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MUSC 0252 - Piano Class III (for Music Majors)
Credits: 0.5
A keyboard class designed to develop practical playing skills. Begins with emphasis on fundamental piano techniques, moves through emphasis on chording, accompanying, and improvising and sight reading, and concludes with the learning of assigned compositions and the development of transposition skills.
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MUSC 0253 - Piano Class IV (for Music Majors)
Credits: 0.5
A keyboard class designed to develop practical playing skills. Begins with emphasis on fundamental piano techniques, moves through emphasis on chording, accompanying, and improvising and sight reading, and concludes with the learning of assigned compositions and the development of transposition skills.
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MUSC 0387 - Senior Recital/Jazz
Credits: 0
Complete public recital of jazz literature. The Senior Recital demonstrates the culmination of the student’s achievements in jazz studies throughout eight semesters of undergraduate study through the presentation of varied repertoire selected by the student and their applied instructor in a live performance setting. The Senior Recital is recorded, which provides the student with material for demonstration recordings. Additionally, the Senior Recital helps the student prepare for future auditions and professional engagements.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory recital hearing and permission of the instructor.
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Applied Music Lessons |
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MUSC 0170 - Applied Music (Minor) I
Credits: 0.5
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MUSC 0171 - Applied Music (Minor) II
Credits: 0.5
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MUSC 0172 - Applied Music (Minor) III
Credits: 0.5
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MUSC 0173 - Applied Music (Minor) IV
Credits: 0.5
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MUSC 0174 - Applied Music (Major) I
Credits: 1
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MUSC 0175 - Applied Music (Major) II
Credits: 1
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MUSC 0176 - Applied Music (Major) III
Credits: 1
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MUSC 0177 - Applied Music (Major) IV
Credits: 1
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MUSC 0270 - Applied Music (Minor) V
Credits: 0.5
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MUSC 0271 - Applied Music (Minor) VI
Credits: 0.5
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MUSC 0272 - Applied Music (Minor) VII
Credits: 0.5
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MUSC 0273 - Applied Music (Minor) VIII
Credits: 0.5
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MUSC 0274 - Applied Music (Major) V
Credits: 2
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MUSC 0275 - Applied Music (Major) VI
Credits: 2
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MUSC 0276 - Applied Music (Major) VII
Credits: 2
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MUSC 0277 - Applied Music (Major) VIII
Credits: 2
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MUSC 0279 - Recital Attendance and Performance
Credits: 0.5
All Music majors are required to complete 6 semesters (Music minor 3 semester) of MUSC 0279, Recital Attendance and Performance. Attendance is required at weekly studio classes and departmental recitals. Students are required to perform regularly in studio classes, and are required to perform at least once each year in a departmental recital. Music minors may perform at the discretion of their applied instructor. Music Education majors are exempt from MUSC 0279 in the semester which they are enrolled in their practicum. Pass/Fail.
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MUSC 0280 - Music Studio
Credits: 0
Studio class is designed to instill the knowledge and develop the skills necessary to prepare the student to pursue a professional career in music. This is a pass/fail course.
Corequisite: Required with each semester of applied music study.
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MUSC 0288 - Junior Recital/Performance
Credits: 0
Complete public recital of solo and ensemble (optional) literature from the standard repertoire. The Junior Recital demonstrates that the culmination of achievements in proficiency, musicianship, and technical levels addressed throughout five semesters of applied undergraduate study.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory qualifying examination.
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MUSC 0374 - Applied Music (Performance Concentration) V
Credits: 2
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MUSC 0375 - Applied Music (Performance Concentration) VI
Credits: 2
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MUSC 0376 - Applied Music (Performance Concentration) VII
Credits: 2
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MUSC 0377 - Applied Music (Performance Concentration) VIII
Credits: 2
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MUSC 0378 - Senior Recital/Composition
Credits: 0
Complete public recital of original works. The Senior Recital demonstrates the culmination of achievements in proficiency, musicianship, and technical levels addressed throughout five semester of music composition study. The student composer is required to participate in the recital as a performer and/or conductor.
Prerequisites: MUSC 0314 .
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MUSC 0388 - Senior Recital/Performance
Credits: 0
Complete public recital of solo and ensemble (optional) literature from the standard repertoire. The Senior Recital demonstrates the culmination of achievements in proficiency, musicianship, and technical levels addressed throughout eight semesters of applied undergraduate study. This public recital reflects the student’s ability to perform in solo and or chamber music settings. More importantly, the Senior Recital prepares the student for graduate school entrance as well as professional auditions.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory junior performance.
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Nursing |
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NURS 0100 - Introduction to Professional Nursing
Credits: 3
Introduces the beginning student to the nursing profession, providing both an historical perspective and a focus on the current state of the nursing profession and its alignment with the most recent trends in healthcare. Topics will include introduction to nursing concepts with a focus on acquiring and ethically using obtained knowledge and an introduction to the resources that are available to nursing students to assure their success.
Prerequisites:
Admission to the Nursing Program or permission of the instructor.
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NURS 0201 - Fundamentals of Professional Nursing Practice
Credits: 6
This course examines the underlying theoretical concepts and expands on prior knowledge and skills from sciences and the humanities. The core focus is on utilizing the nursing process, health assessment techniques and evidence based practice to provide quality, individualized, compassionate and safe care to the adult/older adult populations and their families. Competency in the application of basic nursing skills and safety are key elements integrated into the clinical and simulation/laboratory settings. 3 hour lecture, 6 hour clinical, 3 hour lab.
Prerequisites: NURS 0100 , BIOL 0209 , BIOL 0237
Corequisite: BIOL 0239
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NURS 0301 - Professional Nursing: Concepts and Issues in Globalized Healthcare
Credits: 3
This course integrates the student into baccalaureate education and focuses on trends, issues, and evolution of the nursing profession. A major focus of this course is for students to critically think about the nursing profession, its historical and theoretical frameworks, moral and legal issues, and standards of nursing practice. Additionally, the course provides the opportunity to explore the challenge of providing care to an increasingly diverse population and the influence of culture on the role of the professional nurse.
Prerequisites: MA Registered Nurse License
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NURS 0302 - Advanced Health Assessment
Credits: 4
The course is designed to assist RN-BSN students to refine health history taking, psychosocial assessment, physical assessment skills, and clinical reasoning in the assessment of diverse patients across the life span. Content builds on basic and experiential knowledge of health assessment. Emphasis is placed on applying critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in assessing and identifying problem symptoms and abnormal findings, and the linking of finds to underlying pathophysiology. 3 hours lecture/2 hours lab.
Prerequisites: MA Registered Nurse License
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NURS 0303 - Quality Improvement and Intra- and Inter-Professional Collaboration
Credits: 3
This course focuses on quality and patient safety management in the U.S. health care system using continuous quality improvement. Topics to be examined include the history of quality, trends in health care quality and patient safety, measurement of quality, analysis of variation and quality practices in different health care environments, administrative responsibilities and structures with respect to production and service quality. Additionally, this course considers the role of intra- and inter-professional collaboration in quality.
Prerequisites: MA Registered Nurse License
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NURS 0305 - Nursing Research
Credits: 3
Focuses on nursing research and its impact on evidence based nursing practice. Addresses research terminology, defining researchable nursing problems, identifying variables, hypothesis development and testing and sample selection as well as evaluation of findings. A major component of this course will be discussion of the nurse as the consumer of research. Additionally, the utilization of critical thinking skills will be emphasized to analyze research findings. Students also will be encouraged to explore nursing research that addresses clinical problems in their own nursing practice.
Prerequisites: MATH 0108 .
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NURS 0307 - The Business of Nursing Care
Credits: 3
The course is a comprehensive approach to nursing care delivery systems. It provides the student with an understanding of processes in health systems and organizations and of the responsibilities involved in maintaining a well-managed health care organization. Students will examine historical evolutions of the health care industry, organizational theory, organizational performance, principles of health care economics, financing, third party reimbursement, and the influence of accreditation, regulatory agencies, information systems, and health care policy on the delivery of nursing care services.
Prerequisites: MA Registered Nurse License
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NURS 0309 - Community Health Nursing (RN-BSN)
Credits: 5
Crosslisted: NURS 0310
Identifies current nursing concepts and focuses on their application in public health and community settings with individuals, families and at-risk populations. The dynamics of health promotion and prevention as impacted by global, societal and cultural influences will be explored. A variety of community agencies will be utilized. 3 hours of classroom and 6 hours of Simlab/clinical are required.
