College of Arts & Sciences Minors
Purpose
To prepare students to effectively engage the Arab world by providing language and cultural training that will enable them to impact that world in their given field from a perspective that is both biblically grounded and missionally minded.
Delivery Format: Resident Only
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Communicate orally in Arabic on a variety of everyday topics.
- Produce texts in Arabic utilizing appropriate grammar, vocabulary, and content.
Delivery Format: Residential Only
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Communicate orally in Chinese, demonstrating speaking proficiency, correct grammar, and appropriate vocabulary.
- Produce logical, grammatically and syntactically appropriate Chinese-language compositions.
Purpose
The minor in Creation Studies provides a flexible program with broad training in various disciplines that relate to origins as well as the Bible. Students in both science or non-science majors will benefit from an in-depth study of creation and evolution.
Delivery Format: Residential Only
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Compare the scientific evidences supporting the young-earth and old-earth historical frameworks.
- Identify and evaluate key biblical passages with respect to their support for a young-Earth historical framework.
Delivery Format: Residential and Online
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Evaluate various forms of creative writing.
Purpose
Liberty’s Minor in Ethics will equip students with the essential tools needed to address the questions of good and evil from a foundation of truth in the Christian worldview. In this program, questions dealing with morality will be examined and discussed in light of a Christian worldview so that students are equipped with essential decision-making techniques that will help them engage in the conversations of the public square.
Delivery Format: Online Only
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Solve ethical dilemmas in a systematic way.
Delivery Format: Residential Only
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Communicate orally in French, demonstrating listening comprehension skills, speaking proficiency, correct grammar, and appropriate vocabulary.
- Demonstrate written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, logical, and grammatically and syntactically appropriate French-language compositions.
Delivery Format: Residential Only
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Use the German language to function in a variety of everyday contexts.
- Analyze the significance of particular aspects of language and culture for the German-speaking regions of Europe.
Purpose
The purpose for the minor is to provide the student with a broad based, cross-disciplinary, and historically contextual exposure relevant to the field of military studies. This minor will enhance the students ability to think biblically about the topics of war and peace.
Delivery Format: Residential and Online
Delivery Format: Residential and Online
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Identify major civilizations from ancient times to the present, including geographical, chronological, and cultural distinctive positions.
- Apply Biblical principles to the understanding of world civilizations.
Delivery Format: Residential Only
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Analyze language data based on linguistic concepts.
- Explain the functions of fundamental linguistic constructs in relation to how language works.
Purpose
The purpose for the minor is to provide the student with a broad based, cross-disciplinary, and historically contextual exposure relevant to the field of military studies. This minor will enhance the students ability to think biblically about the topics of war and peace.
Delivery Format: Residential and Online
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Explain how a variety of issues including political, economic, diplomatic, and cultural factors influenced American and world military development since 1900.
- Apply Biblical principles in making interpretations of American and world military history.
Delivery Format: Residential Only
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Develop and implement principles in agreement with U.S. Air Force leadership doctrine.
- Apply problem-solving process in military and non-military situations.
Delivery Format: Residential Only
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Develop and implement principles in agreement with U.S. Army leadership doctrine.
- Employ Army technical and tactical skills in small unit operations.
Delivery Format: Residential Only
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Employ logic and biblical thinking to philosophical issues.