课程

• Liberal Studies Major

• Enduring 问题 & Ideas Core (GE)
• 22个单位

• CBIO 101: 集成 Biology
• 4

This interdisciplinary, topic-driven course will review relevant issues in biology (and other disciplines) as they relate to current times including biotechnology, protein synthesis, biodiversity, conservation, 进化, reproductive technology, 等. 用当前的科学数据及其与当前问题的关系来讨论哪些问题. 这是一门文科理科课程，借鉴了历史等学科, theology and philosophy. Lab time is included in the schedule. A lab fee is required. Co-requisite: CTHL 101; permission from Academic Advising is needed to take CBIO 101 as an unlinked course.

• CENG 201: World Literature to the Renaissance
• 3

This course will focus on critical thinking and 研究-based 写作 through comparative and interdisciplinary analysis. Alongside lectures and class discussion, 对古代西方和非西方文学代表作的研究, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance will emphasize the literary, 文化, and 宗教 significance of these texts. Co-requisite: 因此201年; permission from Academic Advising is needed to take 201年曾 as an unlinked course.

• cn202:启蒙时代的世界文学
• 3

This course will focus on critical thinking and 研究-based 写作 through comparative and interdisciplinary analysis. Alongside lectures and class discussions, the study of representative great works of Western and non-Western literature from the 17th century to the present will emphasize the literary, 文化, and 宗教 significance of these texts. Co-requisite: 因此202年; permission from Academic Advising is needed to take 202年曾 as an unlinked course.

• CHST 201: The West and the World
• 3

本课程将研究主要政治问题的出现与扩展, 文化, 社会, and economic developments in the East and the West from the dawn of Western civilization to the early modern era through the 阅读 of significant texts and 研究-based 写作, alongside lectures and class discussion. Co-requisite: 201年曾; permission from Academic Advising is needed to take 因此201年 as an unlinked course.

• CHST 202: America and the World
• 3

This course will look at the 政治, 文化, 社会, and economic developments in America and the world from the rise of the modern nation/state to the modern age through the 阅读 of significant texts and 研究-based 写作, alongside lectures and class discussion. Co-requisite: 202年曾; permission from Academic Advising is needed to take 因此202年 as an unlinked course. 202110.

• CMTH 101: The Nature of 数学
• 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 number theory, probability and 统计数据, ∞, Non-Euclidean geometry, 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. 写作和项目，以及传统的评估方法，将被使用. Prerequisite: Intermediate Algebra or equivalent; Co-requisite: CPHI 101; permission from Academic Advising is needed to take CMTH 101 as an unlinked course.

• CPHI 101: Introduction to Philosophy
• 3

This course will explore the study and practice of rational inquiry into fundamental questions about human wisdom, action, 通过经典文本对西方哲学传统的研究和创新. Co-requisite: CMTH 101; permission from Academic Advising is needed to take CPHI 101 as an unlinked course.

• 美术
• 9单元

• ART 111: Experiences in 艺术
• 3

本课程将向学生介绍不同的组成部分，从而完成艺术作品. Emphasis will be placed on experimentation with media and techniques used by professional artists during their progression from idea to finished product. 学生将会收到数位媒体的简报，作为课堂专题的指导. A lab fee is required. This class is offered each semester.

• MUS 461: 音乐 for Children
• 3

This course will enable students to identify, 理解, 利用孩子们的音乐能力. 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. 有基本的音乐阅读能力和音乐经验.

• THR 111: Experiences in 剧院
• 3

This activity-oriented course is designed to acquaint students with the ephemeral and experiential nature of the theatre including play-going, play-making (i.e.(现场工作)，基本的戏剧分析，讨论和出席校园演出.

• 历史/Social 科学
• 7单元

• ANT 210: Cultural Anthropology
• 3

Understanding diverse cultures of the world, 从前文字社会到现代科技社会, is the focus of this course, and will include mankind's universal as well as adaptive dimensions; and the examination of socioeconomic, 政治, 宗教, 以及与不同民族的价值观和生活方式有关的自然环境因素.

• EDLS 304: 历史 of Society and Education
• 1

This course follows the course of the 政治, 文化, 社会 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. 本课程将着重于阅读重要文本, 在讲授模块和在线课堂讨论的同时进行研究性写作. 前提条件:通关证书或部门批准.

