2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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ENG 238AE - Literature and Film (4 credits) (NWCore option under Aesthetic Experience)
Literature and Film is an introduction to the art of adaptation. Although we are frequent viewers of film, we are not always good readers and interpreters of visual texts. We will read original literary texts and view adaptations. Through class discussions, writing, and practice students will learn the visual language of film and understanding the nature of adaptation.
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ENG 250LC - Literary Contexts (4 credits) (NWCore option under Literary Contexts)
ENG250LC offers students an introduction to literary study. The topics of individual sections vary by instructor and term. After completing this writing-intensive course, students will be able to imagine other lives, times, and places by reading a variety of texts; empathize with characters who have diverse stories and perspectives; analyze different genres of literature using the tools of literary study; craft a coherent essay with a clear thesis and careful textual analysis; articulate ways that literature speaks to and informs their own lives; express delight in God through the beauty of language and literary text; and witness God’s presence in the world through literature. Topics include:
American Literature and the Rhetoric of Freedom: Americans often regard freedom as the defining characteristic of both their nation and themselves. This course examines how the rhetoric of freedom has been a force in American literature. We will complicate our understanding of American freedom by examining how it has been continually redefined throughout the nation’s literary history. We will consider how minority and oppressed groups have used the rhetoric of freedom to advance their own liberation and how Christian religions concepts and language have contributed to this rhetoric. Students will practice reading and writing critically and become familiar with a variety of literary genres, including historical narrative, autobiography, poetry, drama, essays, short stories, and novels.
Literature in the World: This course teaches students to appreciate the aesthetic value of literature and consider its cultural contexts. The course explores the beauty of language, the importance of understanding the self and others, and invites readers to consider how literature contributes to our contemporary culture. The course is arranged thematically and content varies from year to year. Themes may include, but are not limited to: immigration, war, poverty, the power of metaphor, and visual art and literature.
Literary Imaginations: For literature to be more than ink stains on white paper, we must use our imaginations to give it life. In this course we shall read works from throughout human history and around the world (India, Greece, Italy, England, Russia, Nigeria, Ireland, Japan) to imagine and understand the world that people have believed in, created, and inhabited.
The Lives of Others: This course explores 4000 years of stories, from ancient Mesopotamia to the American South. Plays, poems, epics, and autobiographies broaden our perspective on the world and deepen our understanding of being human. Two central themes of the course are perceptions of difference and expressions of faith.
Strangers, Gods, and Monsters: As careful, critical readers, we will come face to face with all sorts of strangers, gods and monsters (both mythic and modern) as we journey through New Mexico deserts, English monasteries, modern day American prisons, contemporary Nigerian villages, Aboriginal healing ceremonies, and deep into the heart of Japan’s 17th century Samurai culture.
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ENG 277 - Young Adult Literature (2 credits, alternate years, consult department)
This course examines the field of young adult literature in its various genres: realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, nonfiction and poetry. Students will develop criteria for book selection and learn ways to respond ethically to young adult literature.
Prerequisite: ENG250LC. ENG292 is also recommended.
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ENG 280 - Shakespeare (4 credits; alternate years)
William Shakespeare never attended college, yet he saw the world sharply in his mind’s eye. He wrote piercingly about kings and college students, warriors and witches, goblins and gravediggers; his 1,000 characters have never been off the stage in 400 years. In this course we read eight plays which fathom the range of human experience and take the English language to the height of expressive beauty.
Prerequisite: ENG250LC.
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ENG 283 - Grammar in the Classroom (2 credits)
Most middle schools and high schools expect their English teachers to teach writing and grammar. What are the goals of teaching grammar? What grammar should young writers know? This course takes a rhetorical approach to the study of grammar and to its use in the teaching of writing.
Prerequisite: NWC101 and sophomore standing.
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ENG 288 - Writing in the Professions (2 credits)
A study of professional writing. In a writing workshop setting, students will learn to adjust style, tone and content to accomplish a definite purpose with an identified audience. They will also learn strategies for creating texts that are clear, concise and accurate. The course is especially useful for those whose career goals require facility in written communication, such as those studying marketing, public relations, advertising, management or law. All students will choose a professional to be their mentor on a writing project related to the career they are interested in. Students will also build a small portfolio of professional writing that includes letters, a memo, a resume and a research report.
Prerequisite: sophomore class standing.
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ENG 290WI - The Art of the Essay (2 credits) (Writing intensive)
A study of some of the best contemporary American non-fiction writing on such subjects as politics, the arts, religion, natural science and medicine. Students write on similar topics and develop their own style by emulating such models.
Prerequisites: sophomore class standing or permission of instructor.
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ENG 292WI - Introduction to Narrative and Verse (4 credits) (Writing Intensive)
Students will be introduced to the foundations of reading and writing narrative and verse (fiction and poetry) and will, through an exploration of a wide range of styles, come to understand both the historical aspects of each genre (i.e. how the art’s been practiced and done before) and how those genres are currently practiced (i.e. what’s poetry and fiction look like today?). Students will learn to read work closely and actively, as writers, and will learn how to be in communication (both written and oral) with text.
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ENG 297 - The Rhetoric of Persuasion (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
A study of the methods of persuasion: logical and emotional appeals and trustworthiness, ways of structuring arguments, and persuasive style. Students will learn to create and critique arguments on a variety of subjects.
