Marian University (WI)

Accounting

The Accounting program educates students to become successful accountants. Firmly grounded in the liberal arts tradition, accounting majors possess the analytical, communication, and managerial skills necessary for leadership, not only within the business community, but also in the economic and social environment in which all business must function.

At Risk and Alternative Education

The At-Risk and Alternative Education (ARAE) master's program prepares concerned educators, youth workers, counselors, juvenile services, and detention center personnel to be more effective in their career fields, especially those working with students at-risk of not being successful in the classroom or achieving personal success in their lives.

At-Risk and Alternative Education

Marian University's graduate Education Department awards a certificate in Alternative Education to students completing the At-Risk and Alternative Education graduate curriculum, which prepares educators, youth workers, counselors, juvenile services, and detention center personnel to work effectively with students at risk of not succeeding in the classroom. All graduates, including those with transferred credits, receive a certificate in Alternative Education as well as a diploma.

Biology

The Biology major provides an overview of life sciences, surveying molecular biology, cellular biology, genetics, species diversity, human anatomy and physiology, microbiology, ecology, and evolution. Students then choose specialties in biology in preparation for a capstone experience of an original research project or more advanced anatomical study. Training in Biology emphasizes objective analysis, critical thinking, creativity, and team work.

Broad Field Social Studies

The broad field social studies program is offered through the Humanities Department and combines coursework in history with a selection of courses in related social sciences. The middle-secondary education major is required for teaching certification, and ECO 201 and BIO 104 meet legislative requirements in environmental science and consumer cooperatives.

Business Administration

For students seeking careers with business organizations the business administration program offers a flexible broad based education. The business administration major requirements are in addition to the General Education program and the Business Programs Core.

Business Analytics

For students seeking careers with business organizations the business analytics program offers a range of real-world business problems using advanced database and dashboarding tools to create living analyses. The business analytics major requirements are in addition to the General Education program and the Business Programs Core.

Business Management

The Business Management major examines differing approaches to management and explains skills and activities utilized by managers in fulfilling their functions. Topics include leadership, employee and labor relations, compensation and benefits, power, decision-making, recruiting, hiring, industrial safety, policy formation, training and development, and organizational structure and change. Emphasis is on the management function in an organizational context.

Chemistry

The Chemistry and Physics Department provides students with courses and experiences in a wide variety of areas in the disciplines of chemistry and physics. It prepares students for entrance into the chemical industry, graduate school, health profession schools, and teaching science. Chemistry majors must achieve an average GPA of 2.50 in their chemistry courses before graduation.

Compensation Analyst

The Compensation Analyst Certificate Program provides in-depth training in compensation analysis for the public and private sectors, covering key areas such as strategic system design, job classification, and policy development. Through courses in research methods, job analysis, performance evaluation, and data visualization, participants will gain skills in analyzing compensation data and developing compensation systems.

Construction Estimating

The Construction Estimating certificate covers the fundamentals of construction estimating, including square foot estimates, unit price cost estimates, and labor, material, and equipment costs, together with the importance of controlling costs and monitoring project cash flow. Continued study emphasizes estimating procedures, development of direct and indirect unit costs, evaluation of subcontractor bids, bidding strategy, and bid opening.

Construction Management

The Construction Management program introduces students to the construction process, including an overview of the construction industry and the management functions, key concepts, terms, processes and practices associated with modern construction management. Coursework spans construction graphics, methods and materials, surveying, building codes and OSHA safety, estimating, structural design, planning and scheduling, and project management, and concludes with a senior project and internship.

Criminal Justice

The Criminal Justice Program focuses on academics that stress five core areas in the U.S. criminal justice system: law enforcement; correctional institutions; probation and parole; juvenile justice; and general criminal justice study. The program provides an excellent base of learning and practical preparation for positions in law enforcement, probation and parole, corrections, pre-law, and human services in both the public and private sector.

Cybersecurity

Provides a foundational understanding of cybersecurity principles, threats, and defensive techniques, equipping students with the knowledge and skills to protect digital assets and secure online privacy. The Cybersecurity major requirements are in addition to the General Education program and the Business Programs Core.

Data Analytics

The data analytics program focuses on the implementation, analysis, and interpretation of insights from data of various sources, and includes coursework in programming, database management, and mathematics. These components are based on industry identified competencies recommended in the field by employers who hire data analysts. Certificate Programs do not qualify for Federal Financial Aid.

Data Science

The Data Science program takes an interdisciplinary approach to the planning, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and communication of insights from data of various sources. The program includes coursework in scientific methods and ethics, programming and database management, and mathematics. Practitioners in this field require highly developed critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills with a firm foundation in the liberal arts.

