A writing course focusing on the art of the essay. Study of various strategies of invention and organization is combined with study of grammar and effective sentence structure. A fourth class hour is devoted to intensive study of sentence structure, except for those students who are exempted from the fourth year by placement procedures. English Composition 110 or placement into the course A course in effective oral and written presentation and argumentation. The essays and oral presentations examine issues and ideas that inform the experience of community and diversity in the United States.
Attention is directed to comparing and contrasting writing and speaking as modes of communication.
Old Testament World and Culture 3 credit hours Must be taken before the junior year. An introduction to the Old Testament and its cultural context, this course examines the religion of ancient Israel as it developed in concert and rivalry with its ancient Near Eastern Neighbors. The course pays particular attention to Christianity as a religion of the Greco-Roman world. The course develops quantitative and computational skills necessary in the collection, organization, and interpretation of data. Topics include techniques in sampling and data organization, measures of central tendency and dispersion, an introduction to correlation and linear regression, elementary probability, confidence intervals and an introduction to hypothesis testing.