Credits: 3 The social, political, and economic roles and changing status of women in America. This course will examine how social constructions of gender, race, and class have shaped women’s lives in the U.S. from the 1600s to the present, and how some women have pushed at the boundaries of those constructions through, for example, changing patterns of public/private sphere, work, leisure, and education; through political activism, involvement in a varietyof social movements; and popular culture. We will emphasize the diversity of women’s historical experiences by region as well as by social category, and will situate those experiences in the larger contexts of social, economic, and political change on local, national, and even global levels.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Introduction to research methodology, including the use of primary and secondary sources, bibliographical searches, and critical evaluation of sources. Requires the writing of a research paper using primary sources and original research.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture, Lab, Seminar College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 A study of the background and development of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination from its beginnings in the Millerite Movement to its present global impact.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture, Interactive Online, Self-Paced Term Offering: Spring College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 The African American experience is the American experience. By understanding the issues of race, ethnicity, class, and gender within the African American experience, we can better understand the paradoxes of slavery and freedom from the founding of the nation in the Revolutionary period; the promise and ultimate denial of citizenship rights in emancipation and Federal Reconstruction; and the continual struggles of African American men and women to fulfill the promise of democracy from the Long Civil Rights and to the Black Power movement.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 The birth of the modern age, with emphasis on the religious, artistic, literary, and philosophic aspects of the Renaissance and the religious, political, social, and intellectual aspects of the Protestant Reformation. Special emphasis is given to church-state relations and the struggle for religious toleration from 1517–1650.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Year Offering: Alternate years College Code: CAS
HIST 415 - Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1648–1789
Credits: 3 The rise of absolute monarchies and their impact on political, social, economic, and intellectual developments of early modern Europe. Special emphasis is given to church-state relations and the struggle for religious liberty from 1650–1789.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Year Offering: Alternate years College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 A history of the concept of nation, nationalism, Liberalism and socialism, with concentration on social, political and intellectual transformation of Europe during and since the French Revolution, revolutionary movements of the 19th century, the industrial revolution, the Age of Progress, and causes behind a the outbreak of the Great War.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
HIST 427 - World Wars and the Postmodern Age, since 1914
Credits: 3 A study of European society starting with the Great War, the Russian Revolution, totalitarian regimes, the Second World War, the Holocaust, the Cold War, the Second Vatican Council, the postmodern cultural and intellectual world of the 1960’s, terrorism, racism and globalization.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 This course will examine the political history and institutions of selected Middle Eastern countries and focus on the similarities and differences between these nations in an effort to understand the way in which political systems and institutions have been adapted to serve diverse cultures of the modern world.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Examines major events and developments through the lenses of religion, race, gender, class and culture. Emphasis is given to disestablishment of the churches, concepts of democracy, slavery, westward expansion, and the Civil War.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Year Offering: Alternate years College Code: CAS
Credits: 1–3 Provides an opportunity to study in a focused area within the study of History. A paper is required for more than one credit and may be required for one credit.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory w/DG (S,U,I,W,DG) Repeatable: Repeatable Schedule Type: Workshop College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 A history of hatred and contempt of Jews and Judaism since the first century, modern antisemitism and racism, the rise of Nazism, the Final Solution, and the response of the Christian Church toward these developments. Attention is given to the Nostra Aetate and ramifications of it for contemporary society.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
HIST 458 - The Emergence of Modern America, 1865–1939
Credits: 3 Examines major events and developments through the lenses of religion, race, gender, and class and their impact on the individual’s place in American society. Topics include religious pluralism and its social implications, Reconstruction, the industrial revolution, social and political reform, expansionism, World War I, and the Great Depression.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Year Offering: Alternate years College Code: CAS
HIST 459 - Special Methods in Teaching History and Social Studies
Credits: 3 A practicum taken prior to student teaching. Emphasizes methods, materials, and techniques of teaching history, geography, and social studies in grades 712. Required of students seeking secondary certification in history or social studies. Does not apply to a minor in history.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite(s):EDTE 459. Schedule Type: Lecture Term Offering: Fall College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 An examination of issues of national consciousness and cultural identity within major topics of the period such as World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, Watergate, and various contemporary issues.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Year Offering: Alternate years College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 A capstone course for the history major normally taken during the senior year, including the reading of classic works of history and research project.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Seminar Term Offering: Spring College Code: CAS
Credits: 1–6 Students work part- or full-time with museums, state and county historical societies, newspapers, library special collections, archival centers, or similar venues. A minimum of 45 clock hours of work experience are required for each semester hour of credit. May not be applied to the history minor.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory w/DG (S,U,I,W,DG) Prerequisite(s): Must be at least junior standing. Repeatable: Repeatable up to 6 credits Schedule Type: Practicum Special Approval: Department permission required.
