Explore the exciting array of courses offered at Redeemer.
Learn how to manage the processes used to transform inputs into products and services. Design products, select production processes, and layouts, forecast product/service demand, manage supply chains, schedule production, and ensure quality.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Managerial Accounting
BUS‑204
Apply basic tools to determine what it costs to deliver products and services, what activities drive costs up or down in your business, what volume of business you need to achieve your desired level of profit, and what costs are relevant for making decisions about special orders, make or buy decisions, product pricing, and capital investments. Prepare and use budgets to translate your business goals into monetary terms.
BUS‑204 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
An introduction to organic chemistry. Topics include representations and nomenclature of organic molecules, resonance, hybrid orbitals and covalent bonding in organic molecules, Lewis acids and bases, conformations, stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, substitution and elimination reactions, reactions of alkenes, retrosynthesis strategies, gas chromatography, NMR, and infrared spectroscopy. Includes a weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.聽
Prerequisites:
Principles of Chemistry II
CHE‑122
A continuation of CHE-121. Topics include reaction kinetics, chemical equilibrium, strong and weak acids and bases, solubility products, electrochemistry, the direction of chemical change, and an introduction to organic chemistry. Includes a bi-weekly three hour lab. Materials fee applies.
CHE‑122 Principles of Chemistry II
A continuation of CHE-221. Topics include Grignard reactions, synthesis and reactions of alkynes, alcohols, ethers, aromatics, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, and amines, with an emphasis on the application of organic chemistry to the pharmaceutical industry. Includes a weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
Prerequisites:
Organic Chemistry I
CHE‑221
An introduction to organic chemistry. Topics include representations and nomenclature of organic molecules, resonance, hybrid orbitals and covalent bonding in organic molecules, Lewis acids and bases, conformations, stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, substitution and elimination reactions, reactions of alkenes, retrosynthesis strategies, gas chromatography, NMR, and infrared spectroscopy. Includes a weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.聽
CHE‑221 Organic Chemistry I
A study of the organization and administration of intramurals, athletics and physical education programs for elementary and secondary school students. Recommended for students pursuing an education-related career or sports administration.
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.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Business
BUS‑121
Discover the crucial role business plays in your life as a consumer and employee. Relate the purpose and necessity of profit to a business鈥檚 goals for employees, suppliers, the community, the environment, and other stakeholders. Use effective marketing, financial management, and people strategies, combined with the right form of business ownership, to achieve those goals.
BUS‑121 Introduction to Business;
Introduction to Management Decisions
BUS‑122
Prepare yourself for the wide range of business decisions managers make on a daily basis. Compete against other teams as you run your own simulated business. Using case studies, practice analyzing financial reports, marketing data and other information to make marketing, operating, human resource, accounting and finance decisions.
BUS‑122 Introduction to Management Decisions Year 2 standing
This course will place fourth-year students in interdisciplinary teams to wrestle with current relevant issues and challenges. Students will utilize the various disciplinary tools acquired during their university education in order to carefully analyze and explore a problem or question and to present an innovative response. The course will be open to final year students and will focus on discussion, project management, teamwork, innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking.
Prerequisites:
Year 4 standing
This course will provide an introduction to the field of Peace and Conflict Studies, including social movements which address issues of peacemaking and conflict resolution. The course will include readings and discussion of key approaches to peacemaking including, but not limited to, those from a Reformed perspective. This course will also critically analyze current global situations of conflict, examining current initiatives to peacemaking and applying theory in search of alternate forms of conflict resolution.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Sociology
APS‑120
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.
APS‑120 Introduction to Sociology
Equip yourself with the tools and skills you need to make sound financial decisions throughout your life as you earn, save and spend money. Learn how to make wise decisions about everything from student debt to car loans to mortgages to insurance to retirement.
Antirequisites:
Personal Finance: The Myth, Mysteries, and Marvels of Money
BUS‑253
Discover the world of Scripturally-directed personal finance. Uncover the myths, mysteries, and marvels of wealth creation by examining attitudes about money from around the world. Develop God-honouring models of stewardship towards earning, spending, saving, investing, and giving as you assume responsibility for managing your finances.
