Community Development - B.S.
Purpose
This major seeks to prepare students spiritually and with intellectual breadth to serve God and humanity as true world changers by equipping them with professional knowledge and skills for careers and graduate studies in community development (CDV).
The curriculum presents CDV in alignment with the generally accepted understanding of the field and primes students for graduate studies and employments in national and international relief and development agencies as well as in local church-based and community development organizations.
The basic premise of this major is that context determines content, thus worldviews shape the manner in which God's created resources are acknowledged, tended and utilized. This principle guides the way in which development programs approach the analysis and critique of the stewardship responsibilities of God's created resources in the local, national and global communities. Our students are therefore prompted to the biblical understanding of the world as God's creation and the role of the church in fulfilling the scriptural call for justice, peace and prosperity for all humanity. Students who plan to seek ordination in The Wesleyan Church or who plan to enroll in the MPTh must double major in Pastoral Ministries.
General Education Requirements
Students in this major meet the general education requirements when taking REL-240. Other general education requirements may be met depending on the student’s specialization. Students should consult with an academic advisor for further information.
Requirements (48 credits)
Ministerial Core (12 credits)
Practical Theology (PRT) (18 credits)
Religious and Ministerial Studies (RMS) (6 credits)
| BIL-252 | Biblical Theology of Social Justice | 3 |
| REL-307 | Race, Class, and Gender: Church and Society | 3 |
Specializations (12 credits)
Choose one 12 hour specialization
Addictions Counseling
| ADC-210 | Addictions Theory | 3 |
| ADC-212 | Psychopharmacology | 3 |
| ADC-310 | Addictions Counseling Skills | 3 |
| - | Choose one of the following: | |
| ADC-320 | Theory and Practice of Group Counseling | 3 |
| ADC-330 | Counseling Addicted and Dysfunctional Family Systems | 3 |
| ADC-458 | Addiction Programs and Professional Development | 3 |
Child Advocacy
Criminal Justice
Design for Social Impact
Economics/Public Policy
| POL-200 | State and Local Government and Politics | 3 |
| MAT-305 | Statistics for Social Sciences | 3 |
| - | Choose 2 of the following courses | |
| ECO-212 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECO-213 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECO-315 | Urban Economics and Policy | 3 |
Environmental Studies
| BIO-206 | Principles of Environmental Science | 4 |
| - | Choose 2 of the following courses | |
| BIO-202 | Plant Biology | 4 |
| BIO-220 | Field Biology and Natural History | 3 |
| BIO-317 | Advanced Crops and Society | 4 |
Human Trafficking Studies
| CDV-320 | Issues in Human Trafficking | 3 |
| REL-312 | Hope and Suffering | 3 |
| IPE-421 | Trauma Informed Approaches | 3 |
| IPE-422 | Ethics and Advocacy in Human Trafficking | 3 |
*IPE courses are online and open to all students.
Ministerial Studies
| -BIL | 300/400 Advanced OT/NT | 3 |
| CED-255 | Local Church Education | 2 |
| CED-255P | Local Church Education Practicum | 1 |
| REL-370 | Introduction to Pastoral Counseling and Care | 2 |
| WOR-238 | Ethnodoxology in Christian Ministry | 0 to 1 |
| YTH-230 | Programming Youth and Family Ministries | 2 |
| YTH-230P | Programming Youth and Family Ministries Practicum | 1 |
Pastoral Counseling and Care
| REL-370 | Introduction to Pastoral Counseling and Care | 2 |
| YTH-471 | Pastoral Counseling and Care I: Children to Adulthood | 2 |
| REL-472 | Pastoral Counseling and Care II: Through the Aging Process | 2 |
| PSY-150 | General Psychology | 3 |
| - | Choose one of the following: | |
| PSY-366 | Psychology of Abnormal Behavior | 3 |
| REL-312 | Hope and Suffering | 3 |
Public Health
| PHE-362 | Nutrition for Health | 3 |
| PHE-365 | Public and Community Health | 3 |
| PHE-366 | Alcohol and Drug Education | 3 |
| PHE-413 | Health Promotion and Wellness Management | 3 |
Youth and Family Ministries
| PHE-122 | Active Recreation Games | 1 |
| YTH-230P | Programming Youth and Family Ministries Practicum | 1 |
| CED-255 | Local Church Education | 2 |
| CED-255P | Local Church Education Practicum | 1 |
| YTH-330 | Theological Foundations of Youth and Family Ministries | 3 |
| YTH-380 | Advanced Studies in Youth and Culture | 2 |
TESOL
| ENG-170 | Introduction to Language | 3 |
| TSL-203 | Foundations of TESOL | 3 |
| TSL-305 | Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| EDU-382 | Methods of Teaching Senior High/ Junior High/Middle School Subjects | 3 |
