Southwestern Christian University

Associate of Arts

The Associate of Arts degree allows the student to establish a strong academic program while providing a Christian foundation for a life of leadership, learning, and service. A general core of required general education courses provides a solid base for this 64-credit hour degree. Students wishing to transfer into four-year programs should be aware of requirements as they vary by degree and institution.

Business Administration

The Bachelor of Business Administration focuses on the managerial and ethical issues required for effective Christian business leaders in a global market. This degree emphasizes decision-making skills and legal, marketing, financial, and accounting procedures.

Business Leadership

Business Leadership is a bachelor's degree program offered at Southwestern Christian University.

Christian Leadership

Although any student is welcome to declare this major, this degree was developed in partnership with Victory Church and its Victory School of Leadership. This degree partnership creates a dynamic union of education and hands on ministry experience. Through leadership development, ministry training, and college education, VSL students will learn to be the best that they can be spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, physically, and socially.

Early Childhood Education

The objective of this program is to enable the student to acquire an essential knowledge base, skills, and a philosophical foundation for how to make successful, professional decisions that are required for teachers/coaches in public and private schools. Courses required for this major are congruent with InTASC Standards and National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) professional standards.

Elementary Education

The objective of this program is to enable the student to acquire an essential knowledge base, skills, and a philosophical foundation for how to make successful, professional decisions that are required for teachers/coaches in public and private schools. Courses required for this major are congruent with InTASC Standards and Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) professional recommendations.

English

The Bachelor of Arts in English program is designed to prepare students for a variety of job opportunities requiring professional level knowledge and skills in the area of English, such as journalism and publishing. It will prepare students for graduate studies in English and related fields.

English Education

English Education is a bachelor's degree program offered at Southwestern Christian University.

Global Leadership

The Master of Arts in Global Leadership prepares students to assess the basic content and themes of the Christian Canon within their historical, cultural, and theological underpinnings and to create original scholarship that examines biblical and historical insight on Pentecostal ministry in a global context.

History

The Bachelor of Arts in History degree is designed to assist students in understanding and analyzing the major themes of history and the most common schools of thought within the profession. A Bachelor of Arts in History degree will also help students to hone their research and writing skills through methods and research courses.

History Education

The objective of this program is to enable the student to acquire an essential knowledge base, skills, and a philosophical foundation for how to make successful, professional decisions that are required for teachers/coaches in public and private schools. Courses required for this major are congruent with InTASC Standards and Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) professional recommendations.

Human Services

The Bachelor of Science in Human Service degree provides students with foundational knowledge of the history, theories, science and practice of human services. The curriculum draws from the fields of psychology, sociology, and social work. Students are prepared through their degree to enter generalist practice positions in private and state agencies that serve a variety of populations.

Kinesiology

The Bachelor of Science Kinesiology is designed for students who are not pursuing teaching certification but are interested in other professions related to the fitness and sport industries. The curriculum is designed accordingly to equip students to be productive and successful in professional settings in the field.

Liberal Studies

This program provides a broad background in the humanities, social sciences, and specific professional fields for students who have over 64 credit hours of college credit but no degree. This program allows students to transfer a greater number of college hours and earn a degree from SCU. It offers qualifying students an opportunity to major in a more general degree that is culturally enriching, academically sound, and mentally stimulating.

Ministry

Empowering individuals with a heart for service, the Degree in Ministry is dedicated to cultivating compassionate and skilled leaders, equipping them with practical knowledge, ethical discernment, and transformative skills to serve and lead effectively in diverse ministry contexts. The major of Ministry provides a strong biblical foundation that is well balanced with practical training for the basic skills necessary for both lay ministry and pastoral care.

Music Performance

The Bachelor of Arts degree is general in nature and is appropriate for those who pursue music performance primarily for personal enrichment. In addition to a robust General Education and Christian Literacy core, a strong foundation is provided in music theory, music history and literature. Artistic development is encouraged in the student's major applied area through the development of general musicianship and solid performance skills.

Music Worship Studies

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Worship Studies is to equip undergraduate students to excel in a worship-related career and to positively influence their worship leadership in the local and international church. A broad and thorough music foundation is provided, and artistic achievement is stressed in ways that will enable students to pursue an immediate worship-leading career or further their education in worship, music or biblical studies.

Physical Education, Health and Safety

The objective of this program is to enable the student to acquire an essential knowledge base, skills, and a philosophical foundation for how to make successful, professional decisions that are required for teachers/coaches in public and private schools. Courses required for this major are congruent with InTASC Standards and National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) professional recommendations.

Psychology

The Bachelor of Science in Psychology degree is designed to provide students with an interdisciplinary approach to understanding human behavior and how it impacts daily living for individuals, families and society. Students will obtain the essential skills and knowledge to apply behavioral science concepts, principles, skills and methods in field settings such as nonprofit mental health and social service organizations or local and state government agencies.

Theological Studies

The Master of Arts in Theological Studies prepares students to assess the basic content and themes of the Christian Canon within their historical, cultural, and theological underpinnings and to defend a biblical interpretation using the grammatical-historical method with an application for a modern cultural context.

Theology

Rooted in the Wesleyan-Arminian tradition and ignited by the transformative Spirit of Pentecost, the Degree in Theology is dedicated to fostering discipleship, enhancing theological interpretation, promoting literacy in the field, and empowering students to embody these principles in diverse and impactful ways.

Vocal/General Music Education

The objective of this program is to guide students into the pursuit of academic and artistic excellence within the framework of SCU's philosophy, mission, and institutional aims. The Vocal/General Music Education program at SCU shares SCU's commitment to a Christian liberal arts education, seeking to enrich the cultural experiences of the general student body and to prepare music students for the professional practice of music in conjunction with other fields.