Credits: 3 A study of the major philosophies of history and contemporary theoretical issues in the discipline with emphasis upon implications for a Christian understanding of history. Offered alternate spring semesters beginning 2017.
Course Attribute: Service course
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Term Offering: Fall College Code: CAS
Credits: 1–3 Individually directed study and readings in selected areas of history under the guidance of the appropriate instructor. Limited to majors and minors in history and social studies.
Grade Mode: Normal w S (A-F,I,S,U,W) Repeatable: Repeatable up to 3 credits with different topics Schedule Type: Independent Special Approval: Instructor permission required.
Credits: 0–3 Individually directed research in selected areas of history under the guidance of the appropriate instructor. Limited to majors and minors in history and social studies.
Grade Mode: Normal with DG (A-F,I,W,DG,DN) Repeatable: Repeatable up to 3 credits with different topics Schedule Type: Independent Special Approval: Instructor permission required.
Credits: 3 Examination of historical research methodology, including bibliographical searches, critical evaluation of sources, documentation style, and written and oral presentation of research.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 An introduction to basic philosophical issues, including the relationship of faith and reason, epistemology, the mind-body problem, determinism and free will, and ethics.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Term Offering: Fall College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Designed to encourage independent thinking and to teach analytical and logical skills necessary for problem solving as well as understanding and evaluating the ideas and claims of others.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Repeatable: Repeatable up to 3 credits Schedule Type: Lecture Year Offering: Alternate years College Code: CAS
Credits: 1 A balanced up-to-date coverage of all critical areas of wellness including physical fitness, nutrition, weight management and stress, as well as the principles of health according to the Bible and Ellen G. White will be studied. Practical tools will be given to help adopt and model healthier lifestyles.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture, Interactive Online, Self-Paced College Code: CHHS
Credits: 3 This course will provide lifetime approaches to wholistic wellbeing, knowledge and practice opportunities for transformative change through the lens of the Adventist Health Message. Content will include physical, emotional, spiritual, social, occupational, and financial dimensions; impact factors; and environmental contexts affecting community well being. Experiential activities will be incorporated to discover and apply how to live life to the fullest potential.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture, Lab College Code: CHHS
Credits: 3 The Biblical basis of health. A study of the historical development and basis of the health message in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The role of health promotion in current society.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CHHS
Credits: 2 In this course the Precede/Proceed Planning Model and other relevant health planning models are introduced and discussed. Students will design and evaluate professional health education programs in a variety of settings: school, worksite, medical care, and community. Students will learn to set behavioral and learning objectives as well as determine the appropriate intervention type based on various learning theories and strategies geared for specific populations.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab College Code: CHHS
Credits: 2 This course reviews the methods and planning of community programs related to obesity prevention and lifestyle interventions conducted in multiple settings (e.g., individual, family, and community settings, as well as policy-level interventions). Topics include physical activity, nutrition, and weight-loss interventions in various populations. This course is intended to further enhance the student’s skills in implementing and evaluating lifestyle interventions.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab College Code: CHHS
Credits: 3 Explores the principles and concepts of biblical evangelism and applies those teachings within the context of health and fitness in modern society. A deeper exploration of the practical applications of physical activity from the outset of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and how it applies to the current times. A strategic approach in developing modern methods for health and fitness evangelism to strengthen the “right arm” of the church’s effort in ministry.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CHHS
Credits: 2 An analysis of the various fads in society today, and the methods and techniques used by promoters of healthcare products and services. A study of ways in which consumers are vulnerable to certain health claims and scams, and the protection provided to the consumer by governmental agencies.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CHHS
Credits: 5 A study of significant issues that emerged in Western civilization, approached through the reading of major works. The first semester’s topics involve the era from the ancient world to the Reformation; the second, the Enlightenment to the modern world. In both semesters, spiritual and religious themes are emphasized, and the combined semesters replace one 3-credit religion course. Small-group projects and discussions, field trips, and cultural events enrich the lectures. Required for SAGES during the first year.
