Laurel university

Laurel University Academic Office

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DEGREE PROGRAMS

Laurel University offers the Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministries with six different concentrations, Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Management, Master in Theological Studies, Master of Business Administration, and Doctor of Ministry degrees. The Associate of Arts and all Certificates could be terminal, but have been designed to be applicable to other degree programs, if the student so desires.
Laurel University is listed in Transfer Credit Practices of Designated Educational Institutions (TCP) published by The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO). Students who plan to transfer should plan their program of study in concert with the two institutions involved to meet all academic requirements toward a terminal degree. Graduates have successfully continued their education at the graduate level. It is the student’s responsibility to make sure that the quality of one’s undergraduate work satisfies admission requirements, pre-requisite course requirements are fulfilled, satisfactory scores are achieved on any entrance-level examination, a history of competent work experience is demonstrated, and strong recommendations are submitted.

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
Associate of Arts, A.A.

Strategic Management, B.A.

Christian Ministries, B.A.

*Christian Education Concentration

* Counseling Concentration

* Family Ministry Concentration

*Intercultural Studies Concentration

* Pastoral Ministry Concentration

* Worship Arts Concentration
GRADUATE DEGREES
Master in Theological Studies (MTS)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Doctor of Ministry (D.Min)

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS, A.A.

For those students who desire to benefit from a Christian college environment, but who need to transfer to another university after two years to meet their own specific educational goals, the University offers the two-year Associate of Arts degree program.

COURSE OF STUDY 62 GENERAL EDUCATION 45 EN101 English Composition I 3 EN102 English Composition II 3 ENXXX Literature Elective 3 GE100 College Orientation 1 SSXXX History Elective 3 MA103 College Algebra 3 MUSXXX Fine Arts Elective 3 COM103 Public Speaking 3 COM220 Interpersonal Communications 3 SC205 Biology w/Lab 4 SCIXXX Science Elective 3 PE101 Lifetime Fitness 1 HUMXXX Humanities Elective 3 SSBXXX Social/Behavioral Science Elective 3 PH442 Ethics 3 PS201 Introduction to Psychology 3 BIBLE AND THEOLOGY 18 BIBXXX Old Testament Survey 3 BIBXXX New Testament Survey 3 BIBXXX Bible/Theology Electives 12 PROFESSIONAL STUDIES ELECTIVES 12 BIBXXX Open Electives 12 CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE 2

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, B.A.

The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts degree in Strategic Management is to expose students to a broad view of the issues of business organizations with focus on business fundamentals and specific management disciplines while preparing students to analyze organizational operations, communicate ideas, and implement decisions that affect operations in a fast-paced business environment.

COURSE OF STUDY		125
DEGREE CORE		75
GENERAL EDUCATION	45
EN101	English Composition I			3
EN102	English Composition II			3
ENXXX	Literature Elective			3
GE100	College Orientation			1
SSXXX	History Elective			3
MA103	College Algebra			3
MUSXXX	Fine Arts Elective			3
COM103	Public Speaking			3
COM220	Interpersonal Communications			3
SC205	Biology w/Lab			4
SCIXXX	Science Elective			3
PE101	Lifetime Fitness			1
HUMXXX	Humanities Elective			3
SSBXXX	Social/Behavioral Science Elective			3
PH442	Ethics			3
PS201	Introduction to Psychology			3
BIBLE AND THEOLOGY	30
BIBXXX	Old Testament Survey		3
BIBXXX	New Testament Survey		3
BIBXXX	Bible Electives		24
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT MAJOR			33
MG111	Introduction to Management		3
MG222	Group Leadership and Communication		3
MG322	Entrepreneurship		3
MG224	Industrial Relations/HR Management		3
MG313	Introduction to Marketing		3
MG321	Marketing Strategy		3
MG334	Corporate Responsibility and Ethics		3
MG443	Principles of Accounting		3
MG438	Managerial Economics		3
MG437	Business Law		3
MG436	Effective Executive Leadership		3
OPEN ELECTIVES			17

SUGGESTED PROGRAM OF STUDY

YEAR	FALL	SPRING
1	EN101 – English Composition I (3) GE100 – College Orientation (1) MA103 – College Algebra (3) BIBXXX – Old Testament Survey (3) COM103 – Public Speaking (3) MG111 – Introduction to Management (3)	EN102 – English Composition II (3) SC205 – Biology w/Lab (4) PH442 – Ethics (3) BIBXXX – New Testament Survey (3) MG113 – Introduction to Marketing (3)
2	COM220 – Interpersonal Communication (3) MG322 – Entrepreneurship (3) PS201 – Introduction to Psychology (3) PE101 – Activity/Fitness (1) SSXXX – History Elective (3) BIBXXX – Bible Elective (3)	SCIXXX – Science Elective (3) MG243 – Principles of Accounting (3) MG224 – HR Management (3) ARTXXX – Fine Arts Elective (3) BIBXXX – Bible Elective (3)
3	MG222 – Group Leadership and Communication (3) BIBXXX – Bible Elective (3) HUMXXX – Humanities Elective (3) SSCXXX – Social Science Elective (3) XXXXX – Elective (3)	MG321 – Marketing Strategy (3) BIBXXX – Bible Elective (3) ENXXX – Literature Elective (3) MG334 – Corporate Ethics (3) XXXXX – Elective (3)
4	MG438 – Managerial Economics (3) MG437 – Business Law (3) BIBXXX – Bible Elective (3) BIBXXX – Bible Elective (3) XXXXX – Elective (3)	MG436 – Effective Executive Leadership (3) BIBXXX – Bible Elective (3) BIBXXX – Bible Elective (3) XXXXX – Elective (3) XXXXX – Elective (3)

MG111 – Introduction to Management (3 hrs.) – This course introduces the critical management skills involved in planning, structuring, controlling, and leading an organization while providing a framework for understanding issues involved in both managing and being managed in an organization to help students become more effective contributors in the workplace. This course examines the effect of organizations’ decisions in contexts including environment, strategy, structure, culture, tasks, people, and outputs.

