Modular Courses

Tom Berekoff

ADM 493 Special Topics in Administration: Stewardship Principles and Practices
Course description will be posted when available.

Prerequisite:  the completion of 60 credit hours of study or permission of the professor.

Susan Wendel

BLST 103 Gospels
A study of the mission and message of Jesus as viewed from the perspective of one or more of the four evangelists with special emphasis on developing interpretive skills and an introduction to current issues in gospel studies.

Carl Hinderager

BLST 415 Sermon on the Mount

Course description will be posted when available.  

Prerequisites: BLST 103 Gospels and the completion of 60 credit hours of study

Neil Soggie

PSY 448 Psychopharmacology
Course description will be posted when available.  

Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of Psychology

Jamie Muir

PHI 393 Renaissance Philosophy

Since Jacob Burckhardt popularized the term "renaissance" in the 1860s it has had a variety of intersecting, and sometimes inconsistent, meanings. In twentieth century histories of philosophy, "Renaissance philosophy" is a chronological term referring to philosophical thought between the end of medieval philosophy and the beginning of modern philosophy. In the broader history of ideas, however,  the word "renaissance" has come to refer to the recovery and reinvigoration of classical Greek and Roman (and some Arabic) intellectual traditions across a variety of intellectual disciplines, including art, literature, mathematics, and philosophy. There were three distinguishable phases of this renaissance in European intellectual history: (1) the recovery of Latin and Aristotelian learning during the Carolingian Renaissance beginning in the 8^th century, (2) the revival of logic and Arabic neo-Platonism during the renaissance of the 12^th century, and (3) the recovery of classical Greek language and the texts of Plato and Platonism during the European Renaissance of the 14^th and 15^th century. The subject-matter of this course is chronologically limited to this final phase of the renaissance of classical learning, and it is limited to philosophy. In terms of the history of philosophy specifically, this course will be concerned with representative texts in the philosophical thought of the European Renaissance between c1350 and c1600, or between the culmination of medieval philosophy in William of Ockham (1285-1347) and Marsilius of Padua (1275-1342), and the beginnings of modern philosophy in the thought of Machiavelli (1469-1527) and Descartes (1596-1650). The philosophical texts to be studied are concerned with the nature of philosophy and the philosophical life, the possibility of freedom of thought and action, and the relation between reason and monotheistic Revelation.                                               

Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of Philosophy

David Miller

BLST 306 Romans

A study of Paul's letter to the Romans with particular attention given to its historical setting, theological argument, and continuing significance for the church.

Prerequisite: BLST 103 Gospels

Michel Bell

BU 400 Senior Business Seminar

This synthesis course provides the opportunity for students to come together for advanced study into specific business issues.  Topics include further studies on the role of Christians in the business world, entrepreneurship, and business ethics. The course includes significant reading assignments and group discussions.

Prerequisite: Senior standing (15 credit hours of BU credit hours or BU cognates credit hours) or permission of the instructor

TBA

IDST 200 Interdisciplinary Studies: Modernity and Postmodernity

Drawing upon various disciplines in the liberal arts, this course examines the much discussed cultural shift from modernity to postmodernity. Particular attention is paid to the influence that post-Cartesian philosophies, critical literary theories, and theologies have had on the shaping of contemporary faith and culture.

NOTE: Students with credit for IDST 250 Studies in Christian World Views may not take this course for credit. 

Charles Hackney

PSY 301 Research Methods in the Social Sciences

This course acquaints students with experimental and non-experimental approaches and techniques used by researchers within the social sciences.  In-class projects will provide hands-on experience in study design and data collection.

Prerequisite: 6 credit hours in Social Sciences 

Tim Stabell

THEO 370 Theology of Mission

This course offers students the opportunity of exploring recent scholarship regarding both the centrality and the nature of mission in the teaching of the Scriptures.

Prerequisite: THEO 115 Introduction to Christian Theology

Note: Students with credit for CM 201 Theology of Mission may not take this course for credit.