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This course is an in-depth study of the underlying causes of school violence and students being at-risk for school failure at the elementary and secondary school level. Topics include: 1) Identifying at-risk students; 2) Building a resilient learning community; 3) Utilizing the Circle of Courage from Reclaiming Youth At Risk to decrease discipline problems; 4) Theories of behavior and discipline; 5) Proactive classroom management techniques, instructional and behavioral strategies to curb aggression and other disruptive behavior; 6) Making your classroom and school a "Safe Home" for students and staff. Prerequisites: EDPS 353, EDPS 383, EDUC 213, EDUC303. * This course is required for all education majors. ** This course must be completed before Student Teaching will be allowed. Students taking this course for graduate credit must complete all graduate course requirements. This course may not be taken as a Directed Study, credit for prior learning portfolio or as a web course if it is to be used as part of the MSE in Counselor Education degree program requirements. Three Hours, Fall, Spring, Summer
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Examination of the factors influencing the formation and execution of United States foreign policy and of specific contemporary foreign policies and problems. The course will focus on the policies through which the United States attempts to maintain satisfactory economic, political, and social relationships with other countries. Global interdependency will be investigated. Prerequisite(s): POLS 113 and HIST 223 or consent of the instructor. This course does not satisfy the U.S. Government requirement for teacher certification. Three Hours, On Demand
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This course is a detailed examination of the office of the American Presidency. The course will focus on the development of the Presidency from the time of Washington to the present. The students will not only look at the political thought and actions of the founders, preservers, and revisers of American republicanism and their varied understanding of executive power, but also will read various biographical accounts of various presidents to discover how the office changes from president to president. Three hours, Fall, even-numbered years
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This course will look at our system of representative democracy as understood by the Founders , Framers and other political thinkers from 1760 to 1800. The students will read many primary source documents from this Founding Period, and evaluate how and why the thoughts of the Founders have impacted not only American Political thought, but also American Constitutional Democracy today. Three hours, Spring, Odd Years
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A study of the origin and spread of Christianity with emphasis on policy, dogma, and practices, and the influence of the Christian movement. Prerequisite(s): RBIB 113 and RBIB 123. Three Hours, Spring, Odd Years
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A survey of the growth of Baptists in general, and Southern Baptists in particular, from the English Separatists to the modern era. Focus is given to the policy, dogma, practices, and influences of this movement. Prerequisite(s): RBIB 113 and RBIB 123. Three Hours, Fall, Odd Years
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This course is an introduction to the political events, intellectual-theological insights, and artistic expressions of the historical period called the Renaissance and Reformation. The course presents the important changes and thinkers of this period. Prerequisite(s): RBIB 113 and RBIB 123. Three Hours, Spring, Even Years
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A study of the major religious currents in American life from the colonial era to the present. Special attention will be given to the interaction between American culture and the various strands of Christianity. Prerequisite(s): RBIB 113 and RBIB 123. Three Hours, Fall, Even Years
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An examination of several contemporary rivals of Christianity, including atheism, naturalism, Marxism, nihilism, existentialism, eastern religions, and the New Age movement. Prerequisite(s): RBIB 113 and RBIB 123, or consent of instructor. Three Hours, Fall, Odd Years
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the history of the Western world, particularly Europe, from its origins in Egypt and Southwest Asia to about 1660. The course covers classical Egypt, the Ancient Near East, the Biblical Hebrews, classical Greece, Hellenism, the Roman Republic and Empire, the rise of Christianity, the Byzantine Empire, the three stages of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformations, and early-modern Europe. Three Hours, Fall
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