Supervised work experience in a biology lab or area related to career choice.

An examination of the history, development, philosophy and practice of the natural sciences in the Western world from prehistory to the present day. Laboratory sessions will focus on fundamental concepts in astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology and physics.

This course surveys metaphysics as the study of the nature of reality and is concerned with identifying and understanding the fundamentally distinct sorts of things that exist such as properties, relations, time, causality, freedom, mind, numbers, sets and possible worlds. The course attempts to relate these things to the doctrine of creation and to the dynamics of God’s acting according to his plan for his purposes in Christ. This is a course in worldview integration for those majoring in physical and social science, mathematics, or in any of the humanities.

Students work closely with a research mentor to learn literature search, proposal preparation for a research project, experimental protocols, data acquisition, statistics, manuscript preparation. Students will sign a document including the University of Northwestern Policy on Original Research Data in order to register for all research courses.

In this course, students will explore the interdisciplinary dialogue between scientists and theologians on critical, moral, ethical, scientific and theological issues. The course will read and discuss current literature in Science and Theology and explore major issues in context of the historical and contemporary framework of both disciplines.