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  • Major in Communication 40 semester hours, plus a minor Concentrations Students in this program select a concentration in either Film & Media Studies or Strategic Communication.

    Culture Examines the central role of visual representation in contemporary culture and the ways in which we use, understand and are used by images. Emphasis on photography, film, television, new media, and commemorative art and architecture in the realms of advertising, politics, news, public advocacy and popular culture. Students will conduct research projects that analyze elements of visual culture. Prerequisites: COMA 101, 212, 215, or consent of instruction. (4) COMA 411 : Advanced Debate This

  • For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…

    adventures and learning experiences that all culminate to comprise who I am. I began my time here thinking I was going to become a specialized physician and I leave as a political science major, having realized that my one wild and precious life is meant to be spent empowering and developing others, as well as inspiring those around me to pursue their passions. Whether serving as ASPLU President or debating politics in class or working full-time at my off-campus job, I have always been able to find time

  • - VW, GE CHIN 202 Intermediate Chinese - VW, GE CHIN 301 Composition and Conversation - IT, GE CHIN 302 Composition and Conversation - IT, GE CHIN 371 Chinese Literature in Translation - IT, GE COMA 304 Intercultural Communication - IT, GE DANC 301 Dance and Culture - ES, GE ECON 215 Investigating Environmental and Economic Change in Europe - ES, GE ECON 333 Economic Development - GE EDUC 385 Comparative Education - GE ENGL 216 Topics in Literature - IT, GE ENGL 217 Topics in Literature - IT, GE

  • 241: Introduction to Latino Studies (4) LTST 341: Latino/a/x Experiences in the U.S. (4) LTST 342: U.S. Latino/a/x Literary and Cultural Studies (4) POLS 265: Latino Politics (4) Alternative Areas of Inquiry Students who would like to pursue alternative areas of inquiry related to Latino Studies may substitute a core course with the approval of the Director of Hispanic and Latino Studies. Alternative options may include: An additional semester of Spanish language study or an upper division

  • Dr. Bridgette O’Brien McGoldrick grew up in Colorado, but has lived in several different states and countries including Nepal, Japan, South Africa and Hungary.  Her formal education includes an undergraduate degree in religious studies from the University of Puget Sound and a master’s degree in comparative world religions from Columbia University. She graduated from the University of Florida with her Ph.D. in 2013 and her dissertation research explored institutional efforts to integrate

  • Examined Life - VW PHIL 125 Ethics and the Good Life - VW PHIL 128 Politics and the Good Society - VW PHIL 220 Philosophy and Gender - VW PHIL 223 Bioethics - VW PHIL 225 Business Ethics - VW PHIL 226 Environmental Ethics - VW PHIL 227 Philosophy and Race - VW PHIL 229 Human Rights - VW PHIL 231 Ancient Philosophy - VW PHIL 238 Existentialism and the Meaning of Life - VW PHIL 311 Topics in Ethics - VW PHIL 312 Topics in Philosophy and Politics - VW PHIL 313 Topics in Philosophy, Science, and Religion

  • 343 : East Asian Cultures - ES, GE A survey of the cultures and peoples of Eastern Asia, concentrating on China but with comparative reference to Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Cultural similarities as well as differences between these nations are stressed. Topics include religion, art, politics, history, kinship, and economics. (4) ANTH 368 : Edible Landscapes: The Foraging Spectrum - ES, GE The course examines foragers in Africa, North America, and Australia. Using classic ethnographic literature

  • - RL, VW RELI 368 Feminist, Womanist, Latinx, and Queer Theologies - RL, VW, GE RELI 390 Topics in Comparative Religions - RL, IT, GE RELI 393 Topics in Comparative Religions - RL, VW, GE RELI 396 Health, Healing, and Religious and Cultural Diversity - RL, VW, GE RELI 397 Indigenous Religions and Cultures of the Pacific Northwest - RL, VW, GE

  • depending on the culture that country has created around respect for politics and politicians. My tutorial counted for PLU credit in both of my majors: COMA 304 (Intercultural Communication) and the International Relations and Comparative Government requirement for the Political Science Department. Selected bibliography: Iyengar, S., & McGrady, J. (2007). Media politics: A citizen’s guide. New York: WW Norton. (Chapter 8) McCombs, M. E., & Shaw, D. L. (1972). The agenda-setting function of mass media

  • advocacy in politics, race, and gender. (4) RELI 226 : Christian Ethics - RL, VW This course introduces and explores moral arguments in conversation with Christian traditions. We learn from the discipline of ethics to understand and think critically about arguments in historical, social, and experiential contexts and we engage in dialogue with sources from sacred Christian texts, from Christian social movement in the U.S., and from contemporary thinkers across the world. The primary goal of the course