Enduring Questions Courses

Spring 2021

BIO 399 Women in Science

This course analyzes historical, social, cultural and scientific barriers to the success of women in science.

BUS 399 SLW What Makes a Leader?
(Online, with service learning)This seminar course explores the nature of leadership by examining contemporary leadership theory and relating it to relevant examples found in works of literature, philosophy, and history. Themes that will be explored, among others, include character, communication, vision, motivation, success, and failure. Lessons will be extracted from select leadership figures in literature and history.

HON 399: Honors Seminar II

Provides students with opportunities to analyze complex issues through the application of scholarly methods with multidisciplinary perspectives. This course will satisfy the Enduring Questions requirement for the Honors student.

NUR 399 SLA: Culture of Health

This course explores and analyzes the impacts on health from the perspectives of the individual, family, community, and society. The concept of a culture of health will be explored and debated, considering equities and disparities. Course includes optional service learning of 10 hours minimum or more.

THS 399: Can Faith, Reason, and Science Cooperate?

This course will investigate some of the most enduring questions that exist.  How do faith and reason interact in the search for truth?  Are the tenets of the Christian faith reasonable?  Can science and Christian faith cooperate, and if so, how?  The arguments presented on the varying sides of the debate, both scholarly and popular, between faith and reason, and the place of science in this debate, will be examined. Additionally, the place of the human being in the material world, key Christian beliefs, and the impact of the debate will be covered.

J (Winter) Session

BUS 399 SLW What Makes a Leader?
(Online, with service learning)This seminar course explores the nature of leadership by examining contemporary leadership theory and relating it to relevant examples found in works of literature, philosophy, and history. Themes that will be explored, among others, include character, communication, vision, motivation, success, and failure. Lessons will be extracted from select leadership figures in literature and history.