Prerequisites: Entrance into the RN to BSN program
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NURS 0311 - Community Health Nursing
Credits: 4
Identifies current nursing concepts and focuses on their application in public and community settings with individuals, families, and at-risk populations. The dynamics of health promotion and prevention as impacted by global, societal and cultural influences will be explored. A variety of community agencies will be utilized. 2 hours classroom; 6 hours clinical/week.
Prerequisites: NURS 0201
Corequisite: NURS 0316
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NURS 0312 - Nursing Care of the Adult and Older Adult I
Credits: 5
This is the first of two courses that focuses on the care of the adult and older adult patient with acute and/or chronic illness. Content includes using critical thinking to make appropriate clinical decisions for developing and implementing evidence based professional nursing interventions to achieve appropriate patient outcomes. The integrating of theoretical and clinical knowledge in the care of adults/older adults with chronic illness, synthesizing laboratory data, and the setting of priorities will be incorporated. This course addresses relevant criteria of the AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education # I, III, IV and IX) (see www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/bacessen.htm). 2 hours classroom; 6 hours clinical/week; 3 hour SimLab/week.
Prerequisites: NURS 0311 and NURS 0316
Corequisite: NURS 0335
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NURS 0313 - Nursing Care of the Adult and Older Adult II
Credits: 5
This course focuses on the care of the adult and older adult patient with acute and/or chronic illness. Building on Nursing Care of the Adult and Older Adult I, content includes critical thinking and problem solving strategies for adults with acute and complex illnesses or injury. A systems approach is utilized to analyze, intervene, and care for alterations to health with the individual and family of culturally diverse backgrounds. This course will critically analyze the use of the nursing process while implementing care to individuals experiencing acute illness. This course addresses relevant criteria of the AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education # I, III, IV and IX) (see www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/bacessen.htm). 2 hours classroom; 6 hours clinical/week; 3 hour SimLab/week.
Prerequisites: NURS 0312 and NURS 0335
Corequisite: NURS 0336
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NURS 0316 - Psychiatric Nursing
Credits: 4
This course addresses nursing care of persons with mental health needs. In addition to theoretical and clinical exposure to a broad range of psychiatric conditions, the connection of mind-body, the importance of coping skills and stress management will be explored. Interpersonal skill development and clinical decision making will be emphasized. The role of the nurse is expanded through the development of professional skills as a nurse counselor: listening, responding, planning, intervening and evaluating care of clients. 2 class hours, 6 clinical/laboratory/simulation hours.
Prerequisites: NURS 0201
Corequisite: NURS 0311
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NURS 0321 - Nursing Care of Children and Familes
Credits: 4
Emphasis is on the development of clinical decision making skills related to nursing care of childrearing families with a particular focus on anticipatory guidance, prevention, intervention and health restoration. This course will also provide experience in clinical and simulation learning environments for the application of theory from nursing and related disciplines to child health. The course will stress the use of critical thinking skills to meet the physiological and psychological needs of emerging families and will provide opportunities to care for these clients in different venues across the wellness-illness continuum. 2 lecture hours, 6 clinical/lab/simulation hours per week.
Prerequisites: NURS 0313 and NURS 0336
Corequisite: NURS 0322
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NURS 0322 - Nursing Care of Perinatal Women and Newborns
Credits: 4
Focuses on nursing interventions to support the holistic health needs of women and newborns from conception to postpartum and includes women’s health reproductive topics. The course will stress the use of critical thinking skills to meet the physiological and psychological needs of emerging families and will provide opportunities to care for these clients in different venues across the wellness-illness continuum. 2 lecture hours, 6 clinical/lab hours per week.
Prerequisites: NURS 0313 and NURS 0336
Corequisite: NURS 0321
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NURS 0330 - Methods in Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies
Credits: 3
This interdisciplinary course provides students with the theoretical foundations of the application of complementary and integrative health therapy modalities. Students will develop their functional knowledge of traditional and non-traditional therapeutic interventions from an evidence-based practice framework. Example therapies include, but are not limited to: aromatherapy, Reiki and reflexology.
Pre/co-requisite: MOVP 0212 and one of the followoing: BIOL 0104 , BIOL 0106 , BIOL 0129 or CHEM 0103 .
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NURS 0335 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I
Credits: 3
This course explores major elements of altered disease processes at the cellular, tissue, and organ levels and the pharmacological agents used to treat, manage, prevent or cure diseases across the lifespan. The course will address the pathological changes in the body and integrate this knowledge with pharmacological therapy and safe medication management. Clinical, legal and ethical decision making related to drug administration will be covered.
