2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Political Science |
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POL 338 - Administration of Social Services 3 Credit Hours
A study of the process of planning and administering basic social services including housing, recreation, health care, policy and welfare. (FA)
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POL 339 - Organizational Theory 3 Credit Hours
An analysis of the structure, theory and function of government and the political environment in which it exists.
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POL 340 - Third World Politics 3 Credit Hours
An analysis of selected political systems in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. (FA)
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POL 350 - Transnational Concerns 3 Credit Hours
An analysis of the various problems that affect the global community and the attempts to resolve them. (FA)
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POL 351 - American Foreign Policy 3 Credit Hours
An analysis of the making, implementation and implications of the foreign policy of the United States. (SP)
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POL 352 - Foreign Policy of Emerging Nations 3 Credit Hours
An analysis of the forces that shape the process, implementation and implication of economic, political and social policy development by less developed countries (LDC’s), and their effect on world order. (SP)
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POL 353 - Women in Politics 3 Credit Hours
An analysis of the levels of participation by women in the political processes that occur worldwide and to study these roles in relation to gender based political issues. (SP)
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POL 420 - Contemporary African Studies 3 Credit Hours
Selected topics with emphasis on international relations. (This course is also listed in the Department of History as HI 420, Contemporary African Studies, and may be taken for Credit as a political science course. Credit may not be earned when taking both courses.) (SU)
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POL 431 - Political Science Research 3 Credit Hours
A study of social science research methods for the conducting of research in political science. (SP)
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POL 436 - Political Theory 3 Credit Hours
An analysis of political thought from Greek antiquity to the present. (FA)
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POL 440 - International Political Economy 3 Credit Hours
This course analyzes the major issues that both connect and divide national interest from individual self-interest. (SP)
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POL 490 - Cooperative Education Field Experience 6, 9, 12, 15 Credit Hours
Work experience opportunity at the senior level. Student must have a cumulative grade point average of a minimum of 2.00 and have an application on file the Credit prior to actual training. Students may register for cooperative education experience on three occasions. Credit Hours Credit will be determined by the department chair after the details of placement have been made. (FA, SP, SU)
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POL 499 - Political Science Seminar 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 , EN 132 , RE 260 . This course focuses on writing and defense of senior research and the senior exit exam. It also includes discussion of selected topics of political science. Students must pass before taking this course. (SP)
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Psychology |
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PS 231 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 . This is a survey of major psychological concepts, principles, and theories including methods of research into the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. (FA,SP,SU)
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PS 236 - Developmental Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 , EN 132 . An examination of human development across the lifespan from conception to death including the integration of the biological, cognitive, and social processes which influence human behavior. (FA,SP,SU)
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PS 325 - Abnormal Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PS 231 , PS 236 , EN 240 . This is a study of common mental and behavioral disorders including the causes, classification, and treatment of these disorders. The impacts of these disorders on contemporary society are also discussed. (FA,SP,SU)
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PS 328 - Educational Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PS 231 , PS 236 , EN 240 . This is a survey course which introduces the student to broad substantive areas related to the study of psychology in education. It involves the knowledge and application of psychological principles in educational settings and their effect on learners and teachers within these settings. (FA,SP,SU)
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PS 330 - Social Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PS 231 , PS 236 , EN 240 . This is a study of the ways in which others influence the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of the individual in a social world. The course addresses social cognition or the perceptions and evaluations of the self and others in social situations, and how other people affect the psychological reactions of the individual. (FA,SP,SU)
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PS 332 - Personality Theories 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PS 231 , PS 236 , EN 240 . This course introduces the student to varied theories of personality including the philosophy, the development of the theory, the research methodology and the assessment. Interpretation of the theory and therapeutic approaches are also discussed. (FA,SP,SU)
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PS 337 - African/Black Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PS 231 , PS 236 , EN 240 . A critical examination of psycho-cultural forces that have helped to shape and determine the thought, styles, and behavior of African/Black Americans, and a study of the theories, research and writings of Black psychologists. (FA,SP)
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PS 338 - Research Methods in Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PS 231 , PS 236 , EN 240 . This course provides an in-depth study of the basic methodology in psychological research. The scientific method and its application to empirical research will be studied through the analysis of scholarly research literature and individual student empirical research projects. (FA,SP)