Dental Hygiene

This program provides associate degree dental hygienists from accredited institutions an opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Science in dental Hygiene degree. This bachelor's degree provides oral healthcare professionals with relevant and current dental hygiene concepts and practices. This program will engage students in collaborative partnerships and professional activities to advance the profession of dental hygiene, and broaden their employment prospects in oral healthcare settings.

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program includes 2-3 years of academic study followed by two years of professional study. Upon completion of the required Marian University courses, students complete their degree in an independent accredited clinical program. An accelerated online completion program is also available for students who have completed a two-year program in an accredited school of diagnostic medical sonography and wish to achieve a baccalaureate degree.

Digital Marketing & Communications

The Digital Marketing & Communications program combines coursework in marketing, communication, digital design, and data science. Students study digital design essentials, web design, writing for media, mass and digital communication, digital storytelling, consumer behavior, marketing research, digital marketing tactics and trends, and social and digital media strategies, and complete an internship.

Early Childhood-Elementary Education

The major in early childhood-elementary education prepares students to teach children from birth through Grade 3. Students in the early childhood through middle childhood licensure program develop an awareness of the unique developmental characteristics of the young child and the ability to guide learning through developmentally appropriate curriculum and teaching methodology. An academic minor is not required.

Educational Studies

The emphasis of this major is to provide students with professional coursework needed to pursue a career in education-related roles. This major does not lead to teacher licensure. The one track offered is Paraprofessional.

Elementary-Middle Education

The major in elementary-middle education prepares students to teach children from grades K-9 and leads to a Bachelor of Science degree. The licensure program is designed to prepare students to view children and youth in a holistic manner, to understand the developing human person, to assess learning, and to teach through the application of appropriate curriculum and methodology. Study of an academic minor leading to Wisconsin Licensure is required.

English Education

Students majoring in English Education will also take classes from the School of Education to complete all DPI National Council of Teachers of English licensing requirements. The English Department requires that all students must have a C or better in all classes required for the major and minor programs.

Exercise and Sport Science

The Exercise and Sport Science program (ESS) is designed to prepare students for careers in fields focused on promoting healthy lifestyles and enhancing performance in exercise, sport and physical activity settings. Knowledge and skills related to biomechanics, anatomy and physiology, social sciences, physical fitness and conditioning, administration, and other associated areas are obtained through completion of prescribed course work and field experience opportunities.

Family Nurse Practitioner

The Post-Graduate Family Nurse Certificate (PGFNP) is available to registered nurses holding a master's degree in nursing or a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree who desire to continue their education and develop their competencies as a Family Nurse Practitioner; entry therefore requires a completed master's or doctoral degree, not a bachelor's. The certificate is a variable credit-hour program, ranging from 15 to 30 credits, depending on prior education, advanced practice registered nurse.

Finance

The Finance program provides business students with a solid analytical grounding and quantitative skills to clearly frame the complex financial and economic factors at work in the increasingly global business environment. The curriculum covers domestic and international finance, investments, risk management, real estate, valuation, forecasting, and the application of the tools of financial analysis in decision making to bridge theory and practice.

Forensic Science

The Forensic Science Program combines knowledge of criminal justice and natural sciences in their broadest sense with thorough training in the approaches, knowledge, and analytical techniques of the laboratory scientist. Through lecture, laboratory, field work, and practical experience, students are prepared for careers in crime scene investigation, death investigation, and criminalistics. The forensic science major requires completion of a concurrent minor in chemistry.

General Management

The General Management major examines differing approaches to management and explains skills and activities utilized by managers in fulfilling their functions. Topics include leadership, power, decision-making, policy formation, and organizational structure and change. Emphasis is on the management function in an organizational context.

Health Care Administration

The Master of Health Care Administration emphasizes the conceptual, analytical and application skills required to manage contemporary healthcare organizations. Marian University provides a comprehensive view of today's healthcare institutions, including models of operation from multiple perspectives, through an interactive and personal online experience. In the final two courses, students engage in a project or initiative in which they demonstrate skilled health care administration performance.

Health Care Administration (BBA)

The Health Care Administration (HCA) program provides preparation for the entry-level professional in an expanding and increasingly complex health care system. The HCA program provides students with the skills and knowledge to understand and operate within the business area of health care, including medical staff relations, patient care services, finance, human resources, information technology, and planning and development.

Health Care Administration (BS)

The Health Care Administration (HCA) program major will provide the graduate with the skill to understand the business side of health care including medical staff relations, patient care services, finance, and planning and development. The HCA program will now have the option to either graduate with BBA or BS. It provides preparation for the entry-level professional in the administration of expanding and increasingly complex health care systems.

