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Ac 204
3 Credits
Principles of Accounting II
Basic principles and procedures in accounting for corporate equity, bonds, manufacturing costs, managerial analysis of costs and cost/revenue relationships, special statements, analysis of financial statements and individual budgeting, and taxes. Introduction to business ethics. Second semester and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Prerequisites: Ac 203.
Financial and Managerial Accounting: The Basis for Business Decisions, – 18th
Jan R. Williams, Susan F. Haka, Mark S. Bettner, and Joseph Carcello
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
BA 109
3 Credits
Business Spreadsheet Analysis
An in-depth hands-on investigation of spreadsheet technology used in typical business applications. Topics include fundamentals of spreadsheet operation, utilizing spreadsheets to solve quantitative problems in business, basic and advanced spreadsheet formatting techniques, creating spreadsheet reports, creating pivot tables and pivot chart reports, and solving problems using what-if analysis. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Benchmark Series: Microsoft Excel 365 2019 Edition, Levels 1 and 2
Rutkosky, Davidson, Roggenkamp and Rutkosky
ISBN: 9780763888060
BA 215
3 Credits
Intro to Human Resources Mgmt
Introduction to the various functions of the Human Resources field. Topics include needs assessment, policies and procedures, benefits, legal issues, consulting, training, safety and performance appraisals. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Human Resources Management – 14th
Wayne Mondy and Joseph Martocchio
Pearson Education, Inc.
ISBN: 9780133972993
Subscription to Society of Human Resources Management
BA 301
3 Credits
Legal Envir & Ethics of Business
Background of the American legal system and its Constitutional foundation; public crimes and private torts, contract law, the uniform Commercial code; negotiable instruments; debtor-creditor relationship, ethical systems underlying government and business behaviors; business organizational forms; government regulation of business; property law; and Cyberlaw. Business ethics examined for all subjects treated. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Business Law Today, The Essentials: Text and Summarized Cases – 11th
Miller, Roger LeRoy
Cengage, 2017
ISBN: 9781305574793
Ed 205
3 Credits
Foundations of Reading
This course examines the theoretical and evidence-based foundations of literacy processes and instruction, including oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. It also includes the historical progression of reading and writing instruction, and the role of professional learning, leadership and judgment for teachers. This course is aligned with SC literacy competencies, ILA, CAEP, InTASC and ADEPT performance standards. This course meets the requirements of the Read to Succeed Act for the R2S Literacy Teacher Endorsement in South Carolina for early childhood, elementary, and special education teachers AND the R2S Literacy Requirement Endorsement in SC for middle and high school teachers. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Best practices in literacy instruction – 6th ed (2018)
Gambrell, L. B., & Morrow, L. M. (Eds)
Guilford
Lenses on reading: An introduction to theories and models – 2nd edition (2012)
Tracey, D. H., & Morrow, L. M.
Guilford
APA Manual – 7th
The literacy dictionary: The vocabulary of reading and writing – 2005
Harris, T. L, & Hodges, R. E. (Eds.)
International Reading Association
Ed 380
3 Credits
Instructional Methods & Strategies
This course is designed to help teachers put instructional theory into practice through the study and application of teaching strategies and techniques that are applicable to the K-12 classroom. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Classroom instruction that works: Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement – 2001
Marzano, R. J., Pickering, D., & Pollock, J. E.
ASCD
ISBN: 978-1416613626
Subscription to GoReact
Subscription to Teaching Channel
Ed 659
3 Credits
R2S Content Area Rdg/Writing EC/Elm
This course focuses on the theoretical bases and techniques related to the teaching of reading and writing in early childhood and elementary school settings. The course will familiarize students with historical concepts of subject matter and related research for learners in Kindergarten through sixth grade. Students will conceptualize disciplinary literacies in order to envision and research literacy pedagogies. This course meets the requirements of the Read to Succeed Act for the R2S Teacher Endorsement in South Carolina for early childhood, elementary, and special education teachers. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Classroom strategies for interactive learning. – (2017) 4th
Buehl, D.
International Reading Association
Reading for information in elementary school: Content literacy strategies to build comprehension – 2007
Frey, N., & Fisher, D
Pearson
En 102
3 Credits
Composition & Rhetoric
Introduction to academic writing emphasizing argumentation, research, documentation and style; centering on the library paper. Not applicable toward a major or minor. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Prerequisites: En 101, Plmt Test, ACT 24+, SAT 30+.
Companion to College English – 4th
Horton, Ronald A.
BJU Press, 2020
ISBN: 978-1-62856-848-6
En 103
3 Credits
Composition & Literature
Critical writing using literary analysis. Discussion of literature by genres and according to basic literary critical concepts and terminology. Not applicable toward a major or minor. Second semester and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Prerequisites: En 102.
A Companion to College English – 3rd
Horton, Ronald A.
BJU Press, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-60682-040-7
Readings for College English – 2nd
BJU Press
ISBN: 978-1-60682-039-1
En 202
3 Credits
British Literature to 1688
A historical and critical survey of British literature from Beowulf to 1688. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Prerequisites: En 103.
The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Vol. 1) – 10th
Greenblatt, Stephen, ed.
Norton
ISBN: 978-0-393-60308-8
The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Vol. 1A)
Greenblatt, Stephen, ed.
