Eastern Mennonite University

Accounting

The major in accounting prepares students for a career in public, private, or non-profit accounting, or for graduate school. Accounting majors earn 22 semester hours in accounting credits above the introductory level and can earn 2-3 additional semester hours through an accounting internship or a seminar in accounting course.

Applied Mathematics

Applied Mathematics is a bachelor's degree program offered at Eastern Mennonite University.

Art

Seniors in this major complete a significant production or exhibit representing a culminating event and a chance to synthesize their learning experience in an outstanding body of work. Sophomore portfolio reviews are required for all Visual and Communication Arts majors.

Bible

Bible, Religion, and Theology

This program allows the student to combine requirements from the EMU Core with a 30 SH concentration in biblical and church studies. Students complete elective credits as needed to reach the total of 60 SH required for the AA degree.

Biblical Studies

Biochemistry

The major in biochemistry prepares students for graduate work in biochemistry or positions in the biotechnology industry.

Biology

The EMU biology program is dedicated to the investigation of life with our students, from molecules to ecosystems, and emphasizes the skills and content knowledge required for careers in health care and biological professions. The major includes a set of biology core courses that teach the breadth of biological science and an apprenticeship experience that allows for professional development.

Biomedicine

A one-year program for students who want to become more competitive applicants for professional health school. The certificate allows students to select graduate-level natural science courses suited to their academic goals, with a built-in cross-cultural experience, practicum shadowing, and interdisciplinary course offerings.

Biomedicine

EMU's Biomedicine Graduate Program uniquely challenges students to take courses broadly from several disciplines, including a required cross-cultural component, diverse seminars, social science and bioethics courses, and a thesis project. The curriculum includes a built-in cross-cultural experience, practicum shadowing, thesis research, ethics and leadership training, and interdisciplinary course offerings.

Business Administration

The major in business administration provides a broad background for people entering a career in business or leadership in private, public, or nonprofit organizations. Job opportunities include management, marketing, banking and finance, production supervision, and program management. Students are encouraged to develop an area of specialization by adding one or more minors.

Business Administration

A graduate certificate providing professionals outside the business field foundational skills and tools necessary to lead effectively, and an intermediate step between a bachelor's and a master's degree for those already in business or leadership roles. The 15-hour certificate is a subset of EMU's MBA program, may be completed in as little as one year, and all credits earned may be applied toward the EMU MBA.

Business Administration

The MBA is 36 semester hours which includes North American and international residencies, and may be completed fully online. The program is oriented toward leadership for the common good, global sustainability, and viewing organizational leaders as vital agents in the turn toward a more sustainable future.

Business Administration

An associate's degree is typically earned with credits completed in two academic years. The program combines EMU Core requirements with 25 SH of business program courses and 5 SH of electives.

Business Analytics

Business analytics uses tools and techniques to turn data into meaningful business insights, and it is becoming critical for organizational decision making. The major prepares students to work across disciplines, often in communications roles between technicians and executives or clients. Career opportunities include jobs in business analytics, data analytics, and team, program, project, and general management.

Chemistry

Christian Leadership

Christian Studies

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

A 60 semester hour, CACREP-accredited master's degree that prepares students for clinical practice and meets educational requirements for Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Virginia. The in-person, cohort-based program includes practicum and internship experiences in campus and community settings.

Communication

Computer Science

Recognizing the wide range of topics covered by computing, EMU offers a program that allows students, together with the faculty advisor, to create a custom plan of study. The major consists of 12 SH of foundational computer science courses covering programming, networking, computer architecture and system software, and database technologies.

Conflict Transformation

This graduate certificate is designed for professionals who wish to develop secondary skills to further their work and organizational mission. It can be completed through the fall and spring semesters, or through a combination of summer and fall courses, and is available entirely online.

Conflict Transformation

The Master of Arts in Conflict Transformation (MACT) is awarded upon successful completion of 39 semester hours, including a 12 credit required core, a high level conflict transformation course, a fall or spring skills assessment course, elective credits, and the practicum. When pursued full-time the program can be completed in two academic years; limited-residency students normally finish in three to five years.

Criminology

The criminology major is designed as a 32 semester hour major in order to accommodate additional minors and majors that will strengthen the preparation of students for work in social and behavioral services, legal occupations, protective services, and policy work. The interdisciplinary curriculum integrates coursework from psychology, political science, and related fields.

