Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology with Concentration in Forensic Psychology

at Southern New Hampshire University USA

The MBA concentration in Marketing prepares students for a career in the fast-paced and ever-evolving field of marketing. This concentration provides students with the opportunity to explore market research, advertising, branding, and consumer behavior through various lenses. Students learn how to translate knowledge gained into actionable strategies and implementations within the marketing field.

Explores key advertising, branding and communications strategies. You’ll learn how to analyze consumer behavior, develop data-driven marketing objectives and manage promotional campaigns that inspire action. This specialized program can help prepare you for a variety of leadership roles including brand management, product management, public relations, advertising and sales management.

• Integrate, synthesize, and apply business practices in a marketing context for creating intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial opportunities

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration emphasizes interpersonal skills, strategic problem solving, and operational principles. Students will gain a strong, comprehensive business education, becoming resourceful and creative thinkers in diverse, professional environments.
 
A hallmark of the degree is the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge and business skills gained in the program both inside and outside the classroom. Experiential learning opportunities such as simulations and internships are available in some cases to provide additional engagement and help students learn the importance of teamwork, adaptability, and agility in a business context. Additionally, students may benefit from valuable networking opportunities with the alumni community, industry professionals, and regional business partners. Business clubs and professional groups are available to students who would like to connect with faculty and peers and hone their skills.
 
Through the study of problem-solving, communication, collaboration, innovation, and data-informed decision-making, students are prepared to be entrepreneurial thinkers and decision-makers in fast paced, complex environments. Students gain confidence in identifying business opportunities using current tools and technologies, leveraging data to address business needs, and collaborating effectively in a variety of situations.

The program’s core courses provide a well-rounded business administration foundation, and students have the opportunity to dive deeper into specific disciplines to enhance their skill-sets and prepare them to enter a variety of professional fields. In some cases, students may also work with faculty to create a customized pathway in conjunction with the foundation that builds skills to support them in achieving their personal and professional goals. Additionally, the flexibility of elective courses offered in both online and campus based experiences allow students to further explore customizing their educational experience.

Program Outcomes

• Develop business management approaches that align with organizational philosophies and help build collaborative relationships with diverse teams
• Problem-solve across functional areas by integrating personal values with ethical, legal, and socially responsible business practices
• Articulate implications of global and societal contexts on business decisions
• Recommend strategic and creative business options using data gathered through research and current technological applications
• Communicate effectively to diverse internal and external audiences to contribute to a positive team climate and address various strategic and operational business needs

The Aeronautical Engineering program prepares students for professional careers in civilian and military aviation, including aircraft piloting and the design, development and testing of aircraft and aircraft systems. The program includes a multi-semester design sequence within which students work in teams applying theories learned in the classroom to solve complex problems and transform concepts into functioning designs that they will build and operate. In addition to the design sequence, CETA offers students the opportunity to plan and conduct their own flight tests. The College maintains an instrumented light aircraft flown by professional pilots to provide students with in-flight experience; this allows students to participate as flight test engineers, using a specially designed data collection system to record key flight parameters and perform post-flight data analysis.  CETA offers specific concentration areas in Robotics, Telecommunications, and Unmanned Aerial Systems that complement core engineering training and enhance student’s post-graduation placement opportunities. Students also have the opportunity to be involved in engineering clubs and organizations, such as student chapters of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Sigma Gamma Tau, the national aerospace engineering honor society.   The BS.AEG program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.

Program Outcomes

• An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
• An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
• An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
• An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.
• An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
• An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
• An ability to communicate effectively.
• The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
• A recognition of the need for, and the ability to engage in life-long learning.
• A knowledge of contemporary issues.
• An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools needed for engineering practice.
• A knowledge of aerodynamics, aerospace materials, structure, propulsion, flight mechanics, and stability and control.
• Design competence that includes integration of aeronautical topics.
• An ability to develop flight test plans and conduct in-flight experiments, as well as analyze, interpret, and report the resulting data.

