Provides students with the skills and knowledge needed to enhance their ability to lead in their chosen field. Enables them to distinguish themselves as leaders and to advance more rapidly in their careers. Graduates of the program work in a wide variety of public and private organizations, and are uniquely positioned to move up quickly with their leadership skills.

The program examines leadership in a variety of contexts – historical, ethical, political, professional, psychological, emotional, personal, and organizational. In all contexts, students are exposed to relevant theories about leadership and are asked to reflect upon their own leadership experience. Through various assignments, students analyze the nature of leadership in order to learn to lead more effectively in their personal, professional, and civic lives.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Collaborate effectively in teams
• Lead team members by using legitimate methods of influence
• Follow responsibly and effectively
• Honestly conduct a process of self-assessment
• Think critically about all topics, especially about topics related to the nature, role, and requirements of leadership
• Solve problems and make decisions ethically
• Communicate ideas and emotions useful in writing and speech
• Provide vision and motivate change when necessary

This degree provides graduates the skills and disciplines needed to understand the steps of an effective advertising management process, review the steps of efficient advertising campaign management programs, and analyze the functions performed by the advertising creative in preparing an advertising campaign. The curriculum is designed to analyze target markets, examine how advertising affects consumer behavior, utilize research in decision-making, and evaluate how copy, communication, media, and brand management are utilized to increase net worth.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Manage an advertising department
• Design a comprehensive advertising plan
• Manage the total copy concept including copy, style, slogans, words, visuals and print
• Produce a portfolio with class projects
• Develop a complete media plan
• Understand the tools of public relations

The Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Science incorporates a full range of “learning skills” needed by professionals in the human services field. Foundation knowledge includes major concepts in psychology, sociology, and counseling with an emphasis on applications to examples in human services. Because self-knowledge is so important to full understanding of ethical and relationship aspects of work in human services, this program includes a formal “life vision” portfolio project in addition to multiple opportunities for reflection on learning and experiences. This program, in combination with a course in description statistics, fully prepares students for the Master of Science in Human Services.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Differentiate main theories of counseling
• Recognize whether treatments have a valid research foundation
• Analyze human services needs and policies
• Interpret tables and other statistical information
• Plan observation experiences
• Report on progress with communication skills
• Improve interviewing, writing, and presentation skills

The Bachelor of Science in Business prepares students with the management and leadership skills and methods to make the modern organizations run as efficiently and effectively as possible. Students gain the communication, analytical and leadership skills, and knowledge to perform successfully in a wide variety of management positions in both public and private organizations. Examples include positions as systems or business process analysts/administrators, office managers, production supervisors, and sales managers. The program is designed to allow seamless entry into Bellevue University’s Master of Business Administration program.
The program format provides an environment for students to expand their practical experience, technical knowledge, and gain critical thinking and teamwork abilities.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Evaluate and improve their own management style by reflecting on personality characteristics, time/stress management, conflict resolution, teamwork, communication, and decision-making approaches,
• Engage in the processes of strategic planning and organizational positioning,
• Develop effective marketing plans based on economic and demographic analysis to provide the organization a competitive edge,
• Integrate key financial measures with other assessment tools,
• Make the organization’s key processes more efficient and effective,
• Use statistical analysis and quantitative modeling techniques to aid in management decision making,
• Assess legal and ethical issues in the organization.

Designed to provide graduates with the skills and tools required to succeed in virtually any corporate setting. The knowledge gained from the program gives students a solid foundation of program management skill sets that can be expanded and refined from within the Information Technology field and in support of Information Technology within business. Students share their experiences to enhance their expertise in a range of areas, including the program management in the Information Technology field, software/website development, Account Management, or Executive and Network Administration.

The program format provides both individual and team environments for students to expand their knowledge of Information Technology, promote critical thinking, and directly apply concepts within the workplace.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Evaluate and improve management style by learning skills in time management, conflict resolution, teamwork, and communication skills
• Understand methods Information Technology managers use to manage technology resources, serving both internal and external customers
• Effectively analyze Information Technology problems and correctly implement programmatic decisions
• Conduct scholarly research using library and Internet sources to support findings presented in papers and case studies