History

The Broad Field Studies and History Program of the Humanities Department offers a major and minor in history, with coursework spanning world history, the history of the United States, the history of Wisconsin, and European and American history at the upper level.

Industrial Organizational Psychology

The industrial organizational psychology master's program gives both a broad and focused approach to the field, offering a basic understanding of the overall field and a mastery of knowledge and practice in each of the specified components in the field. These components are based on industry-identified competencies recommended by employers who hire I/O psychology professionals.

Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies' diverse curriculum enables students to develop and hone qualities that employers seek - effective communication, innovative problem solving and critical thinking. Interdisciplinary Studies students have the opportunity to root their major studies in the humanities or social sciences and expand their education not only to meet the demands of an ever changing job market but also to develop themselves as lifelong learners who approach issues from multiple perspectives.

Management

The Master of Science in Management program is a ten course, 30 credit hour program. The degree is highly innovative in that it focuses on leading and managing based on a highly successful model of managing under circumstances of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA). In the final two courses, students engage in a project or initiative in which they demonstrate skilled management performance.

Marketing

Marketing is a creative, dynamic, and exciting segment of business administration. Marketing deals with the selection of markets, analysis of customer wants and buyer behavior, market research, market forecasting, packaging, merchandising, personal selling, advertising, physical distribution, and pricing. The Marketing program offers the student a broad business education with emphasis on professional training for the development of marketing strategies and managing marketing operations.

Mathematics

The Mathematics Department presents students with an aesthetic view of mathematics as well as the role of mathematics in science, technology, business, and other fields. The variety of courses in introductory mathematics, calculus, geometry, algebra, and probability statistics offers students a wide range of choices to meet their interests.

Middle-Secondary Education

The middle-secondary education program is designed for students interested in teaching youth ages (grades 4-12). The program is designed to prepare the students to view children and youth in a holistic manner, to understand the developing human person, to assess learning, and to teach through the application of appropriate curriculum and methodology.

Nursing

The Nursing Department offers a Master of Science in Nursing degree (MSN) for registered nurses who have previously earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree (post-BSN to MSN). Two tracks are offered in the MSN program, the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Nursing Administration. The master's degree program in Nursing at Marian University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

Nursing

The pre-licensure undergraduate program prepares beginning students for professional nursing while completing coursework in liberal arts, biopsychosocial sciences and nursing. This program is designed so that a student may complete the curriculum in eight semesters (four years), and graduates are eligible to write the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).

Nursing Education

A post-graduate certificate in nursing education provides the nurse who has already attained a graduate degree in nursing the knowledge and experience necessary for providing educational experiences in academic or non-academic settings. Entry requires a completed master's (graduate) degree in nursing rather than a bachelor's degree. Coursework includes nurse educator theory and a nurse educator practicum with role development.

Nursing (RN to MSN)

The RN to MSN program is available to registered nurses holding an associate degree in nursing who desire to continue their education and earn a graduate degree. Students progress through a streamlined curriculum completing required general education course work and developing the necessary foundational knowledge and skills before advancing to graduate level classwork in either the family nurse practitioner (FNP) or Nursing Administration (NA) track.

Nutrition

The curriculum is built upon a foundation of core nutrition courses and natural science requirements, supplemented with research methods and a select number of electives. This design not only provides a comprehensive understanding of nutrition, food, and health but also equips students with the knowledge and skills necessary for a variety of professional pursuits. The Nutrition major requirements are in addition to the General Education program.

Organizational Data Analytics

The Certificate in Organizational Data Analytics (CODA) is designed to equip professionals with the analytical skills and tools necessary to interpret data, inform decision-making, and drive organizational strategy. This program blends psychological principles with advanced statistical techniques, offering a comprehensive approach to understanding and applying data analytics in various organizational settings.

Organizational Development

The Organizational Development Certificate Program is aimed at individuals looking to enhance their skills in organizational growth and change management, and is suitable for professionals transitioning to organizational development, HR managers, graduate students seeking additional qualifications, and consultants.

Organizational Leadership

This program is designed for individuals to assume or enhance their leadership roles in organizations. It is strategically oriented, customer-focused, learner-centered, cohort-based, and founded on a generalist manager-leader orientation. The program's fundamental approaches for developing leadership skills include organizational learning, strategy, systems, integration, ethical and social responsibility, teamwork, and the quality philosophy.

Psychology

The Psychology Program provides a foundation in theory, methodology, and research findings in preparation for graduate school for those students who wish to become professional psychologists. The program prepares students for a variety of careers ranging from working with non-profit agencies to the service fields.

