Curriculum

• 通识专业

• 持久的问题 & 创意核心(GE)
• 22 Units

• CBIO 101:综合生物学
• 4

这个跨学科的, topic-driven course will review relevant issues in biology (and other disciplines) as they relate to current times including biotechnology, 蛋白质合成, 生物多样性, 保护, evolution, 生殖技术, etc. which are discussed using current scientific data and its relationship to current issues. This is a liberal arts science course and draws upon disciplines such as history, 神学和哲学. 实验时间包含在课程表中. 需要付实验室费用. Co-requisite: CTHL 101; permission from 学术顾问 is needed to take CBIO 101 作为一个无关联的课程.

• 曾201:世界文学到文艺复兴
• 3

This course will focus on critical thinking and research-based writing through comparative and interdisciplinary analysis. 除了讲课和课堂讨论, the study of representative great works of Western and non-Western literature from Antiquity, 中世纪, 文艺复兴则强调文学, cultural, 以及这些文本的宗教意义. Co-requisite: CHST 201; permission from 学术顾问 is needed to take CENG 201 作为一个无关联的课程.

• CENG 202: World Literature from the Enlightenment
• 3

This course will focus on critical thinking and research-based writing through comparative and interdisciplinary analysis. 除了讲课和课堂讨论, the study of representative great works of Western and non-Western literature from the 17th century to the present will emphasize the literary, cultural, 以及这些文本的宗教意义. Co-requisite: CHST 202; permission from 学术顾问 is needed to take CENG 202 作为一个无关联的课程.

• CHST 201:西方与世界
• 3

This course will study the emergence and expansion of the major political, cultural, social, and economic developments in the East and the West from the dawn of Western civilization to the early modern era through the reading of significant texts and research-based writing, 除了讲课和课堂讨论. Co-requisite: CENG 201; permission from 学术顾问 is needed to take CHST 201 作为一个无关联的课程.

• 《亚洲体育博彩平台》
• 3

这门课将着眼于政治, cultural, social, and economic developments in America and the world from the rise of the modern nation/state to the modern age through the reading of significant texts and research-based writing, 除了讲课和课堂讨论. Co-requisite: CENG 202; permission from 学术顾问 is needed to take CHST 202 作为一个无关联的课程. 202110.

• CMTH 101:数学的本质
• 3

This course will guide students to gain knowledge about the nature of mathematics and develop their analytical reasoning skills to solve problems through topics such as 数论, 概率与统计, infinity, 非欧几里得的几何学, and general problem solving strategies; additional topics selected in dialog with the philosophy course. The overriding goals of this course are to develop a better perspective of mathematics and discover the power of mathematical thinking. Writing and projects, as well as traditional methods of assessment, will be used. 先决条件: Intermediate Algebra or equivalent; Co-requisite: CPHI 101; permission from 学术顾问 is needed to take CMTH 101 作为一个无关联的课程.

• CPHI 101:哲学导论
• 3

This course will explore the study and practice of rational inquiry into fundamental questions about human wisdom, action, and creativity through the study of the traditions of Western philosophy through classic texts. Co-requisite: CMTH 101; permission from 学术顾问 is needed to take CPHI 101 作为一个无关联的课程.

• Fine Arts
• 9 Units

• ART 111:艺术体验
• 3

This course will introduce students to the different components resulting in a finished work of art. Emphasis will be placed on experimentation with media and techniques used by professional artists during their progression from idea to finished product. Students will be given presentations in digital media that will serve as guidance for the class projects. 需要付实验室费用. 这门课每学期开一次.

• MUS 461:儿童音乐
• 3

本课程将使学生能够识别, understand, and work with the music capabilities of children. The three (3)-unit course is required for music education and liberal studies majors and others interested in developing school music curricula and/or other special skills and projects. The two (2)-unit course is available to others primarily interested in preparing musical activities and cultivating classroom teaching skills. Basic music reading ability and musical experience recommended.

• THR 111:戏剧体验
• 3

This activity-oriented course is designed to acquaint students with the ephemeral and experiential nature of the theatre including play-going, 充分展现(我.e., scene work), rudimentary play analysis, discussion and attendance of on-campus productions.

• 历史/社会科学
• 7 Units

• ANT 210:文化人类学
• 3

了解世界上不同的文化, from preliterate societies to modern technological societies, 这门课的重点是什么, and will include mankind's universal as well as adaptive dimensions; and the examination of socioeconomic, political, religious, and physical environmental factors that relate to the values and lifestyles of various peoples.

• EDLS 304:社会和教育史
• 1

这个过程遵循政治的过程, cultural, social and economic developments in American education and the world specifically in regard to the founding of US Educational systems and how immigration has affected it. The course will focus on reading significant texts, and research-based writing alongside lecture modules and online class discussion. 先决条件: Certificate of Clearance or Department approval.