Prerequisites: NURS 0311 and NURS 0316
Corequisite: NURS 0312
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NURS 0336 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology II
Credits: 3
This is the second of two courses that explores the major elements of altered disease processes at the cellular, tissue, and organ levels and the pharmacological agents used to treat, manage, prevent or cure diseases across the lifespan. The course will build upon concepts taught in Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I and will continue to address the pathological changes in the body and integrate this knowledge with pharmacological therapy and safe medication management. Clinical, legal and ethical decision making related to drug administration will be covered.
Prerequisites: NURS 0312 and NURS 0335
Corequisite: NURS 0313
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NURS 0350 - Advanced Principles of Professional Nursing
Credits: 3
Builds on previous nursing concepts, focusing on the sophisticated use of the nursing process and critical thinking to provide safe, skilled, ethical nursing care to patients with serious complex physiological conditions. 2 hours of classroom and 3 hours SimLab/clinical are required.
Prerequisites: NURS 0310 and NURS 0315 .
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NURS 0354 - Nursing Leadership (RN-BSN)
Credits: 3
Crosslisted: NURS 0355
Focuses on the role of the professional nurse in a leadership/management position. The course examines how the professional nurse works collaboratively within the structure of a healthcare organization. Emphasis will be on leadership and organizational theories and their relationship to managing people, positive problem solving/decision making, conflict resolution, appropriate delegation and effective communication with all members of the health care team. The use of self-assessment to facilitate the development of leadership/management skills will be incorporated.
Prerequisites: Entrance into the RN to BSN program.
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NURS 0355 - Nursing Leadership
Credits: 3
Focuses on the role of the professional nurse in a leadership/management position. The course examines how the professional nurse works collaboratively within the structure of a healthcare organization. Emphasis will be on leadership and organizational theories and their relationship to managing people, positive problem solving/decision making, conflict resolution, appropriate delegation and effective communication with all members of the health care team. The use of self-assessment to facilitate the development of leadership/management skills will be incorporated.
Prerequisites: NURS 0320 and NURS 0350 .
Corequisite: NURS 0397 and NURS 0360 .
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NURS 0360 - Preparation for Professional Licensure
Credits: 1
Focuses on study strategies, test-taking skills and content review to assist in preparing for the NCLEX-RN licensure examination. Included will be NCLEX-RN practice tests to reinforce prior learning and to enhance testing abilities.
Prerequisites: NURS 0320 and NURS 0350 .
Corequisite: NURS 0355 and NURS 0397 .
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NURS 0396 - Nursing Capstone and Clinical Internship (RN-BSN)
Credits: 6
Crosslisted: NURS 0397
Provides an opportunity to assume a professional nursing role under the auspices of a qualified nurse preceptor. This capstone experience focuses on synthesizing advanced nursing concepts and utilizing complex decision making in an individualized clinical environment. Emphasis will be on preparing to transition to competent and confident baccalaureate professional nurse. 45 hours classroom and 135 hours of clinical hours are required.
Prerequisites: All other RN to BSN courses.
Corequisite: NURS 0354
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NURS 0397 - Nursing Capstone and Clinical Internship
Credits: 6
Provides an opportunity to assume a professional nursing role under the auspices of a qualified nurse preceptor. This capstone experience focuses on synthesizing advanced nursing concepts and utilizing complex decision making in an individualized clinical environment. Emphasis will be on preparing to transition to competent and confident beginning professional practice. 1 hours classroom and 225 hours of SimLab/clinical are required.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of all prior clinical nursing courses. Prerequisite: NURS 0320 and NURS 0350 .
Corequisite: NURS 0355 and NURS 0360 .
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Philosophy |
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PHIL 0101 - Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy
Credits: 3
Introduction to philosophy by studying the social and political ideas, images, and language of contemporary culture through topics such as liberty, order and freedom, values and projects of late 20th century cultural and social movements, and the institutions of socio-political life. Readings of primary sources, oral presentations, and significant writing required. Special attention given to improving critical analysis.
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PHIL 0102 - Introduction to Ethics
Credits: 3
Introduction to philosophy through consideration of classic and contemporary theories of morality and the best life. Topics may include the concepts of freedom, happiness, justice, dignity, virtue, right/wrong, good/bad, alienation, loneliness, obligation, responsibility, rights and duties, as well as the structure of morality. Special attention is given to the fundamentals of critical analysis.
