May–Summer Term Course Detail

Course Description
A variety of approaches to building the illusion of space and volume will be covered in this introductory drawing course. Assignments will focus on the technical issues of adjusting proportions, building light and shadow, modulating lines and textures, and constructing dynamic compositions. A second emphasis will focus on the range of expressive possibilities embedded in this process. Western and non-Western traditions will be explored. Classroom work will be supported by homework assignments.

Syllabus: ART 102 (PDF)

Course Description
This course focuses on drawing the nude human figure from life. Students will learn to use a broad variety of technical approaches with different media while drawing from the model. There will be an emphasis on two goals: accuracy of representation, and personal expressiveness. In order to address these two issues, the course will explore both loose and tight drawing processes. Homework assignments will supplement what students are learning in class. Prerequisite: ART 102 or permission of instructor.

Course Syllabus: Available February

Syllabus: ART 202 (PDF)

Course Description
The study of American visual arts as they articulate cross-cultural encounters, from the times of diverse Native groups, through later engagement with European colonizers, African slaves and immigrants. Rather than defining a national identity within American arts, this study investigates the conversation between the many cultures and styles that have taken American art from a second-rate status in the European art world to recognition of America as a modern, global art leader. The student should complete this course with general understanding of the progression of American art, including Native works and later works in European, African and Asian traditions; the students will also gain the ability to analyze a work of art using basic visual and critical criteria.

Syllabus: ART 371- American Art History - Stanton (DOC)

Course Description
Examines history and teachings of New Testament in political, social and religious contexts. Highlights important theological themes such as sin, grace, justification by faith, and Kingdom of God.

Syllabus: BCM 103 - New Testament - Hunt (DOC)

Course Description
This highly experiential initial course provides a comprehensive analysis of juvenile justice ministry, delinquency, and the juvenile justice system, exploring the causes, treatment and outlook of troubled youth. Students will be challenged to develop a holistic Christian approach for effective intervention with juvenile delinquents, that is both biblically and historically grounded.

Syllabus: BCM 234 - Engaging Hight Risk Youth (DOC)

BCM 308A	Christian Theology (online) COURSE FULL
Credits:	4
Instructor:	Sharon Ketcham (Sharon.Ketcham@gordon.edu)
Schedule:	May 21–June 15 (online)
Core Credit:	Common Core Theology
BCM 308B	Christian Theology (online)
Credits:	4
Instructor:	Mark Cannister (Mark.Cannister@gordon.edu)
Schedule:	May 21–June 15 (online)
Core Credit:	Common Core Theology
BCM 308C	Christian Theology (online)
Credits:	4
Instructor:	Brian Fleming (Brian.Fleminggordon.edu)
Schedule:	May 21–June 15 (online)
Core Credit:	Common Core Theology
BCM 308D	Christian Theology (online)
Credits:	4
Instructor:	Ryan Groff (Ryan.Groffgordon.edu)
Schedule:	May 21 - June 15 (online)
Core Credit:	Common Core Theology

Course Description
This course introduces students to the key ideas, traditions, and people who have shaped the development of Christian theology from antiquity to the present. Students are invited to the study and reflection on theology as a foundation for Christian thought, as a guide to the Church, and as a primary resource for living reflective lives in response to the gospel. Prerequisites: COR/BCM 101, COR/BCM103

Sample Syllabus: BCM 308 - Christian Theology (DOCX)

Course Description
This course will present an extensive analysis of the juvenile justice system, and present various models for effective program design for those seeking to serve in juvenile facilities.  Attention is given to equipping participants to be “systems sensitive” in dealing with the pulls of mental health, staff concerns of safety and security, and an environment that is skeptical of the influence of religion on young lives. Minor rights laws and emerging legislation create a climate of passivity on the part of staff workers that can be overcome through understanding and training. Part of the course will be conducted inside a local juvenile detention center.

Syllabus: BCM 347 - Contexts for Effective Juvenile Justice Minsitry (DOC)

Course Description
Introduces fundamental concepts in biology including an overview of cell structure and metabolism, photosynthesis and respiration. Cellular macromolecules and flow of information in the cell from DNA to protein covered as well as examples of physiological integration up to the organism level.

Syllabus BIO 150 - Cells and Genetics - Topp (DOCX)

Course Description
Presents fundamental principles and concepts of chemistry: stoichiometry; atomic structure; thermochemistry; elementary quantum theory; chemical periodicity; chemical bonding; molecular structure and geometry; properties of gases, liquids, solids, and solutions; kinetic theory; and phase equilibria. Laboratory emphasizes quantitative measurement and develops investigative techniques and ability to interpret results. Previous high school or introductory college chemistry course strongly recommended.

