Written by Camille White \/\/ Photo by Balazs Balassa<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harding introduced several new courses to campus this semester, aiming to help students expand their skills and knowledge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Department of History and Political Science is offering GEOG 3800: Intro: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), taught by Melanie Gallagher, associate professor of political science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gallagher said that in GIS, students learn about the software required to use, store and manipulate spatial data. Additionally, they will learn to make maps in the class from data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne of the ways though that Harding\u2019s GIS class is different from a regular GIS class is we are also using drones,\u201d Gallagher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students will receive their Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) unmanned pilots license to operate the drones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is applicable for our majors, but also a whole host of other majors,\u201d Gallagher said. \u201cAnybody interested in photography, or business, or communications or anything that might use drone software in the future could benefit from the license that you get, but also the background in the GIS knowledge.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Department of English is offering two new classes including ENG 2400: Readings in J. R. R. Tolkien and ENG 4110: Nature Writing and American Tradition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Professor of English Larry Hunt is teaching the class based on the readings of J. R. R. Tolkien. The class this semester holds 17 students, and the plan is to offer this class every spring semester in upcoming years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want it to be fun and informative,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cI am gonna try to give them all they want to know about Tolkien in the class.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hunt said the students will be doing weekly readings on \u201cThe Silmarillion,\u201d \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d and \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d trilogy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hunt said he has always admired and enjoyed the work of Tolkien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe I am actually teaching a class on him,\u201d Hunt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Associate professor of English Amy Qualls teaches the Nature Writing and American Tradition class, specifically created for students within the Honors College and only offered this spring. This class covers Transcendentalist authors. Qualls said some of her favorite writings come from the Transcendentalists, including Ralph Emerson and Henry Thoreau. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI always wanted to teach a class where I can really highlight them,\u201d Qualls said.\u201cWhat I am hoping to do is think about the sacredness of the natural world and then trace that back to the writers who really emphasized that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qualls said the class will emphasize the connection between humans and the natural world and how that connection has changed throughout history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThinking about being at a university where we look at things through a Christian worldview fits right in,\u201d Qualls said. \u201cThe sacredness of creation is something we should all subscribe to, so it\u2019s interesting to think about how we see that manifest throughout the literature.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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