Bethany College Schedule of Courses for 2008 Interterm

Art

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
AR171 Basic Web Design A 2.0 1:00- 3:00PM -MTWRF- NELS 128 Pogue, Ed
  Course Description:   This course will cover the world of electronic publishing on the "World Wide Web" (WWW). The student will be instructed on how to design for this new medium. Utilizing various software applications the student will learn to create fully functional WWW documents. Basic Hyper Text Markup-Language (HTML) and site management will also be covered.
AR310 Life Drawing A 2.0 8:30-12:30PM -MTWRF- MING 130 Kay
Shaw
  Course Description:   This course is a concentrated study of the human figure with an emphasis upon accuracy of the observation and description. The first part of the course centers upon the issues of proportion and the representation of form. The second part focuses upon spatial awareness and the realization of the figure within an environment. Drawings will be made from the skeleton, one's self (using a mirror), and the nude model. AR210 or consent of the instructor.
AR396B Studio Concentration: Ceramics A 1-4 TBD ------- Kahler, C
  Course Description:   Intensive work in the studio area following specialization and beyond the advanced levels. Studio concentration may be taken in one, two, three, or four semester hour segments. For art majors or by permission of the Art Department Chair.
AR410 Advanced Life Drawing A 2.0 8:30-12:30PM -MTWRF- MING 130 Kay
Shaw
  Course Description:   This course will address two concerns: the first is the soundness and vitality of drawing as a descriptive and expressive language. The second is the realization of the figure as an expressive form. Prerequistie: AR310

Business

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
BU230 Retailing Management A 3.0 8:00-11:30AM -MTWRF- SOSC 16 Gentine
  Course Description:   This course provides an in-depth introduction into the world of retailing and its organization. The retailing functions covered are the following operations, sales promotion, selling, customer service, financial control, and research. Course activities will include field trips, lectures, reading, quizzes and exams, class discussion, guest speakers, and a course project. No prerequisites.
BU260 Creative Selling A 3.0 1:00- 4:00PM -MTWRF- SOSC 17 Carlson
Frost, D.
  Course Description:   An in-depth study of the art of selling, including the salesperson, customer behavior, and techniques and procedures for effectiveness. The course will include readings, lectures, class demonstrations, case analysis, practice sales demonstrations and a product research report. No prerequisites. *Alternate year course.

Communication

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
CM298 Special Topics in Communication:
     The Scandinavian Breakthrough A 3.0 8:30-11:00AM -MTWRF- SOSC 13 Isaacson,C
  Course Description:   Description: The Scandinavian Breakthrough. An examination of the dramatic works of Ibsen, Bjornson and Strindberg and the breakthrough from the "well made play" to realism and beyond to surrealism. We will examine these plays both as dramatic works and as rhetorical documents. Plays studied will include Ibsen's ["A Doll's House"], "Hedda Gabler", "The Wild Duck" and "The Master Builder";Strindberg's "Miss Julie", ["Easter"], "A Dream Play" and "The Ghost Sonata"; and Bjornson's "Beyond Human Might" and "The Black Glove". Students registering for 298 credit will omit those plays in brackets, and write shorter papers than students registering for 398 credit.
CM398 Special Topics in Communication:
     The Scandinavian Breakthrough A 3.0 8:30-11:00AM -MTWRF- SOSC 13 Isaacson,C
  Course Description:   Description: The Scandinavian Breakthrough. An examination of the dramatic works of Ibsen, Bjornson and Strindberg and the breakthrough from the "well made play" to realism and beyond to surrealism. We will examine these plays both as dramatic works and as rhetorical documents. Plays studied will include Ibsen's ["A Doll's House"], "Hedda Gabler", "The Wild Duck" and "The Master Builder"; Strindberg's "Miss Julie", ["Easter"], "A Dream Play" and "The Ghost Sonata"; and Bjornson's "Beyond Human Might" and "The Black Glove". Students registering for 298 credit will omit those plays in brackets, and write shorter papers than students registering for 398 credit. "

Criminal Justice

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
CJ365 Forensic Science A 4.0 8:30-11:30AM -MTWRF- NELS 102 Berggren
  Course Description:   The student will study Forensic theories and practices including techniques of investigation. Topics include major criminalistic techniques that include physical evidence left at the scene of a crime, i.e. fingerprints, DNA, blood spatters and shoeprints and drug analysis. 3 hour lecture; 1 lab. This course meets the General Education requirement for Scientific Mode of Inquiry.
CJ397 Criminal Justice Practicum A 12.0 TBD STAFF
  Course Description:   Planned group observation in selected criminal justice agencies representing the major components of police, courts, and corrections.
CJ401 Interterm Discovery Trip to Washington DC A 3.0 TBD ------- Smith, D The class will meet two times
previous to leaving on Jan. 15
dates and time to be announced
  Course Description:   This course will involve the student in the history, development and current status as the capital of our country. Class time will be used to develop understanding of the history and development of Washington, and the tour segment will allow the students to explore agencies connected with the field of study of criminal justice.