ISBN: 978-0-393-60302-6
The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Vol. 1B)
Greenblatt, Stephen, ed.
ISBN: 978-0-393-60303-3
FA 125
3 Credits
Christianity & the Arts
An examination of the aesthetic and ethical nature of the arts and their relevance to everyday life. Emphasis on applying a biblical framework for evaluating and interacting with the arts in contemporary culture while affirming the objective nature of Beauty, Truth and Goodness. Guest performances, lectures, readings, and attendance at recitals, art shows and other performances will provide students with opportunities to apply and synthesize course material. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Art for God's Sake
Ryken
ISBN: 978-1-59638-007-3
Art & the Bible
Schaeffer
ISBN: 978-0830834013
Fin 201
3 Credits
Corporate Finance
Principles and techniques of financial analysis, planning and control, working capital management, capital budgeting, long-term financing and cost of capital. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Prerequisites: Ac 103 or Ac 203 Prerequisite.
Foundations of Financial Management – 16th edition
Stanley B. Block, Geoffrey A. Hirt, Bartley R. Danielsen
McGraw-Hill
Hi 101
3 Credits
The Making of the Modern World
The course focuses on the process of historical thinking from a biblical perspective by investigating the forces and factors that have shaped the world we live in today, and by studying themes including empire building, revolutions, religious movements, philosophical and artistic accomplishments, social and economic networks. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
The Penguin History of the World – 6th
J. M. Roberts and O. A. Westad
ISBN: 978-1846144431
Hi 202
3 Credits
United States History 1865 - Present
A survey of American history from 1865 to the present with a blend of political, economic and cultural aspects. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
America: A Narrative History (Ninth Edition) (Vol. 2) – 9th
George Brown Tindall, David E. Shi
W. W. Norton
ISBN: 978-0-393-91262-3
Ph 200
3 Credits
Ideas & Their Consequences
Selected philosophical ideas of continuing importance from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century. Second semester and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Themes in Western Thought – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
Ps 200
3 Credits
General Psychology
An introduction to the major areas of psychology, including history, major theories, brain function, biological underpinnings of thought, motivation, emotion, and behavior, learning, memory, lifespan development, intelligence, sensation and perception. An overview of psychological disorders and methods of treatment is included, and critical analysis of information and its alignment with Biblical truth is emphasized. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Mastering the World of Psychology Access Card – 6th edition
Samuel E. Wood and Ellen Green Wood
Revel
ISBN: 9780134567341
SSE 200
3 Credits
Foundations of Economics
Blends the core concepts of both microeconomics (structure of markets, factors of production, elasticities) and macroeconomics (economic systems; public policy, including fiscal and monetary policy; supply and demand analysis of national income, inflation and unemployment) with personal responsibility as a citizen (credit, interest, banking, budgeting) to create a greater knowledge of the economy and the individual's role as a decision-maker within that economy. First semester and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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The Economic Way of Thinking – 13th
Heyne, P., Boettke, P., & Prychitko, D.
Prentice Hall
ISBN: 978-0-13-299129-2
The Fatal Equilibrium
Marshal Jevons
Th 103
3 Credits
Creation Apologetics
In partnership with Answers in Genesis, this course is an introduction to biblical doctrine applied to current apologetic and worldview issues. The course discusses key topics including what apologetics is, the authority of Scripture and how Genesis lays a foundation for the Gospel message. It adequately prepares the student to defend and explain the scientific validity and theological necessity of a 6-day creation within the context of the Christian faith. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Apologetics: A Justification of Christian Belief – 2015
John M. Frame
P & R Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-59638-938-0
Th 350
3 Credits
Bible Doctrines
Study of the biblical teaching concerning Scripture, God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and angels (including Satan). Emphasis throughout is on the practical application of the teachings of the Bible to the Christian life. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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The Moody Handbook of Theology – 2008 or 2014
Paul Enns
Moody
ISBN: 978-0802411983
A Pictorial History of Our English Bible – 1982
David Beale
BJU Press
ISBN: 0890841497
Th 360
3 Credits
Bible Doctrines
Study of the biblical teaching concerning man, sin, salvation, the church and eschatology. Emphasis throughout is on the practical application of the teachings of the Bible to the Christian life. Particular attention is given to timely doctrinal questions. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
The Moody Handbook of Theology – 2008 or 2014
Paul Enns
Moody Publishers
ISBN: 978-0802411983
Set Apart: The Nature and Importance of Biblical Separation – 2016
Mark Sidwell
BJU Press
ISBN: 978-1628562583
A book selected by the student from a list of doctrinal expository works
Th 499
3 Credits
Worldview & Apologetics
An analysis and defense of the biblical worldview, together with an analysis and refutation of secular and religious alternative worldviews. The course will equip students to defend the core biblical doctrines and refute spurious philosophical, historical, archeological and scientific claims against the Bible. The course presents a brief history of the apologetics discipline and important Christian thinkers. The course addresses significant historical and contemporary thinkers and their objections to biblical Christianity. Summer only, three hours.
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Dates: Jun. 24 – Aug. 10, 2024
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Register by: Jun. 21, 2024
Prerequisites: Th 350, Ph 200.
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