ABP 101 Covenant and Community-An Introduction to the Bible (3 SH)
This course surveys the content and the backgrounds of the Old and New Testaments (the Jewish Bible and the Christian Bible). It explores the themes that are developed through this library of writings, and how they come together to tell a broad story of God's work in the world. It invites students to consider the meaning of the Bible's story for our world. Core: ABP
delete? ABP 201 Ethics in the Way of Jesus (3 SH)
This course seeks to discern how following Jesus' way of peace with justice in the world is essential for interpreting the Bible on contemporary moral questions, in all aspects of life. The class will emphasize what it means to think ethically in a variety of areas, within the context of the Anabaptist tradition. Core: ABP
new ABP 260 Questions of Faith and Ethics (3 SH)
This course provides students with conversational space to wrestle with questions of how to live meaningfully. Diverse readings from faith and non-faith perspectives equip students to consider how to pursue a good life and introduce them to some of what makes Anabaptists distinctive. Through lectures, discussions, activities, and small, student-led dialogue groups, students will learn to identify and articulate differences between a range of responses to each question, and develop and argue for their own view in conversation with the readings, their social context, and their own individual experience. This course is recommended for students in their second year, but second-semester first-year students may register for it.
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new ABP 360: Good Questions (1 SH)
In this 1 SH practicum course, students lead dialogue groups for ABP 260. Weekly student-led dialogue groups cultivate belonging and intercultural communication in ABP 260. The practicum includes training, creating plans for weekly dialogues, and dialogue leadership. Prerequisite: ABP 260
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Emphasis on income tax provisions as they relate to individuals. There is some emphasis on tax provisions affecting businesses. Prerequisite: ACTG 222. (Fall 20222024)
ACTG 422 Intermediate Accounting III (3 SH)
Continuation of ACTG 322. Topics covered are issues related to intangible assets, income tax accounting, accounting for leases, shareholder equity, dilutive securities and an introduction to some advanced accounting topics. Prerequisite: ACTG 322. (Fall 20222024) Core: WI
ACTG 432 Advanced Accounting (2 SH)
A study of advanced accounting procedures as they apply to business combinations. Other topics include partnership accounting and foreign currency transactions including hedging and foreign currency financial statement translation. Prerequisite: ACTG 422 (Spring 20232025)
ACTG 433 Nonprofit and Government Reporting (2 SH)
Emphasizes accounting issues unique to nonprofit organizations, including non-exchange transactions and lack of ownership interest. Content coverage also includes accounting and reporting for state and local governments and other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). (Spring 20232025)
ACTG 445 Seminar in Accounting (2 SH)
This course is the culmination of theory, designed to synchronize concepts learned in the accounting curriculum while incorporating practical application. Taken during the senior year, this course will focus on current issues in accounting and best practices in industry through cases, simulations, research, and community engagement. (Spring 2024) Core: CI
ACTG 451 Auditing (3 SH)
Study of the work of an accountant as it relates to the examination and attesting to the reliability of management's financial reports. Topics include standards, legal liability, internal control, sampling, evidence and the auditor's report. Prerequisite: ACTG 321. (Spring 20232025)
ACTG 481 Accounting Internship (1-3 SH)
Work experience designed to integrate practice and theory and to give accounting majors insight into current policies, procedures and problems in all types of organizations. Frequent consultation with and written reports to the faculty advisor guide the student's experience. Travel and personal expenses are the student's responsibility. Can be done during the summer. Grading is on a Pass/Fail basis. This is highly recommended for accounting majors. Prerequisite: admission to the department and , junior or senior standing; application at least one semester in advance; , and a department GPA of at least 2.7. Application at least one semester in advance. Core: CL CE
ACTG 499 Independent Study (1-3 SH)
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Explore the fundamentals of business and entrepreneurship through a practical lens. Learn about the core purpose of business and the role of the organization in society while examining the primary areas of operations including finance, marketing, accounting, production, distribution, human resources, communication, technology, and leadership. Students assess and develop their own skills and abilities with a focus on developing business-oriented written and oral communication skills along with business etiquette. The course is facilitated through two distinct delivery models. Section A is traditional in-person classes, while Section B is asynchronous interaction and a rich learning environment that includes videos, screencasts, readings, activities, discussions, and more. Section B students will access content online on their own schedule with weekly due dates for activities and assignments.
BUAD 221 Principles of Management (3 SH)
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An examination of quantitative techniques used in managerial decision making. Topics include use of probability distributions, forecasting, inventory planning, decision tables, decision trees, linear programming and networks. The course will emphasize applications using computer spreadsheets and software. Prerequisites: STAT 120, CIS 211, and admission to the departmentMajor GPA of 2.50 or better.
