Course Code: ACC210, Units: 6, This is the second of a two-semester study of the basic accounting principles and concepts underlying the measurement of financial activity, and the preparation and use of financial statements in decision-making in organizations and society. The course will begin with an evaluation of cash flow management and analysis and interpretation of financial statements. This course requires an application project that will incorporate interpretative and analytical techniques. Students will become familiar with the application of accounting to internal business management with emphasis on planning, control operations, and decision-making, including the study of cost behavior concepts and analysis, costing techniques, budgeting, and standard costing and variance analysis. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance.

Course Code: BUS102, Units: 6, This course provides a foundation for future courses in the international business administration program at LCC and important background knowledge of the business environment for non-business majors. Topics include business strategy and non-market environments, politics and political analysis, markets and market regulation, international political economy (including the political economy of the European Union), and ethics and social responsibility. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Business Administration

Course Code: BUS200, Units: 6, The student is provided with knowledge of marketing principles; the context and theoretical underpinnings of marketing; the marketing mix: price, product, promotion and place; and the practice of marketing. The course introduces the student to the steps needed to prepare and present a marketing plan for a product of their own choice. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Marketing.

Course Code: BUS206, Units: 6, The fundamental principles of management are introduced: planning, organizing, leading and controlling. The history of management is examined, as well as the nature of the business environment and ethical issues. Students develop practical management skills through class exercises and an examination of their own management style. In addition, leadership and emerging management issues such as entrepreneurship are discussed. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Business Management

Course Code: BUS209, Units: 6, This course examines the applications of computer-based information systems to the management of organizations. Topics include use of information to further the organization's mission and strategy, the role of users, the architecture of information and development of decision-support processes for managers. Technologies and tools such as spreadsheets, databases, web development, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems will be taught. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Management, Information Systems.

Course Code: BUS223, Units 6, This course covers the elements of basic calculus and applies them to problems involving business, finance, and economics. Topics include functions, derivatives, and applications of differentiation, including optimization. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Calculus, Economics, Finance, Business.

Course Code: BUS224, Units: 6, Students are introduced to the collection and management of data as well as probabilistic and inferential techniques for business decision making. Course topics include business research methods; qualitative and quantitative data collection, storage, and management; statistical measures of center, spread, and relative standing; and visual representations of data (including charts and graphs), introductory probability theory (including discrete and continuous probability distributions), parameter estimation, hypothesis testing (including chi square tests), correlation and multiple regression analysis, time series, quality control application, and basic decision theory. Extensive use is made of computer spreadsheets and statistical software packages. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Data Management, Statistics.

Course Code: BUS303, Units: 3, Negotiation is an important conflict resolution skill in the workplace as well as a key communication skill in navigating the increasingly complex world. The negotiation fundamentals covered in the course include distributive and integrative bargaining, perception/cognition/emotion, communication skills, power, ethics, gender, personality; multi-party, international and cross-cultural negotiations. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Communication, Negotiation.

Course Code: BUS304, Units: 3, This course applies general marketing principles and skills to the unique task of marketing services. Topics include the nature, scope, and distinct elements of services marketing (including how services’ marketing differs from goods marketing), understanding and meeting customer expectations in services, and evaluating and improving customer satisfaction in services. A broad range of services and service industries is considered. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Marketing.

Course Code: BUS305, Units: 6, The course will cover the organizational realities in which project management takes place; what defines project; project culture; roles in project management; project context; project planning and scheduling; project staffing and resourcing; project control; on-going project management activities; operational project management; strategic project management. It will include analysis of case studies of project management experiences. Students will learn step by step the planning part of the project by participating in group work. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Management, Project Management.

Course Code: BUS350, Units: 6, Students will study a range of organizational behaviour topics and theories. OB concepts will be applied to a variety of complex organizational situations and settings. Students will gain practice in persuasive communication through analyzing interpersonal and managerial problems and making sound, practical recommendations. Students will have the opportunity to self-assess their own strengths and weaknesses as organizational members, and to apply Christian principles to the process of managing people at work. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Organizational Behavior, Management.