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PS 340 - Psychological Measurement 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PS 231 , PS 236 , EN 240 . This course introduces the student to the essentials of testing and assessment in both educational and counseling settings. The principles of test development which include test validity, test reliability, and test score interpretation are studied. Commonly used assessment techniques in counseling are also covered and include the preparation of a client assessment report. (FA,SP)
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PS 352 - History and Systems of Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PS 231 , PS 236 , EN 240 . A study of the historical and philosophical foundations of psychology, with an emphasis on classical theoretical perspectives. This course offers a knowledge base of how the discipline of psychology evolved from the merging of religion, philosophy, science, and biology. This includes structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, Gestalt, psychoanalysis, phenomenological/ existential, and positive psychology. (FA,SP)
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PS 420 - Counseling Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All 300 levels in psychology. This course provides an overview of contemporary theories of counseling with an emphasis on the practical applications associated with each orientation. A theoretical approach as well as supervised applied experience in the fundamental skills of individual and group counseling are presented. (FA,SP)
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PS 428 - Physiological Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All 300 levels in psychology. This is a study of the brain, nervous and endocrine systems and their roles in learning, personality, and behavior. (FA,SP)
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PS 430 - Statistics in Psychological Research 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All 300 levels in psychology. This is a continuation course from PS 338 which presents statistical techniques used with psychological research methodology. In addition to the computation of descriptive, correlational, and some inferential statistics, students will learn the application and interpretation of these statistics in empirical research. Must be completed before attempting the Senior Research course (PS 499 ). (FA,SP,SU)
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PS 435 - Cognitive Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All 300 levels in psychology. An exploration of theory and research in psychological, physiological, behavioral aspects of attention, memory, complex human learning, and problem solving. (FA,SP)
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PS 441 - Psychology of Aging 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All 300 levels in psychology. A comprehensive exploration of the theories, methods and research in the study of human aging. This includes age-related changes in social, cognitive, and emotional functioning. (SP)
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PS 442 - Psychology of Women (Sunset) 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All 300 levels in psychology. This course combines both the developmental and topical approaches to the study of women.
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PS 443 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Sunset) 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All 300 levels in psychology. This is a study of the application of the methods and principles of psychology to people at work. These include employee selection, psychological testing, motivation and job satisfaction, effects of stress, and consumer psychology.
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PS 444 - Human Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All 300 levels in psychology. An examination of the role of sexuality in the lives of children, adolescents, young and older adults in different cultural contexts. (FA,SP)
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PS 445 - Community Psychology (Sunset) 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All 300 levels in psychology. This course examines the contribution of psychology to social and community change through the study of groups, organizations and communities, with the goal of preventing distress and building competencies.
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PS 499 - Senior Thesis Research 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PS 430 and ALL other core psychology courses. This course focuses on the practical application of the scientific method in psychological research, leading to the written and oral presentation of the Bachelor’s thesis in psychology. Students are also required to pass the senior comprehensive exit exam to be successful in this course. (FA,SP)
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PSA 490 - Psychology Field Experience 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Consent of the Department Chair. This course is for seniors in psychology and is taken only once. It is designed to provide students with practical experiences in clinical services provided by private, city, and state agencies in the Daytona Beach area. Submission of weekly progress reports, and weekly journals in the format provided, and signed by the supervisor, a portfolio, and reaction/reflection paper are required. The Department Chair keeps in contact with the Field supervisor to monitor the progress of the student. (FA,SP,SU)
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Reading |
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RE 260 - Critical Reading 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Students must have scored a COMPASS reading score of 85 or better or complete CARES REA 122, and EN 131. This course is designed for sophomores. The course uses a textbook(s) and novel as an introduction and/or reinforcement of literal and critical reading skills. The class advances critical reading, critical thinking skills, as well as writing, listening and speaking skills. To advance these skills the course uses group work, discussions, oral assignments, written exercises and research. Special attention is placed on developing rhetorical, analytical and interpretive skills necessary to complete the General Education program. (FA, SP)
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RE 261 - Honors Critical Reading 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into the B-CU Honors Program. This course is designed to further solidify the critical reading and comprehension skills of the Honors student, using both the textbook and selected great works of literature. Meaningful inquiry and literary analysis will lead to essays that are descriptive, philosophical and evaluative in nature. Projects, both written and oral, are at the heart of this course; the capstone project is a student symposium. Students of Honors Critical Reading will become effective college level readers, speakers and writers and will acquire advance the rhetorical, analytical, and interpretive skills necessary to navigate both the General Education program and individual programs of study. (FA)
