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  • English majors at PLU complete three core courses that introduce the skills of creative and critical reading and writing that unite all three concentrations of our major.

    through intensive writing workshop courses. The Professional, Public, and Digital Literacies Concentration teaches students skills of effective writing and storytelling for a variety of practical situations – including an emphasis on digital media. The Literature Concentration allows students to explore the diverse range of literatures written in English – American, British, and Global – to understand how writers have used the creative power of literary expression to understand and engage the world

  • 22 semester hours completed with a grade of C- or higher

    : Introduction to Oral Language (4) And one of these four courses exploring Northwest Indigenous language and worldviews. NAIS 491: Independent Study (4) NAIS 495: Internship (4) RELI 397: Indigenous Traditions of the Pacific Northwest (4) SOLU 102: Southern Lushootseed: Oral Language Dialogue (4) 3. Electives8 semester hours Students select two of the following courses that study Indigenous topics and perspectives. ENGL 213: Topics in Literature/Themes and Authors  (4) (when the topic is ‘Literature of the

  • Originally Published 1999 “The Artist, the thinker, the hero, the saint —who are they, finally, but the finite self radicalized and intensified? . . . The difference between [them] and the rest of us . . . is a willingness to undergo the journey of…

    “two-dimensional circle” from Edwin Abbott’s Victorian philosophical “romance” Flatland and David Tracy’s “journey of intensification into particularity” lies the passion and purpose of the humanities. Teaching humanities is about walking with students into the gap between their particular Flatland and a possible journey of intensification into particularity, standing there with them, and providing the support and challenge that makes it possible for them —if they become fascinated— to see, feel

  • Bachelor's Degrees Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Bachelor of Arts in Communication (B.A.C.) Bachelor of Arts in Education (B.A.E.) Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology (B.A.K.

    Critical Race Studies Dance Data Science Earth Science Economics Engineering & Industry Environmental Studies Exercise and Sport Psychology French & Francophone Studies Gender & Sexuality Studies Global Studies Health Services Hispanic Studies History Holocaust and Genocide Studies Innovation Studies Kinesiology Latino Studies Literature, Culture, & Power Mathematics Music – General Music – Specialized Music – Specialized, Jazz Native American & Indigenous Studies Peace Corps Prep Certificate Personal

  • October is LGBTQIA+ History Month. While we encourage engaging with these topics year-round, October is a special time to reflect on the history of LGBTQIA+ movements, moments, and iconic figures. In this exhibit, the Center for DJS, in collaboration with the PLU Library, is choosing…

    Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement, Tonguebreaker, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice, and Bodymap. They are a haggard porch and couch witch and a very unprofessional adaptive trike rider.” – from https://brownstargirl.org/about/ Featured Here: Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (ebook) Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet and author, who became one of the greatest celebrities of the late Victorian era, and was known for his biting wit and his dandified and sexually

  • This list includes all the courses that contribute towards the Environmental Studies major and minor, and specifies the General Education requirements they fulfill and their pre-requisites.

    : Sophomore status (4) POLS 346: Environmental Politics and Policy (4) C. The Environment and Sensibility – 8 semester hours These courses examine the ways in which nature shapes and is shaped by human consciousness and perception. The courses critically interpret the values and assumptions that structure human communities and their relationships with the earth’s ecosystems. Students select two courses (from two different departments) from the following: ENGL 234: Environmental Literature (4) ENGL 394

  • Intellectual Ventures and TerraPower Innovation are seeking a Radiochemistry and Isotopes Intern. This paid internship position will participate in activities related to the chemistry of radioelements and their resulting compounds. The TerraPower laboratory has a range of characterization tools including; thermal gravimetric analysis/differential scanning calorimetry, powder…

    coupled atomic emission spectroscopy, electrochemistry methods, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, and chemical extraction systems. The candidate will be expected to learn one or a number of these systems and expected to develop reports and manuscripts describing their performed research and any relevant literature. The expected work hours are flexible and will accommodate student schedules. For more information or to apply, please contact: Ken Czerwinski (kczerwinski@terrapower.com) and

  • Standards of living have increased dramatically worldwide over the past 100 years, yet poverty and inequality remain features of our world.

    justice concerns, the concentration incorporates the approaches of multiple disciplines such as anthropology, economics, literature, history, and religion.“Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.” -Amartya Sen “Development as Freedom” Approved CoursesRequired of all students in this concentration: GLST 357: Global Development (4) Other course options: ECON 333: Economic Development FREN 204/404: Postcolonial Francophone Fictions HIST 333

  • The Morken Center for Learning and Technology is the first building at an independent college in Washington to receive gold-level certification under the U.S.

    West Coast undergraduate institution. Rieke also offers an open chemistry and physics lab, as well as nine academic department-run computer labs. Century-old Harstad Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. One of the largest children’s literature collections in the Pacific Northwest, with 6,700 titles. Marriage and Family Therapy Center, training clinicians in mental health counseling for children, adults, couples and families. W.M. Keck Observatory, with a Meade LX200

  • Five Lutes took the stage in the summer  of 2011 for Seattle Opera’s production of ‘Porgy and Bess.’ (Photo courtesy of Seattle Opera) Seattle Opera’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ – five Lutes, one stage, hitting the high notes in fun The recent Seattle Opera production of…

    a career in singing or opera? “Life isn’t a dress rehearsal,” she said. “Do your best work every time. Be accountable. Be flexible. Be able, ready and fierce with your art.” Like Van Mechelen, McIntyre arrived at PLU as a transfer student. She graduated with an English literature major, and a vocal and religion minor. McIntyre’s mother, Nancy McIntyre ’74, also graduated with a degree in education from PLU. After teaching in various places around the country, McIntyre now teaches theater arts in