APSY 2295 Spirituality, Religion, and College Student Experience
Faith, religion, and spirituality have become topics of increasing interest for scholars and practitioners in higher education and student personnel development. This semester-long, upper-level, undergraduate course explores the historic, developmental, sociological, and philosophical dimensions of the college student experience at the intersection of faith life, spirituality, and academic culture. This course approaches themes and readings from an ecumenical and interreligious set of perspectives. Students will engage several major texts as well as articles from scholarly journals and narratives from institutional models that attempt to integrate faith life and spirituality into the prevailing academic and student development culture.
Course overview
- Department
- Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
- School
- Lynch
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Requirements fulfilled
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.61 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.70 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Michael James | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 26 of 29 |
| Spring 2025 | Michael James | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 18 of 23 |
| Spring 2024 | Michael James | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 12 of 15 |
| Spring 2023 | Michael James | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 13 of 17 |
| Spring 2022 | Michael James | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 11 of 15 |