Prerequisites: sophomore class standing or permission of instructor.
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ENG 308x - Methods of Teaching Secondary English and Speech (3 credits, alternate years, consult department)
Students will study and practice methods for teaching English and speech in middle school and high school. Pre-service teachers will examine national standards for English/Language Arts and develop their pedagogy for teaching writing, literature, speaking and listening. This course requires a 30-hour practicum.
Note: Does not count toward an English major or minor.
Prerequisites: EDU102 and ENG250LC. EDU307 is strongly recommended.
Cross-Referenced: Cross-referenced in theatre/speech.
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ENG 346 - American Literature I (4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
A study of prose and poetry in the United States from America’s beginnings through the end of the Civil War. The course will focus on the works of Colonial and Romantic writers and the literatures of Native and African Americans. Special attention will be given to defining the qualities and concerns that make this literature distinctively “American.”
Prerequisite: ENG250LC.
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ENG 347 - American Literature II (4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
A study of prose and poetry in the United States from the Civil War until the present. The course will study works by realists (including regionalists) and modernists, as well as contemporary writers.
Prerequisite: ENG250LC.
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ENG 350 - Reading and Writing Short Fiction (4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
Students will explore the nature and design of fiction by studying and analyzing a range of short fictional genres, learning to read fiction the way its writers read it, and participating in a fiction writing workshop. Attention will be given to purposes of language, to relationships between reading and writing, and to narrative as a mode of thinking and an expression of culture.
Prerequisite: ENG292 or permission of instructor.
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ENG 351 - Reading and Writing Creative Nonfiction (4 credits; non-yearly, consult department)
Students will explore the broad and flexible genre of creative nonfiction, from the works of Montaigne, originator of the modern essay, to the lyric essay and works that stretch and blur the line of nonfiction. Attention will be given to the use of language, sentence structure, metaphor and scene, pushing narrative beyond surface description to deeper meaning.
Prerequisite: ENG290WI or permission of instructor.
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ENG 352 - Reading and Writing Poetry (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
Students will actively explore the nature and design of poetry by studying a range of poetic genres and styles, learning to read poetry as writers do, and writing poetry in a writing workshop. Attention will be given to the purposes of language, to relationships between reading and writing, and to poetry as a mode of thinking and an expression of culture.
Prerequisite: ENG292 or permission of instructor.
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ENG 375 - Early British Literature (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
A journey through ten centuries of British literature, from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance, culminating in the great Christian epic, Milton’s Paradise Lost.
Prerequisite: ENG250LC.
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ENG 378 - English Nineteenth-Century Literature (4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
The industrial revolution resulted in an urbanized, more literate population. Writers of the time sought to reach a popular audience in a way unparalleled in English literary history. We shall read Austen, Wordsworth, Dickens, Eliot and their contemporaries, examining what they thought of and had to say to the common people of their day.
Prerequisite: ENG250LC.
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ENG 379 - English Twentieth-Century Literature (4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
England was largely depopulated of young men and nearly reduced to rubble by two world wars. The nation that arose, stripped of its empire, has continued to be a literary center. We shall read Shaw, Yeats, Eliot, Heaney and others, examining how they have analyzed and expressed the modern human condition.
Prerequisite: ENG250LC.
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ENG 380 - Special Topics in Writing (2-4 credits)
Specific subject matter of this course will vary from term to term, but will always focus on an issue in composition studies or a genre of writing. Courses will include both readings and student writing within the genre and will be designed to welcome both majors and non-majors.
Note: The course may be taken more than once as long as the topic of study is different, and will count toward the advanced writing course general education requirement.
Prerequisite: ENG290WI or ENG292 or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 381 - Fantasy Writing (2 credits; alternate years, consult department)
Fantasy Writing is a junior-level reading and writing workshop. Students will engage several sub-genres of fantasy literature by reading and discussing classic and contemporary texts and writing their own stories. A final portfolio of original fiction, a seminar on at least one author’s work, and participation in workshops and group work will form the basis for evaluation.
Prerequisite: ENG292WI is recommended, but not required.
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ENG 382 - The Art of Blogging (2 credits; alternate years, consult department)
The Art of Blogging is a writing workshop designed for those interested in the world of online writing, reviewing and commentary. Students will learn to draft and create an intelligent, culturally-relevant blog that brings other writers’ opinions into conversation with their own insights.
Prerequisites: ENG250LC, ENG221, ENG290WI or ENG292; or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 385 - Literature of Place (4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
Some writers are especially interested in the ways people transform places and the ways places influence people. The elements of a place–the mountain ranges, shopping malls, grasslands, forests, migratory patterns of animals, rush of automobiles, or the portals of cyber-places– shape the imagination. This course examines significant literary works, especially non-fiction, that explore the relationship between persons and places. In particular, we will examine the tension between the writer’s need to construct definitions of “home places” and how the places themselves respond to human “home making.”
Prerequisite: ENG250LC.
