General Studies

This course empowers adult learners to make the transition back into education in the college environment. Learners will be introduced to communication, self-motivation, and critical thinking skills necessary for academic success at Trevecca Nazarene University.

This course encourages adult learners to use technology as an effective communication avenue to research and present information for life and learning. Learners will gain experience with technology tools, including Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, that can be used throughout the student's coursework to create documents and presentations and communicate those appropriately to academic and professional audiences.

Emphasizes the tasks and skills involved in writing formal essays. The essay writing process is deconstructed into achievable milestones in order to increase writing proficiency. Grammar mechanics will be consistently practiced based on each student’s identified strengths and weaknesses. The course will conclude with an examination of types of writing found in the Bible.

Builds upon existing knowledge of basic constructs and research skills for academic writing. Intellectual and analytical reasoning will be emphasized in continual research practices and writing throughout this course. Grammar mechanics will be consistently practiced through peer review methods. The course will conclude with strategies for research and reasoning applied to the Bible.

This course is designed to convey methods of study in the biological sciences. The laboratory portion of the course is designed to provide students with hands-on experience to some of the concepts discussed during lecture (NSES A, B, C, E, F).

This course serves as a general overview of some of the fundamental concepts in the field of psychology.

Examines a Christ-centered biblical worldview as the basis for living a distinctly Christian life. Students will focus on evaluating ideas, values, and processes in personal and professional situations and developing the belief structure to orient themselves within their time and place in history and eternity.

Examines principles of leadership and service as a basis for living a meaningful life. Students will focus on evaluating their opportunities and responsibilities to influence and serve in personal, professional, and community situations and developing the foundational skills to enact change for good within their sphere of life.

Designed for students who seek to develop their personal career development for the purpose of job seeking and advancement. Students will work on resumes, mock interviewing, social media, networking and professionalism as it relates to their personal and professional goals.

An introductory course to basic personal financial principles. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, the following: budgeting, managing personal debt, insurance, taxes, and investments. 

This course provides an overview of the fundamental practices and issues involved in managing and operating a business in today’s marketplace. Areas of business explored in this course include various management theories, economic concepts, management and organization, human resources, sales and marketing, and operations. The course also examines the challenges of operating in both domestic and global markets, business ethics and business strategy.

This course will provide students the opportunity to learn about the role of accounting in business. They will learn how generally accepted accounting principles are used to craft the balance sheet, income statement, owner’s equity and cash flow statements. In addition, students will learn how to evaluate financial statements by applying vertical, horizontal and ratio analysis.

Designed to help students gain a deeper understanding of leadership theory. Four specific leadership paradigms will be covered through the literature. Learners will participate in the Catalyst Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, October 2-4 giving them first hand exposure to some of the most well-known leaders today. The curriculum is designed to be interdisciplinary for students of any major. Leadership transcends the idea of a major. This class represents a culmination of leadership theory and philosophy through a participatory academic environment. Fee charged.

Leadership is one of the most studied concepts within the social sciences. More often than not, we look at what leaders are doing right. This class allows learners to understand leadership more deeply by studying the opposite spectrum of effective leadership. We live in a society that provides countless examples of failed leadership in politics, religion, athletics, etc. Why do so many leaders fall? Learners will be exposed to theoretical principles and research on the dysfunctional side of leadership. In a nutshell, this course is the "Abnormal Psychology Class" for leadership.

This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop intrapersonal leadership, a necessary prerequisite to leading and serving others. Leaders will recognize and apply personality preferences, learning styles, and leadership practices that personify servant leadership. 

This course explores the relationship of psychology and the Christian faith. Students delve into the dynamics of spiritual formation of individuals and Christian faith communities. Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to: 

1. Identify ways in which religious beliefs and practices influence psychological functioning and the ways in which psychological functioning influences religious beliefs and practices.
2. Describe the importance of epistemological issues to the relationship between faith and psychology.
3. Analyze the various approaches of the relationship between faith and psychology.
4. Apply theoretical approaches to integration to real life situations.

This course provides an overview of psychological development across a lifetime. Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Identify the domains and periods of development throughout life (conception to death)
2. Compare and contrast different theories of development and explain changes related to physical, cognitive, social, and emotional on these same areas of development.
3. Describe variables underlying socio-economic status, racial, ethnic, and gender differences in lifespan development
4. Apply developmental theories and research findings to current social and educational policies and events

This course provides an overview of the fundamental practices and issues involved in the helping professions. Areas explored in this course include biblical theology and various professional theories of service and how these are impacted by complex issues. Students will develop their own personalized view of the helping professions as well as gaining an overview of subjects which will be addressed in depth in other courses of the major.

This course provides students to engage in concepts of the helping professions within the diversity of the US. Some of these include urban and rural settings, ethnic majority-minority interpersonal relationships, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds. Particular cultures will be studied for their backgrounds, acculturation processes, and personal perspectives on human services. Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Human Services

This course provides an overview of the fundamental practices and issues involved in the helping professions. Areas explored in this course include biblical theology and various professional theories of service and how these are impacted by complex issues. Students will develop their own personalized view of the helping professions as well as gaining an overview of subjects which will be addressed in depth in other courses of the major.

Addresses job expectations in health care settings. It will discuss how care is organized inside a practice setting, privacy laws, and professional and ethical issues encountered in the workplace.

This course provides students to engage in concepts of the helping professions within the diversity of the US. Some of these include urban and rural settings, ethnic majority-minority interpersonal relationships, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds. Particular cultures will be studied for their backgrounds, acculturation processes, and personal perspectives on human services.   Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Human Services

An introduction to ministry, in particular the vocational ministry of those called by God (both lay and clergy) to serve the church and community. Topics will include understandings of vocational ministry, the call, functions and roles in ministry, self-assessments, challenges and contexts for ministry today and in the future, leadership and authority, and spiritual practices.

A course examining personal and spiritual issues in the local ministry with suggestions for ongoing growth and development. This course examines both traditional challenges and contemporary issues facing ministers in their ongoing journey as pastors and as persons.

An introduction to Biblical faith and literature designed to help the student acquire a knowledge of the basic content of Scripture as well as be able to employ basic Bible study skills.

An introduction to theology as it has developed in the history of the church with a view to understanding the relation between faith and life. Special attention is given to understanding the doctrine of holiness.

Introduction to research, theory and applications of the causes and consequences of police behavior. Community policing, problem-solving methods, police discretion, police misconduct, police crime prevention strategies, policing, and restorative justice. Also covers political controls on authority and jurisdiction, professionalization of the police, and the relationship between the police organization and the individual. Analysis of public hostility toward police and current community relations projects, human relations, training and education of law enforcement officers; responsibilities of police administrators, including various organizational functions within agencies, causes of tension and conflict, dissent and disorder, positive and negative factors in the control of minority group hostilities; minority recruitment in law enforcement.

Brief historical overview of criminological theory up to the 1950s. Deviance, labeling, social control, routine activities, rational choice, life course, opportunity and self-control theories of crime. Recent research in criminalistic subcultures, criminal persistence and desistance in criminal behavior and the debate on the age-crime curve and the arguments regarding career criminals and criminal careers.

This course provides students to engage in concepts of the helping professions within the diversity of the US. Some of these include urban and rural settings, ethnic majority-minority interpersonal relationships, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds. Particular cultures will be studied for their backgrounds, acculturation processes, and personal perspectives on human services.   Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Human Services