College at Southwestern, NAS 4203, Introductory Natural
Science
Class Schedule and Links to Readings
Dr. Ray Bohlin
| Day 1 | August 31, 2015 | Introduction/Faith and Science/ ID in Astronomy |
The Privileged Planet |
| Labor Day Holiday | September 7, 2015 | ||
| Day 2 | September 14, 2015 | Redeeming Darwin/I.D. and Biology | CEMS Ch. 9RD Reference Guide, pp. 4, 5, 9,10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24, 25 |
| Day 3 | September 21, 2015 | Darwin’s Dilemma/ Cambrian Explosion |
CEMS, Ch. 1, 3, and 4 |
| Fall Break | September 28, 2015 | ||
| Day 4 | October 5, 2015 | Genetics/DNA/ Genetic Engineering |
1. Redesigning Humans: Is It Inevitable? 2. Human Genome Project 3. Human Genetic Engineering |
| Day 5 | October 12, 2015 | Exam 1 Abortion/Cloning/ Stem Cell Debate |
1. Arguments Against Abortion 2. The Continuing Controversy over Stem Cells 3. Stem Cell Commentary: Spinning the Terms 4. Response to the News of the First Human Clone 5. Can Humans Be Cloned Like Sheep? 6. I’m a Girl Because That’s What Mommy Wanted |
| Day 6 | October 19, 2015 | Christian View of the Environment/ Global Warming |
1. Christian Environmentalism 2. The Complex Realities Behind Global Warming |
| Day 7 | October 26, 2015 | Homosexuality/ Same Sex Marriage |
1. Can Homosexuals Change? 2. Helping Teens Understand Homosexuality |
| Day 8 | November 2, 2015 | Christian Views of Science and Earth History/ Flood Geology |
1. Christian Views of Science and Earth History 2. The Grand Canyon and the Age of the Earth |
| Day 9 | November 9, 2015 | Exam 2/Eugenics | 1. Euthanasia: A Christian Perspective 2. A Darwinian View of Life 3. Euthanasia: The Battle for Life |
| Day 10 | November 16, 2015 | Darwin’s Racists | DR |
| Thanksgiving Break | November 23 | ||
| Day 11 | November 30 | Sociobiology | Sociobiology: Genes, Evolution and Morality |
| Day 12 | December 7 | Biology of Human Uniqueness | The Biology of Human Uniqueness |
| December 11-16 | Finals Week | ||
| CEMS – Creation, Evolution, and Modern Science, Ray Bohlin, Ed., Kregel Press/Grand Rapids, MI, 2000 |
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DR – Darwin’s
Racists: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Sharon Sebastian and Raymond G.
Bohlin, Ph.D., VirtualBookWorm Publishing/ College Station, TX, 2009 (www.virtualbookworm.com)
RD – Redeeming
Darwin: The Intelligent Design Controversy, Probe Ministries/Plano, TX,
2007 (www.redeemingdarwin.com)