MG113 – Introduction to Marketing (3 hrs.) – This course introduces students to concepts, analyses, and activities of marketing management, and provides practice in assessing and solving marketing problems. Topics include marketing strategy, customer behavior, segmentation, market research, product management, pricing, promotion, sales force management and competitive analysis.
MG222 – Group Leadership and Communication (3 hrs.) – This course is designed to build skills necessary for professional success by increasing the students’ understanding of leadership and communication in teams. Students will study literature on leadership, management communication, and group dynamics, and complete a field project that will provide a context to develop as a leader, practice communication skills, learn the nature of group work, and enhance their sensitivity to community issues.
MG224 – Industrial Relations/HR Management (3 hrs.) – This course focuses on the constraints found in organizations with the formulation and implementation of human resource management policies in businesses such as labor markets, labor laws, and labor unions, and the correlation between these constraints and the competitiveness of American enterprise in the global economy.
MG243 – Principles of Accounting (3 hrs.) – This course is an introduction to the accounting process, with emphasis on identifying, recording, classifying, and interpreting transactions and other events relating to proprietorships and partnerships.
MG321 – Marketing Strategy (3 hrs.) – This course studies marketing as a general management responsibility that helps the student create, capture, and sustain customer value. The focus of this course is on the business unit and its network of channels to develop knowledge and skills for the application of advanced marketing frameworks, concepts, and methods for making strategic choices at the business level for customer relationship.

MG322 – Entrepreneurship (3 hrs.) – This course covers the various disciplines, activities, and skill sets found in entrepreneurs, and explains the physiological and analytical aspects of successful entrepreneurship, as well as the skill sets needed in the disciplines of management, marketing, accounting, operations, and law.

MG334 – Corporate Responsibility and Ethics (3 hrs.) – This course explores business responsibility from opposing theoretical and managerial perspectives by applying theories of ethics to various case studies in business focusing on moral issues in advertising and sales, hiring and promotion, financial management, corporate pollution, product safety, and international decision-making.
MG438 – Managerial Economics (3 hrs.) – This course introduces students to the application of microeconomic theory for the analysis of management problems in an economic framework. This course analyzes the successes and failures of market structures, such as monopoly and oligopoly, the development and use of market power, and strategic interaction among firms.
MG437 – Business Law (3 hrs.) – This course explores the basic concepts and analysis of law and legal process with special emphasis on the legal regulation of business and contract law.
MG436 – Effective Executive Leadership (3 hrs.) – This course focuses on growing the student’s capacity as a leader through customized lessons designed to improve performance and results at work, home, and in the community. Students will study highly effective leaders and the commonalities of great leadership.

CHRISTIAN MINISTRY (CHRISTIAN EDUCATION), B.A.

The Christian Education concentration equips students for teaching students K-12 with a biblically-minded approach. This concentration focuses on both elementary and secondary education, with requirements for student teaching at both levels. The focus of this program is to prepare graduates to teach at all levels of grade school. Upon completion, graduates will have the proper educational prerequisites to apply for ACSI Standard Teaching Certificate for all levels.

COURSE OF STUDY		125
DEGREE CORE		75
GENERAL EDUCATION	45
EN101	English Composition I			3
EN102	English Composition II			3
ENXXX	Literature Elective			3
GE100	College Orientation			1
SSXXX	History Elective			3
MA103	College Algebra			3
MUSXXX	Fine Arts Elective			3
COM103	Public Speaking			3
COM220	Interpersonal Communications			3
SC205	Biology w/Lab			4
SCIXXX	Science Elective			3
PE101	Lifetime Fitness			1
HUMXXX	Humanities Elective			3
SSBXXX	Social/Behavioral Science Elective			3
PH442	Ethics			3
PS201	Introduction to Psychology			3
BIBLE AND THEOLOGY	30
BIBXXX	Old Testament Survey		3
BIBXXX	New Testament Survey		3
BIBXXX	Bible Electives		24
CHRISTIAN MINISTRY MAJOR			21
BIBXXX	Introduction to Ministry		3
BIBXXX	Christian Ministry in the 21^st Century		3
BIBXXX	Spiritual Formation		3
MINXXX	Evangelism and Discipline		3
MINXXX	Small Group Dynamics		3
MINXXX	Practicum		3
MINXXX	Internship		3
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CONCENTRATION			27
ED215	Developing a Philosophy of Christian School Education		3
EDU216	Methods and Materials in Elementary Education		3
EDU303	Educational Philosophy		3
EDU304	Management of Learning and Behavior in Inclusive Elementary Classrooms		3
EDU305	Exceptional Children/Teaching Children with Disabilities		3
ED306	Introduction to Technology in the Classroom		3
ED401	Teaching Math in Elementary Education		3
EDU402	Teaching Reading and Writing in Elementary Education		3
EDU403	Secondary Teaching Methods		3
OPEN ELECTIVES			5