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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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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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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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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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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
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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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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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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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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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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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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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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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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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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Dates: May. 11 – Aug. 15, 2026
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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. 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: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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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: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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Next offered: Jun. 29, 2026 - Aug. 15, 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 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: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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Next offered: Jun. 29, 2026 - Aug. 15, 2026
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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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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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
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: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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Next offered: Jun. 29, 2026 - Aug. 15, 2026
Art for God's Sake
Ryken
ISBN: 978-1-59638-007-3
Art & the Bible
Schaeffer
ISBN: 978-0830834013
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: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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Next offered: Jun. 29, 2026 - Aug. 15, 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 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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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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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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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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Prerequisites: Ma ACT 20-25, SAT 550-630, Ma 090, Ma 111 Plmt.
College Algebra – 8th edition
Richard N. Aufmann/Richard D. Nation
Cengage Learning
ISBN: 978-1-285-43477-3
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: May. 11 – Aug. 15, 2026
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Prerequisites: Identical to PrS 490.
Any required reading will be determined when the student meets with his faculty advisors.
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 209, Bi 205.
Themes in Western Thought – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
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: May. 11 – Aug. 15, 2026
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Prerequisites: Identical to Min 490.
Any required reading will be determined when the student meets with his faculty advisors.
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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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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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
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