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Fire Science Management – Bachelor of Science
The Bachelor of Science in Fire Science Management provides the principles, theory, and practices associated with leading-edge fire science and management issues associated with tactical fire operations, fire safety, firefighting leadership, and community fire issues, among others. This online bachelor’s degree offers you a comprehensive education in fire behavior, suppression methods, protection, safety, and prevention, along with an emphasis on emergency and disaster management and response. This degree program is taught by highly credentialed and experienced instructors, many who hold key positions in government agencies or public safety organizations.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Fire dynamics, combustion, and prevention
  • Fire protection in building construction and hydraulics
  • Community fire mitigation and protection
  • Fire investigation, safety, research, regulations, and laws
  • Human resources management
  • Emergency planning and emergency management
  • Diisaster incident command
  • Hazardous materials managerial issues
  • Psychological and physiological human responses to disasters
  • Research, analysis, and writing

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Analyze the current and historical strategies, practices, and policies that guide the modern field of fire science.
  • Demonstrate the role of fire science personnel in leading, managing, and collaborating with colleagues, subordinates, constituents, and the community.
  • Apply theory and practical methods to issues in fire science.
  • Summarize the methods and resources needed to effectively manage fire services.
  • Examine assessment and planning tactics to improve organization and community risk management for fire services.
  • Describe strategies and methods to accomplish fire science operations.
  • Differentiate the various practices involved in fire science, their fundamental scientific principles, and their associated mitigation and response strategies.
  • Interpret the legal and regulatory duties and responsibilities that have an impact on the fire science field.
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a professionally focused degree designed to produce graduates who possess practical knowledge and the associated critical thinking skills desired in today’s competitive business world. You’ll study a core curriculum of management, marketing, law, finance, accounting, economics, and business strategy. Additional concentration options allow you to pursue focused specializations. This comprehensive and affordable business program is applicable for careers in any number of business, government, military, or other professions.

This program offers you the opportunity to learn from experienced instructors who have considerable managerial experience in Fortune 500 companies, and to communicate with fellow business students by participating in online community forums.

This Bachelor of Business Administration has been designed in consultation with industry business leaders.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Accounting statements and concepts
  • Business basics, including terms, organizations, and functions
  • U.S. and global business systems and strategy
  • Business laws and ethics
  • Operations research and global and competitive strategies
  • Critical thinking strategies for business decisions
  • Microeconomics and macroeconomics for business
  • Financial management and statistical methods and models
  • Supervision principles, including leadership concepts and skills
  • Marketing fundamentals

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Explain and apply fundamental accounting and financial management operations to enhance business decision-making processes.
  • Discuss economic factors associated with government, business, and consumer environments and apply theoretical techniques to analyze markets.
  • Apply management, human resource, and personnel practices to organizational problem solving.
  • Integrate market and marketing information into a strategic plan.
  • Apply concepts of contract, tort, Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), and property law to business situations.
  • Articulate the external and internal environments of a business organization and formulate appropriate strategies in the context of competitive forces and environmental factors.
  • Collect information through the use of various data tools and apply critical thinking concepts to enhance business problem solving capabilities.
  • Describe how information systems transform business processes within the modern corporate organization.
Cybersecurity – Bachelor of Science
The Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity provides you with both theory and know-how required to strategically assess, plan, design, and implement effective cybersecurity defenses in the public and private sectors. With near-daily reports of large-scale information security breaches and hacking events, this career field is wide open for highly educated and competent forensic investigators and cybersecurity analysts and consultants. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasted a 22 percent growth rate in the cyber security industry through 2020, making now the perfect time to acquire the education you need to meet the demand. Through this online IT bachelor’s program, you’ll learn research, writing, math, and analytical skills, along with an in-depth understanding of cybercrime.