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Recreation |
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REC 225 - Introduction to Recreation 3 Credit Hours
A survey of the career opportunities in health, physical education, recreation, sports fitness management, and athletic training that exist in human service agencies, recreation agencies, fitness centers, and educational institutions. (FA, SP)
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REC 231 - Intramural Sports 3 Credit Hours
This course provides a study of theory and practice in developing and conducting intramural programs at the high school and college levels. Emphasis directed on the history and scope of intramural sports. (FA, SP)
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REC 232 - History & Philosophy Recreation 3 Credit Hours
This course examines major historical and philosophical developments in sport and recreation, including interscholastic, intercollegiate, professional sport, and the recreation and commercial fitness industries. (FA, SP)
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REC 310 - Departmental Internship 1 Credit Hour
This course provides teaching experience in the Physical Education / Recreation program at Bethune-Cookman University. One hour lab teaching per week under faculty supervision is required. (FA,SP)
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REC 331 - Recreational Leadership 3 Credit Hours
This course introduces students to the techniques and dynamics of leadership in recreation and to the fundamental concepts, characteristics, and trends in recreation program planning. (FA, SP)
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REC 333 - Outdoor Resources/Camping 3 Credit Hours
This course introduces students to recreational participation in natural environments. The course includes analysis of the characteristics of recreation, the responsibilities of federal, state, regional and local governments in providing recreational opportunities, tools for recreation administration, and recreation resource policy. (FA, SP)
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REC 421 - Areas and Facilities Management 3 Credit Hours
A course designed to introduce the student to the areas of recreational facilities to include planning, design, construction, and maintenance; and to the broad area of low organizational sports, games, and activities. The emphasis is on creativity and innovation. (FA, SP)
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REC 490 - Field Experience 9 Credit Hours
A supervised professional work experience (360-400 work Hours) is an important part of the Physical Education/Recreation curriculum. The work experience exposes the student to the operations of recreation programs and provides experiences leading to employment. Placement can be in public, private, or voluntary agencies. Need a total of 9-12 to meet requirements. (FA, SP)
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Religion and Philosophy |
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CMIN 220 - Spiritual Formation 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 This courses will focus on the formation and development of mature character in the life of the Christian leader. The course will explore biblical models of transformation and faith development combining elements of academic study and Christian experience. The course invites the student to think critically, to develop new ideas, and work with them. The purpose of this kind of learning is not to stop at the academic level, but encourage personal spiritual growth through participation and reflection and enable the student to facilitate others to grow in Christ
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CMIN 260 - Introduction to Christian Theology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: RELI 110 , EN 131 This introductory course takes a look at Jesus and his teachings in an historical contex and provides a general overview of the major doctrines of Christianity and concepts of Christian Theology. The course examines the creeds of the early church, taking into account the major reasons that necessitated their formulations. The course also builds a platform for the demonstrationof how the cause of Christianity has helped to forge theologies of Liberation that have sparked the cause of Change that have been prevalent, instrumental and necessary in bringing about social justice.
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CMIN 335 - Intro to Black Theology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , CMIN 260 , RELI 250 This course examines the origin of Liberation Theologies and their diverse expressions. Black Theology is considered in its global context; in its roots in Latin American and African American religious thought; and in its dialogue with other theologies such as feminist and Womanist theologies. In so doing, the course introduces students to the relevant conditions, primary issues and themes of African and African American history that contributed to the formation of religion, theological thought and moral reflection. The course will also critically examine the four basic building blocks of Black Theology that were used to construct a Black Theology of liberation in response to the question - What does it mean to be Black and Christian? The course will also examine and critically analyze the theological thoughts of first generation black theologians such as James H. Cone, J. Deotis Roberts, Gayraud Wilmore and Charles H. Long. Further, second and third generation theologians such as Jacqueline Grant, Delores Williams, Dwight N. Hopkins, Cornel West, Anthony Pinn, and Eddie Glaude will be part of the class discussion as we consider responses to the first generation’s theological positions.
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CMIN 343 - Christian Doctrines 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , CMIN 260 A course that seeks to give students a clear foundation in Christian doctrines to further their personal discipleship and enable them to minister with theological integrity and biblical faithfulness. The course will cover such topics as Christian faith with an emphasis on God’s work of creation, the Bible, Sin, the person and work of Christ, the Holy Spirit, the identity and mission of the Church, and eschatology. The course will endeavor to link theory with the practical/ethical dimensions of Christian theology.
