Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: develop the basic knowledge and skills needed to plan an entire course of study; design instructional objectives and activities for content courses in a Christian day school; demonstrate the ability to create effective lesson plans; demonstrate competency in causing students to learn; and understand the importance of the content.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: briefly describe the history of educational thought and practice; define and use key terms related to the development of an educational philosophy; articulate a Christian understanding of the purposes, methods and presuppositions of Christian education; understand and apply the contributions made by an Anabaptist perspective to a philosophy of education; plan a curriculum that is the fruit of a Christian educational philosophy; and develop the documents needed to apply a Christian philosophy of education into a school's curriculum.

Version 1: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: understand and solve the mathematical problems encountered in elementary math programs while using the vocabulary of mathematics; explain mathematical concepts and skills to elementary age children; describe a Christian philosophy of mathematics; describe the ingredients of successful math classrooms; implement a variety of ideas for effective math teaching; and discuss the major issues surrounding math teaching. Version 2 and 3: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: understand and solve mathematical problems encountered in an elementary mathematics curriculum; explain mathematical concepts and skills to elementary age children; Incorporate a Christian philosophy into teaching mathematics; describe the characteristics of a successful mathematics classroom environment; demonstrate effective math teaching; discuss the major issues surrounding math teaching; and demonstrate a mastery of elementary mathematical concepts.

Version 1 and 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: write a 2,500-word short story with well-drawn characters and a well-defined plot; write poetry demonstrating a variety of styles and experimenting with a variety of topics; demonstrate variety in creative expression by writing monologues, dialogues, character sketches, epigrams, anecdotes, journal entries; design creative writing assignments for various age levels in the classroom; and find inspiration for writing by reading and following up with journaling.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:demonstrate use of the library to do academic research; demonstrate use of reliable internet sources for academic research; analyze written sources and identify key content and arguments through note-taking; outline the steps for organizing and writing a research paper; synthesize different perspectives and streams of information into a compelling argument; evaluate one’s own work and the work of others for correct grammar, appropriate content, careful organization, and good style; evaluate others’ critique of one’s work and incorporate alternative perspectives into one’s writing; exercise the use of successive drafts to improve one’s writing; and utilize standard formatting guidelines to present one’s research for an academic audience.

Version 1, 2 and 3: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: recite and discuss the importance of the Nicene Creed; identify the major events, movements and persons from the time of the Apostles to the Reformation; discuss the importance of the first four major church councils; and discuss themes of importance to an Anabaptist perspective, such as non-resistance and church-state issues.

Version 1, 2, and 3: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: identify and discuss the world's great geographic realms and regions, human and physical contents, assets and liabilities, connections and barriers between various realms and regions, potentials and prospects; display a basic geographic literacy useful in the classroom setting; identify physical features and political, linguistic and cultural boundaries on maps; and discuss the cultural diversity of the world.

Version 1: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: describe the development of American cultural, social, political and religious institutions; understand and explain American religious, social and cultural origins; describe and discuss important events and actors from American history; evaluate the relationship between religion and American national life; and understand what it means to be an American, how the nation has developed its strengths and weaknesses, its motivations and goals. Version 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: describe the development of American cultural, social, political and religious institutions; understand and explain American religious, social and cultural origins; describe and discuss important events and actors from American history; evaluate the relationship between religion and American national life; and understand what it means to be an American, how the nation has developed, its strengths and weaknesses, its motivations and goals.

Version 1 and 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: discuss the place of sorrow in human experience; establish the need for a Biblical framework for viewing human suffering and for responding to human suffering; discuss the example of Jesus in response to human sorrow; discuss the problem of death and factors in dying that affect grief; outline the typical grieving process and show how children grieve different from adults; discuss principles that enable people to work through grief; list pointers for how to comfort those who are grieving; review Biblical examples of people who experienced rejection and discuss observations about rejection from those examples; identify specific emotional responses to rejection and to trace the "paths of response" when people follow those emotional responses; identify core issues in rejection; discuss what it means to be Christ-centered and how we go about pointing rejected people to Him; describe the identity and security we have "in Christ;" discuss what it means to love and to show how love drives out fear, specifically in the experience of those who have been rejected; outline the Biblical mandate to "receive" one another in Christ; review Biblical examples of abuse; define abuse and discuss why abuse is painful and destructive; discuss how abuse "offends" little ones and trace abuse to ongoing struggles in the lives of those who have been abused as children; outline how to find healing from the damage of abuse; discuss "second party" help for those who have been abused; discuss "third party" help for bringing reconciliation between the abuser and the abused; list typical changes that need to happen in the life of an abused person, and to discuss what is necessary for those changes to occur; and describe Biblical principles for helping an abuser.

