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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: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Next offered: May. 11, 2026 - Jun. 27, 2026
Benchmark Series: Microsoft Excel 365 Levels 1 and 2
Rutkosky, Davidson, Roggenkamp, Rutkosky
Paradigm Education Solutions
ISBN: 978-1-7924-7312-8
BA 490
3 Credits
Degree Completion Capstone
Students produce a thesis, project, or major presentation in connection with an internship or full-time job to fulfill the Degree Completion Capstone course. Three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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There is no textbook for this course.
EAS 660
3 Credits
Foundations of Leadership
Emphasizes basic administrative theory and research for the school leader, focusing on the current practices and examining trends in such areas as leadership skills, personnel development and decision making. Three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Biblical Leadership: Becoming a Different Kind of Leader
Ken Collier & Matt Williams
Ambassador International
ISBN: 1-932307-21-4
The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership That Matters
Albert Mohler
Bethany House
ISBN: 978-0-7642-1004-4
Finding Your Leadership Style: A Guide for Educators
Jeffrey Glanz
ASCD
ISBN: 978-0-87120-692-3
How to be a Team Player and Enjoy It
Matt Williams
Ambassador International
ISBN: 978-1-62020-235-7
Crazy Busy
Kevin DeYoung
Crossway
ISBN: 978-1-4335-3338-9
A Scent of Water: Bringing Life Back to the Christian School Movement
Edward Earwood & Phil Suite
Ambassador International
ISBN: 978-1-62020-155-8
EAS 695
3 Credits
Ed Leadership Action Research
In this semester long capstone course, the student is expected to demonstrate the implementation of leadership skills (tied to coursework taken in this program) to an approved action research project in a K-12 educational setting. The student must have access to a traditional K-12 school during the semester this course is taken.\~ Both semesters, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
Prerequisites: Ed 690.
Balanced leadership for powerful learning: Tools for achieving success in your school – 2015
Bryan Goodwin & Greg Cameron with Heather Hein
ASCD
ISBN: 978-1-4166-2088-4
School Leadership that Works
Robert Marzano, Timothy Waters, Brian McNulty
ASCD
ISBN: 978-1416602279
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association – 6th
American Psychological Association
ISBN: 978-1433805615
Ed 383
3 Credits
Educational Assessment
This course provides an introduction to the principles of constructing standardized and teacher-made tests, test scoring and interpretation, and grading-reporting practices as well as an overview of commonly used statistical terms. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Next offered: May. 11, 2026 - Jun. 27, 2026
No textbook is required for this class.
Ed 493
3 Credits
Field Experience Capstone
In this course candidates demonstrate their ability to apply learning and development theories and to utilize developmentally appropriate practices by writing lessons plans, creating assessments, and providing feedback to students in the K-12 environment. Candidates create an electronic portfolio and submit videotaped lessons to receive individualized feedback on their planning and teaching strategies. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
Ed 605
3 Credits
History & Philosophy of Education
Beginnings of the American system of education, survey of theories of education; factors and forces changing American education philosophies of learning applied to contemporary educational problems. This course is designed to equip and motivate educators and administrators to understand, critically appraise and apply the historical and philosophical foundations of education in developing their educational theory and practice. Three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Education in a Free Society – 8th
Rippa, S. Alexander
Longman
ISBN: 10: 0801316367
Ed 632
3 Credits
Best Practices: Instru Strategies
Effective teaching involves using a variety of instructional strategies, designed with specific learners in mind. This course explores the development and practical application of numerous strategies. Students will be introduced to the Five Core Propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. This class is mostly project based. Second semester, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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The new art and science of teaching – 2017
Marzano, R.
Solution Tree Press
ISBN: 9781943874965
Beyond biblical integration – 2020
Erdvig, R.
Summit Ministries
ISBN: 978-1-7220256-5-2
Ed 682
3 Credits
Instructional Leadership
Practicum experience within the student's current teaching setting. The student is expected to implement a coaching cycle, conduct instructional classroom visits, and develop a professional learning plan. Three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Prerequisites: Ed 683.
Spiritual leadership
Blackaby, H. & Blackaby, R.
2011 B & H Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781433669187
The definitive guide to instructional coaching: Seven factors for success
Knight, J.
2022 ASCD
ISBN: 9781416630661
Ed 690
3 Credits
Research in Education
This course introduces educational research, statistics, and testing; and is designed to familiarize the student with the terminology, basic concepts and tools necessary to critique and interpret published research. Both semesters, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Next offered: Mar. 6, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
Educational Research: Fundamental Principles and Methods – 8th
McMillan, James H.
Pearson
ISBN: 0-13-577010-6
Ed 693
3 Credits
Field Experience Capstone
In this course participants demonstrate their professional responsibilities by applying learning and development theories and demonstrating developmentally appropriate practices by writing lessons plans, creating assessments and providing feedback to students in the K-12 environment. Participants will submit recordings of lessons to receive individualized feedback on their planning and teaching strategies. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
There is no textbook for this course.
Ed 695
3 Credits
Action Research Project
In this semester long capstone course, the student will have a supervised experience in an area of fieldwork under the direction of faculty; including papers, unit work samples, recorded lessons--uploaded and critiqued--all tied to coursework taken previously in the MEd Program. The student must be teaching in a traditional K-12 classroom during the semester this course is taken. Both semesters, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
Prerequisites: Ed 690.
Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Reseacher – 5th
Geoffrey Mills
Pearson
ISBN: 978-0133389210
En 101
3 Credits
Composition & Grammar
Review of sentence structure, punctuation, paragraph development and essay organization. Emphasis on expository writing. Required of students with English ACT score between 15 and 23, or Writing SAT score 21 to 29. Not open to those with English ACT score above 23, or Writing SAT score above 29. Not applicable toward a major or minor. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
Prerequisites: En 095, Plmt Test, ACT 15-23 or SAT 21-29.
College Writing – 2nd ed., 2010
Horton, Ronald A.
BJU Press
ISBN: 978-1606820247
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: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
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 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: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
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 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: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Register by: Aug. 26, 2025
Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
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
FA 125
3 Credits
Christianity & the Arts
This course examines the aesthetic and moral nature of the arts and their relevance to everyday life. It emphasizes the process of employing a biblical framework when evaluating and interacting with the arts in contemporary culture while affirming the objective nature of beauty, truth, reality and goodness. Through lectures, readings, and breakout sessions, students will gain a historical perspective of and basic working terminological knowledge in Art, Music, Theatre, and Film. Attendance at music recitals, art exhibitions, and theatrical performances will provide students with opportunities to apply and synthesize course material and articulate their worldview. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
Art for God's Sake
Ryken
ISBN: 978-1-59638-007-3
Art & the Bible
Schaeffer
ISBN: 978-0830834013
FA 125
3 Credits
Christianity & the Arts
This course examines the aesthetic and moral nature of the arts and their relevance to everyday life. It emphasizes the process of employing a biblical framework when evaluating and interacting with the arts in contemporary culture while affirming the objective nature of beauty, truth, reality and goodness. Through lectures, readings, and breakout sessions, students will gain a historical perspective of and basic working terminological knowledge in Art, Music, Theatre, and Film. Attendance at music recitals, art exhibitions, and theatrical performances will provide students with opportunities to apply and synthesize course material and articulate their worldview. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
Art for God's Sake
Ryken
ISBN: 978-1-59638-007-3
Art & the Bible
Schaeffer
ISBN: 978-0830834013
Fin 211
3 Credits
Personal & Ministry Finance
Financial management strategies including strategies for budgeting, expense control, credit cards, home buying, car buying, insurance, and investing. Principles applied to personal, ministry, and community finance settings. Three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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The World's Easiest Guide to Finances – 2000
Larry Burkett
Northfield Publishing
ISBN: 1-881273-38-5
Recommended: Church Finance: The Church Leader's Guide to Financial Operations – 2nd
Michael E. Batts
Christianity Today International
ISBN: 978-1-61407-922-4
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: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
The Penguin History of the World – 6th
J. M. Roberts and O. A. Westad
ISBN: 978-1846144431
A Little Book for New Historians: Why and How To Study History
Robert Tracy McKenzie
Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019
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: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Register by: Aug. 26, 2025
Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
The Penguin History of the World – 6th
J. M. Roberts and O. A. Westad
ISBN: 978-1846144431
A Little Book for New Historians: Why and How To Study History
Robert Tracy McKenzie
Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019
HS 602
3 Credits
Fndas of Community & Public Health
This course provides an overview of public health issues as they relate to community health and population health. Theories and models relevant to community health programs, interventions, and research are presented. Emphasis is placed on obtaining evidence-based public health data to enable practical, applied, community-wide planning and cooperation among varied stakeholders. Three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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HS 614
3 Credits
Evidence-based Public Health
Discusses a systematic and critical approach to public health investigations using qualitative and quantitative methods. Equips students to identify a health problem and develop steps to define, collect, analyze, and interpret relevant data. Emphasizes techniques of knowledge dissemination and translation. Three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches – 6th
Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D.
SAGE Publications
ISBN: 978-1071817940
Min 490
3 Credits
Degree Completion Capstone
Students produce a thesis, project, or major presentation or complete a practicum or internship to demonstrate their mastery of the learning outcomes for their degree program. Three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
Prerequisites: Identical to PrS 490.
Any required reading will be determined when the student meets with his faculty advisors.
Mkt 205
3 Credits
Principles of Marketing
An introduction to marketing's role of creating and capturing customer value for both consumer and business markets. Topics include customer-driven marketing strategies, product development, pricing, promotion, distribution, supply chain, competitive advantage, marketing ethics, the global marketplace and sustainable marketing. Three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Principles of Marketing – 17th (2018)
Philip T. Kotler and Gary Armstrong
Pearson
ISBN: 13: 9780134492513
PrS 430
3 Credits
Leadership Effectiveness
Analysis and application of the practical skills that leaders and managers need for success in work and ministry contexts. Topics include the leader's vision, communication skills, team development, and self-management. Second semester, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - Mar. 7, 2026
There is no textbook for this course.
PrS 490
3 Credits
Degree Completion Capstone
Students produce a thesis, project, or major presentation or complete a practicum or internship to demonstrate their mastery of the learning outcomes for their degree program. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Dec. 13, 2025
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Next offered: Jan. 16, 2026 - May. 2, 2026
Prerequisites: Identical to Min 490.
Any required reading will be determined when the student meets with his faculty advisors.
SLP 612
3 Credits
Research Methods in SLP
Students will apply quantitative and qualitative methods of research design to evaluate literature, conduct research, describe results, and select evidence-based treatments. Three hours.
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Dates: Aug. 29 – Oct. 18, 2025
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Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches – 6th
Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D.
SAGE Publications
ISBN: 978-1071817940
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