Course Code: BUS360, Units: 6, The financial considerations of business organizations are examined. The finance function is explored, as well as its relationship to other decision-making areas of the firm. Students will learn concepts and techniques for planning and managing the acquisition and allocation of financial resources from the standpoint of internal management. Topics will include the goals of financial management, analysis of financial information, forecasting, debt, working capital, time value of money, cost of capital, capital budgeting, risk management, capital markets and international financial management. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Finance.

Course Code: BUS370, Units: 6, This course examines theories and concepts of leadership, as well as historical and contemporary leaders, with an emphasis on the theological foundations of leadership and ethics. Students gain insights through personal leadership and character assessments. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Leadership.

Course Code: BUS403, Units: 6, This course is an in-depth study of Marketing Communications, with special emphasis on how Advertising and Brand Promotion, when effectively integrated can have a powerful effect on the profitability of a company or the effectiveness of a not for profit enterprise. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Advertising, Communication, Marketing, Marketing Communications.

Course Code: BUS410, Units: 6, This course provides students an introduction to sports management as an industry of business. Students will develop an understanding of sports as an industry as it relates to revenue generation, organizational structure, professional management, sponsorship, and facility/venue management. Additionally, students will complete a business and marketing strategy that may be utilized at the amateur and professional levels. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Management.

Course Code: BUS410, Units: 6, This course provides an overview of corporate image and brand management, including particular integrated marketing communication methods and techniques that enable organizations to build their favorable and strong brands. Students will become familiar with concepts of branding strategy, brand architecture, brand archetypes, personal branding, and organizational identity, image, and reputation; identify differences among identity, image, and reputation; and become aware of the role that strategic PR plays in the process of brand management. Specific elements and methods of integrated marketing communication will be presented during lectures and tested in-class through article reviews, videos, a practical mid-term exam, a final exam, and various other projects including a key concepts table, a personal branding exercise, and evaluations of successes and failures in various rebranding and PR cases. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Advertising, Marketing, Marketing Communications, Public Relations.

Course Code: BUS410 Units: 6, In today’s fast-changing and increasingly competitive global business environment, sound decisions and creative innovations are driven by advanced data analysis. This course will introduce students to the world of Big Data — the framework, tools, and techniques for conducting data analysis. You will gain the know-how to leverage interconnected data, vast computational and communication power, and techniques such as analytics, block chain, and artificial intelligence. This will prepare you to transform business organizations and greatly improve the management of product development and positioning, supply chains, manufacturing processes, and marketing. Thus, you will gain a competitive edge that delivers value for customers, shareholders, employees, and ultimately even the whole society and ecological environment. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Analytics, Business, Data Analysis.

Course Code: BUS410, Units: 6, This course will focus on a variety of topics including the effect of cultural, political, legal, and economic factors on international business decisions. It is a senior level seminar offered simultaneously at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas (United States) and LCC International University in Klaipeda (Lithuania). It is designed to integrate students from the two universities as they learn about the core concepts and techniques for entering the international marketplace and engaging in international business. The course is built around synchronous learning and group projects spanning both campuses. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Economics, International Business.

Course Code: BUS416, Units: 6, Students will learn alternative methods for planning and conducting research, designing and conducting surveys and interviews, analyzing information, and properly presenting results. Topics cover basic analytic techniques used in conducting research in the business and economic environments. The focus is both on academic research such as a thesis and on applied research in order to better plan operating strategies for ongoing or new organizations. Topics will also cover applied statistical treatment of archival and survey data, forecasting techniques, learning curves, and assessment of alternative operating and management strategies. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Data Analysis, Research, Statistics.

