Program descriptions

Master of Science in Nursing

Associate Professor G. Sauder, Director of the MSN program
Professor R. Stoltzfus, J. Yoder
Associate Professor S. Setiawan
Assistant Professor K. Schramm

Introduction

The master of science in nursing program is designed for the registered nurse who is a graduate of a baccalaureate program in nursing. Courses meet once per week during late afternoon and evening hours. The program is built on a tradition of excellence in nursing education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. A distinctive feature of the program is an emphasis on nursing care in a culturally diverse society. We believe in providing care that values understanding the stories of patients, including those who are marginalized in our society.

The graduate nursing program offers one track of study: Family Nurse Practitioner. The program prepares students for the certification exam through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners or the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Admission information

Admission requirements include the following:

• GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for the last degree earned
• curriculum vitae
• bachelor’s degree in nursing from a school accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education or by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
• an active RN license in the state where clinical work will be completed
• three professional references that attest to academic and professional achievements
• an essay
• an introductory statistics course with a grade of ‘C’ or higher within the last seven years
• at least one year of clinical experience working as a registered nurse in the United States
• a personal interview with the director of the graduate program in nursing

If applicant’s first language is not English, a TOEFL score of at least 100 on the Internet-based or 600 on written-based test or IELTS score of 6.5 is required.

The nursing department reserves the right to adjust the current admission criteria when outcome assessment data demonstrate the need for such changes.

A maximum of 9 credit hours of comparable graduate-level coursework from an accredited college or university may be transferred, with the consent of the program director. Comparable is defined as courses that fulfill the requirements for the program to which the student will be enrolled. Courses considered for transfer must have a grade of B (not B-) or higher.

Tuition and fees

• M.S. in Nursing (per credit hour)$730(48 credit hour program)
• Annual Program Fee:$350

Career opportunities

The family nurse practitioner is a provider of direct healthcare services. Within this role, the family nurse practitioner synthesizes theoretical, scientific, and contemporary clinical knowledge for the assessment and management of both health and illness states.

Clinical information

Family nurse practitioner students are required to complete a minimum of 672 clock hours of clinical work with an approved preceptor.

Master of science in nursing

Family Nurse Practitioner – 48 credit hours

Core curriculum (25 credit hours)

• Nurs 500, Foundations for Leadership3
• Nurs 510, Healthcare Ethics2
• Nurs 520, Advanced Pathophysiology3
• Nurs 522, Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing3
• Nurs 524, Advanced Health Assessment3
• Nurs 600, Mental Healthcare for APRNs2
• Nurs 602, Theoretical & Conceptual Foundations3
• Nurs 604, Promoting Health in Vulnerable Populations3
• Nurs 606, Research3

Family nurse practitioner courses (23 credit hours)

• Nurs 540, Health and Illness in Pediatrics6
• Nurs 542, Health and Illness in Women6
• Nurs 544, Health and Illness in Adults6
• Nurs 608, Transition to Practice5

Planning and advising notes

Programs follow a cohort model, with students taking core courses together. The FNP program requires eight semesters of study.

MSN Student learning outcomes

Upon completion of the MSN program, graduates will demonstrate:

1. A faith that is active, reflective, sensitive, and responsive to the spiritual needs of self and others. (MSN Essential #9)
2. An understanding of ethical and moral issues that expand the advocacy role of the advanced practice nurse or clinical nurse leader. (MSN Essential #1; DNP Essential #2)
3. Utilization of knowledge from nursing, natural and social science and the arts in the management of patient health/illness status or management of microsystems of care. (MSN Essential #1; DNP Essential #1)
4. Interpretation and evaluation of research for the initiation of change, improvement of nursing practice, management of health outcomes, and provision of high-quality health care. (MSN Essential #4; DNP Essential #3)
5. Utilization of the research process for addressing clinical problems. (MSN Essential #4; DNP Essential #3)
6. Synthesis of knowledge into a personal leadership style that contributes to health for individual, family, and community. (MSN Essential #8; DNP Essential #6)
7. Promotion of policy development related to the emerging roles within nursing. (MSN Essential #6; DNP Essential #5)
8. Assimilation of knowledge and principles of teaching/learning in providing health education and health promotion activities. (MSN Essential #7 & #8; DNP Essential #7)
9. Contribution to health outcomes through advocacy within the profession, interdisciplinary healthcare teamwork, and the care of individuals, families, and communities. (MSN Essentials #3, #6, & #8; DNP Essential #3)
10. Application of information and communication technologies and resources in evidence-based care and health education. (MSN Essential #5 & #8; DNP Essential #4)
11. Taking initiative in providing culturally sensitive care. (MSN Essential #8; DNP Essentials #5, 7, & 8)
12. Exploration of personal and professional values in light of growing health disparities in the community and world. (MSN Essential #2; DNP Essential #2)
13. Assimilation of conflict transformation and social justice knowledge that is responsive to diverse needs of the individual, family, and community. (MSN Essential #3 & #8)
14. Application of advanced knowledge in the discipline to specific and vulnerable populations. (MSN Essential #9; DNP Essential #8)

Graduate nursing courses

NURS 500 Foundations for Leadership 3
Examines the theoretical principles and norms for practice for advanced practice nursing and advanced nursing practice. Content includes scope of practice, taking on the role of leader within the identified role, standards & competencies, public policy, legal issues, therapeutic use of self, and cultural competence.

NURS 510 Healthcare Ethics 2
The student is provided with frameworks for ethical decision-making based on theory and opportunities for the development of reflective moral thinking. The student learns to utilize critical thinking as a basis for ethical reasoning. The dynamics of the healthcare professionals' roles are studied in view of pertinent ethical dilemmas. The student is challenged to examine personal and professional values in the context of growing health care disparities impacting the local and world community.

NURS 520 Advanced Pathophysiology 3
Understanding of normal system-focused advanced physiology is applied to pathologic disease process to form a firm foundation for clinical assessment, decision making and clinical management. Includes in-depth study of cell structure and function as a foundation to understanding physiologic as well as pathophysiologic process. An in-depth examination of normal disease process including analysis of common disease, incidence, etiology, manifestation, and prognosis is included. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on the student's ability to analyze and discuss changes in the normal physiologic function that occurs with the disease process.

NURS 522 Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing 3
Advanced pharmacology for nurses is the focus of this course. Therapeutic agents are compared and contrasted for therapeutic effects, adverse effects, indications for use, and drug interactions. This course provides students with a pharmacological basis for advanced practice as a nurse practitioner working with clients across the life span. This course meets Indiana State Board of Nursing's requirements for application for prescriptive authority.

NURS 524 Advanced Health Assessment 3
Builds on basic assessment skills. Attention is placed on the development of advanced assessment skills, collection of the data and documentation of the findings. The in-depth assessment is performed within the context of the family.