Coursework in this bachelor’s degree aligns to the general objectives of the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) certification and meets the topical requirements for the Department of Defense Directive 8570.1M Information Assurance Management (IAM) Technical I, Technical II, Technical III, Management I, Management II, and Management III categories.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Cybercrime, cybersecurity, and cyberwarfare
  • Biometrics, cryptography, and physical defense
  • Operating system hardening and security
  • Digital forensics and network intrusion investigation
  • Criminology, intelligence, and homeland security
  • Wireless and mobile communication
  • Information assurance and IT security
  • Database and IT security planning and policy
  • Cyberlaw, ethics, and privacy in a digital age

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Compare and contrast the various aspects of cybersecurity including the relationship between cyber defense, cyber operations, cyber exploitations, cyber intelligence, cybercrime, and cyber law within federal and state laws.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the processes and goals of cyber forensics investigations including the importance of search warrants and chain of custody in a forensic investigation of computer-related crimes.
  • Develop strategies and plans for security architecture consisting of tools, techniques, and technologies to detect and prevent network penetration, and to design effective cybersecurity countermeasures.
  • Analyze network designs, topologies, architectures, protocols, communications, administration, operations, and resource management for wired, wireless, and satellite networks that affect the security of the cyberspace.
Entrepreneurship – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in Entrepreneurship offers you a practical, hands-on understanding of what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur in today’s competitive marketplace. You’ll learn about leveraging business opportunities into viable business entities as you study idea generation, marketing, management, operations, capital funding, and the legal aspects of beginning a new venture. This bachelor’s degree program is ideal if you plan to start your own venture, take over a family-owned company, or work within a startup organization.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Accounting concepts, financial statements, and financial analysis
  • Opportunities for new ventures and developing business plans
  • Leadership skills to suit a startup or family-owned business
  • Finding, supervising, and motivating employees
  • Creating and implementing new products
  • Running a service-based business
  • Entrepreneurial skills, including planning, funding, and marketing
  • Business laws and government regulations
  • Microsoft Excel for productivity, scheduling, and pricing
  • Creation of a successful e-business

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Establish entrepreneurial factors affecting the product and service environments.
  • Identify theoretical techniques to analyze markets.
  • Apply concepts of contract, tort, Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), and property law to entrepreneurial business enterprises.
  • Construct an entrepreneurial business strategy based on in-depth analysis of internal and external factors and competitive and environmental forces.
  • Apply critical thinking and decision-making skills to develop alternatives and solve problems objectively.
  • Analyze various methods necessary to grow an entrepreneurial venture through capital funding options.
  • Recommend a strategic plan to support an entrepreneurial business that leverages its overall business strategy.
  • Evaluate analytical skills necessary to operate a business efficiently and effectively that meet strategic planning and goals.
General Studies – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in General Studies offers you a chance to develop an appreciation of several academic disciplines while helping you to attain baccalaureate-level critical thinking and communication skills. Academic discipline choices include, but are not limited to: business; criminal justice; information management and technology; culture, society, and the environment; national and local security; and liberal and interpretive arts. This degree allows you to build and focus upon unique areas of study without the constraints of a regular major. Graduates of this program apply their skills and abilities in public policy, government, helping professions, human resources, and public relations, and are prepared for graduate studies where the focus will be narrower.

Program Courses

Courses in this bachelor’s program are reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. You will choose from among 130 different courses to make up this general studies program to meet your individual needs.  Some topics include:

  • Research, analytics, and written communication
  • American and global business, laws, ethics, and strategy
  • Financial management and budget development
  • Human resource fundamentals
  • Information technology systems
  • Aspects of management
  • Sales principles and public relations
  • Space history, organizations, and policies
  • Justice, emergency management, and fire safety
  • Family development, psychology, and sociology

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Apply skills and knowledge gained from the study of different academic disciplines.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and writing skills.
  • Analyze written materials and examine the relevance of multiple interpretations in a diverse society.
  • Express knowledge in at least three different disciplines or fields of study.
Government Contracting and Acquisition – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in Government Contracting and Acquisition prepares you for careers in the contract management profession, including government contracting within federal agencies or military and civilian defense establishments. In this online degree program, you’ll complete simulation-based scenario assignments created from real-world case studies. This program takes advantage of the Contract Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK) as defined by the National Contract Management Association.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Government contracting components
  • Federal procurement process and contract management
  • Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
  • Defense Federal Acquisition Supplements (DFARS)
  • Contract management and acquisition
  • Principles of strategic planning
  • Accounting and business basics
  • Cost and price analysis, negotiations, and ethics
  • Defense budget processes, expenditures, and maintenance
  • Efforts of civilian contractors

