The University of Findlay - Sample Courses and Syllabi

Below are the courses offered for the spring, summer and fall 2009 semesters and the spring 2010 semesters. Elective courses change from semester to semester.

Additional courses may be added. Check back often for updates.

Spring 2009 Section Descriptions

MALS 625.45 Issues in Religious Studies
Professor: Dr. Robert Cecire
The Church in Nazi Germany
S 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Mar. 28, Apr. 4, 18, 25, May 9, 30)
The course is concerned with the relationship of the church (both Protestant and Catholic branches) with the political, philosophical, and social realities of Nazi Germany. Areas to be covered include the attempted "Aryanization" of the churches, accommodation of the churches and church leaders to the Nazi brand of nationalism, the Confessing Church, resistance to the regime, and the church and the Holocaust.

Summer 2009 Section Description

MALS 620.N1 Issues in Literature
Professor: David Essinger
A Brief History of Modern Narrative Or What's Happening to the Short Story Today?
W 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. (June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)
Many recent trends in literature are moving away from the printed page, sometimes abandoning it altogether for non-linear narratives, hypertexts and video-poems. In this course, we will examine the conventional contemporary short story as well as explore forays into experimental literary genres, and then move into larger ideas of just what exactly lit is "for" anyway, and what can keep it relevant in our increasingly fragmented, multi-tasking, and tech-driven society.

Fall 2009 Section Descriptions

MALS 500.41 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
Professor: Dr. Robert Cecire
S 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. (Sept., 13, 27, Oct., 11, 25, Nov. 8, 22)

MALS 580.51 Seminar in Social Science
Professor: Dr. Karen Eubanks
W 6:00 - 8:45 p.m. (Aug. 24 - Dec. 10)

MALS 560.51 Issues in Children's Literature
A Reflection of Children's Literature
Professor: Susan Romick
H 6:00 - 8:45 p.m. (Aug. 24 - Dec. 10)

MALS 625.41 Issues in Religious Studies
Wealth, Christianity, and Modern Capitalism
Professor: Dr. Robert Cecire
S 9:00 a.m. - 12:00, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Spring 2010 Section Descriptions

MALS 540 Seminar in Humanities
Professor: Dr. Rich Smith
Date/Time: TBA

MALS 620 Issues in Literature
Professor: David Essinger
Date/Time: TBA

MALS 625 Issues in Religious Studies
Story of Jesus
Professor: Dr. Robert Cecire
Date/Time: TBA

MALS 650 Issues in Sociology
Professor: Dr. Ray McCandless
Date/Time: TBA