Bethany College Schedule of Courses for 2008 Summer

Art

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
AR530 Wheel Thrown Pottery
     Graduate Level A 1-2 9:00-12:00PM -MTWR-- MING 130 Kahler, C Students purchase own clay

Communication

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
CM101 Intro to Human Communication A 3.0 8:30-11:00AM -MTWRF- SOSC 12 Isaacson,C First Meeting: Monday, June 2,
8:30am-Then Online.
  Course Description:   After an introduction on basic theories of human communication, students will survey the theory and practice of human communication in various contexts, including interpersonal, mass and intercultural.

Criminal Justice

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
CJ350 Juvenile Justice
     By arrangement A 3.0 TBD STAFF
  Course Description:   This course provides a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the Juvenile Justice system, including history, movements toward diversion and deinstitutionalization, police interaction, juvenile court process, due process of the juvenile system, and community interventions. The course also explores different theories as to the causes of Junvenile delinquency; and treatment for juvenile offenders.
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.

Economics

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
EC111 Principles Macroeconomics A 3.0 1:00- 4:00PM -MTWRF- SOSC 10 Ahlseen, M Class starts May 27 and
finishes June 13-meets 3wks.
  Course Description:   A study of the performance of the American economy. Includes an examination of national income determination, the money and banking system, and the application of economic principles to the problems of achieving full employment, price stability, economic growth and a favorable balance of payments. Some study of economic development and economic systems.
EC201 Statistics for Behavioral and Social Science A 3.0 9:00-12:00PM -MTWRF- SOSC 10 Ahlseen, M Class starts May 27 and
finishes June 13-meets 3 wks.
  Course Description:   This course provides an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics. Students will learn how to compute and interpret a variety of statistics and will become knowledgeable about the attributes of the statistics studied. Emphasis will be on conducting statistical analysis and interpreting findings in the behavioral and social sciences. Prerequisites: minimum sophomore status and one of the following: Math ACT score of 18, minimum C grade in high School Algebra I, or AS099, a grade of "C" in MA101 or a college level math course. Permission of instructor may be granted in special circumstances.

Education

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
ED355 Educational Psychology A 3.0 TBD ------- Lowers, M Online
  Course Description:   A course designed to help the student apply psychology to teaching. Major units of the course include learning, motivation, evaluation and classroom control. The course attempts to provide the student with as many options as possible for dealing with typical classroom concerns. Prerequisite PY205 or consent of the instructor. Must apply to teacher education or consent of education department chair.

English

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
EN101 Thinking and Writing A 4.0 2:00- 5:30PM -MTWRF- WLIB W065 Monder,E
  Course Description:   The development of expository and argumentative writing skills through the processes of effective reading, clear thinking, organization, and expression, with appropriate emphasis on grammar and mechanics. Prerequisites: 2.50 grade point average in high school language arts courses (grades 10/11/12) and an English Usage Score of 18 on the Enhanced ACT (English score of 15 on the older version of the ACT.) Students who do not have this prerequisite will be required to pass with a grade of C or higher AS003 Introduction to Composition prior to enrolling in EN101.

Experience Based Educat

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
EB297 Experience Based Education A 1-6 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 Center for Urban Life & Culture A 3-12 TBD ------- Schierling Please contact Career Services
  Course Description:   An Institutional affiliation by Bethany College with the Chicago Center for Urban Life & Culture has been established. Bethany students may enroll for Chicago Center for Urban Life & Culture credit during regular semesters, Interterm & summer sessions. An Interterm course involves students in 3 weeks of living and learning at the Center.
GO301 Chicago Center for Urban Life & Culture A 3-12 TBD ------- Schierling 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.

Geography

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
GO120 Human Geography A 3.0 9:00-12:00PM -MTWRF- SOSC 14 Norlin, D
Clark R
  Course Description:   An investigation into the concepts and methods of geographical analysis. Spatial patterns of population distribution, cultural diversity, economic activities, political entities, and residential settlement. Emphasis is placed on social, political and economic behavior from the perspective of decisions relative to space and resource utilization.

History

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
HI101 History of the U.S. to 1877 A 3.0 TBD ------- SOSC 15 Kahler, B Time is negotiable
  Course Description:   This basic course in U.S. history focuses on American development to the post-Civil War era. Starting with European exploration of the New World, the survey emphasizes the foundation, establishment, and maintenance of the Republic and concentrates on major events and personalities in that process.
HI102 History of the U.S. from 1877 A 3.0 TBD ------- SOSC 15 Kahler, B Time is negotiable
  Course Description:   U.S. history after the Civil War period is the subject of the survey from 1877. Considering major events and personalities, the course traces the development and effects of increased industrialization, growing involvement in world affairs, and greater diversification of American society.
HI390 Historiogrphy A 3.0 TBD ------- SOSC 13 Kahler, B Time is negotiable
  Course Description:   This is to be a capstone, giving the major student a working knowledge of the techniques of the historical professions. Methods of handling research materials, and an introduction to what prominent historians say about the practice of history are stressed. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing. *Alternate year course.

