Courses

This course offers an examination of European history between the end of the First to the rise of Hitler in the early 1930s and the origins, process, and consequences HIST 3340, which can be taken concurrently.

Origins and development of Japanese imperialism; Japan's expansion into East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific; wartime societies; collaboration and resistance; effects of the war in the United States on Japanese-Americans; outcomes of the war; remembrance of the war.

Origins and development of Japanese imperialism; Japan's expansion into East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific; wartime societies; collaboration and resistance; effects of the war in the United States on Japanese-Americans; outcomes of the war; remembrance of the war.

This course explores the Black religious experience in the context of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It critically evaluates interdisciplinary knowledge, examines the history, theology, and practice of Christian worship, especially in Black SDA congregations, and the growth, content, methods, and designs of Black preaching.

This course draws on liturgical texts, classical authors and modern writers to develop a liturgically based understanding of the Christian moral life and to apply that understanding to selected ethical issues.

Study of musical, theological, pastoral, philosophical, and technological principles that inform public Christian worship. Application of principles through guided experience in worship planning and leadership.

This course explores the surprising and dynamic intersections between religious studies and the world of professional wrestling. This seminar examines how religion is represented in professional wrestling, how professional wrestling functions like something we could call religion, and how terms from professional wrestling might help us understand religion.

This course offers a comparative examination of responses by 20th century literary and visual artists to perceived social crises and challenges to American cultural values, such as sex in the early 20th century American city, working class struggles during the Great Depression, issues of atomic anxiety during the early years of the Cold War, the ethical dilemmas of the Vietnam War, the perils of the AIDS/HIV crisis, and the flourishing of contemporary consumer culture.

This course is a workshop focusing on the craft of writing as art and business. Attention is given to writing as a career option.

This course is designed to be a career pathway opportunity for students in the major. Students focus on deeper practices in professional publication.