Component Information
After you are admitted to MU as a degree-seeking student, you will meet with the MU In The Evening adviser to discuss your educational goals and objectives. Together, you will select the most appropriate courses for you to take. To complete the program, you will need to select at least one component from the list below.* Some students have to take courses from up to three components depending on how much credit is transferred in from another school. We make every effort to offer at least one course from each component every year.
Component Areas:
Business
(Management and Organizational Studies)
This component provides a broad range of courses designed to help you understand the world of business and prepare you to succeed in a professional environment. You’ll study the culture of business today and the many economic issues facing small and large businesses.
Courses:
- Survey of Business Finance
- Fundamentals of Management
- Human Resources Management
- Introduction to Business Law
- Principles of Marketing
- Organizational Behavior
- Topics in Management: Business Strategy
- and more
Communication
(Corporate and Cultural Communication)
This area focuses on the communication process and how it can influence others’ behavior, attitudes, values and beliefs. Communication is central to all human behavior, and a clear understanding of how we communicate is vital to any career.
Courses:- Introduction to Speech Communication
- Nonverbal Communication
- Business and Professional Communication
- Organizational Communication
- Group Decision Making Process
- New Technologies and Communication
- Controversies in Communication
- and more
Health
(Current Issues in Health Studies)
This component covers a broad range of issues important in the health care industry and is responsive to the topics that are timely in this ever-changing field. Knowledge in the health sciences expands quickly and employees in all facets of health care will find these courses interesting.
Courses:
- Medical Terminology
- Medical Ethics
- Sociology of Health
- Human Learning
- Drugs and Behavior
- Current Issues in Sleep Disorders
- Health Psychology
- Sociology of Health
- Death and Dying
- and more
Human Resources
(Interaction in Organizations)
This component combines course work from several disciplines to provide you with a well-rounded view of managing human capital, employee communication and organizational relations. You will take courses in management, psychology, business education, sociology and communication.
Courses:
- Human Resource Management
- Human Relations in Organizations
- Fundamentals of Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Organizational Communication
- Nonverbal Communication
- Social Psychology
- Sociology of Work
- Psychology of Personality
- Death and Dying
- and more
Information Technology and Design
(Web Technologies and Business Software)
Understanding the intricacies of computing and information technology is one of the most sought-after areas of expertise in all professions. This component will help you improve your proficiency in this area. Courses focus on multimedia design and business technologies. For more information about MU's multimedia design courses, follow this link to the School of Information Science and Learning Technology's ZONE site.
Courses in web technologies:
- Introduction to Web Development
- Macromedia Flash Authoring Systems
- and more
Courses in business software:
- The Virtual Workplace
- Document Planning and Design
- Business Software Applications
- Topics in Vocational Technology
Sociology
(Society and Social Behaviors)
Sociology in its simplest form is the study of society and social behavior. Study of the subject provides a systematic understanding of societies, the organization of social life and the ongoing processes in which social structures restrict social action yet are constantly being recreated and reaffirmed through people’s actions.
Courses:- Social Deviance
- Culture and Mass Media
- Social Inequalities
- Criminology
- Youth in Today's World
- Sociology of Aging
- Public Opinion and Communication
- Social Inequalities
- and more
Social Sciences
(World and Political Studies)
The social sciences covers a broad area of study looking at how the world is organized. Courses in this component come from the history, political science, geography and economics departments.
Courses:
- Mapping the Environment
- Geography of the Humanized Earth
- Environmental Geography
- Survey of American History
- Twentieth Century America
- Conspiracy Theories
- American Government
- The American Presidency
- The American Constitution
- Constitution and Civil Liberties
- and more
Humanities
(Classical Studies and Philosophical Issues)
Completing the Humanities component will expand your perspective of the world and will offer you a broad base of general knowledge that will complement any career choice. A selection of any five courses in the Humanities series will serve to complete this component.
Courses:- Religion and Film
- Major World Religions
- Religion and Contemporary Social Issues
- Intro to Literature
- Greek and Roman Epic
- Classical Mythology
- Popular Literature
- American Folklore
- Latin American Civilization
- and more
*Not all the courses in a component are offered every semester. The evening program course offerings are selected to try to offer at least one course from each of the various components every year.