NURS 540 Primary Care II: Pediatrics 6
The focus of this course is on the primary care of infants, children and adolescents for the advanced practice nurse. For each developmental stage, the course examines health promotion, disease prevention, psychosocial issues, sexuality and treatment of select common diseases and problems. The student applies, synthesizes and evaluates content from nursing theory and sciences in the clinical practice setting. Requires clinical experience of 168 hours with an approved preceptor. Students may work with patients from across the lifespan, but the focus of the clinical is pediatric health. Prerequisites: Nurs 500, 520, 522, 524.

NURS 542 Primary Care III: GYN & OB 6
The focus of this course is primary care of women throughout the lifespan (adolescence through aging adult). For each developmental stage, the course examines health promotion and disease prevention, psychosocial issues, sexuality, and treatment of select diseases. The student applies, synthesizes and evaluates content from nursing theory and sciences in the clinical practice setting. Requires clinical experience of 168 hours with an approved preceptor. Students may work with patients from across the lifespan, but the focus of the clinical is women's health. Prerequisites: Nurs 500, 520, 522, 524.

NURS 544 Primary Care I-Adult Health 6
The focus of this course is primary care for adults from early adulthood to the aging adult. Students build on their skills in interviewing and assessment while developing decision making skills in the diagnosis of common adult health conditions, including discussion about the management of adults with chronic health conditions. The student applies, synthesizes and evaluates content from nursing theory and sciences in the clinical practice setting. Requires clinical experience of 168 hours with an approved preceptor. Students may work with patients from across the lifespan, but the focus of the clinical is adult health. Prerequisites: Nurs 500, 520, 522, 524.

NURS 600 Mental Healthcare for APRNs 3
Using evidence-based practice guidelines, students integrate screening, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions for patients across the lifespan. Management approaches are examined including pharmacologic treatment, collaboration, and referral. There are no clinical hours connected with this course.

NURS 602 Theoretical & Ethical Foundation 3
Theories from nursing, family studies, and related disciplines are examined, critiqued, evaluated, and applied to practice. Attention will be given to the transformational potential of theoretical frameworks within the context of a comprehensive, holistic approach to health care. In addition, the student will be introduced to frameworks for ethical decision-making based on theory and opportunities for the development of reflective moral thinking. The student will learn to utilize critical thinking as a basis for ethical reasoning.

NURS 604 Promote Health/Vulnerable People 3
The focus of this course is public health promotion and disease prevention among vulnerable populations in the community. Core content includes: community assessment, health program planning, and evaluation for a select aggregate at risk with a focus on population-based interventions and health outcomes. Knowledge of basic epidemiology, communicable disease surveillance, survey data, and cultural assessment contribute to a thorough knowledge of the community and population at risk. Attention will be given to themes of cultural diversity, health disparities, and social determinants of health.

NURS 606 Research 3
Prepares practitioners for utilization of knowledge to provide high quality health care, initiate change, and improve nursing practice. The focus is the understanding of scientific inquiry, knowledge generation, utilization and dissemination in nursing and healthcare. Scholarly literature review, ethical considerations and research critique are emphasized.

NURS 608 Primary Care IV: Trans to Practice 6
Focus is on transition to practice. Issues include the professional role, legal issues, practice regulation, preparation for certification exam, negotiating practice agreements, financing healthcare, and fiscal stewardship and management. The student applies, synthesizes and evaluates content from nursing theory and sciences in the clinical practice setting. Requires clinical experience of 168 hours with an approved preceptor. Content will include an overall review of the program as well as focused didactic based on student self-assessment of need and content indicated by the outcomes of the predictor exit exam. Prerequisites: Nurs 500, 520, 522, 524, 540, 542, 544.

NURS 698 Final Project Research & Writing 1
Registration for this course gives students access to library and computer resources while finishing research and writing for the final project. Should be taken only after all other requirements have been satisfied. Can be repeated.

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Professor J. Yoder, Co-Director of DNP Program
Professors B. Good, R. Stoltzfus, J. Yoder
Associate Professor S. Setiawan

Introduction

The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is designed for the master’s prepared registered nurse who is a graduate of a master of science nursing program or any master’s in a business/health related degree (e.g. MPH, MBA, MHA). This is an asynchronous, online program offered in partnership with Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). The program is built on a tradition of excellence in nursing education at the undergraduate and graduate levels at GC and EMU. A distinctive feature of the program is an emphasis on stewardship of limited healthcare resources. Graduates of this program are well-prepared to be change agents in their place of employment.

Admission information

Admission requirements include the following:

• Earned a Master of Science in Nursing from a CCNE- or NLNAC-accredited program or any master’s in a business/health related degree (e.g. MPH, MBA, MHA) from a regionally accredited school with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 of higher
  • If the applicant’s bachelor’s degree is not in nursing, the master’s degree must be in nursing.
  • If the master’s degree is not in nursing, the Co-Directors will review the applicant’s transcripts and professional experience for evidence of meeting the MSN Essentials.
  • Non-MSN applicants must be working in the field of nursing/healthcare, either directly or indirectly.
  • The program will be longer if the master’s degree is not in nursing.
• Provide documentation of post-baccalaureate supervised practice hours from an accredited MSN program. If there are fewer than 400 supervised practice hours, the DNP program will be tailored to achieve the required minimum of 1,000 hours of post-baccalaureate supervised practice.
• Evidence of an unencumbered RN license in the state of practice. (State of practice must be part of the SARA compact.)
• Completed reference form from three (3) individuals who are able to address the applicant’s ability to succeed in a DNP program. Individuals completing the reference form should be among the following:
  • nurse faculty member who has knowledge of the applicant’s academic ability
  • professional work-related colleague or supervisor
  • if practicing as an APRN, at least one should be from an APRN
  • if practicing as a nurse leader/executive, one should be from a supervisor who can address the applicant’s leadership abilities
• Personal essay of 500 words or less that describes the applicant’s career goals related to pursuing the clinical doctorate. The essay addresses the applicant’s current thoughts on their preferred focus for the evidenced-based scholarly project.
• Current resume or curriculum vitae
  • evidence of currency in nursing practice
• Interview with the co-director via video-conferencing

If applicant’s first language is not English, a TOEFL score of at least 100 on the Internet-based or 600 on written-based test or IELTS score of 6.5 is required.

The nursing department reserves the right to adjust the current admission criteria when outcome assessment data demonstrate the need for such changes.

A maximum of 6 credit hours of comparable graduate-level coursework from an accredited college or university may be transferred, with the consent of the program director. Comparable is defined as courses that fulfill the requirements for the program to which the student will be enrolled. Courses considered for transfer must have a grade of B (not B-) or higher.

Tuition and fees

• Doctor of Nursing Practice (per credit hour)$844(33 credit hour program)

Career opportunities

The DNP acts as a leader and a change agent within their work environment. Within this role, the DNP synthesizes theoretical, scientific, and contemporary clinical knowledge for the improvement of healthcare outcomes.

Clinical information

DNP students are required to complete 1000 faculty-supervised practicum hours. Students complete 600 practicum hours as part of course work. Up to 400 hours from post-baccalaureate studies may be accepted and counted toward the requisite 1000 hours. See program materials for details.

