Redeemer’s Liberal Arts certificate supplies you with a broad, cross-functional set of knowledge and skills, challenging you to develop a Kingdom-vision, wherever you are called. Through courses on history, science, fine art, philosophy and more, the program encourages deep, innovative thinking, setting you up for success in future post-secondary studies or your professional career.
Through the Liberal Arts Certificate, a successful learner will:
In addition to the four courses listed below, any six electives may be selected to complete the ten-course requirement, subject to year level and prerequisite requirements.
This course is a survey of the progressive unfolding of the biblical story and the main theological tenets that emerge from that story. The students will see how the story of the Bible yields a view of the world from a Reformed Christian perspective. The course will help students to understand their place in this story and to live intentionally out of this story in their personal and public lives, their academic studies, and their engagement with and response to issues and challenges faced by the world in the early 21st century.
This course explores the meaning and application of a Reformed, Christian worldview from an interdisciplinary perspective, including its posture to the major challenges of our time, such as sexuality and identity, consumerism and corporate power, populism and political power, and scientific and technological transformations.
This course explores foundational themes in the story of Western culture from its classical origins to the Renaissance through history, philosophy, literature, and the fine arts.
This course traces the development of Western culture from 1500 to the present through history, philosophy, literature, science, and the fine arts.
