College of Arts & Sciences
Overview
Students in the College of Arts and Sciences pursue a broadly based education designed to prepare them for careers, for graduate study, and for successful Christian lives. The knowledge they gain and the skills they develop equip them to succeed in the classroom and as lifelong learners.
The College of Arts and Sciences offers programs of study in the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences. From Communication to Religion and Philosophy, the ten majors, numerous minors, and certificate programs help students to prepare for diverse careers such as law, drama, writing, sciences, music and more. Graduates of the programs in the College of Arts and Sciences are currently working as ministers, teachers, ecologists, musicians, business people and lawyers. Other are engaged in graduate study at universities and seminaries.
Classes in the College of Arts and Sciences are taught by dedicated Christian professors: women and men who are highly skilled scholars and working professionals with a passion for their disciplines, for teaching, and for living out Christian scholarship at its best. Each program seeks to develop a community that encourages each person to pursue learning and to connect that learning to successful, influential living.
Faculty
Darrell Hobson
Dean, Professor
College of Arts & Sciences
Resident Faculty
- Dr. Kevin Cooney Professor of Political Science, Business
- Dr. Martha Diede Professor of English
- Dr. Moses Harris Professor of Education, Modern Languages
- LeRoy Johnson Professor of History, Interdisciplinary Studies, Political Science
- Dr. Eric Steinkamp Professor of Life Sciences
- Dr. Millicent Thomas Professor of Mathematics
- Dr. Jack Wisemore Professor of Philosophy
- Kristi Brodin Associate Professor of Physical Education
- Gary Gillespie Associate Professor of Communication
- William Owen Associate Professor of Music
- Ken Prettyman Associate Professor of Music
- Constance Rice Associate Professor of English
- Julia Young Associate Professor of English
- Peg Achterman Assistant Professor of Communication
- Tracie Delgado Assistant Professor of Biology
- Mizue Fells Assistant Professor of Music
- Dr. Daniel Graetzer Assistant Professor of Science
- Dr. Kara Heinrichs Assistant Professor of Communications
- Lenae Nofziger Assistant Professor of English
- Greg Spyridis Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Dr. Daniel Tomandl Assistant Professor of Physics and Math
- Autumn Witt Assistant Professor of English, ESOL, Director of the Center for
English Language Education - Jacob Witt Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Brenda Rasmussen Instructor of Music
Adjunct Faculty
Academic Programs
Undergraduate
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