Briar Cliff University
Sioux City, Iowa, United States
http://www.briarcliff.edu/

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Briar Cliff offers majors and minors in both English and Writing. Each of these areas of study provides a fine liberal education as well as preparation for careers. Writing offers a lifetime of challenge and reward. Whether its result is a novel or a technical proposal, the writer’s work is essential to informing and improving society. The “information revolution�insures that the writer’s s......
 

The Briar Cliff Spanish program emphasizes the development of oral competency in using a second language. All course work is designed to foster skill at spontaneous communication in the new language. Skills for writing and reading are also taught, but faculty emphasize speaking, questioning, answering, describing, and in general, talking easily in the second language. And in order to strengthen......
 

The department of psychology provides all students an opportunity to investigate the science of behavioral and mental processes. The department offers a variety of courses for students majoring in the field, as well as for majors in allied fields and students wishing an orientation to the field as part of their liberal arts education. Many of the course offerings stress a theoretical orientatio......
 

Briar Cliff University Department of Nursing has three options to attain the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree: 1) BASIC B.S.N. OPTION: Students who are not already registered nurses may elect to enroll at Briar Cliff for the entire four-year basic B.S.N. program leading to eligibility to take the registered nursing (R.N.) licensure exam. 2) L.P.N-B.S.N. OPTION: L.P.N.s with an act......
 

The department of music seeks to provide a means for spiritual, intellectual and artistic development consistent with a liberal education. The department provides courses of study and professional development for students preparing for careers in music education, church music, performance or for further graduate study. The music major focuses on voice, piano, conducting, and organ and provides ......
 

The purpose of the medical technology major is to provide students who wish to become medical technologists a broad liberal arts background which they can take advantage of throughout their professional careers. The B.S. in medical technology consists of three years of academic coursework on the campus of Briar Cliff University followed by a clinical year at one of a variety of medical technolo......
 

Briar Cliff University is aware of the growing need for competent, well-trained and liberally educated men and women in the field of mass communications. The department of mass media offers a program in which students interested in the many facets of the media can become involved by working with and learning from people in the professional community. The processes and obligations of the prof......
 

The Briar Cliff University major in Graphic Design integrates the traditional mass media education with design and production skills for the field of Graphic Design. The program includes typography, drawing, history, design theory, and design production. This interdisciplinary program will produce educated and well-trained men and women in a liberal arts tradition. Students will gain a solid un......
 

The department’s goals are based on a concept that emphasizes not only technical competence but also the ethics of professional service, thus seeking to foster sensitivity and responsiveness to social responsibilities as well as the ability to identify and pursue personal opportunities. The faculty endeavors to achieve these goals through a variety of teaching techniques-lectures, cases, role-p......
 

The study of criminal justice at Briar Cliff is a special interdisciplinary program drawing from the disciplines of sociology, political science, psychology, and social work. It is designed to prepare a generalist at the undergraduate level for such career options as community policing and community corrections, juvenile diversion and monitoring, correctional institutions, court administration,......
 

The department’s goals are based on a concept that emphasizes not only technical competence but also the ethics of professional service, thus seeking to foster sensitivity and responsiveness to social responsibilities as well as the ability to identify and pursue personal opportunities. The faculty endeavors to achieve these goals through a variety of teaching techniques-lectures, cases, role-p......
 

Briar Cliff University currently offers a Master of Arts in Education (MAE) for teachers. It is a 34-hour non-thesis interdisciplinary program designed for those who teach at the elementary, middle, or secondary levels in either the public or non-public school systems. The goals of the program are to 1). develop teachers as critical thinkers and "facilitators" of learning and 2). form......
 

The Graduate Management Certificate Program will provide any manager or person aspiring to become a manager with the critical material needed to lead a group of individuals. Because studies have shown that organizations receive their competitive advantage through human resources, it is important in today’s organizational environment for managers to focus on behavioral skills. The courses ......
 

The MSN program features preparation in two specialty tracks: The Family Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Educator. The program integrates spirituality, faith and values, a strong clinical component, and mentoring by faculty who are master teachers and active in clinical practice, consultation, research and professional nursing organizations. Distinctive Features We offer flexible acceptance......
 

The MAHRM is a 35 hour interdisciplinary program encompassing all aspects of the employment relationship. It also reinforces presentation and communication skills which are vital to the well being of an organization. The courses are designed to provide our students with the resources to positively affect the financial stability of an organization. By emphasizing the importance of human resou......
 

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