Youth Minor

The student’s hours must total 18 for the minor. The student is required to take the following courses:

The student must select a minimum of 5 additional hours from the following courses:

*Prerequisite: Ministry Publications and Graphics PSBU 312.

Business Minor - Women

This minor includes the following 19 hours:

Business Management Minor

This Minor includes the following 20 hours:

** Odd years
***Even years

Church Music Minor

This minor is offered to students who want to develop their musical talents while majoring in another area. Students accepted into this program must show basic vocal proficiency and are encouraged to take applied voice and piano lessons in addition to the courses listed below. Students should be aware that some Music courses require prerequisites and some meet only every other year – see course descriptions for details.

This minor requires the following 18 hours.

Missions Minor

This minor includes the following 18 hours:

Early Childhood Education Minor

This minor is available to Missions women students who desire to work with young children in a preschool setting. It is not designed to prepare the student to teach kindergarten or in the elementary classroom. ACT Score - See Education Program Requirements.

This minor includes the following 19 hours:

* Must be taken concurrently with PSEC 211.

NOTE: Child Development is essential to this minor and is a part of the required curriculum of all majors offering the minor except Youth majors. The requirements for this minor will be consistent for all majors.

Children’s Ministry Minor

This minor includes the following 20 hours:

Intercultural Studies Minor

This minor includes the following 18 hours:

TESOL Minor

The English division of the communication department offers a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) minor in order to prepare students who are anticipating working among non-English speakers, whether it be within the U.S. or abroad. This minor includes practical, in-class experience. It is versatile, enabling students to prepare a curriculum from scratch or work within a system that is already in place.

This minor includes the following 18 hours:

English Minor

The English minor is offered by the English division of the communication department. This minor may be especially beneficial to students preparing to teach in the U.S. and/or abroad, but it is available to students of all majors.

This minor includes the following 18 hours:

9 hours from among the following:

Communications Minor

In order to better prepare for the communication-intense culture in which we live , the Communication-Speech Division also offers a Communication minor to compliment the students’ major area of study. This Communication minor will allow the student to gain practical knowledge and experience in communication skills and technology pertinent to ministry in the 21st century. This minor will better prepare students as they prepare to minister in local churches and ministries as teachers, youth directors, music directors, pastors, and missionaries. This minor is designed to compliment virtually any major a student may be pursuing.

For a Communication Minor, the following courses are required (12 hours):

In addition to the above, the remaining six hours may be selected from the options below:

*You may take the alternate class not taken from the requirement above.

Biblical Counseling Minor

For a Biblical Counseling, the following courses are required (18 hours):