2017-2018 Catalog

May 23, 2024

2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

The numbers in parentheses following course titles indicate (1) hours per week of lecture, (2) hours per week of laboratory and (3) semester credit hours. An asterisk (*) following these three figures indicates variable or alternative credit, and the last figure represents the maximum variation in semester credit hours. In general, credit hours for these variable courses may range from one to the number indicated.

The frequency of offering follows the meeting and credit hour information. Courses offered every year are designated by semester(s) only. Courses offered every other year are designated by semester and odd/even year.

Note: Since most courses are not offered every semester, students should be aware that failure to take a required course when it is offered may delay graduation.

Any course may be offered on demand should sufficient interest be demonstrated and should a qualified instructor be available. “Demand” courses with a defined content will be offered as regularly as practical for the host department.

At the end of the course description, the following information will be given when applicable: laboratory information, corequisites (“concurrent enrollment”) and prerequisites, cross listed courses (“same as”), special fees, and pertinent information about the use of the course.

Courses and Numbering

All courses are listed alphabetically by course prefix and numerically within each prefix. The department and college assignments are also noted. ACU uses a three-digit course numbering system. Courses numbered 100 to 299 are lower-level courses (primarily for freshmen and sophomores). Courses numbered from 300 to 499 are upper-level, or advanced, courses (primarily for juniors and seniors). Courses numbered 500 to 799 are graduate courses. All courses numbered 000 to 099 do not count toward graduation or GPA.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Some courses have prerequisites, which must be met before a student may register for that course. In some cases, a student may have special knowledge, skills or background that will enable him or her to perform well in a given class without meeting its prerequisites. Such a student should seek special permission from the department and/or instructor offering the course. Courses listed as corequisite must be taken together. Students should refer to the most recent catalog for course corequisites, prerequisites, and restrictions.

Course Sequencing

Some courses have recommendations of a previous course(s) for appropriate sequencing. Such recommendations are not prerequisites; the system will allow any student meeting a course’s prerequisites to enroll for a course regardless of whether the student meets the sequencing recommendations. Students are cautioned, however, to follow sequencing recommendations when all of the courses in the sequence are on their degree plans.

Guided Study, Special Topics, and Tutorial Courses

Each department may offer Guided Study (also called Independent Study) courses (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700); Special Topics courses (140, 240, 340, 440, 540, 640, 740); or Tutorial courses (generally offered to students at Study Abroad locations) as special needs dictate and/or available faculty allow. The first number will indicate the level of the course. Special Topics courses are offered on a one-time basis, to take advantage of particular faculty expertise, or to allow a department to develop a course for permanent inclusion in the inventory of courses. Generally, Special Topics and Tutorial courses may be included in the Semester Schedule when they are offered; Guided Studies will not be included in the Semester Schedule.

The Texas Common Course Numbering System

The Texas Common Course Numbering System (TCCNS) has been designed for the purpose of aiding students in the transfer of general academic courses between colleges and universities throughout Texas. Common courses are freshman and sophomore academic credit courses that have been identified as common by institutions that are members of the common course numbering system. The system ensures that if the student takes the courses the receiving institution designates as common, then the courses will be accepted in transfer.

For further information contact the transfer course coordinator in the Registrar’s Office.

