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Ac 203
3 Credits
Principles of Accounting I
Fundamental accounting procedures, journals, ledgers, financial statements and uses made of accounting information. Basic principles and procedures in accounting for corporate assets. First semester and summer, three hours.
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Prerequisites: ACT score 22, SAT score 1100 or Ac 103.
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
ISBN: 978-1259692406
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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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
Business Capstone
Students produce a thesis, project, or major presentation in connection with an internship or full-time job to fulfill the Business Capstone course. Not applicable toward the Business Administration major. Three hours.
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BG 101
3 Credits
Elementary Greek I
Introduction to Greek, with an emphasis on vocabulary, basic grammar, and reading/translation. Three hours.
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Beginning with New Testament Greek – 2020
Benjamin Merkle and Robert Plummer
B&H
Access to a Greek NT (No need to purchase. We will provide you with a link to a free version.)
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Bi 205
3 Credits
Creation to New Creation: Expl Bible
A survey of the Bible and its unfolding message from Creation to New Creation, beginning with creation and fall, climaxing in Christ's work of redemption, and culminating in new creation. Emphasizes biblical literacy, gospel fluency, and cultivation of love for and trust in Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. Three hours.
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A Visual Theology Guide to the Bible: Seeing and Knowing God's Word – 2019
Tim Challies and Josh Byers
Zondervan
ISBN: 978-0310577966
Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ – 2018
Trent Hunter and Stephen J. Wellum
Zondervan
ISBN: 978-0310536543
Ed 200
3 Credits
Foundations: Educational Tech-EXP
This EXP course is aligned with ISTE, inTASC, and NACE standards to prepare students to effectively employ a Biblical worldview while integrating technology into a variety of instructional settings. It develops future educators' leadership, scholarship, and citizenship through the skills of collaboration, design, facilitation, and analysis. Additionally, it prepares students to make connections to their faith, prior coursework, and the field of education. A technology portfolio is created by each learner to demonstrate their learning, and a portion of the class is spent in the pursuit of a third-party educational micro-credential. Learners are exposed to a wide variety of instructional tools and ideas for technology integration. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Technopoly: The surrender of culture to technology – 2011
Postman, N.
Vintage
ISBN: 978-0679745402
Integrating technology in the classroom: Tools to meet the need of every student – 2nd (December 2018)
Hamilton, Boni
International Society for Technology in Education
ISBN: 978-1564847256
Ed 201
3 Credits
Theories of Teaching & Learning
This course offers an overview of educational psychology, delving into the understanding of human development, learning theory, and educational practice within the context of a biblical worldview. Students explore the complexities of human cognition, development, motivation, diversity, behavior, and instruction as well as their implications for educational practice. Summer only, three hours.
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Educational Psychology – 13th
Slavin, Robert .E.
Pearson
ISBN: 9780135752999
Ed 325
3 Credits
Development: Birth to Adolescence
The course examines the physical, emotional, intellectual, cultural, and spiritual growth of the child from pre-natal through adolescence. Emphasis is placed on the development of the child in relation to the school. Special consideration is given to societal issues impacting development. Summer only, three hours.
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Childhood: Voyages in Development – 4th
Rathus, S. A.
McGraw Hill, 2011
ISBN: 978-0-4959-0433-5
What the Bible Says about Parenting: Gods Plan for Rearing your Child
MacArthur, J. F.
Thomas Nelson, 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8499-3775-0
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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No textbook is required for this class.
Ed 691
3 Credits
Readings in Education
Independent study through the use of readings with special emphasis on selected areas from the field of education. This course can be substituted for other courses at the discretion of the program coordinator. Second semester and summer, three hours.
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Prerequisites: Ed 690.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Recommended but not required) – 7th (2019)
American Psychological Association
ISBN: 978-1433832161
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, or combined Verbal and Writing CLT score 31-46. Not open to those with English ACT score 24 or above, or Writing SAT score 30 or above, or combined Verbal and Writing CLT score 47 or above. Not applicable toward associate or baccalaureate English requirement. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Prerequisites: En ACT 15-23, SAT450-540, V+W CLT 31-46 PT or En 095.
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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Prerequisites: En ACT 24+, W SAT550+, V+W CLT 47+, PT or En 101.
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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Prerequisites: En 102.
A Companion to College English – 4th
Horton, Ronald A.
BJU Press, 2020
ISBN: 978-1-60682-040-7
Readings for College English – 2nd
BJU Press
ISBN: 978-1-60682-039-1
En 205
3 Credits
American Literature 1607-1865
A historical and critical survey of American literature from colonial times to 1865. Summer only, three hours.