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Explain the acquisition cycle and process, and the use and application of a contract audit.
  • Explain contract requirements, types of contracts, and contingency contracting authorities and structure.
  • Demonstrate how a Defense Contract Audit Agency audit report can be prepared to meet a negotiation objective, along with the workings of a competitive discussion.
  • Explain the elements of cost in overhead, and calculate a price and cost objective using simple regression analysis, learning curve analysis, and statistics.
  • Explain the FAR requirements for forward pricing rates, billing rates, and final overhead rates.
  • Explain the Joint Theater Support Contracting Command (JTSCC).
  • Explain ethics standards expected of government and contractor personnel, along with appropriate laws, regulations, and policies for a routine procurement.
Health Information Management – Bachelor of Science
Our Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management (HIM) provides students with the knowledge and skills required to be a health information administrator in a variety of settings such as hospitals, insurance companies, and government agencies. With a focus on operations management, the degree program utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to its curriculum. Billions of dollars have been invested in newer health information technology, leading to a greater need for trained, educated HIM professionals knowledgeable in data management, information policy, finance, information systems, and administrative and clinical knowledge.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Goal setting, problem solving, staffing, and employee training
  • Historical and current healthcare administration and delivery systems
  • Health records filing systems, data collection, and electronic records
  • Medical terminology and pharmacology vocabularies used in HIM classification systems
  • The history and use of coding manuals, coding guidelines, and ICD-10 coding steps
  • Health insurance and public funding programs
  • Legal and ethical aspects of health information management, and healthcare fraud and abuse
  • HIM computer and software applications

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Assess organizational compliance with state and federal governmental regulations, accreditation, licensure, and certification requirements.
  • Construct accurate quantitative evaluations related to health care statistics, financial management, and accounting standards and best practices.
  • Analyze legal and ethical concerns related to confidentiality, security, and privacy issues in the management of health information in the digital world.
  • Implement supervisory and management skills across business functions.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of specialized medical language, classification systems, and reimbursement methodology common in the field of health information management.
  • Synthesize material on health information management from multiple competing sources.
  • Summarize the significance of being a health information administrator in terms of challenges, trends, and developments in a social context.
  • Identify significant public policy issues in health information management.
Hospitality Management – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management provides a foundation of research, critical thinking, and writing skills, along with the practical know-how required for success in global hospitality workplaces. This online degree program is helpful if you want to manage or own a restaurant, or seek entry- to mid-management positions in the event planning, lodging and travel destination, and tourism fields. You’ll be taught by experienced faculty, many who draw on their own experiences in hospitality to share their knowledge of industry best practices used around the world today.

This program has been designed in consultation with industry business leaders.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s degree program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Professionalism and customer service
  • History, trends, and job opportunities
  • Managerial accounting and revenue management
  • Dynamic pricing, profitability, and taxes
  • Rules, regulations, and laws of hospitality
  • Marketing techniques and best practices
  • Management, leadership, and interpersonal skills
  • Service quality planning and improvement
  • Human resource fundamentals and management
  • Food sanitation, including foodborne disease control and hygiene

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Apply concepts and principles of hospitality service excellence in marketing, law, revenue management and strategic planning, to the unique aspects of hospitality operations.
  • Judge current political, economic, and social issues that affect food service, lodging and travel and tourism industries.
  • Apply strategic management principles to accomplish goals and objectives of hospitality operations.
  • Assess unique hospitality characteristics and principles that are the business of hospitality management.
Human Development and Family Studies – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in Human Development and Family Studies focuses on the study of human development within the contexts of the family, the community, and the broader national and international culture.

Important note: This bachelor’s degree program does not lead to licensure to become a K-12 school teacher. In addition, while this program offers the academic background you need for careers in early childhood, individual states often require additional hands-on training or site visitation not provided by our university. It is your responsibility to become familiar with all licensure/certification requirements in the state in which you plan to seek employment.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s degree is regularly reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Human interaction
  • Effect of the enviornment on human development
  • Human sexuality
  • Family life and family resource management
  • Marriage and the family
  • Family communications
  • Research design, sampling, and data collection methods
  • The developmental, social, and cultural influences of the family