Lecture/Lab: Weekly: 3 lectures and a 2-hour lab Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab College Code: HONS
Credits: 5 A study of significant issues that emerged in Western civilization, approached through the reading of major works. The first semester’s topics involve the era from the ancient world to the Reformation; the second, the Enlightenment to the modern world. In both semesters, spiritual and religious themes are emphasized, and the combined semesters replace one 3-credit religion course. Small-group projects and discussions, field trips, and cultural events enrich the lectures. Required for SAGES during the first year.
Lecture/Lab: Weekly: 3 lectures and a 2-hour lab Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab College Code: HONS
HONS 115H - Transcribing the Self: Honors Composition
Credits: 3 What is the entity we call self? How is it formed, reformed, transformed? What role does the “other” play in our determination of self? To what extent is self an independent construct, and to what extent is it socially and ideologically determined? Such questions are addressed through written and oral examination of our own lives and the lives of others as presented in significant texts. Recommended during the first year.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: HONS
Credits: 3 The reading of Biblical passages chosen for qualities such as centrality to Christian belief, power as literature, and variety of expression. Entire books will be addressed thematically, including Genesis, Job, Romans, and Revelation. A portion of the course will involve the detailed interpretation of a selected section. Required.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: HONS
Credits: 3 Philosophers and prophets often approach wealth with caution or hostility, but modern culture flaunts status symbols and values self-worth by material accumulation. Considering such differences, readings from Plato to contemporary authors will raise questions about the level of wealth we ought to desire, the thoughtful use of that wealth, and reconciling a Christian life of service with professional success today. Elective.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: HONS
Credits: 3 Examines understandings of American society, culture and physical environment by a variety of observers, including native, foreign and minority, through study of prose, poetry, music, film and the visual arts. Core readings will include works by Jefferson, Tocqueville, Martineau, Douglass, Bourne, Friedan and King. Elective.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: HONS
Credits: 3 Explores the ways in which visual, musical, and literary arts address the human experience. Through close analysis of primary texts, students become conversant in the distinctive and overlapping discourses of the various art forms. Drawing upon this fine arts literacy, they will examine concerns of primary importance to creative minds from the ancient world to the postmodern era. These themes will include several of the following: the sacred, the quest for knowledge, gender relations, ethnicity and identity, social order and/or violence.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite(s):HONS 115H Required. Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: HONS
Credits: 3 What is justice? Is it a process, an end result, or both? Using concepts of right and wrong developed by Classical writers, medieval philosophers and recent Christian theologians, this course considers the relationships between justice and religious understandings of human nature and society. It then analyzes selected policies where concepts of justice can or should play a role, and critically examines the practical results of attempts to create greater social justice.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite(s):HONS 115H. Elective. Schedule Type: Lecture Year Offering: Odd years College Code: HONS
Credits: 3 An introduction to the diversity and commonality of the global human experience and world views as expressed in literature, the arts, religion and other intellectual endeavors with special focus on the non-Western world. Small group activities, field trips, guest presenters, films and special projects enrich the discussion of significant texts.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite(s):HONS 106H, HONS 115H. Required. Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: HONS
Credits: 3 An interdisciplinary, readings-based course which considers the nature of science and its relationship to other approaches to truth. Selected “key ideas” in science will be examined to explore how science informs our understanding of who we are and our place in the universe. Particular attention will be given to the interplay between Christian faith and science.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite(s):HONS 115H. Required. Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: HONS
Credits: 3 A capstone seminar for Honors students in biology and related majors that engages the interface of biology and ethics from a biblical and Seventh-day Adventist perspective. Focused attention on select bioethical issues and their relationship to Scripture and Christian practice, including but not limited to: biblical and environmental stewardship, the molecular revolution, genomics and genetic manipulation, human nature, communication in science, and dilemmas in the health professions.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite(s):BIOL 166 , HONS 265H Repeatable: Repeatable Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: HONS
Credits: 3 This topics course will be a readings-based seminar considering the possibility of integrating cognitive science (especially neuroscience and psychological science) and Christian faith in the domain of understanding human nature. The course will focus particularly on Adventist theological understandings of human nature in the context of ongoing debates about human free will in the cognitive sciences.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite(s): Elective. Repeatable: Repeatable Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: HONS
Credits: 3 An interdisciplinary readings-based course which considers the relationship between Christian faith and science. Developments in physics and cosmology will be examined in light of Adventist Christian theological understanding.