BUAD 321 Human Resource Management (3 SH) DROPPED
This course evaluates the primary personnel and human resource management functions and activities. Topical studies include recruiting, selecting, hiring and evaluating employees. Attention is also given to thorough job analysis, writing job descriptions and managing effective wage and salary programs. The course objective is to assist the student in becoming an effective line manager or human resource specialist. Prerequisite: BUAD 221. (Spring 2024)
BUAD 331 Organizational Behavior (3 SH)
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This course is designed to give students a working knowledge of important legal issues that affect the rights and responsibilities of American business persons and organizations. Students will develop an appreciation for the interrelationship between ethics, law and business decision-making. Students will develop an understanding of the foundation of the legal system as it relates to business; the law on management of the workforce; and the various dispute resolution alternatives.
BUAD 431 Seminar in Human Resource Management (3 SH) DROPPED
This course helps students to acquire basic knowledge about the legal relationships between employer and employee and understand the potential impact of each. Students will learn parameters for selecting, testing, disciplining and discharging employees; understand and apply federal and state laws against discrimination and harassment; and be prepared to follow government regulation of the workplace, including minimum and maximum wage hours, safety, health, compensation for injuries, and pension and health benefits. Prerequisite: BUAD 221 or consent of the instructor (Spring 2023)
BUAD 441 International Business (3 SH)
This course explores international business from the perspective of economic markets, trade, finance, and the influences of differences in macro-cultures on business decisions. The course begins with an overview of economic institutions that provide the context for international business and current economic theory on trade and finance. Students then consider and learn how culture influences organizational decisions related to strategy and operations. Throughout the course, students will analyze how decisions may differentially impact stakeholders and how they fit within these systems. Prerequisite: ECON 201 or ECON 211 or ECON 212. (ECON 411) (Spring 20232025) Core: CC
BUAD 461 Strategic Leadership in Organizations (3 SH)
Strategic Leadership in Organizations is a capstone course, intended to draw upon content learned in previous courses, such as management, accounting and finance, and marketing. It is primarily a course in business values and strategy and is designed to teach analytical thinking while understanding concepts of business strategy and competition. Important themes include effective and ethical leadership, sustainable business strategy and the role of organizational values. Prerequisite: Senior standing and departmental admission. Core: CL CE
BUAD 465 Project Management
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(3 SH)
Most organizations accomplish their mission and manage much of their work through projects. This requires specific skills to manage not only individual projects but often a complex web of multiple and interrelated programs, working skillfully with diverse stakeholders, against demanding deadlines, and with limited resources. Students will improve their capacity to balance the art and science of managing projects by building technical competencies and adopting best practices of leadership and management, all through an integrated lens of leadership for the common good. (OLS 665)
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Work experience designed to integrate practice and theory, to give business administration majors insight into current policies, procedure, and problems in all types of organizations. Frequent consultation with and written reports to the faculty advisor guide the student's experience. Travel and personal expenses are the student's responsibility. Can be taken during the summer. Grading is on a Pass/Fail basis. This is highly recommended for business administration majors. Prerequisite: Admission to the department, junior or senior standing, and a department GPA of at least 2.7. The internship director coordinator must approve the internship before it commences. Core: CL CE
BUAD 499 Independent Study (1-3 SH)
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These courses are designed to help students gain oral competency and a solid grammatical base in Spanish through small group, intensive classes. They are offered in the setting of a cross-cultural study experience offered by EMU. When offered through the Central America Study and Service program in Guatemala City, Guatemala, classes meet for four hours, five days a week for seven weeks. Students live with Guatemalan families to enhance linguistic immersion. Each student is assessed at the beginning for placement and at the end for oral and written competency. The courses will be designed to meet the individual student's needs.
