college of Bible & religion MISSIONS MINORS II Bible class causes minor changes Widespread popularity of Dr. Monte Cox's Living World Religions class caused some seniors to resort to declaring minors in missions just so they could get into the class. The class, which was preset to cap at 70 students, reached its limit early during pre-registration last spring partly because of overseas students, who received the opportunity to register for classes before any on the Searcy campus. Wanting to take the class and not willing to take "no" for an answer, senior Jeannie Petty spoke directly to Cox about her situation. Cox told her the only way she could get in was if she declared a minor in missions. Realizing that declaring a missions minor would not set her graduation date back, Petty decided to go ahead and declare the minor. Soon after finding her way into the class, Petty told other students who wanted to take the dass how she got in and word began to spread. "It's a dass that I've wanted to take ever since I came to Harding because I like learning about other religions and cultures," senior Alicia Bright said. "I hadn't had a chance to take Dr. Cox yet, so it seemed worth the extra trouble." The dass was only offered in the fall, on a Monday, Wednesday Friday schedule, for two or three credit hours. Along with the actual class time, there was a three-day field trip to Chicago in November. While in Chicago, 60 members of the class visited nine places of worship, induding a Mosque and a Buddhist Temple. "In a very respectful way you actually get to see and hear these people worship:' Petty said. "In many ways it might be a once-in-a– lifetime opportunity to experience something like that." - Cairey Tai Seniors Kristen Stumpf and Dan Dolfie visit with a representative of the Soka Gakkai Institute in Chicago during the Living World Religions class trip in Novem– ber. Soka Gakkai is a form of Buddhism. (Photo by Melissa Wilson) 160 II academics Dr. John Fortner, associate professor of Bible, works with his Hebrew class on translations Oct. 28. Some Bible majors chose to take Hebrew as an elective. (Photo by Amy Beene)
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