2023-2024 Catalog

 

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)

REL-200Introduction to Ministry

1

REL-270Evangelism and Discipleship

3

REL-390Ministerial Placement and Persistence

1

REL-490Practical Theology Capstone

1

BIL-202Inductive Bible Study

3

THE-233Systematic Theology

3

Practical Theology (PRT) (18 credits)

REL-240Ministry in Context

3

CDV-227Transformational Community Development

3

CDV-229Non-profit Administration

3

REL-350Leading Others

3

CDV-352Non-Profit Funding

3

CDV-354Missional Innovation

3

Religious and Ministerial Studies (RMS) (6 credits)

BIL-252Biblical Theology of Social Justice

3

REL-307Race, Class, and Gender: Church and Society

3

Specializations (12 credits)

Choose one 12 hour specialization

Addictions Counseling

ADC-210Addictions Theory

3

ADC-212Psychopharmacology

3

ADC-310Addictions Counseling Skills

3

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Choose one of the following:

ADC-320Theory and Practice of Group Counseling

3

ADC-330Counseling Addicted and Dysfunctional Family Systems

3

ADC-458Addiction Programs and Professional Development

3

Child Advocacy

SWK-205Child Maltreatment

3

SWK-250Global Child Advocacy Issues

3

SWK-340Sociology of Child Poverty

3

SWK-452Interpersonal Violence

3

Criminal Justice

CRJ-181Introduction to Criminal Justice

3

CRJ-202Introduction to Corrections

3

CRJ-246Criminology

3

CRJ-268Crisis Intervention

3

Design for Social Impact

ART-101Ideation/Interpretation 1

3

-
or

DES-101Design Fundamentals

3

DES-151DC2: Human Centered Design

3

DES-254DSI 2: Placemaking Design

3

DES-353DSI 6: Sustainable Design

3

Economics/Public Policy

POL-200State and Local Government and Politics

3

MAT-305Statistics for Social Sciences

3

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Choose 2 of the following courses

ECO-212Microeconomics

3

ECO-213Macroeconomics

3

ECO-315Urban Economics and Policy

3

Environmental Studies

BIO-206Principles of Environmental Science

4

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Choose 2 of the following courses

BIO-202Plant Biology

4

BIO-220Field Biology and Natural History

3

BIO-317Advanced Crops and Society

4

Human Trafficking Studies

CDV-320Issues in Human Trafficking

3

REL-312Hope and Suffering

3

IPE-421Trauma Informed Approaches

3

IPE-422Ethics 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-255Local Church Education

2

CED-255PLocal Church Education Practicum

1

REL-370Introduction to Pastoral Counseling and Care

2

WOR-238Ethnodoxology in Christian Ministry

0 to 1

YTH-230Programming Youth and Family Ministries

2

YTH-230PProgramming Youth and Family Ministries Practicum

1

Pastoral Counseling and Care

REL-370Introduction to Pastoral Counseling and Care

2

YTH-471Pastoral Counseling and Care I: Children to Adulthood

2

REL-472Pastoral Counseling and Care II: Through the Aging Process

2

PSY-150General Psychology

3

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Choose one of the following:

PSY-366Psychology of Abnormal Behavior

3

REL-312Hope and Suffering

3

Public Health

PHE-362Nutrition for Health

3

PHE-365Public and Community Health

3

PHE-366Alcohol and Drug Education

3

PHE-413Health Promotion and Wellness Management

3

Youth and Family Ministries

PHE-122Active Recreation Games

1

YTH-230PProgramming Youth and Family Ministries Practicum

1

CED-255Local Church Education

2

CED-255PLocal Church Education Practicum

1

YTH-330Theological Foundations of Youth and Family Ministries

3

YTH-380Advanced Studies in Youth and Culture

2

TESOL

ENG-170Introduction to Language

3

TSL-203Foundations of TESOL

3

TSL-305Second Language Acquisition

3

EDU-382Methods of Teaching Senior High/ Junior High/Middle School Subjects

3

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