old Core CCSSC 201 Cross-Cultural Social Science (1-3 SH)
This course provides the foundation for intercultural learning and is offered in conjunction with the off-campus programs including semester programs (Option 1), summer 3 or 6 week programs (Option 2) or WCSC semester or summer programs (Option 3). For additional information on any cross-cultural offerings, students are encouraged to contact the Intercultural Programs office. Core: CC
old Core CCSSC 202 Cross-Cultural Learning Integration (0-1 SH)
International students, multicultural students and students with previous qualifying cross-cultural experiences reflect on their learning to fulfill the experiential component of the cross-cultural requirements. Permission must be granted by the Intercultural Programs director to take this course once the 7-8 SH of cross-cultural designates (including foreign language) are complete. Core: CC
old Core CCSSC 211 Cross-Cultural Community Immersion (3 SH)
This course is offered on campus during the semester and includes a significant experience (at least 40 hours) in the home of a local family from a different language and culture than that of the student. Requirements also include at least 20 hours in partnership with an Intensive English Program student. For additional information on any cross-cultural offerings, students are encouraged to contact the Intercultural Programs office. Core: CC
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Organizing, managing, and communicating data is critical in organizations today. Leaders and researchers with sound knowledge of the information contained in their data are better equipped to make strategic decisions and answer the complex questions in their discipline. This course provides a requisite skillset for using spreadsheet applications (Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets) for data analysis and a deeper set of tools for broad information management. This course is relevant to students of any major where data management and statistical analysis is helpful in their field. This course is typically offered fall and spring semesters with a choice of in-person or online/asynchronous, and only online/ asynchronous during the summer term. Core: TI
CIS 251 Management Information Systems (3 SH)
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This course focuses on automation of complex tasks and analyses in the spreadsheet environment. The course builds proficiency in tools for managing data sets and solving complex problems using the data. The course also builds introductory programming skills through the use of macros and Visual Basic. Course learning is project-based. Prerequisites: CIS 211 and any STAT course. (Spring 20232025)
CMUS 114 Appreciating Music Making (3 SH)
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CMUS 499 Independent Study (1-3 SH)
delete CORE 101 Transitions (1 SH)
This course is for all first-year students. Students engage in small groups to explore the academic, empathic, and vocational skills that support a successful transition to EMU. Discussion and community-building is emphasized.
new Core 102 First-Year Portfolio (1 SH)
In this course, students will meet in small groups with their first-year advisers to develop skills to enable a successful transition to EMU and begin to develop their academic, co-curricular, intercultural plans. Assignments, activities, and gatherings will introduce the four Core portfolio themes of Faith and Ethics, Intercultural Understanding, Power and Equity, and Sustainability. Students will develop resumes, set up their EMU portfolios, and earn EMU experience points towards their first EMU Engage credit as they attend orientation activities and events of their choice for class.
delete CORE 201 Life Wellness (2 SH)
This largely experiential course focuses on creation care and stewardship of the body in relation to doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God. This course is not available for first-year students and is ideally taken in the second year at EMU. (Education students seeking PreK-3, PreK-6, SPED, or Health and Physical Education (PreK-12) licensure, substitute HE 202 Health and Safety for CORE 201 Life Wellness.)
new CORE 202 Living Well (2 SH)
This largely experiential course invites students to explore their own wellness and well being through the lens of holistic wellness, and supports them in pursuing goals for well-being in a personal growth project. Students will consider various intersecting dimensions of well-being, including physical, social, community, emotional/mental, faith, spiritual, financial, and occupational. Through community-building activities, conversations with expert guests, and work towards individual goals related to various dimensions of health, students will integrate and apply their understandings about well-being in college and beyond as part of their journey to become wise, bridge-building leaders.
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new CORE 300 Power, Systems, and Justice (3 SH)
The class will focus on race, gender, economic inequality, class, and other dimensions of identity and difference. Students will understand and analyze the ways structural inequality shapes their lives and the lives of those around them. The course identifies and builds skills for individuals to work toward equity in their own professional and personal lives. Students will have the opportunity to develop creative and ethical ways of strategically disrupting and transforming unjust systems. To be taken by students in the junior or senior year. Also fulfilled by SOWK 360 Race and Gender, CCSSC 387 Race, Space, and Inequality (WCSC), or CCSSC 388 Creativity, Culture, and Change: Latinidad in the Capital Region (WCSC).
new CORE 301 Transfer Portfolio (1 SH)
This course will enable transfer students to bridge the narratives of their education journey prior to and after arriving at EMU. Assignments, activities, and gatherings will introduce the four Core portfolio themes of Faith and Ethics, Intercultural Understanding, Power and Equity, and Sustainability. Students will develop resumes, set up their EMU portfolios, and earn EMU experience points towards their first EMU Engage credit as they attend events of their choice for class. The course will be optional in 2022-23 while it is being piloted. Asynchronous or non-credit options may be made available in the future to orient Transfers to the portfolio platform. Available only to transfer students.
