Explore the exciting array of courses offered at Redeemer.
An introduction to clinical and developmental psychology. Topics covered include an overview of psychological research methods, child development, adolescent development, adult development, mental abilities, positive psychology, personality, psychological disorders and treatment, and health psychology.
An introduction to those topics in psychology emphasizing an experimental approach to the discipline. Major topics covered include an overview of the discipline鈥檚 history and research methodologies, the biological roots of behaviour, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, memory, thinking and language, emotion, motivation and social influences and relations.
This course identifies and critically examines the foundations of social work, itsmission, purpose, knowledge and value base, and the levels of social work practiceand process, fields of practice and social policy contexts. These topics will beexamined with an emphasis on integrating theoretical and practical knowledge,as well as a Christian perspective.
This course provides an introduction to social work practice in Canada. Students will explore social work practice issues within the Canadian context. Topics encompass the social work practice fields of individual, family, group and community, and the dynamic interplay between the social worker, the user of services, the agency and society. The course will emphasize the integration of theoretical and practical knowledge.
An introduction to the nature and study of social relationships and social institutions.
We will study human group behaviour in terms of culture, social interaction,
socialization, ethnicity, and gender. We will also analyze the internal dynamics and
external relations of social institutions including the family, church, school, and state.
A basic introduction to concepts, techniques, and drawing media. Studio course, six hours a week.聽Materials fee applies.聽
Aesthetics and techniques are examined through the study of various traditions and approaches to painting. Visual vocabulary and formal compositions are developed through practical application in studio projects, and reviewed through critical assessment. Studio course, six hours a week. Materials fee applies.
Discover the auditor鈥檚 important role in assuring users that they can rely on financial statements for decision-making purposes. Develop an audit plan based on a sound understanding of professional ethics, legal liability, types of audit evidence, and internal controls. Apply the audit process to various operating cycles.
Prerequisites:
Intermediate Financial Accounting I
BUS‑313
Learn how to accurately and honestly measure revenue, profit, and organizational resources such as cash, inventory, property, plant, and equipment. Recognize the potential for bias and manipulation in financial reporting. Analyze and evaluate financial results in the context of organizational strategies, as well as economic, industry, and competitive trends.
BUS‑313 Intermediate Financial Accounting I;
BUS 313 or BUS 317
Corequisites:
Intermediate Financial Accounting I
BUS‑313
Learn how to accurately and honestly measure revenue, profit, and organizational resources such as cash, inventory, property, plant, and equipment. Recognize the potential for bias and manipulation in financial reporting. Analyze and evaluate financial results in the context of organizational strategies, as well as economic, industry, and competitive trends.
BUS‑313 Intermediate Financial Accounting I;
BUS 313 or BUS 317
A study of systems of linear equations, determinants, vector algebra, n-dimensional vector spaces, linear transformations, and the eigenvalue problem. This course meets 4 hours a week.
Prerequisites:
Grade 12 U Advanced Functions
An introduction to the major groups of living and fossil animals with emphasis on classification. Aspects of classification include methods and principles, comparative biochemistry, structure, function, growth, development, and reproduction. The importance of certain animals in fundamental biological research is emphasized. Includes a weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
Prerequisites:
Fundamentals of Biology II
BIO‑122
This course explores the broad branches of the tree of life and how organisms interact with each other and with the environment. The structure and function of representative species of bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals are examined in lecture and laboratory. Phylogeny and the theory of evolution are covered and discussed within a Christian framework. Includes a bi-weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
BIO‑122 Fundamentals of Biology II
This course provides a broad introduction to great political theory in the Western tradition, with special emphasis on the history of Christian political thought. It will address perennial questions addressed by both Christian and non-Christian political thinkers, such as: What is justice? What is the foundation of political authority? What is the proper relationship of church and state? These questions will be approached more normatively (asking how societies ought to answer them) than descriptively (observing how they have answered them).
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Politics and International Studies
POL‑121
An introduction to the study of politics, including forms of government, the building blocks of politics and the various visions that people bring to political life.
