Humanitarian Leadership, BA (Online)

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College	Center for Leadership Studies; Center for Online and Extended Education
Academic Award	Bachelor of Arts
Credits Required	120 semester credits
Faculty Lead	Jessica Herbison
CIP Code	43.0302
Available at	Online and NU Oregon

Students who graduate with the BA in Humanitarian Leadership will be able to:

Discuss the heart of God as the motivation for effective and sustained compassion activities.
Assess procedures for supporting those who provide compassion services.
Formulate effective physical, psychological, and spiritual methods of helping people in poverty and people experiencing suffering .
Develop approaches for working in cooperation with other compassion providers on local, regional, national, and international levels.
Critique administrative and financial strategies for presenting and supporting humanitarian projects.
Design efficient and effective activities for providing initial and ongoing disaster relief services in domestic and international settings.

Core Curriculum Requirements: 60

Bible and Theology: 6

Select 6 credits from the following:

BIBL 1053 - The Christian Scriptures 3 credits
BIBL 1563 - Interpreting the Bible 3 credits
THEO 1093 - Foundations of Christian Faith 3 credits
THEO 2293 - Work of God, Work of Humanity 3 credits

Written and Verbal Communications: 9

ENGL 1013 - Composition I: Expository Writing 3 credits
ENGL 1023 - Composition II: Rhetoric and Research Writing 3 credits
COMM 1213 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication 3 credits

Humanities: 9

6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see course descriptions for applicability)

ENGL xxx3 Any Literature course 3 credits
HIST xxx3 Any Course in History 3 credits
3 additional credits selected from the following 3 credits
Art (ARTE), Bible (BIBL), Drama (DRAM), English (ENGL), History (HIST), Language (LANG), Music (MUSI), or Theology (THEO)

Social Sciences: 9

6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see course descriptions for applicability)

Select a minimum of two disciplines from the following:

Business Administration (BUSM), Communication (except COMM 1213), Economics, Education (EDUC), Exercise Science (EXSC), Geography (GEOG), Information Technology (INTC), Management (BMGT), Marketing (BMKT), Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSYC), Sociology/Anthropology (SOCI), or User Experience Design (UXDE)

Science and Mathematics: 6

MATH xxxx - College-level Mathematics 3 credits
SCIE xxxx - Science course with Lab 3 credits

Formation and Calling: 3

UCOR 1053 - Life Calling 3 credits

Core Electives: 18

Any college-level courses

Humanitarian Leadership Major: 45

THEO 3193 - Theology of Compassion 3 credits
COMM 3563 - Conflict Resolution 3 credits
COMM 3433 - Intercultural Communication 3 credits
HLDR 3123 - Children and Youth in Crisis 3 credits
HLDR 3233 - Domestic Disaster Services 3 credits
HLDR 3293 - Leading Compassion Projects 3 credits
HLDR 3413 - Refugee and Migrant Populations 3 credits
HLDR 3513 - Poverty and Its Impact 3 credits
HLDR 4313 - Applied Sustainability 3 credits
HLDR 4353 - Health Management in Global Settings 3 credits
HLDR 4523 - International Disaster Services 3 credits
HLDR 4563 - Public Policy and Advocacy 3 credits
HLDR 4593 - Crisis Psychological Management 3 credits
HLDR 4933 - Humanitarian Leadership Practicum 3 credits

Major Elective: 3

(choose from the following or as approved by advisor)

BUSM 4723 - Project Management 3 credits
PSYC 2313 - Cultural Psychology 3 credits
PSYC 2563 - Lifespan Psychology 3 credits
PSYC 3183 - Community Psychology 3 credits

General Electives: 15

Any college-level course

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