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ENG 386 - The Other America (4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
America is home to a variety of peoples and literatures; this course focuses on the development of literatures produced by those outside the Anglo-European tradition whose experiences tell a different story about America. The goal of the course is to enrich students’ views of the content of American Literature and to familiarize them with a culture or cultures with which they may not be conversant. The course may be taught as African American, Native American, Asian American, or Hispanic American literature. Alternatively, the instructor may choose to focus on literatures in contact and conflict with one another, for example, the turbulent confluence of Native American, Anglo, and Hispanic Literatures of Nueva España.
Note: See the instructor for the specific offering before enrolling. This course may be taken more than once, provided a different literature is studied.
Prerequisite: ENG250LC.
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ENG 387 - Special Topics in Rhetoric (2-4 credits, non-yearly, consult department)
Specific subject matter of this course will vary from term to term, but will always focus on an issue in rhetorical studies or a genre of writing. Courses with writing as their emphasis will include both readings and student writing within the genre.
Note: The course will be designed to welcome both majors and non-majors. The course may be taken more than once as long as the topic of study is different.
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ENG 401 - History and Theory of Rhetoric (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
Designed to provide solid grounding in Greek and Roman rhetorical theory and practice including studies in pre-literate rhetoric and the theories of Aristotle and Plato, among others. Some attention is also given to the Christianizing of rhetorical theory during the Middle Ages. Finally, the course concludes with the examination of trends in contemporary rhetoric studies and topical applications.
Prerequisite: junior class standing, ENG235 recommended.
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ENG 417 - Internship (4 credits may apply toward the major)
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ENG 420 - Advanced Writing Project (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
The heart of the course is an advanced project in artistic, journalistic, or scholarly writing. Students also assemble a portfolio of their best writing and related work, plan writing or study beyond college, and read to gather perspectives on their vocation.
Prerequisite: ENG292 and one of the following: ENG350, 351 or 352.
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ENG 450SR - Aesthetic Experience and the Christian Faith (4 credits)
Students in this Senior Seminar will consider the role of the arts in their lives, both as they have studied the arts at Northwestern, and as the arts will find a place in their lives going forward. As works of art develop in the artist’s concentrated attention, the state we call “inspiration,” so the experience of the work of art is an experience of concentrated attention to the thing itself, losing oneself in the work. While interpretation of the work in the broadest sense (both recognizing its structure and identifying its essential themes) can help to enrich the experience, the experience itself is the point. For aesthetic experience responds to the call of beauty, and in it we enter the presence of God.
Prerequisite: Literature major or permission of instructor.
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ENG 480 - Special Topics in Literature and Culture (4 credits, non-yearly, consult department)
In this seminar we analyze interpretive problems in literature and their relation to cultural theories and conditions. Particular attention is given to questions germane to Christian experience and thought.
Note: Specific subject matter will vary from year to year and might include such topics as a literary period, a national literature, a specific author, or literary genre. This course may be taken more than once provided a different topic is studied.
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ESL 101 - Introduction to American Culture (2 credits)
An introduction to American cultural traits and social and religious customs for international students beginning their studies in the United States. Special focus will be given to local Midwestern culture and rural issues.
Note: This course is limited to students studying English as a second language.
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ESL 201 - Oral English (4 credits)
Extensive training and practice in speaking English and comprehending spoken English. Emphasis upon the development of listening comprehension strategies, idiomatic vocabulary, and skills in rephrasing, interrogation, and verification. Each student will be pretested in pronunciation, listening comprehension, speaking and vocabulary. Tutorials and materials appropriate to the student’s present proficiency will be utilized, as well as large group presentations and activities.
Prerequisite: This class is open only to ESL students with a concurrent enrollment in ESL101, or permission of instructor.
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ESL 202 - ESL Bible (4 credits)
The Bible is the foundation for the Jewish and Christian traditions, and has powerfully influenced every dimension of Western Civilization. By studying the Bible, students gain access to the heart of the Judaic-Christian traditions and build a foundation for better understanding Western philosophy, literature, art, music, law and history. In this course, ESL students read selections from the English Bible as well as short excerpts from pieces of Western Literature that have been inspired by the Bible. The aim is both to improve English reading, writing, and speaking skills and also better appreciate the cultural importance of the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Time permitting, students may rehearse and perform in English a short one-act drama based upon a classic Bible story.
Prerequisites: ESL101, 201, and 203, or permission of instructor.
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ESL 203 - ESL Writing (4 credits)
The study and practice of formal and informal modes of written communication accepted in American academic work. Intensive work will be done to develop fluency in writing and reading, expand vocabulary, diagnose and remediate grammatical deficiencies and train students to identify and correct their own mistakes.
Prerequisite: this class is open only to ESL students with a concurrent enrollment in ESL201 or ESL251, or permission of instructor.
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ESL 204 - ESL Literature (4 credits)
A study at the intermediate level of English language literature, emphasis will be placed on the development of reading skills and reading strategies through an introduction to literature in the English language. Students will learn how to effectively read a literary text in English, including the development of vocabulary and grammar recognition.
Prerequisites: ESL101, 201, and concurrent enrollment in ESL203, or permission of instructor.
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ESL 205 - Business English (2 credits)
This course is designed to meet the needs of international students who intend to study business at an American institution or whose primary reason in learning English is for conducting business. The course focuses on learning business concepts and terminology as well as improving communication skills.
