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EXSC 3643 - Exercise Testing and Evaluation in Health, Fitness and Sport
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Provides basic proficiency in quantitative and qualitative approaches to health promotion program measurement and evaluation. Current trends and issues in community, school, and worksite health promotion will be the focus, as well as interpreting results from community-based formative and summative evaluations. Students will learn principles of measurement and evaluation, including instrument construction. They will also learn the theoretical background for all testing methods commonly used in sport and fitness scenarios and how these methods can be used clinically. This course will help prepare exercise science students for certification through the American College of Sports Medicine and/or the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). This class requires light physical activity.
Prerequisite: EXSC 3233/1 Applied Exercise Physiology w/lab.
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EXSC 4553 - Fitness Programming and Exercise Prescription for General and Special Populations
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course will provide an overview of the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for serving as an exercise specialist and a health fitness instructor in the fields of health, fitness and clinical exercise physiology. Students will learn principles of designing exercise programs for many populations, including youth, older adults, females, and individuals with chronic disease. Students will also attain a basic understanding of the disease process in selected chronic conditions and learn intervention strategies for risk reduction and chronic disease prevention. They will likewise explore the use of exercise as a diagnostic, evaluative, and rehabilitative tool for individuals with chronic diseases or disabilities. This course will help prepare students for specialized certifications through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and/or the American College of Sports Medicine.
Prerequisite: EXSC 3643 Exercise Testing and Evaluation in Health, Fitness, and Sport.
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EXSC 4913 - Professional Practicum
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Provides students with a practical on-site work experience in which technical skills and abilities are applied to individuals or groups under the supervision of the program coordinator. The instructor will also help guide students through the certification process (optional). (Grade Pass/No Credit)
Prerequisite: EXSC 4553 Fitness Programming and Exercise Prescription for General and Special Populations (may be taken concurrently) and CPR certification.
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EXSC 4933 - Professional Issues and Research in Exercise Science
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] In this course students will research issues in exercise science and present their findings. The course will also help them to develop an increased understanding of the integration of faith in the academic discipline of exercise science and in their intended careers.
Prerequisite: EXSC 4553 Fitness Programming and Exercise Prescription for General and Special Populations.
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EXSC 4943 - Professional Internship in Exercise Science
3 credits
This internship offers the student practical experience in administration, techniques, organizational structure and appropriate materials used with health, fitness, or sport related occupations. Students will gain practical on-site work experience in which technical skills and abilities are applied. Sites are selected by students with the approval of the program coordinator. Students will complete 120 hours over a 15-week period in an approved health/wellness program (hospital, clinic, rehabilitation facility) as a contributing member of the agency staff. (Grade Pass/No Credit)
Prerequisite: EXSC 4553 Fitness Programming and Exercise Prescription for General and Special Populations; instructor permission; certified criminal background/sex offender check; TB Test; and CPR certification (all costs incurred by student). Must apply two terms in advance through the program coordinator for site placement.
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Finance |
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BFIN 1152 - Elements of Personal Finance
2 credits
Explores how to make a budget work for practical and ethical living in a complex legal and financial world. Topics include real estate, insurance, taxes, IRAs and social security, saving and investing, education costs, and retirement. A section of the class will cover basic accounting principles, enabling the student to better understand financial documents.
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BFIN 3063 - Personal Financial Management
3 credits
An applied course in managing personal finances. Topics include budgeting, credit, income tax, insurance, investments, home ownership, bank accounts, financial planning, consumer purchases, online financial tools and personal financial advisor as a career field. (Same as BMGT 3063)
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BFIN 3193 - International Economic Development
3 credits
This course is designed to introduce students to issues related to international economic development. Students will learn theories that explain the economic transformation of developing countries and apply those theories to country case studies.
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BFIN 3533 - Investments I: Real Assets
3 credits
An applied finance course in real assets. This course focuses on investing in real assets, covering terminology, legal issues, financing acquisitions, contracts and strategies for investment success.
