BS: Nonprofit and Community Studies
124 Credit Hours Beginning Fall 2020, Catalog Year 2021
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| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| ENG 111 English Composition | 3 |
| NSG 201 Theories of Civic Leadership & Democracy | 3 |
| NSG 270 Ohio Gov't & Public Policy or POL 268 State & Local Gov't | 3 |
| MPF IIA Creative Arts | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15
MPF IIA Creative Arts
Recommended course options
- ART 181 Concepts in Art
Introduction to visual and thematic concepts as applied to art in various cultures and historical periods. - MUS 185 Diverse Worlds of Music
An investigation of music as it exists in diverse areas around the world. The approach will be ethnomusicological, best defined as an exploration of music and its relationship to human culture.
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| NSG 202 Intro to Nonprofits & NGOs | 3 |
| MAJOR Organizational Leadership Distribution | 3 |
| MPF V Math, Formal Reasoning & Tech | 3-5 |
| MPF IV Natural Science | 3-4 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15-18
MPF V Math, Formal Reasoning & Tech
Recommended course options
- STA 261 Statistics
Descriptive statistics, basic probability, random variables, binomial and normal probability distributions, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, analysis of variance. Emphasis on applications. - CSE 151 Computers, Computer Science and Society
Perspective on the potential and limitations of computing technology. Topics include problem-solving in computing, computers as thinking machines, and the impact of computing on societies. Exposes students to programming languages and various computer tools.
MPF IV Natural Science
Recommended course options
- MBI 131 Community Health Perspectives
Discussion of community health primarily from the perspective of leading causes of disease and death in the U.S. Exploration of the impact of environment, behavior, and disease, including prevention and treatment strategies, on human health, public resources, and quality of life for society. - BIO 121 Environmental Biology
Local, regional, and global environmental issues examined in the context of current ecological theory and principles of resource use and management. - PHY 101/111/121/141 + PHY 103L
- PHY 101 Physics and Society – Introduction of fundamental principles of physics and discussion of the interaction of science and society, both today and in the past. Provides skills in thinking critically about societal problems which have a scientific or technological component.
- PHY 111 Astronomy and Space Physics – Study of space exploration, astrophysics, astronomy, and cosmology.
- PHY 121 Energy and Environment – Application of physics principles and models to societal uses of energy. Includes mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Energy topics include resources, environmental problems, global atmospheric challenges, nuclear power, solar energy, alternative energy systems, and energy conservation. Algebraic skills are required but no previous course in physics is needed.
- PHY 141 Physics in Sports – Various aspects of a dozen or more sports are treated using the laws of physics. Provides the non-science student with insight into principles governing motion, dynamics, and other elements of physics in sports.
- PHY 103L Concepts in Physics Laboratory – Laboratory course illustrating the basic concepts of physics. For the general student; complements physics lecture offerings at the nonspecialist level.
- GLG 111/121/141 +GLG 115L
- GLG 111 The Dynamic Earth – Earth as a geophysical-geochemical unit and its internal and external processes. Formation of minerals and their relationships in rocks. Earth stresses and rock deformation, mountain building, and earthquakes. Geomorphic (landscape) evolution by mass wasting and wave, stream, wind, ground water, glacial, and volcanic activity.
- GLG 121 Environmental Geology – A survey of introductory geology with a sub theme of human interaction with the geologic environment. Topics include flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, water quality and availability, energy, use and abuse of natural resources and land-use planning.
- GLG 115L Understanding the Earth – Laboratory course exploring Earth from multiple perspectives. Earth in the solar system; Earth in time; the solid Earth; Earth's surface in flux; Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere.
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: any 100-level, 3 credit hour GLG course (students enrolled in these courses are not required to take the lab).
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| MAJOR Issues of Communities Distribution | 3 |
| MPF III Global Perspectives | 2 |
| MPF IIB Humanities | 3 |
| MPT Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15
MPF III Global Perspectives
Recommended course options
- GEO 101 Global Forces, Local Diversity
Application of human geography concepts to patterns and processes of economic, political, and cultural changes at global, regional and local scales. - IDS 159 Strength Through Cultural Diversity
A primary goal of this course is to facilitate students' abilities to build their cultural competencies and their abilities to work toward a socially just and inclusive world by providing the conceptual tools and vocabulary to think about, discuss and experience diversity. Topics covered include multiculturalism, ethnocentrism, prejudice, discrimination, privilege, the impacts of social and cultural change, and the engagement of students in the global community. - SOC 153 Sociology in a Global Context (online only)
Designed to develop the sociological imagination - an imagination that allows students to place themselves in a larger, ever-changing global world. Serves as a prerequisite for upper level sociology courses and as an entry course for the Sociology major, Sociology minors and thematic sequences. - ATH 175 Peoples of the World
Provides an appreciation of human cultural, social, and linguistic variation around the world and through time. Develops anthropological and ethnographic approaches to understanding cultural differences and similarities in political, social and economic organization; marriage and family patterns; environment and beliefs systems; and other aspects of globalized human cultural life.
