Program Overview

University of the Incarnate Word Program Details

The University of the Incarnate Word offers various programs through its School of Professional Studies. Below are the details of the programs:

Academics

The university provides undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, as well as professional and continuing education opportunities.

Undergraduate Programs

• The Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree is available, with various course descriptions provided below.

Graduate Programs

• Graduate programs are offered, but specific details are not provided in the given context.

Doctoral Programs

• Doctoral programs are available, but specific details are not provided in the given context.

Professional and Continuing Education

• The university offers professional and continuing education opportunities, but specific details are not provided in the given context.

Course Descriptions

The following course descriptions are available for the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree:

Major Course Descriptions

• HRES 3330: Human Resources and the Law
  • This course presents the laws that organizations must comply with in order to implement policies, procedures, and fair employment practices when making decisions about people, at different stages of the employment cycle, including: hiring, assessing performance, promotions, compensation, and termination.
  • Prerequisites: BMGT 3340 and BMGT 3354
• HRES 3350: Staffing
  • This course presents the research and practice relevant to staffing an organization, including: sourcing, recruiting, pre-employment selection testing, interviewing, legal issues, and job placement.
  • Prerequisite: HR 3330
• MGT 3340: Concepts and Functions of Management
  • Introduction to the theories, concepts, and functions of management. Topics include planning, organizing, leading, staffing, controlling, business, and managerial ethics, and decision making. Management concepts will be applied by analysis of available data and by seeking contemporary opportunities, issues, and problem situations.
• MGT 3354: Theories and Concepts of Personal Management
  • Theories and concepts used in managing business personnel. Topics include personnel planning, recruiting, selection, compensation, separation, and retirement. Students will get a clear understanding of human resource management concepts, and the opportunity to develop skills important to the performance of human resource management activities. Cognitive elements emphasized include Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, and Analysis.
  • Prerequisites: MGT 3340 and Junior Standing
• MGT 4355: Organizational Behavior
  • Presentation of theory and research in OB combined with experiential exercises to develop students' ability to take responsibility for making and living with decisions about their behavior. Awareness of the realities of organization interdependencies and their consequences for individuals. Focus is on modifying behavior and predicting the effects upon productivity, satisfaction, and development of individuals as members of the business unit.
  • Prerequisites: MGT 3340 and Junior Standing
• MGT 4390: Ethical Practices in Business
  • This course will examine ethical issues in the context of business theory and practice. Course content will include the examination of ideas and perspectives in the field of business ethics and extend these ideas/perspectives to administrative practice and decision making. Focus will be to expand capacity for moral inquiry, dialog, and decision making in ways that will be useful in professional and civic lives.
• MKT 3331: Introductory Marketing Concepts and Strategies
  • Introductory course providing comprehensive coverage of marketing concepts and strategies. A managerial approach is used that focuses on the practices, problems, and decisions of the marketing manager. The course introduces students to the internal and external environment, market structures, and changes in the marketing environment that affect other business functions.
• ORGD 3340: Organizational Development
  • This course presents the research, practice, and ethics relevant to organizational development, including: consulting skills, tools, and techniques for analyzing problems, developing, implementing, and evaluating organizational development interventions, and ethical issues at each stage of the consulting process.
  • Prerequisites: BMGT 3340 and BMGT 3354
• ORGD 3360: Teambuilding in Organizations
  • This course presents the research and practice relevant to improving teamwork in organizations for permanent work groups, temporary project teams, and virtual teams, for a variety of purposes, including: improving productivity, clarifying roles, resolving conflict, and adapting to change.
  • Prerequisite: ORGD 3340
• ORGD 4350: Leadership in Organizations
  • This course presents the research and practice relevant to leadership in organizations, including: theories of leadership, leadership styles, leadership roles, and activities, and skills necessary for effective leadership.
  • Prerequisites: ORGD 3340 and BMGT 4355. Cross-listed with HRES 4350

Admissions

The university provides undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral admissions, as well as information on tuition, scholarships, financial aid, and admissions events.

Registration

The university offers term dates, course schedules, summer sessions, and winter sessions.

Support Services

The university provides faculty support, including academic affairs and professional development sessions, as well as student support, including academic advising, academic success, and resources.

Partnerships

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Accreditation

The university is accredited, but specific details are not provided in the given context.

Academic Integrity

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Advisory Board

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News and Events

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SPS Connect

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Non-Discriminatory Policy

The University of the Incarnate Word does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, educational policies, admission, financial aid, hiring and employment practices, use of school facilities, athletics, and other university-administered programs.