Quaker Studies Minor
Coordinator:
Max L. Carter
Director of Firends Center and Campus Ministry Coordinator
The Quaker studies concentration explores Quaker spirituality in relation to the world. Through study of Quaker history and “social testimonies” (social ethics), it uses the perspective of this world-mending spirituality to reflect on justice issues. As an interdisciplinary exploration it seeks to understand forms of systemic oppression in our time (such as sexism, racism, classism, militarism, religious imperialism and environmentalism) and how to transform them.
This study will develop several kinds of thinking in speaking, listening and writing: analysis, criticism, imagination, textual interpretation, social problem-identification and problem-solving and self-reflective exploration. It will investigate the interrelated subtle aspects of individual selves, characteristics of a religious movement, large but obscured social systems and the student’s own religious and ethical commitments.
Minor Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses).
1. GST 105 Quaker Social Testimonies and Spiritual Roots |
2 credits |
2. GST 405 Quaker Faith & Practice |
2 credits |
4 credits |
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4. Two courses from: |
8 credits |
BIOL 212 Environmental Science |
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ENGL 224 Self Image in Women Writers |
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ENGL 230 African American Literature |
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ENGL 331 Black Women Writers |
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GEOL 121 Environmental Geology |
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HIST 223 Gender & Power in US History |
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HIST 225 African American History |
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HIST 308 The Underground Railroad |
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HIST 315 The Civil Rights Movement |
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IDS 423 Ethical Issues in Biology and Medicine |
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JPS 244 Conflict Resolution |
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JPS 313 Law and Society |
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JPS 425 Family Violence |
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PECS 103 Voices of Liberation |
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PECS 330 Nonviolence Theories and Practice |
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PHIL 111 Ethics |
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PHIL 247 Philosophy of Law |
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REL 222 Feminist Theology |
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SOAN 313 Sociology of Sex and Gender |
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SOAN 265 Racial and Ethnic Relations |
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Or other courses addressing the normative Quaker testimonies of spirituality, simplicity, integrity, peace, equality and community by permission of the coordinator, or evidence of an internship (credit or non-credit) that provided direct experience with Quaker faith and practice. |
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Total credit hours required for Quaker studies minor |
16 credits |