Non-Degree Programs
This course is an integration of informal logic, or reasoned discourse, with small group collaborative problem solving. Students will learn how to define and propose reasoned solutions to various types of problems. The skills stressed are those of speaking, listening, reasoning, and working effectively in small groups.
Students develop an understanding of the commonality and diversity of human experiences from the study of materials in one or more of the courses designated Cross-Cultural. The cross-cultural courses are explicitly designed to enhance a student's awareness of one or more non-English-speaking cultures through such topics as language, literature, history, values, social relationships and institutions, and ideas and beliefs.
The Gender Studies Program at Monmouth University consists of exciting course offerings, as well as regular campus events, that critically investigate gendered power relations in all fields of social life. Not only do we support the rigoous examination of the social construction of gender in various social, cultural and historical contexts, we encourage students to become keen analysts of how gender inequalities in a range of domains intersect with other structures of advantage and disadvantage, such as race, class, nation, and sexuality.
The Geography Minor at Monmouth University is application-oriented and integrative. Students receive a solid grounding in physical and cultural geography, mapping, and GIS. The minor will augment the student’s major by enabling the student to apply geographic skills to their major areas of study.
The Information Technology Minor Program is specifically designed to provide technical literacy to the non-technological major. The information technologist in industry is the end-users' advocate and acts as the intermediary between the organization they work for and the software professionals (software engineers and computer scientists) who design and build software solutions. For teachers, an expertise in information technology allows them to increase personal productivity and take technology into the classroom. Although specifically designed for the non-technology major, we welcome majors from all disciplines.
The political science curriculum provides an understanding of political forces in contemporary American society and international affairs, and assists students in preparing for careers in business, journalism, law, politics, public service, and teaching. A Minor in Political Science is an excellent way to compliment numerous fields of study in order to get a greater understanding of how government influences our daily lives, both in the United States and abroad.
In the spirit of leadership, Monmouth University promotes the research, study, and teaching of world religions to: teach our students and the community to understand different faiths and their cultural heritage; help foster a harmonious social unity in which members of all religions or ideologies may interact openly; study different religions with scholarly objective analysis and scientific criticism; analyze the sacred texts, doctrines and teachings of world religions; and highlight religious/philosophical questions with reasoned consistent, coherent, and integrated investigations, while respecting cultural and gender differences and sustaining the freedom of every personal faith and ideology; deepen the understanding of religious differences which often lead to military and sectarian conflicts; and search for common ground(s) from which world peace can flourish, encouraging the awareness that religions offer ethical and moral codes.