Digital Media, Photography and Design

Seniors in this major complete a significant production or exhibit that serves as a culminating event synthesizing their learning experience. Coursework spans drawing, design foundations, graphic design, photography, digital media production, and web and social media design.

Divinity and Clinical Mental Health Counseling

This dual degree combines the theological, biblical, and pastoral training of the Master of Divinity with the professional counseling training of the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. It requires 60 credit hours toward the MDiv and 60 credit hours toward the MA, allowing students to graduate with two master's degrees in less time than completing them individually.

Divinity and Conflict Transformation or Restorative Justice

This dual degree combines study in EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding with theological and practical preparation for ministry. It requires 69 credit hours of coursework for the Master of Divinity plus 30 credit hours for either the Master of Arts in Conflict Transformation or the Master of Arts in Restorative Justice.

Divinity and Organizational Leadership

For the dual degree MDiv/MAOL, a total of 83 SH is required: 54 SH for the Master of Divinity and 35 SH for the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership, with 12 SH of dual electives applying toward each program's degree requirements. Mentorship and capstone requirements for the MAOL are satisfied by seminary formation courses.

Economics

Education

EMU's graduate teacher education program provides quality professional opportunities to help practitioners influence decision making and handle a wide range of instructional and non-instructional tasks. The Master of Arts in Education is offered with concentrations in Curriculum & Instruction (36 SH), Diverse Needs (36-39 SH), and Restorative Justice in Education (36 SH).

Engineering

EMU offers an engineering major with a minimum of 77 SH in mathematics, computer science, chemistry, physics, and engineering. Students choose an emphasis in either mechanical or computer engineering by selecting specific upper-level courses. The program prepares students to use their technical expertise, working together, to serve society.

English

The English major centers on literary studies but provides the opportunity for relevant coursework in creative writing, Spanish, theater, and other fields. The 300-level Global Literature courses situate the history of British and American literature within the histories of literature from around the world.

Environmental Science

The environmental sciences at EMU is composed of the environmental science major and minors in environmental science, environmental studies and environmental justice. Its goal is to provide an interdisciplinary approach to sustaining the quality of our natural world with an emphasis on the interrelationships between the natural world and the social world.

Environmental Sustainability

Faith-Based Peacebuilding

Gap Year

Gap Year Certificate students take courses at EMU's Harrisonburg campus in the fall and EMU's Washington Community Scholars Center in Washington D.C. in the spring, and complete cross-cultural travel in the summer.

General Studies

Students pursuing the associate of arts degree may opt for the general studies major. Of the 60 SH required, approximately 27 SH are EMU Core requirements, and the remaining credits are chosen from a variety of areas.

Global Development

Global development studies explores long-term efforts aimed at bringing improvements in the economic, political, and social well-being, environmental stability, and quality of life of all segments of a population, from local to state to international. Courses approach development in its broadest sense as the study of change, with attention to global perspectives and responses to international trade and global inequality.

Global Studies

Global studies equips students to think critically, clearly, and creatively about the most pressing global challenges. The program provides opportunities for students to explore their passions, discover their vocation, and serve effectively in roles that bridge communication and understanding across countries, cultures, and languages.

Health and Physical Education

Healthcare Management

Health Care Management

Health Science

This program allows the student to combine the requirements from the EMU Core with a concentration in health sciences, which includes courses from the biology and chemistry programs. An associate's degree in the health sciences could prepare students to enter a radiology program or pursue other health science degrees, such as physical therapy assistant.

History

History and Social Science

The history and social science major provides a broad understanding of the world today and skills in research, writing, and analysis. This multidisciplinary major introduces students to economics, sociology, geography, and psychology, with more concentrated content in history and political science. It can be combined with a teaching endorsement (grades 6-12).

Human Resources

Interdisciplinary Studies

Established on the principle that solving problems and producing knowledge in the 21st century often requires crossing disciplinary boundaries, the MAIS student actively proposes a curriculum that supports an individualized and scholastically rigorous academic goal while customizing coursework to specific areas of interest. The 36-hour individualized curriculum is overseen by a faculty advisor and may be finished in as little as 24 months attending part time.

International Business

The major in international business is designed to prepare students for a management career in the international environment. It is grounded in an interdisciplinary approach in which the understanding of social structure, language, religion, and culture, in addition to a wide range of business skills, are seen as essential to success in international business.

Leadership and Organizational Management

Based in Lancaster, PA, this online interdisciplinary degree-completion program provides expertise in leadership, human dynamics, and organizational management for business and public administration. The program takes a systems approach to the problems, principles, and practices of organizational leadership.

Liberal Arts

The liberal arts major consists of course requirements that provide breadth while at the same time allowing for concentrated study in a discipline of choice. Students complete a concentration of at least 30 SH with no more than 18 SH from a single discipline, plus an integration project in a 300- or 400-level capstone course.

Marketing

This major prepares graduates for marketing jobs and careers in businesses, nonprofits, NGOs, and higher education. Students learn the impact marketing has on larger cultural forces and as a significant dimension of social change and advocacy. The major consists of a common core and one of two tracks: media and design or management.

Medical Laboratory Science

A major in medical laboratory science consists of 34 SH followed by completion of a medical lab training program (usually one year) in an approved school of laboratory science or medical technology. Students complete three years of study (a minimum of 91 SH) at EMU and a fourth year at the school of medical laboratory science.

Music

Students must audition for the department in order to be formally admitted as a music major, except for the Interdisciplinary Studies track, where no audition is required. Required coursework includes music fundamentals, aural skills, theory, music history, conducting, private lessons, and ensembles.

Nonprofit Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship

Nursing

EMU's Master of Science in Nursing is completed fully online and develops leadership skills grounded in a sacred covenant framework of nursing, with course assignments structured for direct application in the student's professional work setting. Concentrations are offered in Leadership and Management, Leadership in Trauma Awareness and Resilience, and Leadership and School Nursing.

Nursing

The pre-licensure BSN program requires a strong background in the natural sciences, mathematics, and the social sciences, as nurses work with complex concepts and ever-changing technologies. Any student admitted to the university may declare a nursing major; admission to the clinical sequence is competitive and requires completion of prerequisite coursework and the Kaplan nursing entrance exam.

Nursing and Business Administration

This dual degree combines 32 SH of MSN requirements with 24 SH of MBA requirements for a total of 56 SH, a reduction of 17 SH compared with pursuing the degrees separately. Both the MSN and MBA courses are delivered online, with two virtual residency requirements for the MSN.

Nursing Practice

The Doctor of Nursing Practice, offered by Goshen College and Eastern Mennonite University, is a post-MSN two-year program of 33 credit hours and 10 courses. It is a practice doctorate in which the graduate completes an evidence-based practice project rather than a research dissertation, and it may be completed fully online.

Organizational Leadership

Organizational Leadership

The organizational leadership major prepares students for management of human capital and organizational systems. The major emphasizes the development of leadership and interpersonal skills in the context of leading organizations in dynamic conditions. Career opportunities include entry-level leadership roles in team, program, and project management or in human resource departments.

Organizational Leadership

This two-year, 35-semester hour, cohort-based MAOL program is designed for adults who have already been working in mid-level management or higher for at least two years. Classes are held one evening per week in an online format, and a one-on-one mentoring relationship with an established business leader is integral to the second year's study.

Pastoral Ministry

Peacebuilding

Peacebuilding explores efforts designed to consolidate peaceful relations and strengthen viable political, socio-economic and cultural institutions capable of mediating conflict. The major addresses structural issues and long-term relationships between conflicting parties and the mechanisms that create or support conditions for sustained peace.

Peacebuilding and Development

The peacebuilding and development major prepares students for professional practice in the fields of peacebuilding and international and community development. It focuses on understanding and responding to conflict and to the structural conditions that shape human well-being.

Photography

Political Science

This major requires 47 SH including an EMU Washington Semester, which also fulfills the EMU Core requirement for intercultural learning. Political science majors must complete a semester (15 SH) or summer (10 SH) in the EMU Washington program.

Pre-Medicine

A Master of Science track combining graduate pre-medicine core courses, graduate biomedical science courses, and recommended undergraduate science coursework. Coursework includes a biomedicine practicum, interdisciplinary seminars, and cross-cultural health care.

