Waldorf University

Biology (BA)

The mission of the Biology Program is to prepare students for leadership careers in various medical fields, genetics, conservation, and other biological sciences. The B.A. and B.S. tracks share the same Biology Core, with the B.A. designed for students entering the workforce immediately after graduation.

Biology (BS)

The mission of the Biology Program is to prepare students for leadership careers in various medical fields, genetics, conservation, and other biological sciences. The B.S. degree is designed for students who plan to pursue advanced degrees or enter professional schools and includes a specialized Pre-Medical B.S. track.

Business

The Business Department seeks to prepare graduates for successful careers and fulfilling lives of service in management, finance and banking, or marketing. All majors complete a business core plus one of four tracks: Finance and Banking, Management, Marketing, or Operations Management.

Business

The Business Administration associate degree allows students to deepen their business knowledge and skills with an administration focus, covering topics such as organizational communication, accounting, marketing, and information systems management.

Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration provides students with the knowledge and skills to be successful in today's global business climate, with required core classes in economics, marketing, accounting, human resource management, corporate finance, and management information systems, plus a choice of concentration.

Business Administration (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Business Administration builds on prior applied credit to deepen students' business knowledge and skills across a variety of careers, with concentration options available.

Business Administration (BS)

The Business Administration degree prepares graduates for successful careers in management, finance and banking, or marketing, combining a business core with professional electives or a concentration.

Communications

An online certificate covering graphic design, digital technology, mass communications and society, news gathering and reporting, and visual theory.

Communications

Waldorf's A.A. in Communications provides hands-on experience with current technology to prepare students for careers in the communications industry through a creative, project-based experience.

Communications (BA)

Waldorf's communication bachelor's degree prepares students for a changing media landscape by pairing knowledge of the latest technology with a strong foundation in storytelling. Majors may choose tracks such as Digital Media, Graphic Design, Journalism, and Public Relations.

Communications (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Communications pairs knowledge of the latest technology with a strong foundation in storytelling, preparing students to create dynamic content for a variety of mediums.

Creative Writing

Offered both residentially and online, a smaller, more focused version of the Creative Writing major. Students are introduced to at least three genres of writing, then develop their craft in genre-specific techniques courses and complete a substantial creative project in a final capstone.

Creative Writing

The Creative Writing Program provides a challenging, engaging, and deeply personal learning experience grounded in the artistic expression of the human condition. Students explore at least three genres of writing and develop their craft in techniques courses and upper-level workshops.

Criminal Justice

The Criminal Justice associate degree provides the opportunity to explore the three primary areas of the criminal justice system: law enforcement, courts, and corrections.

Criminal Justice Administration (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Criminal Justice Administration combines criminal justice with a focus on business and management to prepare students for leadership in the field.

Criminal Justice Administration (BS)

A traditional criminal justice program with an additional focus on business and management, providing a broad base of knowledge in law enforcement, courts, and corrections plus courses in business.

Criminal Justice (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Criminal Justice provides a strong knowledge base in law enforcement, courts, and corrections, with electives that keep students current in the field.

Criminal Justice (BS)

The Criminal Justice degree provides students with a strong knowledge base in the three primary areas of the criminal justice system: law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Students select electives in areas such as juvenile justice, probation, community corrections, or advanced criminology.

Criminal Justice Leadership

Provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to rise through the ranks to leadership or executive positions in criminal justice organizations.

Cybersecurity (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Cybersecurity blends cybersecurity, cyber operations, and cyber defense with business management practices to protect information systems from cyber threats.

Cybersecurity (BS)

The Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity provides the knowledge to apply cybersecurity theory and principles to address ever-changing security challenges, covering digital forensics, legal impacts, and information systems security.

Diversity and Inclusion

Develops strategies for leading through inclusion, improving mental health strategies in the workplace, and managing diversity.

Diversity and Inclusion

Waldorf's A.A. in Diversity and Inclusion is designed to explore the complex dynamics of workforce diversity in today's knowledge economy.

Early Childhood Education

The Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education is designed to increase knowledge and skills of individuals in early childhood fields including childcare programs and governmental organizations. This program is not designed to be a PK-3 licensure pathway.

Education

The Master of Education prepares educational professionals through concentration tracks including Instructional Design and Technology, Leadership, Social-Emotional Learning, and Teaching and Learning.

Elementary Education

The K-6 Elementary Education major leads to a Bachelor of Science and prepares the candidate for licensure as a K-6 classroom teacher. Students also complete one additional approved K-8 endorsement.

Emergency Management

Examines the definition, mission, concepts, and terminology used in emergency management, including disaster mitigation, response, and recovery.

