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Course Requirements For the Self-Designed Major of Mythology
Number of credit hours: 45
ENG 211 English Literature I (3)
Emphasis on major writers. First semester, from Beowulf to Pope, second semester, from Blake to Eliot.

ENG 212 English Literature II (3)
Emphasis on major writers. First semester, from Beowulf to Pope, second semester, from Blake to Eliot.

PSYC 201 General Psychology (3)
Scope and methods of psychology: psychological development, learning, motivation, feeling and emotion, individual differences, child development, abnormal behavior, and psychotherapies.

PSYC 301 Child Psychology (3)
The growth and development of the child from birth to adolescence. Patterns of physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development and adjustment. Particular emphasis in the child’s developing ability to learn, and how parents and teachers can promote optimum growth and adjustment of the child.

PSYC 307 Theories of Personality (3)
Theories and constructs relating to the development of personality. Classical and neopsychoanalytic, interpersonal, humanistic, cognitive, and behavioristic perspectives.

PSYC 404 Abnormal Psychology (3)
The course involves an overview of psychopathology and clinical assessment, including historical and contemporary perspectives. It is based on the model as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder. The topics include the following: schizophrenia, mood disorders, adjustment and grief reactions, fears and phobias, sexual deviations, and other topics.

REL 233 World Religions (3)
An introduction to the primary texts and traditions of many of the world’s religious traditions and to critical methods for evaluating these texts. Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism; Judaism, Christianity, Hellenism, Islam, and Native American.

REL 200 Introduction to Religious Studies (3)
An introduction to methodologies for the critical study of religion and a study of those characteristics of religion and the religious experience which seem to pervade a variety of religious traditions. Developing a working definition of religion as well as an appreciation of the cross-cultural dimension of the religious experience and the role this experience plays in self-development.

REL 335 Native American Cultures (3)
An iteration of Advanced Topics in Non-Western Religious Traditions: History and Thought, which is described thusly: an introduction to the detailed study of particular non-Western religious traditions. Students may explore a tradition’s historical development and/or certain religious, theological, or sacred doctrine of life-styles within a tradition. Or students may study a particular theme or idea reflected in a variety of non-Western religious traditions. For example, topics may include African religious traditions, Native American religious traditions, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, or themes like death and dying in Eastern religious traditions or story telling in Native American traditions. May be repeated for credit with each change of title. The 1999-2000 Schedule of Classes will list the specific title for the current semester. 212 or permission of department prerequisite.

PHIL 372 Virtual Culture: Technology and Science Fiction (3)
The seminar will focus on a topic appropriate to the participants. May be repeated for credit with each change in title.

PHIL 354 Advanced Topics in Philosophy: History and Thought (3)
To engage students in a focused and careful study of particular areas of philosophical inquiry.

ANTH 2110 Cultural Anthropology (3) Auburn University at Montgomery
A study of the ways of life among preliterate and literate peoples. Special attention is given to a comparative analysis of preliterate societies throughout the world.

In addition to the above classes (36 hours), there were two independent studies (both under the purview of the Psychology department):

Marriage as Sacred and Secular
A cross-cultural study of marriage as concept and practice, focusing on marriage in the context of American society.

Fairy Tales as Defining Unconscious
The use, mainly in European cultures, of fairy tales as a defining metaphor for the unconscious inherent in social and psychological issues. This study was further focused on the particular works of Danish fairy tale writer, Hans Christian Andersen.

Finally, there was a semester-long project (worth 3 credit hours) to pull it all together:

Senior Capstone Project for Mythology
The capstone will consist of a research paper that will, hopefully, unite and implement the myriad concepts studied during my time at Huntingdon, specifically those ideas derived from my sojourn into mythology. A public lecture will be part of the capstone's completion, and open to the public at the time of its presentation. The paper will be read by a panel of faculty members, including the advisor
for the interdisciplinary studies. A possible topic of this final work is a reflection on the mythology of the United States of America, why we lack a cohesive identity, and the repercussions of that lack.

The capstone finally took the form of a course designed on the topic of American Mythology. The syllabus of that course should be online shortly.