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Biology
	BIOL 362 - Ecology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Summer, even years Ecological concepts, methods of vegetational and animal population analysis and biomes of the world. Lecture may be taken without the lab. Prerequisite: BIOL 221 /BIOL 223 or BIOL 222 /BIOL 224 .
	BIOL 364 - Ecology Laboratory Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 1 Terms Offered: Fall Introduction to sampling methods of plant and animal populations and communities, and how they interact with their environment. Prerequisite: BIOL 221 /BIOL 223 or BIOL 222 /BIOL 224 . Special travel fee and lab fee.
	BIOL 370 - Field Biology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Summer, odd years Sampling methods and field techniques applicable to the biota of the southwest. Collection, identification, and natural history including soils, geology, population and community analysis and dynamics. Laboratory graded and credited with the course. Special travel fee and lab fee.
	BIOL 380 - General Mammalogy Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Spring, even years Principles of ecology, evolution, classification, biogeography, economic importance, and conservation of mammals. Laboratory graded and credited with the course. Prerequisite: BIOL 221 /BIOL 223 or BIOL 222 /BIOL 224 . Special travel fee and lab fee.
	BIOL 399 - Biology Research Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Students perform biological research under the supervision of a faculty member for 1-3 credit hours. A poster or presentation suitable for presentation at a scientific meeting or paper incorporating results of the research, written in the format of scientific publications, is required for completion of the course. Special laboratory fee. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
	BIOL 401 - Secondary Science Teaching Methods Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring A study of teaching strategies and curriculum development for the secondary sciences. Presents the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, College and Career Readiness Standards, and classroom management and discipline for the science laboratory environment. Must be taken concurrently with EDUC 412 and EDUC 432 . Should be taken before student teaching. Prerequisite: 16 hours of science from appropriate secondary science teaching degree plan. Same as CHEM 401 , PHYS 401 .
	BIOL 403 - Marine Biology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Spring, odd years A field course in Florida or Honduras. A study of the open ocean and the intertidal zones. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Laboratory graded and credited with the course. Special travel fee and lab fee. Travel during spring break required.
	BIOL 425 - Behavioral Biology: Theory and Methods Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 1 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Spring, odd years Discover how an organism’s behavior permits adaptation to its environment. Behavioral ecology and ethological methods will be learned to understand how behavior permits homeostasis and adaptation. An introduction into sociobiological theory and a critique as it relates to human behavior will be explored. Laboratory graded and credited with the course. Special travel fee; out of town travel. Prerequisite: BIOL 362 .
	BIOL 448 - Biology of Aging Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer Survey of the human anatomy and physiology with implications of normal and abnormal age-related changes. Same as GERO 448 /GERO 548 .
	BIOL 454 - Immunology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall The cellular and molecular mechanisms inherent in immunology. Prerequisite: BIOL 312 .
	BIOL 472 - Biochemistry I: Foundations of Biochemistry Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Discusses the chemistry, structural aspects, and properties of amino acids, peptides, proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids. Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in CHEM 324 . Same as CHEM 453 .
	BIOL 475 - Molecular Genetics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring A study of the molecular interactions that take place during mitosis, meiosis, cell activation and inactivation, gene activation and inactivation, transcription, reverse transcription, translation, organelle synthesis and formation, morphogenetic cell movement, membrane synthesis. Prerequisite: BIOL 312 or CHEM 454 or BIOL 472 or concurrent enrollment.
	BIOL 476 - Biotechnology Laboratory Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 6 Credit Hours: 2 Terms Offered: Spring Explores the advancement of recombinant DNA technology. Experimental tasks include isolation, amplification, mapping, sequencing, cloning and fingerprinting of DNA, genome analysis, genetic testing, cell culture, and antigen detection. Prerequisite: BIOL 312 . Course fee.
	BIOL 480 - Histology Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Detailed microscopic anatomy of the tissues and organs of higher vertebrates. Laboratory graded and credited with the course. Prerequisite: BIOL 312 .
	BIOL 481 - Plant Systematics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 4 Terms Offered: Spring, even years Introduction to the principles and methods of biological classification with emphasis on the local flora. Field and laboratory work consist of collection and identification of plant specimens and phylogenetic analysis of plant DNA. Laboratory graded and credited with the course. Prerequisite: BIOL 112 /BIOL 114 and BIOL 113 /BIOL 115 . Course fee.
	BIOL 483 - Biostatistics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, even years An introduction to experimental design, including common techniques in descriptive and inferential statistics.
