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Degrees granted
Bluffton University currently grants four degrees: the bachelor of arts, the master of arts in education, the master of arts in organizational management and the master of arts in business administration.
Academic departments
The faculty is organized into the following departments:
Art
Communication and theatre
Economics, business administration and accounting
Education
English and language
Family and consumer sciences
Health, physical education and recreation
History/political science/religion
Mathematics
Music
Science
Social and behavioral sciences
Technology related programs
Majors offered
Accounting
Apparel/Textiles Merchandising & Design
Art
Biology
Business Administration
Chemistry
Child Development
Communication
Computer Science
Criminal Justice
Early Childhood Education
Economics
English
Family & Consumer Sciences
Family & Consumer Sciences Education
Food & Nutrition
Health, Physical Education & Recreation
History
Individually Designed Major
Information Systems
Information Technology
Intervention Specialist
Mathematics
Middle Childhood Education
Music
Music Education
Organizational Management
Physics
Pre-medicine
Psychology
Recreation Management
Religion
Social Studies
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish
Sport Management
Writing
Youth Ministries & Recreation
Minors offered
Accounting
Art
Biblical Studies
Business Administration
Coaching
Communication
Computer Science
Criminal Justice
Economics
English
Family & Consumer Science
Graphic Design
History
Information Technology
International Studies
Mathematics
Missions
Music
Peace & Conflict Studies
Physical Education
Political Science
Psychology
Recreation Management
Sociology
Spanish
TESOL
Theatre
Theology & Ethics
Wellness
Women’s Studies
Writing
Youth Ministry
Programs offered
Communication in Church Organizations program
Church Work certificate
Pre-law program
Pre-seminary program
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used for the various academic areas:
Art (ART)
Biology (BIO)
Chemistry (CEM)
Communication (COM)
Computer science (CPS)
Criminal justice (CRJ)
Economics, business administration and accounting (EBA)
Education (EDU)
English (ENG)
Family and consumer sciences (FCS)
Geography (GEO)
German (GER)
Greek (GRK)
Health, physical education and recreation (HPR)
Hebrew (HEB)
History (HIS)
Honors (HON)
Humanities (HUM)
Liberal arts and sciences (LAS)
Linguistics (LIN)
Management (MGT)
Mathematics (MAT)
Music (MUS)
Natural science (NSC)
Organizational management (OMP)
Peace and conflict studies (PCS)
Philosophy (PHI)
Physics (PHY)
Political science (PLS)
Psychology (PSY)
Recreation management (REC)
Religion (REL)
Spanish (SPA)
Special education (SED)
Social sciences (SSC)
Social work (SWK)
Sociology (SOC)
Technology (TEC)
Theatre (THE)
Course numbers
Courses are numbered to correspond with the recommended sequence in which they should be taken. Normally numbers also correspond with the college level at which they are taken. Courses numbered 300 or higher are upper-level courses primarily for juniors and seniors, though open to other qualified students; courses numbered lower than 300 are primarily for first-year students and sophomores. Courses numbered above 500 are graduate level courses. Students are advised to note prerequisites listed in course descriptions and to confer with their academic advisers or the registrar concerning sequence and level of specific courses.
Course Credit
Bluffton University operates on a semester calendar. All course credit is given in semester hours. The number of semester hours for each course is indicated in parentheses.
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