All Courses
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CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS: 13551
Welcome to Consumer Health Informatics! Check out the syllabus and assignments for details. Dr. Katherine Schilling, Instructor
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SYSTEMS AND SPECIALTY ENGINEER: 12460
Experience the integration of specialty engineering with systems engineering in the 2nd of 2 SE courses offered toward the Certificate of Systems Engineering.
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EVANGELICAL AMERICA: 27420
From the Great Awakening to recent presidential campaigns, evangelicals—and in the last century Pentecostal and Charismatic movements within evangelicalism—have played a vital role in shaping American cultural, social, and political institutions. Who are evangelicals? What do they believe, and how do they behave? Should non-evangelicals be worried about them? This course explores the causes, nature, and implications of evangelical influence through the lenses of history, literature, and religious studies—paying attention to fiction, poetry, autobiography, music, television, film, ethnography, and food.
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INTRO TO RELIGION IN AMERICA: 30988
What is “religion”? How has the American religious landscape changed in the last 300 years? What does it mean to be “religious” in America? Why do many Americans identify as “spiritual, but not religious”? Where can religion be found in American culture? In this course, we will look for signs of religion in some unexpected places: not just churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples—but also amusement parks, Disney films, YMCAs, restaurants, hospitals, public schools, and stadiums. Our “texts” include music, film, websites, food, court cases, and walking tours. Besides traditional papers and exams, course assignments will ask you to make fresh observations of your everyday landscapes and relationships. This course is an “introduction” that assumes no prior knowledge of religion or American history.