69 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Humanities
310 STUDIES IN GEOGRAPHY (3) Continental areas studies by regions emphasizing physical, cultural, economic and historical dimensions which give geo graphic personality to individual regions and nations. One or more sections offered each year in areas such as Latin America, North American, Europe and Asia. May be repeated with different con tent (section title).
Chair: William D. Shanebeck, M.A.
Asian Religious Traditions, the Evangelical Tradition. May be repeated with a differ ent focus. Prerequisite: 100, 200 or Political Science 200. 462 HISTORY OF THE EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY (3) The background, original development and spread of the Christian religion; emphasis on the modern era, especially contemporary growth dynamics and church structure in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Offered spring semester. 465 INTEGRATION SEMINAR (3) Issues in the contemporary world addressed from an interdisciplinary social
FACULTY Professors: D. Buss, R. Buss, Doland, Hanson,Jessup, Morland, Peters, Wilshire Associate Professors: Ciocchi, Cornell, Gilman, Lind, Sargent, W. Shanebeck, Smith Assistant Professors: Rambo OBJECTIVES The Departments of English, History and Philosophy offer an interdepartmen tal major in humanities. It consists of an 18-unit concentration in one area and two support areas of six upper division units each. The area of concentration is basical ly an emphasis in the desired field but offers more flexibility through advisement of the Humanities committee. The objective of the humanities major is to provide the student with a broader perspective in selected liberal arts disci plines than is possible with a single subject matter. Courses taken to satisfy the gen eral education requirement cannot be credited to the major.
science and Biblical perspective.. Prerequisites: Senior standing.
470 STUDIES IN HISTORY (1-3) Topics in history including individual reading in historical literature. May be repeated with a different topic. 480 RESEARCH SEMINAR (3) Special studies in history for majors uti lizing the techniques of problem-solving, research and formal writing. Non-majors may undertake special study in specific geographical areas; Latin America, Europe, Asia, United States, Near East and Africa. Prerequisite: 327 or consent. 490, 491 HONORS PROGRAM (3, 3) A year-long independent research pro ject for history majors culminating in an honors thesis. First semester: reading and research under supervision. Second semester: drafting and writing final paper.
DEGREE PROGRAM A Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Humanities is offered upon completion of the university baccalaureate and human ities major in one of the following concentrations. ENGLISH (31 UNITS) A major concentration of 19 units in English, of which 12 must be upper divi sion. English requirement includes one unit of English 470, as well as English 251 and 252. English 250 American Literature may be counted for the general education requirement. Two areas of six upper divi sion units each chosen from the following minor concentration areas of History and Philosophy, or 12 upper division units in one of those minor concentration areas: Minor concentration in History European history: 305,306,313,318, 422. American history: 300,307,308,310, 401,402. Church history: 321,408, 422, 460,462. Minor concentration in Philosophy Prerequisite 214 for general education . Philosophy and Religion: 302, 413 and 6 additional upper division units in philoso phy with approval of the Humanities Committee. Philosophy and Literature:
GEOGRAPHY
COURSES 301 CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY (3) World cultural regions; study of cultur al forces and their interaction with the physical environment to produce the vari eties of cultural landscape: population distribution, general land-use, settlement pattern, transportation and communica tion; attention given to contemporary environmental concerns.
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