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BFIN 3593 - Intermediate Microeconomics
3 credits
A study of economic models used to explain the behavior of consumers, firms and markets. Topics include consumer behavior, market demand, cost of production, profit maximization, and game theory and competitive strategy.
Prerequisite: BUSM 2553 Survey of Economics.
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BFIN 3603 - Finance
3 credits
Emphasizes the complexities of financial management, and the business strategies with which we manage financial resources. Discusses budgets, financial reports, financial resources, tax implications, fund raising, and related moral and ethical issues.
Prerequisite: BACT 2203 Principles of Financial Accounting.
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BFIN 4133 - Federal Income Tax
3 credits
An introduction to basic federal income taxation principles, concepts, and procedures for individuals, proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. (Same as BACT 4133)
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BFIN 4233 - Money & Banking
3 credits
An examination of managerial issues within banking and other financial services firms. Topics include management functions, The Federal Reserve, domestic and international money supply, monetary systems, monetary and banking history and regulation, investment banking, and commercial and electronic banking.
Prerequisite: BUSM 2553 Survey of Economics
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BFIN 4353 - Intermediate Accounting II
3 credits
An advanced accounting course designed to give students knowledge of and proficiency in a widely accepted accounting software program/package. Students demonstrate knowledge of Quick Books and Great Plains accounting software. (Same as BACT 4353)
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: BACT 2203 Principles of Financial Accounting
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BFIN 4533 - Investments II: Capital Assets
3 credits
An applied finance course in capital assets. This course covers terminology, legal issues, investment strategies, risk-return tools, and analysis techniques.
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BFIN 4633 - Investments III: Advanced Market Trading
3 credits
An advanced finance course dealing with investing and trading in capital assets. This course emphasizes research related to technical analysis and trading strategies in the market as it is currently functioning.
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Geography |
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GEOG 3023 - Geography of Biblical Lands
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Study of the geographical features of the biblical lands with emphasis on the interrelation of the people and events in the Bible with their locations within the topography and geography of the land. (Same as BIBL 3023)
Prerequisite: BIBL 1103 OT History & Literature and BIBL 1203 NT History & Literature.
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GEOG 3213 - Introduction to Geography
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] The fundamentals of physical geography are presented through an examination of the relation of people to the planet earth. Attention will be given to the interaction of the human and physical environments.
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History |
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HIST 1503 - History of Western Civilization I
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A political, economic, social, and intellectual survey of Western Civilization from earliest times to A.D. 850. Emphasis is on the rise of ancient civilizations, the emergence and influence of early Christianity, and the transition from Roman to the medieval order of society.
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HIST 1513 - History of Western Civilization II
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A political, economic, social, and intellectual survey of Western Civilization from A.D. 850 to 1648. Topics include feudalism, the culture of cathedrals and universities, the formation of national states, the Reformation, Wars of Religion and the emergence of religious toleration, and the New World.
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HIST 1533 - Modern World History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course situates the development of the Modern West from 1500 to the present within a global context. A survey, this course explores the ideas and forces that transformed the Western world from Medieval kingdoms to global empires. It investigates the ideas and ideologies and the systems and technologies that propelled the engagement of the West with the rest of the world and which undergird its current relationships.
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HIST 2133 - Religion and American Politics
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Beginning with the original European settlers, religion and politics have been closely linked throughout American history. This course seeks to better understand the relationship between religious belief and political action within contexts of American politics and Christian theology. The course will specifically examine American civil religion, morality and politics, religious pluralism, environmentalism, and warfare. (Same as PSCI 2133)
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HIST 2143 - Religion and World Politics
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Religion and politics have been closely linked throughout human history. This course seeks to better understand the relationship between religious belief and political action within contexts of international politics and Christian theology. The course will specifically examine nationalism and religion, religious pluralism, environmentalism, warfare, as well as Islam and politics. (Same as PSCI 2143)
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HIST 2503 - U.S. History I: to 1877
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course provides an overview of the formation of the American nation. It begins with exploration and colonization motives and methods. It explores the transformation of the European social, cultural, and political forms as they adapt to the limits and opportunities of the new world and the colonial experience. We trace how through trial, error, force, and faith, the colonies evolved into a new form of national sovereignty. Finally, we engage the forces unleashed by internal expansion, economic growth, and the regional political, and cultural differences encapsulated in the fight over slavery.