	BIOL 484 - Developmental Biology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring, odd years A study of molecular events which begin with meiosis and fertilization and continue through the development and growth of the human embryo and fetus. Prerequisite: BIOL 312 .
	BIOL 491 - Human Anatomy Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Human biology, stressing morphology of the body using a systemic and regional approach. Prerequisite: BIOL 112 /BIOL 114 and BIOL 113 /BIOL 115 . Concurrent enrollment in BIOL 493 required.
	BIOL 492 - Physiology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, on demand Study of normal functional needs and environmental challenges of vertebrates and invertebrates. Lecture may be taken without the lab. Prerequisite: BIOL 112 /BIOL 114 and BIOL 113 /BIOL 115 .
	BIOL 493 - Human Anatomy Laboratory Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 1 Terms Offered: Spring Laboratory study of the human body using visualization and dissection. Concurrent enrollment in BIOL 491 required. Course fee.
	BIOL 495 - Physiology Laboratory Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 1 Terms Offered: Fall, on demand Laboratory investigation of animal function including measurements and data collection. Prerequisite: BIOL 112 /BIOL 114 and BIOL 113 /BIOL 115 . Course fee.
	BIOL 497 - Seminar in Biology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Maymester, on demand Discussions where students critically analyze, reflect, and write about biology from the perspective of a Christian Worldview. Prerequisite: Senior year biology major or health professions concentration. A capstone and writing-intensive course.
	BIOL 498 - Cancer Biology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Exposes students to all aspects of cancer studies including cancer causation, pathology, epidemiology, genetics, metastasis, detection, treatments and preventions. The biology of cancer cells is emphasized and analyzed at the molecular level with the introduction of classical and modern experimental details. Prerequisite: BIOL 312 .
Business Law
	BLAW 363 - Legal Environment of Business Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring Study of court system, sources of law, contracts, property, and regulation of business. Prerequisite: 48 earned hours.
	BLAW 461 - Business Law II Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Case studies of creditor’s rights, business organizations, property, and trade regulation. Prerequisite: ACCT 310 , with a grade of “C” or better.
Marriage and Family Therapy
	BMFT 601 - Pre-Internship Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Combined practicum and lecture format. Students gain counseling experience through role-playing with each other. Emphasis is placed on basic counseling skills as well as awareness of students’ own family of origin. Prerequisite: Admission to the MFT program.
	BMFT 602 - MFT Internship I Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Supervised practice in marriage and family therapy. Emphasis on a wide variety of experience. Prerequisite: Admission to the MFT program. Same as BMFT 603 , BMFT 604 , BMFT 605 .
	BMFT 603 - MFT Internship II Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall
	BMFT 604 - MFT Internship III Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring
	BMFT 605 - MFT Internship IV Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer
	BMFT 610 - Couples Therapy Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall An introduction to the theories and techniques of marriage and family therapy as applied to the work of those persons who deal primarily with couples.
	BMFT 615 - Research Methods & Family Therapy Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring This course will introduce students to both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies utilized in marriage and family therapy research. Students will critique the use of these methodologies and engage in making research decisions as they design their own research proposal. Students will understand ethical issues in conducting research with human subjects and be introduced to data analysis procedures.
	BMFT 634 - Addictive Disorders Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Designed to address the spectrum of addictive disorders (chemicals, relationships, food and sex) with the focus on the biological, social and psychological aspects of the addictive process. Emphasis will include diagnosis and treatment strategies from a systemic perspective.
	BMFT 639 - Family Theory/General Systems Theory Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall A comprehensive exploration of theory in family studies and therapy. The role of theory in empirical investigation, conceptual framework, and strategies of theory building useful in the interdisciplinary study of marriage and family behavior will be examined.
	BMFT 641 - Family Therapy I Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall A study of supportive counseling principles and methodology in the area of functional family problems and needs. A systems approach will be utilized.
	BMFT 643 - Professional Ethics and Law Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer A survey of the professional ethics and laws relative to the practice of marriage and family therapy.
	BMFT 645 - Systemic Diagnosis & Assessment Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring This course is a study of psychopathology, diagnosis, and assessment in a biopsychosocial-spiritual context. Students will learn how to use the DSM and assessment instruments in diagnosing and assessing psychopathology, as well as learning systemic ways of assessment in individual, couple, and family contexts. Course fee.
	BMFT 651 - Sexual Therapy Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring The Christian-oriented implementation of contemporary sexual therapy in formal and informal settings.
