10 courses with the subject HI, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HI 111History of Western Civilization & Thought I3
This course introduces the student to the seminal events, ideas, thinkers, and works of our Western civilization. The primary means of investigation will be direct interaction with poetic, philosophic, and historical texts in the light of divine revelation granted in Scripture. Underlying ideas, which influence deeds, will be the focus in the examination of the flow of history and thought from the creation account in Genesis through the Greco–Roman World to the beginning of the Modern Era (approximately 1600).
HI 112History of Western Civilization & Thought II3
This course is an introduction to the seminal events, ideas, thinkers, and works of our Western civilization. The primary means of investigation will consist of sustained interaction with primary texts in the light of divine revelation granted in Scripture. Ideas which influence deeds will be our focus as we examine our Western heritage from A.D. 1500 to our present century.
This course is a basic survey of the continent of Africa, noting the influence of religion, geography, Colonialism, and other cultural features on the various people groups. Attention is also given to contemporary challenges facing the nations of the continent.
This course is a survey of United States history from the end of the Reconstruction Era (1877) to the present. Attention is focused on the social, intellectual, and cultural threads of American history.
This course offers an inductive exploration of the fundamental principles of American political life through the close reading of seminal texts in the light of biblical revelation. The primary purpose of the course is for students to read difficult and unfamiliar texts that pertain to American political life with increasing skill and pleasure and to converse with each other so as to better understand and embrace the Christian worldview in light of competing systems of political thought. Of particular concern will be the meaning of the United States Constitution, the government that has emerged from it, the virtues and principles underlying democratic republican government in general, and the particular demands it places upon citizens and statesmen. Secondary purposes include the development of those intellectual and interpersonal skills necessary for articulating one’s own thought clearly and cogently. Also listed as PO302.
This course constitutes an inductive exploration of the philosophy of history through the close reading of seminal texts in the light of biblical revelation. The primary purpose of the course is for students to read difficult and unfamiliar philosophic texts with increasing skill and pleasure and to converse with each other so as to better understand and embrace the Christian worldview in light of competing systems of philosophic thought regarding the meaning, motion and study of history. Secondary purposes include the development of those intellectual and interpersonal skills necessary for articulating one’s own thoughts clearly and cogently. Also listed as PH305.
This course is a study of the origin of the Church as recorded in the book of Acts, followed by a study of the Apostolic, Ante–Nicene, and Post–Nicene periods of the growth and development of the Church, traced through the Middle Ages and Reformation period to the rise of modern denominations.
This course constitutes an inductive exploration of politics and society through the close reading of seminal texts in the light of biblical revelation. The primary purpose of the course is for students to read difficult and unfamiliar political texts with increasing skill and pleasure and to converse with each other so as to better understand and embrace the Christian worldview in light of competing systems of political and sociological thought. In this regard, particular attention will be paid to the study of how political systems and governments emerge, how they maintain themselves (both internally and with respect to foreign powers), and how they deal with questions of injustice leading to reform or revolution. Also labeled as PO401.
This course is open to students interested in reading in areas not covered by current course offerings. Areas of concentration and other details are worked out between the student and the instructor. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Health and Human Performance