Emergency Management

The Emergency Management degree provides foundational knowledge and initial exposure to the emergency management field, including its four phases, terrorism in emergency management, and interagency disaster management.

Emergency Management (BA)

Waldorf's Bachelor of Arts in Emergency Management prepares students with a broad base of knowledge in the field of emergency management, with electives in Homeland Security, Fire Science Administration, and Business.

Emergency Management (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Emergency Management provides a broad base of knowledge in emergency management, building on prior applied credit.

Emergency Management Leadership

Provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful leaders or executives in today's challenging emergency management environment.

English

The English major exposes students to a rich variety of literature and writing courses, exploring fundamental questions of the human condition through the study of language and the literary arts. Students may choose the English or English Secondary Education track.

Fire/Rescue Executive Leadership

Provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in today's technical, legal, and public finance climate of fire/rescue executive leadership.

Fire Science

Waldorf's A.A. in Fire Science is designed with flexibility to allow students to explore a broad range of fire science topics, from risk reduction to fire dynamics.

Fire Science Administration (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Fire Science Administration emphasizes management, leadership, and organizational communications for fire science professionals.

Fire Science Administration (BS)

A balanced curriculum identified by the National Fire Academy, U.S. Fire Administration, and NFPA, emphasizing management and leadership techniques, organizational and professional communications, problem solving, and programmatic solutions to fire science operational problems.

Global Leadership

Addresses the issues facing organizational leaders globally in the 21st century, including international management and leading virtual teams.

Global Leadership

The A.A. in Global Leadership develops skills for leading strong organization performance in today's global environment through effective leadership of cross-cultural teams.

Healthcare Management

Prepares students to take on mid-level to executive-level leadership roles in health organizations of all sizes, mastering the ability to plan for and react to constant change in health care.

Health Care Management

The Master of Arts in Health Care Management is the progression for those working in or interested in health care who aspire to make a difference in the health care management and administration fields, offered with several concentrations.

Health Care Management

Covers current trends and challenges in healthcare systems, health care law, and financial management of health care organizations.

Health Care Management

The Health Care Management degree provides functional management knowledge and skills, including an overview of issues and challenges specific to the field of health care delivery.

Health Care Management (BA)

Waldorf's Bachelor of Arts in Health Care Management is designed to provide the essential knowledge and skills to be effective mid-level health care managers, with a focus on the efficiency and quality of care provided in hospitals and other health facilities.

Health Care Management (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Health Care Management applies business principles including systems thinking, financial management, and human resource management to the healthcare environment.

Health Promotion and Exercise Science

The Bachelor of Arts in Health Promotion and Exercise Science is designed to enable students to increase control over their health through a range of behavioral, social, and environmental interventions with a focus on the scientific study of human movement to improve physical fitness.

History

The study of history develops familiarity with a broad base of information to provide an informed perspective on present and future political, economic, scientific, cultural, and social activity. Students choose from three tracks: History, History/Political Science, and History Education.

Homeland Security

Waldorf's A.A. in Homeland Security focuses on topics related to terrorism, American homeland security, tactical response operations, and weapons of mass destruction.

Homeland Security (BA)

Waldorf's Bachelor of Arts in Homeland Security provides an in-depth background related to Department of Homeland Security practices, focusing on prevention, planning, and response measures related to terrorist threats.

Homeland Security (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Homeland Security focuses on protecting the American homeland, including prevention, planning, and response related to terrorist threats.

Homeland Security-Terrorism

Develops knowledge of terrorism, including its history, motivations, and tactics, and evaluates the effectiveness of strategies for countering terrorism.

Homeland Security-Weapons of Mass Destruction

Develops knowledge of terrorism response operations and weapons of mass destruction, and strategies for responding to potential threats posed by such weapons.

Human Resource Management

Covers recruiting and employee selection methods, performance appraisal, training and development, and compensation programs.

Human Resources Management

Provides students with the knowledge and skills to be successful in human resource management, preparing them to be leaders of human resources at a departmental or corporate executive level.

Human Resources Management

Waldorf's A.A. in Human Resource Management is built upon the key competencies identified by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), designed for professionals with a specific interest in the management of people and talent.

Instructional Design and Technology

Provides students with the knowledge and skills to be successful instructional designers in public or private environments, covering learning theories, online learning and management, and digital media.

Leadership

Guides students through the development of their own personal leadership skills and the skills necessary to build high-performing teams.

Leadership Communication

Develops leadership communication skills including organizational communication, leadership, communication skills for leaders, and team building.

Leadership Communication

The A.A. in Leadership Communication develops leadership communication skills important for creating relationship networks, influencing and inspiring people, and collaborating effectively.