Doctor of Nursing Practice

33 credit hours

• NURS 700, Foundations for DNP Scholarship3
• NURS 702, Health Information Technology3
• NURS 704, Biostatistics3
• NURS 706, Population Health & Epidemiology3
• NURS 708, Translational Science3
• NURS 710, Healthcare Policy3
• NURS 712, Organizational & Systems Leadership3
• NURS 800, DNP Project Development3
• NURS 802, DNP Project Implementation6
• NURS 804, DNP Project Analysis & Dissemination3

Planning and advising notes

Program follows a cohort model with accelerated and traditional plan of study options. The accelerated option requires six semesters of study; the traditional option requires nine semesters.

DNP Student learning outcomes

Upon completion of the DNP program, graduates will demonstrate:

1. Implements and evaluates clinical practice based on the integration of nursing theory and nursing science with knowledge from ethics, the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, and organizational sciences. (DNP Essential I, VIII)
2. Demonstrates advanced leadership skills for quality improvement and meeting system level challenges. (DNP Essential II, VIII)
3. Critically appraises evidence to determine best evidence for practice. (DNP Essential III, VIII)
4. Employs the use of information technology for the improvement and transformation of healthcare. (DNP Essential IV, VIII)
5. Demonstrates knowledge of healthcare policy to provide leadership for advocacy and education that shapes the future of healthcare. (DNP Essential V, VIII)
6. Lead interprofessional teams in the analysis of complex practice and/or organizational issues. (DNP Essential VI)
7. Analyze epidemiological, biostatistical, environmental, and other appropriate scientific data related to individual, aggregate, and population health. (DNP Essential VII)
8. Guide, mentor, and support other nurses to achieve excellence in nursing practice. (DNP Essential VIII)
9. Demonstrate cultural humility in the ethical delivery of care to vulnerable populations.

DNP graduate nursing courses

NURS 690 DNP Practicum 3
DNP Practicum (1 - 9 credits). Students enroll in this course when they transfer in less than 600 practicum hours from their Masters program. Registration for this course must be approved by the DNP Program Director. Tuition for this course is 60% of the current DNP tuition rate.

NURS 700 Foundation for Clinical Scholarship 3
This course assists the student transition from practice into doctoral education from a sacred covenant philosophical framework. Additional topics to be considered are practice approaches based on theoretical, philosophical and historical underpinnings, scholarly writing, and introduction to grant writing. A guided executive summary is the major writing assignment for this course. There is a required residency in this course.

NURS 702 Health Information Technology 3
This course covers key topics in changes in technology, policies and innovations that have occurred, historically and recently. Topics also include health informatics (HI) overview, electronic health records, healthcare data analytics, health information exchange, architecture of information systems, evidence-based practice, consumer health informatics, HI ethics, and quality improvement strategies for HI.

NURS 704 Biostatistics 3
Provides an overview of principles, practices and influences of biostatistics. Topics include ability to critique relevance of statistical methods, basic data management skills, and application of research to the clinical setting. Students will use quantitative measures to determine risk and association with health outcome rates. Practicum hours: 20.

NURS 706 Population Health & Epidemiology 3
Provides an overview of principles, practices and influences of epidemiology on health and health care delivery. Content includes identifying and evaluating key public health issues; exploring the roles of local, state, and federal governments in relationship to the core functions of public health; examining health disparities at the local, state, and federal levels; analyzing health systems' approach to health promotion and disease prevention; and exploring practice models that result in interprofessional collaborations for improved health outcomes.

NURS 708 Translational Science 3
The course focuses on critically appraising existing quantitative and qualitative evidence from the literature. The overarching theme is for students to critically appraise existing evidence to develop methods to affect change in practice. Students will develop a literature review matrix in preparation for their DNP project. Practicum Hours: 20

NURS 710 Healthcare Policy 3
This course examines political, ethical, and social factors impacting health policy as they intersect with the elements of cost, quality, and access. Students develop acumen in advocating for health policies consistent with the values of the profession. .

NURS 712 Organizational & Systems Leadership 3
A variety of topics are explored in this course: leadership theory; risk management in organizations; leading Interprofessional teams; relationship management; shared decision-making; working within a diverse workforce; change management; and developing restorative organizations. Practicum hours: 20.

NURS 800 DNP Project Development 3
This is the first of three courses leading to the completion of the DNP project. Included in this course are 120 practicum hours working on the DNP project. Topics to be addressed include: ethics in project development and implementation; completion of a systematic review of the relevant literature; and design and approval of the DNP project. Division of the 3 credit hours: 1 hour is theory/didactic; 2 hours are practicum.

NURS 802 DNP Project Implementation 6
This is the second of the three DNP project courses. The DNP project is implemented in clinical practice; 300 practicum hours are required. Formal peer critique is included in this course. Students will synthesize knowledge from previous coursework and apply concepts to their DNP project. Division of the 6 credit hours: 1 hour is theory/didactic; 5 hours are practicum; CR/NC course.

NURS 804 DNP Projec Analysis & Dissemination 3
This is the final course in the program. The focus on this course is for the student to analyze and disseminate their project. This course requires 120 practicum hours. Division of the 3 credit hours: 1 hour is theory/didactic; 2 hours are practicum. Credit/No Credit

NURS 898 Final Project Research & Writing 1
Registration for this course gives students access to library and computer resources while finishing the requirements for the DNP project. It can only be taken after all other requirements have been satisfied. Can be taken as many times as needed until project is completed. This is a semester-long course. Credit/No Credit.

Master of Social Work

Professor J. Harder, MSW Program Director
Professor L. Neufeld Weaver, MSW Field Director (Bluffton University)

Introduction

Goshen College’s Master of Social Work program, conducted in partnership with Bluffton University, equips students with advanced knowledge and skills to meet the mental health needs of our communities.

The mission of the MSW program is: “Shaped by Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition and the social work profession’s core values of social justice, service, the importance of human relationships, integrity, competence, and the dignity and worth of every person, the Master of Social Work (MSW) program’s mission is to prepare students for specialized practice in mental health with an emphasis on anti-racism and anti-oppressive practices, and integration of spirituality.”

The MSW program consists of 57 credit hours that can be completed in 2 to 4 years. Students with a BSW from a CSWE-accredited program within the last 10 years may be admitted with advanced standing and earn the MSW degree after completing 30 credit hours in 1 to 2 years. (The 1-year path will be available beginning Fall 2024.)

Instructors record lectures and podcasts that students watch at their convenience. Each course has a weekly 1-hour live Zoom class where we discuss the lectures and podcasts for that week, engage in activities, and do Q&A about upcoming assignments. Zoom classes are held in the evenings.

Students complete field education hours in a social service organization that is local for the student. The MSW Field Director arranges field education placements in conversation with students. Students complete their field hours over two consecutive semesters or in one semester.

Our MSW program is new. We have approvals from the state and from the Higher Learning Commission, and are moving forward with accreditation with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). The MSW program expects to be granted accreditation candidacy with the CSWE in the 2023–24 academic year with the intention to achieve accreditation in 2026. According to CSWE, “Students admitted during or after the academic year in which the program is granted candidacy will be recognized as having graduated from an accredited program, once the program is fully accredited.”