Prerequisites: ESL251 or 201, and concurrent enrollment in ESL203, or permission of instructor.
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ESL 206 - English for Academic Purposes (4 credits)
This course is designed to meet the needs of international students who intend to pursue undergraduate and/or graduate studies in the United States. The course focuses on preparing students for the demands of academic lecture comprehension, note- taking, and also on improving writing skills in evaluating and organizing material as well as predicting upcoming information. In addition, students will practice reading strategies to improve textbook comprehension.
Prerequisites: ESL101, 201, and 203, or permission of instructor.
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ESL 251 - Advanced Oral English (4 credits)
Continued training and practice in speaking English and comprehending spoken English. Emphasis upon the development of listening comprehension strategies, development of idiomatic vocabulary, skills in paraphrasing, initiating conversation, interrogation, note taking and verification, and the writing of short essays on comparative-cultural topics. Training and practice in college reading strategies toward the dual goal of increased speed and comprehension. Individual work on pronunciation problems.
Note: Required of students with TOEFL scores under 525.
Prerequisite: This class is open only to ESL students with the prerequisite of ESL201 or permission of instructor.
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GEN 150CC - Transformational Cross-Cultural Leadership (4 credits) (NWCore option under Cross-Cultural Engagement)
This course will introduce students to the multiple dimensions of leadership. Students will come to understand the critical influence of Christ-centered transformational leadership in diverse cultural contexts. Transformational leadership offers Christians a powerful means to work for restoration in today’s global society. Transformational leaders provide followers with an inspiring mission and an influence that fosters passion. These leaders challenge their followers to identify problems and think in new and unique ways about solutions. They motivate by being visionary and showing love and care for others. They encourage and support followers. They empower them. Transformational leadership is essential in our global world today as we confront racism, hunger, poverty, disease and a number of other societal ills. We need leadership that can embrace difference, foster respect and dignity for people everywhere, and nurture a systemic change that encourages thriving in every community. In this course, students will explore and compare major theories of leadership as well as the Biblical narrative and begin to discover how they can flourish as a gifted human being at work in the Kingdom. This seminar will foster a sensitive social conscience and seek to develop dynamic transformational servant leaders who will work intentionally and passionately toward restoration and transformation in today’s global society.
Note: GEN150CC is a requirement for the recipients of the James L. Franken Servant Leadership Scholarship. It is also a recommended course for second year Bridge Scholars and students involved in student leadership positions on campus.
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GEN 205 - Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar (2 credits)
A seminar designed to expose Honors Program students to significant issues by means of interdisciplinary study of selected topics chose on a year-to-year basis.
Note: May be taken more than once provided a different seminar is offered. Must be taken twice to fulfill graduation requirements for the Honors Program. Students may elect to take this course on an “A”/pass/no pass basis. Up to four credits of GEN205 may be substituted for non-Core Integrative General Education requirements.
Prerequisite: membership in the Honors Program or special permission from Honors Program directors.
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GEN 210 - Leadership Practicum (1 credit)
This course is a directed practicum in leadership for students and is by arrangement with instructor and on-site supervisor(s). The course will provide initial practical leadership experience.
Note: Requires 25 clock hours of work experience. Graded on a pass/no pass basis. Course may be repeated one time.
Prerequisites: GEN150CC, BUS/YCF310, or BUS360.
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GEN 312 - Foundations for Media Involvement
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GEN 312 - Reporting in Washington
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GEN 312 - Washington, News & Public
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GEN 313 - Area Studies (4 credits; non-yearly, consult department)
Course designed to introduce students to the phenomenon of a particular culture(s).
Note: Topics covered will vary, depending on subject interest of faculty.
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GEN 315 - Social Work in a Latin American Context
This program is located in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and offers a unique combination that may be of interest to students double-majoring in Spanish and Social Work.
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GEN 316 - Cross-Cultural Preparation (1-4 credits; may be repeated; non-yearly, consult department)
This course is designed specifically for students planning to engage in an approved for-credit off-campus, cross-cultural experience of two weeks or more during the summer and winter intersessions. The course introduces students to the structures of culture in general and the specificities (historical, political, social, religious, etc.) that inform particular groups of people, their ways of thinking, as well as behavioral patterns. Students learn skills in cross-cultural communication and gain insight into the target culture with which they will be interacting during their off-campus study experience, whether domestic or study abroad.
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GEN 335 - Denver Urban Semester
The Denver Urban Semester is designed to provide a three-pronged experience of classroom instruction, living in community, and internships. The program will consist of 2-3 classes and an internship for a total of 15-16 credits. The following courses will be offered:
- Race and Ethnicity in American Society (3 credits) or Intercultural Communication (3 credits)
- Global Urbanization (City of Joy) (3 credits)
- Incarnational Spirituality (3 credits)
- Cross Cultural Urban Integration Seminar (4 credits)
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GEN 350CC - Topics in Cross-Cultural Studies (2-6 credits; summer; may be repeated) (NWCore option under Cross-Cultural Engagement)
Northwestern College offers a variety of off-campus opportunities with Northwestern faculty in various countries around the world. These courses offer a unique opportunity for students to make the world their classroom, going beyond the confines of the traditional classroom. Students are given an opportunity to examine a particular culture through various experiences, such as home stays, ethnographic observation/research, and placement in various social institutions. Past programs have taken students to Austria, China, the Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jamaica, Mexico, Oman, Romania, Russia, South Africa and Taiwan.