Economics

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
EC310 Economics of Sports A 3.0 8:30-11:30AM -MTWRF- SOSC 12 Ahlseen, M
  Course Description:   This course explores selected aspects of the economics of the sports industry. Focus will be on the four major professional team sports (hockey, baseball, football, and basketball) as well as on collegiate athletics. Topics include: Professional sports franchises--what factors determine profitability and market value; Government involvement--the effects of taxes, antitrust, and regulation; Economics of sports stadiums--financing methods, profitability to franchise; Professional sports labor markets--factors affecting salaries; and Economics of collegiate athletics--financing, the role of student athletes, Title IX. Prerequisite: EC111

Education

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
ED200 Introduction to Teaching A 2-3 TBD -MTWRF- Konzem, G. App deadline - Oct. 14, 2007
  Course Description:   An exploratory opportunity in which one who is considered becoming a teacher works with a classroom teacher fulltime during the January Interterm. Prerequisites: ED100, sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
ED346 Reading Strategies for Content Teachers A 1.0 1:00- 2:40PM -M-W--- WLIB W035 Hyler, E
  Course Description:   This course is designed to provide information about and practice in the teaching of reading in secondary (6-12) content area courses. Topics will include 1) strategies for developing vocabulary, concepts, and reading skills in specific subject areas; 2) textbook analysis and; 3) remedial and developmental reading. Prerequisites: Apply to Teacher Education.

English

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
EN130 Travel Writing A 3.0 8:45-11:45AM -MTWRF- SOSC 14 Van Tassel
  Course Description:   Students will read a wide variety of travel articles and literature as well as write about their own travel experiences. The course will include a week off campus.
EN330 Travel Writing A 3.0 8:45-11:45AM -MTWRF- SOSC 14 Van Tassel
  Course Description:   See course desription for EN130. This is an upper level course so the student will be asked to do more than in the lower level course.

Experience Based Educat

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
EB297 Experience Based Education A 1-4 TBD ------- Schierling Apply at Career Service Office
  Course Description:   Experience Based Education (EBE) is comprised of non-classroom experiences, arranged, supervised, and evaluated in terms of educational objectives and outcomes. These experiences may serve several purposes for the student: personal development, career orientation and preparation, voluntary human service, extensions of general education, or specialized internships. EBE is taken on a pass/fail basis. Each EBE project must have a faculty sponsor. Consult with the Office of Career Services about the EBE program, deadlines and how to apply. -Variable Credit
EB397 Experience Based Education A 1-4 TBD ------- Schierling Apply at Career Service Office
  Course Description:   See description for EB297
GO101 Chicago Urban Life A 3-12 TBD STAFF Please contact Career Services
  Course Description:   An Institutional affiliation by Bethany College with the Chicago Urban Life Center (ULC) has been established. Bethany students may enroll for Chicago Urban Life center credit during regular semesters, Interterm and summer sessions. An Interterm course involves students in three weeks of living and learning at the Center.
GO301 Chicago Urban Life A 3-12 TBD STAFF Please contact Career Services
  Course Description:   An institutional affiliation by Bethany College with the Chicago Urban Life Center (ULC) has been established. Bethany students may enroll for Chicago Urban Life Center credit during regular semesters, Interterm and summer sessions. An Interterm course involves students in three weeks of living and learning at the Center.
GO399 Washington Center Seminar A 3.0 TBD STAFF Please contact Career Services
  Course Description:   An institutional affiliation by Bethany College with The Washington Center, Washington, D.C., has been established. The center's mission is to utilize the resources of the nation's capital to provide participatory learning experiences in order to enhance students' academic, civic, and professional development. In this way, the Washington Center seeks to promote future leadership for public, private and nonprofit sectors of our society. Selected junior and senior students become interns in a governmental or private agency and attend a weekly academic seminar for one semester or summer. Three semester hours credit in a specific discipline (to be determined by the Institutional Liason in consultatio with the student's department chair) is awarded for the weekly seminar.

