Antioch University Midwest

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• Bachelor’s Degree Programs

  • Creative writing

    The liberal arts concentration in literature and creative writing prepare aspiring writers through four main objectives. 1. Develop the craft of writing in multiple genres: This objective encourages students to explore literary expression in order to achieve greater proficiency in their own craft as writers. The practice of writing in multiple genres introduces students to different forms of creative writing, including (but not limited to) fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, playwriting, and the blurring of genres often found in more experimental forms of creative writing. 2. Demonstrate the ability to do a close reading of literature: This objective cultivates students’ ability to examine the craft of other writers (both historical and contemporary), looking at formal elements of the work, including the elements of language, character, story, theme, rhythm, and tone. Exposure to different styles and content often expands a writer’s own sense of voice, style, and creative interests. Identifying literary models among historical and contemporary writers can also help students begin to understand the work within a context of time, place, and culture. 3. Analyze writers’ roles in local and global contexts: This objective calls upon students to consider the impact that creative writing has in our world. Students are encouraged to consider the importance of writers in community, society, and culture—to move toward a contextual understanding of one's own voice in a continuum of writers. In doing so, students may consider political issues that affect writers, such as censorship, the role of activist literature, independent vs. corporate publishing and bookselling, and the inclusion of previously marginalized voices in the canonization of literature. 4. Apply foundational skills of a creative writer: These skills include the ability to comment on the work of other writers, participate in a writing community, and apply best practices of editing and grammar. These abilities help establish the foundation for professional effectiveness and continued academic study.

  • Early Childhood Education

    This is a terrific opportunity for adult students to enter a program in which they can earn two credentials: a Bachelor of Arts degree and an Early Childhood license. Earn a Bachelor of Arts degree with: • A major in Early Childhood Education • An Ohio teaching license to work with students pre-school through Grade 3 • Attend courses on weekday evenings and Saturdays • Study in a team approach with adult learners • Learn with faculty who have real-world teaching experience

  • Health & Wellness

    The Health and wellness major at Antioch University Midwest provides a wide basis of understanding of how integrated medicine functions, what creates good health and how cultural differences impact health care. This major was created to address the current need for societal understanding that health is much more than the absence of disease The Health and Wellness major emphasizes team participation and leadership skills development as part of the program to prepare healthcare practitioners to effectively work together in a team environment.

  • Human Services Administration

    The human services administration major addresses the needs of students who are moving into supervisory and administrative roles in the human services or in related settings such as education, health care, or human resource administration. A combination of knowledge and skills in both management and human development provides a strong foundation for enacting such administrative roles. The core of the human development component of the major is a series of three courses examining in detail the development of the individual from conception through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. One may also take a course in Dying As a Stage of Life. The series provides an understanding not only of those receiving services, but also of employees and colleagues and their families. All courses devote considerable attention to implications for intervention in the human services.

  • Humanities

    Due to its breadth and rigor, the Humanities major well prepares students for graduate programs in areas such as education, law, journalism, history, philosophy, literature, religious studies, communication, art history, international affairs, and anthropology. Students in the major “travel the world through time,” investigate the greatest works of religion and literature, reflect on the most profound works of philosophy, experience the exceptional works of art, and come to understand cultural differences. They complete a solid General Education sequence, an interdisciplinary Classics Core, and a choice of concentrations in Literary, Cultural or Global Studies. All students present a Senior Project on a topic of special interest.

  • Management

    The management major is intended to develop outstanding leaders who bring state-of-the-art management skills and understanding to the critical problem of coordinating organizational activities in rapidly changing business and not-for-profit environments. This degree provides theoretical and applied knowledge in the basic areas expected of all managers: specifically, management science, accounting, budgeting and economics. The degree emphasis is on development of logical reasoning and critical thinking skills. Students who major in management are encouraged to take elective classes in human development and the humanities. For students who are preparing for the challenges of management of teams and individuals, knowledge provided by social sciences about the human development process is essential to developing an understanding of others. The humanities provide the student with an historical and comparative perspective of human behavior across time. This combination of management and liberal arts courses is essential for individuals who seek higher level management positions.

  • Sustainability

    The design of the Sustainability baccalaureate program aims to promote social, environmental, and economic justice. We realize that the natural environment and our ways of life are interconnected in ways that need to be understood more intimately. The problems the next generations face are complex and involve scientific, technological, sociological, economic, and ethical responses. In order to find new solutions regarding more sustainable ways for humans to live while allowing for humans and ecosystems to thrive, students need to understand the complex nature of these problems and the interdisciplinary approaches necessary to develop viable solutions. As Antioch is an educational institution dedicated to advancing progressive causes, our proposed Sustainability Bachelor of Arts completion program intends to graduate individuals who are synthesizers of complex strands of information, problem solvers, and communicators committed to the flourishing of human and natural systems.