Minors at Luther
Our multifaith and inclusive practice creates a diverse and vibrant community. Students from all backgrounds and faiths are welcome to apply.
Students enrolled in any Bachelor of Arts programs at Laurier are welcome to take one of the following minors. For more information, contact martin@luther.wlu.ca.
Christianity, Interfaith Dialogue and Community Engagement Minor
The Minor in Christianity, Interfaith Dialogue, and Community Engagement provides a space for students to explore the practice of faith and spirituality in today’s pluralistic world. Courses in this minor enable students to ask pressing questions of orientation and meaning openly, reflecting critically on the role of faith in contemporary society. They will also have opportunities to engage in service and experiential learning in diverse community settings. This additional area of specialty is the ideal addition to the academic life of students wishing to better understand their lives of meaning and service.
Required:
- GC205 Why Am I Here?: Worldview, Meaning-Making, and Authenticity
- GC101 Why Am I Here?: Worldview, Meaning-Making, and Authenticity
- GC102 Loving God, Self, and the World
- GC201 Public Faith and Public Theology
- GC202 Survey of the Christian Tradition: The Bible
- GC203 Doing Justice and Christian Social Ethics Today
- GC204 Survey of the Christian Tradition: History and Theology
A minimum of 1.0 elective GC credits.
Upon approval, you may choose up to 1.0 elective credits that relate to Christianity, Interfaith Dialogue and Community Engagement from your home program.
Completion of the minor requirements will result in a "Christianity, Interfaith Dialogue and Community Engagement" designation on a student's transcript.
When choosing elective courses, note that some of these courses have prerequisites, although these prerequisites may be waived by the program or department.
Human Relationships Minor
The Minor in Human Relationships is designed for undergraduate students who are contemplating professional careers or graduate work in the areas of mental health, community work and social services, developmental services, spiritual care, public service, counselling and/or ministry. Courses in the areas of music and global song, spiritual care and counselling, Indigenous ways of knowing and healing, the restorative contemplative arts, and Citizenship, Faith and Leadership are available.
- GC205 Why Am I Here?: Worldview, Meaning-Making, and Authenticity (0.5 credit): Required for all students taking any Minor at Martin Luther University College.
- GC230 Introduction to Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy (0.5 credit): Required for psychology students. Students from other faculties, who are not interested in counselling can choose another course from Martin Luther University College as their second required course in consultation with program co-ordinator/department head.
Student’s choose 1.0 credit from the following course suites (all are 0.5 credits) in consultation with their program co-ordinator/department head and Martin Luther University College.
Suite 1: "Applied" Electives (0.5 credit). For psychology students and those from other faculties interested in counselling, the social and developmental services, and/or ministry. These courses will be offered alternate years.
- GC231 Restorative Contemplative Arts
- GC232 Introduction to Couples and Families
- GC233 Identity Formation and the Family
- GC234 Eco-consciousness and Spirituality
- GC280 Special Topics in Public Ethics and Spirituality
- GC330 Neuroscience, Social Relationships, and Spirituality
- GC380 Special Topics in Christian Studies and Global Citizenship
Suite 2: Music Electives (0.5 credit) Recommended for Music students, however, students from the faculty of music and other departments can take electives from suites, 1, 2, and/or 3 to create a student-centered Minor in consultation with program co-ordinator/department head.
- GC252 Sing a New Song: Christian Music in All Times and Places
- GC351 Lift up Your Voice: Leading the People’s Song in Worship
- GC352 Inshallah: Worship and Global Song
- GC353 Sing Fires of Justice: Music towards the Common Good
- GC354 Sounds of the Sacred
Suite 3: Citizenship, Faith, and Leadership Electives (0.5 credit).
Recommended for students interested in Public Service, Community/ Global development, Leadership, Ministry, Non-profit work, or Politics. However, students from other departments can take electives from suites, 1, 2, and/or 3 to create a student-centered Minor in consultation with their home department and Luther.
- GC101 Christianity and Global Citizenship
- GC102 Loving God, Self, and the World
- GC171 Interreligious Cooperation for Global Wellbeing
- GC201 Public Faith and Public Theology
- GC202 Survey of the Christian Tradition: The Bible
- GC203 Doing Justice and Christian Social Ethics Today
- GC204 Survey of the Christian Tradition: History and Theology
- GC221 Canadian Questions
- GC241 Engaging Youth Culture
- GC270 Jewish Studies and Practice
- GC280 Special Topics in Public Ethics and Spirituality
- GC301 The Bible and Globalization
- GC342 A New Global Christianity
- GC345 Faith and Fiction
- GC355 Introduction to Worship
- GC361 Introduction to Nurturing Faith
- GC371 Living Inter-faithfully
- GC372 Abrahamic Faiths: Mysticisms
- GC373 Abrahamic Faiths: History/Beliefs
- GC374 Bob Dylan: Jewish Ethics
- GC380 Special Topics in Christian Studies and Global Citizenship
Psychology
- PS275 Introduction to Developmental Psychology: Infancy and Childhood
- PS276 Introduction to Developmental Psychology: Adolescence and Young Adulthood
- PS280 Psychopathology
- PS282 Community Psychology
- PS287 Psychology of Gender
- PS377 Developmental Psychology: Adults and Elders
- PS379 Psychology of Exceptional Children, Youth and Adults
- PS381 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Music
- MU240 Music Making and Social Justice
- MU243 Musical Cultures
Or other culture and society courses as selected in consultation with the Faculty of Music and Martin Luther University College.