• HST 478: 历史 of California
• 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.

• Human Development/Education
• 9单元

• EDUC 101: Introduction to Teaching 职业生涯s I
• 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. 学生必须自行安排前往学校或教育机构的交通工具.

• EDSP/EDUC 204:不同人群教学导论
• 2

This course will present the historical and philosophical foundations of teaching in California schools through the broad examination of the California Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs). 通过课程活动，学生将培养对tpe的认识. 学生必须参加20小时的实地考察. Through these observations students will recognize the range of service delivery options for diverse populations of pupils. 所有的野外作业都是大学布置的. 学生需要在k-12公立学校时间完成观察. 学生必须自行安排前往学校的交通工具. 申请教育学院的学生最低成绩必须达到B-. Prerequisites: Certificate of clearance; current TB (tuberculosis) test.

• EDSP/EDUC 301:多元学习者的典型与非典型发展
• 3

This course will present the major concepts, 原则, 理论, 研究, 以及与典型和非典型认知相关的应用, 社会, 情感, 物理, 以及儿童和青少年学生在包容性课堂中的道德发展. Students will learn the major concepts, 原则, and 研究 associated with human learning, achievement, 动机, 行为, 以及他们在研究轻度到中度残疾的特殊人士的特征时的态度.

• PSY 313: Developmental Psychology: Childhood
• 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 理论 and 研究 evidence as well as methodological problems as they relate to the growth process. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above.

• 语言
• 12个单元

• COM 111: Public Speaking
• 3

This course will examine the 原则 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:语言发展和第二语言习得
• 3

This course will provide an overview of child language development and second language acquisition for language-minority students as methods and 材料 that enhance language acquisition are presented, 研究了, and developed.

• ENG 391: Children's Literature
• 3

作为儿童文学史的概览, this course will examine a wide variety of children's books and related media and strategies for use in the preschool and elementary classroom. Prerequisite: 201年英格 or 201年曾 or 202年曾.

• WRT 102: Writing and Research
• 3

在这门课程中，学生将练习研究方法和各种写作策略，如叙述, description, 博览会, argumentation, and develop skills as critical thinkers, 读者, and writers through 研究, 阅读, 写作, and writer workshops. Must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

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• WRT 201: The 艺术 of the Essay
• 3

In this course students will explore the aesthetic range of the essay by 阅读 selected works from a variety of authors examining them not only as objects for analysis, 同时也是学生练习写作艺术时进行文体实验的范例. Freshman placement by SAT or ACT scores.

• 数学
• 3单位

• MTH 301: 数学 for Teachers
• 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. The content areas covered will be set theory, pre-operational skills, whole number operations, estimations and mental calculation, number theory, 分数, decimals and integers, rational and real numbers, 统计数据, measurement, and geometry including terminology, 多边形, 相似, 同余, coordinate geometry, 对称, reflections, 而解决问题的符号贯穿始终. 主题将以适当的数学方法和实践课堂活动的形式呈现. Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing.

• Physical Education/Health
• 3单位

• KIN 340: Elementary Physical Education
• 3

This is an instructional strategies course that will introduce students to movement and fitness education for children, 包括发展和使用游戏和音乐的主题，以帮助儿童的运动发展, 以及运动学习原理的整合, motor development, and physiology of movement.

• 科学
• 7单元

• SCI 115: Physical 科学
• 4

集成, interdisciplinary introduction to chemistry, central science, 和物理, the fundamental science, emphasizing key concepts, significant chemical and 物理 phenomena and practical applications together with a brief introduction to the historical, philosophical, 在当前基督教护教的背景下，化学和物理的认识论和神学基础. Prerequisite: CMTH 101 or m 201 or higher (concurrent enrollment allowed). A lab fee is required.

• SCI 301: Earth 科学
• 3

This is an introductory course to the position, 运动, 以及太阳系和宇宙的性质，包括对地壳空间概念的调查, 材料, 结构, and the effects on the land forms, 土壤, 植被, and natural resources. An overview of the atmosphere, its composition, 使地球表面如此动态的过程也将包括在内. Prerequisites: (生物101 or 生物111 or CBIO 101)及(格瓦拉于101年 or 格瓦拉于221年 or SCI 115).