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HIST 2513 - U.S. History II: 1877 to the 1970S
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course provides an overview of the reformation of the American nation. It begins with the Civil War and its social, cultural, and political repercussions. It tracks the effects of immigration and internal migrations, the closure of the West, and increasing urbanization and industrialization. We will look at the rise of the Federal government from the initial trust busting of the progressives to the modern corporate statism. Aside from the usual politics, culture, economics, and wars, the course explores the changing role of religion in the private and public life of the country against a growing diversity of practices and a rising tide of secularism.
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HIST 3093 - History of Science
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course examines how science has influenced the advancement of the modern world as well as demonstrating how the progression of the modern world has influenced the growth of different branches of science. Rather than focusing on the discovery of science, the class will focus on the contextualization and production of science as part of the historical narrative, with an additional focus on the philosophical underpinnings of the scientific discipline. As part of this contextualization, students will delve into themes of class, ethnicity, gender, nationality, religion and race as they seek to understand the historical production of science, rather than what science has produced. (Same as PHIL 3093)
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HIST 3183 - Classical World
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course examines the concept of the citizen in the ancient Mediterranean. Relying upon ancient political philosophers, politicians, and poets, it traces the development of the concept of public polity over tribalism in Greece, transitions to Republican Rome where the concept res publica develops alongside the Senate, and finishes in Imperial Rome, where the citizen remains the cornerstone of the Roman polity, despite the autocratic imperial overlay. The course ends with discussions of how Christian notions of the body politic and body mystic nuanced the pagan notion of citizenship.
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HIST 3203 - Survey of East Aisian History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course provides an overview of the formation of the major cultural centers in East Asia - India, China, and Japan. The course covers each center from its origins to the period when each was forced to engage with and adapt to the technological and military power of the European west. The course will provide the student with an entry point to the dynamic and radical transformation that occurred in each of these East Asia centers in the twentieth century.
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HIST 3263 - History of Islam
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] An introduction to the principle beliefs, practices, and cultural contributions of Islam, along with a survey of the history of Islam from its seventh century inception until the present time. Particular attention will be paid to the experience of Islams people, including women; the rethinking of traditional historical categories from an Islamic perspective; and developing an understanding of the circumstances that have led up to the present state of tension between Islam and modern western culture.
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HIST 3283 - Survey of African History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A survey of history of the African continent, with an emphasis on the Sub-Saharan region. The course will explore the rise of indigenous cultures and civilizations, deal with the European conquest, the overthrow of the colonial rule, and the struggles of the various regions and peoples to create stable, self-governing nations.
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HIST 3333 - History of England to 1700
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] An examination of English social and cultural history from ancient times through the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689. Topics include the development of judicial structures and the rise of constitutional government, the role of religion and reformation, Englands experience with female leaders, and the growing importance of England as a world power.
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HIST 3343 - Modern British History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A survey of modern British history from the eighteenth century through the twentieth century that will highlight industrialization, imperialism, religious developments, cultural developments, and political conflict and change over the course of three centuries. Particular emphasis will be paid to social and political reform in the British Isles, the development and maintenance of a global empire, and the rise and role of evangelicalism in British life and thought.
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HIST 3453 - Us Diplomatic History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A focus on foreign policy and international events beginning with the Spanish-American War. The course traces the evolving roles of Congress, the State and Defense Department, and the Presidency through the rise and fall of isolationist tendencies, two World Wars, the rise and fall of Communism and the Cold War era with its numerous foreign engagements, to the evolving wars in the Middle East and against Terrorism. The way in which the various branches of the United States government dealt with those events internally and externally, is an important aspect of this course. (Same as PSCI 3453)
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HIST 3503 - Pacific Northwest History and Government
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A study of the Pacific Northwest from its discovery by Europeans to the present. Three connected sets of themes provide a focus for the course. One is the changing circumstances of and relationships between the diverse peoples and cultures of the region. Another set of themes revolves around diverse peoples uses for and attitudes toward natural resources. The third set of themes is how a sense of regional identity evolved over time in the Pacific Northwest. The course will also include a description of the government of Washington State.