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Explore classic and contemporary theories of family and child development.
  • Examine trends in family formation and dissolution within the context of social change.
  • Explore the biological, social, cultural, cognitive, and emotional development of the child.
  • Evaluate scientific research methods applied to the study the family.
  • Examine cultural, racial, ethnic, class, legal, policy, and gender influences on family life.
  • Demonstrate fluency in the terminology, tools, and methods used in the field of Human Development.
  • Describe the contributions of multiple theories or practices to the field of child and family development, both within and across disciplines.
  • Demonstrate the ability to synthesize multiple information sources and points of view into a discussion of major child and family development issues.
  • Present a project or paper linking knowledge from work, community, or research activities with knowledge acquired in the study of child and family development.
  • Explain diverse perspectives on contested issues in child and family development, including an articulation of how these issues might be addressed in social, political, or personal settings.
Information Systems Security – Bachelor of Science
The Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Security combines educational theory with the technical skills required to meet information security needs across the enterprise. This online bachelor’s degree brings you coursework in information assurance, information security, network design and engineering, business continuity, and more. Learning the technological skills required to protect organizational assets from unscrupulous business competitors or unfriendly combatants is paramount to the credibility and survival of businesses, government agencies, and military operations. This online degree program helps to prepare you for careers such as information security manager, analyst, auditor, consultant, or risk assessor.

Courses in this program meet the topical requirements of the DoD Directive 8570.1M Information Assurance Management (IAM) Technical I, Technical II, Technical III, Management I, Management II, and Management III categories. Additionally, the National Security Agency (NSA) Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation (IACE) has certified some courses for this degree program.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online certificate is reviewed by an advisory panel of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Computer and network security
  • Operating systems hardening and security
  • Local area network (LAN) design, implementation, and maintenance
  • Network attacks, cybercrime, and cyber laws
  • IT security risk management, and countermeasures
  • Business continuity and disaster recovery planning
  • Information assurance and information security
  • IT security auditing, planning, and policy
  • Cyberlaw and privacy in a digital age
  • Digital forensics

Note: Some courses in this program have additional laboratory course materials. View the Materials Cost information below for details.

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Use analytical, logical, and critical thinking to analyze user requirements and to design, develop, and deploy effective information systems security solutions.
  • Analyze network designs, topologies, architectures, protocols, communications, administration, operations, and resource management for wired, wireless, and web-based networks.
  • Prescribe information assurance initiatives to protect an organization’s information assets by ensuring availability, confidentiality, integrity, authenticity, and non-repudiation.
  • Develop a security architecture consisting of tools, techniques, and technologies to prevent the penetration of networks, to detect attacks, and to design effective countermeasures.
  • Generate a risk assessment and risk mitigation methodology to analyze and manage risks in the context of network security.
  • Apply the discipline of network attack and defense to develop effective countermeasures to keeping hackers outside the perimeter of the network.
  • Develop network security audit practices, processes, and plans, and specify the roles and responsibilities of the staff on the audit team.
  • Develop actionable and maintainable network and information security plans and policies that address physical security, authentication, network security, encryption, software development, email, Internet, acceptable use, acceptable speech, and viruses/worms.
Information Technology – Bachelor of Science
The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology is designed to produce academically sound and functionally competent IT professionals who can build and deploy networks, databases, web properties, and other IT-related assets. Core programming skills along with problem-solving skills and techniques are offered to help bring you a well-rounded technology education applicable to the IT marketplace today. Additional concentrations allow you to choose from dozens of specific courses in order to specialize in the IT area of interest for your career. IT personnel are needed in all industries, and this online bachelor’s program helps prepare you for a variety of careers including programmer, systems analyst, project manager, web developer, database designer, and more.

Coursework in this program also meets various industry certifications including Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW). Please view course descriptions for complete details.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Programming fundamentals
  • Information systems analysis and design
  • Object-oriented programming and UML (Unified Modeling Language)
  • Relational database concepts, management issues, and advantages
  • Information security and assurance
  • Local Area Network (LAN) technologies and concepts
  • Telecommunications and network concepts
  • Internet and ecommerce
  • Web development, including JavaScript and XHTML
  • Enterprise data exchange using XML