CHE 111 Syllabus - Boyd - MT 2012 (PDF)

Course Description
Continues presentation of fundamental principles and concepts of chemistry: chemical kinetics, chemical equilibria, elementary thermodynamics and electrochemistry. Laboratory emphasizes quantitative measurement and develops investigative techniques and ability to interpret results. Prerequisite: CHE 111 or equivalent.

CHE 112 Syllabus - Boyd - MT 2012 (PDF)

Course Description
This course considers importance of carbon chemistry in our lives and world, and emphasizes application of principles of green chemistry in this field. Surveys representative organic compounds; discusses alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, and the structure, properties, synthesis and reactions of these molecules. Lab focuses on development of basic macro and micro techniques common to organic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHE 112.

Syllabus: CHE 211 - Organic Chemistry 1 - Levy (MHT)

Course Description
Continues discussion of classes of organic molecules, including aromatic and organometallic compounds, alcohols, ethers, amines and carbonyl compounds, with continued emphasis on applying principles of green chemistry in organic chemistry. Emphasizes elucidation of molecular structure via instrumental techniques such as IR and NMR. Laboratory builds upon techniques with additional preparative chemistry and with classification and identification of unknown compounds. Prerequisites: CHE 211.

Syllabus: CHE 212 - Organic Chemistry 2 - Levy (MHT)

COM 252	Media and Society
Credits:	4
Instructor:	Nathan Baxter (Nathan.Baxtergordon.edu)
Schedule:	May 22–June 27 TWR 9–11 a.m.
Location:	Jenks 226
Core Credit:	Thematic: Civic Responsibility

Course Description
Survey of mass media industries, history, and theory. Examines how media of mass communication both reflect and influence our culture. Considers how knowledge of the environment and models for social interaction are affected by media communication, and how financial and organizational structures of media influence content and approach.
 

Syllabus: COM 252 - Media and Society - Cobbey (MY 2012 SYLLABUS COM252 - COBBEY)

Course Description
Introduces basic and enhanced spreadsheet skills in the context of classic business problems encountered in accounting, finance, manufacturing, and human resources. Provides insights into analyzing problems and structuring solutions using spreadsheets to understand and communicate data more effectively.

Excel is the world’s most popular spreadsheet program and is used so widely because of its power, but not necessarily its simplicity. By the end of the term students will be able to use the basic and intermediate features of Excel to analyze and communicate data more effectively.

ECB 121 Syllabus-Cooper-MT 2012 (DOC)

Course Description
Forensic Accounting covers investigative and analytical skills in order to resolve financial issues. Topics include fraud auditing, business valuation, litigation support and other forensic accounting related projects.

ECB 371 Syllabus - Moore - Forensic Acct. - MT 2012 (DOC)

Course Description
This course is designed to introduce you to works of imaginative literature with scientific topics—such as poetry, plays, short stories and novels—and works of science which make use of literary elements—for example, treatises, essays, and scientific autobiography. As we examine this diverse, interdisciplinary group of texts, you will be encouraged to consider the relationships between scientific and literary communities, appreciate the creativity and imagination involved in science, and reflect on literature’s ability to critique and assess the role of science in culture. The course will begin with C. P. Snow’s seminal lecture on the “Two Cultures” of science and literature and then embark on an examination of science in culture from 1800 to the present. The course will be divided into three major units: Science and Ethics, Science and the Meaning of Life, and Science and Reality. Each unit will include texts from several genres and raise questions about the philosophical, creative, and ethical dimensions of the authors and texts under consideration. As the foregoing suggests, this will not be a course in science fiction; instead, it will be a course that investigates science and literature as partners in the human effort to generate knowledge about the natural world.

Syllabus: ENG 147 - Science and Literature - Logemann (DOCX)

Course Description
An in-depth exploration of several biblical classics from Genesis to Revelation, texts representing the major biblical genres. We will explore why it is that reading these texts can be so misleading, namely, because the use by these ancients of interlocking patterns of repetition, based on hearing cues, is almost always missed by the modern reader. Missed, then, are the contexts within which meaning must be understood. For each biblical book there will be an explanation of crucial contexts: historical, canonical, inter-textual (allusions to other books of the Bible).

Syllabus: Available February

Course Description
About her own stories, Flannery O’Connor wrote, “I have found that violence is strangely capable of turning my characters to reality and preparing them to accept their moment of grace.” In this seminar we will examine the life and work of the American Catholic novelist Flannery O’Connor, through a study of her fiction, essays, and letters. We will focus on O’Connor’s vision of the Divine as it is presented through her use of violence and the grotesque to reveal “moments of grace” in stories that are often both funny and shocking.

