Courses

Dr. Nathan C. Walker is an undergraduate instructor and curriculum developer for the following courses in Rutgers Honors College, the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and the Digital Studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-Camden.

AI Ethics & Law (Fall 2024) is an honors seminar that examines the multinational, national, and corporate regulatory systems that seek to govern the artificial intelligence movement.

AI Ethics & Society (Spring 2024) explores how AI systems that seek to emulate human learning, reasoning, self-correction, and perception influence humanity, societies, and the natural world.

AI & Human Agency (curriculum in development) explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, and online behavior, focusing on values alignment and digital citizenship.

Happiness (Spring 2025) explores evidence-based approaches to human flourishing and well-being.

Religion & Culture (Spring 2025), a course built in partnership with CBS News, examines contemporary expressions of religion and spirituality in American society in five sectors: arts, education, families, media, and the environment.

Religion & Health (Fall 2024) explores American religious communities’ response to the pandemic and the impact of religion and health in American public schools and hospitals.

Religion & Human Rights examines the origins, developments, effects, and critiques of four international legal frameworks: freedom of, for, from, and within religion.

Religion & Law (Fall 2024) explores the history of religious liberty in the five eras: Colonizing America, Constituting America, Reconstructing America, Incorporating America, and Diversifying America.

Truth, Justice, & Reconciliation explores restorative justice models worldwide that were formed in response to political unrest, racial segregation, war, and genocide.