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HIST 3523 - American Religious History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] An in-depth examination of American religious history from the colonial period through the twentieth century examining the relationship between culture, economics, politics, race, gender, theology, and religious experience. The course will highlight Puritanism, revivalism, evangelicalism, civil religion, fundamentalism, denominationalism, Catholicism, Pentecostalism, and church-state issues. (Same as CHIS 3523)
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HIST 3563 - Contemporary Historical Theory and Methods
3 credits
[Meets the UCOR 4791 requirement for History majors. Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement.] This course surveys current issues facing the historical discipline and contemporary theories that shape present historical inquiry. Additionally, it reviews the historians processes in writing narratives from primary and secondary sources, which includes citation and formatting appropriate to the discipline. Integrates Christian faith with the practice of history through discussion and personal reflection.
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HIST 3603 - Church History I
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A survey of the Christian church from the post-apostolic fathers to the late medieval church on the eve of the sixteenth century Reformation. Topics include the rise of orthodoxy, the many transformations that took place after the conversion of Constantine, the rise of the papacy, the many forms of medieval religious life, and the emergence of new forms of both lay and clerical piety. (Same as CHIS 3603)
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HIST 3613 - Church History II
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A survey of the Christian church, especially in the West, from the sixteenth century Reformation to the present day. Topics include the leaders and issues of the Reformation, the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the emergence of the many Protestant traditions, the modern missions movement, the church in an increasingly secularized society, and the role of the church in U.S. history. (Same as CHIS 3613)
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HIST 3653 - Women and Gender in the Modern West
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course will survey the evolving constructs of gender from the end of the nineteenth century to the present in Western societies. While primary emphasis will be on the changing status and role of women, the broader questions of gender itself will also be explored. This is a seminar course with required reading and participation.
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HIST 3663 - Latin American History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A study of Latin America beginning with the Native American cultures existing at the time of the European entrance into the western hemisphere. The course will deal with the European conquest, the overthrow of the colonial rule, and the struggles of the various areas in Latin America to create stable, self-governing nations.
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HIST 3693 - Race and Ethnicity in America: Precolonial to Civil War
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course immerses the student in one of the in severable components of American history race. Beginning with an assessment of the pre-colonial attitudes toward racial identity of the Europeans, the Indigenous Amerindians, and various African peoples, it then follows the evolving construction of new world models of race-based slavery. It concludes with an overview of the social, economic, and political implications of the mature institution of race slavery, its effects on both White and African communities and identities. The course culminates with a study of the racial components of the abolition movement and the Civil War.
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HIST 4113 - Us History: 1945-2000
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course provides an overview and in-depth exploration of the American experience from the end of World War II to the present. Within the frame of the role the United States played on the global stage its military, economic, and political engagements in opposition to Communism the course will focus on the evolving nature and structure of the American society. We will examine the movements in popular culture music, arts, literature, theater, film and television, and fashion and style. Additional material will cover the changing nature of the American family, racial attitudes, and public and private morality, and wealth and poverty. Finally, we will investigate the changing relationship of the American people to their own political processes and government.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4123 - A History of America at War
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course is a chronological and thematic look at the History of America and Americans at war. It addresses the basic questions of why we have fought whom we have fought, when we have fought, where we have fought. Covering a time-frame that spans the colonial period to the present, the class addresses the purpose and function of warfare within the evolving American identity.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4163 - The United States and the Middle East
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course provides an overview of the formation of the American understanding of and engagement with the region of the world generically called the middle east. The course focuses on the consequences to America of the European involvement in the region in the 19th century, the fall of the Ottomans, the Mandates, the rise of independent Arab nation states, the creation of Israel, the effects of the cold war and global geopolitics, and the post-colonial, post-cold war, rise of Islamist states, the modern fundamentalist Jihad and the Arab Spring. The proper role for America in this volatile region will be our common frame of interpretation and debate.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4303 - Topics in Medieval European History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A seminar focusing on the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of a selected topic, era, or theme from the Middle Ages, broadly conceived (A.D. 300 through the sixteenth century). Significant class time is devoted to discussion of course readings, from both secondary and primary historical sources, and to short student presentations. Repeatable for credit on different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level history course.
