Humanities

Mission Statement

The mission of the Humanities department is to provide students with scholarly and practical opportunities for learning about the discreet disciplines of Drama, English, the Fine Arts, History, and Philosophy. Students are also offered the opportunity to ground their undergraduate experience in a Liberal Studies major, as well as the Humanities Core curriculum courses. All Humanities courses seek to enact the general goal of the Humanities department: to instill in the student the significance of and the means by which discreet disciplines within Humanities interact not only with each other, but also with fields of study outside the traditional purview of the Humanities. Learning is done with a conscious awareness of how the study of the Humanities relates to a Christian worldview. 

Many Humanities majors in English, History, American Studies or Liberal Studies elect to add a second major in Middle/High School Education for Teacher licensure. Others carry their broad-based baccalaureate degree forward into a more specialized field of study at the graduate level. An internship experience is required for all Humanities majors; this requirement can be satisfied either through HUM 391, Humanities Internship or through ED 495, Student Teaching.

Programs of Study

Courses of Study: Art, Communications, Drama, English, Fine Arts, History, Humanities, Philosophy, Speech.

Majors: American Studies, Communications, English, Teacher Licensure: Language Arts, History, Liberal Studies.

Minors: American Studies, Communications, Drama, English, Fine Arts, History, Philosophy.

Associate of Arts: General Studies.

***EN 215/315: Global Literature - This introductory course acquaints students with films, fiction, and other literary modes of selected areas of the world.  Texts (translated into or written in English) are chosen in consideration of: nations and cultures of forthcoming WPC-sponsored mission trips, cultures and countries with which Business students might anticipate interaction, and cultures, languages and ethnicities represented by populations in schools and communities which Teacher Education students might encounter.  The course meets the TSPC requirements for multi-cultural awareness.  Prerequisite: EN 101; can be taken concurrently. (300 level by permission of instructor; upper division credit available for transfer students who complete a major project).  EN 215/315 satisfies the core requirement for a Humanities elective in literature.

For information about major requirements, please refer to the Course Catalog.

Faculty

Terry Baker, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Rhetoric, Department Chair
William Dobrenen, Assistant Professor of Humanities
Luke Goble, Assistant Professor of Humanities
Robin Gordon, Assistant Professor of Drama and Speech
Heidi Owsley, Associate Professor of Humanities
Connie Phillips, Full Professor of Humanities, Faculty Chair
Pam Plimpton, Full Professor of English/Humanities

For More Information
Contact the Admissions Office at:
Warner Pacific College
2219 S.E. 68th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97215
(503) 517-1020 / 1-800-582-7885
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