• HST 478:加州历史
• 3

The history of California from earliest times to the present with an emphasis on its Hispanic heritage will be the focus of this course.

• 人类发展/教育
• 9 Units

• EDUC 101:教学事业导论
• 1

This introductory course to the field of education and the professional career of the teacher will include the following topics: characteristics of today's learners and of effective teachers and schools; California teacher credentialing procedures; and the university's teacher education program. Fifteen (15) hours of community service in a school or other educational organization serving children are required. Students must arrange their own transportation to the school or educational organization.

• EDSP/EDUC 204: Introduction to Teaching Diverse Populations
• 2

This course will present the historical and 哲学 foundations of teaching in California schools through the broad examination of the California Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs). Through course activities students will develop awareness of the TPEs. Students are required to participate in 20 hours of fieldwork observation. Through these observations students will recognize the range of service delivery options for diverse populations of pupils. All fieldwork assignments are university assigned. Students are required to complete the observations during k-12 public school hours. Students must arrange their own transportation to the school site. Minimum grade of B- is required for those students applying to the 教育学院. Prerequisites: Certificate of clearance; current TB (tuberculosis) test.

• EDSP/EDUC 301: Typical and Atypical Development of Diverse Learners
• 3

本课程将介绍主要概念, principles, theories, research, and applications related to the typical and atypical cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and moral development of children and adolescent pupils in inclusive classrooms. 学生将学习主要概念, principles, 以及与人类学习相关的研究, 成就, motivation, conduct, and attitude as they examine the characteristics of exceptional persons with mild to moderate disabilities.

• 鸟叔313:发展心理学:童年
• 3

The development of physiological and psychological aspects of human growth will be traced from birth through childhood in this course through an examination of the theories and research evidence as well as methodological problems as they relate to the growth process. 前提条件:大二或以上.

• Language
• 12 Units

• COM 111:公众演讲
• 3

This course will examine the principles and practice of effective oral communication and the analysis of the speaking-listening process with an emphasis on informative and persuasive speaking experiences.

• EDLS 435: Linguistic Development and Second Language Acquisition
• 3

This course will provide an overview of child language development and second language acquisition for language-minority students as methods and materials that enhance language acquisition are presented, studied, 和发达.

• ENG 391:儿童文学
• 3

As a survey of the history of children's literature, this course will examine a wide variety of children's books and related media and strategies for use in the preschool and elementary classroom. 先决条件: ENG 201 or CENG 201 or CENG 202.

• WRT 102:写作与研究
• 3

In this course students will practice research methods and a variety of writing strategies such as narration, description, exposition, 论证, 培养批判性思考者的技能, readers, 作家通过研究, reading, writing, 还有作家工作坊. 必须以C或更高的成绩完成.

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• WRT 2011:散文的艺术
• 3

In this course students will explore the aesthetic range of the essay by reading selected works from a variety of authors examining them not only as objects for analysis, but also as models for stylistic experiments as students practice the art of the essay. 根据SAT或ACT成绩安排新生.

• 数学
• 3 Units

• MTH 301:教师数学
• 3

This course is designed to meet the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) criteria for students studying to become elementary teachers and will include review of the topics within most elementary mathematics curriculum. 所涵盖的内容领域将是集合理论, 预操作技能, 整数运算, 估计和心算, 数论, fractions, 小数和整数, 有理数和实数, statistics, 测量, 几何学包括术语, polygons, similarity, congruence, 几何坐标, symmetry, 反射, and notations with problem solving being emphasized throughout. Topics will be presented with appropriate styles of mathematical methodology and hands-on classroom activities. 先决条件:初级或高级职位.

• 物理教育/医疗
• 3 Units

• KIN 340:基础体育
• 3

This is an instructional strategies course that will introduce students to movement and fitness education for children, including topics on the development and use of games and music to aid in children's 运动发育, and the integration of the principles of motor learning, 运动发育, 运动生理学.

• Science
• 7 Units

• SCI 115:物理科学
• 4

Integrated, 化学跨学科导论, 中央科学, and physics, 基础科学, 强调关键概念, significant chemical and physical phenomena and practical applications together with a brief introduction to the historical, 哲学, epistemological and theological underpinnings of chemistry and physics in current Christian apologetic context. 先决条件: CMTH 101 or MTH 201 或更高(允许并发注册). 需要付实验室费用.

• SCI 301:地球科学
• 3

这是该职位的入门课程, motion, and properties of the solar system and cosmos including a survey of spatial concepts of the earth's crust, materials, structure, 以及对地形的影响, soil, vegetation, 自然资源. 大气概览, 它的成分, and the processes that makes the earth's surface so dynamic will be included. 先决条件:(BIO 101 or BIO 111 or CBIO 101) and (CHE 101 or CHE 221 or SCI 115).