	BMFT 661 - Family Therapy II Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Intense exposure to at least three currently-practiced modalities of Family Therapy. Prerequisite: BMFT 639 and BMFT 641 .
	BMFT 662 - Family Life Cycle Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Equipping the marriage and family student with an understanding of how to integrate the individual, marital and family developmental cycles into clinical case conceptualization, diagnosis and treatment.
	BMFT 663 - Cultural Diversity in Marriage and Family Therapy Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall This experiential course will explore areas of cultural diversity relevant to gender, ethnicity, and class in psychotherapy practice, with an emphasis on developing cultural competence, sensitivity, and awareness. Other dimensions of diversity may be covered to a lesser extent.
	BMFT 665 - Therapy Across the Life-Cycle Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer Individual and family developmental stages with therapy skills emphasis for families, children, youth, and older adults.
	BMFT 670 - Introduction to Medical Family Therapy Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer This course consists of an introduction to the field of medical family therapy including a review of its history of development, current practice and research, an overview of medical terminology, and social trends and public policy that impact the practice of medical family therapy.
	BMFT 671 - Medical Family Therapy Theory, Practice, and Research Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer This course builds on the foundation of MFT theories and explores the theoretical foundations of Medical Family Therapy and collaborative healthcare. Models of Medical Family Therapy are presented, and students are expected to demonstrate conceptual understanding of each. Emphasis is on an understanding of the biopsychosocial-spiritual model.
	BMFT 673 - Illness, Disability, Death, and Dying Across the Lifespan Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer This course examines the impact of illness, disability, death, and dying across the lifespan and includes consideration of human development and family life cycle transitions. Psychosocial typologies of illness will be given special consideration with a special focus on onset, course, and outcome and the impact of incapacitation and uncertainty on family functioning.
	BMFT 675 - Interventions in Medical Family Therapy Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer This course will focus on specific interventions utilized in the practice of medical family therapy including those that emphasize the mind-body-spirit connection. Emphasis will be given to establishing successful collaborative working relationships with others in the treatment system, including doctors, nurses, social workers, and psychiatrists.
	BMFT 696 - Theological Perspectives on Human Behavior Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer A study of the interrelationship between theological and systematic explanations of human behavior and how they may be integrated in psychotherapeutic practice and/or ministry settings while maintaining the integrity of both. Same as BIBM 696 .
	BMFT 699 - Thesis Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 6 Prerequisites: BMFT 615 and approval by faculty. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
Missions
	BMIS 245 - Understanding Culture for Global Service Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall This course will help students develop a theology of culture and learn to understand a culture through studying cultural subsystems. Using skills of interviewing and participant observation, students will gain skills to read a culture deeply. The course is designed to function as an entry-level applied anthropology course with an eye toward applications of Christian witness, service, and intercultural ministry. May not be used to satisfy a Bible University Requirement. Prerequisite: BIBL 101 , BIBL 102 (or BIBL 103 ), and BIBL 211 .
	BMIS 270 - Living the Mission Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall This introductory missions course familiarizes students with key themes and dimensions of the world Christian movement, beginning with an overview of God’s continuous engagement with human culture from Genesis to our contemporary 21st century context. Using both biblical and historical biographies, the course gives special emphasis to how God has brought about Kingdom blessings by using ordinary people motivated by the mission dei (“the mission of God”) in their own particular cultural contexts. May not be used to satisfy a Bible University Requirement.
	BMIS 371 - Religion in Global Contexts Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Through the exploration of religious change in the world, this course engages students with major anthropological and sociological debates on religion, secularism, and global modernity. Using a variety of methodological approaches to the study of religion, it equips students to thoughtfully address a variety of religious thoughts and practices from a uniquely Christian perspective. Prerequisite: BIBL 101 , BIBL 102 (or BIBL 103 ), and BIBL 211 . May be used to satisfy Bible University Requirements.
	BMIS 391 - Service in Global Contexts Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring This course is designed to prepare students for international service by focusing upon critical thinking, global orientation and missional vision. More specifically this course equips students for short-term missions and facilities their reflection on that same work. Prerequisite: BIBL 101 or BIBL 103 or either concurrently. Course fee. May be used to satisfy Bible University Requirements.
