This Interim course provides a satisfying mix of exciting travel, stimulating discussions, intensive Spanish, and engaging speakers. Mr. T. Vanden Berg, Mr. K. VerBeek. W41 Community Crime Prevention. Prior to and subsequent to these daily events students explore how faith impacts the quality of life in the inner city. Non criminal justice majors are also encouraged to take this course.
Evaluation is based on journal reflections and class participation.
Partially off campus. Mr. R. Butler, Mr. S. Richeson. This course is a unique opportunity to visit a country that has recently gone through massive, dramatic, largely non-violent political change wherein political power transferred from a minority group to the majority group. The primary academic objective is to gain a firsthand knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing a post-apartheid South Africa. Students explore changes that have occurred in criminal justice, education, community health, economics, politics, religion, and management of the region's vast botanical and zoological resources.