Substance abuse is a serious subject, one that Seattle Pacific University tackles by hosting various sessions on related topics.

Examines historical aims and practical challenges related to education from the colonial period to the present.

The second quarter of the three-quarter Biochemistry series, introducing the integration of the chemical knowledge gained about biological systems from fall quarter biochemistry.

Seattle Pacific University has hosted a number of events celebrating and exploring the writing and ideas of the cherished Christian author C.S. Lewis, some in partnership with the C.S. Lewis Institute.

It would be impossible to group together all of the speakers who have addressed Seattle Pacific University on the role, purpose, and development of Christian higher education, but included here is a brief selection.

Seattle Pacific University has hosted many speakers over the years who have addressed the complex and multifaceted issue of sex and sexuality.

Seattle Pacific University has hosted many speakers over the years who have addressed the issues of pollution, climate change, and environmental stewardship.

Over the past hundred years, scientific understanding of the Cosmos has changed tremendously, including the notion that the universe may have had a "beginning."

Seattle Pacific University has invited many speakers, often from counseling or pastoral backgrounds, to come and share their insights on the topic of relationships, addressing subjects from friendships and community to dating and marriage.

The Day of Common Learning is a campus in-service day during which faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to participate together in a learning community outside of traditional classrooms.

As President Philip W. Eaton began his term at Seattle Pacific University, the school began reinvestigating what it means to be a Christian center of higher learning.

Speakers explore the relationship between the business world and principles of Christianity.

The relationship between faith and politics has always been a timely, culturally relevant topic by its very nature.

Speakers from a variety of religious and scientific backgrounds explore the relationship between faith and science, ways of knowing, and the ways in which the greater Christian and scientific communities approach the conversation.

As a Christian community, Seattle Pacific University has sought to explore the issue of gender roles in the Church and greater society.

Introduces properties of matter, stoichiometry, chemical reactions, thermochemistry, states of matter, chemical bonding, and atomic and molecular structure.

Introduces molecular and solid state structure and bonding, properties of gases, liquids and solutions, concepts of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibribia, acid-base and oxidation-reduction reactions.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary works are often the subject of speakers that come to the SPU campus.

Seattle Pacific University is pleased to host John M. Perkins, an outspoken Christian and civil rights leader, international speaker, and teacher on issues of racial reconciliation, leadership and community development.

Hosted by the School of Theology, the John Wesley Lectures are a series devoted to exploring the theological heritage of the Methodist tradition.

Seattle Pacific University has frequently hosted a number of speakers and events on issues of poverty, national and international justice, and service to the poor, lonely, and oppressed peoples of the world.

As the world becomes increasingly globalized, many speakers, classes, and symposia have sought to address the issue on the Seattle Pacific University campus.

Each year Seattle Pacific University celebrates the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., a prominent leader of the American Civil Rights Movement.

This course identifies major developments in religious and ethical instruction in public and private schools, exploring broad themes related to biblical Christian ethics.

An annual event at Seattle Pacific since 1978, the Alfred S. Palmer Lecture seeks to bring the best minds and hearts in Wesleyan theology and Biblical studies to campus to discuss the Christian faith from a Wesleyan perspective.