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This team-taught course provides an opportunity for students to reflect on their life journeys and synthesize their undergraduate experience as they consider their transition from EMU. The course focuses on identity formation, the process of being and becoming, and finding voice. A chosen theme frames volitional and reflective inquiry. Registration is limited to students in their final year of enrollment. Core: SrSem
new CORE 402 Senior Portfolio (1 SH)
In this course, to be taken in their final semester on campus, students will connect with a group of seniors from across the university and a member of the staff, administration, or faculty as they curate the materials in their portfolio and craft narratives about their time at EMU. Students will update resumes, create outward-facing versions of their portfolios, and consider how they would respond to interview questions related to EMU Core outcomes with examples from their time at EMU. This course may also provide a space for students to explore content related to stewardship, leadership, and basics of survival after college. Curriculum to be developed in collaboration with Career Services and consultation with Writing Program Director.
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Students will study many of the "gifts of nature" and how these scarce resources are used, and sometimes abused, by human activity. Students will review a wide variety of topics, primarily through the lens of economic analysis, learning the methods and tools necessary to measure resource flow and value. Most ecological issues, however, are inherently interdisciplinary; therefore social, political, scientific, moral, and theological perspectives will also be part of integrated learning. Integrated throughout the course will be filters to discover how markets allocate natural resources, why and how governments intervene in markets on environmental grounds, the appropriateness and effectiveness of public policies in this area, and testing knowledge and learning against benchmarks of overall and global sustainability. Prerequisite: ECON 201 or ECON 211 or ECON 212, or consent of the instructor. (Spring 20232025) Core CI
ECON 311 Contemporary Economic Issues (3 SH)
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Survey of the various perspectives and writers on the development of economic thought. Examines the historical context from which the various perspectives arose and the role each played in shaping contemporary economic views. Prerequisite: ECON 201 or ECON 211 or ECON 212 or consent of instructor. Core: HI
ECON 341 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 SH)
Intermediate level analysis of supply and demand and the role of the price mechanism in organizing economic activity. Includes an evaluation of efficiency and equity issues. Prerequisite: ECON 201 or ECON 211. (Fall 20222024)
ECON 342 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 SH)
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A study of the theory and methods of international trade and how trade is financed emphasizing the applied aspects of trade policy. Examines the causes and consequences of free trade and trade barriers, foreign exchange, factor movements, financial markets and instruments, and balance of payments. Prerequisite: ECON 201 or ECON 211 or ECON 212. (BUAD 441) (Spring 20232025) Core: CC
ECON 481 Economics Internship (1-3 SH)
Work experience designed to integrate practice and theory, to give economics majors insight into current policies, procedure, and problems in all types of organizations. Frequent consultation with and written reports to the faculty advisor guide the student's experience. Travel and personal expenses are the student's responsibility. Can be taken during the summer. Grading is on a Pass/Fail basis. This is highly recommended for economics majors. Prerequisite: Admission to the department, junior or senior standing, and a department GPA of at least 2.7. The internship director coordinator must approve the internship before it commences. Core: CL
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Introductory to advanced levels, students will learn about personal investing within the broad context of personal finance and stewardship of money resources. Students with little to no background will start with the basics, while more advanced students work independently on instructor-guided projects at their unique level of understanding and interest. This course may be taken up to two times for credit, and more with audit. While this course is open to students of all majors and levels, it is especially encouraged for juniors and seniors as participation for their next phase of life and career. This course is typically taught in-person fall and spring semesters and online/asynchronous during the summer term. Core: TI
FIN 440 Financial Management (3 SH)
An introductory course in the theory and practice of corporate financial management. Topics covered include the role and function of financial markets, interest rates, time value of money, valuation of financial assets, capital budgeting analysis, cost of capital, risk and return, capital structure decision, dividends and working capital management. Prerequisites: ACTG 221, EMU Core MATH requirement completed, and admission to the program. (except non-program students pursuing the Finance career concentration).
FIN 481 Finance Internship (1-3 SH)
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This is an opportunity for students to explore leadership and gain limited practical experience in an organizational or team setting. Students will log at least 40 contact hours and complete some reflective written reports. Travel and personal expenses are the student's responsibility. Can be taken during the summer. Graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Prerequisites: Sophomore+ status and EMU Cum. GPA 2.0 or better. (must apply one month in advance to secure placement) Core: CL CE
LEAD 300 Leadership Theory and Practice (3 SH)
This course will focus on understanding leadership from theoretical and personal perspectives. From the theoretical perspective, it reviews historic and current thought on leadership including how power and identity influence leadership perceptions. From the personal perspective, students will develop their identity as a leader through reflecting on their own gifts, skills and leadership experiences in a practice setting. Core: SB, CI
LEAD 481 Leadership Internship (1-3 SH)
Work experience designed to integrate practice and theory, to give LEAD majors insight into current policies, procedure, and problems in all types of organizations. Frequent consultation with and written reports to the faculty advisor guide the student's experience. Travel and personal expenses are the student's responsibility. Can be taken during the summer. Grading is on a Pass/Fail basis. This is highly recommended for LEAD majors. Prerequisite: Admission to the department, junior or senior standing, and a department GPA of at least 2.7. The internship director Coordinator must approve the internship before it commences. Core: CL CE
LEAD 499 Independent Study (1-3 SH)
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An introduction to marketing. Topics include market creation, product development, channels of distribution, consumer behavior, pricing, advertising, sales and marketing research. Aspects of international marketing and service marketing are included. Prerequisite: College Writing (WRIT 130 135 or WRIT 140).