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Demonstrate use of analytical, logical, and critical thinking to design, develop, and deploy effective Information Technology solutions
  • Examine the principles and concepts of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and the impact of (OOP) on software quality and reusability
  • Assess the significance of the system development life cycle and its effectiveness
  • Apply the principles of network technologies in designing a network
  • Examine the principles of database management systems
  • Analyze the computer and network security issues, policies, proactive measures, and software tools to counter security breaches and threats
  • Apply industry driven techniques for designing, developing, and deploying enterprise applications on the desktop and on the Web
Information Technology Management – Bachelor of Science
The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Management focuses on the problem-solving skills and techniques needed to provide computer-based solutions to practical problems. You’ll be taught how to develop and communicate technological solutions, manage systems operations, improve and evaluate products, provide customer support, and facilitate technology transfer in both the public and private sectors. You’ll also learn to apply ethical judgments and critical thinking to assess the impact of information technology on contemporary social, political, and economic issues. This bachelor’s degree program prepares you for a broad range of IT positions in multiple fields, such as a programmer analyst, systems analyst, database analyst, information systems analyst, network analyst, security analyst, security risk assessor and manager, project manager, or computer resource manager.

Some courses in this program meet the topical requirements for CompTIA Project+ Certification, the MS Office Word 2013 Certification, and the Internet Business Foundations curriculum of the CIW Foundations Certification.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Ebusiness principles, concepts, and planning
  • Programming fundamentals using Python
  • Database management systems and technology advancements
  • Management information systems and development
  • Local Area Network (LAN) concepts and technologies
  • IT security risk management and MS Word
  • Computer information systems, procedures, and components
  • Internet concepts and technology
  • Information technology project management and MS Project

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Interpret fundamental computer science concepts.
  • Use computer applications to enhance productivity.
  • Integrate the theory and practice of information technology with the fundamental principles of business enterprise management, finance, operations, strategic planning, and marketing.
  • Examine the influences of technology on the conduct of business operations, the rise of e-commerce, the globalization of business, and the increase in telecommuting.
  • Apply the principles of Information Technology Management in a modern organization.
  • Identify the prevailing cyber and legal principles and issues associated with information technology the workplace and in society at large.
  • Appraise the principles and practices of database systems, networks, information systems, information security, and information technology project planning.
Management – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in Management prepares you to transition from the technical aspects of a profession to leading and managing individuals in their respective fields. You will explore management theories, concepts, and practices necessary to organize, motivate, and lead human capital. Successful completion of the online degree program prepares you for managerial positions and responsibilities in business, as well as nonprofit, government, and military organizations.

This program’s curriculum is in alignment with Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) standards. This program has been designed in consultation with industry business leaders.

Program Courses

This online bachelor’s program is regularly reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Retail management and merchandising
  • Principles and theory of management
  • Strategic management and executive challenges
  • Organizational and workplace behavior
  • Employment and labor relations
  • Management information systems
  • Statistics in organizational problem-solving
  • Leadership and motivation
  • Effective communication techniques
  • Career counseling and performance management


Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Evaluate the functions and applications of various management processes in the areas of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, leading, and controlling.
  • Develop strategies for organizational challenges using management theories, principles, and practices.
  • Analyze the impact of international, legal, social, political, economic, technological, and environmental issues as they relate to organizational behavior in terms of the individual, group/team, and overall organizational performance.
  • Examine the importance of ethical conduct, communication, social responsibility, and corporate responsibility in the global environment.
  • Demonstrate skills in critical thinking, data interpretation, and decision making necessary for developing systematic processes and approaches in the management of human capital and achievement of organizational effectiveness.
  • Concentrations
  • Concentrations are designed to help you group courses together so you can further specialize in your field and pursue a more focused path to degree completion. You will be asked to select a concentration when you enroll in this program.
  • Explore the concentrations available for this program.
  • General
  • Human Resource Management
  • Leadership
  • Retail Management
Marketing – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in Marketing provides a variety of knowledge and skills applicable to nearly any industry where marketing efforts such as advertising, public relations, promotions and events, market research, sales, and ecommerce play a significant role in the growth of the organization. This bachelor’s program is designed to increase your self-motivation, self-confidence, and your ability to work well with others. You’ll discover creative problem solving and be taught how to take appropriate business risks and spot market trends as you prepare for careers in the corporate, government, and military sectors.

