Biola University 2015–16 Catalog
YMDT 303 On the Cosmos
YMDT 122 - Church Fathers and Life of Christ Explores works such as the Apostolic Fathers, Athanasius, Creeds of the Church, Augustine’s On Christian Teaching, Confessions and City of God. Delves into the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and the Acts of the Apostles. When Offered: Spring, freshman year. Corequisite(s): YMDT 125. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 8. YMDT 125 - Greco-Roman Thought Examines works such as Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Euripides’ Bacchae, Virgil’s Aeneid, Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. When Offered: Spring, freshman year. Corequisite(s): YMDT 122. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 4. YMDT 202 - On Knowing God Examines the development of classical Christian doctrine. Includes readings such as the letters of Paul, the gospel of John, works by Irenaeus, Athanasius, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin and John Bunyan. When Offered: Spring, sophomore year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 8. YMDT 205 - On Community Explores works dealing with human social order and political thought. Selections include readings such as Augustine’s City of God, Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Lincoln, Nietzsche, the U.S. Constitution, the book of Luke and Acts. When Offered: Fall, sophomore year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 8. YMDT 214 - Medieval and Reformation Thought Considers writings such as The Divine Comedy, Erasmus’ Praise of Folly, Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas’ Summa Theologica, Martin Luther, John Calvin and Creeds of the Church. When Offered: Fall, sophomore year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 8. YMDT 217 - Pauline Epistles Explores each of the Pauline Epistles. When Offered: Fall, sophomore year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 4. YMDT 220 - Early Modern Thought Examines works such as selections from Shakespeare, John Donne, George Herbert, Pascal, Descartes, Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Second Treatise on Government, Hume’s Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hobbes’ Leviathan, Federalist Papers and the U.S. Constitution. When Offered: Spring, sophomore year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 8. YMDT 226 - Wisdom Literature Explores Job through Ecclesiastes. When Offered: Spring, sophomore year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 4. YMDT 303 - On the Cosmos Selections for discussion include authors such as Aristotle, Bacon, Newton, Darwin, Wordsworth, Emerson and Ezekiel. Readings focus on the study of cosmology, the natural world and the human place in it. When Offered:
Credit(s): 8.
Meets HIST 207 or 208; PHIL 214 YMDT 304 On Learning and Knowledge Meets BBST 105, 254; Behavioral Science YMDT 401 On History and Rhetoric
Credit(s): 8.
Credit(s): 8.
Meets BBST 300/400, 306 YMDT 402 The Future
Credit(s): 4.
Meets BBST 465
YMDT 490, 491 and 492 Students may receive credit for the following courses via registration for YMDT 490, 491 or 492 with permission of faculty mentor and program director: YMDT 304 * , 310, 325, 401, 402 * , 410, 465. Students may combine YMDT 490, 491, or 492 to replace a maximum of 16 upper-division credits throughout their undergraduate career, while taking no more than 12 credits of the same course number. Any requested substitution beyond this is subject to written approval from the director. * Johnson House students may substitute 8 credits of YMDT 490, 491 or 492 in place of YMDT 304 or 401 or 16 credits of 490, 491 or 492 in place of YMDT 304 and 401. Torrey Off-Campus Programs Torrey Off-Campus Programs offer opportunities to live and study away from the Biola campus for credit. Students read books, attend lectures, participate in discussion groups, and visit cultural points of interest in the area they are visiting. Past Torrey Off-Campus Programs have included trips to Rome, Europe, and Cambridge. The credits from these programs may be applied to Morgan House YMDT 310, 325, 410 and/or 465; or Johnson House YMDT 304, 401 and/or 402. With approval, YMDT 492 - Torrey Off-Campus may be substituted in place of YMDT 480 - Torrey Honors Thesis. Torrey Off-Campus Torrey Off-Campus consists of an intensive tutorial experience that takes place during Interterm or Summer sessions. Students read books, attend lectures, participate in discussion groups, and visit cultural points of interest. Torrey Off-Campus provides the opportunity for spiritual bonding and intellectual growth in a more intensive and intimate environment than is possible during the school year. Students are supervised and led by a tutor in the Torrey Honors Institute and are able to interact with other stimulating leaders. YMDT 492 Torrey Off-Campus Credit(s): 1–4. Courses Torrey Honors Institute (YMDT) YMDT 101 - On Origins Introduces students to western epics such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid, along with works from Ovid, Dante, Spenser and Milton. Lays a foundation for biblical theology and includes the works of the Pentateuch and Hebrews. When Offered: Fall, freshman year. Fee: $200. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 8. YMDT 102 - On Desire Examines the classical topic of eros through selected texts such as works by Plato, Shakespeare, Donne, as well as Augustine’s Confessions, Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, biblical wisdom literature and the gospel of Mark. When Offered: Spring, freshman year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 8. YMDT 110 - Greek Thought Introduces the student to works such as Iliad, Odyssey, Peloponnesian War, Plato’s Phaedo, Meno, Symposium, Timaeus, and Republic, along with works from Aeschylus and Sophocles. When Offered: Fall, freshman year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 4. YMDT 111 - Old Testament Beginnings Introduces the student to Biblical literature and includes works such as Genesis through Joshua and Hebrews. When Offered: Fall, freshman year. Fee: $200. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 4.
Fall, junior year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 8. YMDT 304 - On Learning and Knowledge
Readings focus on epistemology, education and a survey of the biblical history of Israel. Explores works by authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Descartes, Pascal, Locke, Kant, Hume, Newman, Dewey, C.S. Lewis and the books I and II Samuel, I and II Kings and Isaiah. When Offered: Spring, junior year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 8. YMDT 310 - Revivalism and Romanticism Includes works such as I and II Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles, selections from William Blake, Samuel Coleridge, John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards and Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals. When Offered: Fall, junior year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 4. YMDT 325 - Nineteenth Century Thought Includes works such as Isaiah and Jeremiah, Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Dostoyevsky’s Brothers Karamazov, and Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. When Offered: Spring, junior year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 4. YMDT 401 - On History and Rhetoric Selected readings on history, apologetics and rhetoric. Authors such as Eusebius, Hegel, Aristotle, Cicero, Justin Martyr, Augustine, R.A. Torrey and Wesley are included. When Offered: Fall, senior year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 8. YMDT 402 - The Future Examines works on eschatology and judgment such as Daniel, Revelation, Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, and selections from Flannery O’Connor, T.S. Eliot and G.K. Chesterton. Mandatory if student’s major does not have integration requirement. When Offered: Spring, senior year. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 4.
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