BUS‑253 Personal Finance: The Myth, Mysteries, and Marvels of Money
Discover the world of Scripturally-directed personal finance. Uncover the myths, mysteries, and marvels of wealth creation by examining attitudes about money from around the world. Develop God-honouring models of stewardship towards earning, spending, saving, investing, and giving as you assume responsibility for managing your finances.
Antirequisites:
Personal Finance
BUS‑353
Equip yourself with the tools and skills you need to make sound financial decisions throughout your life as you earn, save and spend money. Learn how to make wise decisions about everything from student debt to car loans to mortgages to insurance to retirement.
BUS‑353 Personal Finance This course is not open to Business majors and minors.
An introduction to modern American and European theories of the psychological structure, dynamics and development of human personality. In addition to major theories of personality, personality assessment and measurement will be discussed.
Prerequisites:
Any PSY-200-level course or permission of the instructor
An examination of the science, history and philosophy of science, and biblical interpretation as it relates to the development of the theory of evolution and evolutionary worldviews. Students and faculty will evaluate and discuss together various perspectives on evolution and communicate their own understanding of evolution from a Christian worldview.
Prerequisites:
Year 3 or 4 standing
BIO-335 is the Capstone Course in the Biology Department and is required for all majors in the 3rd or 4th year.
This course will examine the philosophy of mythology, a particular off-shoot of aesthetics, and relate to this one type of modern mythology-superhero mythology. Moreover, the particular themes to be mined in superhero mythology and culture are not merely of aesthetic interest, but reveal important perspectives on social, ethical, and metaphysical themes, all of which beg for a Christian philosophical analysis.
Prerequisites:
One other philosophy course
A treatment of selected topics relating to historical consciousness and the nature of historical knowledge. Both classical and contemporary positions on historical explanations will be considered.
Prerequisites:
One other philosophy course
A treatment of selected topics relating to historical consciousness and the nature of historical knowledge. Both classical and contemporary positions on historical explanations will be considered.
Prerequisites:
One other philosophy course
A discussion of language and communication, focusing on such topics as speech, literal vs. figurative language, the nature of writing, the origin of language, and reification. Both classical and contemporary thinkers will be considered.
Prerequisites:
One other philosophy course
The relationship of music to the church鈥檚 worship, education, and outreach is examined with reference to Scripture, the historical practice of the church, and contemporary culture; a personal philosophy of music in the church..
This course introduces the student to philosophical discussions related to physical education, sport and recreation and exercise. In particular, this course critically examines issues and ethical & moral questions within six main areas of philosophical inquiry, including: (1) the purpose of philosophy of physical education, sport and exercise; (2) metaphysics (the nature and value of sport and exercise); (3) knowledge and advancements in technology, science and the limits of the body; (4) the body and mind; (5) aesthetics; and (6) issues of equity. In addition, we dive deeply into our role as Christians in all areas of physical education, sport and exercise, such as spectators, educators, advocates, trainers, physiotherapists and/or athletes.
Prerequisites:
Year 4 standing. KPE-432 is the Capstone Course for the Physical Education Department and is required for all majors in the 4th year.
A treatment of philosophical issues as they arise in religious experience and in theological thought, such as the nature of religious language, the enterprise of proving God鈥檚 existence, and the prospect of defining or circumscribing religion.
Prerequisites:
One other philosophy course
A treatment of philosophical issues as they arise in religious experience and in theological thought, such as the nature of religious language, the enterprise of proving God鈥檚 existence, and the prospect of defining or circumscribing religion..
Prerequisites:
One other philosophy course
This course explores the relationship between religion, science, and philosophy, starting with the ancient Greeks and then progressing through the major philosophers – including natural philosophers or 鈥渟cientists鈥- of the medieval and modern eras. This philosophical exploration of science includes investigation into questions about the nature of, and relationship between, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and the applied sciences. In the modern era, we turn to key questions concerning the problem of induction, the status of scientific frameworks, theories of probability, feminist critiques and, as a case study, competing views of origins.
