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LINCOLN CHRISTIAN SEMINARYscience and education. Utilizing methods as case studies, theological, scientificand legal research, and in-class lecture/discussion with key bioethics leaders, thisclass will provide the student with a good foundation for engaging our culture inan informed and biblically-constructive manner. (Same as TH 720)PC 750. Marriage Enrichment. A course designed: 1) to lead a couple topersonal marriage enrichment through learning to communicate effectively,resolve conflict, meet each other’s emotional needs, and build each other up; and2) to equip the couple to enrich the marriages of others. (Same as CE750)PC 751. Career Development Counseling. An examination of techniques andresources available for assisting counselees facing major career changes or whoare struggling with career adjustment. Special attention will be given to the issuesof competence, appropriate placement, transition, calling, etc. The student willbe in clinical experience with people who are in the process of making careerdecisions. It is suggested that PC667 be taken prior to this course.PC 760. Multicultural Counseling. A course designed to equip the student intwo specialized counseling areas: 1) with persons who are culturally different fromthe counselor; and 2) with persons who are experiencing trauma in their process ofculture crossing—missionaries and their families, immigrants, displaced persons,people in transitional communities, etc. (Same as IC650)PC 802. Adolescent Development and Counseling. A seminar focusingon understanding the significance of adolescence in the development of thewhole personality, and/or the effective means of ministry to adolescents whoare experiencing crisis or failure. Attention is given to the significance of theadolescent’s interactions with the institutional structures of church, school, andfamily.PC 803. Family Systems Applications: Marital and Premarital Therapy. Aseminar study of the dynamics of ministering to couples from the premarital stagethrough characteristic crises in marriage. Special attention is given to pastoralcounseling interventions for dysfunctional couples and to redemptive ministry forvictims of failed relationships.PC 804. Family Systems Counseling. A study of family systems with attention tothe essential distinctives between functional and dysfunctional families. Optionsfor pastoral intervention in an assortment of frequently occurring family crises willbe examined through clinical case confrontations.PC 806. Developmental Issues in Counseling the Elderly. A psychological andtheological study of the aging process with a view to assisting senior citizens asthey face such transitions as retirement, declining health, change of role, death of76