Comprehensive Postsecondary Education, Certificate: Interdisciplinary Concentration

Program Requirements

(Take 24 hours from the courses below. Courses must be taken from at least four different departments.)

• ART 153 - Visual Culture
• ARTH 121 - Late Medieval Art, 1250-1400
• ARTH 131 - Renaissance and Baroque Europe, 1400-1700
• ARTH 141 - Modern Art, 1900-1960
• ARTH 221 - History of Design
• ARTS 250 - Introduction to Drawing
• ARTS 251 - Introduction to Painting
• ARTS 254 - Introduction to Graphic Design
• ARTS 255 - Graphic Design 1: Process
• ARTS 256 - Introduction to Photography
• ARTS 257 - Introduction to Sculpture
• ARTS 258 - Introduction to Ceramics
• ARTS 300 - Intermediate Drawing
• ARTS 301 - Intermediate Painting
• ARTS 305 - Graphic Design 2: Structures
• ARTS 306 - Analogue Photography
• ARTS 307 - Intermediate Sculpture
• ARTS 308 - Intermediate Ceramics
• ARTS 316 - Digital Photography
• ARTS 350 - Advanced Drawing
• ARTS 351 - Advanced Painting
• ARTS 355 - Graphic Design 3: Systems
• ARTS 356 - Advanced Photography
• ARTS 357 - Advanced Sculpture
• ARTS 358 - Advanced Ceramics
• ASC 110 - Learning Practices: Special Topics
• ASC 111 - Academic Transitions
• ASC 112 - Strategies for Academic Success
• ASTR 110 - Planets, Stars, and Galaxies
• ASTR 111 - The Solar System
• ASTR 112 - Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
• BIOL 115 - Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology
• BIOL 123 - Living Systems
• BIOL 160 - Ecological and Evolutionary Systems
• BIOL 313 - Paleontology
• BIOL 332 - Plant Physiology
• BIOL 338 - Animal Behavior
• BIOL 344 - Vertebrate Biology
• BIOL 345 - Ecosystem Ecology and Management
• BIOL 346 - Plant Taxonomy
• BIOL 364 - Global Health, Environment, and Sustainability
• BUS 201 - Management and Organizational Behavior
• CHEM 100 - The Molecular World
• CMS 151 - Church and Society
• CMS 251 - Theological Reflections on Ministry Practices
• CMS 252 - Introduction to Missions
• CMS 374 - Youth and Family Ministry
• CMS 375 - Ministry, Leadership, and Community Development
• COMM 101 - Oral Rhetoric
• COMM 141 - Visual Rhetoric
• COMM 145 - Introduction to Film and Media
• COMM 180 - Communicating with Digital Media
• COMM 190 - Media Production I
• COMM 200 - Advanced Oral Rhetoric
• COMM 201 - New Media
• COMM 222 - Calvin Media Company
• COMM 248 - Screenwriting
• COMM 254 - Screen Storytelling: Theory and Criticism
• COMM 255 - Documentary Film and Television
• COMM 263 - Communication and Conflict Resolution
• COMM 265 - Leadership Communication for Organizations
• COMM 290 - Media Production II
• COMM 305 - Persuasion and Propaganda
• COMM 311 - Argumentation and Advocacy
• COMM 330 - Media and Society
• CS 100 - Creating Interactive Web Media
• ECON 191 - Introduction to Economics
• ECON 232 - Environmental Economics
• ECON 233 - Economics of Energy and Sustainability
• ECON 241 - Health Economics and Health Policy
• EDUC 103 - Introduction to Education
• EDUC 210 - Music and Art in the Elementary Classroom
• EDUC 236 - Foundations of Early Childhood Education
• EDUC 238 - Developmentally Appropriate Practice with Young Children
• EDUC 240 - The Social Context of Education
• EDUC 241 - Inclusive Teaching: Ability, Language, and Multicultural Education
• EDUC 243 - Teaching and Learning Lab
• EDUC 249 - The Christian Teacher
• EDUC 330 - Curriculum and Instruction: Cognitive Impairment
• EDUC 331 - Introduction to Cognitive Impairment: Birth through School Age
• EDUC 332 - Introduction to Cognitive Impairment: Transition to Adulthood
• EDUC 339 - Family Engagement, Relationships, and Collaboration
• ENGL 100 - Enhanced Written Rhetoric I
• ENGL 101 - Written Rhetoric
• ENGL 200 - Introduction to Global Literature
• ENGL 220 - Introduction to American Literature
• ENGL 241 - Business Writing
• ENGL 260 - The Craft of Writing
• ENGL 325 - Advanced Studies in Children’s and Adolescent Literature
• ENGL 360 - Creative Writing: Nonfiction
• IDIS 184 - Introduction to Sustainability Challenges
• ENST 210 - Human Impacts on the Environment
• ENST 285 - Environmental Practicum
• ENST 302 - Environmental Law
• FIN 201 - Personal Finance
• GEO 101 - People, Place, and Community
• GEO 110 - World Regional Geography
• GEO 120 - Earth Systems
• GEO 151 - Introduction to Geology
• GEO 152 - Historical Geology
• GEO 215 - Mineralogy
• GEO 250 - Meteorology
• GEO 251 - Oceanography
• GEO 313 - Paleontology
• GEO 341 - Geology Field Methods
• GEO 385 - Internship in Geography and Geology
• HE 254 - Nutrition
• HE 265 - Basic Health Concepts: Mental Health, Fitness, Sexuality, Aging, Addictive Behaviors, and Death
• HE 266 - Basic Health Concepts: Diseases, Substance Abuse, Community, and Environment
• HIST 153 - Explorations in World History
• HIST 229 - Seminar in United States History
• HIST 242 - Africa and the World
• HIST 251 - Early America
• HIST 252 - America from Republic to Empire
• HIST 253 - Recent America
• HIST 255 - African-American History
• HIST 256 - Women and Gender in US History
• HIST 259 - American Economic and Business History
• HIST 274 - Environmental History
• HIST 356 - American Social and Cultural History
• IDIS 106 - Introduction to Health Professions
• IDIS 107 - Introduction to Ecological and Environmental Professions
• IDIS 192 - Crossing Cultures
• IDIS 196 - Transcultural Caring for the Health Professional
• IDIS 212 - Global Health
• IDIS 240 - Introduction to Archaeology
• IDIS 310 - Science in Society
• KIN 190 - Adapted Physical Education
• KIN 201 - Introduction to Kinesiology
• KIN 215 - Physical Education and Recreation for Persons with Disabilities
• KIN 223 - Educational Health, Movement, and Dance
• KIN 240 - Cardio-respiratory Fitness Assessment, Prescription, and Leadership
• KIN 241 - Muscular Fitness Assessment, Prescription, and Leadership
• KIN 243 - Sport Psychology
• KIN 302 - Sociology of Sport

• OR SOC 302 - Sociology of Sport 

• MATH 221 - The Real Number System and Methods for Elementary School Teachers
• MUSC 100 - Music Theory I: Fundamentals in Global Context
• MUSC 103 - Understanding and Enjoying Music
• MUSC 106 - American Music
• MUSC 107 - World Music
• MUSC 108 - Music Theory II: Harmony and Voice Leading
• MUSC 131 - Campus Choir
• MUSC 182 - Gospel Choir
• MUSC 203 - Popular Music
• MUSC 207 - Music Theory III: Chromatic Harmony and Form
• MUSC 208 - Music Theory IV: Advanced Techniques
• MUSC 236 - Music in Worship
• MUSC 302 - Music and Global Society
• PER courses of choice (up to 4 hours)
• PHIL 137 - Disability, Community, and Advocacy
• PHIL 153 - Fundamental Questions in Philosophy
• PHIL 207 - Justice and the Common Good: Studies in Political Philosophy
• PHIL 211 - Philosophy of Gender
• PHIL 212 - Ethical Dimensions of Health Care
• POLS 110 - Foundations of Political Community
• POLS 234 - The President and Congress
• POLS 237 - Political Parties and Interest Groups
• PSYC 151 - Introductory Psychology: Perspectives on the Self
• PSYC 201 - Developmental Psychology: Lifespan
• PSYC 212 - Psychopathology
• PSYC 220 - Psychological Perspectives on Marriage and the Family
• PSYC 222 - Human Sexuality and Gender
• PSYC 270 - Children at Risk
• PSYC 310 - Social Psychology
• PSYC 335 - Health Psychology
• PUBH 101 - Introduction to Public Health
• RECR 205 - Therapeutic Recreation and Diagnostic Groups
• REL 211 - From Creation to Promised Land
• REL 212 - From Conquest to Exile
• REL 213 - Psalms and Wisdom Literature
• REL 214 - Prophets
• REL 221 - Jesus in the Gospels and Acts
• REL 222 - The Gospel and Letters of John
• REL 223 - Paul’s Letters
• REL 224 - Revelation and General Letters
• REL 230 - Revelation and Knowledge of God
• REL 231 - The Triune God
• REL 232 - Creation and Humanity
• REL 233 - Christ and Reconciliation
• REL 234 - Holy Spirit and Church
• REL 235 - The Christian Hope
• REL 237 - Christian Worship
• REL 243 - Theology: From the Early Church through the Middle Ages
• REL 244 - Theology: From the Reformation to the Present
• REL 251 - Christianity and Religious Plurality
• REL 261 - Christianity and Culture
• REL 262 - Social Justice from the Prophets to Jesus
• REL 321 - Judaism in the Time of Jesus
• REL 345 - Studies in Contemporary Theology
• SCES 110 - General Science
• SCES 210 - Integrated Science
• SOC 130 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• SOC 151 - Sociological Principles and Perspectives
• SOC 201 - Families
• SOC 202 - Urban Sociology
• SOC 203 - Sociology of Deviance
• SOC 231 - Intercultural Communication
• SOC 301 - Gender and Sexuality in the United States
• SOC 303 - Criminology
• SOC 304 - Religion and Society
• SOWK 240 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
• SOWK 250 - Diversity and Inequality in the United States
• SOWK 260 - Global Issues and Perspectives
• SOWK 350 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment
• SPAUD 311 - Child Language Development
• THTR 120 - Calvin Theatre Company
• THTR 203 - Introduction to Performance Studies

Total Semester Hours: 24