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HIST 4313 - Renaissance and Reformation Europe
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A religious, intellectual, social, and political history of late medieval Europe (1400 to 1648). Topics include the art and culture of the Italian city-states, humanism, scholasticism, late medieval religion, Luther and Calvins theological revolution and the splintering of the reform movement into rival groups, the foundations of the modern political thought, and the New World.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level history course.
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HIST 4323 - Eastern Europe: 19Th Century to the Present
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course examines modern Eastern Europe in its imperial, nationalistic, and communist periods. Throughout, this course returns to the theme of identity. What has made an Eastern European: geography, religious belief, common language, political ideology? What processes have affected identity-formation? With multiple means of self-identification, how have these societies achieved cohesiveness?
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4593 - Race and Ethnicity in America: Reconstruction to the Present
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course addresses one of the core constructs of modern America its relationship with its own racial and ethnic diversity. This course surveys the evolving perception of racial identities, roles, tropes, and the realities of fears and hopes attached to ethnic identity in America from Reconstruction to the present. The African-American experience is interwoven with the narratives of Native American, Latinos/Hispanics, Asians, and the various newly arriving and already established hyphenated European ethnicities. The course focuses on culture including the distinctions in religious ethos politics and law, economics, and the role of media in the formation and maintenance of identity.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4673 - East Asian Politics and History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] We are now in the 21st century, which has already been nicknamed by many as the Pacific Century. While it remains to be seen whether or not the 21st century will be the Pacific Century, the Pacific Rim is one of the most influential regions of the world. It is thus important to study the important players in this vital region. In this course we examine the five most significant states of Asia (five states but four nations). They are Japan, China, India, and North and South Korea (for the purposes of this class Taiwan will be considered part of China). We will begin with a survey of the region focusing on the foreign and security issues that are in common to the region. We will then proceed to focus on the individual countries (states) and the issues that make them what they are today and the direction that they are headed in the future. (Same as PSCI 4673)
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HIST 4723 - Topics in African History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of Africa or a country within the region. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4733 - Topics in African History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of Africa or a country within the region. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4743 - Topics in American History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of America. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4753 - Topics in American History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of America. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4763 - Topics in Asian History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of Asia or a country within the region. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4773 - Topics in Asian History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of Asia or a country within the region. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4823 - Topics in Latin American History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of Latin America or a country within the region. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4833 - Topics in Latin American History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of Latin America or a country within the region. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4843 - Topics Middle Eastern History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of Middle East or a country within the region. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4853 - Topics Middle Eastern History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of Middle East or a country within the region. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4863 - Topics in Modern European History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of Europe or a country within the region. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4873 - Topics in Modern European History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A course focusing on a specific aspect of the history of Europe or a country within the region. Course content varies to reflect topics of interest to students and faculty. This is a seminar course with required readings and participation. This course may be taken for repeated credit with different topics.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4883 - Special Topics in History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] These courses focus on topics of special historical interest to student and faculty including topics such as religion, gender, race and ethnicity, and economic history. Students may take multiple courses designated as Special Topics. Special topics courses are seminar courses with required readings and participation. Depending on the content of the course, courses may be cross-tallied with other disciplines.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4893 - Special Topics in History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] These courses focus on topics of special historical interest to student and faculty including topics such as religion, gender, race and ethnicity, and economic history. Students may take multiple courses designated as Special Topics. Special topics courses are seminar courses with required readings and participation. Depending on the content of the course, courses may be cross-tallied with other disciplines.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4903 - Special Topics in History
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] These courses focus on topics of special historical interest to student and faculty including topics such as religion, gender, race and ethnicity, and economic history. Students may take multiple courses designated as Special Topics. Special topics courses are seminar courses with required readings and participation. Depending on the content of the course, courses may be cross-tallied with other disciplines.
Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.
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HIST 4913 - Senior Thesis Seminar
1 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course furnishes students with the opportunity to conduct an extended research project. In consultation with a faculty advisor, students write a 20 page minimum piece of scholarly historical research that advances an original interpretation of a historical problem. In conformity with Turabian formatting, the project must be carefully researched and written.
Prerequisite: HIST 3563 Contemporary Historical Theory and Method, and instructors permission.
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HIST 4923 - Senior Research Seminar
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course furnishes students with the opportunity to conduct an extended research project. In consultation with a faculty advisor, students write a 10 page minimum piece of scholarly historical research that advances an original interpretation of a historical problem. The student will also prepare a minimum 15-minute presentation of this research using visual/audio media format. This may take the form of film, blog, theater, or other mixed art media.
Prerequisite: HIST 3563 Contemporary Historical Theory and Method, and instructors permission.
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INTC 3053 - Introduction to Computer Science
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course studies the primary components of a computer system, including the binary number system, program specification, datat types, arrays, strings and operators.
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INTC 3063 - Computer Organization
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Introduces fundamental concepts of computer science and computational thinking. Includes reasoning, problem solving, data representation, abstraction, operation of computers and networks, effective Web searching. Examines fundamentals of logic, set theory, induction, and algebraic structures with applications to computing; finite state machines; and limits of computability. Structure and components of hardware and software systems. Machine organization, including central processor and input-output architectures; assembly language programming; operating systems, including process, storage, and file management. (Same as BUSM 3063)
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INTC 3083 - Computer Programming
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Basic programming-in-the-small abilities and concepts including procedural programming (methods, parameters, return values), basic control structures (sequence, if/else, for loop, while loop), file processing, arrays and an introduction to defining objects. (Same as BUSM 3083
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INTC 3113 - Information Technology Program Management
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Introduces students to key business principles and practices to effectively engage with strategic partners to build and ensure onboarding, execution and documentation in a Technical and Business Services organization. This course introduces concepts on developing new programs, defining the strategic roadmaps and executing the initiatives in a fast paced business environment. (Same as BUSM 3113)
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INTC 3193 - Programming Languages
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A study of basic concepts of programming languages and programming paradigms, such as functional, object-oriented and logic programming.
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INTC 3223 - Compiler Construction
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course explores the implementation of modern programming languages by looking at issues that arise in the design and construction of translators for programming languages. Topics include scanning, parsing, semantic analysis, code generation, garbage collection and optimization.
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INTC 3243 - Data Structures and Algorithms
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course introduces techniques for solving problems by programming. Topics include managing complexity, abstraction, analysis, vectors, lists, queues, trees, heaps, hash tables maps, and graphs
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INTC 3283 - Introduction to Data Management
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Introduces database management systems and writing applications that use such systems; data models (e.g., relational, semi-structured), query languages (e.g., SQL, XQuery), language bindings, conceptual modeling, transactions, security, database tuning, data warehousing, parallelism, and Web-data management. The relational data model and the SQL query language. Conceptual modeling: entity/relationships, normal forms, XML, XPath, and XQuery. Transactions: recovery and concurrency control. (Same as BUSM 3283)
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INTC 3493 - Introduction to Systems Analysis
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Principles of systems analysis, business process decomposition and analysis, process analysis, function point analysis, business process improvement, process re-engineering, principles of requirements gathering and specification, methods of mapping business process requirements to information systems requirements, data flow analysis, input-output and GUI analysis. (Same as BUSM 3493)
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INTC 4183 - Information Systems Design
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Introduces business management concepts in information systems to solve distributed, large-scale and complex challenges in product design, development, and innovation. (Same as BUSM 4183)
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INTC 4343 - Computer Architecture
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] An introduction to the organization to the organization of computer system hardware. Topics include transistors, logic gates, basic processor components, memory systems, input/output devise, and low-level machine instructions.