Note: Open to all students.
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GEN 352 - NWC Romania Semester
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GEN 365 - Study Abroad Italy, Florence University of the Arts
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GEN 370 - Cross-Cultural Reflection (1 credit)
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GEN 375 - Off-Campus Preparation (1-4 credits)
This course is designed for students planning to enroll in an off-campus summer course and is intended to prepare students academically for their off-campus experience. Course requirements will vary by discipline.
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GEN 376 - Oman: Cross-Cultural Preparation (1 credit)
This course prepares students for their study abroad semester at Al Amana Centre in Muscat, Oman. Topics range from practical and administrative issues related to study abroad (e.g., health and safety issues) to cultural sensitivity and coping strategies in a new environment to a brief overview of Oman’s geography, history, culture, and literature. Student assessment includes oral presentations and portfolio with self-reflections. The course is only offered in the fall, and to be taken the term prior to the Oman semester in the spring.
Prerequisite: acceptance into the Oman semester program.
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GRE 101 - Elementary Biblical Greek and Culture (4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
This course will focus on learning the basics of koine Greek grammar and vocabulary as well as the cultural backgrounds of the New Testament writings. Readings and translation will focus on the Gospel and Letters of John. The New Testament writings will be examined in light of their social-historical and literary settings within Hellenistic Judaism and the broader Greco-Roman world.
Note: The Greek program is offered at Northwestern College primarily as preparation for those students who plan to continue their education through seminary training. The ancient Greek taught here prepares students for biblical study in that language.
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GRE 102LA - Elementary Biblical Greek and Culture (4 credits, alternate years, consult department) (NWCore option under Language and Culture)
This course (a continuation of Greek 101) will focus on learning the basics of koine Greek grammar and vocabulary as well as the cultural backgrounds of the New Testament writings. Readings and translation will focus on the Gospel and Letters of John. The New Testament writings will be examined in light of their social-historical and literary settings within Hellenistic Judaism and the broader Greco-Roman world.
Note: The Greek program is offered at Northwestern College primarily as preparation for those students who plan to continue their education through seminary training. The ancient Greek taught here prepares students for biblical study in that language.
Prerequisite: GRE101.
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GRE 201 - Intermediate Biblical Greek and Culture (1 credit; alternate years, consult department)
This course is designed to facilitate the acquisition and retention of Greek grammatical, exegetical, and interpretive skills through the reading of ancient Greek texts. Primary focus will be on the Gospel of Mark and its context.
Prerequisite: GRE102LA.
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GRE 202 - Intermediate Biblical Greek and Culture (1 credit; alternate years, consult department)
This course is designed to facilitate the acquisition and retention of Greek grammatical, exegetical, and interpretive skills through the reading of ancient Greek texts. Primary focus will be on the Letters of Paul and selections from other Greco-Roman authors. Students will also be introduced to the sub-discipline of Textual Criticism.
Prerequisite: GRE201
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HEB 101 - Elementary Biblical Hebrew and Culture (4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
This course will focus on learning the basics of biblical Hebrew (vocabulary and grammar) and the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of the Old Testament. Readings from the different types of literature in the Hebrew Bible will be incorporated into the course work. The Old Testament writings will be studied against the historical and social backgrounds of the ancient Near East.
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HEB 102LA - Elementary Biblical Hebrew and Culture (4 credits; alternate years, consult department) (NWCore option under Language and Culture)
This course will build on the foundation laid in Hebrew 101 by equipping students to grasp the basics of biblical Hebrew grammar in light of its cultural and linguistic background. Readings from the different types of literature in the Hebrew Bible will be incorporated into the coursework as students develop confidence in speaking Hebrew and interpreting these writings. As a course that satisfies the NWCore Language and Culture requirement, students will also explore what it means to read biblical Hebrew with sensitivity toward scholarship, culture, and faith.
Prerequisite: HEB101.
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HIS 150 - Introduction to Historical Inquiry (2 credits)
(American history) An introduction to the principles and techniques involved in the study of history. This course will include both reflection and practice, consideration of ideas and actual application, through exercises drawing on primary and secondary materials.
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HIS 201HP - United States History to 1865 (4 credits) (NWCore option under Historical Perspectives)
This course surveys United States history until the Civil War. It gives students a broad exposure to significant trends and competing narratives in the first half of U.S. history through an integration of lectures, discussions, readings and activities with primary and secondary sources. We will examine the encounter between people from the Americas, Europe and Africa, the creation and development of the American nation state, immigration, ethnicity, and the shifting definitions of what constitutes an ‘American’, movements promoting reform and social justice along the lines of race, class, and gender, and demographic and economic changes. We will also consider how Christians in America challenged and critiqued American life, culture, and policy.
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HIS 202HP - United States History from 1865 (4 credits) (NWCore option under Historical Perspectives)
This course surveys United States history from the Civil War to the present. It gives students a broad exposure to significant trends and competing narratives in the second half of U.S. history through an integration of lectures, discussions, readings and activities with primary and secondary sources. We will examine the development of the American nation state, shifting definitions of what constitutes an ‘American’, movements promoting rights and social justice along the lines of race, class, and gender, the creation and growth of a consumer culture, patterns of urbanization, suburbanization, and the role of print and electronic media in creating a national mass culture. We will also consider how Christians in America challenged and critiqued American life, culture and policy.
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HIS 203HP - City, Empire, and Church: Antiquity and the Middle Ages (4 credits) (NWCore option under Historical Perspectives)
“The Search for a Useful Past: Antiquity and the Middle Ages” explores the intersection of religion, political organization, cultural expression, and human community through a historical investigation of the ancient Greek city-state, the Roman Empire and early Christianity, and medieval society. We begin with the culture, politics, and history of the ancient Greek polis. From there, we move to the culture, politics, and history of the Roman Empire, attending to how Rome appropriated the ideas of the Greeks and the development of Christianity as a deviant religious subculture within the empire. The course concludes with medieval and early modern Europe: a world of developing cities, political empires, and the cultural dominance of the Christian church.
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HIS 204HP - Search for a Useful Past II: Historical Narratives and the Modern World (4 credits) (NWCore option under Historical Perspectives)
This course runs from the medieval world to the present. Students will trace a basic outline of European history from the emergence of early Europe through the Middle Ages, out of which the modern West evolved, treating the breakup of Christendom, the development of modern science, Europe’s colonization outside its borders, the Atlantic revolutions, and the evolution of modern society through the 20th century. We will especially concentrate on non-Western portraits of European colonization. Students will learn to work with basic documents in European history as well as a few significant arguments with historians. The student’s primary work will be document studies and essays using such documents to test explanations by historians. In this way, students should be able to express their understanding of primary documents and relevant historian’s arguments.
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HIS 210 - Introduction to Public History (2 credits)
(American history) This course is designed to introduce students to the theory, methods, and practice of history outside the classroom. Students will explore the ways historians research, preserve, and present historical topics to public audiences through museums, archives, interpreters, documentaries, and through electronic media.
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HIS 240 - Issues in American History (2 credits)
(American history) A topical and selective study in American history providing the opportunity to focus on a particular era or issue important to the understanding of the American past. Topics will vary according to professor and student interest. Sample topics have included Cold War America, The Sixties, and History of American Women.
Note: May be taken more than once provided a different topic is studied.
Prerequisite: HIS120HP.
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HIS 250 - Issues in European/World History (2 credits, non-yearly, consult department)
(European/world history) A study of selected, issue-oriented topics in both European and world history more generally. Sample topics have included: The Early Middle Ages, The Scottish Highlands and The Millennium in Historic Perspective.
Note: May be taken more than once provided a different topic is studied.
Prerequisite: HIS120HP.
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HIS 265 - Colloquium in American History (4 credits)
(American history) This course allows students to investigate broadly a period of history or a historical issue or problem in American history. Students will develop skills necessary to recognize and evaluate the arguments contemporary historians deploy when discussing the topic of the colloquium and to read critically the primary sources related to the topic of the colloquium.
Note: May be taken more than once provided a different topic is studied.
Prerequisite: Historical Perspectives course or permission of instructor.
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HIS 275 - Colloquium in European/World History (4 credits)
(European/World history) This course allows students to investigate broadly a period of history or a historical issue or problem in European or world history. Students will develop skills necessary to recognize and evaluate the arguments contemporary historians deploy when discussing the topic of the colloquium and to read critically the primary sources related to the topic of the colloquium.
Note: May be taken more than once provided a different topic is studied.
Prerequisite: Historical Perspectives course or permission of instructor.
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HIS 317x - American Indian Societies and Cultures (4 credits, non-yearly, consult department)
This course surveys the historical development of American Indian peoples, particularly during the period of contact and conquest by Euro-Americans and particularly in the trans-Mississippi West region of what became the U.S. Topics include pre-contact life, oral literature, Indian accommodation and selective adaptation to Euro-American societies, Spanish, French and U.S. Indian policies, Native American religion, Christian mission work among American Indians, activism by and on behalf of American Indians, and reservation life.
Cross-Referenced: Cross-referenced in sociology.
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HIS 325x - American Political Thought (4 credits, non-yearly, consult department) (American history)
A survey of the historical development of American political thought with attention to significant American political thinkers from the colonial period to the present. Special emphasis will be given to the uneasy relationship between liberalism and democracy and the interaction between American political institutions and culture.
Cross-Referenced: Cross-referenced in political science.
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HIS 365 - Seminar in American History (4 credits)
(American history) Building on the skills students developed in the Colloquium in American history, the Seminar in American history invites students to do the work of a historian. Seminars focus more deeply on some period or issue or question, and students will write a significant research paper related to the seminar topic that demonstrates advanced familiarity with the historiography and advanced skills at analyzing and using primary sources.
Note: This course may be taken more than once provided a different topic is studied.
Prerequisite: HIS201HP or HIS202HP or permission of instructor.
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HIS 375 - Seminar in European/World History (4 credits)
(European/world history) Building on the skills students develop in the Colloquium in European/World history, the Seminar in European/World history invites students to do the work of a historian. Seminars focus more deeply on some period or issue or question, and students will write a significant research paper related to the seminar topic that demonstrates advanced familiarity with the historiography and advanced skills at analyzing and using primary sources.