	BMIS 420 - Gospel in a Multicultural World Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 4 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring This course enables students to develop a theology of mission by looking at the biblical basis of mission and sharpening their understanding of the gospel. Students will grapple with the challenge of interpersonal identification and models of communication. Students will explore methods of planting meaningful communities of faith in various cultural contexts. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; BIBL 101 , BIBL 102 (or BIBL 103 ), and BIBL 211 . May be used to satisfy Bible University Requirements.
	BMIS 421 - Mission as Spiritual Formation Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand Christian spiritual formation is the process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others. To this end, this course will help students as the participate in the mission of God: (1) to develop a contextually-nuanced theological and practical approach to spiritual growth and soul care, and (2) to cultivate space for the Spirit to work through the practice of a variety of spiritual disciplines learned from other cultures and religious faith traditions. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; BIBL 101 , BIBL 102 (or BIBL 103 ), and BIBL 211 . May be used to satisfy Bible University Requirements.
	BMIS 458 - Focused Training in Missions Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand A variety of specialized studies will provide essential training in topics such as indigeneity, team missions, appropriate technology, emerging church models, communicating with non-literates, linguistics, holistic missions, community development, poverty, human trafficking, human migration, and/or social justice. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; BIBL 101 , BIBL 102 (or BIBL 103 ), and BIBL 211 . May be repeated. May be used to satisfy Bible University Requirements.
	BMIS 481 - Global Urban Ministry Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand This is a course on ministry from an urban perspective. It is designed to prepare students to recognize the importance of the city in mission strategy and to identify the unique challenges of ministry in an urban environment. During this term, students will build a theological foundation for global urban mission, reflecting on the place of the city in God’s global mission; explore a contemporary overview of the city; examine strategies and models of global urban ministry; develop leadership skills to make a difference in the city even in the face of injustice, marginalization, and resistant urban structures; and discover a sustainable spirituality for urban ministry. Prerequisite: BIBL 101 , BIBL 102 , BIBL 211 . May be used to satisfy Bible University Requirements.
	BMIS 610 - Evangelism in North America Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand Lays foundations for effective outreach by North American churches. Culture and the gospel are examined with a view to discerning specific contemporary approaches that may be used to communicate Christian truth clearly in the North American context.
	BMIS 619 - Church and Mission Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Focuses on understanding the relationship of the church to the mission of God in the world and applying that understanding to actual contexts. Explores biblical, theological, and historical themes. Considers and analyzes of specific ecclesial practices that lend themselves to contextual and missional innovation.
	BMIS 621 - Fundamentals of Spiritual Nurture Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand Vital Christian task of spiritual guidance beginning with early faith and leading to mature, active discipleship.
	BMIS 633 - Leadership Training Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer The study of leadership training methods. The student will write and test an extension module of study material.
	BMIS 645 - Missionary Anthropology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand Similarities and diversities of human cultures designed to equip missionaries to communicate cross-culturally.
	BMIS 646 - Foundations of Missional Practice Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand The biblical basis of missions, the nature of interpersonal identification, the concept of culture, models of communication, methods of church planting and maturation, linguistics, and field selection.
	BMIS 647 - Readings in Contextual Theology Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Probing the reciprocal effects of culture and Christianity so that the missionary will refrain from absolutizing for all people everything that seems hermeneutically valid within his own society.
	BMIS 648 - Planting and Developing Churches Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall A survey of the important administrative, anthropological, methodological, and theological issues for establishing responsible, reproducing churches in another culture.
	BMIS 649 - Reading and Engaging Contemporary Cultures Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer Provides an overview of the theory and history of anthropology, including an in-depth investigation of the notion of culture. Students will engage in critical reflection on the use of anthropological theory for praxis in global context.
	BMIS 650 - Leadership in Intercultural Contexts Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Leadership in Intercultural Contexts analyzes Christian leadership practices in intercultural contexts.
	BMIS 652 - Developing New Churches in North America Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand Equips students to develop a biblically-informed, comprehensive, and effective plan for planting new churches in selected areas of North America.