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INTC 4353 - Distributed Systems
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A study of the main principles underlying distributed systems: processes, communication, naming, synchronization, consistency, fault tolerance, and security.
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INTC 4383 - Operating Systems and Networks
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] An introduction to basic concepts to understand and evaluate operating systems and network technologies. This course introduces issues impacting operating system design, implementation and selection. This course also provides an understanding of the technologies underlying the Internet and the WWW. (Same as BUSM 4383)
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INTC 4513 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Technology
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A review of legal and ethical challenges in the Information Technology field. Topics include privacy, security, ownership, federal and state law, and liability. Students will apply insights from biblical and theological studies.
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INTC 4673 - Online Business Technologies
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Introduces online technologies used in business, including: search engine optimization, web metrics and analytics, data exchange standards, XML, HTML5, social networks technologies, mobile applications and high performance cloud based systems. (Same as BUSM 4673)
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INTC 4793 - Capstone Project
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Students work on instructor approved projects to design and implement a software application or utility involving multiple areas of the CO curriculum.
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INTC 4943 - Information Technology Internship
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] An opportunity for students to apply theoretical principles of information technology to practice in an organization. Students arrange their own internship position in consultation with the instructor. The internship experience includes professional development and career path exploration.
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INCS 2093 - Evangelism, Outreach, and Mission
3 credits
This course focuses on the biblical perspective of mission including the understanding of missio dei and holistic evangelism strategies for all ages: children, youth, and adult. In addition, students will gain insights on how the local church should be involved in local, regional and international missions. (Same as CMIN 2093)
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INCS 2413 - History of Christian Missions
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] A study of the history of Christian missions and the historical context of the expansion of Christianity. Special emphasis is given to Assemblies of God and other modern missions and the development of effective principles of missions. Biographies of famous missionaries are also studied. (Same as CHIS 2413)
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INCS 3043 - Teaching in a Multicultural World
3 credits
This courses design targets teacher, ministers, and workers in multicultural or cross-cultural contexts. The course focuses on the teacher being the Christ-like curriculum, living as a model for students in any cultural setting, as well as theories of multicultural and cross-cultural education and how contextual diversity affects education. Students learn and plan effective multi-cultural lessons in harmony with students learning styles.
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INCS 3073 - International Development in Missions
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course focuses on international development/compassion ministries within the context of missions. It looks at the biblical mandate for compassion ministries, discusses the root causes and definition of poverty and then examines best practice methodology and responses. Students will gain insights on how to implement holistic ministries that empower and transform communities, with an emphasis on the local church and local sustainability.
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INCS 3353 - Planting Innovative Churches
3 credits
An overview of the biblical mandate for and effective approaches to planting churches. Through biblical study, readings, modeling, and guests, including many of the leading church planters in the region, students gain skills to assess their own fitness for church planting and develop a holistic plan for planting an evangelistically effective congregation. (Same as PMIN 3353)
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INCS 3423 - Cultural Anthropology
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course is an introductory study of the cultural values and differences of the various peoples of the world. The study seeks to develop an understanding of and an appreciation for the ways people of various cultural backgrounds perceive reality and relate to each other. Particular application is made on how these insights prepare individuals for cross-cultural living and ministry. (Same as SOCI 3423)
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INCS 3433 - Intercultural Communication
3 credits
[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Findings from the fields of communication, psychology, sociology, linguistics, and anthropology are combined with the study of characteristics of various cultures to provide the student with a basis for effective communication in all cultures. (Same as COMM/SOCI 3433)
Prerequisite or Concurrent: Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: COMM 2003 Introduction to Human Communication.