Note: This course may be taken more than once provided a different topic is studied.
Prerequisite: HIS203HP or HIS204HP or permission of instructor.
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HIS 417 - Internship (2 or 4 credits may apply toward the major)
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HIS 435SR - Philosophy of History and Historiography (4 credits)
(European/world history) A study of problems relevant to history as a scientific and humanistic discipline. Among the questions considered are the following: What sorts of meaning have philosophers of history ascribed to the overall process of history? What approaches have historians taken to questions of objectivity, causation, and moral values in the study of history? How does philosophy of history relate to the Christian faith?
Prerequisite: HIS120HP or an NWCore Belief and Reason (BR) course.
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HIS 436 - The Research Seminar (2 credits)
(American or European/world history) The research Seminar permits students to develop, research, write and defend a major essay of original historical research on a topic of their choice. This course is the culmination of their major and builds on training and writing completed in the earlier history courses. They will work closely with one member of the history department, but others will contribute to their work by reading and commenting on drafts. The student will defend and discuss their thesis in a public setting.
Prerequisite: HIS435.
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HON 210AE - The Art of Advocacy (4 credits) (NWCore option under Aesthetic Experience)
Students in this Honors Course examine the tension and opportunities that exists between beauty, Christianity, and social responsibility. This course begins with a survey and examination of theorists whose work is aimed towards an enhanced understanding of the roles that art plays in God’s Kingdom. The course moves to an application of some of these theorists to iconic artistic texts that reflect injustice and/or promote social activism. The course culminates with student-devised projects that make use of forms of artistic expression to address social problems affecting the lives of NWC community.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 210SS - The Art of Advocacy (4 credits) (NWCore option under Self and Society)
Students in this Honors Course examine the tension and opportunities that exists between beauty, Christianity, and social responsibility. This course begins with a survey and examination of theorists whose work is aimed towards an enhanced understanding of the roles that art plays in God’s Kingdom. The course moves to an application of some of these theorists to iconic artistic texts that reflect injustice and/or promote social activism. The course culminates with student-devised projects that make use of forms of artistic expression to address social problems affecting the lives of NWC community.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 220CC - Language Story Difference (4 credits) (NWCore option under Cross-Cultural Engagement)
An examination of cross-cultural theories in conversation with literary works-scripture, drama, film, poetry, novel, memoir. Our premise is that language is an attribute of God: “In the beginning was the Word.” Our goal is to answer two questions: 1) How does language mediate cross-cultural engagement? and 2) What role does literature play in a Christian life?
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 220LC - Language Story Difference (4 credits) (NWCore option under Literary Contexts)
An examination of literary works-scripture, drama, film, poetry, novel, memoir- in conversation with theories of cultural difference. Our premise is that language is an attribute of God: “In the beginning was the Word.” Our goal is to answer two questions: 1) What role does literature play in a Christian life? and 2) How does language mediate cross-cultural engagement?
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 230PW - Wellness (4 credits; alternate years, consult department) (NWCore option under Physical Wellness)
Human beings feel well when they have positive physical, mental, and spiritual health and health social relationships. But the science studying wellness is sometimes difficult to unpack and wellness itself is not always easy to achieve. In this course we discuss how to sort through the confusing and contradictory advice about wellness. We explore what health means for people in different communities. We consider what we must do to achieve our greatest physical, mental, and spiritual health and promote the wellness of others.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program or permission of instructor.
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HON 230SS - Wellness (4 credits; alternate years, consult department) (NWCore option under Self and Society)
Human beings feel well when they have positive physical, mental, and spiritual health and health social relationships. But the science studying wellness is sometimes difficult to unpack and wellness itself is not always easy to achieve. In this course we discuss how to sort through the confusing and contradictory advice about wellness. We explore what health means for people in different communities. We consider what we must do to achieve our greatest physical, mental, and spiritual health and promote the wellness of others.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program or permission of instructor.