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CMIN 344 - Liberation Theologies 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , CMIN 260 This course explains and examines various liberation theologies (Latin American, Black, Mujerista, Feminist, etc.) in conceptual and practical terms. The course elaborates the theological frameworks that are the basis for these theologies. It outlines how they relate to larger theological issues such as sin and salvation, incarnation and redemption, and the relationship between love and justice. Finally it examines the relationship between praxis (thoughtful reflection on action), social analysis and liberation.
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CMIN 350 - Preaching in the African-American Tradition 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , RELI 250 , CMIN 335 This course will explore and examine the particularities and uniqueness of the African-American preaching tradition. Emphasis will be placed on the ways in which, historically and culturally, preaching is conducted in African-American churches. Specifically, this course will focus on the use of language, metaphor, imagination, and responsible encounter with the Biblical text from an African American perspective. Students will have the opportunity to preach at least once during the semester.
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CMIN 354 - Music in Christian Worship 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: RELI 110 A survey of the multifarious roles of music in Christian worship, with emphasis on worship music from the perspective of theology, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and psychology; worship music as tradition, culture, history, and pedagogy; worship music as a means of prayer, praise, meditation, spiritual formation, and healing; and worship music as used in other religious traditions of the world.
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CMIN 361 - Pastoral Care 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CMIN 260 This course will introduce students to Pastoral Care in the context of the parish/church. Pastoral Care is presented as a critical tool for interpersonal appreciation and responsiveness to individuals operating and dealing with the demands and difficulties of life. Students are expected to refine their relational skills and clinical insights by drawing upon the church, personal, cultural and theological traditions, as well as specific casework from their ministry settings.
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CMIN 410 - Religious and Social Thought of Howard Thurman 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CMIN 260 , CMIN 335 , RELI 365 This course is a critical examination of Howard Thurman’s history, theology, meditations, and mysticism with special attention given to his perspective regarding race relations and social justice.
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CMIN 420 - Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CMIN 333 This course will focus on the historical development of key themes of Old Testament theology and search for a center of the Old Testament Studies. The student will explore the concepts of God, mankind, the nature of revelation, sin, salvation, prophecy, God’s eternal purpose, worship, blessing and abundance, stewardship of cultural and redemptive mandates, covenant community, social ethics, morality, justice, and grace.
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CMIN 425 - Theological Interpretation of the New Testament 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CMIN 333 , CMIN 420 This course explores the theology of the New Testament literature in its unity and diversity. Attention will be paid to the methodological and interpretive problems involved, and will focus on a series of central topics (love, freedom, the Kingdom of God, predestination, sin, atonement, the church, sacrament, eschatology, Christology).
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CMIN 431 - History of Christianity I 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , CMIN 260 A survey history of Christianity that focuses on the early Church through the fifteenth century. The course will give particular attention to the Christological controversies of the early church as well as to selected Latin and Greek fathers, and to the Church councils that determined theological doctrines. This is a seminar course; students will read primary sources in translation and write essays on historical topics.
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CMIN 432 - History of Christianity II 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CMIN 431 A survey history of Christianity starting with the background of the Protestant Reformation and extending through the multiple reformations of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and their aftermath. This seminar course will have a global focus; the spread of Christianity to Asia, Africa, and the New World will be covered from the beginning of European colonization through the Missionary Movement of the nineteenth century and into the present day. This is a seminar course; students will read primary sources in translation and write essays on historical topics.
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CMIN 445 - Homiletics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CMIN 350 , CMIN 420 Corequisite: CMIN 425 This course combines both theory and practice of preaching. It introduces a functional methodology of organizing and developing the elements of a sermon. It examines issues of bridging exegesis and exposition as well as the application of biblical truth and the effective delivery to listeners. Approximately one-third of the course is devoted to a lab setting where lessons and sermons are video-recorded and critiqued.
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CMIN 460 - Christian Ethics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , PHIL 230 This course will introduce students to the study of religious ethics by focusing on four traditional Christian principles used in the process of Christian moral deliberation (Scripture, tradition, experience, and reason) and applying said principles to specific moral problems/issues such as human rights, human sexuality, social concerns, politics, economics, and biomedicine. After a careful perusal of prominent ethical theories and theorists from a historical perspective, we will explore how moral judgments are made and how religious views influence these judgments. The course will also examine how Christian ethics has been informed and nurtured by Holy Writ, the teachings of Jesus Christ, the role of the Holy Spirit in the development of conscience, and the theological tradition of the Christian religion in all of its expressions (Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant).
