2006–2007 Academic Catalog - Concordia University Ann Arbor

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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
This core area concerns the relationship of humans to their past as a form of inquiry and
understanding, including broad ranging explanations of major aspects of the modern world,
global or near-global in their scope. In addition, students need a sharper focus on detailed
controversial and transforming events, now removed in time that can be studied in detail
without contemporary passions, though not without value framework and biases. The aim
is developing an understanding of the intricacy of an event that through individual decisions
helped shape a portion of the modern world. The content in this category need not
concern only matters of politics and economics, the substance of traditional history, but
may include material from the arts, science, literature, and religion.
Course Requirements
Lower level: Any HER100-299 course
Upper level: Any HER300-499 course
Institutions
Description of Category
Society is organized. We work, act, and worship within institutions and bureaucracies and
groups. It is extremely important to a life of service that students understand how institutions,
and the individuals within them, function. The focus of the core here is on the relationship
of human to human and on the cooperative completion of tasks. Though this core
area will borrow heavily from social science concepts and methods, it is not intended to
provide a broad survey of all the social sciences. Instead, the intent of this core area is to
show what we understand and how we can better understand the behavior of people and
institutions. Since institutions operate within every part of society, courses in this area could
select content from any aspect of human endeavor and analyze it from several viewpoints.
Course Requirements
Lower level: Any INS100-299 course
Upper level: Any INS300-499 course
Language
3 credits
Description of Category
The study of language is an encounter among people who name the world. Its use is an act
of creation implicit in our history, reflected in our social and political institutions, and profoundly
identified with our calling in the world. The focus here is on how humans develop
and use symbols of all kinds to tell others about themselves and their needs. The methods
involve the exploration of existing texts, both spoken and written, as well as the production
of materials that communicate student viewpoints. Moreover, because symbolic expression
moves beyond reading and writing, this core area should include visual, graphic, and aural
dimensions of human experience.
Course Requirement
The requirement has the following options:
Spanish, French, German, Classical Greek or Biblical Hebrew at the intermediate level 3 credits
OR
LAN282 Language, Communication, and Culture
3 credits
Nature
6 credits
Description of Category
Human culture exists within and depends upon the relationship between humans and the
environment in which they live. This core area emphasizes the principles about the physical