Mathematics

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
MA130 Analytic Geometry & Calculus I A 4.0 9:00-11:00AM -MTWRF- NELS 208 Boyd, C Meets June 1-July 29.
  Course Description:   This is the normal entry-level course into college mathematics designed for students interested in the sciences, mathematics, and other areas requiring a good math background. Topics include limits; differentiation of the polynomial and trigonometric functions; the rules of differentiation for sums, products, quotients, and compositions; applications of the derivative to find slopes, extrema, concavity, and related rates; integration; and applications of integration such as area, work volumes, and pressure. A graphing calculator is required:the TI-83 Plus or T-I 84 Plus is recommended. A calculator which performs symbolic manipulations will not be allowed. Prerequisites: High school course involving advanced mathematics and trigonometry, a level above Algebra II with a grade of at least a B, or MA102 with a grade of C or better.
MA198 Special Topics in Math: A 3.0 11:01-12:30PM -MTWRF- NELS 208 Boyd, C
  Course Description:   Designed for those students needing College Algebra as a requirement for their major or for the General Education Critical Thinking, Quantitative Skills requirement. Topics include inequalities, logarithms, theory of equations, systems of equations, complex numbers, and conic sections. No credit will be given to those who have passed a calculus, pre-calculus, or algebra/trigonometry course at the college level with a "C" or better. A graphing calculator is required: the TI-83plus is recommended. Any calculator that performs symbolic manipulation will not be allowed.

Music

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
MU115 International Tour-Bethany College Choir A 3.0 TBD ------- Mahraun, D
  Course Description:   The purpose of the choir is to study choral music intensively and to present frequent public performances of the best literature in this form of vocal art. To further explore the history of choral music and of the College, the Bethany College Choir tours internationally on a rotating basis. This course gives students an opportunity to come in contact with cultures other than their own, and to experience the sense of "otherness" that arises from visiting countries where language, social mores, history, economic structures, and culture remain variously different. While this course will utilize traditional readings and discussions in history, art, literature, and politics to help contextualize and formalize the students' leanrning process (accomplished through on-campus preparation), this class will depend primarily on more experiential and non-traditional learning methods as students encounter museums, churches, and historical points of interest in the countries where the Choir performs.

Philosophy

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
PL332 Philosophy Senior Seminar A 2.0 TBD ------- Staff
  Course Description:   Capstone course for the concentration or minor. The course will focus on the philosophical work of one person of primary interest to the student(s), and with the consent of the instructor. Since the content of the course will vary, students may repeat the course with the consent of the instructor.

Phys Education/Health

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
PE110 Community First Aid & Safety
     General First Aid A 1.0 1:10- 3:00PM --T-R-- HAHN 101 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.
PE260 Theory of Coaching Football A 2.0 TBD ------- HAHN Cruce, J
  Course Description:   A course for students who intend to coach football. Included are such topics as scouting, organization, offensive and defensive philosophies, the kicking game, and strength and conditioning.
PE360 Advance Theory of Teaching Football A 1.0 TBD ------- Cruce, J
PE387 Sports Management Practicum A 3-12 TBD ------- Clark R Randy Clark-Advisor
  Course Description:   A beginning professional sports management practice experience under the supervision of the practicum instructor and an approved sports related agency. Students will gain an in-depth practical work experience using skills acquired during previous coursework. Practicum is graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Prerequisite: Approval of sports management faculty.
PE390 Nutrition A 3.0 9:30-12:00PM -MTWRF- HAHN 101 Seacat, M
  Course Description:   This course is designed to introduce the student to general nutrition concepts and controversies. General nutritional standards and guidelines will be discussed. Special emphasis will be placed on practical nutrition for professionals in health, fitness, and wellness as well as athletic related fields. *Alternate year course.

Psychology

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
PY101 General Psychology A 4.0 TBD ------- Douglas, D Online
  Course Description:   A course designed to introduce students to the scientific study of behavior. Topics studied include methods of research, biological bases of behavior, learning and memory, testing, behavior disorders and therapy, and social and applied psychology.
PY201 Statistics for Behavioral and Social Sciences A 3.0 9:00-12:00PM -MTWRF- SOSC 10 Ahlseen, M Classs starts May 27 and
finishes June 13-meets 3 wks.
  Course Description:   This course provides an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics. Students will learn how to compute and interpret a variety of statistics and will become knowledgeable about the attributes of the statistics studied. Emphasis will be on conducting statistical analyses and interpreting findings in the behavioral and social sciences. Prerequisites: minimum sophomore status; Math ACT score of 20, or minimum grade "C" in MA101 or a college level math course. Permission of the instructor may be granted in special circumstance.
PY355 Educational Psychology A 3.0 TBD ------- Lowers, M
  Course Description:   A course designed to help the student apply psychology to teaching. Major units of the course include learning, motivation, evaluation and classroom control. The course attempts to provide the student with as many options as possible for dealing with typical classroom concerns. Prerequisite PY205 or consent of the instructor. *See Education Department for enrollment procedures.

Religion

Course Sec Hours Schedule Days Room Instructor Notes
RL100 Christianity in Its Global Context A 4.0 TBD ------- MacLennan, Please contact instructor
  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.