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PHIL 230 - Ethics 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 This course examines moral standards and applications of moral reasoning to some of the social and personal complexities of our time from a multicultural perspective. The course emphasizes values and ethics commensurate with those values (perspectives) and the role both play in our lives, socially and personally. The course examines the ways in which ethics and a sense of morality are shaped by society while also transforming society. Finally, the course explores different classical and contemporary moral theories and introduces various ways to consider justice.
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PHIL 235 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 This course introduces students to the study of philosophy and philosophical methods through a survey of key themes, thinkers, and problems in their historical settings. The course distinguishes between philosophy, religion, psychology, and anthropology. Philosophic approaches to be introduced may include: materialism, idealism, pragmatism, phenomenology, and existentialism. Themes to be introduced may include the reliability of knowledge, make up of ultimate reality, free will, determinism, the problem of evil, race, class, and gender.
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PHIL 239 - Logic 3 Credit Hours
Logic provides an analysis of the process of correct thinking, the nature and structure of argument, the forms of valid reasoning, analysis, and definition. Logic may be defined as the “science that evaluates arguments.” We will be constructing and evaluating arguments.
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PHIL 331 - History of Ancient to Medieval Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , PHIL 235 A study of western philosophy from its inception with the pre-Socratics to 1400 A.D. Special attention will be given to its social and cultural origins, and its impact on the development of Christian theology
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PHIL 332 - History of Modern Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , PHIL 235 A study of leading philosophers from the Renaissance to the present day: idealists, positivists, pragmatists, and existentialists, with special reference to Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume and Kant.
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PHIL 355 - Philosophy and Education 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , PHIL 235 This course will introduce students to the philosophy of education through a close reading and discussion of key foundational texts as well as more contemporary, critical works. Education raises questions not only about the nature of knowledge and its transmission, but equally about power and its circulation. This course will examine the intersection of those questions as we reflect on the meaning of education and its role in contemporary society.
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PHIL 370 - Political Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , PHIL 235 This course will introduce students to the field of political philosophy through a close reading and discussion of key foundational texts. We will examine such issues as the nature of rights, political authority, sovereignty, liberty, and justice. After a critical examination of these texts, we will explore how these political philosophies impact not only the formation of government and society, but our individual lives as well.
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PHIL 400 - Africana Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HI 130 ; EN 132 , RELI 205 , PHIL 235 In this course we will read a range of African-American thinkers from the 19th century to the present in order to develop an appreciation of the unique, critical philosophical voice in the black intellectual tradition.
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PHIL 421 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PHIL 235 ; PHIL 332 A study of leading philosophers and philosophic themes from 19th Century. Philosophic positions such as idealism, empiricism, existentialism, romanticism, Marxism, positivism, and pragmatism will be discussed, as will the role of art and aesthetics.
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PHIL 425 - Contemporary Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PHIL 421 This course is a study of philosophical answers to the contemporary questions concerning the existence of God, the nature of truth, the purpose of life, and the goal of society. The course introduces critical thinking as a fundamental component of philosophy and introduces the student to major philosophical thinkers in the contemporary era (20th and 21st Century). The course will examine western philosophy’s relation to social and cultural origins, as well the contemporary intellectual climate.
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PHIL 430 - Human Nature and Knowledge 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PHIL 235 , PHIL 332 This course explores the fundamental questions of human nature and the reliability of human knowledge. That is, it asks questions both of us - “what kind of beings are we? what kind of being am I?” - and about what we can know. Further, this course attempts to explore the intersection of those two questions, for perhaps knowledge of ourselves, of our very being, lies outside the limits of knowledge. If the Socratic maxim implores us to “know ourselves,” this course will explore the very possibility of that knowledge.
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PHIL 436 - Philosophy of Religion 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , PHIL 235 This course philosophically explores the classical issues of religious thought, such as the existence and reality of God, the attributes of God, the problem of evil, death and the afterlife, religious experience, and religious pluralism.
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PHIL 440 - Philosophy of Race, Class, and Gender 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PHIL 235 This course will offer a philosophic examination of three markers of identity: race, class, and gender, while also examining the ways in which these markers have been left out of traditional philosophic discourse.
