Arts & Humanities Theme courses address cultural production and cultural life both in the United States and globally. They encourage students to understand cultural production within its historical, social and economic context.

HUMN 104 Exploring American Culture Through Literature & Film (4): While focusing on American literature and film, students explore the creation and development of American culture. Basic skills of critical analysis are applied to cultural “texts” produced in the United States. Students use these skills to examine contested dimensions of culture such as religion, society, culture, politics and economics. Prerequisite: ENGL 111 or 124 (can be concurrently enrolled)

HUMN 105 Exploring American CultureThrough theVisual& Performing Arts (4): While focusing on American visual and performing arts,students  explore  the  creation and development of American culture.Basicskills of critical analysisareappliedtocultural“texts”produced in the UnitedStates.Students use these skillsto examine contesteddimensions of culturesuch as religion,politics, the arts and economics. Prerequisite:ENGL 111 or 124 (can be concurrentlyenrolled)

HUMN 106 Perspective on Modern Culture (4): This coursefocuses on the forcesthatshape and influence modern culture.Students will criticallyanalyzecultural‘texts’ and interact with guestlecturers who shape and influence those texts.Students will develop a personalvoice for interpretingculturalproducts. Prerequisite:ENGL 111 or 124 (can be concurrentlyenrolled)

HUMN 107 The Pastoral in Music & Literature (4): This courseaddressespastoral themes in music and literatureover the pastthreehundredyears with an emphasis on the currentenvironmentalmovement and its precedents. The pastoral will be redefinedacross time and in both rural and urbanspaces.Prerequisite:ENGL 111 or 124 (can be concurrentlyenrolled)

HUMN 108 Forgiveness, Personality, & Culture (4): This course will define forgiveness and connect it to:humanpersonality;forgiving under difficult circumstances; crimes againsthumanity;peacemaking; and religious principles for forgiveness,particularly those from a Christianperspective. Prerequisite:ENGL 111 or 124 (can be concurrentlyenrolled)

HUMN 109 Migrants, Refugees & Exiles: The Politics of Migration (4): This courseexplores the politics of migration in referencetolocations of departure and arrival. Itfocuses on political and economic models of opinion and processes for establishingimmigration policy. Itanalyses the effect on humanrightstowardsmigrants,exiles, and refugees. Prerequisite:ENGL 111 or 124 (can be concurrentlyenrolled)

Religion Theme courses focus on religious beliefs and practices, including a foundation in Adventism. They encourage students to make careful decisions about their own religious faith and practice.

RLGN 304 Adventism in Global Perspective (4): An interdisciplinary study of Adventism from its inception in nineteenth-century New England to its present situation as a multicultural community of faith, including an examination of the major figures and historical turning points. Th course traces the development of Adventist beliefs and their relationship to those of other Christian denominations. Th course also considers various aspects of the Adventist lifestyle; surveys the principal Adventist enterprises, such as health care, education, media, and missions; and, looks at Adventist spirituality and the problems it encounters in a predominantly secular environment. Prerequisite: ENGL 113 or 124; Restriction: Students must have junior or senior standing; NOTE: RLGN 304 may count as a Theme IIIB Beliefs and Heritage course.

RLGN 305 The Experience of Religion in Three Cultures (4): An examination of the phenomena of religious belief and experience, and a study of the theologies and institutions that formalize belief, establish community, and insure their preservation and perpetuation. Special attention is given to Christianity and to two of the following: Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Animism. The course interacts with the contemporary world by exploring ways of developing relevant, persuasive individual and communal value systems and the influence of these systems on individual and communal judgments and choices. Not open to students with credit in RELT 237. Prerequisites: ENGL 113 or 124; Restriction: Students must have junior or senior standing; NOTE: RLGN 305 does not count as a Theme IIIB Beliefs and Heritage course.

RLGN 307 Faith & Worship in the Inland Empire (4): Exploration of faith communities in the  Inland  Empire, with emphasis on immigrant groups and their religious adaptations to local needs and contexts. This exploration will be traced especially through worship styles and experiences, educational programs for youth, interactions with other faith groups, and provisions for ministering  across  generational and linguistic gaps. Restriction: Must be a student in the Division of Continuing Studies.

Natural Science Theme courses expose students to the relationship between science and society, and the philosophical foundations of scientific inquiry. They encourage students to think about the role of science in society and science’s potential and limitations in creating usable knowledge.

NSCI 404 Humans & the Environment (4): An interdisciplinary survey of issues impacting the environment. Th course will consider environmental ethics and/or moral leadership in issues such as ecology, environmental resources, resource management, health and the environment, pollution, etc. and how ethics and/ or leadership impacts the idea of creation as the grounding of Christian environmental concerns. A major goal is to help students understand the importance of their role as responsible citizens in the context of environmental ethics. Prerequisites: ENGL 113 or 124, CPTG 117, MATH 115, 121, or 155 Restriction: Students must have junior or senior standing

NSCI 405 Scientific Thinking & Religious Belief (4): An introductory study of the nature of scientific thinking, its various kinds of interactions with religious belief, and its impact on contemporary issues. Promotes understanding both the importance and limitations of science. Prerequisites: ENGL 113 or 124, CPTG 117, MATH 115, 121, or 155 Restriction: Students must have junior or senior standing

NSCI 406 Nature & Human Values (4): This course is an introductory study of the ways humans try to make sense out of the nature of the universe and their place in it, particularly addressing the relationships between science and religion. Promotes understanding both the importance and limitations of science. Prerequisites: ENGL 113 or 124, CPTG 117, MATH 115, 121, or 155 Restriction: Students must have junior or senior standing

NSCI 408 Science, Ethics, & EthicalExtensionism (4): thicalextensionismencourages the expansion of ethical theories beyond the environmental and animalboundaries within which they havehistorically been applied. This courseintegratesscientificprinciples,philosophical theories and religious doctrines in an effort tobetterunderstandpersonal and societal decision-making and tofoster actions thatareconsistent with personalvalues. Prerequisites:ENGL113or124,CPTG117,MATH115,121,or155  Restriction: Studentsmusthavejunior or senior standing

The Senior Seminar is subtitled "Religion, Values, & Social Responsibility"