Psychology

A bachelor's degree in psychology prepares the student for employment in a wide variety of fields in addition to careers in the helping professions. The psychology curriculum also provides solid preparation for graduate work in counseling, clinical psychology, experimental psychology, and occupational therapy.

Public Health

The public health major combines foundational public health and science courses with statistics and research design coursework. Required study includes nutrition, microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, community health, social policy analysis, and research methods.

Reading Specialist

Recreation and Sport Management

This program prepares students for entry-level positions in a variety of fitness related careers, including commercial, municipal, corporate, or campus recreation, strength and conditioning coaching, sports club management, athletic administration, sports promotion and marketing, and arena/stadium management.

Religion

Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice practitioners work with those affected by crime, violence and abuse to identify or create outcomes that heal relationships while holding those responsible accountable for harms done. The 18 SH certificate consists of 6 SH in conflict analysis and formation for peacebuilding practice, 6 SH of restorative justice studies, and 6 SH of electives.

Restorative Justice

The Master of Arts in Restorative Justice (MARJ) is awarded upon successful completion of 39 SH, including a 12 credit required core, 9 credits of required restorative justice courses, elective courses, and the practicum. Students work with an academic advisor to establish a course of study that meets their vocational goals.

Restorative Justice in Education

This graduate certificate is awarded through the graduate teacher education program as recognition for having obtained a focused area of coursework in restorative justice in education. Practitioners may complete the 15 semester hours for the certificate only or as part of their master's in education degree, and the program may be completed fully online.

School Nursing

The purpose of the Graduate Certificate in School Nursing is to prepare registered nurses to meet the health needs of children of all ages in diverse school settings. This postbaccalaureate program consists of 12 credits of coursework, including a practicum, and can be taken as part of the MSN with the leadership and school nurse concentration or independent of the MSN.

Seminary

Social Work

The Social Work program prepares diverse students to serve and lead as generalist social work practitioners, seeking justice and addressing complex challenges locally and globally. Students engage in a rigorous academic curriculum and cognitive and affective processes that build professional practice competence.

Sociology

The field of sociology provides a well-established platform for the study of how social relations, institutions, and communities shape us and how we, in turn, shape them. The major invites students to actively engage with a vision for just communities, offering opportunities to generate scholarship and activism addressing complex social problems.

Spanish Language and Hispanic Studies

A student majoring in Spanish language and Hispanic studies completes 33 SH of coursework at the 300- and 400-levels, including at minimum one conversation course or an intercultural experience. The major focuses on language proficiency together with the study of Hispanic cultures.

Teacher Education: Para-Professional

Designed for students who enjoy working with children but plan for only two years of college, this program provides preparation for positions in day care centers and as assistants in early childhood and elementary classrooms. Courses taken in this sequence may be applied to the four-year education program by recommendation of the instructors.

Teaching and Learning

This graduate certificate consists of foundational curriculum and instruction courses, providing educators with important knowledge and skills to meet the needs of their own students.

Teaching English as a Second Language

TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)

This graduate certificate is awarded through the graduate teacher education program as recognition for having obtained a focused area of coursework in teaching English as a second language. Practitioners may complete the 15 semester hours for the certificate only, or as part of their master's in education degree.

Theological Studies

Theological Studies

Theology and Religion

The major consists of 33 SH of theology and religion courses including core classes (15 SH), 12 SH from one of two tracks (theology or religion), plus 6 SH of elective courses. Additional classes may be chosen to reinforce the concentration or to introduce the student to areas outside it.

Transformational Leadership

Offered through the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, this 36 semester hour degree combines a 21 SH core available in online or hybrid format with skills electives and focus-area electives. Core study includes conflict analysis, formation for peacebuilding practice, research methods for social change, organizational behavior, and transformational leadership for creating change.

Trauma and Resilience in Educational Environments

This graduate certificate is awarded through the graduate teacher education program as recognition for having obtained a focused area of coursework in trauma and resilience in educational environments. Practitioners may complete the 15 semester hours for the certificate only, or as part of their master's in education degree.

Trauma and Resilience in Healthcare Setting

This graduate certificate is designed to educate and support bedside nurses and other healthcare professionals who are increasingly confronted by the impact of trauma in the course of routine patient or client care. The program may be completed fully online.

Writing Studies