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Prerequisites: En 103.
The Scarlet Letter (Any unabridged copy)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Norton Anthology of American Literature: shorter ed – shorter ed
Robert S. Levine, Editor
W.W. Norton, 2023
ISBN: 978-0-393-696837
ESS 200
3 Credits
Sport Sociology
This course explores the sociological aspects of sport by studying the history of sport, applying social theory to sport, researching Christian ministries that use sport, and participating in class debates regarding sociological sport issues. As a social construct, sport can be changed as well as be used for change. An emphasis will be made on how Christians can use sport to make positive change in society. Three hours.
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ESS 621
3 Credits
Ethics & Sport
The ethical and moral issues in sport. Topics include the recruitment of student athletes, performance enhancing drugs, sportsmanship and youth sports participation, among others. Three hours.
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Ethics in Sport – 3rd edition
William J. Morgan (editor)
Human Kinetics
ESS 670
3 Credits
Foundations for Sport Coaching
Provides a basis for sport coaching, including the development of coaching philosophies, pedagogical practices and an understanding of player psychology. Topics include communication, leadership, motivation, stress and team cohesion. Three hours.
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Don't Waste Your Sports – 2011
MaHaney, CJ
Crossway
ISBN: 9781433525759
ESS 690
3 Credits
Internship
Supervised work in a position related to coaching or sport administration. To be eligible, students must have completed all the core courses. Students must complete a total of 150 clock hours. Three hours.
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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 a biblical worldview. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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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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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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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 201
3 Credits
United States History to 1865
A survey of American history from the colonial era through 1865 with a blend of political, economic and cultural aspects. Summer only, three hours.
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America: A Narrative History (Ninth Edition) (Vol. 1) – 9th
George Brown Tindall, David E. Shi
W. W. Norton
ISBN: 978-0-393-912630
Ma 111
3 Credits
College Algebra
Review of elementary algebra. Stress on the concept of relation and function, algebraic functions and their graphs. Not applicable toward a major or minor. Summer only, three hours.
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Prerequisites: Ma ACT20-25SAT520-600Ma090PTMa111.
College Algebra – 8th edition
Richard N. Aufmann/Richard D. Nation
Cengage Learning
ISBN: 978-1-285-43477-3
ME 611
3 Credits
Music Curriculum
Processes and approaches to music curricula, including planning, scope and sequence; writing behavioral objectives and instructional outcomes; and evaluation techniques. Also covers integrating learning theories and a scriptural philosophy with music content and methodology. First semester, odd-numbered years, three hours.
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Course Design: A Guide to Curriculum Development for Teachers – 7th edition
Posner, G. J., & Rudnitsky, A. N.
Pearson Education, Inc.
ISBN: 0-205-45766-5
ME 695
3 Credits
Grad Seminar in Music Education
An exploration of contemporary topics and challenges in music education with an emphasis on engaging issues from a biblical worldview. Action research projects, group discussion, and presentations provide opportunities to link research to students' current teaching situations and professional development needs. This is the capstone course and should be the last course taken. It includes the comprehensive exam. Three hours.
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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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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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Principles of Marketing – 17th (2018)
Philip T. Kotler and Gary Armstrong
Pearson
ISBN: 13: 9780134492513
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: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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Next offered: Jun. 29, 2026 - Aug. 15, 2026
Prerequisites: Bi 205.
Themes in Western Thought – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
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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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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Prerequisites: Identical to Min 490.
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SCM 631
3 Credits
Theories of Counseling
A historical survey of the relationship of secular, integrationist, and biblical counseling models to the church. Examines the counseling theories of prominent Christian counselors and counseling organizations from a biblical counseling viewpoint. Guides students towards the development of a distinctly biblical counseling model. Three hours.
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Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy – 10th, 2015
Corey, Gerald
Cengage Learning
ISBN: 978-1-305-26372-7
Psychology & Christianity Five Views – 2nd, 2010
Johnson, Eric
IVP Academic
ISBN: 978-0-8308-2848-7
Gospel-Centered Counseling: How Christ Changes Lives – 2014
Kellemen, Robert
Zondervan
ISBN: 978-0-310-51613-2
SCM 632
3 Credits
Foundations of Biblical Counseling
Establishes a theological and practical introduction to the ministry of biblical counseling. Presents a biblical Christ-centered foundation, including the doctrines of the sufficiency of Scripture and progressive sanctification. Provides a biblical methodology for addressing counseling related problems. Three hours.
