P. O. Box 601
Cedarville, OH 45314
Contact: John Silvius
Professor of Biology
Tel # 513-766-2211
e-mail: silviusj@cedarville.edu
Bio 100 Principles of Biology (5)
This course emphasizes basic life processes and the principles by which
these processes operate at the ecological, organismic, and cellular levels
of organization with emphasis on human interaction.
Bio 101 Environmental Biology (5)
A course that emphasizes relationships among living organisms and the environment.
Classroom discussion, frequent field studies, and student projects will
teach students to integrate biological and Christian stewardship principles,
and apply them toward understanding local community and global environmental
problems.
Bio 200 General Ecology (5)
A study of the interrelationships between living organisms and environment
with emphasis upon environmental physiology, ecosystem and community ecology,
and environmental stewardship.
GSS 100 Foundations of Social Science (5)
Foundations of Social Science has been designed as the Introductory course
for the social sciences within the General Education Curriculum. For many
students, the course serves as a first exposure to Christian Theism and
philosophical thought. We will investigate the nature of the social sciences
from a Christian perspective with a strong emphasis given to the dichotomy
of though between Christian Theism and Secular-Humanism. An overview of
all the social sciences will be taken with special emphasis given to the
disciplines of sociology, economics, political science, and geography.
Econ 338 Developmental Economics and Political Economy
(4)
A study of the interaction of political and economic systems to produce
economic development and growth of nations states. A framework for analysis
of development is explored and applied to specific case studies of both
industrial and developing economics that have recently undergone significant
change.
Peh 308 Environmental Health (2)
This seminar is designed as a purposeful effort to awaken individuals to
the complex association between the environment and human productivity,
health, and happiness. Fundamental to the awakening process is the concept
that survival and growth are firmly rooted in the ecological perspective,
in which the interrelationship of all living things to one other and their
environment is an essential acknowledgement and point of action. The focus
of attention is on these interrelationships and on the stewardship requirements
for planet Earth with the all encompassing idea that the ecosystem is everyone's
affair. Caring for the environment means reducing all types of pollution,
limiting hazardous wastes, preserving natural resources, energy conservation,
practicing safe living, and keeping our social environment free of stressful
and destructive interactions to just name a few of the topics.
Gsci 160 Principles of Earth and Space Science (5)
A descriptive survey of the sciences of astronomy, geology and meteorology
with some consideration given to the historical background of these disciplines.
About half of the course will deal with the basic fundamentals of geology
considering the main rock types, fossils, the Flood, and geological activities
of the earth. We will then have a brief overview of oceanography. In the
last weeks of the course we will examine the sciences of meteorology and
astronomy.
Gsci 166 Introduction to Physical Geology (5)
An introductory study of the earth with an emphasis on the physical and
chemical properties of minerals and rocks, erosion and sedimentation, metamorphism,
volcanic activity, the structural features of the earth's crust, geologic
time, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and other related subjects. We will
examine how the Creation and the Flood have effected these activities and
features. These subjects will be explored with related laboratory exercises
and field trips.
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