Prerequisites:
One other philosophy course
This course examines the role of physical activity in personal health and societal mortality and morbidity. The course includes application of activity/exercise prescription and other lifestyle factors to promote health in various populations using lifestyle as a means of redemption of God’s creation structure and order
Prerequisites:
Biomechanics
KPE‑304
A study of biomechanical principles applied to human movement and sport through lectures, readings, and labs. Assessment of sport technique, equipment, performance, and ergonomics will be addressed. Includes a bi-weekly two-hour lab.
KPE‑304 Biomechanics;
Exercise Physiology I
KPE‑318
This course will study the physiological response of the body’s systems to a bout of exercise and the adaptations that occur to these systems with training. Systems studied include the energy producing systems, as well as the muscular, pulmonary, neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, skeletal and immune systems. This course will emphasize how these physiological systems are integrated together to maintain the body’s internal environment in response to the stress of the exercise. The course includes a weekly two-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
KPE‑318 Exercise Physiology I;
Assessment of Human Fitness
KPE‑222
Students will be introduced to the fundamental principles of fitness assessment. Various fitness tests for the different fitness parameters including muscular strength and endurance, anaerobic and aerobic power, flexibility and balance will be practiced. Students will participate as both the test administrator and test subject for all tests. Weekly lecture and lab. Material fee applies.
KPE‑222 Assessment of Human Fitness;
Nutrition
KPE‑223
This course presents the basic principles of human nutrition and the science behind them. Topics include a full assessment of nutrients, digestion, comparison of food guides, eating disorders, body composition and management, nutrition for sports, and popular trends and myths. Students will evaluate their own nutrient intakes and plan a healthy diet.
KPE‑223 Nutrition Year 4 standing in the honours or B.Kin program
A study of the underlying physical principles that govern changes in energy and entropy and explain many important phenomena in chemistry and biochemistry. Topics include the laws of thermodynamics, free energy, chemical equilibrium, activities and ionic strength, chemistry and biochemical kinetics, and diffusion. Includes a bi-weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
Prerequisites:
Principles of Chemistry II
CHE‑122
A continuation of CHE-121. Topics include reaction kinetics, chemical equilibrium, strong and weak acids and bases, solubility products, electrochemistry, the direction of chemical change, and an introduction to organic chemistry. Includes a bi-weekly three hour lab. Materials fee applies.
CHE‑122 Principles of Chemistry II;
Calculus I
MAT‑121
An introduction to calculus, including the basic concepts of differentiation and integration. Applications, series expansions, and polar coordinates are discussed in relation to calculus. This course meets 4 hours a week.
MAT‑121 Calculus I
Calculus II
MAT‑122
A continuation of MAT-121. This course meets 4 hours a week.
MAT‑122 Calculus II;
Physics II: Waves, Heat and Time
PHY‑122
A continuation of PHY-121, this course covers selected topics in wave motion, thermodynamics, optics, and modern physics. Includes a weekly lab. Materials fee applies.
PHY‑122 Physics II: Waves, Heat and Time
An introduction to physical phenomena basic to the health sciences, physical education, and biology. Included are topics which apply to the life sciences: mechanics and properties of matter, heat, wave phenomena, electricity and magnetism, modern physics, basic electronics, measurement, and data analysis. Includes a weekly lab. Materials fee applies.
Prerequisites:
Any Grade 12 U or M mathematics or permission of the instructor
An introductory, calculus-based study of the physical world. The course covers mechanics and other selected topics. Includes a weekly lab. Materials fee applies.
Prerequisites:
Grade 12 U Calculus
Corequisites:
Calculus I
MAT‑121
An introduction to calculus, including the basic concepts of differentiation and integration. Applications, series expansions, and polar coordinates are discussed in relation to calculus. This course meets 4 hours a week.
MAT‑121 Calculus I
A continuation of PHY-121, this course covers selected topics in wave motion, thermodynamics, optics, and modern physics. Includes a weekly lab. Materials fee applies.
Prerequisites:
Physics I: Newtonian Mechanics
PHY‑121
An introductory, calculus-based study of the physical world. The course covers mechanics and other selected topics. Includes a weekly lab. Materials fee applies.
PHY‑121 Physics I: Newtonian Mechanics
Corequisites:
Calculus II
MAT‑122
A continuation of MAT-121. This course meets 4 hours a week.
MAT‑122 Calculus II