POL‑121 Introduction to Politics and International Studies
This course provides a broad introduction to great political theory in the Western tradition, with special emphasis on the history of Christian political thought. It will address perennial questions addressed by both Christian and non-Christian political thinkers, such as: What is justice? What is the foundation of political authority? What is the proper relationship of church and state? These questions will be
approached more normatively (asking how societies ought to answer them) than descriptively (observing how they have answered them).
An honours seminar focusing on selected episodes, eras, and themes in the interaction between Islamic and non-Islamic societies and cultures, including encounters with Western cultures and societies. Topics vary by term but may range from the medieval era to the present.
Prerequisites:
Islamic World to 1683
HIS‑256
This course introduces the first millennium of Islamic history, from the time of Muhammad to the height of the Ottoman and Mughal empires. Geographically stretching from Spain in the west to Java in the east, and from Zanzibar in the south to Tashkent in the north, Islamic civilization in this period encompassed a vast zone of cultural exchange. Themes include the origins & development of Islam; emergence of Islamic philosophy, science & art; rise & fall of Islamic states; shifts in socioeconomic patterns; and regional differences.
HIS‑256 Islamic World to 1683;
Modern Middle East
HIS‑357
A survey of Middle Eastern history since the 18th century, with a focus on factors contributing to the state of affairs in the Middle East today. Topics include the late Ottoman Empire, the impact of Western imperialism, Arab nationalism, Zionism and the creation of the state of Israel, the Iranian revolution, conflicts in Iraq, the origins of terrorism, and recent developments in the region.
HIS‑357 Modern Middle East;
HIS-256 or 357; acceptance into a History or POLIS honours major
This course introduces the first millennium of Islamic history, from the time of Muhammad to the height of the Ottoman and Mughal empires. Geographically stretching from Spain in the west to Java in the east, and from Zanzibar in the south to Tashkent in the north, Islamic civilization in this period encompassed a vast zone of cultural exchange. Themes include the origins & development of Islam; emergence of Islamic philosophy, science & art; rise & fall of Islamic states; shifts in socioeconomic patterns; and regional differences.
Prerequisites:
Gods and Thrones: The World to 1914
HIS‑106
This course will focus on the rise, development and interaction of the major civilizations of the Americas, Africa and Asia from the Neolithic era to modern times, and their experience of the rise of European colonialism and increasing global contact through to the beginning of the 20th century. Themes covered include global trade patterns, the diffusion of world religions, the emergence of empires, the power
of culture and globalization.
HIS‑106 Gods and Thrones: The World to 1914
A course in writing for the news media, focusing on print and internet, using a workshop format. Students will examine and discuss examples of professional journalism, try out the basic forms themselves, and give feedback on each other鈥檚 work.
Prerequisites:
Expository Writing I
ENG‑201
A course on the art and craft of expository writing–writing that seeks to explore, explain, or argue a topic for a given audience. Students will practice various modes of nonfiction writing, from personal to persuasive essays, so as to learn the knowledge and skills needed to express themselves fluently and literately in written English, whether in print or digitally. Through a workshop format, students will learn seven traits of effective writing, study well-crafted essays on a range of intriguing topics, improve
grammatical correctness in their own writing, gain twenty-first century research skills, and become rhetorically savvy writers. This course is strongly recommended for students considering a career in teaching.
ENG‑201 Expository Writing I or permission of the department
A course in writing columns and opinion pieces for papers, magazines, web journals, and other news media, using a workshop format. Students will examine and discuss examples of professional column writing, practice such writing themselves, and give feedback on each other鈥檚 work. Students will learn advanced techniques of interviewing, researching and writing, and will receive some instruction on marketing a column to a periodical publication.
Prerequisites:
Journalistic Writing I: Reporting and Newswriting
ENG‑304
A course in writing for the news media, focusing on print and internet, using a workshop format. Students will examine and discuss examples of professional journalism, try out the basic forms themselves, and give feedback on each other鈥檚 work.