Admission information

1. Complete online application.
2. Request official transcripts to be mailed to Goshen College from all colleges and universities attended.
3. GPA of at least 3.0 on 4.0 scale (or equivalent).
4. Two professional references.
5. Personal statement.
6. Resume.

Click here for more information on MSW admissions.

Tuition information

• Master of Social Work (per credit hour)$500(30-57 credit hour program)

Career opportunities

Our MSW program specializes in mental health, preparing students for a variety of roles such as counselor/therapist, program manager, and community or policy advocate. Social workers are employed in a wide variety of settings including community mental health, hospitals, schools, and social service agencies and provide services to people across the lifespan.

Master of social work (MSW)

Generalist courses (27 credit hours)

• SOWK 500, Foundations of Social Work and Social Work Values and Ethics3
• SOWK 510, Foundations of Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families3
• SOWK 520, Foundations of SW Practice with Groups, Organization, and Communities3
• SOWK 530, Racism and Oppression; Advancing Human Rights and Justice3
• SOWK 540, Human Behavior in the Social Environment3
• SOWK 550, Social Policy3
• SOWK 560, Social Work Research3
• SOWK 570, Generalist Field Education I3
• SOWK 571, Generalist Field Education II3

Specialized courses (30 credit hours)

• SOWK 600, Engagement and Assessment with Individuals3
• SOWK 605, Intervention with Individuals3
• SOWK 620, Advanced Social Work Practice with Families and Groups3
• SOWK 630, Advanced Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities3
• SOWK 640, Addictions3
• SOWK 650, Mental Health Policy3
• SOWK 660, Social Work Evaluation3
• SOWK 670, Specialized Field Education I3
• SOWK 671, Specialized Field Education II 3
• SOWK 680, Integrative Seminar and Career Advancement3

MSW Student Learning Outcomes

The program is designed to train students in the nine core competencies as outlined by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE):

1. Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior.
2. Advance human rights and social, racial, economic and environmental justice.
3. Engage anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion in practice.
4. Engage practice-informed research and research-informed practice.
5. Engage in policy.
6. Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities.
7. Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities.
8. Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities.
9. Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities.

Social Work courses

SOWK 500 Foundations of Social Work 3
This course explores social work ethics and values and how they affect practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Utilizing anti-racist and anti-oppressive lenses, students learn social work's history, mission, roles, and the intersection with spirituality and religion. Foci include communication, self-awareness, and self-care in preparation for graduate education and career. Offered one time every year

SOWK 510 Practice w Individuals & Families 3
This foundational course in social work practice invites students to build their knowledge and skills in the engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation of individuals and families. Students learn an ethical, strengths-based approach to social work practice that embraces diversity and respects client self-determination. Also taught are social work roles in providing case management and crisis intervention to individuals and families. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 520 Practice w Groups, Orgs & Comm 3
This foundational course in social work practice invites students to build their knowledge and skills in the engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation of groups, organizations, and communities. Students learn the purposes and characteristics of support, psychoeducation, and task groups as well as gain skills in leading these types of groups. The characteristics and policies and practices of not-for-profit, for-profit, and public organizations, and public-private initiatives are examined. Community development skills such as asset mapping, needs assessments, logic models, SWOT analysis, and social action campaigns are introduced and examined. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 530 Racism and Oppression 3
This course acknowledges the many dimensions of diversity, including intersectionality. Systemic racism shapes human experieinces, including oppression, poverty, marginalization, and alienation. Through this course, students understand the societal and historical roots of social and racial injustices and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination at the individual, family, group, organizational, and community levels. Students gain knowledge on how social workers work across the globe to eliminate oppressive structural barriers to advance human rights, reduce inequities, and ensure dignity and respect for all. Students embrace inclusion and cultural humility to manage the influences of bias, privilege, and power. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 540 Human Behavior 3
This course presents theories of human development and functioning across the life span, including systems, ecological, and person-in-environment. This course also discusses models and frameworks by Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg, and their critics; and spiritual development. Students gain knowledge of how human behavior in the social environment informs engagement, assessment, and intervention in social work practice, and articulate the influences of institutional racism and systemic oppression. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 550 Social Policy 3
This course covers social policy at the local, state, federal, and global levels that affects well-being, human rights and justice, service delivery, and access to social services. Learn the historical, social, racial, cultural, economic, organizational, environmental, and global influences that affect social policy and how they influence service delivery and social work practice. Students gain skills in policy formulation, analysis, implementation, and evaluation as well as engaging and advocating for anti-racist and anti-oppressive policies. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 560 Social Work Research 3
This course provides students with a framework for research-informed practice through the lens of social work values and ethics. Students learn how to access, critique, and synthesize empirically sound research using anti-racist and anti-oppressive perspectives to inform decisions pertaining to practice, policy, and programs. Students will develop appropriate research questions using qualitative and quantitative approaches. They will learn how to access, understand, and use secondary data. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 570 Generalist Field Education I 3
As the "signature pedagogy" for social work education, field education provides students the opportunity to apply ethics, values, knowledge, and skills in a practice setting, with supervision and support. In consultation with students, the MSW field education directior places each student in a field setting the semester preceding the student's enrollment in SOWK 570. Each student completes 200 hours in the field education setting (and an additional 200 hours in SOWK 571). Students participate in ffield education seminar which is led by a faculty field liaison and meets seven times for 1 hour (these hours count toward the 200 hours). An MSW faculty member meets with each student and field education instructor a minimum of three times during SOWK 570. The grading system for this course is credit/no credit. Offered fall, spring, and summer every year.

SOWK 571 Generalist Field Education II 3
As the "signature pedagogy" for social work education, field education provides students the opportunity to apply ethics, values, knowledge, and skills in a practice setting, with supervision and support. In consultation with students, the MSW field education director places each student in a field education setting the semester preceding the student's enrollment in SOWK 570. Each student completes 200 hours in the field education setting (and an additional 200 hours in SOWK 571). The faculty field liaison meets with each student and field education instructor a minimum of two times during SOWK 571. The grading system for this course is credit/no credit. Offered fall, spring, and summer every year.