MKTG 311 Marketing Research (3 SH)
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This course explores the dynamic realities and implications of sales and electronic commerce (e-commerce) from a marketer's perspective. Students learn a wide range of electronic commerce issues and platforms for marketers as a foundation for continuous and emerging learning in the dynamic e-commerce environment. Prerequisite MKTG 201. (Spring 2023Fall 2024)
MKTG 410 Strategic Marketing Management (3 SH)
This course takes a broad leadership view of the principles and practices of marketing. Topics include marketing structure, channels of distribution, consumer behavior, pricing, advertising, industrial marketing, telemarketing and marketing research. Aspects of international marketing and service marketing are included. Consumer behavior topics include psychological, sociological and anthropological variables that influence consumer motivation and actions. Prerequisite: grade of C (not C-) or better in MKTG 201. (Spring 20232025) Core: WI CI
MKTG 481 Marketing Internship (1-3 SH)
Work experience designed to integrate practice and theory, to give marketing majors insight into current policies, procedure, and problems in all types of organizations. Frequent consultation with and written reports to the faculty advisor guide the student's experience. Travel and personal expenses are the student's responsibility. Can be taken during the summer. Grading is on a Pass/Fail basis. This is highly recommended for marketing majors. Prerequisite: Admission to the department, junior or senior standing, and a department GPA of at least 2.7. The internship director coordinator must approve the internship before it commences. Core: CL
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A mathematically intensive study of basic QM as related to atomic and molecular structures. Topics include application of the Schrodinger equation to model systems, hydrogenic wave functions, approximation methods, models of chemical bonding, and spectroscopy. Prerequisite: two semesters of math including MATH 195 or instructor permission. (CHEM 406) (Fall 2023)
PMBA 431 Financial Accounting (2 SH) NO LONGER OFFERED
Introduces accounting principles and practices and interpretation of financial statements. No background in accounting is assumed. The course includes a description and derivation of financial statements prepared by accountants and a discussion of a conceptual framework which provides rationale for accounting practices. The course also covers corporation accounting and examines the use of accounting information in the planning and controlling of the firm's operations. (Online prerequisite)
PMBA 441 Introduction to Finance (3 SH) NO LONGER OFFERED
Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of business finance. The course emphasizes the problems faced by financial managers. Topics include the role of financial markets, interest rates, time value of money, valuation of securities, capital budgeting and working capital management. (Online prerequisite)
POL 101 Introduction to Politics (3 SH)
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This is an opportunity for majors to explore involvement in the fields of recreation leadership and sport promotion, youth ministry, or kinesiology and sport science. A seasonal-level employment or volunteer position will be secured, with a suggested clock-hour involvement of 40 hours. Options include working in a university or high school athletic department, counseling at a summer camp, high school or university athletic training operation, or a physical therapy or adult fitness facility. Assignments will include several reflective exercises asking the student to explore characteristics of the profession and personal suitability to the field. Core: CL CE
RSM 305 Risk Management in Recreation Sport (3 SH)
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This class follows the facility planning and design process, from establishing and defining the need, to programmatic prioritization, to blueprint and specification development. Issues of supervision, management, and cost are considered. Applications will be for commercial and non-profit organizations; planning for both outdoor and indoor areas are addressed. (Spring 20232025)
RSM 405 Recreation and Sport Administration (3 SH)
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This course is the culminating professional development experience for recreation leadership and sport studies majors. The involvement consists of a pre-professional or entry-level position in a related organization or agency, preferably emphasizing the student's specialty or concentration. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 weeks and 160 hours. Assignments include a personal journal, a time log, and various reflective pieces asking the student to apply theory to practice, and evaluate personal suitability to the field. An on-site supervisor conducts monitoring and evaluation, with an EMU faculty assigned as institutional liaison. Prerequisites: Senior status and departmental approval. WCSC 385 may satisfy for students who have earned 90 SHs prior to enrolment in WCSC. Core: CL CE
RSM 499 Independent Study (1-3 SH)
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