Competencies & Values
This core value demonstrates trusting Jesus Christ to guide our lives.
What is Christ-centered?
The place I can find the DBU Mission Statement
What is the DBU website?
This autobiographical novel is based upon the life of Daniel Nayeri.
What is "Everything Sad is Untrue"
This is answered with knowledge of the fact, definition, or settled procedure.
What are Questions of Procedure?
Arthur Holmes (The Idea of a Christian College, 1978) says that the liberal arts education is an open invitation to join the human race and become this.
This core value demonstrates thinking beyond my current surroundings, into the world I may or may not be familiar with.
What is Globally Minded?
The mission of Dallas Baptist University is to provide Christ-centered this to traditional age and adult students.
What is quality higher education?
Daniel and his family move from this country to this state.
What is Iran and Oklahoma?
This is answered subjectively based on an opinion or preference.
What are Questions of Preference?
Remembering our human diagram used in class, humans have these two capacities that enable us to become a responsible agent. (Holmes, 1978)
What are reflective and valuing?
This core competency is represented by eye glasses on the slide our professor shows in class.
What is biblical worldview?
According to the mission statement, DBU wants to provide Christ-centered, quality higher education to this group of people.
Who are traditional age and adult students?
The reason Daniel and his family left Iran.
What is his mother had a death warrant on her because she became a Christian?
This is answered by reasoning within multiple systems of knowledge and values.
What are Questions of Judgment?
The beginning of the idea of a liberal arts education began at this time in our history.
What is the 4th century BC?
This core competency means I use my mind to gather information, consider the sources, and make an educated decision about the information.
What is critical thinking?
According to the mission statement, DBU intends to produce this?
What are servant leaders?
Daniel and his family spent almost a year in this country before coming to the USA.
What is Italy?
This document is known a your course guide.
What is the syllabus?
Eva Brann stated that a liberal arts education is essential to this, one of our 3 preeminent rights.
What is the pursuit of happiness?
This core competency means that listening and thinking are as important as speaking.
What is communication?
According to the mission statement, DBU intends for students to develop this ability?
What is the ability to integrate faith and learning?
When he visited Daniel in Oklahoma, his dad brought him this from home.
What is Mr. Sheep Sheep?
These are the 3 elements of the biblical worldview.
The good toward which humans are meant to strive (Volf & Croasmun, 2019) is known as this.
What is the flourishing life?