UNDERGRADUATE and GRADUATE Catalog and Student Handbook 2011—2012 For more information: 1.800.686.1883 or www.cleary.edu Page i Page ii For more information: 1.800.686.1883 or www.cleary.edu TABLE OF CONTENTS CLEARY UNIVERSITY............................................................................................................................................. 1 ENROLLMENT AND STUDENT PROFILE ......................................................................................................... 1 CLEARY UNIVERSITY FACULTY ...................................................................................................................... 1 LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................... 1 CLEARY UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ................................................................................................... 2 Program Features ................................................................................................................................................ 2 Institutional Learning Outcomes .......................................................................................................................... 2 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Traditional Program ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Non-Traditional Program ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Graduate Program ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Online Program ................................................................................................................................................... 3 CLEARY UNIVERSITY DEGREE PROGRAMS ....................................................................................................... 4 Undergraduate Degrees and Certificates ............................................................................................................ 4 Graduate Degrees and Certificates ..................................................................................................................... 4 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................... 5 Undergraduate Admission Requirements ............................................................................................................ 5 Graduate Admission Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 5 TECHNOLOGY RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................................. 7 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES ........................................................................................... 8 Executive BBA ................................................................................................................................................ 8 BBA Business Development and Sales ........................................................................................................ 10 BBA Business Management ......................................................................................................................... 12 BBA Corporate Communication and Public Relations .................................................................................. 14 BBA Entrepreneurship .................................................................................................................................. 16 BBA Health Care Management ..................................................................................................................... 18 BBA Human Resource Management ............................................................................................................ 20 BBA Management of Information Systems ................................................................................................... 22 BBA Marketing and New Media .................................................................................................................... 24 BBA Sustainability Management ................................................................................................................... 26 BS Computer Information Systems ............................................................................................................... 28 BS Corporate Finance .................................................................................................................................. 30 BS Corporate Accounting ............................................................................................................................. 32 BS Public Accounting .................................................................................................................................... 34 BBA Academic Minor .................................................................................................................................... 36 Associate Degrees ............................................................................................................................................ 37 ABA Accounting ............................................................................................................................................ 37 ABA Business Enterprise .............................................................................................................................. 38 ABA Event and Meeting Management .......................................................................................................... 39 ABA e-Marketing ........................................................................................................................................... 41 AAS Information Technology ........................................................................................................................ 42 Certificates ......................................................................................................................................................... 43 Desktop Support Specialist Certificate .......................................................................................................... 43 Event and Meeting Management Certificate ................................................................................................. 44 Web Professional Certificate ......................................................................................................................... 45 GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................................... 46 MBA Financial Planning ..................................................................................................................................... 46 MBA Green Business Strategy .......................................................................................................................... 48 MBA Management ............................................................................................................................................. 50 MBA Nonprofit Management ............................................................................................................................. 52 MBA Organizational Leadership ........................................................................................................................ 54 MBA Public Accounting ..................................................................................................................................... 56 Graduate Certificates ......................................................................................................................................... 58 Graduate Certificate in Green Business Strategy ......................................................................................... 58 Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management ............................................................................................. 59 Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning .................................................................................................... 60 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................................... 61 American Society for Quality Certification .......................................................................................................... 61 Michigan Quality Council Examiner Preparation ................................................................................................ 61 Certified Management Accountant (CMA®) ....................................................................................................... 61 COURSE ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................................. 62 UNDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................................................... 63 For