Syllabus: ENG 371 - Divine Vision of Flannery O'Connor (DOC)

Course Description
This course examines the human activity of culture building, development and change within societies, and the interaction of diverse people groups across a broad swathe of history. It explores the story of Christianity from its roots in the ancient Middle East through the early modern European Renaissance and Reformations to more recent flourishing in the global cultures of the contemporary world, in the context of political, technological, social, and cultural developments. This course explores Christian traditions, missionary endeavors, reform movements, and relationships between historic adherents of different world religions. Particular attention is paid to worldviews and the interface of religious belief, systems of thought, and actions taken by individuals and groups. This course also introduces students to the critical evaluation of historical evidence found in primary source documents, oral tradition, and material culture.

Syllabus: HIS 121 - Historical Perspectives (DOCX)

Course Description
Human anatomy and physiology comprise two complimentary branches of science that describe the structure (anatomy) and function (physiology) of the human body. To the first-time student, the study of anatomy may seem very concrete as it traditionally involves considerable memorization of the many structures of the human body. However, anatomy is not just the memorization of a large number of body structures, rather, it is a systematic examination and recognition of the relationship of structure to function and provides the foundation for understanding physiology. Likewise, the study of physiology may seem somewhat more abstract than anatomy, since it appears more integrative and often begins by asking the question, “how does this system (or organ or cell) work?” and continues as one seeks to find some cause-and-effect explanation to the “how” question. This course employs a systems approach wherein the study of anatomy is integrated with the study of physiology as we cover some cell physiology and histology, the integumentary, skeletal, muscular and nervous systems.

Syllabus: KIN 213 - Anatomy and Physiology I (DOC)

Course Description
In this first-time online offering, we will introduce the language of the ancient Romans, discovering along the way that, though there are many dissimilarities, it has much in common with our own tongue. This is an opportunity to study a full year of Latin over the course of the summer. Finish your language requirement, or even better, get a jump on a Classics minor (requires four additional courses) and go straight into Latin 201 in the fall. Learn not only to read Latin, but also to speak and understand it as a spoken language. We will incorporate significant elements of Roman culture and some history along the way.

Syllabus: LAT 101 - Drummond (DOC)

Course Description
In this first-time online offering, we will introduce the language of the ancient Romans, discovering along the way that, though there are many dissimilarities, it has much in common with our own tongue. This is an opportunity to study a full year of Latin over the course of the summer. Finish your language requirement, or even better, get a jump on a Classics minor (requires four additional courses) and go straight into Latin 201 in the fall. Learn not only to read Latin, but also to speak and understand it as a spoken language. We will incorporate significant elements of Roman culture and some history along the way. Prerequisite: LAT101.

Syllabus: Available February

Course Description
This course will introduce the student to the major areas of general linguistics, theoretical and applied; studied analytically and in correlation with other disciplines.

Syllabus: Available February

Course Description
Explores the essential methods and processes that characterize the human endeavor we call science. Students are invited to actively participate in the process of scientific inquiry, employing scientific and quantitative reasoning skills, as they explore some of the significant issues confronting our society, referencing and utilizing many of the important understandings and ideas of science and technology. Students are also invited to consider the importance of being a scientifically literate citizen in our democratic society and are encouraged to pursue a lifelong quest for such literacy. Reflection on the interconnectedness of the knowledge afforded by the scientific enterprise and the reconciliation of this knowledge with Scripture and various religious traditions will strive to support development of a comprehensive Christian view of the natural world.

Through theory and practice, utilizing logical analysis and creative intuition, The Scientific Enterprise invites students to explore descriptive, explanatory and predictive insights about the natural world that are both compelling and powerful. Students are encouraged and supported to consider the implications of such knowledge, appreciate its relevance and reflect on the responsibilities such knowledge requires of individuals and of society. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above, BCM 101) and COR 107 or 109), or permission of the instructor.

Syllabus: NSM 202 - The Scientific Enterprise - Reczek (DOC)

Course Description
Studies the human body, from intracellular level to structure and function of organ systems. Health and disease, metabolism and energy balance discussed.