HONS 380H - Topics, Independent Study, and Research
Credits: 1–4 Disciplinary and interdisciplinary topics selected for interest and importance. Typically the course revolves around reading, discussion, and individual projects. Elective.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Repeatable: Repeatable Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: HONS
Credits: 1 Preparation for the senior project. Expectations for the senior thesis are addressed, including consideration of alternative topics, refining the thesis proposal, the role of literature review, formal public speaking, presentation software, and evaluation. The letter grade assigned reflects the presentation of the project at the Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar; a DG is assigned until then. Strongly recommended for all sophomores and must be completed prior to beginning Honors Thesis research.
Grade Mode: Normal with DG (A-F,I,W,DG,DN) Schedule Type: Seminar College Code: HONS
HONS 415H - Thinking Theologically: Christian Life and Faith
Credits: 3 A capstone Honors course exploring the intersection of constructive theology and contemporary issues from a distinctly Adventist perspective. Special attention is given to the correlation of God and human flourishing as enunciated through a wide range of pressing questions raised in the postmodern context. The aim of such an exploration is to deepen the faith of the participants and to instill a new appreciation for the conceptual and spiritual richness of the Great Controversy theme central to the Adventist worldview. Students are encouraged to foster critical reasoning and integrative thinking through a seminar-style engagement with selected primary texts in theology and philosophy.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite(s):HONS 115H,
Credits: 1–6 Individual study or research of an approved topic under the guidance of an appropriate professor and resulting in an essay, critical review, or other gradable demonstration of accomplishment. Implies 45 hours of work per semester credit. Elective.
Grade Mode: Normal w S/DG (A-F,I,S,U,DG,W) Repeatable: Repeatable up to 6 credits Schedule Type: Independent College Code: HONS
Credits: 0–6 Independent research or creative work to produce the Honors Thesis, typically supervised by a professor within the student’s major field. The thesis is filed in the James White Library to facilitate wider access. Required.
Grade Mode: Normal w S/DG (A-F,I,S,U,DG,W) Repeatable: Repeatable up to 6 credits Schedule Type: Independent College Code: HONS
Credits: 4 An introduction to the horticultural and landscape field. This class offers basic care of the home landscape with ornamental trees and shrubs, perennials and annuals. This class covers growing fruits and vegetables for the small garden as well as some of the horticultural basics of plant science and soil science. Topics will cover pruning, training, insects, pests and disease, fertilizing techniques, plant basics, landscape design and more. Labs in the greenhouse and gardens while exercising scientific methods.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Course Attribute: Life Science
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab, Interactive Online College Code: CAS
Credits: 4 Introduces students to the requirements of plant growth and development. Understanding of these processes is gained by studying topics such as plant cells, tissue, and organ structure; photosynthesis, cellular respiration, plant reproduction, including flowering, fruit development, seed set, the role of hormones, and plant nutrition.
Lecture/Lab: Weekly: 3 lectures and a 3-hour lab Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab Year Offering: Alternate years Term Offering: Fall College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Plant systematics, keying native plants & plant morphology. The identification and recognition of local woody and herbaceous specimen. Focus on identification, environmental requirements, domestice and native value, comenclature and preservation. Class introduces botanical principles and mastering a broad range of local flora.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Term Offering: Fall College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Introduction to the identification and recognition of the deciduous, evergreen and broad leafed evergreen shrubs and vines of the northern. Focus will be on shape, color, size, texture, environmental requirements and the landscape value of native and cultivated shrubs and vines of the northern temperate zone.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Term Offering: Spring College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Identification and recognition of shape, size, color, texture, and environmental requirements of the nonwoody plants providing color and ground cover in the landscape.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Year Offering: Alternate years Term Offering: Fall College Code: CAS
Credits: 4 Introduces and develops proficiency in technical drafting for landscape design including symbols, 2-D and 3-D drawings, sections and elevations, titles blocks, legends and plan organizations. Studio puts graphics to work with a broad range of landscape projects represented. Introduces students to the residential design process and uses live projects to practice skills.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 A study of landscape history throughout civilization and its impact upon society and the environment. Course will look at the origin of landscape architectural styles and characteristics, and explore the influence of historical landscape design personalities upon the American landscape.
Course Attribute: Art History course
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture, Interactive Online Term Offering: Spring College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Course combines lecture, drawing and hands-on labs covering an array of hardscape materials including retaining walls, decks and arbors, patios, fencing, edging, pools and more.
Lecture/Lab: Weekly: 2 lectures and a 3-hour lab Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab Year Offering: Alternate Years College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Intended to acquaint students with the processes of sexual and asexual reproduction, especially as it applies to the horticultural industry. Asexual reproduction investigates methods of clonal reproduction utilizing non-flowering plant parts such as cutting, grafting, layering, and micro propagation (tissue culture).
