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Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a Concentration in Trauma Studies


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Bachelor of Science in Business Management

The Business Management program provides students with a solid base in the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively manage organizational needs. Vital business topics are covered in a broad-based curriculum that includes management, marketing, law, finance, and international business. Working professionals enhance their leadership, teamwork, and communication skills throughout the program.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program students will:

• Demonstrate the analytical and problem solving skills needed to solve complex challenges in business.
• Understand and be able to use team building, collaborative behaviors and project management in the accomplishment of group tasks.
• Effectively communicate in writing and through oral communication within the conventions of business.
• Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within business.
• Design, execute, and present a personal project, which synthesizes and applies selected knowledge, skills and experiences appropriate to the students’ personal and professional goals and/or their chosen area of specialization.

Concentration in Trauma Studies

The Trauma Studies Concentration is a 6 course, 18 credit concentration that focuses on issues relevant to individuals working in educational, clinic or social work settings that serve individuals who have experienced trauma. Trauma is unique in that it can be ameliorated or encouraged by social pol- icy, and institutions, as well as individuals. This concentration will give students writing, research and foundational skills in Trauma Studies that they will need to work with veterans, domestic violence victims, refugees, and schools or other work settings that have experienced traumatic events.

This interdisciplinary concentration will focus on the student’s ability to assess risk and engage in critical thinking about trauma and its impact on individuals and society.  The coursework will draw from the fields of Human Services, Psychology, Sociology, Criminal Justice and Politics.

The Concentration in Trauma Studies will be open to all students enrolled in our BA Program in Liberal Studies and our BS Programs in Psychology, Business Management and Criminal Justice. These concentration courses will replace corresponding open elective credit requirements.

Please note: Completion of the courses and program does NOT lead to any type of licensure or certification.


Concentration in Trauma Studies Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of the program, students will: 

• Comprehend how trauma is an individual, political and cultural issue
• Assess individual and organizational risk by engaging in critical thinking regarding the impact of trauma on individual and society
• Prepare students to understand the populations that have experienced trauma and to develop programs that better service
populations who have experienced trauma
• Identify and describe research issues relevant to policy and educational issues that prevent trauma
• Demonstrate the critical thinking, writing, and research skills that are necessary to participate in the trauma studies field.

Program of Study


World Cultures Course - 3 cr.
Aesthetic Awareness & Creative Expression Course - 3 cr.
Literary Perspectives Course - 3 cr.
Individual & Society Course - 3 cr.
Values & Ethical Reasoning Course - 3 cr.
Science & Technology Course - 3 cr.
Global Issues Course - 3 cr.
Core Electives - 6 cr. (Must be 300 level or higher)
Business Major Electives - 12 cr.
Open Electives - 21 cr.

Total Number of Credits Required for Concentration - 18 credits


Total Degree Requirements - 126 credits


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