SOWK 600 Engagement and Assessment 3
This course teaches engagement and assessment strategies for social work practice with individual clients. Engagement reflects the importance of human relationships, is trauma-informed, and respects client identities. Assessment in mental health practice is a collaborative process of defining presenting challenges, respecting client self-determination, and identifying client strengths to develop a mutually agreed-upon plan. Assessment includes knowledge of theoretical frameworks, psychopathology, and DSM diagnoses. This course helps students understand how bias, power, privilege, and personal values and experiences may affect their engagement and assessment with clients different from themselves. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 605 Intervention with Individuals 3
This course engages students in learning intervention theories and to practice intervention and evaluation strategies for social work practice with individual clients. Social workers understand and apply evidence-informed interventions to achieve client goals utilizing theories of human behavior and person-in-environment. This course helps students understand how trauma, bias, power, privilege, and personal values and experiences may affect their interventions with clients different from themselves. This course also covers psychopathology and psychopharmacology. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 620 Practice with Families and Groups 3
This course teaches engagement, assessment, and intervention strategies for social work practice with families and therapeutic groups. Students are invited to understand and apply evidence-informed theories and interventions for social work practice with families and groups. Practice with families acknowledges diverse family constellations, works across the lifespan, and recognizes and responds to violence within family systems. Students learn the role of therapeutic groups and how to form and facilitate them. Social workers understand how trauma, bias, power, privilege, and personal values and experiences may affect mental health practice with families and groups. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 630 Organizations and Communities 3
This course teaches engagement, assessment, and intervention strategies for social work practice with organizations and communities. Students are invited to understand and apply evidence-informed, interprofessional interventions and collaborations for mental health practice with organizations and communities. Students learn leadership and managerial skills including budgeting, grant writing, and strategic planning for use in a range of organizational settings and serving diverse populations. Knowledge and skills for community practice are also taught, including collaborations and coalitions.

SOWK 640 Addictions 3
This course teaches engagement, assessment, and intervention strategies for social work practice with individuals with addictions including substance misuse, eating disorders, and gambling. Students are invited to understand and ethically apply evidence-informed, clinical and interprofessional interventions and collaborations for individuals with addictions and with co-occurring mental and addictive disorders. Topics covered in this course include treatment types and levels, stages of change, psychopathology, psychopharmacology, and the role of bias, power, privilege, and spirituality. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 650 Mental Health Policy 3
This course examines mental health policies at the federal, state, and local levels as they relate to mental health treatment, service delivery, and intervention models and also settings such as community mental health, criminal justice, health care (VAs), housing, and private practice. The course guides social work students to understand the role of Medicaid, Medicare, and third-party insurers in clients' accessing mental health care and sources of funding for organizations. Students also gain skill in appraising and advocating for mental health policy that is ethical, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 660 Social Work Evaluation 3
This course prepares students to conduct evaluation as an ongoing component of the dynamic and interactive process of mental health practice with and on behalf of diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Students gain the knowledge and skills to evaluate processes and outcomes to increase mental health practice, policy, and service delivery effectiveness. Social workers use qualitative and quantitative methods for evaluating mental health outcomes and practice effectiveness through anti-racist and anti-oppressive lenses. Offered one time every year.

SOWK 670 Specialized Field Education I 3
As the "signature pedagogy" for social work education, field education provides students the opportunity to apply ethics, values, knowledge, and skills in a practice setting, with supervision and support. In consultation with students, the MSW field education director places each student in a field education setting the semester preceding the student's enrollment in SOWK 670. Each student completes 250 hours in the field education setting (and an additional 250 hours in SOWK 671). Students participate in field education seminar which is led by a faculty field liaison and meets seven times for 1 hour (these hours count toward the 250 hours). The faculty field liaison meets with each student and field education instructor a minimum of three times during SOWK 670. The grading system for this course is credit/no credit. Offered fall, spring, and summer every year.year.

SOWK 671 Specialized Field Education II 3
As the "signature pedagogy" for social work education, field education provides students the opportunity to apply ethics, values, knowledge, and skills in a practice setting, with supervision and support. In consultation with students, the MSW field education director places each student in a field education setting the semester preceding the student's enrollment in SOWK 670. Each student completes 250 hours in the field education setting (and an additional 250 hours in SOWK 671). The faculty field liaison meets with each student and field education instructor a minimum of two times during SOWK 671. The grading system for this course is credit/no credit. Offered fall, spring, and summer every year.

SOWK 680 Integrative Seminar 3
As evidenced through a capstone project, this course facilitates students' integration of social work knowledge, skills, ethics, and values. This course prepares students for professional social work practice through preparation for social work licensure, supervision, and lifelong learning. Students re-examine their vision, skills, and preparation for securing and maintaining social work employment. Offered fall, spring, and summer every year.

Master of Arts in Environmental Education

Associate Professor Carla Gull, Coordinator of the graduate program in environmental education
J. Martin, Executive Director of Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center
Associate Professors J. Schramm, J. Mischler
Assistant Professors L. Kreider, B. Minter, R. Mischler
Instructor M. Stoltzfus

Introduction

The master of arts in environmental education (MAEE) program is based at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College and is housed in the Sustainability and Environmental Education Department (SEED). Distinctive aspects of this 11-month program include an immersion in natural history, exposure to many forms of environmental education, developing leadership skills, and building curriculum through investigation and research. Students also engage with environmental education programs at Merry Lea and the surrounding region for grades PreK-12. Merry Lea’s strengths in nature-based early childhood education and regenerative agricultural education can be especially helpful for students interested in those areas, but the flexibility of the program offers opportunities to learn and practice in many areas of environmental education. The degree has four major components: core courses, a project, an immersive intercultural experience, and an extensive practicum. Students integrate ecological learning with developing pedagogical skills. Additional practical concepts include land management, regenerative agriculture, leadership, and administration. See www.goshen.edu/graduate/environmental-education for more details.

Admission information

Requirements for admission include a resume, two letters of recommendation and official transcripts for all undergraduate and graduate coursework. In addition, applicants must complete the Confidential Health Report form prior to enrollment and provide proof of health insurance. A limited number of scholarships are available for environmental education graduate students, tied to the Merry Lea mission and goals.

Tuition information

• M.A. in Environmental Education (per credit hour)$870(11 month, 33 credit hour program)

Career opportunities

Graduates work as (environmental) educators in diverse settings such as nature centers, outdoor education programs, camps, parks and recreation programs, state and federal agencies, public and private K-12 schools, post-secondary education, for-profit businesses, and independent environmental organizations.

Master of arts in environmental education

33 credit hours

Summer I: July-August

• EnEd 510, Natural History of the Southern Great Lakes3
• EnEd 515, Research Methods and Measurements3
• EnEd 520, Principles of Environmental Education3

Fall: September-December

• EnEd 530, Leadership and Administration for EE3
• EnEd 560, Creative Project and Paper1
• EnEd 570, Professional Field Studies in Environmental Education2
• EnEd 580, Practicum in Environmental Education3

Spring: January-April

• EnEd 525, Environmental Issues & History3
• EnEd 535, Land Management for EE2
• EnEd 550, Faith, Peacemaking & the Environment1
• EnEd 561, Creative Project and Paper II1
• EnEd 575, International Environmental Education3

Summer II: May

• EnEd 536, Land Management for EE II1
• EnEd 562, Creative Project and Paper III2
• EnEd 581, Practicum in Environmental Education II2

MAEE Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the environmental education program, graduates will:

1. Exhibit and promote systems thinking by integrating knowledge from multiple disciplines into the design and delivery of environmental education.
2. Demonstrate an approach to environmental education that reflects an understanding of ecological processes common to all systems in rural, natural and urban settings.
3. Be proficient in the design, implementation, and assessment of environmental education programs and be familiar with the use of sociological research methods for evaluation.
4. Be competent in teaching skills and practices needed for the delivery of experiential, inquiry and field-based environmental education programs.
5. Be able to recommend and utilize best practices in leading people in the context of environmental education, to facilitate policy and/or behavioral change in individuals, organizations, and society in order to improve or preserve our environment.
6. Be able to evaluate resources and apply skills necessary for managing resources for the successful delivery of environmental education programs.

