the course.
ODL 320 Organizational Leadership (3 credits)
In this course, participants will review and discuss current applicable social science literature in an attempt to answer some of the following questions: Who is a leader? What is leadership? Does effective leadership originate in a person or in a set of actions or behavior? What do we know about developing leaders? How do the constraints of organizations inhibit or facilitate leadership development? What is your current leadership style? These and related questions will be examined by class members through lectures, case studies, self-assessments, and experiential activities.
PHL 154 Moral Foundations (3 credits)
A critical study of the various says in which agents, actions, and social practices are evaluated from the moral point of view, as this has been articulated in major Western ethical theories. Tools for this study include an introduction to philosophical reasoning concepts basic to the moral point of view, such as rights, duties, virtue and character. Theories studied include but are not limited to Consequentialism, Deontologism, and Natural Law.
ODL 340 Coaching and Consulting (3 credits)
Roles, functions, tools and settings that define coaching and consulting within a business context will be explored with an emphasis on the corporate world. Small groups, role-playing, videos and other experiential exercises will clarify and supplement readings, research and discussion.
REL 101 Comparative Religions (3 credits)
An introduction to the comparative study of religion which examines the historical evolution of religious, nature and diversity of religious experience, the concept of a religious world and the diverse types of religious worldviews, the role of myth and ritual in the maintenance of religious worlds, the problem of religious change and the concept of transcendence.
PUR 245 Ethics in Supply Chain (3 credits)
An analysis of the question, "Does business have a social responsibility?" The examination of various internal and external stakeholders of the contemporary business organization. The course exposes students to some of the ethical dilemmas confronted by employers in the workplace, and serves to help students enhance their skills in resolving these types of dilemmas.
PHL 201 Knowledge and Existence (3 credits)
Three basic problems concerning reality and the quest to know reality: 1) the origin, validity, and limits of human knowledge; 2) Graeco-Christian, modern, and contemporary approaches to being and causality; and 3) the problem of God.
PUR 240 Negotiations (3 credits)
This course is designed to develop the knowledge, attitude and skill required for successful purchasing negotiations. The course covers factors such as pace and style of negotiations, personal relationships, building cooperative supplier relationships, partnership development, decision making, and legal and administrative issues. Other areas covered: strategy and tactics development, communication styles, listening, understanding conflict, and assertiveness. The course will integrate the student and the instructor in a total learning environment with an appropriate mix of lecture, discussions, readings, case studies and realistic practice negotiations sessions.
ODL 400 Capstone Project in Organizational Development (3 credits)
This course serves as a senior-level, research-based capstone in Organizational Development. Students complete a research project typically developed in the Issues in Organizational Development course. Students will present and orally defend their research project to the Organizational Development faculty. Prerequisite: ODL 300, 330, 320 and 340
MAT 107 Contemporary Topics in Math (3 credits)
Topics in discrete mathematics: graphs and routing problems, graph theory, minimum cost spanning trees, linear and exponential growth models, voting systems, voting power, introduction to counting and probability theory.
CHM 100 Chemistry for the Consumer (3 credits)
This course is designed to help one understand the chemistry that affects him/her through life. Topics covered: nuclear power, detergents, food additives, brewing, pollution, chemotherapy, and home products.
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