GENERAL EDUCATION DIVISION

GE 4013 Introductory English

This course is a fundamental study of English grammar. It will help you increase your speaking and writing skills. It presents the basics of language such as parts of speech, theses, sentences and punctuation

GE 4022 Writing Better English

Covers the fundamentals not discussed in Introductory English and looks at the forms an English sentence may take. It also shows how these various forms can be applied to writing. The course shows how to organize sentences into effective paragraphs. Also presented is outlining, research, report, and summary writing.

GE 4023 English Composition

This course is designed to help the student learn to write more effectively. It is an analytic and synthetic study of the skills necessary to write in the English level at the college level.

GE 4033 Introduction to Psychology

An introduction to the field of psychology as it relates to human behavior. This study will help your understanding of values and relationships in the Body of Christ.

GE 4042 Foundations for Health

It is a study of the principles of health and hygiene. The theme of the course is illness prevention. It examines such themes as nutrition, immunization, environmental hygiene, and other methods of disease control. The course includes instruction on basic first aid for emergency situations.

GE 4053 How to Speak in Public

This course is designed to increase your awareness of the importance of speech to the ministry. The course deals with speech, the speaker, and resources available to the speaker, and the audience.

GE 4064 General Physical Science

This is a study of the planet we live on, the natural resources it produces, and the contribution science has made in discovering and utilizing these resources.

GE 4073 Introduction to Sociology

Gives an introduction to a general survey about the nature and scope of man and society including basic sociological methods and concepts.

GE 4072/3 People and their Beliefs

This course surveys 10 of the prominent leading religions of the world. It treats the origins, development, tenets, and literature of each in the light of Christian concepts.

GE 4113 Educational Psychology

This deals with an application of psychological principles to the design and guidance of educational experiences. This course is designed to provide the tools necessary to make the teaching-learning process effective.

GE 4122/3 Fundamentals of Music

A study of the value and function of music as an avenue of human expression and ministry within the church is emphasized. The basic concepts of melody, musical style systems, major and minor tonality, rhythm, and harmony are presented. The course emphasizes the use of music to glorify God.

GE 4133 Introduction to Literature

This course is a study of several genre of literature by selected authors of acknowledged classics. Techniques of inquiry and response are utilized to lead to the understanding of literature.

GE 4152 Principles of Teaching

In this course the student studies the methods that Jesus used and learns how to follow His example. It is designed for teachers and lay people involved in teaching in the church and the school.

GE 4163 Business Math

This course applies the use of functional arithmetic operations to business including banking and insurance. The use of percents in sales, taxes, payroll, merchandising, interest, and depreciation are included.

GE 4182 Guidelines for Leadership

This course provides students with a contemporary theology of Christian leadership. It discusses leadership theory, presents servant hood leadership as a model for Christian leaders, discusses biblical principles of leadership and describes the major functions of leadership.

GE 4253 Cross-Cultural Communications

This course attempts to help the student discover answers to problems in communicating across cultures. It is designed to help the cross-cultural missionary in his task of reaching people of a different culture than himself.

GE 4262/3 Principles of Journalism

This course is designed to help the student develop the ability to write as an extension of Christian ministry. It covers the areas of church bulletins, news writing, tracts and articles for publication.

GE 4273 Introduction to Computers and Educational Technology

This course provides a survey of computers and foundations knowledge of computer science. Application to informational retrieval via computers is emphasized along with techniques of education technology application and delivery systems.

GE 43303 Western Civilization to 1500

This course acquaints the student with a survey of Western civilization from the pre-literal beginnings in Mesopotamia to the Renaissance. The relationship of the church and state in Western civilization is examined.

GE 4313 Western Civilization After 1500

This course acquaints the student with the philosophical, economic, social, and political development of Western civilization from the Protestant Reformation to the present.

GE 4342 The Church: Pentecost to the Reformation

This is an introductory study of Christianity from its birth to the beginnings of the Reformation. The lessons enable the student to apply insights from the past to contemporary situations.

GE 4352 The Church: Reformation to the Present

An introductory study of the history of Christianity from the Reformation in the sixteenth century to the present day, the lessons are structured to enable the student to apply insights learned from the pastor to contemporary situations.