Syllabus: NSM 220 - Human Biology, Health and Disease (DOCX)

Course Description
This course challenges students to the Biblical call of Peacemaking. It provides an opportunity for students to explore the plurality of Christian views on this subject and create their own moral frame in addressing conflict. The course will expose students to peace and conflict studies scholarship and to the expansiveness of the field. Emphasizing conflict as a normative and transformative process, students will be given tools to assess their own conflict styles and self-reflect on both internal and interp0ersonal conflicts. Students will learn to identify conflict patterns and prevention strategies in families, organizations, communities and national contexts. Theories of peace and conflict will be examined, as well as non-violent action and restorative justice. Through reflection, discussion and dialogue, students will learn specific skills to address conflict in their personal lives and in the public square.

The responsibilities and obligations of citizens as peacemakers in local, national and global conflict will be examined through case studies and biographical narratives. Utilizing oral communication as the significant practice, the course will include dialogue exercises, presentations (individual and group), panel dialogues, historical peace narratives through film, and two integration papers. This is the first course in the Peace and Conflict Studies minor.

Syllabus: PCS 250 - Peacemaking - Oleson (DOCX)

Course Description
This course examines the role religious identity can play in both the escalation and mitigation of conflict; the role ideology, belief, values, and faith-based relationships can play in developing and legitimizing, or in transforming and resolving, deeply rooted conflict dynamics. The focus of this course will be on both integration of religious identity factors into conflict analysis and an introduction to faith-based interventions skills, used by religious actors to foster coexistence.  

The course will explore how to understand and handle conflicts perpetrated by extremist religious groups.   We will also explore the diversity of faith-based reconciliation processes (e.g., hospitality, healing ritual, apology, etc.) as well as the kinds of roles performed by a wide variety of religious actors (education, advocacy, mediation, dialogue facilitation, etc.). Examples and case studies will be drawn from a wide variety of religious traditions and diverse cultures, but the emphasis will be on Christian examples. Students will be provided opportunity to assess concrete conflict situations in which religious identity is a factor, know the potential contribution that faith-based actors can make to coexistence, and evaluate how best to function in faith-based peace building roles and reconciliation processes that interest them.

Syllabus: PCS 371 - Religion, Identity and Conflict - Steele (DOCX)

Course Description
Logic is the science of relations. A relation is what holds between two things. There are several kinds of relations: relations of quantity, quality, truth, falsity, necessity, etc. Each of these relations can be reduced to a small set of forms, called “logical forms” which provide the basis for a logical system. In this class you will be introduced to three logical systems—Categorical Logic, Truth Functional Logic, and Quantificational Logic. These systems express the basic set of relations on which most arguments depend. So, in this sense, you will be introduced to the basis of argumentation.

Syllabus: PHI 212- Formal Logic (DOC)

Course Description
Studies fundamental philosophical and religious tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. Engages primary texts to develop introductory understanding of important belief systems while also continuing dialogue between these ideas and major tenets of Western monotheism and Christianity in particular.

Syllabus: PHY 325 - Eastern Phil. and Rel - Gedney (DOC)

Course Description
An elective course in political science organized around the Christians in Political Science conference meeting at Gordon College May 31–June 2, 2012. Like POL105 Power and Justice: Perspectives on Political Order and POL434 State, Citizen, and Civil Society, its point of departure is Christian perspectives on politics. What this course seeks to do is to prepare students to take advantage of the multiple presentations at the conference on a range of topics of interest to Christian political scientists, in American politics, political theory, comparative politics, and international relations. Taking advantage of the conference itself, emphasis will be place on the norms and practices of the discipline of the discipline of political science.

Syllabus: Available February

Course Description
Explores psychological perspectives on the nature of the person in cross-cultural context. Focuses on research and theory as well as an introduction to discipline. Topics addressed include development, social behavior, physiology, personality, memory, diagnosis and treatment.

Syllabus: PSY 220 - Person in Psychological Context (MT 2012 SYLLABUS - PSY220 - GERBER)

Course Description
This course considers child development from birth to adolescence, exploring social, cognitive and emotional aspects of development. Observation of children complements study of theory and research. Major parenting issues are discussed.

Syllabus: PSY- Developmental Psychology (DOC)

Course Description
This course will develop basic language skills in Spanish, with focused practice in the four skills associated with language learning: listening, speaking, reading and writing in the target language. Students will be expected to learn to use Spanish for communication in real, meaningful situations. Students will also develop an understanding of basic grammatical concepts in Spanish. We will explore Spanish and Latin American cultural backgrounds through readings on arts and culture and contemporary films. Class will be conducted in Spanish.

Teaching philosophy: The course follows a communicative approach. Grammar is not taught explicitly, but students are expected to study the material before coming to class. Class time is to be used primarily for oral communication practice.

Syllabus: Available February

Syllabus: SPN 101 - Perez Serrano (DOCX)