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Need PDPs? Gordon's Graduate Education program offers courses that provide three graduate credits and 67.5 Professional Development Points.

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Fall 2024

ART614 Painting in Mixed Media: Methods and Mediums (3)
Online Synchronous. Dates to be announced.

ART653 Choice Art Studio (3)
Online Synchronous. Dates to be announced.

BIO611 Quantitative Analysis (3)
In this course we will explore principles, techniques, and applications of quantitative analysis in chemistry and biology. Lectures will include analytical procedures, correlational studies at the molecular and biological level. Students will also understand and discuss the limitations of quantitative approaches in the characterization of complex phenomena. 
Online Synchronous. Thursdays. Starting September 9.

CHE611 Quantitative Analysis (3)
In this course we will explore principles, techniques, and applications of quantitative analysis in chemistry and biology. Lectures will include analytical procedures, correlational studies at the molecular and biological level. Students will also understand and discuss the limitations of quantitative approaches in the characterization of complex phenomena. 
Online Synchronous. Dates to be announced. Thursdays. Starting September 9.

CPS501 Introduction to Programming (3)
Online Synchronous. Dates: Mid-August to Mid-December. Dates and times to be announced.
Introduces fundamental programming concepts using Python. Topics include the nature of algorithms, essential control structures and data representation.Weekly programming laboratories.
Lab fee: $125.

CPS521 Software Systems (3)
Online Synchronous. Dates: Mid-August to Mid-December. Dates and times to be announced.
Introduces fundamental software systems: operating systems, computer networks, and database management systems. Common concerns such as concurrency and security. Continued development of design and programming skills using Java through weekly laboratories.
Lab fee: $125.

CPS603 Computers and Society (3)
Online Synchronous. Dates: Mid-August to Mid-December. Dates and times to be announced.
Uses and impact of computers in modern society; considers ethical and moral issues in context of Christian worldview. Nontechnical; open to all students. Students will engage in a significant social impact project during the course.

Gordon College is offering Wilson Reading Systems® Level 1 Certification:

EDU 695 Online asynchronous. November 1–30.
EDU696/697 will start on September 5, 2024, with a live webinar at 6:30 via Zoom.

Find a full list of Wilson Reading Systems®  Level 1 and 2 certification course offerings→

EDU715 Collegial Supervision and Mentoring (3)
Online synchronous. Schedule to be announced.

Gordon College is offering Wilson Reading Systems® Level 2 Certification:

EDU 795 online synchronous. November 11–13.
EDU796/797 will start on September 9, 2024, with a live webinar at 6:30 via Zoom.
EDU798 rolling admission upon completion of Step 6.

Find a full list of Wilson Reading Systems®  Level 1 and 2 certification course offerings→

ENG632 Literature for Adolescents (3)
In-depth examination of literature for young adults used thematically throughout middle school and secondary curricula. Examines crosscultural implications of literature.
Online synchronous. Schedule to be determined between professors and enrolled students.

ENG635 Shakespeare Active in the Classroom (3)
The reading and performance of Shakespeare have been part of the English classroom canon in both high school and college for many years. This course addresses the historical context of Shakespeare’s plays and the themes within the plays. Strategies for the reading and performance of Shakespeare’s plays are examined.
Online synchronous. Schedule to be determined between professors and enrolled students.

HIS610 Principles of Geography (3)
Online synchronous. Wednesdays: September 4–November 20. 6–9 p.m.

HIS614 History of Massachusetts (3)
Covers the history of Massachusetts with emphasis on the colonial era through the American Civil War, including the rise of the world-famous Massachusetts leather and textile industries.
Online synchronous. Tuesdays: September 17–December 3.6–9 p.m.

HIS643 History and Literature of Ancient Greeks (3)
Online synchronous. Schedule to be determined between professor and enrolled students.

MAT621 Math in the Interactive Classroom (3)
Online synchronous. Wednesdays, September 18–December 11, 6–9 p.m.
No class Wednesday, November 27.

MAT627 Investigating Mathematical Concepts (3)
Online synchronous. Mondays: September 9–November 25, 6:30–9:30 p.m.
No class on Monday, October 14, or Monday, November 11.

PHY636 Modern Physics (3)
Online synchronous. Wednesdays, September 18–December 11, 6–9 p.m.
No class Wednesday, November 27.

