+Plus Programs

PROGRAM ADVISOR: DR. DENISE G. MILLS

The +PLUS programs enhance the liberal arts degree with academic and experiential learning that readies you for employment or graduate school. The +PLUS Pathways are fully integrated into the individual curriculum with no additional time or cost. Focus your Core and free electives in an interdisciplinary series of seven to ten courses designed to prepare you to apply your critical thinking and written and spoken communication skills to your future professional goals.

NOTE: All requirements for a +PLUS program must be completed in full by the time the requirements for one’s major are fulfilled.

NOTE: Students interested in pursuing a +PLUS program are required to file a Declaration of Minor form in the Registration Office.  You can find this form online on the Registrar’s webpage.

+PLUS programs are available in:

  • Community Development
  • Community Health Promotion
  • Global Business
  • Health Policy
  • Human Resource Administration
  • Social Sciences

+PLUS Community Development Requirements (24 Credits)

  • REQUIRED COURSES (15 credits):
  • BA220 Diversity & Cross Cultural Management (3)
  • MGT208 Principles of Management (3)
  • MGT321 Organizational Behavior & Theory (3)
  • PSC125 Public Policy Making (3)
  • Select ONE Course:
    • PSC114 Introduction to Public Administration (3) OR
    • PSC121 International Relations (3) OR
    • PSC227 Introduction to Public Administration (3)
  • Select ONE Track:
    • WNY Development Track
      • Select THREE Courses from at least TWO different departments (9)
        • ECO201 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
        • ECO202 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
        • ECO213 Economics of Inequality (3)
        • ENTR210 The Entrepreneurial Mindset (3)
        • HST211 Introduction to Public History (3)
        • PSC215 Issues in Public Policy (3)
        • PSC217 American Political Parties and Pressure Groups  (3)
        • SOC224 Ethnicity, Race, and Cultural Diversity (3)
        • SOC209 Social Problems (3)
        • SOC218 Social Work and Social Welfare (3)
        • SOC243 Child Welfare Policy and Services (3)
        • SUST351 Urban Planning & Community Development (3)
        • Professional Internship (3)
        • LEAF 527 Leadership in Non-Profit Organizations and Community Change (3) (advisor permission required)
      • Sustainable Development Track
        • Select THREE Courses from at least TWO different departments (9)
          • ECO206 Economics of Sustainable Development (3)
          • ENS201 Introduction to Environmental Science (3)
          • HP/IND250 Introduction to Historic Preservation (3)
          • PSC213 Sustainable & Third World Development (3)
          • SUST310 Global Water Issues (3)
          • SUST322 Alternative & Renewable Energy Issues (3)
          • SUST326 Green Building (3)
          • SUST328 Food & Agriculture Issues (3)
          • SUST344 Sustainable Business Practices (3)
          • SUST351 Urban Planning & Community Development (3)
          • Professional Internship (3)
          • LEAF 527 Leadership in Non-Profit Organizations and Community Change (3) (advisor permission required)
      • Global Development Track
        • Select THREE Courses from at least TWO different departments (9)
          • ECO213 Economics of Inequality (3)
          • ECO343 Global Economic Geography (3)
          • HPR335 Critical Issues in Global Health (3)
          • HST230 Problems of the Third World (3)
          • IND120 Introduction to Global Studies (3)
          • IND215 Service Learning for Refugee Studies (3)
          • IND231 Reaching Refugees (3)
          • IND348 International Service Learning (1-3)
          • IND398 International Experiential Learning(1-3)
          • LNG309 Language in Society (3)
          • PAR320 Paralegal Issues with Refugees (3)
          • PSC121 International Relations (3)
          • PSC210 The Politics of Globalization (3)
          • PSC213 Sustainable Third World Development (3)
          • PSC231 International Organizations and Global Governance (3)
          • SUST310 Global Water Issues (3)
          • Professional Internship (3)
          • LEAF 527 Leadership in Non-Profit Organizations and Community Change (3) (advisor permission required)

+PLUS Community Health Promotion Requirements (21 Credits):

  • REQUIRED COURSES (12)
  • HPR102 Introduction to Health Care: Systems and Professions (3)
  • HPR234 Foundations of Public Health (3)
  • HPR208 Health Promotion & Education (3)
  • HPR320 Community Health Education & Disease Prevention (3)
  • Select THREE Courses (9):
    • HSC112 Health Promotion Across the Lifespan (3)
    • HPR305 Communicating Health (3)
    • HPR313 Principles of Health Behavior Change (3)
    • HPR331 Community Health Education (3)
    • HPR335 Critical Issues in Global Health (3)
    • NUR316 Holistic Perspectives (3)
    • PHI321 Medical Ethics (3)
    • PHI/NUR222 Healing, Holism and Spirituality in Health Care (3)
    • PHI/NUR326 Meaning of Care in a Technological Society (3)
    • PSY229 Health Psychology (3)
    • SOC209 Social Problems (3)
    • LEAF 527 (3) Leadership in Non-Profit Organizations and Community Change (advisor permission required)
    • Community Health Related Service Learning or Internship w/ approval (3)