Course Code: BUS420, Units: 6, The principal legal aspects of business transactions across national borders are discussed. Subjects include various types of transactions, contracts, business holdings and ownership, and transportation. Each of these subjects is considered in relationship to various national laws and also international laws and agreements. The course is conducted primarily on the basis of case studies. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Business Law, International Business.

Course Code: BUS450, Units: 6, This course introduces students to the concept and practice of entrepreneurship - the creation of new, sustainable business organizations. Particular attention will be paid to entrepreneurial activities that serve a social purpose and which involve "social entrepreneurship". This course itself is entrepreneurial - it requires a great deal of student initiative and student innovation. Students in this course are participants, not observers. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Business, Entrepreneurship.

Course Code: ECO202, Units: 6, This course develops an understanding of how markets coordinate the choices of consumers and firms, how a national economy performs in both long-run growth and short-run fluctuations, and how markets interact with government and politics. A key element is the presentation of the “economic way of thinking” in making sense of the world in which we live. Students discover the key elements of economics, major sources of economic progress, and how to think about the roles of markets and government in economic progress. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, Political Economics.

Course Code: ECO204, Units: 6, This course examines the overall performance of a national economy, both in long-run growth and in short-run fluctuations. Specific topics include the determination of GDP, unemployment, and inflation as well as technological change, capital accumulation, human capital, proposed limits to growth, money and financial systems, the roles of government fiscal and monetary policies, and international trade. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economics.

Course Code: ECO410, Units: 6, This course examines the economic challenges facing both EU and non-EU countries as well as the relative success of different policies and institutions in meeting those challenges. Specific topics include the integration of new countries into the EU and euro currency, innovation policy, social policy, agricultural policy, the economic impact of environmental challenges, migration, and other problems. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, European Studies, Political Economics.

Course Code: BIB204, Units: 6, The second semester of this course examines how God's saving action in history culminates in the person and work of Jesus Christ. It will provide an introduction to the historical and religious setting, the literary genre, as well as the origins and content of the New Testament. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Literature.

Course Code: BIB312, Units: 6, This course deals with questions of the formation of the first five books of the Old Testament, as well as the process of composition and the practice of critical method. Analysis of select portions is conducted in relation to their ancient Near Eastern background. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Literature, Old Testament.

Course Code: BIB351, Units: 6, The course will explore the historical, literary, and theological aspects of the Pauline corpus with focus on the following epistles: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Literature, New Testament.

Course Code: BIB410, Units: 3, This course continues the study of grammar and vocabulary for reading Classical (Biblical) Hebrew that was begun in Special Topics: Introduction to Hebrew. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Christian Ministries, Hebrew, Language.

Course Code: CLM333, Units: 6, The Gospel is good news that is communicated in a variety of ways. In this course you will study and practice several methods of communicating this good news of Jesus to others. Two of the main methods this course will explore are homiletics and Bible studies. Homiletics is the art of delivering a message (sermon, meditation or talk) based on a passage of the Bible to an audience in a church, camp or some other setting. Leading a small group Bible study involves asking the right questions and knowing when to speak (and when not to). Both require an understanding of the Biblical text and the personal context. The course will give you tools to prepare Bible studies and deliver messages, as well as help you become a better listener and participant in the communication process. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Communications, Literature, New Testament.

Course Code: HHD1070, Units: 6, An introduction to the mission of God and the Church. This course examines the Biblical, historical, theological, cultural and strategic dynamics of the expansion and current status of global Christianity. It will also explore various implementation strategies in the task of spreading the Gospel globally. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Communications, Literature, New Testament, Theology.

Course Code: CLM450, Units: 6, This course requires a student to be involved in ministry, paired with an instructor for individual guidance through readings, evaluations, and personal counsel. The specifics of each practicum are worked out between the student and instructor, the instructor and the field supervisor as approved by the department. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Biblical Studies, Internships.

