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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A course in the history and development of important critical literary theories from Plato to the present. Special emphasis will be given to a Christian approach to literature. Pre-requisite: English 201, 202, 203, or 204. (Offered alternate years.)
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3.00 Credits
An advanced writing workshop course devoted to writing about the subject of spirituality and personal faith. In addition to the production, drafting, and revision of student work, the course will include readings of spiritual memoirs and related essay collections with discussion of craft, theme, and technique. Prerequisite: En 101-102
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3.00 Credits
This course will offer a comprehensive view of the works of C.S. Lewis with a focus upon how his imagination helped to shape his apologetics. In addition to reading selections from his letters, journals, poems, fiction, non-fiction, and apologetics, students will view and discuss important new video productions of Lewis' life in order to gain a perspective on the ideas, thoughts, and opinions of the most popular Christian author of the twentieth century. Because Lewis has powerfully influenced so many people, this course will explore his approach to making Christianity intellectually reasonable, theologically winsome, and spiritually compelling. While open to all students who have completed a sophomore level literature course, this course is designed in particular for students majoring in English and Bible and Religion. Pre-requisite: English 201, 202, 203, or 204.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will provide students and faculty the opportunity to participate in examining current issues or specialized topics within the discipline. Topics will be determined by the department. Class will meet 15 hours for each hour of credit offered. A student can repeat for up to six hours of credit.
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2.00 Credits
Students will develop an extensive presentation or paper, according to their English major concentration-literature or creative writing. A committee which consists of the course professor, the concentration main professor, and one member chosen by the student will specify the thesis parameters, approve the topic at the beginning of the semester, and grade the final paper.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a broad foundational understanding of the field of environmental studies while using the environment as the integrating concept. Topics include environmental philosophy and theology, nature literature, environmental science and related issues, and environmental history, policy, and law. This course is open only to freshmen, sophomores, and transfer students, and it is designed specifically for students majoring in environmental studies. Pre-requisite: BL 101.
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2.00 Credits
This field-based course covers a broad range of topics useful for environmental educators, naturalists, and environmental biologists, including landscape ecology, taxonomy, geomorphology, winter ecology, and field meteorology. Although science-based, the course integrates discussion of seminal natural history literature into the class structure. Various methods for teaching natural history in the field will be demonstrated. Students develop a nature journal that chronicles seasonal changes in the natural world. Pre-requisites: BL 101-102.
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4.00 Credits
A course stressing the relationship of organisms to their environment including both living and nonliving factors. Topics include population dynamics, community interactions, energy flow, biogeochemical cycling, winter adaptation, and soil dynamics. Three hours lecture and three hours lab per week. Pre-requisite: BL 101- 102, or permission of professor.
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3.00 Credits
Science training in academic and professional skills. These courses will complement students' development at progressive levels of their program training. Pre-requisite: Courses to be taken sequentially or permission of professor.
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4.00 Credits
This course will take an in-depth look at the geographic regions of the world known as biomes. The geological, topographical, and climatic dynamics of each area will be related to ecological integrations. The study of each biome will emphasize representative plant and animal species, as well as rates of successional change. Three hours lecture and three hours lab per week. Pre-requisite: ES 206 or permission of professor.
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