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A Theology of Biblical Counseling: The Doctrinal Foundations of Counseling Ministry – 2016
Lambert, Heath
Zondervan
ISBN: 978-0-310-51816-7
Counseling: How to Counsel Biblically – 2005
MacArthur, John, and The Masters College Faculty
Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 978-1-4185-0005-4
The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life: Connecting Christ to Human Experience – 2016
Pierre, Jeremy
New Growth Press
ISBN: 978-1-942572-67-1
Bob Jones University Philosophy of Biblical Counseling – 2017
BJU
SHM 634
2 Credits
Expository Sermon Preparation
A step-by-step approach to the development of expository sermons, with careful attention to exegetical accuracy and effective homiletical formatting. Students will prepare sermons from a variety of biblical genres, including Old Testament and New Testament passages. Two hours.
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Christ-Centered Preaching – 2nd
Bryan Chapell
Baker, 2005
ISBN: 0-8010-2798-5
SOT 681
3 Credits
Old Testament Introduction
Canon and text of the Old Testament; composition, authorship, date and content of each book. Emphasis on refutation of critical views. Three hours.
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The World and the Word: An Introduction to the Old Testament – 2011
Eugene H. Merrill, Mark F. Rooker, and Michael A. Grisanti
B & H Publishing Group
ISBN: 978-0-8054-4031-7
SSP 207
3 Credits
National Government
American government, the organization and functioning of American political life on the national level. Second semester and summer, three hours.
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Politics in America, 2018 Elections and Update Edition – 11th
Dye, Thomas R. and Gaddie, Ronald Keith
ISBN: 978-0-13-520275-3
STh 703
3 Credits
Biblical Sanctification
A study of the theology of biblical holiness, with a special emphasis on individual progressive sanctification; and the theology of ecclesiastical unity and separatism. Three hours.
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Five Views on Sanctification rev. ed. – 1996
Melvin E. Dieter, et al
Zondervan Academic
ISBN: 0310415314
Promise Unfulfilled: The Failed Strategy of Modern Evangelicalism
Rolland McCune
Ambassador International
Changed Into His Image
Jim Berg
Taking Time to Change
Jim Berg
Tec 101
3 Credits
Digital Literacy
An introductory course designed to help the student develop key computational skills for professional life. Topics include tools for basic management of digital files, internet research and online safety, exposure to intermediate skills in word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software, and foundational data related skills (including evaluation of the quality of data, development of data summaries, and communication of data for effective decision-making). Lecture and lab. Excludes: Tec 201. Three hours.
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Prerequisites: Ma ACT18+SAT490+CLT16+Ma080PTMa090. Corequisite: Tec 191.
From the Garden to the City – 2011
John Dyer
Kregel Publications
ISBN: 978-0-82-542668-1
Blown to Bits – 2008
Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis
Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 978-0-13-713559-2
Story Telling with Data
Knaflic
Tec 201
3 Credits
Digital Literacy w Intro Programming
An introductory course designed to help the student develop key computational skills for professional life. Topics include tools for basic management of digital files, internet research, exposure to digital content authoring with markdown, foundational data evaluation and visualization, and basic programming skills. Lecture and lab. Excludes: Tec 101. Three hours.
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Prerequisites: Ma ACT20+SAT520+CLT18+Ma090PTMa111. Corequisite: Tec 291.
From the Garden to the City – 2011
John Dyer
Kregel Publications
ISBN: 978-0-82-542668-1
Blown to Bits – 2008
Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis
Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 978-0-13-713559-2
Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction
Kieran Healy
Princeton University Press
ISBN: 978-0-691-18161-5
Th 100
3 Credits
Biblical Worldview
This course starts by defining worldview and establishing the fact that everyone has a worldview; it evaluates the effect that one's worldview has on one's actions, evaluates ideological warfare and how worldviews influence each other, and provides focused Bible study to allow students to understand the comprehensive theme/story line of Scripture. Three hours.
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Christian Worldview: A Student's Guide – 2013
Philip Graham Ryken
Crossway
ISBN: 978-1-4335-3540-6
Th 350
3 Credits
Doctrines: Bibliology-Angelology
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. Three hours.
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Prerequisites: Bi 209.
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
Doctrines: Anthropology-Eschatology
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. Three hours.
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Prerequisites: Bi 209.
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. Three hours.
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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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Register by: May. 8, 2026
Next offered: Jun. 29, 2026 - Aug. 15, 2026
Prerequisites: Th 350, Th 360, Ph 200.
The New Creationism: Building Scientific Theories on a Biblical Foundation – 2009
Paul Garner
Evangelical Press
Engaging Gods World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living – 2002
Cornelius Plantinga
Eerdmans
The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog – 6th (2020)
James Sire
InterVarsity Press
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