	BMIS 653 - Growth Strategies for Established Churches Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand Gives students conceptual models and practical tools to facilitate leadership in church growth among established congregations.
	BMIS 669 - Introduction to Linguistics Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 1 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer The science of language with the emphasis varying with the needs and aims of the class.
	BMIS 670 - Cross-Cultural Communication Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer Various communication topics of vital interest to prospective missionaries such as perceptions and stereotypes, culture and personality, language and culture, as well as mass media and intercultural communication.
	BMIS 671 - Supervised Research in Missions Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand A faculty-supervised research project tailored to the specific needs of the student.
	BMIS 672 - Religion in Global Contexts Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall Aspects of religion - conceptual, ritual, personal and social - from the perspective of the living world religions in order to gain a greater skillfulness in approaching the non-Christian.
	BMIS 673 - History of Missions Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer The expansion of Christianity from Pentecost to the present with special attention given to the positive and negative influences in the spread of the Good News.
	BMIS 675 - Theology of Mission Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall The development of a biblically accurate and missiologically sound foundation for missions to ensure that the messengers of God will return with an abundant harvest from the ripe fields among the tribes and cities of the world.
	BMIS 680 - Urban Missions Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Summer Explores the theology, anthropology, and missiology of urban evangelism and community development with particular emphasis on the poor and the lifestyle required to reach them.
	BMIS 689 - Folk Religions and New Spiritualities Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand A study of personal spiritual beings (whether spirits, ancestors, or demons) as well as non-personal spiritual forces (magic and witchcraft) and their power to control human affairs.
	BMIS 697 - Intercultural Competence for Global Service Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: on demand How worldview presuppositions explicitly and implicitly shape culture. Equips the Christian minister to clearly and critically analyze this or her own worldview and that of his or her audience in light of a biblical theology in order to avoid syncretism and to effect God-desired worldview transformations.
	BMIS 699 - Master’s Thesis Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 6 This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
Business Administration
	BUSA 120 - Introduction to Business Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring A broad preview of business and entrepreneurial thinking. Topics include accounting, finance, information systems, management and marketing.
	BUSA 419 - International Business Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Fall, Spring Examines the enterprise as it functions in and relates to the international environment. It begins with the history and theory of international trade, studies each business discipline in a global setting, and ends with a section on trends and strategies employed by major global corporations. Prerequisite: FIN 310 ; MGMT 330 ; MKTG 320 , all with a grade of “C” or better. May be used to satisfy University Requirements.
	BUSA 435 - Christian Business Leadership Perspectives Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Examines God’s call to leadership for Christian persons. Perspectives on leadership are drawn from the Bible, business, and popular literature. The learning approach includes guest speakers, individual study, group study, case analysis, and a critical examination of spiritual leadership issues. Special fee required. Prerequisite: 60 earned hours. Travel course.
	BUSA 530 - Leadership Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 An overview of how individuals manage and lead themselves and others in business. Topics include theoretical and practical models of leadership, ethical issues of leadership, and forms of influence within groups and corporations. Students will develop and apply a personal leadership framework. First course for entering MBA students.
	BUSA 550 - Foundations of Analytics Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 A broad preview of business and entrepreneurial thinking. Topics include accounting, finance, information systems, management and marketing. An introduction to the field of analytics, with emphasis on the application of statistical concepts, procedures, and tools to add value to oganizations. Topics include data and information acquisition, analysis, and application; data visualization and reporting; technological and organizational practices to support evidence-informed decision making; and ethical issues.
	BUSA 554 - Accounting and Finance for Managers Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 This course focuses on the analysis and use of accounting and financial data by managers. Topics include budgeting, cost analysis, assessing value and risk, and financing short-term and long-term operations. Students will become competent consumers of financial information to support managerial decision-making. Prerequisite: Admission to MBA program and successful completion of an undergraduate or leveling accounting course.
	BUSA 636 - Organizational Behavior Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Individual, group, and organizational variables that inhibit or facilitate effective organizational functioning. Topics may include rewards, motivation, culture, decision-making, and ethics. Same as MGMT 636 .