MPF IIB Humanities
Recommended course options
- ART/AMS 183 Images of America
Investigating the power and influence of visual art imagery, either about, targeted to, or made by diverse segments of historic and contemporary American society and how this imagery has helped or hindered our coming together as a diverse nation. Explores the use of art stereotypes as a basis for evaluation, how visual components help define culture, the decoding of cultural codes and how the idea of taste and aesthetics influences the way we see ourselves and others. - HST 111/112 Survey of American History
Survey of the interplay of forces that have brought about evolutionary development of American economic, cultural, and political history from 1492 to the Era of Reconstruction, 1877. A functional and synoptic treatment of America's great historical problems.
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| NCS 301 Community-Based Practicum I | 3 |
| ENG 413 Grand & Proposal Writing | 3 |
| MP-IP Intercultural Perspective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15
MP-IP Intercultural Perspective
Recommended course options
- MAC 143 Introduction to Media
Introduction to major mass communication theories as a context to examining some major issues surrounding mass media in American society. - WGS 201 Introduction to Women's Studies
Interdisciplinary introduction to the study of women which focuses on determinants and expressions of women's roles.
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| NCS 302 Community-Based Practicum II | 3 |
| MAJOR Issues of Communities Distribution | 3 |
| MPF IIC Social Science | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15
MPF IIC Social Science
Recommended course options
- ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics
Nature and scope of microeconomics, including the role of the market in resource allocation, the role of competition, market forces, the forces governing the distribution of income, and the role of foreign trade in economic welfare. - FSW 206 Social Welfare: Impact on Diverse Groups
Critical analysis of historical and current interactions of social welfare policies, programs, and services with diverse recipient populations. Attention given to contexts in which social welfare has been developed and provided.
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| MAJOR Org Leadership Distribution | 3 |
| MAJOR Communications Distribution | 3 |
| MPF IV Natural Science | 3-4 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| MPT Thematic Sequence | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15-16
MPF IV Natural Science
Recommended course options
- MBI 131 Community Health Perspectives
Discussion of community health primarily from the perspective of leading causes of disease and death in the U.S. Exploration of the impact of environment, behavior, and disease, including prevention and treatment strategies, on human health, public resources, and quality of life for society. - BIO 121 Environmental Biology
Local, regional, and global environmental issues examined in the context of current ecological theory and principles of resource use and management. - PHY 101/111/121/141 + PHY 103L
- PHY 101 Physics and Society – Introduction of fundamental principles of physics and discussion of the interaction of science and society, both today and in the past. Provides skills in thinking critically about societal problems which have a scientific or technological component.
- PHY 111 Astronomy and Space Physics – Study of space exploration, astrophysics, astronomy, and cosmology.
- PHY 121 Energy and Environment – Application of physics principles and models to societal uses of energy. Includes mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Energy topics include resources, environmental problems, global atmospheric challenges, nuclear power, solar energy, alternative energy systems, and energy conservation. Algebraic skills are required but no previous course in physics is needed.
- PHY 141 Physics in Sports – Various aspects of a dozen or more sports are treated using the laws of physics. Provides the non-science student with insight into principles governing motion, dynamics, and other elements of physics in sports.
- PHY 103L Concepts in Physics Laboratory – Laboratory course illustrating the basic concepts of physics. For the general student; complements physics lecture offerings at the nonspecialist level.
- GLG 111/121/141 +GLG 115L
- GLG 111 The Dynamic Earth – Earth as a geophysical-geochemical unit and its internal and external processes. Formation of minerals and their relationships in rocks. Earth stresses and rock deformation, mountain building, and earthquakes. Geomorphic (landscape) evolution by mass wasting and wave, stream, wind, ground water, glacial, and volcanic activity.
- GLG 121 Environmental Geology – A survey of introductory geology with a sub theme of human interaction with the geologic environment. Topics include flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, water quality and availability, energy, use and abuse of natural resources and land-use planning.
- GLG 115L Understanding the Earth – Laboratory course exploring Earth from multiple perspectives. Earth in the solar system; Earth in time; the solid Earth; Earth's surface in flux; Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere.
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: any 100-level, 3 credit hour GLG course (students enrolled in these courses are not required to take the lab).
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| NCS 401 Capstone in Nonprofit & Community Studies | 3 |
| MAJOR Community-Based Advocacy Distribution | 2 |
| MPT Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15
| Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| MPF III Global Perspectives | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Elective | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15
Abbreviation Key
MP-EL = Experiential Learning
MPF I = English Composition
MPF IIC = Social Science
MPF V = Mathematics, Formal Reasoning, Technology
MPT = Thematic Sequence
MP-AW = Advanced Writing
MPF = Global Miami Plan Foundation
MPF IIB = Humanities
MPF IV = Natural Science
MP-IP = Intercultural Perspectives
MPF IIA = Creative Arts
MPF III = Global Perspectives