Course Code: PHI201, Units: 6, Throughout history, men and women have searched for truth, argued with each other about what is good, and examined their lives and the world for meaning. How do we know what is real or true? Many answers to that question have been proposed throughout the ages. Using texts from the great philosophers, this course gives a brief outline of Western views of knowledge and its basis. Students discuss issues such as the question of the existence of God and the self, as well as epistemological issues such as theories of knowledge. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Philosophy

Course Code: PHI341, Units: 6, This course will examine the Christian worldview in comparison with important alternatives. Special attention will be given to the nature of thinking about worldview issues as well as encouraging the student’s own critical reflection upon his or her foundational beliefs. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Biblical Studies, Christian Ministries, Worldview

Course Code: PHI410, Units: 6, This course will focus on understanding enlightenment philosophy and the contemporary response to entirely through the reading of primary sources and the discussion of them. It will begin by reading and discussing selected works of several major enlightenment philosophers, including Descartes, Hume, and Kant. Second, the course will turn its attention to some responses to these philosophers’ optimistic view of human reason, including Nietzsche, Adorno, Dooyeweerd, and Heidegger. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Philosophy

Course Code: REL410, Units: 6, It combines political and church history and can also be used as a survey into religion and politics in the US. It spans all of US history and covers the constitutional context and civil religion as well as the personal faith of those presidents whose faith actually shaped their policies (especially Lincoln, Benjamin Harrison, William Howard Taft, Wilson, Truman, Reagan, and the younger Bush). For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: American Studies, Religious Studies.

Course Code: THE430, Units: 6, This course will approach theology as an academic discipline and will critically examine various theological systems of thought. The nature and methods of theology will be discussed, different answers that have been given to the perennial questions of theology will be explored, and theological systems will be used to apply the truths of the Christian faith to practical areas such as church ministry, ethics and personal faith. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Biblical Studies, Christian Ministry, Theology.

Course Code: COM121, Units: 6, This course provides students with a theoretical and practical understanding of effective and ethical communication in interpersonal relationships. Students have the opportunity to apply course material to their own personal and professional relationships. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Interpersonal Communication.

Course Code: COM200, Units: 6, Digital Photography introduces students to the principles of photography, composition, framing and the constructive usage of light and shadow. Students will be taught how to control focus, exposure and depth of field using a digital camera. (Several cameras and lens will be available for students to share.) Students will do landscape and portraits, abstract and formal photographic studies and use these tools to observe the environment where they live. Students will be introduced to the digital darkroom enabling them to prepare images for print or web distribution. The combination of aesthetic principles, technical skills and experimentation will happen all over the city. Students will also have the chance to experiment with a simple strobe light set-up, macro, pinhole and panoramic photography if they desire. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Digital Media, Photography.

Course Code: COM202, Units: 6, This course provides students with an overview of public relations history and traditions, basic concepts and theories in the field, as well as contemporary public relations practices. Students will also have the opportunity to practice the skills necessary for developing a public relations strategy. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Public Relations.

Course Code: COM204, Units: 6, This course introduces students to concepts of videography, including story, camera operation, editing, location scouting, and video display methods. Students will be able to prepare a location, capture quality audio, frame and light subjects appropriately, and focus, exposure, and depth of field. Several cameras and lenses will be introduced as well. Students will become comfortable shooting and editing news-style footage with short project turnarounds, as well as longer-form documentary or instructional footage. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Film, Videography.

Course Code: COM210, Units: 6, This course provides students with the basic principles of visual communication and how to apply them in order to solve communication and design problems. Topics covered include basic layout and composition principles, fundamentals of typography, color theory, branding theory. During the course students will be introduced to Adobe Illustrator program, will analyze company brands, and will create their own logo, business card, poster and brand book. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Visual Communications.

Course Code: COM265, Units: 6, This course provides a basic understanding of the principles and practical skills needed to produce written content for industries like public relations, advertising, news organizations and digital media. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Digital Media, Public Relations.

Course Code: COM302, Units: 6, This course introduces students to an understanding of the web and how websites are built, hosted, and distributed. It also introduces students to how to use tools for user-centered website design and development including programming in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and the process of defining client needs. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Web Design, Programming.