Environmental education courses

ENED 510 Natural History of So. Great Lakes 3
A study of the plants and animals of this region - and the ecosystems in which they are found. Emphasis on the 1) the interrelationships in ecosystems 2) the function of ecosystems, both how they operate and how they impact surrounding systems and humans, and 3) identity of the organisms that comprise the ecological community. Students will investigate the ecological relationships of the organisms identified as well as behaviors and life cycles.

ENED 515 Research Methods 3
This course investigates a wide range of research strategies that an environmental educator may use and/or encounter in the course of their career. The applied approach is primarily as a leader or director who is either evaluating an existing program, or designing a new program. We will also review and interpret both qualitative and quantitative studies (i.e. gathering information on people or natural resources) in ecological, social, and educational research.

ENED 520 Principles of Environmental Educ 3
A study of distinctive concepts and skills needed for delivering quality environmental education programs. The following themes-within the context of natural history-will be part of the course: field-based and experiential education, inquiry, questioning, interpretation, physical settings, responsive instruction, program design, assessment and evaluation, and learner outcomes.

ENED 525 Environmental Issues & History 3
A study of current environmental issues facing society. Topics include ethics, citizenry, environmental justice, theological implications, and organizations addressing issues, with a strong focus on climate change (its mechanics, consequences, and strategies for adapting to and mitigating its effects). Students in this course will also begin applying their new climate systems knowledge to building curricula for secondary students that they will use in subsequent practicum teaching.

ENED 530 Leadership & Admin for Env Educ 3
This is a survey course on the essential skills and practices in leadership and administration of non-profit organizations. Topics include personnel management, strategic planning, personality styles, financial and resource management, budget preparation, board utilization, fundraising and capital campaign, day-to-day functioning of a nature center, and team development.

ENED 535 Land Management for Env Education 2
This is a study of both the theory and practice of managing the "place" for various ecological functions and human values that enhance an environmental education experience. Includes how land management practices need to reflect the economic/social/spiritual values of humans, and the biological functions of the ecosystems it encompasses.

ENED 536 Land Management for EE II 2
Part two of this class. This is a study of both the theory and practice of managing the "place" for various ecological functions and human values that enhance an environmental education experience. Includes how land management practices need to reflect the economic/social/spiritual values of humans, and the biological functions of the ecosystems it encompasses.

ENED 550 Faith, Peacemaking and Environment 1
Environmental quality and care for creation are emerging as important components to faith, peace and justice across the globe. Creation care builds on spiritual and theological foundations that inspire us to care for God's creation. Environmental justice is the equitable distribution of costs and benefits from utilizing resources to all people regardless of class, generation, ethnic origin or gender. This seminar is a survey course of these topics.

ENED 560 Creative Project and Paper 1 ()
Your project is intended to be driven by your passion and interest in a topic within one of following themes: a) an environmental issue b) an ecological problem, or c) pedagogical challenges. The Creative Project is just that: a look into a challenging issue that requires creative insight. This is an applied experience and project that can be useful long into your career.

ENED 561 Creative Project and Paper II 1
Part two of your project is intended to be driven by your passion and interest in a topic within one of following themes: a) an environmental issue b) an ecological problem, or c) pedagogical challenges and possible solutions. The Creative Project is just that: a look into a challenging issue that requires creative insight.

ENED 562 Creative Project & Paper III 2
Part three of your project is intended to be driven by your passion and interest in a topic within one of following themes: a) an environmental issue b) an ecological problem, or c) pedagogical challenges and possible solutions. The Creative Project is just that: a look into a challenging issue that requires creative insight.

ENED 570 Professional Field Studies in EE 1 ()
Through a variety of professional field visits across the year, both on Merry Lea and in the broader region, students will gain professional experience with environmental education in many contexts. Emphasis of the course will include developing professional connections, and through written reflection, an understanding of EE as a professional in the broadest sense.

ENED 575 Intercultural Environmental Educ 3
Recent iterations have been on the Big Island of Hawai'i, Andros Island (Bahamas), and on tribal lands in Arizona. This three-week, immersion style, cross-cultural experience is designed to learn about a new ecosystem and work with local professionals to design EE curriculum within an international and/or intercultural context. Participants will investigate a broad spectrum of opportunities and challenges for international non-profits delivering EE to local students, and/or in conjunction with tourism. Although the stay is relatively brief, students will work with local groups and professionals to design place-based curriculum; learn about the relationships between NGOs, government agencies, and businesses; apply natural history skills in a different ecosystem; and investigate first-hand the implications of climate change.

ENED 580 Practicum in Environmental Educ 3 ()
Being part of the delivery of Merry Lea's K-12 onsite and outreach programs in environmental education will fulfill the practicum in three major programming time blocks, giving students experience in multiple programs. Student will also have opportunities in specialty programs, such as summer camps and public programs. Assessment of student performance will occur after each of the three programming time blocks and as part of the final evaluation.

ENED 581 Practicum in Environmental Ed II 2
Being part of the delivery of Merry Lea's K-12 onsite and outreach programs in environmental education will fulfill the practicum in three major programming time blocks, giving students experience in multiple programs. Student will also have opportunities in specialty programs, such as summer camps and public programs. Assessment of student performance will occur after each of the three programming time blocks and as part of the final evaluation.

ENED 698 Final Project Research & Writing 1
Registration for this course gives students access to library and computer resources while finishing research and writing for the final project. Should be taken only after all other requirements have been satisfied. Can be repeated.

Graduate Semester in Sustainability Leadership

Associate Professor Carla Gull, Coordinator of the graduate program in environmental education
Associate Professors J. Schramm, J. Mischler
Assistant Professors L. Kreider, B. Minter, R. Mischler

Program description

The fall Graduate Semester in Sustainability is a residential problem-based program, focused on understanding sustainable and regenerative communities by examining the local watershed. A cohort of students spends the fall semester in full-time residence at Merry Lea’s Rieth Village, where they closely evaluate day-to-day decisions and make sustainable living choices concerning both personal lifestyle and community life. They study the structures and functions of both societal systems and ecosystems at Merry Lea and in the surrounding region. Students engage in critical issues of local concern. Students and faculty from diverse backgrounds and expertise engage with people from the local community who are faced with real environmental issues. They grapple with the complexity of and interdisciplinary nature of possible solutions. This graduate semester is open only to AMBS students enrolled in the Environmental Leadership concentration of the Master of Arts in Theology and Peace Studies degree program. Interested students from other graduate institutions should contact the SEED faculty chair and their home institution advisor to explore the possibility of special enrollment arrangements. Interested AMBS students should contact the AMBS Registrar for tuition information.

Graduate Sustainability Semester

12 credit hours

• Sust 510, Integrated Social and Ecological Systems4
• Sust 540, Empowering Sustainable Communities4
• Sust 580, Community Leadership in Sustainability4

Sustainability courses

SUST 510 Integrated Soc/Ecological Systems 4
The focus of this course is on understanding landscapes, ecological systems, social systems and their interconnection. Emphasis will be on how these interdependent systems contribute to the ecological, economic, and social health of a region, and models of systems thinking for understanding both the natural and social communities will be employed.

SUST 540 Empowering Sustainable Communities 4
This course considers the ethical, political, spiritual and structural frameworks that have led to our current unsustainable models of social systems and explores potential changes that could lead to more regenerative and sustainable communities for the future. There is an emphasis on understanding how societal changes occur and how communities can work toward a higher level of resiliency for future challenges.

SUST 580 Leadership Exp in Sustainability 4
This course works to help students develop and understand the role of individual agency in motivating and implementing societal and behavioral change. A large portion of this course is an applied learning experience where students engage with a group or organization within the region that is working on a sustainability initiative. Students take on the responsibility and leadership for a portion of the initiative and learn skills both in sustainability work and community partnership.

Master of Business Administration

Professor M. Horning, Program Director (Goshen College)
Professor J. Ross Richer, A. Hartzler
Associate Professor J. Geiser
Assistant Professor A. Liljeqvist
Instructors J. Kauffman, B. Beachy
A full list of faculty teaching in the Collaborative MBA program can be found at http://collaborativemba.org/faculty/

Introduction

Business is changing every day and organizational leaders are faced with complex challenges. Students in our MBA program develop high-level skills in business rooted in our commitment to sustainability, personal formation, and social and economic justice. Our graduates are prepared to positively impact their organizations and communities through leadership for the common good.

The MBA program provides two pathways to the MBA degree:

• Goshen College undergraduate students can begin taking MBA courses after earning 80 credit hours and a GPA of 2.50.
• Six-week courses delivered using live videoconferencing (Zoom) are designed for working professionals. The program can be completed in 22 months by completing one course at a time.

The MBA program is a 36-credit hour program. Advanced Standing Credit (ASC) will be granted to students who have earned a minimum of a B- in undergraduate courses that have equivalent content to the MBA course, reducing the overall credit requirement for the MBA degree. The maximum ASC granted will be 6 credit hours. ASC will be granted upon admission to the MBA program.

All Goshen College MBA students have access to the in-person MBA courses and the MBA courses delivered on Zoom, through our collaborative partnership with Bluffton University, Canadian Mennonite University, and Eastern Mennonite University.

Admission requirements

1. Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) from an accredited institution.
2. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
3. Strong written and oral communication and quantitative skills.
4. Ability to demonstrate leadership potential and/or leadership abilities through collegiate, work, community, and/or volunteer roles and experiences.
5. Applicants with fewer than two years of relevant professional experience must have an undergraduate GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Information about application requirements can be found at https://www.goshen.edu/graduate/collaborative-mba/application-requirements/.

Tuition information

• M.B.A. in Business Administration (per credit hour)$784

Master of Business Administration

36 credit hours

• MBA 522, Leadership and Management for the Common Good3
• MBA 564, Organizational Behavior3
• MBA 623, Financial Management3
• MBA 670, Strategic Leadership in a Multicultural World3
• Analytics course (choose one): 3
  • MBA 520, Marketing Research & Analytics (3)
  • MBA 671, Data Analytics for Decision-Making (3)

• Sustainability course (choose one):3
  • MBA 525, Business Strategies for Sustainability (3)
  • MBA 535, Sustainability Reporting (3)
  • MBA 541, Global Sustainability (3)
• Accounting course (choose one): 3
  • MBA 501, Cost Accounting (3)
  • MBA 585, Financial & Managerial Accounting (3)
• Economics course (choose one): 3
  • MBA 545, Economics of Sustainability (3)
  • MBA 584, Economic Models & Measurement (3)
  • MBA 663, Managerial Economics (3)
• Marketing course (choose one): 3
  • MBA 567, Integrated Marketing & Communication (3)
  • MBA 647, Strategic Marketing Management (3)
• Elective courses (choose three): 9
  • MBA 523, Human Capital Development (3)
  • MBA 532, Investments (3)
  • MBA 543, Brand, Identity, & Design (3)
  • MBA 550, International Business (3)
  • MBA 615, Narrative Leadership (3)
  • MBA 680, Sustainable Organizations and Global Citizenship (3)

MBA Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, MBA graduates will demonstrate the following
outcomes.

1. Personal Formation: Understand that personal, business, organizational, and community existence and success are tied to the sustainability of local and global systems.
2. Competency: Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between business, society, and the global economy as well as an understanding of how current realities are informed by history of economic systems.
3. Competency: Apply economic theory to the functions of managerial planning and decision making.
4. Competency: Interpret an organization’s “story” through analysis of financial information and apply that information to strategic decision making.
5. Competency: Gather and analyze non-financial data including market research, business analytics, and environmental data, transforming it into meaningful information.
6. Competency: Demonstrate an understanding of the various components of strategic marketing and the role of marketing in creating and communicating value for customers.
7. Competency: Demonstrate an understanding of the key theories of organizational behavior and apply these theories to advance an organization’s mission, vision, and values.
8. Relationships: Understand that problem solving must be contextual, based on constituent and community life conditions.

MBA Core courses

MBA 501 Cost Accounting 3
A study of how accounting information is used and communicated by managers to plan, control and evaluate decisions. Primary topics include costing systems, profitability analysis, variance analysis, cost-allocation issues, budgeting, and pricing decisions. Case studies are used extensively in this course.

MBA 512 Supply Chain Management 3
This course focuses on the role of the supply chain in creating customer value and competitive advantage. It examines the core operations that make up the supply chain and explores some of the strategies and challenges in managing today's global supply chains. Visits to several local firms allow students to see different approaches to managing this essential process of value creation.

MBA 520 Marketing Research & Analytics 3
A comprehensive overview of the nature and scope of marketing research and its role in decision support systems. The course focuses on the practical aspects of marketing research and provides a framework for conducing quantitative and qualitative research.

MBA 522 Leadershp/Managmnt for Common Good 3
Complexity, globalization, and competing demands characterize the realities of leading and managing organizations in today's environment. The focus of the course is on developing systemic wisdom and long-term perspective. The course combines times for self-reflection, conversation, questioning, and integration of various leadership and management theories to identify approaches to leading people, systems, and organizations in ways that bring restoration, that offer hope, and that work toward promoting the common good.

MBA 523 Human Capital Development 3
Developing human capital means creating and nurturing organizational environments in which human beings can develop and apply new ideas, competencies, skills, attitudes, and behaviors. This course will enhance knowledge and understanding of the value created by an engaged workforce and will focus on supporting employees developing skills and abilities in an intrinsically engaging environment. In addition we will study ways individuals and organizations benefit from well-managed conflict while limiting destructive conflicts that sap organizational creativity and energy.