The marketing field encompasses activities related to: identifying needs of prospective customers, selecting a target market, designing a product, packaging, pricing, advertising, selling, distributing, and servicing products in both domestic and international markets. It is the driving force in business. Therefore, the degree to which companies are able to do it well and respond to customer needs and wants largely determines their success.

Southern New Hampshire University's Marketing Program integrates theory and application. Marketing majors also study general management, finance, organizational behavior, information technology and selected liberal arts courses, ensuring that students learn the tenets of marketing in concert with those disciplines. Domestic and international marketing internships and study abroad programs allow Marketing majors additional opportunities to link marketing theory with practice.

Students will also formulate an ePortfolio and a career portfolio which are included in the coursework of the marketing curriculum.

Program Outcomes

• Utilize primary and secondary data to determine the position of a product in the market
• Recommend strategies for maximizing both internal and external opportunities through the effective use of the marketing mix
• Develop strategic marketing plans in alignment with stated missions, objectives, and goals of the organizations
• Employ effective written and oral communication skills appropriate to the professional marketing context
• Apply legal and ethical principles to marketing activities
• Collaborate in cross-functional internal and external environments to ensure the creation, capture, and delivery of value

In a world where data has quickly gone from a scarce resource to an abundant one, statistical tools are rapidly evolving. This concentration helps students learn the skills necessary to build and interpret statistical models, in the age of "big data," "data science," and "data analytics."

Concentration Outcomes

• Utilize effective oral and written communication strategies in the construction, evaluation, and presentation of statistical models.
• Obtain and clean data sets, engineering new features where appropriate.
• Identify, communicate, and justify assumptions made prior to the model construction phase.
• Apply mathematical and statistical reasoning, analysis, and problem-solving to hypothesize and construct meaningful models that reflect real-world processes.

The growth of sports as a major industry has increased the need and opportunities for well-trained professional managers. A well-rounded business education with a focus on sport management skills is essential in this rapidly growing field.

The mission of Southern New Hampshire University's Sport Management program is to deliver an innovative educational experience grounded in relevant theory and practice that enables students to be successful leaders in the global sport industry. Students couple ten specialized courses in sport management with a strong mix of business and liberal arts courses. Students will have an opportunity to gain practical experience through field experiences with a variety of sport, fitness and recreational organizations.

The Sport Management programs have Program Approval from the North American Association of Sport Management & the National Association of Physical Education for both the Undergraduate and Graduate degrees; and are in the Candidacy Process for accreditation with the Commission of Sport Management Accreditation. Through the national program accreditation the requirements of the major in Sport Management include extensive field experience(s) totaling a minimum of 300 hours. Therefore, students majoring in Sport Management are required to complete SPT 491 which has a minimum GPA requirement of 2.5. Any student with a minor or concentration in Sport Management is encouraged to complete field experience(s) which also have a minimum GPA requirement of 2.5. In order to facilitate this and to ensure that all students are eligible and prepared for their field experience, any student with a Sport Management major, minor or concentration must receive a minimum of a "C" in all required Sport Management courses. Similarly, all students wishing to change their major to Sport Management must complete a brief application process to ensure their understanding of the field experience requirement in the program.

Program Outcomes

• Recognize management and leadership theory in an applied environment
• Use management and leadership theory in an applied environment
• Demonstrate problem solving in an applied environment
• Formulate connections between classroom learning and practical experience
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate
• Understand and practice networking and relationship building
• Employ ethical frameworks in decision-making
• Display a professional personal image
• Use reflection to develop multiple perspectives of self as a professional
• Demonstrate an awareness of factors that contribute to global sport business issues
• Apply sport management principles in an international context
• Analyze the influences of social, cultural, or political institutions on global sport businesses
• Analyze the role of social responsibility in global sport business
• Understand the interrelationships between functional areas in sport organizations
• Employ a strategic analysis to demonstrate an understanding of the forces that a sport business must have in order to achieve its mission
• Integrate strategic analysis into the strategic planning process
• Evaluate external and internal factors and the interrelationships affecting decision-making

The Accounting Program provides students with the educational prerequisites required for the certified public accountant examination, certified management accountant examination, certified internal auditor examination and a host of other professional titles related to accounting and taxation.

