All Courses
Division: Undergraduate
This course offers you an introduction to ministering to youth in today's culture. You will study the fundamentals of youth ministry in a variety of settings, as well as an overview of adolescent development and a survey of careers in youth ministry.
3.00
Spring
Undergraduate
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In this course you will focus on primary care through a combination of knowledge development, skill development, and realistic scenario practice to make sure you have the confidence to provide care when emergency situations arise. A $100.00 activity fee is charged for course materials and certification fee.
1.00
Fall, Spring, Summer 1
Undergraduate
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This course is designed to introduce you to technical rock climbing and to provide you with the skills and knowledge to safely participate, teach, and supervise this recreational activity. You will be exposed to bouldering and top-rope climbing. Topics will include personal preparedness, equipment selection, knot tying, top-rope anchors, low impact practices, and safety. A $50.00 activity fee is charged for equipment use and climbing fees.
1.00
Fall, Spring, Summer 1
Undergraduate
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This course is designed to familiarize you with sea kayaking strokes and maneuvers, self and assisted rescues, and kayak navigation required for travel in open coastal waters and moderate surf zones. You will also be introduced to scuba diving with the possibility of becoming a certified PADI open water diver for an additional cost. A $50.00 activity fee is charged for gear rental.
1.00
Fall, Spring, Summer 1
Undergraduate
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This course is an in-depth look inside the world of today's youth, examining the questions they are asking on topics such as parents, self-image, friendships, peer pressure, music, love, sex, dating, abuse, drugs, and teen violence. You will focus on addressing these issues from a biblical perspective so that you are developing the skills to speak, teach, and counsel youth and families concerning the felt needs they are experiencing.
3.00
Fall
Undergraduate
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This course is designed to equip you with necessary skills for effective speaking to the youth culture. Using the "SCORRE" method, class you will practice giving expositional talks that relate to the developmental needs of junior and senior high students and collegians.
3.00
Fall
Undergraduate
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In this course you will study the broad, theoretical, and experiential background in group process. You will also develop skills in client assessment, program design, facilitation strategies, and group dynamics, utilizing Christian world-view principles.
3.00
Fall, Spring
Undergraduate
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A course that equips students in the principles and practice of discipling a young person to know God and make Him known. It provides a specific look at adolescent Christian life as it pertains to the facilitation of maturing leaders in youth organizations. Students will review various models, strategies, and programs that target teens and collegians in a ministry of disciple-making.
3.00
Spring
Undergraduate
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In this course you will explore principles and experiences of the biblical foundations, contemporary expressions and soft skills of effective leadership. You will focus on training in character development, problem-solving, group relational navigation, conflict/emergency management, non-verbal assessments, and coping with weaknesses, failure, and limitations.
3.00
Fall, Spring
Undergraduate
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In this course you will begin to prepare yourself as a youth worker to meet the counseling needs of adolescents, specifically in the areas of parent-teen relationships, anxiety, anger, suicide, substance abuse, and other pertinent adolescent problems. You will discover a framework for utilizing a family systems model, using practical techniques and principles of counseling.
3.00
Fall, Spring
Undergraduate
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