SPN664 Hispanic Youth Literature (3)
This course will explore how to teach literature to students of different levels of linguistic abilities. We will explore three major facets of teaching texts. First, what kind of prereading activities are needed to prepare students for what they are about to read? Students need cultural and linguistic context before they dive into a text.  Strategies include: exploring context through images and research; introducing vocabulary through images; and activities where students develop skills to negotiate to mean, and, based on cultural and linguistic clues, begin to engage in psycho-linguistic guessing to form ideas of what they are about to read. Second, how can they engage in the text to confirm or deny the guesses they have formed? Third, how can they use the text to engage in an integrated performance activity? We will look at different texts and examples to explore these three major questions.
Online synchronous. Schedule to be determined between professor and enrolled students.

Winter 2025

ART601 Experimental Drawing (3)
Synchronous.
Dates: schedule to be determined by professor and enrolled students.

ART614 Painting in Mixed Media (3)
Synchronous.
Dates: schedule to be determined by professor and enrolled students.

CPS501 Introduction to Programming (3)
Synchronous.
Dates: Mid-January to Early May. Dates and times to be announced.
Introduces fundamental programming concepts using Python. Topics include the nature of algorithms, essential control structures and data representation. Weekly programming laboratories.
Lab fee: $125.

CPS520 Object-Oriented Software Development (3)
Synchronous.
Dates: Mid-January to Early May. Dates and times to be announced.
Introduces object-oriented analysis and design using a statically typed programming language, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, use cases, UML modeling, design patterns and testing methods. Continued development of design and programming skills using UML and Java through weekly laboratories and a semester team project.
Lab fee: $125.

CPS522 Data Structures and Algorithms (3)
Synchronous.
Dates: Mid-January to Early May. Dates and times to be announced.
Introduces analysis of algorithms, implementation of data structures, advanced methods for organizing data in primary and secondary storage, problem-solving strategies, recursion, parallel algorithms and continued development of algorithm analysis skills. Weekly laboratories introduce C++ including the use of templates and Standard Template Library.
Lab fee: $125.

Gordon College is offering Wilson Reading Systems® Level 1 and Level 2 Certification:

EDU695: March 1–30 Asynchronous self-paced
EDU 696/697: These concurrent courses begin with a live webinar on Jan. 4, 6:30–9 p.m. (plus seven follow-up webinars on Thursdays)
EDU796: Starting January 8
EDU796: Starting January 8
EDU798: Rolling admission upon completion of Step 6

Find a full list of Wilson Reading Systems®  Level 1 and 2 certification course offerings→

EDU715 Collegial Supervision and Mentoring (3)
Schedule to be arranged with the professor and enrolled students.

EDU764 Raising Self-Awareness: Social Emotional Teaching Practices That Impact Student Learning (1)
Asynchronous.
Self-paced.

EDU765 Building Relationships Through Cultural Proficiency (1)
Asynchronous.
Self-paced. 

EDU 766 Sustaining SEL Through Trauma-Informed Care (1)
Asynchronous.
Self-paced. 

ENG643 History and Literature of the Ancient Greeks (3)
Explore the literature of ancient Greece from the Trojan War to the time of St. Paul. Historical periods covered will include the Trojan War, the Dark Ages, Greek colonization, the Persian War, the Classical Period, the Peloponnesian War, the conquests of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic era. Texts will include, in whole or in part, The Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer, The Oresteia of Aeschylus, Oedipus the King of Sophocles, the Histories of Herodotus, The Peloponnesian War of Thucydides and The Symposium of Plato.
Synchronous.
Dates: schedule to be determined by professor and enrolled students.

HIS643 History and Literature of the Ancient Greeks (3)
Explore the literature of ancient Greece from the Trojan War to the time of St. Paul. Historical periods covered will include the Trojan War, the Dark Ages, Greek colonization, the Persian War, the Classical Period, the Peloponnesian War, the conquests of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic era. Texts will include in whole or in part The Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer, The Oresteia of Aeschylus, Oedipus the King of Sophocles, the Histories of Herodotus, The Peloponnesian War of Thucydides and The Symposium of Plato.
Synchronous.
Dates: schedule to be determined by professor and enrolled students.

MAT627 Investigating Mathematical Concepts (3)
Synchronous.
Dates: Thursdays, January 16–March 20, 6–9 p.m.
No class February 20.