Radiologic Technology

Marian University's Radiologic Technology (RT) program prepares students at an entry level, to provide radiologic services with an emphasis on quality patient care and technical competency, leading to a degree of Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology. Students take part in a specially designed four year curriculum in which the first two years focus on general liberal arts curriculum and then follows with two years of theory and clinical work in an accredited RT program.

Respiratory Therapy

The Respiratory Therapy Completion program is an undergraduate program that is dedicated to the continued professional and person growth of the adult learner, incorporating professional education with a rich liberal arts foundation. This program is offered in the MPath 7 week online format. This completion program is designed for students with an associate's degree in Respiratory Therapy from an accredited institution who are seeking a bachelor's degree.

Risk Management and Insurance

The Risk Management and Insurance program introduces students to risk management and insurance and includes instruction in insurance company operations and careers, insurance regulation, and risk analysis and management. Coursework covers property and liability insurance, commercial insurance underwriting, insurance law, financial planning and consulting, and life, health and accident insurance, and is completed alongside the Business Programs Core and an internship.

Social Work

The philosophical base of the Social Work Program begins with the Marian University mission to provide a quality liberal arts education to its students. The social work program extends this mission and translates its compassion into professional actions for helping individuals, families, groups, communities and societal institutions to affect changes favorable to their mutual well-being.

Special Education

The Special Education graduate level, licensure program is designed for educators wishing to teach K-12 special needs students. Completion of the entire program leads to a Master of Arts in Education degree in special education/cross-categorical with a concentration in specific learning disabilities.

Special Education

The Special Education program prepares candidates to meet the diverse learning needs of all students. The program will prepare you to work with students with disabilities and leads to licensure in Special Education for Cross Categorical (#2801) and Specific Learning Disabilities (811) at both the 72 and 73 levels. A minor is required with this major.

Sport and Recreation Management

The Sport and Recreation Management program prepares students with a background in sports and recreation services management from a business ethical and legal perspective. Sports managers must be able to interact effectively with various clients to ensure that fundamental business principles are successfully adapted to the specialized settings of sport and recreation centered enterprises.

Supply Chain Management

Surveys the major technologies and systems that enable information flow and efficiency in best-in-class supply chain organizations, including AI, IoT, blockchain, ERP, MRP, and various planning, procurement and logistics systems. The Supply Chain Management major requirements are in addition to the General Education program and the Business Programs Core.

Teacher Education

The Teacher Education Program offers an alternative pathway to licensure for students who possess a baccalaureate degree and are interested in making career changes. The program prepares students for the middle childhood-early adolescence license, teaching grades 1-8. Upon successful completion of the program the student will earn the Master of Arts in Education degree.

Thanatology

The Thanatology certificate focuses on the scientific study of death and dying, as well as the practices associated with it, including the psychological and social aspects of grief, bereavement, and mortality. The program is interdisciplinary, involving psychology, sociology, theology, and philosophy, and is especially relevant in professions such as hospice care, counseling, and palliative medicine. Certificate Programs do not qualify for Federal Financial Aid.

Thanatology

This 18-credit program is designed for students who already hold a master's degree in another discipline and who want additional content knowledge in thanatology. Holding a master's degree is not a requirement for admission, however; entry requires a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution. To receive the Graduate Certificate in Thanatology, the candidate must complete coursework with a minimum GPA of 3.00.

Thanatology

The Master of Science in Thanatology is a 36-credit degree program designed to prepare individuals for employment in organizations that focus on the delivery of care for individuals and families confronting end-of-life healthcare and subsequent bereavement issues, and/or to prepare individuals for employment in organizations that specialize in suicide prevention and postvention.

Thanatology

The Thanatology program focuses on the scientific study of death and dying, as well as the practices associated with it, including the psychological and social aspects of grief, bereavement, and mortality. The program is interdisciplinary, involving psychology, sociology, theology, and philosophy. It's especially relevant in professions such as hospice care, counseling, and palliative medicine.

Training and Development

The Training and Development Certificate Program is designed to equip professionals with the skills necessary for advancing skill development and performance within organizations. The curriculum covers strategies for job analysis to identify training needs, the development of tailored training programs, and the assessment of these programs' effectiveness in enhancing skills and performance.

Trauma-Informed Care in Education

The TICE Certificate (Trauma-Informed Care in Education) is a certificate program unique to Marian University, awarded to those who successfully complete all 10 courses of the At-Risk and Alternative Education graduate curriculum. Entry is through the graduate Education Department and requires a completed bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, not a master's.