	BUSA 645 - International Business Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 This course engages key issues in conducting business in international markets and emerging economies. This course describes the core concepts and theories related to international business and uses contemporary examples, scenarios, and cases to help students effectively put theory into practice.
	BUSA 652 - Operations and Information Technology Management Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 The process of managing operations and information technology to achieve organizational goals. Topics include product and service delivery; systems to support business functions; ethical issues related to technological, data, and personnel resources; and techniques for effectively deploying these resources.
	BUSA 656 - Strategic Marketing Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 The role of marketing and strategy in achieving organizational objectives. Topics include segmenting markets, pricing, identifying market opportunities and niches, aligning values with strategy, cooperative and collaborative strategies, and identifying organizational competencies.
	BUSA 661 - Global Supply Chain Management Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 Supply chain management is central to the service levels experienced by the customer, and supply chain activities are often a significant investment and cost driver. For this reason, the course focuses on imparting skills to enable the design and implementation of lean supply chains through managing global sourcing and procurement systems.
	BUSA 670 - Managerial Decision Making Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 The role of managers as decision-makers, with an emphasis on analysis and data-driven processes. Explores decision-making tools and techniques for managers, the appropriate use of managerial authority, coalition-building, ethical considerations, and making decisions with incomplete or questionable data.
	BUSA 674 - Innovation Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3 The role of innovation from start-ups to global organizations. Explores the process of designing and developing new products, processes, and technologies to enhance organizational performance. Includes topics related to business models, design thinking, lean startup, and leadership. Capstone project required.
Middle East Studies Program
	CANT 4e0 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East Credit Hours: 4 This course examines the variety of peoples and cultures in societies such as Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Turkey. The course seeks to introduce students to patterns of thought and behavior that characterize the region generally without losing sight of important differences across countries.
	CFOR 1E0 - Introduction to Arabic Language Credit Hours: 4 Taught by Egyptian instructors affiliated with the American University in Cairo, this course aims to help students acquire basic skills in Egyptian Arabic, a dialect widely understood in the Arab world. The course should bring students to the intermediate level of Egyptian colloquial Arabic.
	CHIS 3E0 - Islamic Thought and Practice Credit Hours: 4 This course examines many dimensions of Islamic faith from early times to the present. While emphasis is on the early period and its influence on latter events and people, it also attempts to relate these early developments to contemporary issues in the Middle East. Students are encouraged to examine both commonalities with and differences between themselves and their Muslim counterparts.
	CHIS 4E0 - Conflict and Change in the Middle East Credit Hours: 4 The course examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or what many scholars now call “the 100 years war.” Beginning with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the course traces the origin of the conflict from early encounters between Arab and Jew in Palestine to the contemporary struggle to achieve a final status agreement between Israelis and Palestinians today.
China Studies Program
	CART 4C0 - Chinese Painting Credit Hours: 1 Students will learn to paint from a Chinese artist. They will practice the basics of Chinese water-based brushwork, painting traditional pictures of bamboo, flowers, etc.
	CBUS 4C0 - International Business in China Credit Hours: 3 Lectures are presented by Christians who have done business in China for years. They cover issues such as fair and ethical business practices and factors involved in out-sourcing jobs to China. Students prepare a paper in which they describe and analyze the differences in the way that an American or international company markets its products or its franchise in China.
	CBUS 4C1 - Business Internship Credit Hours: 3 Students are placed in jobs that provide meaningful work experience. Students engage in three-week internships, working full-time (40+ hrs/week) for either Western or Chinese companies. In the first part of the semester, all students in the China program will complete the history study tour around China.
	CEXS 2C0 - Tai Chi Credit Hours: 1 The course emphasizes traditional Chinese forms of stylized self-defense, which tones the body and concentrates the mind. Exercises may focus either on the gentler form of tai chi, or on the more vigorous wu shu, depending on the instructor.
	CFOR 1C0 - Chinese I Credit Hours: 3 This course focuses on acquiring survival fluency in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese, the national language of China. Chinese I classes will include explanations on aspects of learning the language such as Pinyin (the spelling system used on mainland China) and tones. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.