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INCS 3503 - Introduction to World Religions
3 credits
An introduction to the major living world religions and sects. Such matters as the genesis, historical development, cultural expansion, and salient features of the belief system of each religion are considered. Particular attention is given to the encounter of the Christian faith with these religions, both domestically and abroad. (Same as RELG/SOCI 3503)
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INCS 4452 - Ministry in Urban Contexts
3 credits
A course in ministry in urban contexts. World urbanization and its impact on missions, evangelism, and the church will be studied.
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INCS 4703 - Readings in Contemporary First Nations Issues
3 credits
An independent study course whereby students will have the opportunity to gain exposure to literature drawn from an interdisciplinary base on issues related to First Nations peoples. Selected reading will be drawn from such fields as: Ethno history, cultural anthropology, education, critical theory, missiology, history, sociology, and theology.
Prerequisite: Admission to COM; INCS 2413 History of Christian Missions; INCS 3453 Multi-cultural Evangelism; INCS 3433 Intercultural Communication or INCS 3423 Cultural Anthropology, or instructor approval.
Concurrent: (This course may be taken concurrently with INCS 4963 First Nations Internship.)
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INCS 4773 - Integrative Seminar in Intercultural Studies
3 credits
This is the culmination of the Intercultural Studies program which utilizes class projects from selected Intercultural Studies Core classes to develop a realistic plan for career goal achievement. Included are planning for debt retirement, fund raising, finding a platform for ministry, identifying steps to actualize ministry goals and other topics. The class is tailored to the students career aspirations.
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INCS 4943 - Intercultural Studies Internship
3 credits
An opportunity for students to engage in ministry in a cross-cultural setting. Internship allows the application of knowledge and skills gained in academic study to practical ministry under the supervision of experienced missionary personnel. Mentoring which occurs during the internship allows the student to further develop the skills and the character necessary for engaging in missionary activity. (Graded on a Pass/ No Credit basis)
Prerequisite: instructors permission.
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INCS 4963 - First Nations Internship
3 credits
An opportunity for students to engage in ministry in a First Nations setting. Internship allows the application of knowledge and skills gained in academic study to practical ministry under the supervision of experienced missionary personnel. Mentoring which occurs during the internship allows the student to further develop the skills and the character necessary for engaging in ministry activities. (Grade Pass/No Credit)
Prerequisite: Admission to College of Ministry; INCS 2413 History of Christian Missions; INCS 3453 Multi-cultural Evangelism; INCS 3433 Intercultural Communication or INCS 3423 Cultural Anthropology.
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INCS 4973 - University Internship
3 credits
An opportunity for students to engage in ministry in a university setting. Internship allows the application of knowledge and skills gained in academic study to practical ministry under the supervision of experienced missionary personnel. Mentoring which occurs during the internship allows the student to further develop the skills and the character necessary for engaging in ministry activities. (Grade Pass/No Credit)
Prerequisite: Admission to College of Ministry; INCS 2413 History of Christian Missions; INCS 3453 Multi-cultural Evangelism; INCS 3433 Intercultural Communication or INCS 3423 Cultural Anthropology.
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INCS 4983 - Urban Internship
3 credits
An opportunity for students to engage in ministry in a urban setting. Internship allows the application of knowledge and skills gained in academic study to practical ministry under the supervision of experienced missionary personnel. Mentoring which occurs during the internship allows the student to further develop the skills and the character necessary for engaging in ministry activities. (Grade Pass/No Credit)
Prerequisite: Admission to College of Ministry; INCS 2413 History of Christian Missions; INCS 3453 Multi-cultural Evangelism; INCS 3433 Intercultural Communication or INCS 3423 Cultural Anthropology.
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LANG 0123 - Grammar I
3 credits
Introduction to English Grammar
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LANG 0133 - Writing Foundations
3 credits
Essay writing is taught starting from grammatically correct sentences and structured paragraphs. Students are held accountable for outcomes of Gram I. Students are also taught pre-writing and discussion strategies based on readings.
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