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Social Studies Education (SSED)
SSED-3800
2 hours
Teaching Social Studies: Adolescent toYoung Adult
–Fa
An emphasis on the identification, examination, and
implementation of the methods and materials that are appropriate
for each teacher candidate’s discipline area.
Prerequisite:
admission to the Teacher Education Program. Corequisite: other
courses in the Adolescent and Young Adult Principles of Teaching
block or permission of department Chair.
Interdisciplinary Studies
Course Descriptions
College Studies (COLL)
COLL-0900 Foundations
–Fa, Sp
1 hour
Foundations is designed to orient students to the Cedarville
University learning community, explore academic and life goals,
and develop strengths to enhance academic success. The
one-credit hour may not be used toward the hours needed for
graduation. (Fee: $150)
COLL-1010 MAP
0 hour
MAP (academic probation course) — a unique avenue in which
to cultivate scholarship and discipline from a holistic approach for
students who are struggling academically. The course is designed
to help students in the context of relationship and accountability, to
enable students to learn within the dynamics of their lives, to bring
concrete strategies to the learning process and to develop skills
that will translate into other realms of living. (Fee: $200)
Developmental (DEV)
DEV-0900 Intermediate Algebra
–Fa, Sp
2 hours
Review of algebraic principles, which are then extended
to the solution of polynomial equations, systems of linear
equations, rational and radical equations, functional notation,
exponential functions, and logarithmic functions with emphasis
on computational proficiency. This course is designed to prepare
the student for GMTH-1020 College Algebra or other mathematics
courses of comparable difficulty. The class time consists of
two hours of lecture and two one-hour laboratories each week.
May not be applied toward the 128 semester hours needed for
graduation nor toward the science and mathematics General
Education Requirement.
Honors (HON)
Freshman Humanities Sequence: HON-1010,1020
The Making of the Modern Mind
10 hours
HON-1010 The Classical and Medieval Ages
5 hours
Explores those historical, religious, philosophical, and artistic
beginnings that have shaped the modern mind or what some are
now calling the “postmodern” mind. The story begins, naturally
enough, at the beginning, in the mind of God and continues
through the development of classical Greek and Roman
culture. Concludes with a study of the rise of Christianity and its
dominance of Western culture in the Middle Ages.
HON-1020
5 hours
Renaissance, Reformation, and Revolutions
Explores the changing balance of power in Western culture:
from church to state, from faith to reason, from religion to science,
and from piety to humanism. Traces out the implications of
these shifts for cultural expressions and revolutions in the arts,
religion, science, and philosophy and culminates in a study of late
twentieth century postmodernism.
Honors Seminars
(Seminar offerings vary from year to year.)
HON-2510 The Arts and Social Change
2 hours
As the culture becomes more diverse and increasingly
influenced by multicultural traditions, performative modes
reflect broader contexts. The nature of this course is to provide
background in theory and practical work in areas of theatre, music,
the visual arts, dance, and experimental performance art that
focus on the reflection of or the initiation of changes in the status
quo politically, economically, behaviorally, artistically, spiritually,
and/or philosophically.
Prerequisites: HON-1010 The Classical
and Medieval Ages; HON-1020 Renaissance, Reformation, and
Revolutions.
Crosslisted with THTR-2510 The Arts and Social
Change.
HON-3030
2 hours
Classical Liberal Thought: Modern Critiques and Defenses
of Market Ideas and Institutions
The course surveys modern criticisms and defenses of market
economic ideas and institutions from about 1600 to the present,
taking the reader through Mercantilism, Adam Smith, William
Paley, Thomas Malthus, the Classical School, Conservative
opponents, Christian Political Economy (1780–1835), early “Third
Way critics, Socialist critiques (especially Marx), the Neo-Classical
School, Keynes and Keynesianism, Von Mises, Hayek, Christian
critiques and defenses, and Postmodern criticisms, to name
a few of the more important ones. The course will include the
historical context in the broader range of ideas as background
and will involve some exploration of economic ideas in general
in an understandable and non-technical way. The course will be
conducted mainly through a series of primary source readings
from the various periods under consideration. As we proceed in
the class, we will from time to time pause to evaluate the case for
and against markets in light of Sscriptural teaching.
Prerequisites:
HON-1010 The Classical and Medieval Ages; HON-1020
Renaissance, Reformation, and Revolutions.
HON-3060 Leadership
2 hours
Leadership as a societal role is addressed through analysis
of theory and observation of practitioners. A chronology of
methodological approaches to the study of leadership is
presented. Assigned reading and class processing of ideas and
theories prepare the student for observation and evaluation of
leaders in a variety of disciplines.
HON-3070 Music and Nationalism
2 hours
This course explores the many expressions of music that
have been inspired by the ideals of nationalism during the 19th
and 20th centuries, primarily in Europe and in the United States.
Prerequisites: HON-1010 The Classical and Medieval Ages; HON-
1020 Renaissance, Reformation, and Revolutions.
HON-3130
2 hours
Perspectives on Friendship, Love, and Romance
Explores friendship, love, and romance from historical,
theological, and philosophical perspectives.
HON-3140
2 hours
Body and Soul: Foundations for Human Personhood
–Sp
An interdisciplinary study of human valuing, from the
perspectives of theology, philosophy, psychology, biology,
and neuroscience. The course will analyze and contrast
various secular and Christian theories to arrive at a Christian
anthropology, with applications to contemporary issues in
bioethics.
Prerequisite: HON-1010 The Classical and Medieval
Ages; HON-1020 Renaissance, Reformation, and Revolutions.
HON-3150 Japanese Perceptions of Christianity
2 hours
This course will provide students an overview of Shinto, the
history of Christianity in Japan, and Japanese aesthetic values.
With this basic foundation students will then read and evaluate
various works of contemporary Japanese literature, anime, and
manga that depict Jesus and/or Christianity.
Prerequisite: HON-
1010 The Classical and Medieval Ages; HON-1020 Renaissance,
Reformation, and Revolutions.
(three-year rotation)
2016–17 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
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Course Descriptions
SSED-3800 – HON-3150
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES