2008-2009 Academic Catalog

Course Descriptions Course Descriptions 232 Cedarville University 2008–09 GSCI-2010 – HIST-3070 GSCI-2010 Physical Science for Teachers –Fa, Sp 4 hours Introduction to a selection of core concepts of physics and chemistry for preservice elementary education teachers. Students will develop methods of learning science, with emphasis on inquiry, scientific method, and integrating common everyday objects and experiences with a view toward cultivating the excitement of studying God’s creation. Three lectures with one weekly one-hour lab. Does not satisfy the physical science general education requirement. (Fee: $75) GSCI-3010 Concepts in Middle School Science –Sp 4 hours This lab course highlights key concepts in middle school science by reviewing and extending concepts from previous science courses with an emphasis on the integration of earth sciences, physical sciences, and life sciences. Concepts addressed include the scientific process, theory of evolution, cell theory, and the concept of disease. Prerequisites: GBIO-1000 Principles of Biology; CHEM-1000 Principles of Chemistry; GSCI- 1010 Principles of Earth Science; GSCI-2010 Physical Science for Teachers. (Fee: $75) GSCI-3060 4 hours Environmental Science for Middle School Educators –Sp Introduction to the study of the dynamic relationships that exist between the earth’s organisms and their environment and how man affects these relationships. There will be an emphasis on the intricate design and resilience of God’s creation. This course will include laboratory investigations, field trips, group work, review of environmental news, lecture-discussions, videos, small projects, and pertinent ideas for teaching the environment in a middle school setting. Three lectures and one laboratory session per week. This course does not satisfy the general education requirement for biology. Prerequisites: GBIO-1000 Principles of Biology; middle childhood education major; or permission of instructor. (Fee: $100) General Social Science (GSS) GSS-1010 Contemporary Worldviews– Su 2-3 hours An exploration of the assumptions of contemporary approaches to issues in society. Includes the study of naturalism, transcendentalism, theism and post-modernism with an emphasis in the areas of ethics, sociology, political science, history, economics, and law. Prerequisite: completion of the Summit Ministries Leadership Conference for a choice of two or three hours of academic credit. GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture– Fa, Sp 3 hours This course serves as an introductory study of America’s constitution and political institutions, with emphases on political participation, political culture, and public policy. GSS-3630 4 hours Data Analysis and Research Methodology –Fa This course will train social science students in the use of statistical techniques that range from central tendency through bivariate regression, and it introduces students to the primary issues of research methodology, which includes levels of measurement, sampling, internal and external validity, and reliability. Students must also master the use of one piece of statistical software. Prerequisite: students must have satisfied Cedarville’s mathematics proficiency requirement before enrolling in GSS-3630. GSS-3810,3820 1 hour each Clinical Teaching in the Social Sciences –Fa, Sp Practical, on-campus, one credit hour experience in which a student is assigned to assist a college instructor in the preparation of tests and quizzes, grading, research, and other teaching responsibilities. A student will be expected to participate for 30 clock hours for each semester hour of credit. A student may arrange to do either of the following with the director of this experience in his or her discipline: One 30-hour experience for two different semesters. 1. A 60-hour experience for one semester. 2. Prerequisite: admission to the teacher education program. GSS-4990 Social Science/History Internship 3-12 hours Majors who participate in government service, historical research, public administration, international studies, criminal justice, or other approved activities related to the social sciences may earn up to 12 hours of credit. H History (HIST) HIST-1110 United States History I –Fa 3 hours HIST-1120 United States History II –Sp 3 hours Analysis of the development of the United States from the colonial period to the present. Attention is given to the dominant Christian influences that have tended to mold the philosophy and ideology of our cultural, social, and political development. HIST-2000 Introduction to History –Fa 2 hours An introduction to the field of history as it pertains to both the academic and the public historian. Emphasis will be given to historical inquiry, source evaluation, analysis and synthesis, research methodology, formal historical writing, and career opportunities. Introduction to History should be taken in the sophomore year. HIST-2010 History of Civilization I –Fa 3 hours HIST-2020 History of Civilization II –Sp 3 hours This survey of human history begins at the advent of civilized life in the ancient Near East and continues into the 20th century. It presents the religious, social, political, and intellectual development of mankind from a Christian interpretive point of view. HIST-3000 Introduction to Historiography –Fa 3 hours Introduction to the history of historical writing, methods of research, and the philosophy of history. Required of history majors. Should be taken in the junior year. HIST-3030 3 hours History of Christianity: Pre-Reformation –Sp Survey of ancient and medieval church history with emphasis given to doctrinal and institutional developments. (even years) HIST-3040 History of Modern Britain –Fa 3 hours A survey of the events, major individuals, and ideas of modern Great Britain, including Scotland and Ireland, from the time just prior to the Reformation to the twentieth century. The class will focus on the influence of British ideas on American Culture and religion, the rise of classical liberalism and the free market system, the role of socialism, the age of colonialism, the common law, Reformed theology from Puritanism and Scottish Presbyterianism, and other movements and ideas. HIST-3050 Renaissance and Reformation Europe –Fa 3 hours A survey of the period spanning the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries, focusing on the origins, rise, nature, and waning of the Renaissance, especially humanism, and the origins, development, and influence of the Protestant Reformations and the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation. A special emphasis will be placed on the continuities and discontinuities between the two movements. (odd years) HIST-3070 3 hours Europe in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Continuity & Change –Sp A survey of the period spanning the mid-seventeenth century through about 1918, including the Enlightenment. The course will include the many political, social, and ideological changes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (even years)