Adult Degree Program Overview
Southern's Adult Degree Completion program provides you with practical knowledge and experience that will transfer directly into your career. Here's a sample of the courses offered based on your area of interest.
BUFN 201
Orientation to Business
Your orientation to the School of Business, business concepts and terminology, and business and learning technology.
BUFN 351
Accounting Fundamentals
Learn about the fundamentals of financial accounting with an emphasis on uses of information contained in financial statements.
BUFN 352
Business Analytics Fundamentals
Explore and model large amounts of data to uncover previously unknown patterns for problem-solving and decision-making in areas such as finance, operations, marketing, retail, health care, and more.
BUFN 353
Business Ethics and Law
A study of how business should operate within the ethical, social, legal, and political environment, and how individuals in leadership should relate to various social and ethical problems.
BUFN 356
Management Fundamentals
Learn basic business management through an analysis of business policies viewed from the standpoint of the functional characteristics of the management process and current ethics.
BUFN 490
Missional Business
Explore the biblical foundations of calling and vocation in business professions across economic, environmental, social, and spiritual dimensions.
COMM 103
Introduction to Mass Communication
Overview of the development and characteristics of mass media, with emphasis on media in the United States including newspapers, radio, television, photography, film, sound recording, books, magazines, advertising, public relations, and social media.
COMM 240
Communication Theory
This course offers the conceptual foundation for studying human communication. It offers a survey of the major theories of communication and rhetoric.
COMM 312
Professional Communication and Leadership
This course develops proficiency in written and oral communication that creates clear understanding in professional contexts with attention to developing and delivering strong presentations; the theory and practice of group dynamics and processes and effective leadership skills.
COMM 330
Intercultural Communication
This course deals with communication and culture as they relate to perception and values, language, nonverbal communication, ethics, intercultural relationships, as well as sociocultural, psychocultural, and environmental influences on the processes of communication.
COMM 397
Communication Research
Introduces students to scientific inquiry and the basic research techniques of advertising, communication, journalism, and public relations. Uses interdisciplinary approach to explain quantitative and qualitative research methodology and to evaluate different research designs.
COMM 427
Mass Media Law and Ethics
This course provides an overview of the U.S. legal system, the press as The Fourth Estate, and The First Amendment’s role in American law. The class focuses on issues, both legal and ethical, currently faced by communication professionals.
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NURS 315
Health Assessment
A course that builds on basic nursing assessment and further develops assessment skills and critical thinking. Emphasis is on recognizing normal findings as well as commonly encountered variations across the lifespan within a whole-person framework.
NURS 335
Professional Development in Nursing
This course emphasizes nursing philosophies, theories, current concepts and issues relevant to professional development in nursing. Nursing career options and the importance of career planning are explored.
NURS 345
Nursing Pharmacology
This course focuses on concepts of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, adverse response, and major classifications for pharmacologic agents and their prototypes, and the use of the nursing process in pharmacologic therapy across the lifespan. Major classifications of drugs are discussed using a prototype approach.
NURS 355
Pathophysiology
This course examines major disease processes and alternations in homeostasis. Selected diseases are presented as exemplars of each concept. The student will be equipped to apply the understanding of basic pathophysiologic processes to a broader range of diseases encountered in practice.
NURS 365
Topics in Nursing
Selected topics designed to meet the needs or interests of students in specialty areas of Nursing not covered in regular courses.
NURS 446
Population and Community Health Nursing
This course examines health issues from community, cultural, and environmental perspectives based on a Biblical foundation. It synthesizes nursing theory and public health science, emphasizing social determinants, epidemiological concepts, health promotion, health maintenance, and disease prevention among populations.
PSYA 121
Introduction to Psychology
An introductory course to the study of psychology as a science and a profession. This course provides basic instruction on how the scientific method is employed in the study of behavior and mental processes and how psychologists utilize this science in service to others.
PSY 122
General Psychology
A beginning course in the basic principles and concepts of psychology. This course provides an exposure to a wide variety of human behaviors, which may include but are not limited to: sensation, perception, learning, memory, thinking, development motivation and personality. Hours of active learning are included in this course.
PSYA 122
Developmental Psychology
This general education course is a study of human development from a lifespan perspective. Emphasis is placed on the scientific study of growth and change in the areas of physical, cognitive, socioemotional, and spiritual development of the individual.
PSYA 227
Cognitive Psychology
This course is an introduction to the area of psychology which deals with how human beings process information about the world. The course focuses on how individuals attend to and obtain information about the world, how the brain stores and processes that information, and how individuals think, solve problems and use language.
PSYA 315
Abnormal Psychology
A study of the etiology of pathological behavior and the factors relating to good adjustment and mental health. Attention is paid to several continuing or recent controversial issues in the field of psychopathology.
PSYA 346
Introduction to Personality Theories
This course is an exploration of the major paradigms of personality theory from a Christian perspective. Psychoanalysis, behaviorism, humanism, existentialism, and others will be covered. It will focus on the modern theorists, including White, Rogers, Skinner, May, Bandura, Mischel, Wilson, and Barash. A study of human motivation and an exploration of individual personality perspective will provide useful personal information.
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Ultimate convenience with
option to learn online
In order to best support you in finishing college, our adult degree completion program offers online learning. In some courses, if local, you can attend weekly one-hour sessions in person, participate live online, or engage in learning through a recorded session when your schedule allows. We understand that your life and schedule can change, so you get to pick the option that works best for you each week. Customize your degree completion experience with the balance and flexibility that fits your busy life.
Faculty Support
Going back to school can be a scary experience, but Southern’s faculty are your biggest cheerleaders! We believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to finish what they started, and our faculty are here to guide and support you as you finish your degree.
Southern faculty really embrace the class and want you to be better in your profession. They are led by the spirit and have a true gift of encouraging others to seek more of themselves.