This program has been designed in consultation with industry business leaders.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Business basics, law, and ethics
  • Marketing research, strategy, and branding
  • Social media and internet marketing
  • Financial management
  • Statistics and economics
  • Principles of supervision
  • Marketing writing for print, broadcast, PR, and online media
  • Advertising and sales
  • International marketing
  • Contracts and negotiating

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Integrate the marketing function with fundamental business enterprise concepts and principles of management, finance, strategic planning, and information systems.
  • Apply marketing principles to a particular business.
  • Use marketing research to identify and exploit business opportunities.
  • Critically analyze an organization’s marketing function and assemble and apply the various marketing strategies and techniques that align with the organization’s mission.
  • Develop a strategic marketing plan.
Philosophy – Bachelor of Arts

The Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy is a liberal arts program designed to expose you to eastern, western, and contemporary philosophers, while examining myths, rituals, ethics, and morality. You’ll be taught to think critically and objectively, to write clearly and effectively, and to develop creative solutions to unique situations. This online bachelor’s degree helps to prepare you for professions requiring a high level of analytical thought such as think tanks and legal professions.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Research, analysis and, writing techniques
  • Critical thinking, clear communication, and problem solving
  • Basic issues and concepts of Western philosophy
  • Historical and present-day concepts and techniques of logic
  • Contemporary issues in philosophy
  • Ethical theory and concepts
  • Different historical schools of philosophy
  • Ethical issues of justice, business, health, and the environment
  • History and basic concepts of military philosophy
  • Chinese and Japanese philosophy
  • Religious concepts, perceptions, and existentialism

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Discuss the historical development and evolution of philosophy from its origins through contemporary times.
  • Explain the various schools of philosophical and moral thought, the history behind their development, and the rationale for their acceptance and practice.
  • Recognize and apply logic: what makes a deductive argument valid or an inductive argument strong; an action moral or immoral; a statement believed to be true.
  • Stake out a philosophical position in a written composition and critically analyze a philosophical question.
  • Analyze and evaluate philosophical arguments from historical and contemporary sources.
  • Apply philosophical inquiry to contemporary events.
Political Science – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in Political Science does more than teach about politics – it empowers you with the skills needed to inquisitively question political systems. Questions like: Is a two-party system better than a multi-party system? Or how can governments respect diverse ethnic, racial, and religious identities, and still promote bonds of common citizenship? These are the types of questions that political scientists explore, but they also represent issues that require ordinary citizens to make informed judgments. Knowledge gained in this online program can be applied to the gaining and holding of elected positions, or to careers in government and military service or other professions where strong interpersonal and communication skills are required.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Information literacy and global citizenship
  • American government
  • Political theory, parties and interest groups
  • State, local, and community politics
  • Political systems and public policy creation
  • Constitutional law, the Supreme Court, and the legal system
  • International relations, organizations, and development
  • U.S. intelligence communities
  • Management, economics, and philosophy
  • Parliamentary democracies, communism, and theocracies

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Analyze the fundamental theories and philosophies of government, governance, economy, and civil society.
  • Compare and contrast the political elements of representative democracy and with other political systems.
  • Assess the three institutions of government that create and implement federal policy.
  • Analyze the historical evolution and contemporary manifestations of the federal system.
  • Analyze the various roles of interest groups in the United States in both historical and modern democratic processes.
  • Assess the impact of political parties on federal, state, and local government.
  • Analyze the concept of diversity in American politics, to include gender, ethnicity, and age.
Psychology – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in Psychology examines the workings of the human mind by studying aspects of developmental, organizational, and abnormal psychology. Emphasis is on applying the science of human behavior to vocational, personal, academic, and clinical settings. This online bachelor’s degree is intended for students who plan to work in public-facing professions such as politics, law, counseling, human services, education, law enforcement, military service, human-computer interaction, and public management.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Human physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development
  • Psychology basics in major theories and current research
  • Applications of psychology to professional careers
  • Personality theories, research methods, thought, and perception
  • History and systems of psychology
  • Child, adolescent, and adult development
  • Psychology of addiction and substance abuse
  • Psychology of terrorism and natural and man-made disaster response
  • Psychology of military combat or sports

Note: For this degree program, you must have access to the required analytics software, Statistics Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The university does not supply this software.

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Articulate the major theoretical, historical, and conceptual ideas that underpin the broad discipline and specialty areas of psychology.
  • Delineate the education, training, roles, and professional responsibilities of psychologists.
  • Compare methodologies used in psychological research and data analysis.
  • Apply results of psychological research to contemporary issues in the field.
  • Evaluate how behavior is influenced by internal, environmental, and socio-cultural factors.
Public Health – Bachelor of Science
The Bachelor of Science in Public Health degree provides a professionally focused understanding of public health in America and abroad including the science, psychology, and sociology associated with public health issues. You will study public law, policy, and administration associated with the administration of public health along with its management, finances, and structure. A concentrated focus on health and wellness brings courses in nutrition, exercise and sports psychology, motivation, and performance.

This online degree program is intended for professionals seeking advancement in the public health field or who desire to enter the field as a community health worker or educator, dietitian, nutritionist, health services manager, or occupational health and safety technician.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Research, analytics, and written communication
  • Public healthcare administration
  • The U.S. healthcare system
  • Quarantine theory, history, and contemporary issues
  • Epidemiology, biology, and chemistry
  • Emergency and disaster management
  • Crisis communication and media management
  • Chemical, biological, and radiological hazards
  • Addiction and substance abuse
  • Fitness, health literacy, and wellness
  • Nutrition and exercise physiology

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Apply organizational design principles to the unique healthcare organization construct.
  • Perform macro and microeconomic analyses of healthcare production and costs.
  • Critically analyze the healthcare system in the United States.
  • Create a plan for efficient healthcare system management.
  • Develop an ethical system to analyze moral issues in public health services delivery.
  • Discuss epidemiological issues in society.
  • Appraise the U.S. medical care system, its problems, and potential for reform.
  • Analyze international and comparative public health concepts, approaches, and systems.
Retail Management – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in Retail Management emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and the practical skills needed to effectively manage a variety of retail operations. This online bachelor’s degree will focus on interpersonal, managerial, human resource, leadership, communication, and the critical thinking skills necessary for success in the retail industry. Completion of this online program can help to propel your current career as a professional retail store manager, or to help you prepare for new retail management positions.

This program has been designed in consultation with industry business leaders.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is regularly reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Retail strategy, innovation, and operations
  • Retail merchandising and its role in profitability
  • Human resource concepts and best practices
  • Management theories, principles, and historical development
  • Strategic management and corporate decisions
  • Organizational behavior and change
  • Management ethics and communications
  • Consumer behavior
  • Transportation and supply chain management

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Apply the principles and theories of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, leading, and controlling in retail management used by successful retailers in today’s global economy.
  • Assess the importance of retail strategy formulation and strategic perspectives of retail management on the impact of retailing in the global economy.
  • Deconstruct the impact of innovation within the retail industry to include its challenges and solution-driven strategies to remain current with today’s ever-changing technologies.
  • Evaluate retail operations to include successful implementation strategies and operational processes that maximize store profits.
  • Summarize and assess retail merchandising operations in the competitive marketplace in relation to corporate profitability.
Reverse Logistics Management – Bachelor of Arts
Our Bachelor of Arts in Reverse Logistics Management is designed to educate a new generation of professionals in reverse logistics management, retail management, and engineering management in complex military or business environments. In today’s competitive business climate, organizations are always under pressure to adapt to new procedural and technological trends to improve the visibility of product and cargo flows through an ever-widening and complex supply chain. This online degree program provides you with knowledge of current applications of reverse logistics and opportunities to study practical applications in domestic and international transportation and logistics scenarios.

This program has been designed in consultation with industry business leaders.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Introduction to reverse logistics management
  • Research, analytics, and written communication
  • Microeconomics and macroeconomics
  • Environmental regulations and hazardous material handling
  • Technology in reverse logistics operations
  • Policies, procedures, and best practices
  • Reverse logistics operations and distribution
  • Product recall best practices
  • Reverse logistics in U.S. and international organizations