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PHIL 444 - Philosophy of Science 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PHIL 436 An examination of the nature of the scientific enterprise. Topics of discussion include: the presuppositions of science, its logic, its claims to reliability, the nature of scientific truth, and its relationships to society and to problems of human values.
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RELI 110 - Understanding Faith 3 Credit Hours
Through the lens of Christian traditions and values, this course will introduce the discipline of Religious Studies through basic concepts such as scripture, deity, authority, worship and ritual, ethics, the nature of religious experience, and faith. Students will apply this knowledge to analyze and understand faith commitments in order religious traditions.
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RELI 205 - Intro to African Traditional Religion and Culture 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: RELI 110 This course introduces the student to African Traditional Religion and to the culture and civilization of Africa before the coming of Arab and European colonialism and religions. Students will learn why African Traditional Religion is still practiced today amid Western and Eastern religions.
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RELI 210 - Religion and Popular Culture 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 , RELI 110 This course uses a range of disciplinary perspectives to examine the ways religious themes, symbols, icons and language are used in expressions of popular culture and to understand how religion itself is influenced in return. The course will explore these interactions between religion and popular culture from diverse cultural and religious traditions and across many media platforms.
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RELI 241 - Religions of the World 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 , RELI 110 A brief look at the religious beliefs and practices of Hinduism and Buddhism as well as the Near-Eastern traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The cultural background of each religion will be discussed as well as the ways that religion affects culture and society around the world today. (FA, SP, SU)
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RELI 250 - African American Religious History 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , HI 130 This course is a survey of African American religious experiences. The course introduce students to the history and culture of African American Religion and try to determine the manner in which it relates to contemporary society. Special attention will be given to Black religious practices, institutions and thought in the African American quest for freedom, justice, and equality through the lens of: African Traditional Religions, the African Diaspora, Religion of the Slave, Black Church and Abolitionist Movements, and Civil Rights; Race, Class, and Gender; Black Catholicism; Black Power Movements, Black Muslims; Alternative Black Religious Practices; Crisis in the Black Church, and Mega Churches.
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RELI 321 - Hermeneutics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , RELI 210 Hermeneutics introduces the student to the fundamental categories of the theory of interpretation. In keeping with the historical trajectory of hermeneutics, its scope expands beyond questions about the rules for textual/biblical interpretation, towards the question of the nature of meaning and understanding as such. The course will engage a number of hermeneutical emphases including: the world behind the text (history, authorial intention, allegory), the world in the text (structuralism, narrative theory, poetics), and the world in front of the text (reader-response, community response, deconstruction, liberationist, feminist, queer, postcolonial).
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RELI 340 - Religion in America 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , RELI 241 This course examines major religious groups and denominations in the United States, their histories, beliefs, and practices. In addition, attention is given to current religious trends and controversies. Local field trips are a major component of the course.
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RELI 350 - Comparative Religious Ethics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , PHIL 230 , RELI 241 This course explores what different religious traditions have to say about important ethical and moral questions. This course aims to provide students with the tools and knowledge to understand, comparatively analyze, and evaluate the ethical teachings and moral prescriptions of the religious traditions of Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.
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RELI 361 - World Scriptures 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , RELI 241 This course seeks to provide a comparative study of scriptures of the World Religions-Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It will cover teachings, ethics, organization, and ritual as well as examining basic doctrines, practices, and religious institutions that developed as a result of scriptural mandates. We will utilize primary sources available in English translations.
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RELI 365 - Theories of Justice 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , PHIL 230 Corequisite: RPCM 391 This course examines different understandings/formulations/theories of justice in reference to real world problems. Doing justice emerges as a central way to provide leadership in society and to appreciate the ethics of such leadership. The course accomplishes this by addressing a specific moral/social/environmental issue selected by students. In reference to this issue, the course examines the ways in which understandings of justice are shaped by society while also being transformative of society. Moreover, the course addresses two interrelated questions relating to the issue selected by students: What should we do to resolve the issue/being about meaningful social change? Are our responses to it (and to those involved) just? This course must be taken concurrently with RPCM 391.
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RELI 370 - Theories and Methods for Religious Studies 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , RELI 241 This course explores seminal thinkers and primary texts necessary for the academic study of religion. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the development of formative theories in the field and of contemporary approaches relevant for the religious studies.
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RELI 420 - Religion and Science 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , RELI 350 This class examines the relationship between religion, and science, from the perspective of different religious traditions, particularly Western traditions. The class will survey a range of issues, thinkers, and approaches to some of the most important ways in which religion and science interact. This class does not require any previous training in religious studies or in the specific scientific topics addressed.
