Faculty in American Sign Language, Chinese, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), French, Humanities, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Spanish, and Speech contribute to the college's General Education curriculum by helping students acquire valuable critical thinking and communication skills, and by teaching them about creative human endeavors in the past and present, which inspire a better future. Required: A master's degree in or a master's degree with at least 18 graduate semester hours in Religion, Theology Divinity, or area studies in appropriate fields that demonstrate academic knowledge of religious history and culture, languages, sacred texts, philosophy, and so forth.