Business and Leadership (12 Hours)

BUSI 5323 Information Technology Leadership
This is an applied course in concepts and techniques used in the design and implementation of management-information systems and decision support systems. It provides in-depth knowledge of computer technology, including recent developments in both computer hardware and software packages used to solve management problems.

BUSI 5413 Problem Solving and Decision Making
This course provides an in-depth study of the processes required to define and solve problems. It continues through the issues involved relating to decision-making and implementation. Topics covered include thinking styles, qualitative and quantitative tools, reasoning, group involvement, creativity and critical thinking.

LRDS 5113 Leadership Philosophy
This course explores the concept of leadership from a holistic approach through anthropology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and great works of literature. Students examine leader traits and skills, leadership styles in different situations, and leadership philosophies fulfilling higher-order needs, including authentic, transformational, servant, and spiritual.

BUSI 5133 Managerial Economics in Organizational Architecture
Microeconomic concepts are applied to the analysis of the firm. The course examines how areas of market structure, market conduct, and market performance affect the firm in the competitive marketplace. The focus is on applying economic thinking to private firms, yet many of the analytical methods are applicable to the not-for-profit and public sector.

Art & Design (12 Hours)

ARTV 5003 Drawing I
This introductory course in drawing is designed to orient students to the implementation of the elements of art and principles of design. Through experiential, hands-on training, students learn how to draw while using the appropriate tools, materials, and methods. The course stresses visual thinking, creativity, skill development, and critical analysis.

ARTV 5303 Creative Communication
Students will learn to identify and apply the elements of authentic and relatable communication in analyzing existing communications and in the creation of their own works. Students will demonstrate comprehension and proficiency of knowledge and skills through situational practice and existing communications analysis.

ARTV 5203 Logic of Observation and Mixed Method Analysis
Students will learn observational skills and processes in accordance with the scientific method of observation and observational analysis as it applies to the establishment, refinement or correction of projects, plans, or processes. Observational skills and mixed-method analysis will be applied in a variety of settings that emphasize the importance of efficiency, consistency and accuracy in the conclusions and applications derived from the information observed. Students will also learn how to integrate those observations and applications into a replicable plan as is appropriate to business and art.

ARTV 5403 Lost Chord Seminar
This course will explore key entrepreneurial and leadership concepts relevant to the intersection of the high-tech, design, and art worlds. The world is both physical and spiritual. The physical world is the rational, logical, and scientific piece. The arts lead us to a true spiritual answer to business situations. This class bonds the physical and spiritual in a collaborative effort to find optimal solutions. Topics include study of successful transfers of art and design-based inventions, processes and methods into economically successful business applications.