Emphasize technology disciplines as they apply to business situations, preparing students to take an information systems leadership role in non-technical companies. The curriculum covers important business technology fields including business telecommunications, e-commerce, web design, and project management. Students also will find this program to be a solid basis for graduate studies in information systems or business.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Create, post, and maintain Internet Web pages, using scripting techniques and multimedia and Web authoring software
• Understand how programs and programming languages work, and the purposes and practices of structured programming
• Design, code, document, and debug programs using elementary data structures, input/output statements, selection, and iteration
• Become familiar with the concepts, components, functions, tools, and processes that form the basis of all computer information systems
• Complete a variety of analysis design specifications and a project implementations plan for a simulated business system
• Install, configure, operate, and optimize networks that use Ethernet, TCP/IP, other Wide Area Network protocols, and Cisco network hardware
• Examine business telecommunications through the study of networks and their management

This degree is designed to provide the technology skills necessary for a career as a software developer. Graduates of this program will have knowledge in programming skills using several development technologies. A variety of assignments and techniques are used to promote critical thinking and direct application of course material.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Use several programming languages
• Explore important aspects of programming and software development using the systems development life cycle
• Develop technical and business advocacy presentations
• Apply object-oriented programming techniques using development tools
• Develop software applications and Web based applications
• Describe business telecommunications through the study of telecommunications networks, and their management
• Develop strategies and resources to deal with information security issues
• Design and administer a database
• Apply structured analysis and design concepts to changing business requirements for an information system
• Demonstrate writing and verbal communication skills for both business and technical audiences

This degree program emphasizes the development of a broad range of communication skills, and the application of those skills to communicating with internal and external stakeholders. The curriculum emphasizes self-knowledge and improvement, competence in a variety of communication settings, and a strong foundation in analytical and ethical principles.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Improve their communication competence in a variety of settings,
• Analyze the communication processes that help or hinder an organization’s ability to meet objectives,
• Understand the unique role communication plays in influencing the culture and level of innovation within an organization, and
• Appreciate the interdependency of communication, organizational adaptiveness, productivity, and work environment.

This degree was designed specifically for corrections professionals through a Bellevue University partnership with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). NIC and state-level training courses may be awarded credit toward the completion of the degree.

Students completing this degree will have the effective correctional practice skills, communication skills, and knowledge to effectively manage or lead any correctional organization. Examples of potential jobs include CEO, Warden, corrections executive, agency director, and corrections supervisor.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Understand the modern correctional system development from a variety of historical and contemporary examples
• Evaluate and improve their own management styles by reflecting on personality characteristic, conflict resolution, stress management, communication, teamwork, and decision-making approaches
• Assess legal and ethical issues in the organization
• Employ research skills and statistical analysis in the correctional field
• Develop and use management information systems to improve information gathering and security in correctional organizations
• Plan and prepare for tactical operations in correctional organizations
• Develop and plan a community and restorative justice approach in contemporary society
• Conduct an in-depth analysis of current correctional issues and propose possible solutions

Provide students with the communication, analytical and leadership skills, and knowledge that are needed to make the modern criminal justice organization run as efficiently and effectively as possible. Graduates of the program work in a wide variety of public and private organizations, including positions as law enforcement systems analysts/administrators, law enforcement supervisors, legal office managers, security managers, parole administrators, and corrections supervisors.

The program format provides an environment that employs active learning techniques and gives students the ability to expand their critical thinking and leadership skills while applying course material directly to occupational challenges.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Understand the development of the modern criminal justice system from a variety of historical and contemporary societal inputs
• Evaluate and improve their own management styles by reflecting on personality characteristics, time/stress management, conflict resolution, teamwork, communication, and decision-making approaches
• Assess legal and ethical issues in the organization
• Employ research skills and statistical analysis in the criminal justice field
• Develop personnel and equipment acquisition procedures
• Understand development and use of management information systems by managers and other leaders to improve information gathering
• Apply strategic planning and budgeting approaches in the criminal justice organizations
• Plan and prepare for tactical operations in criminal justice organization
• Develop and plan a community policing approach to contemporary society
• Conduct an in-depth analysis of a current criminal justice issue, and propose possible solutions

Designed for healthcare professionals who want to extend their job opportunities to include administration, management, and leadership.

