Bryan College

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Bryan College is a crazy place where you can get a minor in "Origins Studies."[1] The course work is as follows:

  • BIB 215 Pentateuch
  • HEB 211 Elements of Hebrew I
  • BIO 314 Biological Origins (A course on both evolution and the YEC perspectives--interesting!)[2]
  • BIO 317 History of Life
  • Choose one Independent Research: BIO 400, LA 350, MATH 400, HNR 415
  • Choose one elective: HEB 212 Elements of Hebrew II, BIO 345 Biodiversity & Biosystemstics, or other course approved by the director of CORE

Faculty at Bryan College have to sign a statement that "The origin of man was by fiat of God" and Adam and Eve "are historical persons created by God in a special formative act, and not from previously existing life-forms."[3]

Bryan College is located in Dayton, Tennessee, the town notorious for the Scopes trial having been held there, and is named for William Jennings Bryan, the lawyer for the pro-creationist side in that trial who had also been the Democratic nominee three different times for president in 1896, 1900, and 1908 on a left-wing platform of "free silver" and trust-busting (he lost all three times).

Bryan College was also the site of the Center for Origins Research (CORE). This "research" was self-published in its "CORE Issues in Creation" and "enCORE-Educational Notes of the Center for Origins Research." Because enrollment issues led to a budget shortfall, the college was forced to defund the center.[4] After looking for private funding, CORE was officially disbanded in favor of the Core Academy of Science, a non-profit group.[5][6]


[edit] Degree Programs

Majors

  • Bible Studies
  • Christian Ministry
  • Biology (Note- on their Biology page is a bible quote)
  • Business Administration
  • Creative Writing
  • Psychology
  • Teaching

Minors

  • Teaching
  • Chemistry


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