Winter 2026

Michael Call

Do Accidents Really Happen? Chance, Fate, and Randomness in Western Culture

IHUM 201: Western Humanities: GE Civilization 1 Requirement

This course is about asking how much of what happens in our life is determined and how much is due to chance. In trying to answer that question, we will be engaging with writers and artists from ancient Greece to the present who have discussed or represented concepts like fate, providence, and randomness, and how those ideas challenge or help us make sense of the external world and our place in it.

IHUM 201: MWF 10:00-10:50pm
UNIV 101: TTH 9:00-9:50am
REL A 275: TTH 10:00-10:50am

Jamie Jensen

What Does It Mean to Be Human?

From Origins to Exaltation

BIO 100: GE Biology

This class will explore the nature of science and science's role in discovery about the living world. We will examine the human body: its origins, its functions, its flaws, and its potential. We will determine our place within the living world, our responsibility as stewards to care for God's creations, and our potential for exaltation.

BIO 100: MWF 8:00-8:50am
UNIV 101: MW 9:00-9:50am
REL A 275: MW 10:00-10:50am

Mark Christensen

Building Civilizations and Finding God in Ancient History: Common Patterns throughout the World

UNIV 218R: GE Social Science Requirement

Explorations in formative events in history and the fundamental questions of the human experience.

UNIV 218R: TTH 2:00-3:15pm
UNIV 101: MW 2:00-2:50pm OR TTH 12:00-12:50pm
REL A 275: TTH 1:00-1:50pm