This degree program gives students the skills and knowledge to effectively and efficiently manage their healthcare organization’s operations. Graduates of the program work in management positions across the healthcare continuum, including clinic/physician office manager, assisted living center administrator or marketing director, hospital department manager or program manager, Workers’ Compensation administrator, or health insurance claims examiner. Graduates of this program will be able to move from a clinical role to a management position.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Base management decisions on a systems perspective for leading strategic, tactical, and operational direction of the healthcare organization
• Strengthen skills in self-assessment as a communicator
• Select appropriate strategies in managing organizational conflict
• Use common data analysis concepts to interpret reports and evaluate data
• Analyze market research needs, and plan and implement marketing programs for healthcare organizations
• Establish and maintain high performing teams of healthcare providers who are responsible for carrying out the established plans of the operation,
• Apply a structured problem-solving model to organizational performance
• Use financial management as a decision science
• Interact with regulatory bodies that expect compliance from healthcare organizations
• Provide leadership by integrating involvement between the community and the healthcare organizations to meet common healthcare needs

Designed to give human services professionals the educational background they need to move into management. This degree helps students understand both the internal and external operations of non-profit organizations. Since most program participants have practical experience with such organizations, opportunities for sharing experiences with other professionals are emphasized to add a practical dimension to the theoretical concepts.

Graduates of this degree program serve as directors or department supervisors in human services.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Evaluate and improve their own management styles by reflecting on time management, conflict resolution, teamwork, and communications skills
• Manage many human resource functions within the human services setting such as writing job descriptions, compliance procedures for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and conducting employee evaluations
• Monitor legislation at the state and local levels that may affect the Human Services sector
• Create a program budget that includes a break-even analysis and a balance sheet
• Develop a comprehensive strategic plan for a non-profit organization
• Assess and make recommendations for Management Information Systems in human service organizations
• Market products and services in the non-profit sector
• Write an effective grant proposal

Gives students a foundation of knowledge and skill sets that include website development, network management, programming, systems analysis, project management, e-commerce, and most other areas within the Information Technology field.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Evaluate website development in terms of user-centered design and technological and business applicability
• Apply practical knowledge of operating systems to a work environment
• Interact with corporate clients on the Web, including methods associated with establishing privacy and collecting, recording, and distributing information
• Design and administer small, medium, and enterprise networks
• Apply structured analysis and design concepts to changing business requirements for an information system
• Apply financial management principles as they apply to Information Technology issues, including budgeting, costing, control, and performance evaluation

The Bachelor of Science in Investigations is designed to help prepare individuals for careers in Loss Prevention, Anti-Money Laundering, Federal Law Enforcement, Corporate Security, Insurance Fraud, Security Control and other areas related to security in both the public and private sectors.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Understand the criminal justice system and how it relates to criminal and civil law
• Understand the role investigations play with regard to civil and criminal litigation
• Develop the abilities and values to ethically conduct criminal and civil investigations
• Identify the necessary steps to conduct criminal and civil investigations
• Develop the skills to write reports for criminal and civil investigations

One of the first college degree programs to offer leading-edge thinking about logistics and supply chain management, the Bachelor's Degree in Logistics Management provides students with the background they need to take the lead in this dynamic field.

The coursework for the 36-credit hour major includes specific, relevant topics like Global Logistics Management, Current Issues in Transportation Logistics, and Supply Chain and Inventory Management. It also includes general management courses designed to give logistics managers insight and input into corporate leadership decision.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Identify the determinants of customer satisfaction – and how they are measured
• Relate how supply chain management can play a key role in achieving corporate success
• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of various modes of transportation
• Identify the basic concepts of inventory management and find ways to improve inventory management
• Identify the major laws that impact logistics management

The accelerated Bachelor of Science in Long Term Care Administration (LTCA) degree prepares students as leaders and culture change advocates throughout the long term care continuum. This program prepares students for licensure as nursing home and/or residential care/assisted living administrators, as approved by the National Association of Boards of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators (NAB), as well for the administrator in training (AIT) process. Students also will be able to analyze and apply components of the federal LTC Survey Process and apply critical thinking skills to all regulations that govern LTC.

This degree provides graduates the background necessary to manage healthcare information resources, technologies, and personnel. The curriculum is designed to prepare confident, innovative, contributing professionals in the field, including core management and information technology concepts as well as topics specific to health informatics. It is an accelerated degree completion program offered online.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Learn database management, including how to structure data to put it into a database, and how to analyze the output from data analytics
• Perform predictive modeling, including analyzing trends, and a developing data models to respond to specific questions asked from hospital administrators and/or physicians
• Format data necessary to maximize electronic health records systems to reflect the way clinical staff interact with the systems on screen

Prepares students to assume a leadership role in managing organizations in the private and public sectors. In addition to foundational marketing concepts and tools, students gain the communication, analytical and leadership skills, and knowledge needed to succeed in management.

