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The Minor in Quaker Studies requires the following:
Students with a strong background in the study of Quakerism may substitute one of the following courses at ESR: HCST 220 Quaker Life, THST 340 Quaker Belief or SPST 334 Quaker Spirituality.
This course, a weekly discussion of a Quaker text, past or present, may be taken more than once when different topics are offered. Past topics have included Quakers and fiction, Quakers and world-wide traveling ministry, and Quakers and the testimonies.
Because Friends in earlier generations made such great use of the Bible, many of their writings cannot be fully understood unless one grasps the biblical background to the religious ideas or the biblical allusions that filled early Quaker writings.
On Quakerism: REL 305 Seminar and 482 Special Topics when considering explicitly Quaker topics.
At ESR: HCST 220 Quaker Life, THST 340 Quaker Belief, SPST 334 Quaker Spirituality or PJST 351 Quakers in Conflict.
Examples of past projects include aspects on Quaker history, early Quaker women, Quakers and choral music, Quaker education, Quakers and theatre, Quakers and other contemplative traditions and the women of the Quaker Gurney family.
Examples include HIST 367 Women and Men in American Society, PAGS 130 Introduction to Peace Studies: History of Nonviolent Movements and REL 420 Religious Responses to War and Violence. Others may be arranged with a member of the Quaker Studies faculty.
The teaching assistant option is intended to serve as an opportunity for the student, usually in the Senior year, to articulate an understanding of Quakerism to others. This requires the approval of the instructor well in advance of the course.