+PLUS Global Business Requirements (30 Credits):

  • BA201 Introduction to International Business (3)
  • MIS280 Computer Studies and Problem Solving (3)
  • MGT208 Principles of Management (3)
  • MKT209 Principles of Marketing (3)
  • ACC225 Financial Accounting (3)
  • ACC226 Managerial Accounting (3)
  • BA350 Business Law I (3)
  • CMP301 Professional Writing (3)
  • Select ONE:
    • BA220 Diversity and Cross-Cultural Management (3) OR
    • REL308 Religious Traditions of the World (3)  OR
    • LIT201 World Literature I (3)  OR
    • LIT202 World Literature II (3)  OR
    • ECO201 Principles of Microeconomics (3) OR
    • ECO202 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
  • Select ONE:
    • MTH104  Survey of Statistics (3)  OR
    • MGQ221 Business Statistics I  OR
    • PSY333 Statistics for Psychology and Social Science

+PLUS Health Policy Requirements (24 Credits):

  • REQUIRED COURSES (6):
  • HPR234 Foundations of Public Health (3)
  • HPR314 Health Policy (3)
  • Select TWO Courses (6):
    • HPR208 Health Promotion & Education (3)
    • HPR305 Communicating Health (3)
    • HPR308 Environmental Health (3)
    • HPR313 Principles of Health Behavior Change (3)
    • HPR320 Community Health Education & Disease Prevention (3)
    • HPR330 Health Promotion Program Planning (3)
    • HPR331 Community Health Education (3)
    • HPR335 Critical Issues in Global Health (3)
  • Select ONE Course (3):
    • PHI222 Healing, Holism and Spirituality in Health Care (3)
    • PHI321 Medical Ethics (3)
    • PHI326 Meaning of Care in Technological Society (3)
  • Select THREE Courses (9):
    • ENS303 Environmental Toxicology (3)
    • ENS304 Environmental Chemistry (3)
    • MGT208 Principles of Management (3)
    • MGT/HPR219 Intro  Health Systems Management (3)
    • MGT312 Human Resource Management (3)
    • NUR221 Issues in Women’s Health (3)
    • PSC125 Public Policy Making (3)
    • PSC210 The Politics of Globalization (3)
    • PSC215 Issues in Public Policy (3)
    • PSC227 Introduction to Public Administration (3)
    • SOC209 Social Problems (3)
    • SOC243 Child Welfare Policy and Service (3)
    • SUST310 Global Water Issues (3)
    • SUST338 Food and Agriculture Issues (3)

+PLUS Human Resource Administration Requirements (27 Credits):

  • Prerequisite course (3) Select ONE Course:
    • BA211 Effective Business Communications (3) OR
    • CMP301 Professional Writing (3) OR
    • CMP217 Argument & Persuasion
  • Prerequisite course (3) Select ONE Course:
    • MGQ221 Business Statistics (3) OR
    • MTH104 Survey or Statistics (3) OR
    • PSY333 Statistics for Psychology & Social Science
  • Required Courses (21)
    • BA220 Diversity and Cross-Cultural Management (3)
    • MIS280 Computer Studies and Problem Solving (3)
    • MGT208 Principles of Management (3)
    • MGT302 Labor Relations (3)
    • MGT306 International Management (3)
    • MGT312 Human Resource Management (3)
    • MKT209 Principles of Marketing (3)

NOTE: Students interested in career advancement in the Human Resource field should also take ECO201, ACC225 and BA350 (9 credits).

NOTE: The “select one” courses above may have prerequisites, resulting in additional required courses.  Please check with your advisor on the best courses to take to support your progress.

+PLUS Social Sciences (21 Credits):

Select SEVEN Courses from Three disciplines (minimum):

  • ANT Anthropology
  • ECO Economics
  • GEO Geography
  • LIN Linguistics
  • PSC Political Science
  • PSY Psychology
  • SOC Sociology
  • WST/HST Women’s Studies:- NOTE: If you chose a WST/HST course
    • Select ONE Course (3):
    • HST/WST 215 Introduction to Women’s Studies,
    • HST/WST 216 Women’s Worlds: Global and Issues in Women’s Studies
    • HST 331 Research Methods & Historiography
  • NOTE: 
    • No more than three courses in any one discipline
    • AP credit in American Government or Psychology may be applied to the +PLUS Social Science