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Classify and explain the issues and problems of implementing a reverse logistics system in a manufacturing, retail or military operation.
  • Explain best practices of a reverse logistics operation.
  • Classify and explain the differences between forward and reverse logistics.
  • Explain how reverse logistics can be used to track and trace goods as returns, recalls, recycling and as waste.
  • Explain how to differentiate the financial impact of reverse logistics from financial components within a business environment.
  • Develop an implementation plan to use reverse technology processes and technology within a manufacturing, retail or military organization.
Sports Management – Bachelor of Science
The B.S. in Sports Management is designed for those who are interested in sports management, coaching, and administration in collegiate, community, or high school sports. This online bachelor’s degree arms you with an improved understanding of sports administration, coaching theory and strategy, and business skills such as marketing, promotion, public relations, finance, and sports law. This degree program is an ideal choice for you as you pursue a career as an interscholastic or intercollegiate coach, sports manager, or front-office manager.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Accounting fundamentals and financial statements
  • Microeconomics and macroeconomics in sports management
  • Sports law, risk management, and regulations
  • Sports facilities and events management
  • Ethics and contemporary and social issues in sports
  • Sports marketing, public relations, and communications
  • Athletic programs administration and sports governance

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Describe the impact of legal principles and considerations in sport management on the decision-making process for sport managers.
  • Apply management principles, concepts, and practices associated with the operations and maintenance of sports and recreation facilities.
  • Appraise sociological, historical, political, and philosophical aspects of sport.
  • Examine ethical practices, procedures, and decision-making models used in sports management professions.
  • Apply financial management principles and concepts to managing a sports organization and facility.
  • Analyze the dimensions of specific sport marketing plans and strategies
Sports and Health Sciences – Bachelor of Science
Our Bachelor of Science in Sports and Health Sciences is a scientific study of human movement and human behavior relative to exercise, fitness, nutrition, health, and wellness. This degree is designed to prepare you to meet challenges in these dynamic and emerging fields of study. You will engage in core issues and concepts in areas such as anatomy and physiology, nutrition, kinesiology, and exercise programming and testing. It is an appropriate choice for students pursuing careers as coaches and scouts, exercise physiologists, fitness trainers, health educators, program directors, umpires and other sport officials, managers, and more.

This B.S. degree in Sports and Health Sciences is affiliated with the guidelines of the American Sport Education Program (ASEP).

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is regularly reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Human anatomy and physiology
  • Sports psychology and human behavior in a sport and exercise setting
  • Principles and terminology of basic chemistry
  • First aid and emergency treatment of sports injuries
  • Exercise programming, testing, and physiology
  • Training, conditioning, and health and wellness
  • Coaching theories and methods, and leadership concepts
  • Nutrition and exercise programs
  • Sports law, risk, and regulations
  • Business skills for the fitness and wellness industry

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Apply fundamental concepts of human anatomy, physiology, nutrition, health, and kinesiology to applications in sports and fitness.
  • Perform motivational strategies and tactics designed to guide practice and performance in physical activity.
  • Design a healthful diet for varying populations based off sound nutritional principles and concepts generated from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
  • Critically analyze steroids usage on athletic performance including associated muscle reaction and medical risks.
  • Illustrate appropriate procedures for treating upper and lower body sport injuries.
  • Construct exercise programs applicable in fitness, rehabilitation, and athletic training settings.
  • Evaluate suitability of common exercises based on muscle action for exercise program design.
Transportation and Logistics Management – Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts in Transportation and Logistics Management focuses on the principles, policies, trends, and current issues within air, maritime, or ground transportation. Transportation and logistics management is at the core of global supply chain management, encompassing manufacturing, distribution, retailing, recreation, and national security industries. This versatile degree helps to prepare you for job opportunities in many industries including the military, government, and large corporations whose success depends on the global fulfillment of customers’ requirements.

This program has been designed in consultation with industry business leaders.

Program Courses

The curriculum for this online bachelor’s program is reviewed by an advisory council of industry experts for relevancy to today’s marketplace. Course topics include:

  • Hazardous materials transportation
  • Research, analytics, and written communication
  • Transportation modes, management, and economics
  • Supply chain management
  • Intermodal transportation and logistics management
  • Packaging materials, issues, and contamination challenges
  • Distribution systems and advanced business logistics
  • International business management
  • Financial management and budgeting
  • Border, coastal, and port security

Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:

  • Apply systems analysis to transportation, logistics, and supply chain management.
  • Relate the multidimensional impact of transportation on the economy, public systems, national and local infrastructure, and the environment.
  • Understand and evaluate the transportation systems’ political, regulatory, and legal issues.
  • Describe and assess the strengths and weaknesses of the major modes of international transportation.