Distance Courses

VIDEO: ICS President
John Suk on the heart
and mission of ICS

Summer School 2008
Registration Still Open

CONFERENCE
Law as Vocation
Toronto, Aug. 13-15

Strategic Plan
2007 to 2012

Distance Learning

In keeping with ICS's commitment to education that is truly globally accessible, ICS is working to offer an increasing number of courses in distance mode. Distance Education provides the opportunity to structure graduate study in a flexible manner, even when a person is working full-time. Study preferences are individual, and students can adapt a course to suit their own favoured approaches. The courses employ a mix of print-based materials and online support. Check our Distance Learning FAQ for more information.
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Beginning January 2008
Christianity & Ecological Crisis ICSD 1545/2545 S08 CSTC Area IV Ron Kuipers	Christian culture is often criticized for its perceived silence concerning (and even its contribution to) the global ecological crisis. Examining the work of several Christian thinkers who have sought to address this perceived gap in Christian practice and reflection, seminar participants will be asked to consider what role a strong environmental ethic should play in Christian faith.
Leadership: Vision & Mission ICSD 1324/2324 S08 CSTC, Area II & IV Professor: Dr. Lee Hollaar	This course is only available through distance learning. This course is designed to enable students to understand and develop faithful leadership in the school setting. It requires critical reflection on educational and leadership values, in the light of the central educational focus of the school and the need to nurture Christian community while sustaining a dynamic vision for Christian schooling.
Fall 2007
Worldview Foundations ICSD 1915 F07 CSTC 1020 Area IV Kenn Hermann	This course is only available through distance learning. In this course we will begin to locate the reformational tradition as part of the larger reformed tradition, in its continuities and distinctiveness. We will also examine some characteristic features of this tradition, particularly those that inform our view of God’s world and our attempts to live out all aspects of our calling in all aspects of God’s world. We will examine the role of philosophy within a reformational worldview and also look at some of its larger contours in a variety of Christian organizations.
Spring 2007
Biblical Foundations ICSD 1215/2215 S07 CSTC, Area I Nik Ansell	This course will explore the Bible as the ongoing story of and for God and creation, paying special attention to the way in which God's story is intertwined with that of humanity and the world. In asking whether and in what way the Bible is also our story, we will attempt to identify which hermeneutical methods might help us discern its significance for present day life, including the academic enterprise.
Wisdom & Schooling ICSD 1324/2324 S07 CSTC, Area II Doug Blomberg	This course is only available through distance learning. This course explores the thesis that a biblical view of wisdom provides a legitimate alternative to the theory/practice paradigm, which has dominated the practice of schooling at virtually all levels. It considers the implications of this for how we address epistemological issues and for how we conceive of learning, teaching and the curriculum. An integral epistemology is proposed, in which knowing is construed as a process of immersion, withdrawal and return. This translates into a curricular rhythm of play, problem-posing and purposeful response.
Fall 2006
Ways of Learning ICSD 1323/2323 F06 CSTC, Area III Doug Blomberg	This course is an investigation and evaluation of current understandings of the learning process in the classroom situation, with special attention to the diversity of ways of learning and the influence of worldviews in shaping various theoretical positions and educational practices. An extended action research project enables testing of theoretical concepts in concrete contexts.
Religion, Life and Society: Reformational Philosophy ICSD 1215/2215 F06 Lambert Zuidervaart	An exploration of central issues in philosophy, as addressed by Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven, and the "Amsterdam School" of neoCalvinian thought. The course tests the relevance of this tradition for recent developments in Western philosophy. Special attention is given to critiques of foundationalism, metaphysics, and modernity within reformational philosophy and in other schools of thought.