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  • Major in Psychology 42 semester hours, including: PSYC 101, 242, 499 One of PSYC 310, 315, 320, or 330 Two of PSYC 440, 442, 448, or 481 At least 2 semester hours from PSYC 495, 496, or 497 12

    works through the lenses of philosophy, psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and computer science. (4) PSYC 242 : Advanced Statistics and Research Design A continuation of Statistics 232 and accompanying lab taught by members of the psychology department. Topics include single- and multi-factor experimental designs and analyses of variance, multiple regression, quasi-experiments, surveys, and non-parametric statistical techniques. Students will learn to use computer programs to carry out

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    Education Online EDUC 980A Foundations to Bilingual/ESL 2 Continuing Education Online EDUC 980B Linguistics Study for Classrm 2 Continuing Education Online EDUC 980C Culturally&Linguistically Ped 2 Continuing Education Online EDUC 980D Lang Acquisition&Methodology 3 Continuing Education Online EDUC 977Y Teach Online w Equity (5123) 3 Continuing Education Online EDUC 977Z Goodbye Teacher Burnout (5124) 3 Continuing Education Online EDUC 978A Support Struggle Student(5125) 3 Continuing Education Online

  • Established in 2022 through a gift from David and Lorilie Steen, the Steen Family Symposium brings informed speakers who challenge current thinking and propose healthy change to the PLU campus for

    infatuation with books; and how he felt intrinsically different from other boys. Now an environmentalist, Brorby uses the destruction of large swathes of the West as a metaphor for the terror he experienced as a youth. From an assault outside a bar in an oil boom town to a furtive romance, and from his awakening as an activist to his arrest at the Dakota Access Pipeline, Boys and Oil provides a startling portrait of an America that persists despite well-intentioned legal protections. Taylor Brorby Taylor

  • The Department of Global and Cultural Studies is a dynamic curricular hub for global education made up of the following programs: Chinese and Chinese Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Global

    ) GLST 357: Global Development (4) GLST 431: Advanced International Relations (4) Hispanic & Latino Studies The Hispanic and Latino Studies Program offers a major and minor in Hispanic Studies and a minor in Latino Studies. The major and minor in Hispanic Studies combine the study of the Spanish language with courses in Latin American, Latino, and Iberian literatures, linguistics, and cultural studies. Primarily taught in Spanish, courses that count towards the major and minor include the study of

  • Course Development Stipends For new or existing courses in the Innovation Studies Minor With the generous support of donors to the Innovation Studies program, the INOV Steering Committee invites all PLU faculty to submit a proposal for a stipend to support the development of a new or existing course in the Innovation Studies minor. Options...

    political institutions, and the impacts of policies. PSYC 148: Minds, Brains and Computers, Introduction to Cognitive Science– Offers a broad overview of cognitive science, a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the mind, combining insights from philosophy, neuroscience, math and computer science, linguistics, and experimental psychology. PSYC 448: Cognitive Psychology– The study of human thought. Topics include attention, perception, memory, knowledge and concept formation, language, problem

  • Spring, 2022 This issue marks an important transition for the Division of Humanities. As of this summer, the Humanities programs —English, Languages & Literatures, the Language Resource Center, the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, the Parkland Literacy Center, Philosophy, and Religion— will merge…

    example, Religion professor Doug Oakman demonstrates that humanistic contemplation is advanced not only by his own field of Biblical studies, but also the study of sociology, philosophy, poetry, and linguistics. Keith Cooper, Professor of Philosophy, served as Dean from 1995-2001. Photo from University Archives, 1993. Along similar lines, Philosophy professor Paul Menzel demonstrates the power of a collaboration between patients, doctors, and philosophers to reflect on the complexities of

  • Originally Published in 1990 It would appear that Louis XIV never said: “L’ état, c’est moi.” The researches of modern historians have produced no credible witness attesting that France’s Sun King pronounced this coldly witty laconism. But just try to find a modern history of…

    un art. Elle es une science pure.”  Professor Emeritus of French Mark Jensen Such a formulation may strike us as naïve, but modern historiography has been marked by attempts to import into history the prestige of this or that field of scientific or pseudo-scientific endeavor. Sociology, economics, psychoanalysis, anthropology and linguistics are only some of the disciplines that have been exploited in this way. (The philosophical justification for Pacific Lutheran University’s assignment of the

  • Originally Published 1996 Introduction Like other disciplines such as English and Sociology, Foreign Languages also have a history in the United States which is linked to the changing values of society as a whole. The discipline of foreign language teaching has evolved over the last…

    our teaching assistants and students seeking certification. In a university context, teaching language must be recognized and rewarded as a professional option on the same level as teaching literature. Textbooks must eliminate sexist bias, and new textbooks incorporating the results of non-sexist linguistic and methodological research must be made available.  Our research needs to move in the direction of non-infantilizing teaching methods. Research on linguistics in the target language should

  • All majors must complete one of the Concentrations below. Students may complete more than one Concentration.

    Comparative literature: one course (ENGL 214, 216, 217, 232, 233, 235, 235, 334, 348, 394, 395, 396, 397, appropriate seminar) Linguistics or structure of language: one course (ENGL 393) Writing/Composition: one course (ENGL 328 is especially recommended) Prospective teachers may take EDUC 529: Reading and Writing Across the Secondary Curriculum as an elective in the English major. Elementary Education Students preparing to teach in elementary schools following the Language Arts curriculum, must take 24

  • 9:15 – 10:20 a.m. | March 9 Who: Eamonn Baker, Training Co-ordinator, Towards Understanding and Healing

    : How Older Adults Understand the Term “Allow Natural Death” Who: Jodi Erickson, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Bio: Jodi Erickson, PhD RN CNL, has been a nurse for ten years with a background in ICU and end-of-life decision making. Prior to becoming a nurse, Jodi worked with the geriatric population for nearly two decades running Alzheimer’s facilities and then running a volunteer program for older adults. Jodi has earned a BA in Linguistics from the University of Washington and an MSN from