Course Code: COM306, Units: 6, This course provides students with an understanding of key theoretical issues in media studies and the influence of old and new media on human communication practices. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Media Studies.

Course Code: COM315, Units: 6, This course explores principles and problems of communication between people of different cultures and sub-cultures. Students have the opportunity to apply course material to their own personal and professional interactions. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Intercultural Communications.

Course Code: COM322, Units: 6, This course introduces students to the complex relationships between politics, the media and democracy in Western democracies. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Political Communications.

Course Code: COM331, Units: 3, This course is for North American students who will live and study in Lithuania for one semester as study abroad students. It covers the different stages of cultural adaptation, explores learning and coping strategies to maximize the study abroad experience and guides students to gain a better understanding of their own culture. The course covers theoretical and practical information about living overseas as well as more specific information about Lithuania and the region. A significant part of the course will focus on helping students prepare for and debrief educational trips. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Intercultural Communications, Intercultural Studies.

Course Code: COM402, Units: 6, Whenever we communicate, we make ethical decisions, whether we are aware of them or not. Also, our communication choices and habits have ethical implications for our personal relationships, institutions, and communities. This course explores ethical issues related to various communication contexts, such as interpersonal, professional, mediated, and public contexts. Students apply their theoretical understanding of key approaches to communication ethics to particular communication settings. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Ethics.

Course Code: COM401, Units: 6, This course examines the influential role played by rhetoric and persuasion in bringing about social change in a variety of historical, cultural and political contexts. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies.

Course Code: COM410, Units: 6, This course looks at the societal impact of advertising. This course focuses on the theoretical communication underpinnings of advertising and then applies those concepts to the practice and production of creative advertising content. Topics include applied theoretical constructs, types and functions of advertising, and the fundamentals of publications advertising. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Advertising, Marketing, Creative Design, Communication Studies.

Course Code: COM420, Units: 6, This course introduces students to the role of non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) and faith-based charities as advocates in local and global governance in various policy fields such as economic development, environmental protection, security and regulation, health, and human rights. Students learn how to develop an advocacy strategy on a public issue. Required for the Corporate Communication module. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Adovacy, Non-Profit, Communication Studies.

Course Code: COM306, Units: 6, This course provides students with an understanding of key theoretical issues in media studies and the influence of old and new media on human communication practices. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Communication Studies, Media Studies.

Course Code: CST200, Units: 6, The course provides an overview of the interdisciplinary field of conflict studies: its origins, development, leading topics and applications. It will provide students with an understanding of conflict, violence, justice and peace as well as the factors of religion, culture and gender. Students will assess their existing personal beliefs and behaviors in conflict, and start developing more constructive pathways. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Development, International Relations, Conflict Studies.

Course Code: CST300, Units: 6, The course focuses on the basic concepts and dynamics of conflict. Key topics include: the origins, goals, power, styles, identity, culture, assessment, intervention and transformation. The course enables to analyze conflicts at a personal and social level, and seek better resolutions. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Relations, Conflict Studies.

Course Code: CST303, Units: 3, Negotiation is an important conflict resolution skill in the workplace as well as a key communication skill in navigating the increasingly complex world. The negotiation fundamentals covered in the course include distributive and integrative bargaining, perception/cognition/emotion, communication skills, power, ethics, gender, personality; multi-party, international and cross-cultural negotiations. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Negotiation, Conflict Studies.

Course Code: CST304, Units: 6, The course provides an overview of the interdisciplinary fields of conflict studies and civil society: their origins, developments, leading topics and applications. The course analyses the complex definitions of peace, justice, violence and conflict. It distinguishes among conflict resolution, management and transformation and focuses on civic agency and Track Two diplomacy. It emphasizes civic peacemaking and conflict transformation, and helps students envision capacity for social change and assess personal skills of conflict transformation. It discusses civic engagement and civil society as theory and practice. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Negotiation, Conflict Studies.

Course Code: HIS123, Units: 6, History of World Civilizations is an integrated study of civilizations of the modern world, how they developed, and how they interacted with each other. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: History, World Civilizations.

Course Code: HIS355, Units: 6, This course begins with an assessment of Biblical perspectives on the proper role and place of government in God's world--its central tasks and obligations as well as its limitations. The nature of civil society and its importance to a well functioning society and polity are then examined. The interdependence of civil society and democratic principles and practices is then discussed (e.g., the rule of law, the free press, and their rights and responsibilities). Finally, whether and how the international community could foster civil society and democracy is considered. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Christian Studies, Government, Political Science.

Course Code: IRD202, Units: 6, This course covers the ideas of the major political philosophers of the Western cannon from Antiquity to the present, thereby tracing the development, evolution, and major innovations in Western political thought. The course is divided into three chronological and thematic subsections: political philosophy from the Antiquity to the Renaissance, beginning with Socrates and concluding with Machiavelli; political philosophy from the introduction of sovereignty and the social contract tradition to the 19th century, i.e. from Hobbes to Marx; and, finally, modern approaches to political philosophy (Marxist and critical left, 20th century conservatism, liberalism and libertarianism, and communitarianism). As a result, students get an insight into both timeless and emergent debates in the discipline of political philosophy. In all cases, key questions to be asked include, but will not be limited to, the following: where is political power and authority located? What is the ideal social and political entity and how ought it to be ordered? What is the role of the political community? What is the source of law and other norms and what role do they play in society and government? What is the nature of a social and political life well lived? By the end of the course, students will be not only familiar with the Western canon of political philosophy but will also be capable of understanding how these ideas have shaped and influenced (and continue to shape and influence) the social and political life that we live today. At the end of the course the most important transnational issues will be discussed. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Philosophy, Political Science.

Course Code: IRD101, Units: 6, This course offers a basic introduction to International Relations, its historical context, main theoretical approaches, levels of analysis and the most important transnational issues. Students will be introduced to the main International Relation theories of Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism and others. They will also learn about the nature and role of the modern state and other non-state actors in the international arena such as individuals, intergovernmental organizations, international institutions and NGOs. Special emphasis will be placed on the topics of war and peace and human rights. At the end of the course the most important transnational issues will be discussed. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: IRD302, Units: 6, The course addresses development cooperation policies and their actors. It is built on 4 thematic modules aiming to introduce the students with the global forms of governance, international trading, financial and aid systems, addressing aspects of social change and the role of the civil society actors, acquitting them with the increasing role of the private sector in development as well as providing with the tools to assess the development cooperation policies. The course enables the students to understand the impacts of global policies to the local and international development, identify main international actors including but not limited to the agencies of the United Nations, the European Union, international financial institutions, providing the solid background for independent analysis of the developmental challenges in a global context. Moreover, it discusses various actors within the civil society and the private sector, enabling the student’s ability to recognize and assess different approaches to international development and social change. Through a variety of study methods applied, the students are exposed to think critically about the development cooperation policies and are provided with the safe experimental environment to apply their theoretical knowledge. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Development, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: IRD310, Units: 6, This course will acquaint students with the current state of academic and public debates on migration, focusing on the insights of economics and political science. Topics examined in this course include an overview of the historical dynamics and contemporary patterns of human mobility; the micro-, meso- and macro- level explanations of the causes of migration; costs and benefits experienced by immigrant-receiving and emigrant-sending countries; and the politics of migration, its electoral and sociopolitical implications, and securitization in the 21st century. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: IRD315, Units: 6, This course will open the large questions on economic development. There will be some theoretical work and some case studies. For example: Why did some countries become rich without help? Other countries have had help and they are still poor. Is there a pattern? Why do so many development strategies fail? Why do failing development programs get tried again and again? What are the strategies that can bring success to countries that are now poor? How does a country become a civil society? Is globalization the problem? Does the WTO help? Do some cultures retard development? Countries in former Soviet areas are "in transition" and some are recovering faster than others. How can the recovery be accelerated? For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Economics, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: IRD321, Units: 6, This class is designed to introduce you to the concepts of public international law, or the law between and among states and other international actors, such as organizations. A basic knowledge of the legal discipline is required as a prerequisite. We will begin with a brief history of modern international law, viewing the sovereign state as the primary actor on the international stage. We will then study sources of international law, including treaties and customary international law, and look at issues surrounding modern statehood. Special attention will be given to the increasingly influential role of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in the globalized world. Throughout, we will look at various case examples as well as current events which illustrate the fundamental issues in public international law. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Law, International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: IRD410, Units: 6, Students can learn the 1st assumptions of realism and how that applies to the COVID era. Additionally students can see how realist theories diverge along the second assumptions (which can help reinforce the level of analysis and variants in methodology so that students could be prepared for their thesis). For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: International Relations, Political Science.

Course Code: ENG322, Units: 6, The course is designed to introduce the students to select ethnic literary texts written by North American writers. All these writers have roots in Europe, either as immigrants, like Gary Shteyngart, who moved to America from Russia, or as descendants of immigrants, like Irene Guilford, whose parents came to Canada from Lithuania. Most of these writers are our contemporaries, and they explore what it means to struggle for a cultural identity within 20th century America. At the same time they revisit the countries of their or their parents’ origin either in person, or through their characters, and thus present themselves as ethnic Americans with distinct and varied European-American identities. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Anthropology, Literature.

Course Code: ENG346, Units: 6, This course will familiarize students with the study of sociolinguistics within an anthropological perspective, including discussion of some of the presuppositions of the science of anthropology. Sociolinguistic issues, such as language diversity and language identity, will be addressed. Students will be introduced to the complex and dynamic relationships between culture, gender and language. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Anthropology, Linguistics.

Course Code: ENG365, Units: 6, This course provides a practical component for students who have completed TESOL Methods. Pre-service teachers (LCC students) serve as observers, teacher-assistants, and teachers of English in local Klaipeda schools and agencies. Students are challenged to link theoretical knowledge with current practices of teaching English as a foreign language. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Education, Teaching, Linguistics.

Course Code: LTH101, Units: 6, This course is designed for students who have no previous knowledge of Lithuanian. Students learn basic communication skills through building a good base in vocabulary, communicative phrases, sentence structures, and some grammar. This course helps develop communication skills that are very important for language learners: comprehension (listening, reading) and speaking. This course is based on practical application of theoretically acquired language knowledge. It also provides an introduction to Lithuanian culture, customs and traditions. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Lithuanian Language, Linguistics.

Course Code: PSY121, Units: 6, This course provides students with a theoretical and practical understanding of effective and ethical communication in interpersonal relationships. Students have the opportunity to apply course material to their own personal and professional relationships. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Psychology, Communication Studies.

Course Code: PSY122, Units: 6, This course is a scientific consideration of the psychological foundations of behavior and mental processes. Topics include psychology as science, the biology of behavior, lifespan development, sensation, perception, consciousness, learning, memory, thinking, language, intelligence, motivation, emotion, personality, mental health and social behavior. During the term, you will learn about empirical and theoretical issues in psychology, however this course will also challenge you to examine your own ideas and beliefs in the light of research and come to a new appreciation of the intricacies of psychology. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Psychology.

Course Code: PSY200, Units: 6, This course focuses on the scientific field of psychology that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior and thought is social situations. Readings, lectures, and group projects center around the specific topics of social perception and cognition, attitudes and prejudice, interpersonal attraction and intimate relationships, social influence, prosocial behavior, aggression and in the effects of groups on individuals. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Sociology, Psychology.

