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2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PACE


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Continuing Studies Advisory Committee

Mission and Programs

Otterbein’s interdisciplinary liberal studies majors integrate the skills, knowledge, and values of a broad academic program and apply them to the challenges of the workplace. Continuing Studies students pursuing one of the liberal studies majors learn, integrate, and apply a range of perspectives and decision-making models as they strive to advance their careers. Students learn that success in the workplace and in their personal lives depends on their ability to create and apply solutions based on their thinking across academic disciplines.

PACE (Professional Adult Continuing Education) is a program of seven majors offered to adult (non-traditional) students. The majors lead to a Bachelor of Arts degree with Liberal Studies majors in: Business Administration; Business Psychology; Human Resources Management; Leadership; Management and Leadership; and Organizational Communication.

In the Business Administration curriculum, students will gain invaluable skills and concepts for the global, dynamic world of business. While studying the functional areas of business administration — accounting, economics, management, marketing, and finance — students will also have the opportunity to take elective courses in international business, operations, human resources management, marketing, quality management, and training.

The interdisciplinary major of Business Psychology combines business, psychology, and communication. It prepares students for the next stage of personal and professional development through the study of human relationships, organizational psychology, communication, and the areas of business management, accounting, and economics.

The human resource professional faces the demands of employee development and HR administration. The Liberal Studies major of Human Resources Management prepares students for generalist positions in human resources management through a foundation in human resources, business management, and an introduction to communication principles.

The Leadership major offers students the opportunity to explore leadership skills and concepts from multidisciplinary perspectives. Students will develop an awareness of principles and practices of leadership in an ever-changing society. While studying the areas of leadership, students will also have the opportunity to choose a concentration in Organizational Leadership or Leadership Psychology.

The curriculum in the Management and Leadership major develops manager-leaders who understand business and who have learned how to engage people in projects or organization-wide initiatives. It provides students with a foundation in business management, leadership, and communication principles.

Organizational Communication is the study of the nature, scope, and function of communication within an organization. This major examines communication among individuals as they work to achieve organizational goals and develop interpersonal networks. As an Organizational Communication major, students can meet the needs of organizations as they face continuing financial and organizational pressures. The Liberal Studies major in Organizational Communication also offers a foundation in economics and management.

Program Outcomes

To achieve program outcomes, Liberal Studies majors are exposed to a framework of business, organizational behavior, and strategic management courses; and they gain communication skills necessary to communicate with other players within an organization. As a general outcome, the curriculum develops manager-leaders who understand business, who have learned how to engage people in projects or in organization-wide initiatives, and who can contribute to the corporate mission.

As knowledge workers participating in the service economy, students who complete any one of the majors will apply both disciplinary thinking and interdisciplinary thinking in the workplace. They will have the capacity to:

  1. think critically, synthesize, and solve problems, using skill sets and knowledge bases from the range of disciplines included in each of the majors
  2. learn how to think and solve problems, using decision-making models attached to particular disciplines
  3. connect thinking and decision-making models presented in the required courses

The Liberal Studies majors are designed to prepare students to pursue careers in business consulting, corporate management, sales, marketing, human resources management, and to enroll in graduate programs in fields related to the specific majors: business, communication, or psychology. Professional courses in the PACE Program are linked to the liberal arts core through an emphasis on the student’s preparation in: a) written and oral communication, b) research skills, c) creative problem solving and decision making, d) change management, e) quantitative analysis, f) leadership development, and g) team development.

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