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The Meaning of Life

Scotland/Ireland Studies-at-Large 2012

London/Paris Studies-at-Large 2011

London Studies-at-Large 2010 Slides


CFA Assessment

Current Courses

Shakespeare

Senior Honors Seminar

Comparative Religion

Old Courses

Freshman Honors Seminar

Humanities Seminar

Honors Cinema

Senior Honors Seminar

Comparative Religion

Philosophy of Law (09)

Freshman Honors Seminar (2009)

Honors Comparative Religion

Philosophy of Law

Humanities II (Honors)

Freshman Honors Seminar (2006)

Values and Ethics

Introduction to Philosophy (2005)

Intersession Humanities I (2004)

Humanities Seminar (2004)

Humanities Seminar Online (2004)

Humanities Seminar(2003)

Philosophy of Law (2004)

Introduction to Logic

Summer Humanities I

Humanities I

Intersession Humanities II

Introduction to Philosophy (2000-4)

Values and Ethics (2002)

Humanities Seminar(2002)

Dr. James Ford
Professor,

Director of the Honors Program

School of Liberal Arts
Department of English and Humanities
Baird Hall, Room 101A
Office Phone: 918-343-7749

Email: jford@rsu.edu

 

Dr. Ford teaches a number of courses in the Humanities and in Philosophy at RSU. This spring he is teaching the Senior Honors Seminar, Comparative Religion, and Shakespeare Online. Click on the "Overview of Courses" link on your left for more information on all of Dr. Ford's courses. Click on the link for a particular course to go directly to the page for that course.

Dr. Ford is Director of the Honors Program at Rogers State University. He is the faculty advisor for the Oklahoma Iota chapter of the Alpha Chi academic honor society at RSU. He also serves as the faculty advisor for the university's annual Maurice Meyer Lecture. He is advisor to SPQR (the RSU Paintball Club), and is Campus Coordinator for the Red Cross. Finally, he is the Coordinator for the Studies-at-Large Center.

A Little Bit of Background: Dr. Ford received doctoral and master’s degrees in religious studies from Princeton University, and a bachelor’s degree in religion and philosophy from the University of Tulsa. He participated in an intensive German program at the Goethe Institut in Dresden, Germany, and studied at the London School of Economics. His academic specialties include ethics, philosophy, and religion. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the most prestigious academic honor society. The title of his dissertation is “Nietzsche, Nihilism, and Christian Theodicy.”

In his spare time, he hosts "The Meaning of Life" on KRSC 91.3 F.M.--every Sunday from 3-5 p.m. and again from 10 p.m. to midnight. Click the link on the left for more information on this radio program.