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PHIL 0103 - Symbolic Logic I
Credits: 3
An introduction to standard, first-order propositional calculus and natural deduction. Topics to include: identifying and classifying inference as emotive, inductive or deductive; judging inference as tautologous, contingent, or contradictory; distinguishing between the truth of statements and the validity of arguments; identifying valid argument forms and substitution rules; evaluating truth-functions using natural deduction; evaluating arguments using alternative truth table techniques, forcing, direct proof, indirect proof, conditional proof, and the strengthened rule of conditional proof.
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PHIL 0104 - Great Philosophical Issues
Credits: 3
Introduction to philosophy through consideration of historically recurrent themes such as the concepts of knowledge/belief/faith, the natures of appearance and reality, the mind/body problem, freedom, free will, determinism, social justice, and moral values. Special attention is given to the fundamentals of critical analysis and the interpretation of original texts.
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PHIL 0107 - Major Religions of the West
Credits: 3
Introduction to the history and the major doctrines of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Special attention given to fundamentals of philosophical analysis of religious beliefs.
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PHIL 0108 - Major Religions of the East
Credits: 3
Introduction to the history and major doctrines of Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Jainism, Shinto, Shikhism, and Taoism. Special attention to the fundamentals of philosophical analysis of religious beliefs.
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PHIL 0109 - Introduction to Philosophy of Religion
Credits: 3
Introduction to philosophy through analysis of religious beliefs and values. Significant topics include the problem of the existence of god(s), the nature of faith, the nature of god(s) and reality, the question of religious revelation, the reliability of religious experience, as well as the sociological and psychology import of religious belief. Special attention is given to the fundamentals of critical analysis and the interpretation of original texts.
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PHIL 0110 - Introduction to Philosophy of Science
Credits: 3
Introduction to classical and contemporary scientific world views and their respective philosophies of nature. Topics such as comparative studies of major scientific revolutions. Special attention given to the fundamentals of philosophical analysis of scientific theories.
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PHIL 0200 - Special Topics in Philosophy:
Credits: 3
Careful analytical treatment of selected philosophical issues, perspectives, or themes chosen for their timely interest. Significant topics such as Marxism, Eastern philosophies, myth and reality, minds and machines, and philosophy and the arts (music, film, drama, literature, painting, design, or sculpture; aesthetics).
Prerequisites: 0100-level philosophy course or equivalent.
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PHIL 0201 - Ancient Philosophy
Credits: 3
Reading and discussions of such ancient thinkers as the pre-Socratics, Socrates, Democritus, Plato, and Aristotle. Special attention to organizing ancient philosophical thought by examining historically recurrent themes; considering dominant perspectives such as Ionian nature philosophy, atomism, skepticism, and Pythagoreanism.
Prerequisites: 0100-level philosophy course or equivalent.
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PHIL 0206 - Symbolic Logic II
Credits: 3
A continuation of Symbolic Logic I. Introduction to standard, higher-order predicate calculus. Topics to include: proving validity using preliminary and complete quantification rules; forcing invalidity of singular and multiply-general propositions; proving validity using modal operator rules; constructing relational predicates using the theory of relations; constructing definite descriptions using identity rules, and deducing attributes of attributes using predicate variables.
Prerequisites: PHIL 0103 or its equivalent.
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PHIL 0211 - Asian Philosophy
Credits: 3
Careful analytical treatment of major Asian philosophies such as Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zen. Special attention is given to the fundamentals of philosophical analysis and the interpretation of original texts in translation.
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PHIL 0213 - Philosophy and Modern Organizations
Credits: 3
Careful analytical treatment of selected modern institutions so as to understand their philosophical presuppositions, ethics, languages, orders, and impact on and view of the person. Topical consideration of agencies, professions, and social groups such as those involved with medicine, the law, business, psychiatry and psychology, education, and government. Under this course number might appear biomedical, media, scientific, or legal ethics; philosophies of law or of jurisprudence, etc.
Prerequisites: 0100-level philosophy course or equivalent.
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PHIL 0216 - Contemporary Philosophy
Credits: 3
Reading and discussion of selected thinkers of the 20th Century such as Sartre, de Beauvoir, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Russell, Whitehead, and the “Vienna Circle.” Special attention given to organizing contemporary philosophical thought by examining historically recurrent themes; considering perspectives such as existentialism, phenomenology, analytic philosophy, philosophies of language, and philosophies of liberation.
Prerequisites: 0100-level philosophy course or equivalent.
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PHIL 0217 - Philosophy and Film
Credits: 3
Study of film esthetics and concepts in selected movies and related intellectual movements, thinkers, or film-makers. Special emphasis on those informed by philosophical movements such as existentialism, Marxism, modernism, or postmodernism. Topics drawn from cinema dealing with ethics, social and political philosophies, religious themes, or modern metaphysics, with attention to film criticism written by 20th century thinkers with philosophical training and interests.
Prerequisites: 0100-level philosophy course or equivalent.
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PHIL 0220 - Studies in Religion
Credits: 3
The course applies the academic methods of investigation and criticism from a range of academic disciplines. Using these techniques the course explores a variety of definitions of religion and religious experience. The significant questions motivating the formation of religion are studied within the social and historical contexts in which they arose and evolved. The interpretations of human experience found in religious texts are juxtaposed with religious practice and dogma. The definition and treatment of heretical groups are considered.
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PHIL 0300 - Seminar in Philosophy:
Credits: 3
Intensive analysis of selected issues, problems, figures, or areas in philosophy.
Prerequisites: 0200-level philosophy course or permission of instructor.
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PHIL 0304 - Seminar in Inference and Inquiry:
Credits: 3
Intensive analysis of the structures of inference and modes of inquiry in the formal, empirical, or human sciences. Topics selected from the mathematical, physical, biological, and social sciences. Special attention given to the logical, methodological, and epistemological status of models, laws, paradigms, and theories.
Prerequisites: 0200-level philosophy course or permission of instructor.
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PHIL 0305 - Seminar in Value Theory:
Credits: 3
Intensive analysis of selected issues, problems, figures, or areas concerned with topics such as free choice, “right action,” personal commitment, systems of values, and socio-cultural norms.
Prerequisites: 0200-level philosophy course or permission of instructor.
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PHIL 0306 - Seminar in Religious Studies:
Credits: 3
Intensive analysis of selected issues, problems, figures and areas within the history and in the philosophical consideration of religious belief.
Prerequisites: 0200-level philosophy course or permission of instructor.
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PHIL 0399 - Independent Study:
Credits: 1 to 6
Directed written or reading projects to be arranged by the student and instructor. Intensive analysis of student work.
Prerequisites: advanced work in philosophy or other disciplines.
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Physics |
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PHSC 0101 - Introduction to Physics
Credits: 4
A largely nonmathematical introduction to the methodology and content of physics, and to the multifaceted interactions between science, technology and society. Topics from both classical and modern physics will be introduced, including Newton’s laws of motion, thermodynamics, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, special relativity, and quantum mechanics. Links between physics, biology, geology, astronomy and technology will be explored. Laboratory work is an integral part of the course and emphasizes a discovery approach. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week.
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PHSC 0103 - Energy, Environment and Society
Credits: 3
Understanding the concept of energy is fundamental to an understanding of science. The conservation of energy across all of its forms is one of the strongest and most profound statements science makes. This course will develop the concept of energy and then use it to consider a variety of topics ranging from the generation of energy to the impact of energy generation on the environment. The course also provides students with an introduction to scientific methodology and the multifaceted interactions between science, technology and society. Additional topics may include the energetics of chemical processes, energy in biological systems, green energy and energy conservation.
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PHSC 0115 - General Physics I
Credits: 4
Newtonian mechanics is the dominant theme of General Physics I. Motion is explored and described graphically using inquiry-based, real-time data collection with computer-based probes. This kinematic description of motion is then connected to a dynamic description through Newton’s laws and the forces causing the motion. Conservation laws, energy, momentum, collisions, and rotational motion are also considered. Material is explored using a student-centered, inquiry approach melding laboratory and more traditional approaches. Three longer activities emphasizing experimental design and data collection are undertaken across the semester in addition to the daily explorations. Mathematical prerequisites are high school algebra and trigonometry. The concepts of slope and area under the curve are used throughout the course, but formal calculus is not required. Three two-hour meetings per week.
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PHSC 0117 - General Physics II
Credits: 4
A continuation of General Physics I (algebra-based physics). The major topic for the second semester is classical electromagnetism. Topics to be covered include Coulomb’s Law, electric potentials, electric and magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, simple AC and DC circuits and an introduction to optics. Additional topics may include thermodynamics, an introduction to special relativity, and/or an introduction to quantum mechanics. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, and two hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: PHSC 0115 .
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PHSC 0125 - Physics I
Credits: 4
A calculus-based introduction to physics. Classical mechanics forms the core of the course. Topics to be covered include kinematics and dynamics of motion in one, two, and three dimensions, work, energy, conservation laws, rotational motion, static equilibrium, gravitation, and thermodynamics. The use of elementary calculus to solve problems involving trajectories, work, and one-dimensional potentials will be stressed. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, and two hours of laboratory work per week.
Prerequisites: MATH 0105 or concurrent registration.
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PHSC 0127 - Physics II
Credits: 4
A continuation of Physics I (calculus-based physics). The major topic for the second semester is classical electromagnetism. Topics to be covered include Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’ Law, electric potentials, electric and magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, simple AC and DC circuits, and Maxwell’s equations. Additional topics may include introductions to optics, special relativity, and/or quantum mechanics. Mathematically, this course introduces students to applications of the integral calculus in solving simple two and three-dimensional potential problems. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, and two hours of laboratory work per week.
Prerequisites: PHSC 0125 and MATH 0106 or concurrent registration.
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PHSC 0220 - Survey of Modern Physics
Credits: 3
A survey of the main developments in physics since 1900. Topics to be covered include relativity, old quantum theory, elementary quantum mechanics, wave-particle duality, and atomic physics; additional topics may include solid-state physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics.
Prerequisites: MATH 0106 and either PHSC 0117 or PHSC 0127 .
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PHSC 0398 - Internship
Credits: 2-15
Offers students the opportunity to explore employment opportunities in physics by completing a paid or unpaid internship in a business, non-profit organization, or governmental setting. Each credit of internship should correspond to approximately 40 hours of work. Students will be required to keep a log of their activities during the internship and to complete a reflective paper on their experience at its conclusion.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing within the General Science major, or permission of the instructor.
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PHSC 0399 - Independent Study
Credits: 1-3
Independent study, under the supervision of a faculty member, in an area of physics beyond that covered by departmental courses.
Prerequisites: permission of instructor.
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POLS 0101 - American National Government
Credits: 3
Fundamental course dealing with the Constitution, Congress, President, Supreme Court, and political party systems of the American national government.
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POLS 0103 - State and Local Government
Credits: 3
Fundamental course dealing with the powers, organization, functions and intergovernmental relations of the state, county, municipal and other local governments.
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POLS 0105 - Law, Courts and Politics
Credits: 3
An introductory study of the way courts in the U.S. influence political and social policies. Topics include the judicial process, judicial decision-making, and court rulings in such controversial areas as abortion, affirmative action, school desegregation, capital punishment, gender discrimination, rights to sexual privacy, rights of the disabled, and voting rights.
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POLS 0110 - Introduction to Asian Studies
Credits: 3
This course is intended to help student obtain broad knowledge about Asia in various disciplines and provide a basis for understanding different subjects in Asian Studies. Among the topics of discussion are culture, history, economy, and foreign relations of many different regions and countries in Asia. The course is required for students who choose Asian Studies as their minor and is part of the Common Core (Global Diversity).
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POLS 0204 - Introduction to Public Administration
Credits: 3
Examines the practice, as well as the theory, of public administration. The roles of politicians, political appointees, civil servants, consultants, and non-profit organizations contracting with the government are examines, in order to foster an understanding of how government should, and how it actually does, operate. Examination and discussion of current issues are used as illustration.
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POLS 0205 - Metropolitan Politics
Credits: 3
Studies the politics of metropolitan areas, including central cities and their surrounding governments. Current politics and issues are placed in their historical context in order to foster understanding of, if not solutions to, perennial problems.
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POLS 0206 - Political Analysis
Credits: 3
Quantitative and qualitative approach to understanding how theory is constructed. Political thought and action and its relation to normative and empirical studies found in the following disciplines: Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, and Science. Emphasis on how political theory and analysis deals critically with social change through the mediation of structural functional and conflict models of change.
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POLS 0208 - Constitutional Law
Credits: 3
Examination of the constitutional powers of Congress, the President and the federal judiciary, and the relationship of the national government to the state governments, as defined by the text of the Constitution and Supreme Court decisions. Topics include the war power of the President, the expansion of the powers of the national government under the commerce clause, the Court’s assertation of judicial review, and the regulatory and eminent domain powers of the state governments.
(Formerly POLS 0308)
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POLS 0209 - International Relations
Credits: 3
An examination of sovereignty - a key concept in international relations. The course will focus on the emergence of sovereignty in the long sixteenth century and its sources in economics, ideology, military technology and personality. The same sources will be analyzed in their present form to prognosticate about the continuity of and basic challenges to sovereignty today. The final portion of the course will look at the various international theories of international relations from the viewpoints of realism, pluralism and class conflict theories and their protections of sovereignty in the future. Theories will be related to ongoing conflicts in international relations.
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POLS 0210 - Comparative European Government
Credits: 3
A study of the politics of Britain, France, Germany and Italy utilizing value historical, institutional and public policy approaches. The first third of the course will focus upon the specific political cultures of these countries and their contemporary ideological conflicts. The second third will emphasize their parliamentary systems and electoral voting systems. The third section of the course will discuss the specific public policy processes in each country and the impact of the European Union on their public policy formulations.
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POLS 0211 - Comparative Foreign Policy
Credits: 3
The nation-state and its power relationships with other states and international organizations, regional and global. A theoretical study of the cultural, ideological, economic, institutional, and personality influences on the foreign policy of particular countries. The country studied will change from semester to semester. Students may therefore enroll for the course more than once and up to 3 times for major credit.
Prerequisites: POLS 0101 . Permission of Instructor Required.
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POLS 0212 - The U.S. Supreme Court
Credits: 3
Examines the institution of the Supreme Court and its role in the governmental system, with a special focus on its internal decision-making process, the behavior of the justices individually and collectively, the influence of ideology on the justices, presidential selection of Supreme Court justices, media coverage of the Court, and the impact of the Court on public policy.
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POLS 0215 - American Political Thought
Credits: 3
Explores the origin and development of political ideas and practices in the United States from the seventeenth century to the present, with emphasis on their influence on the present. Places American political thought in the context of western political thought, and traces the tensions that have existed within it including between the individual and community, liberty and equality, liberalism and democracy, theory and practice. Other themes include rights, justice, legitimacy, and power.
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POLS 0220 - International Law and Human Rights
Credits: 3
This course focuses on the evolution of human rights norms/standards that helped create the international criminal court. It examines major wars and ethnic conflicts in recent history and concerted responses intended to avoid the recurrence of egregious human rights abuses/violations. This course pays special attention to institutional efforts that gave rise to international law/agreement and supranational organizations. Major cases to be discussed may include World War I, the Holocaust, Japanese atrocities in Asia, The Balkan War, Rwonda, and Darfur.
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POLS 0224 - Politics of Developing Countries
Credits: 3
Introduction to the political processes of change and development in developing nations. Survey of classical and contemporary theories of political and economic development ranging from neoclassical to structural to recent endogenous growth theories. Focuses on institutions and governance as conditions for growth and development. Examines the relationship between political and economic change in selected countries as well as global patterns.
(formerly POLS 0324)
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POLS 0230 - Asian Politics
Credits: 3
Examines economic development and democratization in major Asian countries. Course focuses on East Asian industrialization as well as on the process of political liberalization in the region during the cold war. Major topics of discussion may also include communist China’s political, economic reform in the 1980’s and its emergence as an economic, military power in the new millennium, North Korea’s nuclear programs, China and terrorism, and other challenges America faces in Asia.
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POLS 0231 - Latin American Politics
Credits: 3
Focuses on political developments in Latin American countries over the past several decades. It examines military rule and human rights in the context of U.S. foreign policy. This course also looks in some “backlashes” against American foreign policy, for example in Cuba and Venezuela. The course concludes with discussion about democratization and efforts to come to terms with the past.
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POLS 0301 - Classical Political Thought
Credits: 3
Considers some of the principal texts and themes in the political thought of the ancient Greeks, beginning with the emergence of political discourse in Greek tragedy and continuing with Plato and Aristotle, the two foundational theorists of the western tradition. The course focuses on the theoretical ideas and questions suggested by the texts, and how they have influenced contemporary notions of justice, knowledge, political community, public and private, masculine and feminize, and power.
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POLS 0302 - Modern Political Thought
Credits: 3
Considers some of the principal texts and themes in western political thought from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. The course focuses on the theoretical ideas and questions suggested by the texts, and how they have directly influenced contemporary notions of such concepts as liberty, equality, consent, human nature, community, the individual and the state. Selected theorists may include Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Tocqueville, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud.
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