Accounting students will receive general instruction in business and a thorough education in all areas of accounting, ?nance and taxation. Students majoring in accounting will be able to specialize in either the ?nancial or managerial ?elds of accounting. An internship also is available in this program. Students will be able to take additional electives to supplement their knowledge or to further specialize their educations.

Program Outcomes

• Analyze and apply the rules and regulations for financial accounting and reporting and how they are established in a global economy
• Generate financial records and financial statements for internal and external users in accordance with applicable governing rules and regulations
• Plan and prepare tax returns using knowledge of tax laws and regulations
• Analyze, interpret and communicate accounting information to various internal and external stakeholders
• Audit financial information and controls employing effective techniques and in accordance with professional standards
• Apply professional ethics to guide conduct and decision-making in the field of accounting

SNHU's Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a concentration in Forensic Psychology challenges students to apply their research skills, psychological knowledge, and critical thinking abilities to a variety of issues facing the legal system. This concentration helps prepare students for careers within the criminal justice field, in areas such as psychological assessment, investigative research, and crime analytics. Students wishing to become forensic psychologists would need to continue on to graduate-level study in forensic psychology, and this concentration provides the ideal curriculum for this pursuit.  

Students study subjects such as:

• How psychologists serve as expert witnesses and advisors in courts
• Motives and patterns of criminal behavior
• Definitions for insanity
• Treatment, rehabilitation and assessments used in corrections and in private practice
• Eyewitness memory
• Criminal profiling

A master's in information technology degree is a vital tool in today's competitive business environment. Organizations in every industry seek IT professionals who can think beyond traditional computer programming and basic technology expertise. Learn how to bridge the gaps between communications, IT and business management and increase your marketable skills with the Master of Science in Information Technology degree program at Southern New Hampshire University.

Looking for a specialized MBA to help you stand out in a competitive marketplace? Consider the following concentration:

Business Analytics
Integrate the three areas of business analytics – descriptive, predictive and prescriptive – into your curriculum. You’ll develop the management science techniques that create solutions to business problems, as well as learn how to comb through data and gain insights into operations.

Program Outcomes

• Develop innovative and agile, computer-based solutions to business problems through a systems analysis approach and technology integration and application
• Design a plan for implementing and monitoring solutions that incorporate core information technologies, concepts and methods appropriate for secure information use across an enterprise
• Collaborate and communicate effectively in a variety of environments through situational awareness and audience analysis
• Develop an implementation plan for systematic information risk assessment for change management plans and processes within enterprise business and information technology environments
• Using computational logic and critical analysis, construct ethically sound, technology-informed procedures to ensure legal compliance and maintain security within enterprise information technology environments

The Computer Science Program prepares students for professional careers in the development of software for various industrial and service applications. The program focuses on algorithm development, programming, architecture design, and networks, using relevant industry/service-based projects to apply the basic concepts and theories in computer science. In addition to computer science and mathematics courses, students begin programming during their freshman year and conclude the spring semester by implementing a team-based software development project. This academic study and intensive project-based learning approach continues throughout the four-year program and culminates in a senior capstone software development project or an industry or government internship experience. CETA supports student participation in the annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges – Northeastern Region (CCSCNE) Conference, and students have the opportunity to present posters on their projects and compete in programming challenges. The College also funds undergraduate student research projects, guided by faculty members, in areas such as mobile application development and outcome assessment software tools. Students also have the opportunity to be involved in related clubs and organizations within the College and on campus.

Program Outcomes

• Analyze a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions
• Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline
• Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts
• Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles
• Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline
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• Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions