Minor in Camp Management
For Non-School of Business and Leadership Majors
If you're motivated to work for the administration team of a youth camp or church ministry, the Camp Management minor will provide you with a proper understanding of how to manage those programs. New jobs and opportunities in youth camps are excellent, and new professionals needed every year. The Camp Management minor provides you with a foundation of business and management models, a firm grasp of organizational behavior, and training in nonprofit and managerial accounting.
The minor offers a concentrated area of coursework to supplement your major field of study. It is designed to enhance the range of topics and knowledge for a well-rounded student. It can provide exposure to important concepts that help students prepare for a fast-paced workplace.
Camp Management at CCU
Everyone seems to have a camp story — summer, youth, or church camp. Yet youth ministries and camps need professionals capable of directing and managing. CCU's School of Business and Leadership equips you to be able to confidently take up these positions, integrating faith and academics as you learn how to be a Christian administrator with a strong understanding of business models and organization management.
What can you do with a minor in camp management?
- Camp director
- Young Life ministry
- Camp ministry coordinator
- Outdoor guide
Interesting Classes You Might Take
- Management and Administration of Outdoor Programs
- Introduction to Outdoor Leadership
- Managing/Marketing Nonprofit Organizations
Course Catalog
About the School of Business and Leadership
The School of Business and Leadership follows a practitioner-professor model; every professor has been successful in business, with many of them still owning and running their businesses part-time as they teach. Close connection to the workplace ensures they stay relevant and incorporate the latest business wisdom and trends as well as understand what employers are seeking. Employers are our customers while students are our clients whom we are preparing for success.
Our professors have accumulated decades of business experience and academic credentials, working in law firms, Fortune 500 companies, high-tech companies, small firms, and entrepreneurship endeavors. Some accomplishments include running communications for the Olympics in Beijing, amassing a real small estate empire, building their own Financial Management company that invests more than $30 million, and one professor who has started more than ten new businesses. Our professors have connections that can provide networking opportunities to help you get the most out of your experience at CCU.