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Course Descriptions

BIOL 362 - Ecology

BIOL 364 - Ecology Laboratory

BIOL 370 - Field Biology

BIOL 380 - General Mammalogy

BIOL 399 - Biology Research

BIOL 401 - Secondary Science Teaching Methods

BIOL 403 - Marine Biology

BIOL 425 - Behavioral Biology: Theory and Methods

BIOL 448 - Biology of Aging

BIOL 454 - Immunology

BIOL 472 - Biochemistry I: Foundations of Biochemistry

BIOL 475 - Molecular Genetics

BIOL 476 - Biotechnology Laboratory

BIOL 480 - Histology

BIOL 481 - Plant Systematics

BIOL 483 - Biostatistics

BIOL 484 - Developmental Biology

BIOL 491 - Human Anatomy

BIOL 492 - Physiology

BIOL 493 - Human Anatomy Laboratory

BIOL 495 - Physiology Laboratory

BIOL 497 - Seminar in Biology

BIOL 498 - Cancer Biology

BLAW 363 - Legal Environment of Business

BLAW 461 - Business Law II

BMFT 601 - Pre-Internship

BMFT 602 - MFT Internship I

BMFT 603 - MFT Internship II

BMFT 604 - MFT Internship III

BMFT 605 - MFT Internship IV

BMFT 610 - Couples Therapy

BMFT 615 - Research Methods & Family Therapy

BMFT 634 - Addictive Disorders

BMFT 639 - Family Theory/General Systems Theory

BMFT 641 - Family Therapy I

BMFT 643 - Professional Ethics and Law

BMFT 645 - Systemic Diagnosis & Assessment

BMFT 651 - Sexual Therapy

BMFT 661 - Family Therapy II

BMFT 662 - Family Life Cycle

BMFT 663 - Cultural Diversity in Marriage and Family Therapy

BMFT 665 - Therapy Across the Life-Cycle

BMFT 670 - Introduction to Medical Family Therapy

BMFT 671 - Medical Family Therapy Theory, Practice, and Research

BMFT 673 - Illness, Disability, Death, and Dying Across the Lifespan

BMFT 675 - Interventions in Medical Family Therapy

BMFT 696 - Theological Perspectives on Human Behavior

BMFT 699 - Thesis

BMIS 245 - Understanding Culture for Global Service

BMIS 270 - Living the Mission

BMIS 371 - Religion in Global Contexts

BMIS 391 - Service in Global Contexts

BMIS 420 - Gospel in a Multicultural World

BMIS 421 - Mission as Spiritual Formation

BMIS 458 - Focused Training in Missions

BMIS 481 - Global Urban Ministry

BMIS 610 - Evangelism in North America

BMIS 619 - Church and Mission

BMIS 621 - Fundamentals of Spiritual Nurture

BMIS 633 - Leadership Training

BMIS 645 - Missionary Anthropology

BMIS 646 - Foundations of Missional Practice

BMIS 647 - Readings in Contextual Theology

BMIS 648 - Planting and Developing Churches

BMIS 649 - Reading and Engaging Contemporary Cultures

BMIS 650 - Leadership in Intercultural Contexts

BMIS 652 - Developing New Churches in North America

BMIS 653 - Growth Strategies for Established Churches

BMIS 669 - Introduction to Linguistics

BMIS 670 - Cross-Cultural Communication

BMIS 671 - Supervised Research in Missions

BMIS 672 - Religion in Global Contexts

BMIS 673 - History of Missions

BMIS 675 - Theology of Mission

BMIS 680 - Urban Missions

BMIS 689 - Folk Religions and New Spiritualities

BMIS 697 - Intercultural Competence for Global Service

BMIS 699 - Master’s Thesis

BUSA 120 - Introduction to Business