Liberal Arts

Waldorf's Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts combines core studies in the liberal arts with the opportunity to select specific areas of concentration, providing a broad base of knowledge in several subject areas.

Management

Covers managerial decision making, project planning, negotiation and conflict resolution, production and operations management, and business policy and strategic management.

Management

The A.A. in Management allows students to deepen their business knowledge and skills with a management focus applicable to a variety of careers.

Marketing

Provides students with the knowledge and skills to advance to the executive level in marketing management, covering strategic marketing, marketing research, new product marketing, and advanced marketing.

Music

Students seeking a career in music may choose from degree concentrations leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Arts Management or in Performance (vocal, instrumental, or piano). All music majors complete the Music Core and participate in at least one ensemble each semester.

Music Education

K-12 Music Education leads to a Bachelor of Science and prepares the candidate for licensure as a K-12 classroom music teacher (vocal and instrumental).

Nursing

The RN to BSN program is a degree-completion program designed for Registered Nurses who desire to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, applying appropriate academic credit from nursing diploma and associate degree programs toward the BSN.

Occupational Safety

Covers fundamentals of occupational safety and health, total environmental health and safety management, and industrial hygiene.

Occupational Safety and Health

The Occupational Safety and Health degree provides foundational knowledge and initial exposure to the field, including industrial hygiene and occupational, environmental, and health safety.

Occupational Safety (BA)

Waldorf's bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety provides foundational and advanced knowledge of the discipline, including industrial hygiene, construction safety, fire safety, and risk management, preparing entry-level safety professionals.

Occupational Safety (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational Safety builds on occupational safety experience, immersing students in management topics for implementing and maintaining an organization's safety program.

Organizational Leadership

The Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership is designed to develop students' leadership and equip them to use that leadership as an instrument for organization change, offered in non-concentration and applied leadership concentration tracks.

Organizational Leadership (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Organizational Leadership develops leadership skills including goal setting, global leadership, conflict negotiation, and strategies to improve organizational culture.

Organizational Leadership (BS)

The Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership covers organizational behavior, business ethics, team building, creative thinking, organizational psychology, and negotiation/conflict resolution, offered with or without a concentration.

Physical Education

K-12 Physical Education leads to a Bachelor of Science and prepares the candidate for licensure as a K-12 classroom teacher. Students also complete a concentration in Health or Special Education or a related 5-12 endorsement.

Project Management

Provides the knowledge and skills for project managers to transition to the roles of leadership and decision making over multiple project managers and projects.

Psychology

Waldorf's A.A. in Psychology provides the opportunity to explore psychology beyond the general psychology course, including social, abnormal, or cognitive psychology.

Psychology (BA)

A Bachelor of Arts in psychology prepares students to be well-rounded, educated individuals and to pursue graduate and professional programs in a variety of areas including clinical, experimental, developmental, social, cognitive, and forensic psychology.

Psychology (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Psychology allows students to apply their knowledge of psychology to real-world personal, social, and organizational contexts.

Public Administration Leadership

Focuses on the development, implementation, and management of public programs and policies to pursue careers in the private, public, or non-profit sectors.

Public Relations (BA)

The Bachelor's degree in Public Relations teaches the art of building mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics through strategic communication, brand building, and event planning.

Public Relations (BAS)

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Relations teaches strategic communication to build mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics.

Secondary Education

The 5-12 Secondary Education major leads to a Bachelor of Science and prepares the candidate for licensure as a 5-12 classroom teacher, completing the Secondary Professional Education Core and a chosen content endorsement.

Social-Emotional Learning

The Erin Gruwell-inspired certificate provides educational professionals with skills to become agents of positive transformative change by promoting the principles of self-awareness, social acceptance, and emotional well-being.

Sport Management

Provides students with the knowledge and skills to be successful in today's sport management, public finance, and strategic management climate.

Sport Management

Covers sociology of sport, sport public relations and promotions, sport facilities, sport administration, and sport legal liability and risk management.

Sport Management

The Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management includes core curriculum and sport management courses, including a 6-credit-hour internship, preparing future professionals to be successful in the sport management industry.

Sport Management

The Associate of Arts in Sport Management includes core curriculum courses along with specific sport management introductory courses, introducing future professionals to themes and ideas that establish base knowledge for an entry-level position.

Technical Writing

Prepares students for professional writing with practical instruction in writing for the workplace, emphasizing genre, purpose, and document design.

Theatre Arts

The Department of Theatre prepares graduates with hands-on experience, a thorough academic foundation, and exploration of theatre as an art form. The Theatre Arts B.A. offers emphasis tracks (Performance, Design Technologies, Dramaturgy, Playwriting) and related specialized majors in Musical Theatre and Management.