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3.00 Credits
This course is the foundational class for the interdisciplinary studies (IDS) courses that are required for a bachelor's degree at . Students are introduced to a variety of philosophical and religious worldviews in a historical context and are led to recognize their significance and influence in history and in contemporary popular culture. Attention is also given to the basic principles of logic and critical reasoning and to the nature of a Christian worldview. (3)
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys and integrates key ideas and developments in history, philosophy, literature, theology, politics, visual art and architecture in the Ancient Near East, Hellenic Greece, Hellenistic Greece and Rome. A significant focus of the class is critical thinking and critical writing. Prerequisites: ID 101 Introduction to Worldviews and LA 111 Introduction to Written Composition. IAI Code HF 900. (3)
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys and integrates key ideas and development in history, political theory, philosophy, theology, literature, and fine arts from the nascent Christian Church through the Late Middle Ages. Special attention is given to the growth and development of the church, its relationship to and its increasing influence over politics, society, and economic developments. A significant focus of the class is critical thinking and critical writing. Prerequisites: ID 101 Introduction to Worldviews and LA 111 Introduction to Written Composition. IAI Code HF 901. (3)
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys and integrates key ideas and developments in history, philosophy, theology, science, music, literature, and the arts beginning with the Renaissance and the Reformation through the 19th century. Key eras discussed are the Renaissance, the Reformation, the origin of modern science, the Enlightenment, and Romanticism. A significant focus of the class is critical thinking and critical writing. Prerequisites: ID 101 Introduction to Worldviews and LA 111 Introduction to Written Composition. (3)
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys and integrates key ideas and developments in history, philosophy, theology, science, technology, music, art and literature from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Special attention is given to an analysis contemporary culture from a Christian worldview perspective. Prerequisites: ID 101 Introduction to Worldviews and LA 111 Introduction to Written Composition. (3)
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys and integrates key ideas and developments in history, philosophy, literature, theology, politics, visual art, music and architecture in ancient, medieval, Renaissance and Reformation Europe. The course unifies classroom preparation and on site learning for asubstantive educational experience. Permission of instructor is required. May be substituted for ID 201, 202 or 301, depending on countries visited and civilizations studied. Prerequisites: ID 101 Introduction to Worldviews, LA 111 Introduction to Written Composition and Junior standing. (3)
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the impact that Rome had on the church, and the impact that the church had on Rome through a study of the intertwined development of Rome and the early church. As an interdisciplinary studies course, we will consider developments in visual art, architecture, history, church history, literature and theology. Prerequisites: ID 101 Introduction to Worldviews, LA 111 Introduction to Written Composition and Junior standing. (3)
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the landscape of poetry in English (primarily American) from European Romanticism to Postmodernism. In doing so, we will examine the ways in which poets both participate in and complicate these broad cultural movements. The latter half of the semester will be devoted to examining pairs of poets from different eras in order to trace the on-going "conversations" that persist about the self, the other, the world, and the divine. Disciplines covered in this course include literature, theology/religion, history, and philosophy. Prerequisites: ID 101 Introduction to Worldviews, LA 111 Introduction to Written Composition and Junior standing. (3)
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The course surveys the history of the Christian religious wars waged in Palestine and Europe after 1095. Issues considered include crusade as an expression of the "Age of Faith," the reactions of Christians and non-Christians to crusade, the artistic expressions of crusade and the theological implications of the crusading movement. The course will explore the implications of crusade for the contemporary Middle East. As an interdisciplinary studies course we will consider history, literature, visual art, theology/religious studies, church history and music. Prerequisites: ID 101 Introduction to World-views, LA 111 Introduction to Written Composition and Junior standing. (3)
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the historical development of American feminism as a movement from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to the present day, including such significant issues raised by the movement as political rights, domestic roles, beauty and objectification, definitions of the "feminine," connections between language, gender, and identity, and the nexus of ethnicity and gender by interpreting historical documents, novels, short stories, poems, and some visual art. Christian responses to feminism will be explored in an attempt to help students craft their own position. Disciplines covered in this course include history, literature, philosophy, theology/religion, and possibly visual art. Prerequisites: ID 101 Introduction to Worldviews, LA 111 Introduction to Written Composition and Junior standing. (3)
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