2023-C1-ADL-110-OL1-D - Introduction to Online Learning at Geneva College

Course provides an introduction to Geneva College, its history and mission, as well as the commitment of the online programs to robust faith integration within its curricula. Includes the development of proper attribution and academic writing skills, as well as personal and professional proficiencies required for success in Geneva’s online programs.

2023-C1-ADL-115-OL1-D - Success Strategies for the Adult Learner

This course is designed to equip adult learners with strategies for success in college and in life-long learning, emphasizing personal responsibility. With a specific focus toward success in online learning, this course covers foundational ideas about faith, learning, and a biblical worldview; Geneva’s available resources and services; goal-setting; time management and organization; writing basics; reading strategies; APA style; and adult learning theories.

2023-C1-AGE-401-OL1-D - The Aging Adult in Social Systems

This course will consider the needs of the aging adult in family and social systems. Students will explore the cooperative nature of family involvement in elder care management. Community and congregational resources will be examined. Different theories and topics such as aging-in-place, long term and palliative care, and hospice will be discussed. The biblical model of creation, fall, and redemption will be the context for the class.

2023-C1-AGE-410-OL1-D - Death, Dying, and Bereavement

This course is designed to give the student an understanding of the research and theories of death, dying, and the bereavement process, as well as the development and impact of a Christian understanding/eschatology for both the patient and loved ones in these processes. Hospice, palliative care, ethics, and euthanasia are discussed, as well as cross-cultural beliefs that come to bear on these phenomena.

2023-C1-HUM-119-OL1-D - Western Culture: Renaissance to Modernity

This is a survey course of the historical, cultural, social, economic, and religious developments in western civilization. This course will examine, through reading, writing, and discussion, the dominant ideas in western culture as expressed in the philosophy, art, literature, and music from a Christian perspective.

2023-C1-PSS-250-OL1-D - Lifespan Development

The Lifespan Development course is designed to provide information that will assist students in understanding the normal developmental process of individuals over the entire lifespan starting with conception and ending with death.

2023-C1-PSS-253-OL1-D - Adulthood and Aging

A course covering the major issues in the psychology of adult development and aging.

2023-C1-SCS-105-OL1-D - Environmental Science

SCS 105 introduces principles of environmental science with a purposefully Christian perspective. Course topics include understanding our environment, evolution, species interactions, human populations, biomes, environmental conservation, environmental health, pollution, energy and environmental policy, and sustainability. An important goal is to gain an understanding of the environment and our place in it. Underlying this course will be the concept of biological stewardship – the idea that all humans are required by God to be careful and thoughtful in our usage of Earth’s limited resources. There are many voices saying how we can best live on Earth; it is necessary to personally evaluate and understand what God says about this also.