A comprehensive examination of proactive and reactive business strategies and tactics that create and fulfill demand for consumer products and services and that result in high customer satisfaction and ongoing, long-range business-consumer relationships.

Management of processes or systems that create goods or provide services. Includes the basics of forecasting, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory management, total quality management and supply chain management. Prerequisites: BADM 201 Business Communication or permission, BADM 202 or ACCT 211, and must have satisfied the General Education requirement in Mathematics.

Principles, application of interpersonal skills in the context of friendships and families. Includes personal and relational awareness, person perception, verbal and nonverbal communication, relational development, and gender communication. Community: Communication. Liberal Arts.

Adult students learn and apply strategies for success in their return to college and life-long learning. Major topics include setting academic, career, and personal goals; stress management; time management; critical thinking and problem solving; learning styles and best practices. This seminar will also introduce students to Houghton College, our online platform, and program policies and procedures.

Examines the cognitive and social development of children birth to second grade and explores a range of developmentally responsive pedagogies that help young children to grow, learn and develop through meaningful, integrated, interdisciplinary learning experiences. Intended for Education major juniors, seniors and post-grads. According to New York State teacher certification requirements (8/2015), graduates who are granted an Initial Teaching Certificate from New York State and who complete six credits of early childhood coursework with a C or better may be able to extend their teaching certificate to include birth-grade 2 through the Individual Evaluation for Additional Classroom Teaching Certificate pathway. This course is restricted to Houghton College Education majors who have completed junior-level course work in the major and graduates of Houghton?s education program. Any other enrollees must receive permission from the instructor. Required for B-6 and B-12 certificates. Offered: Summer 2 Session Even Years (12 weeks). 3 credits. Levels: Graduate.

This workshop serves as the entry point for new students in the MBA program. It is designed to onboard students during a 4-day residency; introducing them to the scope of the program, its integrated design, and learning objectives. Students will engage in exercises that build self-knowledge, emotional intelligence, and create a learning community. This will equip them for success with graduate level work and course team assignments. (Pass/No Pass)

An introduction into the role of project management within a cross section of organizations and project types. Topics include project definition, planning, scheduling, life cycles, project attribute estimation, resource allocation, scope creep, and project portfolio evaluation and selection. Management issues related to project manager selection, subcontracting, team dynamics, and project monitoring and control are explored as essential elements of a successful project. Opportunities to research and evaluate the landscape of digital tools for project management and leverage real world tools in the scope and sequence of learning. Prerequisite(s): MBA 501, MBA 630.

This course emphasizes the decision-making and discipline of financial management. Subjects include: financial reports and metrics, financial analysis and planning, financial forecasting, financial markets, financial leverage, working capital management, capital budgeting processes, cost of capital, and the evaluation of domestic and global merger and acquisition opportunities, including takeover and antitrust strategies. Students will integrate a biblical and ethical framework that helps guide financial management decision-making. Prerequisite(s): MBA 501, MBA 630. ** Students may choose to waive this course and substitute an elective course for this core course if they have earned a B- or better in at least two of the following undergrad/graduate level courses: Corporate Finance I/II, Investment Management, or Money, Banking and Finance.

This course emphasizes the decision-making and discipline of financial management. Subjects include: financial reports and metrics, financial analysis and planning, financial forecasting, financial markets, financial leverage, working capital management, capital budgeting processes, cost of capital, and the evaluation of domestic and global merger and acquisition opportunities, including takeover and antitrust strategies. Students will integrate a biblical and ethical framework that helps guide financial management decision-making. Prerequisite(s): MBA 501, MBA 630. ** Students may choose to waive this course and substitute an elective course for this core course if they have earned a B- or better in at least two of the following undergrad/graduate level courses: Corporate Finance I/II, Investment Management, or Money, Banking and Finance.

This course provides a biblical perspective for ethics, morality and social responsibility in relationship to individual leaders, organizations, the community, and global society. The inter-related nature of ethics, morality, and social issues will be reviewed along with how societal views and actions influence and impact organizational performance. An emphasis is placed on the decision-making responsibility of Christian leaders related to these topics that influence and shape organizational culture, policy, practice and people. Prerequisite(s): MBA 501, MBA 630.

This final course in the MBA program includes a 4-day residency. Students will finalize a detailed personal plan focused on an existing company project, new business venture, creation of a new product or service, an organizational process improvement, a cultural change, or re-structure of their current workplace department/organization. Students will present their integrated project, as well as observe and interact with peer presentations during the residency. The project focus must meet established guidelines and be pre-approved by the MBA Director. Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of 37 or more credits of approved MBA required and elective courses.

History and aesthetics of music written for Hollywood films. Exploration of the sociology, philosophy, psychology and technique of film music. Review of the elements of musical style with particular emphasis on their relation to the dramatic aspects of film. Written work emphasizing critical analysis of the use of music in various American film genres. Satisfies IS - Culture: Music. Fulfills General Education Art & Music requirement. Liberal Arts.

Liberal Arts

The foundation course in American politics. Focuses on fundamental constitutional principles of the American political order, including constitutionalism, separation of powers and checks and balances, federalism, the rule of law, and judicial review. Special attention given to the history of the American Founding, debates over the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and Tocqueville's later analysis of American democracy. Liberal Arts.

Development of the international system of nation-states; effects of system structure and intrastate elements on international relations; concepts such as power, balance of power, sovereignty, interdependence, and issues such as foreign policy decision making, causes of war, and nuclear arms control. Liberal Arts.

Concepts and principles, theories, and research methods associated with the development of the individual from conception through old age. Liberal Arts.

Social psychological theory and research on the social forces influencing individuals' thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Topics include social cognition, attribution theory, persuasion, conformity, prejudice, aggression and helping. Liberal Arts.

Introduction to the sociological perspective and sociology program emphasis. Explore environment, development, social work, and marriage-family topics and issues. Understand social and cultural influences on human action, relationship between our personal lifestyles and society, and how to address challenges facing communities. Satisfies IS - Community: Sociology. Fulfills half of General Education Social Sciences requirement. Liberal Arts.