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A study of the Christian Church from the Reformation to the present, focusing on doctrinal development and divergence, the division of Western Christendom, the impact of the Enlightenment, and ecumenical initiatives.

A study of the Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman civilizations of classical antiquity, focusing on the development of each civilization and its influence on subsequent Western history.

Students will learn how to prescribe exercise for the purpose of disease prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation in those with chronic mental and/or physical conditions. An introduction to clinical procedures will assist students in preparing for clinical practice.

An introduction to the foundations and principles of coaching sport and physical activities. Topics include coaching philosophy, coaching objectives and style, as well as principles of communication and motivation, teaching, physical training and management in athletic coaching. The course will also examine Canada鈥檚 Long Term Athlete Development Plan (LTAD) and Teaching Games for Understanding TGFU of coaching. With this course, students will be eligible for level I Coaching Theory Certification from the National Certification Program (NCCP).

This course examines human information processing. Major topics include pattern recognition, attention, memory processes, concept formation, knowledge acquisition, comprehension, problem solving, decision making, and psycholinguistics.

This course provides students with the opportunity to consider the nature and development of a collaborative learning community from a Christian perspective, as well as the potential impacts such a community might have beyond the classroom. It explores cooperative and collaborative learning elements, considering how they could inform and enable community and collaboration in the classroom. Potential issues and challenges, as well as potential strategies to address them will be identified. The course also considers the nature and purpose of the use of restorative practices in education. The course will provide students with the opportunity to consider the relationship between their teacher identity, view of learning, and the culture they will seek to establish in their classrooms. (1.5 credits)

This course examines different physiological processes seen in the animal kingdom that allow organisms to maintain homeostasis while inhabiting diverse climates and dynamic environments. Topics include aquatic and aerial respiration, cardiovascular systems, water and solute balance, excretion, cellular energetics, membrane physiology, nervous systems, cell movement, and endocrinology. Includes a weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.

Policy pundits and academics alike have been gripped since 9/11 with la revanche de Dieu, what international theorist Scott Thomas calls 鈥渢he global resurgence of religion.鈥� Far from the disappearance of religion in global politics, we are witnessing the often simultaneous growth of both religious and secular politics. This course is a comparative study of contemporary instances of that competition, including examples from the USA, Brazil, Hungary, Nigeria, the Magreb, China and more. Particular attention is paid to what we can learn from comparing these cases, whether in competing forms of populism, nationalism or various forms of religious and secular politics.

An introduction to topics of composition and arranging with special emphasis on their deployment in the service of corporate Christian worship. Students demonstrate their understanding of in-class topics (including studies of form, phrase structure, counterpoint and instrumentation) by creating new works or adapting existing music useful in worship settings.

This course is an overview of the discipline of computer science and an introduction to computer programming. Students will learn to design, code, debug, test, and document well-structured programs using the Python programming language. The course also includes an introduction to the history of computing and introduces how faith relates to computer technology.

This intermediate course introduces students to experimental and process-based methods. Students will sharpen the conceptual foundations of their work and develop innovative processes for the production of artworks. This course incorporates non-art materials into the artistic process, understanding that materials bring their own meanings and associations. Grounded in the processes of drawing, this course extends to painting, performance, and relational aesthetics.

Participants study and perform various types of choral works; entrance by audition; members must take both terms in sequence (i.e. fall and winter). Involves three rehearsals per week, formal concerts, and a winter term tour. (0.75 credits per term)

Study of elementary techniques of song-leading and conducting instrumental and choral ensembles, as well as simple score reading and rehearsal techniques. (1.5 credits)

Study of elementary techniques of song-leading and conducting choral ensembles, as well as simple score reading, rehearsal techniques, and topics of composition and arranging with their focus on Christian corporate worship.

This course prepares students to confront the challenges of conflict in ministry with the necessary skills that can transform conflicts into opportunities for the collective growth of character. Conflict transformation practices promote healthy communities that are based on Biblical values of compassion, peacemaking and restorative justice.

Available through the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies. For more information on Au Sable, see the Academic Calendar. Principles of conservation biology with applications to sustainable human society and biospheric integrity. An integrative approach to biology and society that interrelates population biology, ecological principles, biogeochemical cycles, ecosystem functions, and human society in the context of biospheric degradation. The course develops a stewardship perspective rooted in biological principles and directed at conservation of plant and animal species, biotic communities, ecosystems, and human society. Included are topics of human development, poverty, and economic growth.

This course studies American poetry and fiction from 1945 to the present, emphasizing the interrelationship between the literature and the tumultuous period in which the United States became a global power. The course includes attention to a central aspect of American experience, race relations; to the unrest and experimentation of the time, represented, for example, by the Beat Movement; and to the contribution of Christian authors to the American canon (e.g. Flannery O鈥機onnor, John Updike, and Marilynne Robinson).

This course explores the diverse and dynamic globalization of contemporary art. Situating art practices within their cultural contexts, the course examines how non-Western religious, political, and philosophical perspectives are shaping the world today.

This course explores the blossoming of Canadian literature from the 1970s into the twenty-first century by focusing on the local, regional, national, and global dimensions of this writing. While attending to different regions, the course addresses rich issues at the heart of this national literature: ethnicity, the environment, gender relations, indigenous life, immigrant experience, and religious faith within a postmodern world. While studying the formal conventions and cultural relationships that Canadian writers engage, students will also interact with local writers and visiting poets.

A consideration of the many different theoretical and critical approaches to literature and cultural studies that have proliferated since the middle of the 20th century. Students will read selections by major contributors to the critical discourse since Structuralism with a view to developing their perspective on contemporary schools of theory and practice.

Members must take both terms in sequence (i.e. fall and winter). (0.75 credits per term)

Information is audiovisual and text in the Digital Age. In this course, students will study the emergence of digital technology and its impact on commercial and social cultures. Students will also learn how to communicate an effective story online using 21st century digital tools, including video, photographs, audio, and text. Materials fee applies.

Determine the cost of activities, products, and services; use that information to make management decisions. Investigate how budgets and responsibility accounting affect behaviour. Compare actual and expected results; and analyze how to improve future results. Evaluate strategic investment decisions using advanced capital budgeting techniques.

Energy, imagery, tension, patterns, insight, and revision: this course focuses on tools and strategies such as these, common to all forms of creative writing. Using a workshop format, this course develops students鈥� imaginative writing skills and cultivates productive writing habits. Students also explore a Christian understanding of the gift and practice of imagination as they experiment in different genres and modes–from fiction and poetry to creative nonfiction, drama, and graphic narratives.

This course offers a background in theories and strategies of intervention in crisis situations. Topics include suicide intervention, violence within families, sexual assault, child sexual abuse and incest, trauma, illness, death and loss, poverty and homelessness, the client-worker relationship and community crisis intervention programs. Social work responses will be examined, with reference to the diverse socio-economic, racial and ethnic composition of the community and the potential role of the church. Students will discuss the different responses to crisis within a Christian framework.