Courses
TRS 172 RELIGION IN CONTEMPORARY IRELAND 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines complex factors involved in shaping religion in contemporary Ireland. The changing face of Irish religious sensibility is situated within such factors as Irish history, the major role of Catholicism in the culture, and the multicultural dimensions of twenty-first-century Ireland.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
TRS 173 RELIGION AND SEXUALITY 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the relationship between religion and sexuality in various world religions. Topics include asceticism versus eroticism, defining normality and deviance, sex as a means to challenge or maintain the social order, and religious responses to the changing sexual morality in contemporary Western society.
Offered: Fall Semester Odd Academic Years
TRS 174 WOMEN IN WORLD RELIGIONS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will study the role of women in world religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam. The goal of the course is to understand how interpretation of religious tradition changes over time and the impact this has on individuals and society. To that end, we will explore ancient religious texts as well as case studies of contemporary religious communities. Change in religion is often controversial, so we will examine and both sides of several contemporary debates over women's roles. We will also learn various theories that can help us understand and critically assess gender in religion.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
TRS 175 CULTS, SECTS, & NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores beliefs and practices of new religions in America, including Mormonism, Unification Church, Christian Science, Scientology, Theosophy, New Age, Neopaganism, and UFO cults. Presents both sociological and theological approaches to understanding new religions.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
TRS 176 MORTALITY AND ETERNITY 3.0 Credit(s)
This course engages students with texts that raise questions of ultimate concern. How do we make sense of an innate human desire to know that is constrained by our finite natures?
Offered: Fall Semester Even Academic Years
TRS 199 SP FOUNDATIONAL TOPICS IN TRS 3.0 Credit(s)
Designates new or occasional courses that present the opportunity to study a major era, theme, or set of thinkers in theology or religious studies, at the foundations level. Consult the current course schedule for available topics.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
TRS 144 CONTEMP. AMER. CATH. CHURCH 3.0 Credit(s)
An overview of the challenges and opportunities in pastoral ministry today in the American Catholic Church. The focus will be on demographic, cultural, social and generational changes that are significantly impacting the shape of local Catholic parish life.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
PH 126 INTRODUCTION TO MODERN PHILOSOPHY 3.0 Credit(s)
Modern philosophy explores the works of 17th and 18th century thinkers such as Descartes, Spinoza, Cavendish, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. This era is the birth not only of many philosophical questions still alive today, but also of the scientific revolution. Of specific interest to these thinkers are questions about the limits of human knowledge, the nature and capacity of the human mind, and the relationship between reason, faith, and scientific inquiry.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
PH 172 INTRODUCTION TO METAPHYSICS 3.0 Credit(s)
Investigates some of the great themes of European philosophy and the problem of metaphysics as the intellectual inquiry which is supposed to clarify the nature of reality.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
PH 174 EXISTENTIALISM 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of individual existence as the situation in which one makes meaning through free and responsible choices. Primary authors are the nineteenth- and twentieth-century existentialists such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre although earlier philosophers may be studied as well for their existentialist themes.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
MA 111 ALGEBRA & DATA FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides prospective elementary teachers with a conceptual understanding of algebra, statistics, and probability. Models and manipulatives will be used to justify the reasons "Why?" behind elementary math concepts and procedures. Prerequisite: Take MA-107
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
PH 180 LOGIC 3.0 Credit(s)
Logic is the formal study of arguments and inference. Particular attention is given to symbolic representations of systems of rationality and to what makes an argument valid or invalid.
Offered: Spring Semester Odd Academic Years
PH 199 SP FOUNDATIONAL TOPICS IN PHIL 3.0 Credit(s)
Designates new or occasional courses that present the opportunity to study a major era, theme, or set of thinkers in philosophy, at the foundational level. Consult the current course schedule for available topics.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
BI 106 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 3.0 Credit(s)
This online course is intended to introduce the language and application of medical terminology to students interested in a career in health care.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
CM 150 SPORTS COMMUNICATION PRACTICUM 3.0 Credit(s)
Sports Communication Practicum is a hands-on experiential learning course designed to give students first-hand experience gaining the practical skills necessary to succeed in the contemporary sports communication industry. This course is designed for students to receive training and guidance from SCMA faculty while working on projects for the SHU Athletics Department.
Offered: All Semesters All Years