Students can use 1.0 senior credit from their bachelor’s degree program in consultation with their home program or faculty and Martin Luther University College.
The minimum requirement for the minor consists of 3.0 credits, no fewer than 2.0 of which shall be senior credits and no fewer than 2.0 of which shall be obtained at Wilfrid Laurier University. Students may not hold a minor in a subject in which they have a field of specialization or option.
Judaism Minor
This minor provides you with a supplemental course of study focusing on historical, philosophical, secular, and religious development of Jewish thought and traditions. It attracts students from diverse faculties who engage critically in the study of history, philosophy, education, global citizenship, and social sciences. The minor's core courses encourage firsthand interaction with the original works of Jewish tradition and thought, as well as with analysis of philosophical and historical environments whereby their significance is established and/or further developed.
Required courses include:
- GC205 Why am I here? World View, Meaning-Making, and Authenticity (0.5 credit)
- GC270 Jewish Studies and Practice (0.5 credit)2
2Students who have a foundational background in Jewish education may test out of this class and receive a free elective from Judaism courses listed below.
- GC272 Jewish Business Ethics
- GC275 Antisemitism, Anti-Judaism, and Judeophobia
- GC280 Special Topics in Public Ethics and Spirituality
- GC372 Abrahamic Faiths: Mysticism
- GC373 Abrahamic Faiths: History/Beliefs
- GC374 Bob Dylan: Jewish Ethics
- GC378 Death, Dying, and Leonard Cohen
- GC380 Special Topics in Christian Studies and Global Citizenship
Religion and Culture
- RE202 The Legacy of the Bible: Liberation and Oppression
- RE204 Introduction to Judaism
- RE227 Religions and Cultures of the Middle East
- RE304 Judaism in the Modern World
- RE372 Women's Lives and Religious Values
A maximum of 0.5 credit of the following:
- RE100 Religions of the Americas: Indigenous, African and European
- RE101 Religions of the Americas: Asian and Middle Eastern
- RE105 Religion and Cinematic Culture
- RE106 Religion and Visual Culture
Psychology
- PS270 Social Psychology
- PS272 Group Processes
- PS282 Community Psychology
- PS283 Educational Psychology
- PS379 Psychology of Exceptional Children, Youth and Adults
A maximum of 0.5 credit of the following:
- PS275 Introduction to Developmental Psychology: Infancy and Childhood
- PS276 Introduction to Developmental Psychology: Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Philosophy
- PP110 Values and Society
- PP111 Knowledge and Reality
- PP203 Social and Political Philosophy
- PP207 Ethical Theories
- PP223 Contemporary Moral Issues
- PP225 Theories of Knowledge
- PP229 Theories of Reality
- PP249 Philosophy and Gender
- PP256 Ancient Greek Philosophy I
- PP259 Ancient Greek Philosophy II
History
- HI226 History of Ancient Rome
- HI248 The Second World War: The European Theatre
- HI261 The Ancient World in Contemporary Culture
- HI265 Ten Moments that made the Middle East
- HI289 Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean World
- HI304 Fascism in Europe, 1919-1945
- HI360 The Great War and Its Aftermath, 1914-1921
- HI364 The Holocaust: The Genocide of European Jews
- HI388 History Travel Course
- HI398 The Historian’s Craft
English
- EN190 Introduction to Academic Writing
- EN220 Reading Popular Culture
- EN252 Multiculturalism and Literature
- EN301 Literary Theory
Business
Certain courses may be eligible for inclusion. Please consult with the Student Advisor in Martin Luther University College in advance.
- Other courses offered by these departments as well as select courses other departments may also be counted towards this requirement. Such courses must be approved in advance and in consultation with the Advisor in the host department and the Student Advisor in Martin Luther University College. When choosing courses, please keep in mind that many of these courses have prerequisites. While the prerequisites may be waived at the discretion of program or department administering the course, it is the responsibility of the student to make these arrangements as needed.
- Students with a foundational background in Jewish education may be eligible to have this requirement waived, in consultation with the Student Advisor in Martin Luther University College. Where this requirement is waived, students are required to replace the course with 0.5 credit listed under B) Core Courses.
- Sections B (Core Courses) and C (Elective Courses), when combined, must equal 2.0 credits total.
Spirituality and the Arts Minor
Courses in this minor will consider the nature of spirituality and its relationship with creativity and the arts. Students will have the opportunity to explore several of the arts as spiritual practice, such as music, movement, photography, poetry, film visual art. Through these expressive arts, scholarly articles, and guest presenters, students will explore spirituality, expressed and shaped by the arts, as a creative and meaningful way of being in the world.
Required courses:
And two of the following:
- GC231 Restorative Contemplative Arts
- GC234 Eco-consciousness and Spirituality
- GC236 Art as Therapy: For Self-Care and Development
- GC303 Listening: Theory and Practice
- GC341 Faith and Film
- GC345 Faith and Fiction
- GC351 Lift up Your Voice: Leading the People’s Song in Worship
- GC352 Inshallah: Singing Peace
- GC353 Sing Fires of Justice: Music towards the Common Good
- GC374 Bob Dylan: Jewish Ethics
Students are required to take two 0.5-credit GC elective courses.
Upon approval, students may choose up to 1.0 elective credits from their home program that relate to Spirituality and the Arts.
Completion of the minor requirements will result in a "Spirituality and the Arts" designation on a student's transcript.
When choosing elective courses, note that some of these courses have prerequisites. Although these prerequisites may be waived by the program or department administering the course, it is the responsibility of the student to make such arrangements.
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