Version 1 and 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: discuss the historical, political, social and religious context of the intertestamental Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds from which the New Testament arose; demonstrate knowledge concerning authorship, date, setting and content of each New Testament book; trace the development of the early church; recognize the various types of New Testament literature; discuss the plot, characterization and theme of the four gospels; and provide an overview of the life, teachings and importance of Jesus.

Version 1 and 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: demonstrate a basic understanding of good vocal technique; describe the fundamentals of vocal production; demonstrate a basic understanding of the elements of interpretation; and present a song using the knowledge learned throughout the course.

Version 1 and 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: gain fluency in the basics of music construction in order to have a firm foundation on which to build the study of music theory. These basics include musical symbols, key signatures, basic intervals, tetrachords and major and minor scales; sight read simple melodies; identify intervals, simple chords, and melodies aurally; approach music intellectually, to enhance his or her performance; and understand and delight in the music.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: name and describe the markers that define abuse; recognize symptoms of abuse; compare and contrast common responses to abuse; compare and contrast factors that affect the severity of abuse; summarize helpful steps toward recovery from abuse; understand and apply Pennsylvania state law to incidents of abuse; and summarize the process of forgiveness and demonstrate how it applies to the experience of abuse.

Identify the steps to servanthood that undergird cross-cultural interactions; initiate and sustain Level 1, 2 and 3 conversations; utilize “The Diamond” as a method of assessing and directing spiritual conversations with non-believers; and demonstrate an ability to initiate and sustain spiritual conversations with nonbelievers.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: recognize the reasons for the development of theology in the early church; identify and recognize the importance of the development and expression of important Christian doctrines; analyze the interaction of church and culture in the formulation of doctrine; discuss the various strands of Christian orthodoxy; and analyze one's own beliefs in context of two thousand years of the development of the church's expression of her faith.

Version 1 and 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: understand and discuss seven major philosophical categories of a worldview, describing the major options in each category and defending a Christian perspective. These categories are truth, reality, meaning, right and wrong, reason, beauty and origins (Epistemology, Ontology, Metaphysics, Ethics, Logics, Aesthetics and Cosmology) (cont. in PHI 202); understand and discuss two major theological categories of a worldview, describing the major options in each category and defending a Christian perspective. These categories are God and Sin and Salvation (Theology, Soteriology) (cont. in PHI 202); understand and discuss three major anthropological categories of a worldview, describing the major options in each category and defending a Christian perspective. These categories are mankind, man and purpose (Sociology, Psychology and History) (cont. in PHI 202); describe in detail the tenets of humanism/modernism, postmodernism and eastern thought; recall the contributions to a western mind set of a few significant philosophers from the Greeks to the present; and explain and use principles of logical thinking. Version 3: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: understand and discuss seven major philosophical categories of a worldview, describing the major options in each category and defending a Christian perspective. These categories are truth, reality, meaning, right and wrong, reason, beauty and origins (Epistemology, Ontology, Metaphysics, Ethics, Logics, Aesthetics and Cosmology); Understand and discuss two major theological categories of a worldview, describing the major options in each category and defending a Christian perspective. These categories are God and Sin and Salvation (Theology, Soteriology); understand and discuss three major anthropological categories of a worldview, describing the major options in each category and defending a Christian perspective. These categories are mankind, man and purpose (Sociology, Psychology and History); describe in detail the tenets of humanism/modernism, postmodernism and eastern thought; recall the contributions to a western mind set of a few significant philosophers from the Greeks to the present; and explain and use principles of logical thinking.

Version 1: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: apply methods of effectively reading the message of Scripture; recognize the major approaches to scriptural interpretation; use commonly accepted methods for determining the meaning intended by the author of a biblical passage; and apply the teachings of Scripture to contemporary life. Version 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: recognize and avoid the misreading, misapplication, and misinterpretation of Scripture; use commonly accepted methods for determining the meaning intended by the author of a biblical passage; understand and use a variety of tools (including study aids) for more effective Bible reading, interpretation, and application; explain several significant issues surrounding the interpretation and application of Scripture; encourage appropriate applications of Scripture to contemporary life; encourage a lifelong commitment to a study of God's word as well as accuracy, integrity, and practicality in that pursuit. Version 3: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: see with greater breadth, depth, and understanding what is written in Scripture; use commonly accepted methods for receiving the intended meaning by the author of a biblical passage; understand and use a variety of study aids to more effectively read, interpret, and respond to the Bible; explain several significant issues surrounding the interpretation and application of Scripture; make appropriate responses to God's revelation in the scriptures; and develop a lifelong commitment to the study of God's word, carefulness, integrity, and practicality in that pursuit.