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HON 240AE - The Greek Legacy (4 credits) (NWCore option under Aesthetic Experience)
Virtually every academic discipline-from art to politics, theater to athletics, science to philosophy-can trace its roots, in some fashion, back to the ancient Greeks. In this honors course, students will explore their own discipline’s historic and aesthetic expression, particularly through Greece’s extensive archaeological remains, and reflect upon Greece’s legacy as one of the most significant and enduring cradles of western civilization.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 240HP - The Greek Legacy (4 credits) (NWCore option under Historical Perspectives)
Virtually every academic discipline-from art to politics, theater to athletics, science to philosophy-can trace its roots, in some fashion, back to the ancient Greeks. In this honors course, students will explore their own discipline’s historic and aesthetic expression, particularly through Greece’s extensive archaeological remains, and reflect upon Greece’s legacy as one of the most significant and enduring cradles of western civilization.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 250BR - Magic, Science and Religion from Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution (4 credits) (NWCore option under Belief and Reason)
This course explores two problems that engage the disciplines of history and philosophy: (1) the nature of magic as a theoretical and practical world view that was dominant in pre-modern Europe and (2) the origin and development of science from ancient and medieval natural philosophy to the scientific revolution of the early modern period. Further, both of these phenomena are inseparable from religion, and consequently the course also attends carefully to how the church responded to both magic and science in three historical periods: antiquity, the middle ages, and early modern Europe.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 250HP - Magic, Science and Religion from Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution (4 credits) (NWCore option under Historical Perspectives)
This course explores two problems that engage the disciplines of history and philosophy: (1) the nature of magic as a theoretical and practical world view that was dominant in pre-modern Europe and (2) the origin and development of science from ancient and medieval natural philosophy to the scientific revolution of the early modern period. Further, both of these phenomena are inseparable from religion, and consequently the course also attends carefully to how the church responded to both magic and science in three historical periods: antiquity, the middle ages, and early modern Europe.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 260AE - Trying to Imagine God (4 credits; alternate years, consult department) (NWCore option under Aesthetic Experience)
“Trying to Imagine God” is an Honors course-taken for either AE or LC credit-that invites students to study artists and writers who’ve tried to imagine God in ways that illuminate, shock, and expand how we understand the living center of the Christian faith. In this class, you will read and study literature and art traditionally, as critics and essayists, but also creatively by learning to make literature and art. We will also learn traditional and creative ways to trace the God we know and imagine in in-class and studio assignments and in individually tailored final projects in our chosen genre, be that critical essay, creative writing, or artistic production. This is a class for anyone interested in how God has been imagine in the arts and how we today might imagine God in fresh and faithful ways.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 260LC - Trying to Imagine God (4 credits; alternate years, consult department) (NWCore option under Literary Contexts)
“Trying to Imagine God” is an Honors course-taken for either AE or LC credit-that invites students to study artists and writers who’ve tried to imagine God in ways that illuminate, shock, and expand how we understand the living center of the Christian faith. In this class, you will read and study literature and art traditionally, as critics and essayists, but also creatively by learning to make literature and art. We will also learn traditional and creative ways to trace the God we know and imagine in in-class and studio assignments and in individually tailored final projects in our chosen genre, be that critical essay, creative writing, or artistic production. This is a class for anyone interested in how God has been imagined in the arts and how we today might imagine God in fresh and faithful ways.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 270LC - Patterns and Structure: Mathematics in Literature (4 credits) (NWCore option under Literary Contexts)
A study of mathematical concepts, imagery, and/or themes in literature, including topics such as dimension, infinity, and logic.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 270QR - Patterns and Structure: Mathematics in Literature (4 credits) (NWCore option under Quantitative Reasoning)
A study of mathematical concepts, imagery, and/or themes in literature, including topics such as dimension, infinity, and logic.
Prerequisite: Membership in the Honors Program.
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HON 498 - Honors Scholarship Methods (1 credit)
Scholarship takes many forms. Research is often associated with the sciences and humanities. Creative activities are often associated with the arts, but scholarship is a unifying standard underlying all forms of academic inquiry. This course is designed so students can explore what qualifies as scholarship in several disciplines, including their own. At the end of this course, students will have synthesized a proposal for their Honors Scholarship.
Prerequisites: Students must be members of the Honors Program and have a minimum of junior standing at the time of course completion.
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HON 499 - Honors Scholarship (2-4 credits)
Honors Scholarship is an integral part of the NWC Honors experience as completion of acceptable scholarship is one of the requirements to be designated an Honors Scholar at graduation. Honors Scholarship involves the completion of scholarship that reflects strong intellectual and technical work appropriate for a 400-level Honors scholarship in the student’s respective discipline.
In order to be approved for Honors Scholarship, the Honors student must:
- Be a junior or senior during the time completing the proposed scholarship.
- Have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in his or her major.
- Have successfully completed HON498: Honors Scholarship Methods course prior to beginning scholarship.
- Organize a scholarship panel. This panel will include the student’s scholarship advisor, one of the honors directors and at least one other faculty member. The role of this panel is to approve the quality of the scholarship proposed, agree to the appropriate number of credits awarded to the project, mentor the student during their work and evaluate whether the project is acceptable or unacceptable upon completion.
- Propose the number of credits awarded for their proposed scholarship. Honors Scholarship may be taken for 2 to 4 credits. The credit hours allowed for the Honors Scholarship will depend on the nature of the project and the agreement of the scholarship panel.
- Receive approval from their scholarship panel.
- Receive final approval from (once approved by the scholarship panel) the Academic Dean. This must take place at least three weeks prior to the term in which the research is to begin.
A copy of each proposal and project will be catalogued by the Honors Program. These will be made available to future Honors students. Work will be evaluated by a scholarship panel who examine the work completed and the quality of presentation.
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KIN 100PW - Body Stewardship (2 credits) (NWCore option under Physical Wellness)
A critical examination of physical wellness within the context of a Christian commitment to the biblical principle of body stewardship and being made in the image of God. Particular emphasis will be placed on developing a Christian perspective on the stewardship of the human body.
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KIN 104 - First Aid (1 credit)
An intensive course in first aid, including lectures, demonstrations and practice in accident prevention and treatment of injuries. American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid and Adult/Child/Infant CPR/AED certification will be secured upon successful completion of this course.
Note: Graded on a pass/no pass basis. A fee is associated with this course.
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KIN 111 - Badminton (1 credit)
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KIN 113 - Golf (1 credit)
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