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RELI 425 - Islam 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , RELI 241 This course seeks to provide a comprehensive look at Islamic doctrine, practice, and religious institutions in diverse geographical settings from the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the present time. We will utilize the translated source material from the Qur’an, sayings (hadith) of the Prophet, legal texts (sharia), and some of the mystical work which will provide an overview of literary expressions of the religion of Islam.
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RELI 430 - The Sacred Event: Ritual Space and Time 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 , RELI 241 This course explores theories of religious ritual, space and time, and reflects on what constitutes, constructs, and configures the sacred event. The course will apply these theories to survey a diversity of sacred rituals, spaces and times within various religious contexts. Themes to be covered during the semester include pilgrimage, shared and contested sacred events, sacred space and civil religion, gender and the sacred event, and the construction of new sacred spaces.
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RELI 434 - Death and Immortality 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132 An interdisciplinary, cross-cultural study of death and dying, including discussions of transcendence and immortality, health care, suicide, abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, the right to die, and other relevant topics. The course uses materials from philosophy, psychology, sociology, and religion. (FA, SP)
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RELI 435 - Theodicy 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CMIN 260 , PHIL 235 The problem of evil can be put rather succinctly: If the world was created by an all good, all powerful and all-knowing God, then why does evil exist? This course will examine attempted solutions to the problems of evil in the world. In doing so, we will discuss concepts such as the freedom of the will, the nature of justice, the nature of suffering, original sin, eternal damnation, pre-established harmony, and possible worlds.
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RP 200 - Understanding Religion 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: No . This course may be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Religion and Philosophy. An introduction to the discipline of Religious Studies through a multi-cultural study of basic concepts such as myth, ritual, deity, sacred space, sacred texts, music, and art. (FA, SP, SU)
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RP 205 - Introduction to African Traditional Religion and Culture 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: No . This course introduces the student to African Traditional Religion and the culture and civilization of Africa before the coming of Arab and European colonialism and religions. Students will learn why African Traditional Religion is still practiced today amid Western and Eastern religions. (FA)
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RP 220 - Understanding Biblical Studies 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: No . This course may be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Religion and Philosophy. An introduction to the canon of Christian Scripture as well as to the Old and New Testaments in their historical, literary, and canonical contexts. This course serves as a critical foundation for the academic study of the Bible while allowing students to explore the contemporary connections with lived experience. (FA, SP)
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RP 225 - Life and Teachings of Jesus 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: No . This course may be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Religion and Philosophy. An examination of the life and teachings of Jesus within Jesus’ own historical setting. Attention is given to the religious-historical background of his ministry, to his life and teachings as presented in the synoptic Gospels, and to contemporary applications of his teachings. (SP)
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RP 227 - Genesis 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 . This course may be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Religion and Philosophy. An examination of the book of Genesis with emphasis upon its modern application to moral and ethical problems. (SP)
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RP 231 - History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 . This course may be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Religion and Philosophy. A study of western philosophy from its inception to 1400 A.D.; its relation to social and cultural origins; its role in the contemporary intellectual climate. (FA)
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RP 232 - History of Modern Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 . This course may be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Religion and Philosophy. A study of leading philosophers from the Renaissance to the present day idealists, positivists, pragmatists, and existentialists, with special reference to Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Kant, Kierkegaard and Sartre. (SP)
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RP 239 - Logic 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: No . This course may be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Religion and Philosophy. An analysis of the process of correct thinking; the nature and structure of argument; the forms of valid reasoning, analysis, and definition. A study of the fundamentals of the scientific method for the organization of knowledge, utilizing the discipline of clear and consistent thinking. (FA, SP)
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RP 255 - Philosophy and Education 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: No . This course will introduce students to the philosophy of education through a close reading and discuss of key foundational texts as well as more contemporary, critical works. Education raises questions not only about the nature of knowledge and its transmission, but equally about power and its circulation. This course will examine the intersection of those questions as we reflect on the meaning of education and its role in contemporary society. (FA)
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RP 331 - History of Christianity 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 and EN 132 . This course may be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Religion and Philosophy. A survey of the history of the Christian faith from apostolic times to the present. Particular attention will be given to the doctrinal controversies of the Latin and Greek Fathers, the Protestant Reformation, and the spread of Christianity from Europe to the New World, Asia and Africa. (SP)
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