ENG‑304 Journalistic Writing I: Reporting and Newswriting
Includes basic technique, rhythm, tone conception, articulation, fingering, pentachord patterns, sight reading, transposition, tetrachord scales, and simple I-V harmonization. RCM Grade 1 and 2 repertoire.
Includes basic work as in MUS-104, plus pedalling and phrasing. Easier major scales, two rhythms, and arpeggios (hands separate), I-IV-V progressions and harmonization with simple accompaniments, tonic/dominant seventh by-ear chording and Grade 1 sight reading. RCM Grade 3 and 4 repertoire.
Includes easier major scales (hands together), two rhythms, easier arpeggios and minor scales (hands separate), major/minor primary triad patterns and harmonization, by-ear work with varied accompaniments, simple improvisation and easy hymns, and Grade 2 sight reading. RCM Grade 5 and 6 repertoire.
We are witnessing a global economy in which workers and corporations seem to be fast falling apart in income and ideology, and where sinking economies and recessing superpowers sag under colossal public debt. In the often tired contest between state regulation and market interests, work itself often loses both its meaning and dignity. This course studies work: its globalization, the peril and promise of that globalization, governance challenges, and market successes. Special attention is paid to the role workers associations, unions, and both fair and free trade can play in pursuit of worker鈥檚 rights, especially in at risk political contexts.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to International Political Economy
POL‑215
An introduction to how competing political philosophies and ideologies explain different economic practices of states, how political forces and institutions affect the operation of international markets, and how global economic institutions operate. Emphasis will be given to developing world economies and issues of social and political justice.
POL‑215 Introduction to International Political Economy
Available through the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies. For more information on Au Sable, see the Academic Calendar.
A systems level perspective on land forms and ecosystems. Includes analysis and interpretation of field data, remote-sensing data derived from satellites, and aircraft and geographic information systems (GIS). Field trips to, and analysis of, forests, wetlands, lakeshores, and rivers included. Also includes application to policy and land use planning.
Prerequisites:
One year of introductory science
(Formerly REL-352). This seminar and practicum based course examines leadership from a Reformed perspective by exploring character formation, working with teams, conflict resolution, small group leadership, and mentorship practices. Students will be equipped to provide effective leadership in ministry and missions as they form communities of discipleship and cultivate the insight, discernment, practical skills, and personal practices for the enactment of leadership in one’s own context. Special focus will be given to both youth ministry and urban ministry.
Prerequisites:
Foundations of Mission and Ministry I
REL‑253
This course examines biblical and theological foundations for missions and ministry, historical developments in the theory and practice of missions, and issues pertaining to the contextualization of the gospel in the Western and global church.
REL‑253 Foundations of Mission and Ministry I
Develop the character, competencies, and skills required to effectively lead yourself and others through this seminar comprised of reading, reflection and journaling, discussion, guest speakers, and interactive exercises.
Prerequisites:
Organizational Behaviour
BUS‑241
Develop insight into how individuals and teams behave in organizations. Harness values, perceptions, attitudes, communication, power, conflict and change management, and organizational design to motivate and equip people to accomplish organizational goals.
BUS‑241 Organizational Behaviour Recommended in Year 3 for students in the Co-op Program
The purpose of this course is to develop an awareness of the leadership dynamics involved in youth ministry that flow from the intersection between four realities: the youth pastor, adolescents, the ministering context, and the cultural context. The ministering context will be used as the 鈥渁nchoring reality鈥 around which the others will be explored.
Prerequisites:
Foundations of Mission and Ministry I
REL‑253
This course examines biblical and theological foundations for missions and ministry, historical developments in the theory and practice of missions, and issues pertaining to the contextualization of the gospel in the Western and global church.
REL‑253 Foundations of Mission and Ministry I
Topics include vector spaces, linear transformations, matrices, determinants, inner products, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, spectral decompositions, orthogonality, and inner product spaces.
Prerequisites:
Introductory Linear Algebra
MAT‑126
A study of systems of linear equations, determinants, vector algebra, n-dimensional vector spaces, linear transformations, and the eigenvalue problem. This course meets 4 hours a week.
MAT‑126 Introductory Linear Algebra and MAT-223 or MAT-231