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3.00 Credits
Epidemiology and Public Health
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3.00 Credits
An overview of aging and the issues which confront the senior citizen in American society. Issues explored include physical, social, economic, and psychological aspects of aging.
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3.00 Credits
Guided by the unique purpose of the non-profit sector, this course will develop students' ability to manage organizational resources and practices strategically. Strategic management entails monitoring the effectiveness of the organization to ensure that is is healthy and aligned with its mission and strategic goals. This helps ensure that effective and efficient execution of these goals is taking place. The course will review strategic organizational issues that assist the executive leadership to align activities with goals, thus enhancing the organization's long-term sustainability and impact.
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3.00 Credits
As governments make public policies that have significant impacts on human relationships of all types, those who desire God's justice and peace for the world make understanding and influencing policy a priority. Thus, this course prepares leaders to analyze public policy and assess and deploy appropriate strategies to engage the public and governments at all levels. First, students will evaluate historic models of public engagement to assess the roles and strategies of groups engaged in civil society. Students will also become familiar with the range of government policy instruments and strategies used in various national and political contexts. Second, coursework will emphasize developing critical analyses of the broad range of conceptual and strategic approaches to advocacy and utilizing and evaluating policy analysis tools. Students will compare critical policy needs in various countries and appraise the policy analysis tools and advocacy strategies surveyed. In order to approach advocacy from a uniquely Christian perspective, participants will examine the Christian witness to the state (at all levels) and evaluate the role followers of Jesus have in walking with the oppressed to seek justice for them. Case studies from a variety of Christian and secular organizations will highlight the various approaches used to influence policy and levels at which advocacy can occur.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the timeless subject of philanthropy, beginningwith its Judeo-Christian roots, tracing its development through history, and culminating with research findings in contemporary philanthropy. Historical analysis of the role of money and giving in society will be balanced with a view of modern philanthropic developments. Challenges to voluntarism and philanthropy will also merit our attention. The aim of our study, debate, interaction, and reflection will be to engage the hearts, minds and souls of those on whom our institutions depend-the philanthropists-in order to find a commonality of vision that extends shared wishes and dreams. The domains, structure, and competencies of the modern development office will be explored and practiced.
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3.00 Credits
This course will cover the development of a philosophy of partnership and collaboration for the organization tying it to the concepts of servant leadership and organizational stewardship. Practical implications will be the conceptual and practical questions in the design, implementation and ongoing management of partnerships both with the internal stake holders and external organizations. Collaborative competencies and models of partnership between nonprofits and government, nonprofits and the church, and nonprofits and nonprofits will be examined.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines contemporary problems, approaches, and success stories associated with the economic and social rebuilding of American cities and examines community development from political, sociological, and economic perspectives beginning with its historical roots. Policies and practices that form the contemporary framework of the field will also be discussed, along with key theories such as social capital formation and asset development. Successful church-based and secular community development models will be identified. The course focuses on the seperate perspectives of government, community groups, financial institutions, and philanthropic organizations and on the opportunities for cross-sector collaboration in meeting community level challenges. The class will culminate in a final project that will link policy, practice, and evaluation.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the discipline of community organizing(CO), the art and science of bringing community members together and empowering/equipping them to create systemic change. Students will learn about the particular place of community organizing in the context of various strategies for societal transformation and will study a variety of community organizing approaches including broad-based interest-focused CO, faith-based CO, and faith-rooted CO. Students will also learn the biblical and theological basis for community organizing and will reflect on the implications of Christian faith for community organizing principles and practices. Students will develop basic community organizing skills through assigned interviews, exercises, experiences, and analysis.
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2.00 Credits
This course examines community development from political, sociological, and economic perspectives beginning with its historical roots. Policies and practices that form the contemporary framework of the field will also be discussed, along with key theories such as social capital formation and asset development. Successful church-based and secular community development models will be identified. The class will culminate in a final project that will link policy, practice, and evaluation.
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3.00 Credits
This introductory financial management course will help the non-financial manager of a nonprofit organization understand and value the crucial contribution of financial analysis tools in making effective decisions to carry out the mission and goals of their organization. It assumes that the functions of accounting and finance will be handled by professionals. It also assumes that all managers -- regardless of professional experience - need to understand the components and analytical techniques involved with financial decision-making. With but a few exceptions, wise organizational decisions will be born or supported through financial analysis. Even more so, an organization fully committed to the long-term will embrace financial control and accountability measures that will mitigate its risks and assure its ability to perform mission objectives.
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