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Examination of process and criteria for forming and testing values. Study of value experience in cultural and individual contexts; contexts include tradition, scientific inquiry, emotional, and practical concerns. Values are related to ethical obligations. 5 quarter hours

Study of the nature of religious faith, belief, and language in relation to general methods of attaining meaning and knowledge. The relation of religious commitment to ethical obligations, general cultural values, and life's tragic elements. 5 quarter hours Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements.

Survey of the major world religions; empirical study of beliefs, ritual, and ethical commitments within respective cultural contexts. Development of critical principles of structure study. 5 quarter hours Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements.

An inquiry into the following themes pertaining to death and dying; (a) historical and contemporary interpretations; (b) emotional and social patterns that compose human treatments of death and dying; (c) the development of a personal philosophy that relates death and the arts of living; (d) the relations between pertinent professionals and dying and/or bereaved clients. 5 quarter hours Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements.

Health care professionals often encounter patients who report having experienced phenomenon known as near-death experience. This course will explore this phenomenon and provide health care professionals with insight into this experience in order to be better prepared to assist their patients who have had a near-death experience. Prerequisite(s): Admission to NLU 5 quarter hours Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements.