Mar 29, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions



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Course Description by Department/Program  

 

Nursing

  
  • NUR 420 - Reproductive and Pediatric Nursing Lab


    This simulation course focuses on developing nursing communication, psychomotor skills, and critical reasoning through kinesthetic learning in simulated clinical scenarios for childrearing and childbearing families. Demonstrations, return demonstrations, role playing, clinical reasoning and debriefing serve as the framework for knowledge and skill development.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s): NUR 421  and/or NUR 427 .
    Credits: 2

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 421 - Reproductive and Sexual Health Nursing


    This course focuses on theory and research in reproductive and sexual health care. While emphasis is placed on holistic nursing care of diverse healthy families from preconception through the childbearing process, high risk conditions, including end of life care for neonates, and the interventions necessary for successful adaptation are also discussed. Male and female reproductive health issues and nursing care across the lifespan will be presented.

    Prerequisite(s): NUR 313 , NUR 323 , NUR 325 , NUR 332 , and NUR 424 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 422 - Reproductive and Sexual Health Nursing Clinical


    This course offers students experience in providing holistic nursing care to individuals and families engaged in childbirth experiences. Emphasis is placed on health needs and alterations during the childbearing process, as well as promotion and maintenance of health before, during, and after childbirth.

    Prerequisite(s): Compliance with nursing undergraduate clinical health and background check requirements.
    Co-requisite(s): NUR 421 .
    Credits: 2

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 423 - Management of the Critically Ill Adult/Older Adult


    This course will examine evidence-based therapeutic nursing interventions that support adult and older adult clients experiencing complex health problems. The course will encourage students to practice critical thinking skills necessary for delivery of ethical care to individuals and families experiencing high acuity illnesses. The roles of leader, collaborator, and coordinator are discussed as the nurse interacts with clients who are viewed as holistic beings.

    Prerequisite(s): NUR 330 , NUR 420 , NUR 421 , NUR 424 , and NUR 427 .
    Co-requisite(s): NUR 413 , NUR 425 .
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 424 - Clinically-Applied Genetics


    This course explores the genetic basis of human health and disease. It examines the specific mechanisms by which genetic differences give rise to altered body function and influence disease risk, and how these differences are inherited. It emphasizes the advances in genetics that impact the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses and conditions. In so doing, it both addresses the basic science of genetics and explores related clinically-applied topics such as the ethical implications of genetics, genetic screening, genetic risk assessment, and gene therapy.

    Prerequisite(s): NUR 323  (or concurrent) or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 2

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 425 - Management of the Critically Ill Adult/Older Adult Clinical


    Students will intervene therapeutically with adults and older adults experiencing complex health problems. Students practice problem-solving skills and critical thinking as they perform nursing roles in acute care settings.

    Prerequisite(s): Compliance with nursing undergraduate clinical health and background check requirements.
    Co-requisite(s): NUR 413 , NUR 423 .
    Credits: 2

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 427 - Child Health Nursing


    In this course, students examine family-centered nursing care in the health promotion and health care of children. Class discussions focus on theories, research, and literature related to health needs and common health problems of children. Family, heredity, environment, and socioeconomics are among the factors examined in discussions of nursing in child health.

    Prerequisite(s): NUR 313 , NUR 323 , NUR 325 , NUR 332 , and NUR 424 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 428 - Child Health Nursing Clinical


    Child health lab provides an opportunity for the student in various health care settings to apply the theoretical concepts of health promotion, maintenance, and restoration with children and their families who are at risk or may be experiencing alterations in health.

    Prerequisite(s): Compliance with nursing undergraduate clinical health and background check requirements.
    Co-requisite(s): NUR 427 .
    Credits: 2

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 436 - Community Nursing Partnerships I for Accelerated B.S. Students Clinical


    In this course, students work within a community partnership to care for individual clients and families and work with residents in developing community-based health programs. This experience provides students with an opportunity to care for culturally diverse individuals, families, and groups. Leadership roles, including ongoing community partnership development, will be emphasized.

    Prerequisite(s): NUR 313 , NUR 323 , NUR 325 NUR 332 , NUR 356  (or concurrent), NUR 424 , and Accelerated BS in Nursing student.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 2

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity; Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 437 - Community Nursing Partnerships II for Accelerated B.S. Students Clinical


    Building on NUR 436 , this course continues to focus on the experiences of partnership building with a diverse population in a community setting. The concepts of risk reduction and health promotion are applied to the development of an intervention with a segment of the community. Evaluation of the intervention is considered part of continuous community assessment as well as partnership development.

    Prerequisite(s): NUR 436 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 2

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity; Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 470 - Leadership and Ethics


    Students explore professional and ethical issues that affect the delivery of health care as well as the complexity of the nurse case management role using theories related to complex systems, leadership, and change. This course also provides an overview of the management and leadership roles in nursing practice with a major focus on organizational analysis, leadership and change theories, and quality improvement. This course must be taken the last semester in the curriculum.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s): NUR 480 , NUR 490 .
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 474 - Professional Issues: Leadership, Management, and Organizations for RNs


    This course provides the RN student with an overview of the theoretical frameworks of management and leadership roles in nursing practice with a major focus on organizational analysis. Focus is on leadership and change theories, conflict management, and quality improvement for the delivery of health care services.

    Prerequisite(s): RN to BS major, NUR 308 , NUR 309 , and NUR 310 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 476 - Theory Related to Clinical Specialty for RNs


    This course allows the RN student to develop and enhance clinical theory, knowledge, and practice using a self-designed study with a focus on a self-selected clinical specialty. An overview of current theoretical models of care, nursing therapeutics, and evidence-based practice is provided and then used to develop a broader understanding of practice and care issues unique to the clinical specialty.

    Prerequisite(s): RN to BS major, NUR 308 , NUR 309 , and NUR 310 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 480 - Practicum/Care Management Seminar and Clinical


    This practicum provides a culminating intensive clinical experience that provides students with an opportunity to refine their clinical practice. The course emphasizes the integration of the multiple roles of nursing and serves as a vehicle for enhancing critical thinking and communication. The primary purpose of the course is to develop competency in nursing care, including organizational, prioritization, and decision-making skills. End of life issues and professional ethics as applicable to a wide range of settings will be explored. To the degree possible, students select a practicum site consistent with their area of special interest with seminar sharing of the issues of diverse roles, clients, settings, and philosophies of practice. All students will present orally and demonstrate competency utilizing technical presentation applications. NUR 480 is the final clinical course.

    Prerequisite(s): NUR 413  (or concurrent), NUR 423  (or concurrent), NUR 425  (or concurrent), and compliance with nursing undergraduate clinical health and background check requirements.
    Co-requisite(s): NUR 470 , NUR 490 .
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone; Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 490 - Capstone in Nursing


    The purpose of this course is to provide a platform for students to create and disseminate a final capstone project in the nursing major. In this course, students further develop their expertise in the identification, review and analysis of current research evidence on an important clinical topic. Students complete the capstone experience with a reflection on the impact their liberal baccalaureate education has had on their achievement of a college degree in professional nursing. This course is taken in the final semester of the curriculum.

    Prerequisite(s): Prior or concurrent: NUR 413 , NUR 423 , and NUR 425 .
    Co-requisite(s): NUR 470 , NUR 480 .
    Credits: 1

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing
  
  • NUR 497 - Dominican Republic Directed Study


    This course offers independent study opportunities for students who wish to pursue additional health-related work in the Dominican Republic.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and compliance with nursing undergraduate clinical health and background check requirements.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-4

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Nursing

Philosophy

  
  • PHI 105 - Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy Through Its History


    An introduction to philosophy through its history and development, i.e., through an examination of central texts in the history of philosophy, up to and including contemporary works. Specific readings may vary from semester to semester, but will always include some canonical works by classic Western philosophers (e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Kant).

    Prerequisite(s): College Writing
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 106 - Why Philosophize?


    The course centers about the exploration of a single question: what it means to think philosophically. In the context of this question, we will examine what are the sources of philosophical thought and whether philosophy can justify its claim to be the foundation of all reflective endeavor.

    Prerequisite(s): College Writing
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 107 - World Philosophy


    This course presents the world views of philosophers from ancient to contemporary times. The thinkers will be chosen from a broad range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Emphasis will be placed on the wide diversity and historical background of philosophical positions.

    Prerequisite(s): College Writing
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 200 - World Philosophy Day


    The World Philosophy Day course picks a new philosophical theme to focus on each year. The course consists of weekly discussions on the assigned readings, in addition to completing a term paper.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 1

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 201 - Public Philosophy


    This course uses social media and other tools to inform our weekly discussions on a key topic of public concern that culminates in a civic engagement project. Topics may include: the question of democracy, civic responsibility, free speech, technology and work, Black Lives Matter and racial justice.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning; Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 205 - Logic


    Techniques to distinguish good from bad reasoning through the study of formal and informal logic including fallacies, inductive and deductive arguments, truth tables, evidence, and rules of implication.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 210 - Ethical Theories


    Critical evaluation of major ethical theories and systems. Extensive reading in original texts. Analysis of contemporary ethical issues.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 211 - Media Ethics


    In the information age, media play an increasingly large role in our lives. Our notion of living in a global society is largely shaped by media. What is responsible journalism? Does violent programming contribute to violence in America? What are professional ethics and how should they guide media practitioners? We will discuss these questions by examining key ethical values in media such as: privacy, confidentiality, truth telling, conflicts of interest, and social responsibility. We will also explore some fundamental issues in ethical theory such as: Why be ethical? What is ethics? How do ethical theories differ? What are the best ways to evaluate and apply ethical theories to media controversies today? The course is designed for majors in philosophy, media studies, and communication as well as other interested students.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 212 - Environmental Ethics


    This course analyzes the relations between human beings and the environment in terms of the concepts of justice, the good, and human responsibilities. It attempts to provide a new cosmological model for adjudicating between conflicting rights and duties. Issues to be discussed include animal rights, environmental protection, and ecological harmony.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 215 - Philosophy of Literature


    While many cultures accord a vital role to stories, myths, and poetry in the cultivation of wisdom, traditional European philosophy has tended to marginalize them. This course seeks to investigate the historical roots for this separation between philosophy and literature in European thought. It will then consider the perspectives of several contemporary thinkers (e.g., Robert Coles, Michael Ende, Martha Nussbaum, and Martin Heidegger) who are convinced that literature plays an indispensable role in the pursuit of wisdom.

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    Credits: 3

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  • PHI 220 - Philosophy of Art and Visual Culture


    What makes a person creative? What do artists think about their art? How do critics evaluate a work? If art is created for a cultural ritual or healing, is it to be understood differently? How do the circumstances of a work’s creation and reception influence its evaluation? How do a person’s class, ethnicity, and gender influence the artwork and its reception? Philosophers in the field of Aesthetics attempt to answer questions which artists, art historians, anthropologists, and critics ask about art. The works of art and philosophy considered will be drawn from a wide variety of cultural contexts.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity; Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship; International
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 221 - Philosophy of Film


    This course concentrates on the construction of meaning in the context of cinema. Major emphasis is placed on cinema as a product of social construction. Issues to be discussed include perception, memory, images, and the use of social stereotypes.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship; International
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 225 - Philosophy of the Mind


    An analysis of the major philosophical issues facing the science of psychology: language and the unconscious, body-mind interaction, freedom and determinism. Major figures to be studied include Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Freud, Merleau-Ponty, Lacan, and Skinner. Thematic emphasis will be on the historic interaction between psychology and philosophy in the development of Western thought.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 230 - Philosophy of Religion


    Analysis of the nature of religious experience, knowledge, and language. Special attention given to problems, classical and contemporary, exhibited in religious experience and relevant to areas of common concern in the sciences, humanities, and philosophy.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 235 - Philosophy, Social Media, and Security


    The course examines the moral and communicative dimensions of social interaction in a digital context that presumes adequate security. The focus is how social media transforms traditional ethical issues such as: truth, trust, privacy, autonomy and security.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 240 - Political Philosophy


    Critical evaluation of political philosophies, classical and contemporary; extensive reading in original texts; analysis of contemporary political issues.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 241 - Philosophy & the Politics of Work


    This course is an examination of work that is situated at the intersection of personal identity and social structure. Philosophical perspectives on work and labor from such writers as Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Smith, Hegel, Marx, and Arendt will be examined. Work in contemporary society will be examined through sociology, economics, and politics. Student will be expected to attend film screenings outside of class.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 245 - Africa, Social Justice, and Exile


    Why are people forced to leave Africa, where do they go, what makes it difficult to return? This course examines exile, its effect on men, women, and children. Looking at theories of social justice, personal narratives, short stories, and visual culture, will help us consider moral issues in the post-colonial landscape of Africa.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity; Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship; International
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 250 - Philosophy of Science


    An examination of two different models generally used in approaching scientific activity philosophically: the logical model and the historical model. Questions to be raised include whether these two approaches are mutually exclusive or whether one can subsume the other, and at what cost. Issues to be covered include description vs. explanation; scientific vs. non-scientific explanation; the issue of whether to include pragmatic and psychological dimensions of meaning in scientific explanations; the question of whether all facts are “theory-laden”; and the relationship between facts, laws, and theories in science.

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    Credits: 3

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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 260 - Philosophy of Law


    Critical evaluation of select issues in the philosophy of law. Possible topics include: the nature of law (positivism, natural law, legal realism); judicial decision making; constitutional adjudication; the justification of punishment; the legal enforcement of morality; legal responsibility; the judicial system. Readings are drawn from the disciplines of both philosophy and law, and include contemporary as well as historical selections.

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    Credits: 3

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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 270 - Epistemology


    An analysis of various theories of knowledge in reference to their methodologies and consequences. Texts to be read include Berkeley, Hume, Descartes, Kant, and Hegel.

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    Credits: 3

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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 285 - Biology, Technology, and Ethics


    An examination of key ethical controversies in biology including regenerative medicine, synthetic biology, genomics, and reproductive technologies.

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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 290 - Problems in Philosophy


    Consideration of selected problems or systems of philosophical significance, including general problems of metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, specialized areas, etc.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    May be repeated for credit.
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 291 - Death and Dying


    Recent success in life-prolonging techniques has resulted in the creation of new disagreements over the proper definition of death. Which definition of death is the most adequate? Some have argued that dying, not death, is the vitally important topic. Has the term death changed its meaning from time to time and place to place in human history? This course will deal with these and similar epistemological issues.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 295 - Medicine, Madness, and Disease


    Recent advances in modern medicine and medical technology challenge traditional notions of health, sanity, and the social order. The course will examine some of the controversial ethical dilemmas that patients, families, and health care providers confront, such as informed consent, truth-telling, prenatal screening, abortion, involuntary commitment for the mentally ill, drug testing, and patient rights.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 310 - History of Ancient Philosophy


    Philosophic thought from the pre-Socratics to the late Hellenistic period, with major emphasis on Plato and Aristotle.

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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 312 - Morality in African Literature and Film


    Intellectual, cinematic and literary movements will be examined through generations of thinkers in African national, cultural and geographical settings. The course will look at texts from West Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa dealing with theory, fiction, and visual culture. Important recent controversies in Postcolonial theory are explored.

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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity; Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship; International
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 315 - Eastern Philosophy


    This course examines the major texts of the great Asiatic religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Zen. Special emphasis is placed on the ethical and metaphysical dimensions of these traditions as well as their significance for contemporary theories of the person, social justice, and human fulfillment.

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    Credits: 3

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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 320 - History of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy


    This course critically examines the merger of philosophical with the religious stream of thought by examining the ideas and text of Augustine, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, Maimonides, Averroes, Dane, Ibn Kahldun, Erasmus and others.

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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 330 - The Enlightenment: Modern Philosophy from Descartes to Kant


    In the seventeenth and eighteenth century the basis of knowledge and authority were challenged and overturned. The emerging sciences challenged the authority of tradition and scripture, and this challenging began to affect other forms of authority. This class examines the central texts and debates of the period, focusing on the intersection of the transformation of knowledge and society.

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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 340 - Individual and Society: Politics and Economics in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy


    One of the many themes underlying the conflicts of the nineteenth century is the relationship between the individual and society. The philosophical project of this century defined the ideals and limitations of communism, anarchism, liberalism, and fascism, defining the political and philosophical conflicts for decades to come. Readings include Hegel, Marx, Mill, and Stirner.

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    Credits: 3

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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 350 - American Philosophy


    History and background of the origin of philosophical ideas in America; particular emphasis given to Peirce, James, Royce, Dewey.

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    Credits: 3

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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 355 - Contemporary Feminism


    This course examines recent work in feminist political and social philosophy by American and European feminist philosophers related to the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality. We will explore the unique contributions of philosophy to feminist theory.

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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 360 - Existentialism


    An examination of the historical development and basic themes of existentialism as found in the writings of its major representatives: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Buber, Marcel, and others.

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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 370 - Analytic Philosophy


    An historical approach to twentieth-century linguistic philosophy. This course will begin with logical atomism, continue through the era of logical positivism, and end with ordinary language analysis. Extensive reading of primary sources and major commentators.

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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 380 - Contemporary Philosophy


    What does it mean to do philosophy today? To discuss truth in a society permeated by media fictions? To consider ethics in a world defined by different cultures and values? To ponder politics on a globe defined by economic power? This course will examine contemporary philosophers, and more importantly what it means to do philosophy today.

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    Credits: 3

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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 395 - Philosophy Teaching Internship


    In working closely with faculty teaching one of the department’s history of philosophy courses, undergraduate teaching assistants will gain insight into course materials and into all aspects of college teaching including reviewing materials for course use; lecturing and supervision of student groups; and providing feedback to students on their work.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 398 - Independent Study


    This course provides students with an opportunity to design a set of readings and learning objectives concerning a topic in the history of philosophy or a specific issue in philosophy. Students must complete an independent study proposal, and obtain permission of a faculty mentor and the Department chair. Students must meet regularly with the faculty mentor.

    Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level philosophy courses plus written permission of the instructor.
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    Credits: 3

    May be repeated for credit.
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 400 - Philosophy Topics Seminar


    This is a seminar course dealing with a specific topic, philosophical problem, or major question in the history of philosophy or a contemporary philosophical issue. Examples of possible topics include: free will and determinism, relativism and the meaning of life. Topics will change from year to year and the course may be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level philosophy courses or permission of instructor.
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 405 - Major Figure Seminar in Philosophy


    This is a seminar course on a major figure in the history of philosophy. Major figures may include: Plato, Kant, Nietzsche, James, and Beauvoir, among others.

    Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level philosophy courses or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s): The prerequisite for any 400-level seminar course is two (2) 300-level courses in philosophy, or permission of the instructor.
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
    May be repeated for credit when figures vary.
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 409 - Research Seminar


    A research seminar designed to provide senior level students an opportunity to participate in the research efforts of individual faculty and collaborate with each other in the design, methodology and completion of their tutorials.

    Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level philosophy courses or permission of instructor.
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
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    Course Type: Philosophy
  
  • PHI 410 - Senior Thesis


    Designed to furnish senior philosophy majors with extensive training, under tutorial supervision, in analysis of a philosophical problem or system or philosopher, with a view to producing and presenting a senior paper for oral defense.

    Prerequisite(s): Advanced standing as a philosophy major, successful completion of PHI 400  and permission of the department.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
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    Course Type: Philosophy

Physical Education

  
  • PHE 106 - NCAA Life Choices


    This course is designed for student athletes in their first or second year at USM. The goal of the course is to enable students to develop their academic potential and to realize their personal and athletic goals during their college experience. Through large and small group work, topical readings, and community service projects, students will clarify goals, values, healthy lifestyles, leadership, and study skills.

    Prerequisite(s): Open to first- and second-year students only.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 203 - Athletic Training for Coaches


    This introductory course in sports medicine/athletic training will provide the student with information about prevention and management of sports-related injuries. The course is geared toward individuals involved in or pursuing allied health professions as well as coaching or teaching fields. Pertinent anatomy and common injuries will be discussed. This course will also include topics prescribed by the American Red Cross including respiratory emergencies, artificial respiration, wounds, poisoning, water accidents, drugs, burns, sport safety issues, and CPR. Successful completion will result in First Aid & CPR/AED certification.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 302 - Coaching Philosophy and Fundamentals


    This course covers various approaches to planning, organizing, and implementing practice sessions in preparation for athletic competition. The psychological and emotional aspects of coaching are also investigated. One segment of the course will be concerned with society’s view of coaching as illustrated by today’s literature.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 303 - Coaching and Officiating Basketball


    Coaching philosophy, coaching style, choosing a team, individual fundamentals, team play development, and the ability to organize and maintain a quality program will be stressed. The course will also cover rules of basketball and techniques of officiating.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 309 - Coaching and Officiating Track and Field


    Part of the University of Southern Maine’s coaching certification program, this course is designed to prepare students for track and field, and cross country coaching at the high school and/or middle school levels. Particular aspects of the sport will not be discussed in detail. Rather, the course is intended as an overview of coaching philosophies, sports science, and the training required for each event. Students will have an opportunity to explore areas of interest in depth.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 311 - Coaching and Officiating Soccer


    The course will cover individual techniques and team tactics, drills to implement these techniques and tactics, practice and season organization and methods of starting, maintaining and improving programs at various levels. The course will also cover rules of soccer and techniques of officiating.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 312 - Coaching and Officiating Football


    Emphasis on the methods of teaching and coaching football. Offense and defense, player-coach relationship, team selections, planning of practice sessions and game situations will be areas of concentration. The course will also cover rules of football and techniques of officiating.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 314 - Organization and Administration of Athletics


    This course covers the principles and practices of athletic administration as related to middle schools, junior, and senior high schools.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 315 - Coaching and Officiating Field Hockey


    Emphasis on the methods of teaching and coaching field hockey. Offense and defense, player-coach relationship, team selections, planning of practice sessions, and game situations will be areas of concentration. The course will also cover rules of field hockey and techniques of officiating.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 316 - Coaching and Officiating Volleyball


    Emphasis on the methods of teaching and coaching volleyball. Offense and defense, player-coach relationship, team selections, planning of practice sessions, and game situations will be areas of concentration. The course will also cover rules of volleyball and techniques of officiating.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 335 - Coaching and Officiating Baseball


    The course will cover individual and team techniques, drills to implement these techniques, practice organization and methods of starting, maintaining and improving programs at various levels. The course will also cover rules of baseball plus techniques of umpiring.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 336 - Coaching and Officiating Softball


    The course will cover individual and team techniques, drills to implement these techniques, practice organization and methods of starting, maintaining and improving programs at various levels. The course will also cover rules of softball plus techniques of umpiring.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 391 - Field Experience/Internship


    Practical field work in a coaching area. The student will be assigned as an assistant coach in a sport for a season. Supervision, evaluation, and guidance of the student will be provided by a staff member who is responsible for that coaching area.

    Prerequisite(s): PHE 203 , PHE 302 , PHE 314 . Restricted to students in coaching certificate program and the Athletic Coaching minor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-6

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education
  
  • PHE 398 - Independent Study in Physical Education


    Provides students who have demonstrated critical and analytical capability an opportunity to pursue a project independently, charting a course and exploring an area of interest, bearing upon it previous course experience and emerging with an intellectually sound, coherent synthesis reflecting a high caliber of performance.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-6

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physical Education

Physics

  
  • PHY 101 - Introduction to Physics


    An elementary approach to the study of mechanics, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, light, and modern physics, intended for the student who desires a one-semester introduction to the subject with emphasis on concepts as opposed to problem solving. Students desiring laboratory work should also register for PHY 102 . Students planning to major in any of the natural sciences are not directed to this course but rather to a more advanced introductory course.

    Prerequisite(s): High school algebra.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 102 - Introduction to Physics Laboratory


    Laboratory experiments and additional material designed to supplement the topics considered in PHY 101 .

    Prerequisite(s): Prior or concurrent enrollment in PHY 101  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 111 - Elements of Physics I


    The first of a two-semester non-calculus sequence in introductory physics, intended particularly for life-science majors. Topics to be covered include mechanics, waves, sound, and thermal physics. Lectures, demonstrations, and problem solving will help the student to develop an understanding of physical phenomena. Mathematical treatment is at the level of algebra and trigonometry. This course is not recommended for students planning to major in the physical sciences or engineering. Three hours of lecture and one hour of recitation per week.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or higher, or concurrent enrollment in MAT 108  or MAT 140  or MAT 152 , or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 114 .
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 112 - Elements of Physics II


    A continuation of PHY 111 , intended particularly for life-science majors. Topics to be covered include electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. Lectures, demonstrations, and problem solving will help the student to develop an understanding of physical phenomena. Mathematical treatment is at the level of algebra and trigonometry. This course is not recommended for students planning to major in the physical sciences or engineering. Three hours of lecture and one hour of recitation per week.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or higher in PHY 111  or equivalent. Three hours of lecture and one hour of recitation per week.
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 116 .
    Credits: 4

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 114 - Introductory Physics Laboratory I


    Experiments designed to illustrate the concepts studied in PHY 111  and PHY 121 . Two hours per week.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 111  or PHY 121 .
    Credits: 1

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 116 - Introductory Physics Laboratory II


    Experiments designed to illustrate the concepts studied in PHY 112  and PHY 123 . Two hours per week.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 112  or PHY 123 .
    Credits: 1

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 121 - General Physics I


    The first of a two-semester sequence introducing the fundamental concepts of physics, using calculus. Topics to be covered include mechanics, waves, sound, and thermal physics. This course is recommended for students who plan further study in physical sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of recitation per week.

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MAT 152  or equivalent (highly recommended) or concurrent enrollment.
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 114 .
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 123 - General Physics II


    A continuation of PHY 121 , introducing the fundamental concepts of physics, using calculus. Topics to be covered include electricity, magnetism, and light. This course is recommended for students who plan further study in physical sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of recitation per week.

    Prerequisite(s): Grades of C or higher in PHY 121  and MAT 152 .
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 116 .
    Credits: 4

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 211 - Modern Physics I


    The first of a two-semester sequence covering the principal topics that show the departure of physics from its classical roots. Topics will include special relativity, Bohr models of the atom, Schrodinger’s equation, the hydrogen atom, and atomic structure.

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 123  or PHY 112 , PHY 261 , and MAT 152 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 213 - Modern Physics II


    A continuation of PHY 211 , covering the physics of spin, multielectron atoms, molecules, semiconductors, nuclear physics, and particle physics.

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 211 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 240 - Intermediate Laboratory I


    A selection of experiments designed to illustrate the more important principles of classical and modern physics. This team-oriented experimental course is modeled after how research teams work, with a strong emphasis on reproducible results. Typical experiments include measurement of Planck’s constant, the charge to mass ratio of the electron, the speed of light, acceleration due to gravity, and the Universal Gravitational constant. Students will be expected to make oral presentations, write journal-quality laboratory reports using LaTeX. Six hours per week.

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 , PHY 123 , PHY 211 , and PHY 261 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 242 - Intermediate Laboratory II


    A continuation of PHY 240 . Students will have the time to pursue a selection of experiments illustrating the important principles of classical and modern physics in greater depth.

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 240 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 251 - Principles of Electronics


    An introduction to electronics including DC and AC circuits, transistors, operational amplifiers, and combinatorial and sequential logic devices. The laboratory will cover the use of electronic instrumentation as well as illustrate principles.