Course Code: PSY201, Units: 6, Principles and theories of human growth and development are examined, from the time of conception to late adulthood and death. The progression of physical, cognitive, social and personality development is studied through the life span. One credit of this 6 ECTS course will consist of a research project, which will be supervised by the course instructor. The purpose of this project is to increase students’ ability to understand and utilize research methods that are relevant to the content of the course. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Research Methods, Human Development.

Course Code: PSY210, Units: 6, This course provides research-experiential approach to understanding stress and its effects on individuals’ physiological functioning and general health. Various causes of stress will be examined. Students will be exposed to a holistic approach to stress management with the intention to prevent and/or alleviate the physical and psychological symptoms of stress. Both theoretical and experiential learning through a series of class exercise techniques will be used. Topics will include understanding stress, the relation of stress to health, stress-prevention strategies, stress-reduction techniques. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Psychology, Human Development.

Course Code: PSY309, Units: 6, This course is designed to provide an overview of the overarching theories of personality and human behavior. Theories representing psychoanalytic, neopsychoanalytic, life-span, trait, humanistic, cognitive, behavioral, and social-learning approaches are explored. Significant topics include the influence of age, gender and culture on personality. The purpose of this course is to provide students with the main theories and principles that can help them better understand their own personality and personalities of others. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Psychology, Human Development.

Course Code: PSY330, Units: 6, This course provides an overview of theoretical and practical aspects of the applied field of marriage and family. Current psychological and sociological research on intimate, marriage, and family relationships will be introduced. Key theoretical frameworks of researching families will be explained. Major tasks and problems that marriages and families face during various stages of family life will be addressed. The complexity of the interactions between biological, psychological, and social influences on marriage and family relationships will be discussed. One credit of this course is dedicated to developing skills in constructing and carrying out an interview project. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Psychology, Human Development.

Course Code: PSY360, Units: 6, This course covers topics of cognition relating to stimulus detection and identification. This course covers the role of specific sensory organs and neural structures in sensation (vision, audition, touch and pain, smell and taste, etc.) and examines the methodological approaches and current theories of the cognitive processes of perception and neural representation with particular emphasis on language. Of the 6 ECTS credits, 4.5 will be dedicated to theory and knowledge, and 1.5 will be dedicated to lab activities and assignments that increase students' ability to understand and utilize research methods that are relevant to the content of the course. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Cognitive Studies.

Course Code: PSY370, Units: 6, This course provides an introduction and overview of concepts, theories, and methods regarding psychological assessment. Specifically, psychometric principles, test and item analysis, test construction, and applications of psychological testing will be a focus of the course. Students will become familiar with the most commonly used psychological tests in the areas of behavior, personality, achievement, intelligence, and neuropsychological testing. Practical aspects of how to formulate a report on a case will be discussed. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Psychology.

Course Code: PSY406, Units: 6, This course is an extension of PSY 240, and covers more in-depth information about brain structure and neuron function underlying higher mental functions. This course provides an introduction to behavioral genetics with emphasis on genetic influences on behavioral phenotypes involving cortex, current research strategies, and ethical implications. The course engages students in primary literature in the fields of neuropsychology and neurogenetics, covering topics which may include but are not limited to personality, cognition, addiction, and psychopathology. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Genetics.

Course Code: PSY476, Units: 9, The student engages in supervised service in an approved agency or organization. Experience allows students to apply theory to practice in a human service agency, and the seminars focus on self-understanding and professional development, learning about a variety of client populations, and human service agencies. Readings and practical projects are prepared and discussed with the instructor and supervisor. Feedback is given related to student’s personal growth and skill development in a professional role. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Psychology, Practicum.

Course Code: SOC100, Units: 6, tudents are provided with a basic understanding of the field of sociology, the scientific study of human behaviour in groups. The course enables the student to understand the various methodologies applied in the study of human beings within their respective cultures and sub-cultures. Basic terms, concepts and definitions are examined throughout the course. For a longer course description, click here. Subject Areas: Sociology.