MBA 525 Business Strategies for Sustainabil 3
Students will examine how businesses develop a competitive advantage through the integration of sustainability and strategy, insulating themselves from risks in an ever changing global environment. This course will go beyond the triple bottom line to dig into specific topics like biomimicry and radical waste reduction strategies. Multiple trips to relevant business and industrial sites around the region will bring in-class topics into sharper focus as students see what actual strategy application looks like.

MBA 532 Investments 3
In this course students will learn how to research, formulate and implement investment plans through portfolios constructed and monitored by students. Analytical frameworks and investment strategies that target chosen objectives will be established and then implemented using a simulation program linked to online stock markets.

MBA 535 Sustainability Reporting 3
This course focuses on an environmental, social, and governance reporting framework for organizations. Students will learn to identify, measure, evaluate, and communicate sustainability issues that are likely to affect the financial condition and operating performance of an organization.

MBA 541 Global Sustainability 3
The global economic system produces goods and services on a massive scale. Consumers benefit from access to necessities as well as increased comfort, convenience and choice. Producers benefit from opportunities to innovate and invest, while also providing employment and generating returns to investors. The question many are asking, however, is simple: Can the current system be sustained in the long run? To be sustainable, businesses and nonprofit organizations must find ways to generate value and minimize waste while simultaneously satisfying human needs and protecting ecological systems. This course examines the global economic system from a triple-bottom line perspective--planet, people and profit. It utilizes systems thinking and explores seven forms of capital: financial, manufactured, natural, human, social, cultural and spiritual.

MBA 543 Brand, Identity, and Design 3
Brands are a central organizing principle of successful organizations, guiding decisions and actions. Students will understand the value of a brand in a marketing and business environment, and how to build, manage, and protect a brand.

MBA 545 Economics of Sustainability 3
This course explores the transformation necessary to create a sustainable economy using a triple-bottom-line perspective: planet, people, and profit. Students will learn about the organizational and structural changes required to promote a sustainable economy, focusing on the objectives of sustainable scale, just distribution and efficient allocation as well as public- and private-sector strategies to support the transition from carbon-based resources to renewables.

MBA 550 International Business 3
International business is the field of study that focuses on business activities that cross national boundaries. It includes exports and imports - the subject of traditional international trade discussions - as well as foreign direct investment, international banking, the international transfer of technology and global business strategy. The cultural environment of international business is considered in some detail. The course presents the important activities of an international firm and a framework for analysis from a manager's perspective. Case studies are used in this course.

MBA 564 Organizational Behavior 3
Utilizing an experiential case study method, this course surveys the evolution of theory, practice, and research in the areas of organizational behavior. Learning topics include motivation theory, group dynamics, leadership, decision-making, conflict transformation, change theory, organization structure, emotional intelligence and communication. This course affirms a systemic perspective and approach to organizational behavior and affirms the concepts implicit in the concept of Leadership for the Common Good.

MBA 567 Integrated Marketing & Communicatio 3
This course will examine the process by which integrated marketing communications (IMC) programs are planned, developed, executed, and measured. Emphasis is placed on building strategies for effective marketing campaigns. IMC requires an understanding of the marketing process, communications theory and processes, marketing communications tools, consumer behavior, organizational structures and operations.

MBA 584 Economic Models and Measurements 3
Micro and macro economic concepts using mathematical analysis will be included in this course.

MBA 585 Financial & Managerial Accounting 3
Managers and executives carry fiduciary responsibility for their organizations; it is therefore imperative that they know how to read financial statements, analyze financial health, assess financial risks, and communicate this knowledge effectively to others. The course emphasizes the role of the manager relating to finance and accounting through the analysis of quantitative information largely at the conceptual level. Topics include financial governance, understanding and reading financial statements, financial statement analysis, cost behavior, breakeven analysis, budgeting, balanced scorecard, working capital management, and the use of short-term cash planning. The overall aim is to improve organizational decision-making based on financial, social, and ecological metrics.

MBA 615 Narrative Leadership 3
Effective leaders communicate to inspire talent to excel; to partner with investors and communities; to engage with customers and clients and to grow their impact in the world as part of a global community. These communications are understood and acted upon based on the perceived context of the communication. Effective leaders are attentive to the ways that they shape the narratives that form the context for this communication. This course helps leaders to shape their own story and the organizational stories to cultivate an authentic, trustworthy and compelling narrative whether oral or written, in person or embedded within social media, in small groups and with large audiences.

MBA 623 Financial Management 3
The second course of this sequence examines more of the quantitative tools managers use in decision making. Topics include an in-depth analysis of value chains, including supply chain and distribution channels, activity-based management, analysis of external funds needed, in-depth analysis of time value of money, and capital budgeting.

MBA 647 Strategic Marketing Management 3
This course focuses on the tasks of creating and communicating value and gaining loyal customers for an organization in today's dynamic global marketplace. Topics include marketing strategy and planning, marketing research, the impact of technology on strategic marketing decisions, consumer behavior, ethics in marketing, social media and its role in marketing, internet marketing, customer relationships management, database marketing, and marketing evaluation. Leadership for the Common Good concepts are also offered as a backdrop for an ethical marketing framework.

MBA 663 Managerial Economics 3
This course applies insights from economic theory to the functions of managerial planning and decision making within a market-oriented business context. Specific content includes an overview of the market system, consumer demand theory, cost analysis, profit analysis, pricing strategies, the economics of technical change and innovation, the architecture of the firm, employee incentives, international economic impacts and government regulation. Leadership for the Common Good concepts are also offered as competing methods of improving the traditional market system.

MBA 670 Strategic Leadership in a Multicul 3
Historically the field of strategy has focused on strategies as mechanisms for winning and thus causing others to lose. Instead, we are learning that strategic partnerships and creation of manufacturing/service processes that develop human capabilities and use material resources wisely are needed to position the organization for sustained success in the marketplace. This course will help leaders develop approaches that strategically position their organizations to achieve this success. Theoretically this course will be grounded in Michael Porter's recent work on "creating shared value."

MBA 671 Data Analytics & Decision Making 3
The quality of decision making in organizations is greatly influenced by the quality of data gathered and by information derived from that data. This course focuses on the use of tools and processes to enhance corporate decision-making strategies. Topics include research design, survey development, defining data and information requirements, how and where data is stored, informatics and business intelligence, critical thinking, and transforming data into meaningful information.

MBA 680 Sustainable Org and Global Citizen 3
This course integrates the three pillars of The Collaborative MBA program of management, leadership and stewardship for organizational effectiveness and serving the common good. This course will be integrated with an international residency, most likely in a low-income country, and is designed to engage the students as reflective practitioners. This will involve a working case study to integrate student learning from other courses as well as additional case studies and readings on sustainable development and collaborative innovation. This "live" organizational case will demonstrate students' creative mastery of the MBA curriculum and the triple bottom line.

Directories

Goshen College board of directors

Faculty