Mathematics

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
MA250 Math History A 2.0 8:00-10:00AM -MTWRF- NELS 210 Boyd, C
  Course Description:   A survey of the development of mathematics from ancient times to modern, this course is designed to meet Kansas State Department of Education's Standards for the Mathematics Teaching Major 6-12 and Mathematics Teaching endorsement for Teacher Certification 5-8. Prerequisite: MA130 Analytical Geometry and Calculus I. Offered Interterm of even years.

Music

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
MU100 Explorations in Music A 3.0 8:30-11:30AM -MTWRF- PRES 319 Steed
  Course Description:   A basic vocabulary of the verbal, aural, and symbolic components of musical theory and performance is used to survey classical and popular stylistic periods. Students are aided in developing their own individual musical explorations in order, through expanded awareness, to identify aspects of music which may have continuing personal appeal. (Course does not count toward the music major). This course will include an extended trip off campus to attend a variety of musical events. There will be an additional program fee charged to cover travel/concert ticket expenses. No Prerequisites.
MU398 Special Topics in Music
     Survey of Oratorio Literature A 2.0 9:30-11:30AM -MTWRF- PRES 220 Mahraun, D
  Course Description:   A survey of oratorio literature from the baroque era to the 20th cenury. Special emphasis will be placed on Handel's "Messiah" and Bach's "Matthaus-Passion." Major choral-orchestral works of the 19th and 20th century will also be examined.

Phys Education/Health

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
PE110 Community First Aid & Safety A 1.0 1:10- 3:00PM --T-R-- SGIB CLRM Seacat, M
  Course Description:   This is a first responder course designed to instruct in individual CPR and first aid care. Successful completion of the course can result in American Red Cross certification in both Community CPR and Community First Aid and Safety.
PE161 Sports Officiating A 3.0 9:00-11:30AM -MTWRF- HAHN 101 Oleen, C
  Course Description:   This course is designed for men and women who desire to learn the rules, techniques, and mechanics of officiating the sports of basketball, football, volleyball, baseball/softball, and soccer. The course will include observation of registered officials, lectures by officials and actual officiating experiences. The course is excellent preparation for students who desire to attempt to become certified by the state to officiate in the sports of basketball, football, volleyball, baseball/softball.
PE341 *Elem & Sec Rhythms A 3.0 9:00-11:30AM -MTWRF- SGIB CLRM Seacat, M
  Course Description:   A study of rhythmic activities appropriate for teaching in the elementary, middle level, and secondary curriculums. The student will both study and participate in these activities. The course will progress from basic fundamental rhythmic activities to higher level rhythmic activities such as rope jumping, tinikling, lummi sticks, parachute play, and creative rhythms. Other activities covered will be square dances, mixers, and group dances. *Alternate year course.

Political Science

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
PS106 The Decade of Change: The 60's A 3.0 8:30-11:30AM -MTWRF- SOSC 17 Pigge, J
  Course Description:   The decade of the 1960's is like few others in the history of the United States! The struggle for civil rights, the trauma of the Vietnam War, the evolution of the free speech movement and the rejection of authority by several segments of society (especially persons of college age) all lead to a fascinating, troubling and defining period in our political and social history. This class will explore all of these issues. We will watch videos, listen to music of the times, and read from several sources---all with the goal to understand what it can mean when someone says, "Wow, to live in the 60's---that was the best and worst of times." No prerequisites, other than a desire to learn!
PS306 The Decade of Change: The 60's A 3.0 8:30-11:30AM -MTWRF- SOSC 17 Pigge, J
  Course Description:   See course description under PS106.

Religion

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
RL100 Christianity in Its Global Context A 4.0 8:30-11:30AM -MTWRF- SOSC 10 Eckstrom
Claassen,T
  Course Description:   An introduction to major themes in the Bible, the interpretation of these themes in classical Christian theology, the application of these themes to contemporary issues, and the relationship between Christianity and other religions and ideologies in the modern world. It is a foundation course for 300-level religion offerings.

Science

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
SC365 Forensic Science A 4.0 8:30-11:30AM -MTWRF- NELS 102 Berggren
  Course Description:   The student will study Forensic theories and practices including techniques of investigation. Topics include major criminalistic techniques that include physical evidence left at the scene of a crime, i.e. fingerprints, DNA, blood spatters and shoeprints and drug analysis. 3 hour lecture; 1 hour lab. This course meets the General Education requirments for Scientific Mode of Inquiry.

Special Education

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
SE220 Field Exp in Services for Students with Special Needs A 1.0 TBD ------- ACCK ACCK App deadline:1st Fri
of Dec.By arrangement
  Course Description:   An early field placement for directed observation of special education teachers working with elementary - or secondary - level students with mild/moderate disabilities. Fall, Spring, Interterm.