Courses

This course teaches students to accurately identify and express emotions, and to develop and improve the emotional intelligence skills essential to managing conflict successfully. Students are directed through a series of self-evaluations to determine their current skill levels, learn the characteristics of specific skills, and apply and model the new learning. Students learn to break the habit of emotional reactivity and to model emotional proactivity. PW: Executive Systems

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of nonviolence as a manner of social change and as a philosophy. The course explores some of the classic writings on nonviolence such as those by Tolstoy, Gandhi, and King as well as current research findings on the efficacy of nonviolent social change, for instances, the work of Sharp, Nagler, Ackerman, and Chenoweth.

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of nonviolence as a manner of social change and as a philosophy. The course explores some of the classic writings on nonviolence such as those by Tolstoy, Gandhi, and King as well as current research findings on the efficacy of nonviolent social change, for instance, the work of Sharp, Nagler, Ackerman, and Chenoweth.

A seminar addressing architectural history and preservation theory and practice.

This course focuses on major aspects of the field of historic preservation including the history of the preservation movement, the National Register of Historic Places, federal regulations, historic properties and districts, American architectural styles, urban preservation, landscape preservation and cultural landscapes, preservation design, preservation technology, heritage interpretation, and preservation law.

This course addresses, from a practical perspective, some of the areas identified by ministry leaders as lacking in their own ministerial training. As such, it is designed to help the student develop personal ministry skills with a view toward applying these in the practical, multi-faceted arena of local church leadership. Efforts will be made to create an atmosphere of learning what to do—especially in a local church—and how to do it.

A seminar addressing the history, organization, and functions of history museums.

A seminar addressing the definition, evolution, and philosophy of public history.

Exploration of the development of human societies and world prehistory from the beginnings of humanity more than two million years ago to emergence of complex civilizations.

This course focuses not only upon the institutional and legal frameworks set out in the constitution regarding the Presidency, but also upon the historical, philosophical, psychological, and sociological aspects of the office. The American system of checks and balances is compared to that of parliamentary democracies.