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  • Law https://www.plu.edu/catalog-2023-2024/undergraduate-program/program-curriculum-information/pre-professional-studies/law/

    intellectual skills and resources apt to generate success in legal study and practice. Recent successful PLU applicants to law schools have taken such diverse courses as those in the anthropology of contemporary America, social science research methods, American popular culture, English Renaissance literature, news writing and argumentation, recent political thought, international relations, free-lance writing, animal behavior, neuropsychology, public finance, logic, and moral philosophy. Diversity and

  • Part I. – ACADEMIC STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY https://www.plu.edu/faculty-handbook/section-vi-reference-material/part-i-academic-structure-of-the-university/

    Writing J. Native American & Indigenous Studies Program K. Department of Philosophy L. Department of Political Science M. Publishing & Printing Arts Program N. Department of Religion O. Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice Section 3. COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCESA. Department of Biology B. Department of Chemistry C. Department of Computer Science D. Department of Earth Science and Environmental Studies E. Department of Mathematics F. Department of Physics G. Department Psychology H. STEM Education

  • Departments https://www.plu.edu/liberal-studies/departments/

    serious attention to Indigenous philosophies or intellectualism. Philosophy Undergraduate study in philosophy is fundamental in pursuing the most important questions regarding one's understanding of themselves, others and the world in which they live. Political Science The student of politics seeks to understand how governments are organized and structured, how political processes are employed, and the relationship of structures and processes to societal purposes. Pre-Law Pacific Lutheran University’s

  • 2021 Capstones https://www.plu.edu/environmental-studies/2021-capstones/

    2021 Environmental Studies CapstonesProfessors Claire Todd (Geosciences and Environmental Studies) and Sergia Hay (Philosophy) had the honor of working with this year’s class of Environmental Studies students as they completed their interdisciplinary and culminating projects for their major. This capstone cohort tackled a wide range of current environmental issues and employed the methods and tools of multiple disciplines including biology, literature, chemistry, philosophy, art, political

  • Moral issues in health care reform https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/09/15/moral-issues-in-health-care-reform/

    week, PLU’s own Paul Menzel, professor of philosophy, plans not only place to the issue front and center, but to look at the controversy surrounding health care from a moral and ethical perspective. His talk – titled The Moral and Political Wars of Health Care Reform ¬– will take place on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. “There’s wide agreement that something needs to be done, and that something will always involve government action,” Menzel said last week. “But

  • Cosmopolitanism, Aesthetics, and Celine Dion https://www.plu.edu/prism/cosmopolitanism-aesthetics-and-celine-dion/

    Cosmopolitanism, Aesthetics, and Celine DionMy name is Dr. Michael Rings and I am very pleased and excited to be joining PLU’s Department of Philosophy as a Visiting Assistant Professor through Spring 2017. My research lies at the intersection of ethics and the philosophy of art and builds on my dissertation, “The Aesthetic Cosmopolitan Project,” which explores ethical and political issues that arise in contexts of cross-cultural art appreciation and consumption. This research interest informed

  • Two-Year Course Cycles https://www.plu.edu/my-academic-pathway/two-year-course-cycles/

    Liberal Studies Anthropology Chinese Studies Economics English Gender, Sexuality and Race Global Studies History Holocaust and Genocide Studies Native American & Indigenous Studies Philosophy Political Science Publishing & Printing Arts Religion Sociology and Criminal Justice STEM Education College of Natural Sciences Biology Chemistry Computer Science Earth Science Environmental Studies Mathematics Physics Psychology College of Professional Studies Business Communication, Media, and Design Arts

  • Two-Year Course Cycles https://www.plu.edu/my-academic-pathway/documents/file-group/two-year-course-cycles/

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  • Being a Scholar-Teacher and a Teacher-Scholar https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/being-a-scholar-teacher-and-a-teacher-scholar/

    Being a Scholar-Teacher and a Teacher-Scholar Posted by: alex.reed / May 4, 2022 May 4, 2022 By Erin McKennaOriginally Published in 2014If you read the acknowledgements of the books that I’ve written, you will notice that I always thank some group of students for their help and insights. With The Task of Utopia, I thanked a particular class of students who were taking social and political philosophy with me as I made the final revisions on that book. While I did not teach the book itself, we

  • Exploring food issues https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/02/24/exploring-food-issues/

    February 24, 2012 Paul B. Thompson, the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics at Michigan State University gave the keynote address for the Food Symposium. (Photo by Igor Strupinskiy ’14) Exploring food issues By Katie Scaff ’13 Food intersects with just about any social justice issue you’re interested in, according to PLU Philosophy Professor Erin McKenna. McKenna was one of more than a dozen experts and enthusiasts who shared their knowledge with PLU and the greater