Online Bachelor of Science in
Criminal Justice Law Enforcement

It is essential to gain a fundamental understanding of leadership and even more importantly, to gain knowledge in the attributes of leadership in order to make better decisions, both professionally and personally. In this course, we will examine the characteristics, attributes, and styles of leadership. We will discuss the results of a lack of leadership and the impact of following. 

Organizational Behavior is a course that addresses the interaction of the individual, group, and enterprise in the work environment, with special attention to the basic motivational, organizational, and leadership theories and their application. 

Human Resource Management is the analysis of the HR function within organizations. The focus is on the critical component of every business: people. In this course, learners will evaluate how the HR function supports employees while providing critical services for the organization to achieve success. Learners will examine the departments and key partnerships within HR and analyze how the pieces work together to provide employees with the skills and motivation to be efficient and productive.

This course is designed to study issues of diversity and the media by investigating the audience, content, and institutions of communications. Cultural perceptions will be explored as they relate to an individual’s beliefs on diversity such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, class, and disability. A research and field experience will challenge learners to analyze and formulate their own views.

This course will explore the importance of social media as a strategic marketing and communications tool. By focusing on the role of communication research, students will explore best practices for evaluating social media tools and constructing messages that support organizational marketing communication objectives. Students will develop a social media marketing plan to demonstrate expertise in planning, implementation, and evaluation of social media efforts.

This course explores the study and application of small group communication processes. Learners in this course will discuss theoretical research and apply it to the examination of their own participation in groups. In addition, this course will focus on topics that will encourage students to improve upon their own group behaviors.

This course will provide learners with a background of concepts, historical perspectives, and information regarding counseling systems. Learners will develop skills for building effective working relationships with clients and focus on skills required to explore clients’ difficulties and recognize and enhance strengths.  It will discuss how to establish plans and implement strategies to accomplish goals related to identified problems or concerns. This course will provide strategies for evaluating case progress in work with individuals, groups and families. It will provide learners with the information they need to meet several Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) competencies—a set of nine standards or competencies centered on an educational format that prescribes attention to outcome performance.

Using a person-centered approach allows one to interact with those you support, supervise, or work with in a respectful and empowering way. This course will explore what is meant by a person-centered approach, the related philosophy, and explore a variety of person-centered approaches. Learners will explore selected tools in detail and practice completing them.