The program format provides an environment for students to expand their knowledge of management by building on their own and others’ experiences, enabling direct application of course material.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Evaluate and improve their own management style by reflecting on time management, conflict resolution, teamwork, and communication skills
• Perform an in-depth analysis of an existing business and its problem and opportunities for the Capstone Project

Provides students a strong foundation of management knowledge and skill sets to pursue a career as a human resource professional. Students share their experiences with other students to enhance their expertise in a range of areas, including competency in the common body of knowledge for human resource professionals as approved by the Society for Human Resource Management. Many graduates of this program successfully sit for the Professional in Human Resources Certificate Examination.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Analyze current trends in human resource management
• Use statistical techniques for human resource professionals
• Understand how the legal environment shapes human resource practices
• Apply practices and techniques for recruitment and selection of human resources
• Develop compensation strategies
• Apply various approaches to benefit administration
• Manage labor relations
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment
• Integrate training and development into a business strategy

Gives students a foundation of management skill sets that include project management, teamwork, leadership and management strategies, and communications. Students share their experiences with other students to enhance their expertise in a range of areas, including project management, MIS management, MIS consultation, and team leadership in virtually any corporate setting.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Evaluate and improve management styles by learning skills in time management, conflict resolution, teamwork, and communication
• Understand the process where technical managers oversee technical projects involving analysis of business requirements, system performance and evaluation, end-user requirements, as well as project team assembly and performance feedback
• Effectively analyze project requirements to make critical decisions about system development, user requirements, and project activities
• Analyze and critique project team development through review of team dynamics and performance evaluation
• Conduct scholarly research using library and Internet sources to support findings presented in papers and case studies
• Perform basic financial calculations to assess a company’s financial performance and to determine appropriate budget levels for writing proposals and ongoing projects
• Develop and analyze the ethical behavior within technical environments and provide guidance to increasing awareness of cyber-ethics

Prepares students to assume a leadership role in marketing virtually any organization. In addition to foundational marketing concepts and tools, students gain the communication, analytical and leadership skills, as well as knowledge needed to succeed in marketing management. Graduates of the program work in a wide variety of public and private organizations, including positions related to product development, research, distribution, advertising, and many other fields in the marketing industry.

The program format provides an environment for students to expand their knowledge of marketing by building on their own and others’ experiences, enabling direct application of course material.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Evaluate and improve their own management styles by reflecting on time management, conflict resolution, teamwork, and communication skills
• Create, promote, and deliver goods and services to consumers and businesses
• Effectively analyze market conditions to make decisions about product development, distribution, and promotional activities
• Analyze and critique web-based marketing strategies through research and review of existing e-marketing formats
• Conduct relevant and reliable market research using a variety of techniques such as focus groups, mail/phone surveys, and interviews
• Conduct scholarly research using library and internet sources to support findings presented in papers and case studies
• Perform basic financial calculations to assess a company’s financial performance and to determine appropriate budget levels for ongoing marketing projects
• Use some basic psychology and sociology theories to aid in understanding the dynamics of consumer behavior

This degree program emphasizes the development of a broad range of communication skills, and the application of those skills to communicating with internal and external stakeholders. The curriculum emphasizes self-knowledge and improvement, competence in a variety of communication settings, and a strong foundation in analytical and ethical principles.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Improve their communication competence in a variety of settings
• Analyze the communication processes that help or hinder an organization’s ability to meet objectives
• Understand the unique role communication plays in influencing the culture and level of innovation within an organization
• Appreciate the interdependency of communication, organizational adaptiveness, productivity, and work environment

Concentrates on management of the challenging issues and situations faced by individuals working in private, industrial, and public security. The curriculum builds on current career experience the student may have in retail security, law enforcement safety, military, and other related areas.

Students in this program can expect to learn how to:

• Identify and categorize security-related threats in a business environment
• Use modern security management techniques and methods to minimize exposure to liability and loss from sabotage, employee theft, and espionage directed at proprietary assets
• Examine the physical vulnerabilities of a facility and how to employ appropriate intrusion detection, closed circuit television, and automated physical security systems
• Employ a systemic model to analyze current and projected non-compliant data and information exposure within an organization
• Implement the best practices associated with the effective management of security personnel
• Assess and understand the legal and ethical dilemmas faced by security professionals