Lecture/Lab: Weekly: 2 lectures and a 3-hour lab Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Recommended:HORT 150 or HORT 205 Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab Term Offering: Spring College Code: CAS
Credits: 4 Introduces and develops the principles of design, design theory, site analysis, functional diagramming, circulation, spatial planes and design schematics. Course will explore both hardscape and softscape principles. Class integrates the design process in drawing plans of all sizes.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Recommended:HORT 136 Schedule Type: Studio Term Offering: Spring College Code: CAS
Credits: 2 Course introduces the principles of land surveying such as measurements of distance, elevation and angles, instrumentation and mapping, and GIS.
Lecture/Lab: Weekly: 1 lecture and a 2-hour lab Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab Term Offering: Fall College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Care of shade and ornamental trees living under environmental stress of urbanization, their legal protection and value. Includes tree anatomy and physiology, soils, nutrition and water relationships, transplanting, disease and insect control, mechanical injury and pruning to develop a healthy tree.
Lecture/Lab: Weekly: 2 lectures and a 3-hour lab Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab Year Offering: Alternate years Term Offering: Fall College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Designing landscapes to meet the environmental challenges and conditions of urban spaces. Circulation patterns for conducting business, aesthetic and functional aspects of design for corporate/institutional, governmental agencies and municipal areas.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Course Attribute: Service course
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Recommended:HORT 136, HORT 137 Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab Year Offering: Alternate years Term Offering: Fall College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Concepts and principles of commercial plant production in the greenhouse environment. Topics include structure and environment of the greenhouse, production of bedding and potting plants and cut flowers.
Lecture/Lab: Weekly: 2 lectures and a 3-hour lab Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture/Lab Year Offering: Alternate years College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 An introduction to the estimating process for landscape design, construction and maintenance work. Various schedules and forms are used to assign costs of equipment, plants, hardscape materials, labor and overhead. The many variables from project to project are explored and then formulas are applied to arrive at making landscape installations an efficient and profitable business.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture Term Offering: Spring College Code: CAS
Credits: 4 Study of significant diseases and insects of agricultural and horticultural plant materials, including life cycles and influence of environmental conditions; determination of effective control methods for crop, ornamental and turfgrass production.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture, Lecture/Lab Year Offering: Alternate years Term Offering: Spring College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Principles and practices of computer-aided landscape design, including creating scale perimeter plot plans, using drawing tools, plant/site relationships, and graphic imaging leading to a computer- generated landscape drawing. Studio emphasizes skill development and proficiency in integrating software and hardware to create CAD-generated landscape designs. Prior landscape drawing course work is recommended.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Studio Term Offering: Spring College Code: CAS
Credits: 4 Advanced exploration and application of graphics applying to all aspects of landscape architecture. Working in multiple environments and media. Work will include plan view, 2D and 3D hand graphics. Products will be professional quality presentations including both artistic and verbal communication skills.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Recommended:HORT 136 and HORT 137 Schedule Type: Studio Term Offering: Fall College Code: CAS
Credits: 4 Landscape Architecture concepts relating to the challenging problems of design. Field application through live projects encompassing all aspects of landscape architecture and presentation. This class is focused on synthesizing significant previous class work and applying it to a real customer setting.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Recommended:HORT 136, HORT 137, HORT 226, HORT 227, HORT 228 and HORT 441 Schedule Type: Studio Term Offering: Spring College Code: CAS
Credits: 1–6 Students are able to select offerings from various contemporary Horticulture topics.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Repeatable: Repeatable with different topics Schedule Type: Lecture, Blended Learning, Interactive Online College Code: CAS
Credits: 1 An organized collection of educational and professional accomplishments is produced. This will include basic personal and background information, a profile of the Focus area, outstanding academic work, and other artifacts acquired to demonstrate achievements and competencies related to international development.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory w/DG (S,U,I,W,DG) Repeatable: Repeatable Schedule Type: Independent College Code: CAS
Credits: 2 Overview of the philosophical field of ethics and introduction to frameworks for ethical decision-making. Examine the development process and analyze ethical problems pertaining to the confrontation between development objectives and culture, religion, gender, and the environment. Biblical resources are offered to approach potential dilemmas at work and home in an ethical way.