    Prerequisite(s): MAT 152  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 261 - Computational Physics


    This project-oriented course uses the Python programming language and introduces methods of computer simulation and their diverse applications in the physical world. Examples of projects include projectile motion, planetary systems, chaotic systems, and thermal systems. Methods include numerical solutions to differential equations and Monte Carlo techniques. The course emphasizes structured programming, although no background in computer programming is required.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or higher in PHY 121  and prior or concurrent enrollment in MAT 153 , or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 281 - Astrophysics


    An intermediate-level course in the physics of the astronomical universe. Topics covered include classical astronomy, celestial mechanics, the structure and evolution of stars and galaxies, and cosmology. No previous background in astronomy is required.

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 261 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 314 - Statistical and Thermal Physics


    The fundamentals of classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Topics covered include the laws of thermodynamics, heat engines and refrigerators, the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, the statistical concepts of temperature and entropy, the Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein distributions with applications to blackbody radiation, phonons, electrons in solids, and the Ising model.

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 123 PHY 261  and prior or concurrent enrollment in MAT 252 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 321 - Classical Mechanics I


    The first of a two-semester sequence offering an intermediate-level treatment of the principal topics of classical physics. Topics include particle motion, air resistance, energy and momentum conservation, oscillations, the calculus of variations, and Lagrangian Mechanics.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or higher in PHY 121 PHY 261 , and prior or concurrent enrollment in MAT 252 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 323 - Classical Mechanics II


    A continuation of PHY 321 . This course discusses orbital mechanics, mechanics in non-inertial reference frames, rigid body motion, coupled oscillators and normal modes, Hamiltonian Mechanics, scattering theory, and continuum mechanics.

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 321  and MAT 252 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 331 - Electrodynamics I


    This course covers static electric and magnetic fields, their interactions with electric charge and current, and their transformation properties; the effect of special relativity is incorporated. Macroscopic fields in material media are described.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C- or higher in PHY 123  , PHY 261 , and prior or concurrent enrollment in MAT 252 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 333 - Electrodynamics II


    This course covers time-dependent fields, electromagnetic induction, Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic wave propagation in various media and structures, electromagnetic radiation from charge and current distributions, and relativistic covariance of Maxwell’s equations.

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 331 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 341 - Quantum Mechanics


    A study of the quantum physics of atoms, nuclei, and particles. Topics covered include wave particle duality, the Schrodinger Wave Equation and its application to a variety of quantum systems, three-dimensional and time-dependent systems, and photons.

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 211 , PHY 321 , and MAT 252 , or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 375 - Optics


    An intermediate-level study of the more important principles of geometric and physical optics, with illustrations of both classical and modern applications.

    Prerequisite(s): PHY 331 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 390 - Independent Laboratory Study in Physics


    An independent study involving primarily laboratory work.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics
  
  • PHY 410 - Independent Study or Internship in Physics


    Reading and discussion of advanced subjects or instruction in special topics or research.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Physics

Policy, Planning & Management

  
  • PPM 395 - Democracy and Public Policy


    This course explores democracy as a form of governance and a mode of associated living. Students explore issues that challenge and shape democracy such as civic engagement, intolerance, inequality, campaign finance, social media, and artificial intelligence. This is a seminar class with a high degree of student discussion, debate and engagement. 

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Policy, Planning, and Management

Political Science

  
  • POS 101 - Introduction to American Government


    This course focuses on the political institutions, processes, behavior, and problems of government in the United States. The national government is emphasized. Key topics include: the Constitution, Supreme Court, Congress, Presidency, political parties, public opinion, and interest groups.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Socio-cultural Analysis
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Political Science
  
  • POS 102 - People and Politics


    This course introduces students to comparative political analysis. It centers on basic questions in the study of political behavior: how people learn about politics, who participates in politics, how political conflict is expressed and resolved in various societies. This class uses mathematics and statistics to study political participation quantitatively.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning; Socio-cultural Analysis
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Political Science
  
  • POS 104 - Introduction to International Relations


    Examination of the relationships of nations in their efforts to deal with each other from differing political, economic, and cultural bases.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity; International; Socio-cultural Analysis
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Political Science
 

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