Grade Mode: Normal w S (A-F,I,S,U,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
Credits: 2 Analysis of data using descriptive and basic inferential statistics, frequency distribution, measures of central tendency, sampling, distribution, levels of significance in hypothesis testing, correlation, t-tests, one way analysis of variance, simple linear regression, and chi-square.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Blended Learning, Interactive Online College Code: CAS
IDAS 620 - Strategic Planning in Global Leadership
Credits: 3 A multi-disciplinary course which focuses on current and emerging issues of organizational leadership. The course will teach the role of creating a meaningful strategic plan for an effective administrative system for organizations to survive intensifying globalization. Components include the strategic planning process, roles of board and staff, critical importance of a stakeholder analysis, the purpose of mission and vision, and the difference between goals, strategies and objectives.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
Credits: 2 Background and experience in understanding quantitative and qualitative research designs as they relate to the student’s Focus area. Topics include the research process, defining variables, formulating and stating the problem, planning and designing the research, conducting literature review, instrumentation, data collection procedures, researchers ethical and legal responsibilities and basic data analysis. Students are expected to develop a research proposal. Pre- or co-requisite IDAS613.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite/Corequisite:IDAS 613 Schedule Type: Blended Learning, Interactive Online College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 Introduce concepts and methods of conducting community assessment and capacity mapping. Develop skills in selecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting data affecting program planning and implementation. Consider complex interactions affecting program accountability and outcomes. Provides practical opportunity to exercise skills needed for project design and evaluation.
Grade Mode: Normal w S (A-F,I,S,U,W) Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
Credits: 2,3 Students are required to participate in Professional Training related to the selected Focus area, culminating in a synthesis paper on best practices learned during the training. In addition, the student will design and implement a Colloquium to present best practices in the Focus area.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory (S,U,I,W) Repeatable: Repeatable Schedule Type: Independent College Code: CAS
Credits: 2 The Field Practicum integrates International Development theory into practice. There are two options to fulfill the Field Practicum. Students will complete either; (1) a baseline and benchmarking study to understand best practices in the focus area; or (2) complete an internship of 300 hours in a sponsoring organization. The course culminates with an oral presentation of the students’ findings and experiences.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory w/DG (S,U,I,W,DG) Repeatable: Repeatable Schedule Type: Practicum College Code: CAS
Credits: 1,2 Students are required to broaden knowledge in their Focus area through synthesizing and critiquing scholarly journal articles, professional association publications, publications of multi-government organizations such as the United Nations or the World Bank, publications by various international non-government organizations, or internet resources. The outcome of this literature review will be a “Specialization Essay.”
Grade Mode: Satisfactory (S,U,I,W) Repeatable: Repeatable Schedule Type: Independent College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 A research project is carried out by a master’s degree candidate in which mastery of the research process is demonstrated. The student is expected to choose a research topic related to his/her Focus area.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory w/DG (S,U,I,W,DG) Repeatable: Repeatable up to 4 credits Schedule Type: Independent College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 An introduction to some of the branches of Western art and music from the Middle Ages through to the Baroque. The two disciplines are studied chronologically and in parallel, with the aim of stimulating an interest in and appreciation of the creative arts whilst placing them in their historical contexts. Guided field trips give students the opportunity to experience art masterpieces and musical performances. Available only to Andrews University students attending Newbold College.
Grade Mode: A-F,I,W Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
Credits: 3 An exploration of Western art and music commencing with the Classical era through to the 21st century. The two disciplines continue their chronological parallel investigations. Guided field trips give students the opportunity to experience art masterpieces and musical performances. Available only to Andrews University students attending Newbold College.
Grade Mode: A-F,I,W Schedule Type: Lecture College Code: CAS
Credits: 0 Travel to destinations relevant to individual programs of study. Classes will be selected from department(s) offerings. Fee may be required.
Course/Lab Fee: Yes Grade Mode: Noncredit (NC,W) Repeatable: Repeatable Schedule Type: Blended Learning College Code: CAS
Credits: .5,1 Supervised work experience with a cooperating industry, agency, or institution. The student is supervised by his/her department. At least 175 hours of work required per credit.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or above and permission of the department chair. Students must apply and be accepted one semester in advance of their planned cooperative education experiences. Repeatable: Repeatable up to 1 credit Schedule Type: Independent College Code: CAS
Credits: .5,1 Supervised work experience with a cooperating industry, agency, or institution. The student is supervised by his/her department. At least 175 hours of work required per credit.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W) Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or above and permission of the department chair. Students must apply and be accepted one semester in advance of their planned cooperative education experiences. Repeatable: Repeatable up to 1 credit Schedule Type: Independent College Code: CAS