2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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This section of the Catalog includes course descriptions, listed alphabetically by discipline. The descriptions provide information on course numbers, titles, the level of instruction, credit, course sequence, content, and prerequisites as shown in the following example:
CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
Credits: 5
Prerequisite: CHE 1100
Description: A study of the elements of organic and biological chemistry. This course satisfies requirements for nursing programs and other fields requiring a survey of organic and biological chemistry.
The first two to four letters, called the course subject code, represent the area of study or discipline, e.g., CHE represents chemistry. The course number follows the course subject code, e.g., 2100. The first digit in a four-digit course number designates the level of instruction. Only courses numbered 1000 or above will be included in credits toward a degree. Courses with numbers up to and including 1999 are primarily for freshmen, 2000 through 2999 primarily for sophomores, 3000 through 3999 primarily for juniors, and 4000 through 4999 primarily for seniors. In general, students should not take courses above the level of their class (based upon semester hours earned), but they may do so at one level above if they have the specified prerequisites. In special cases, students may be permitted to take courses more than one level above that designated for their class if they obtain the permission of their advisor and of the faculty member teaching the course and if they meet the prerequisite requirements. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If a prerequisite must be met before a student can register for a course, this information is listed above the course description. Attributes, such as Multicultural, General Studies, or Guaranteed Transfer, are listed after the course description. A list of courses being offered in a given semester, instructors, class meeting times, and locations is described in the Class Schedule.
Types of Courses
- Regular courses appear in this section of the University Catalog and are offered on a regular basis.
- Independent study courses provide students the opportunity to pursue in-depth study of a topic of special interest. Independent study courses are specified as 498_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Independent study courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Special topics or omnibus courses are temporary courses that are not listed in the Catalog. They may be used to pilot-test a course, present a special topic, or provide a unique, experiential-learning opportunity. Omnibus courses use a specified range of course numbers: 190_, 290_, 390_, 490_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Omnibus courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Variable topics courses allow courses of varying titles under an overall theme or “umbrella” course. Variable topic courses include an alpha character in the course number and are published in the Class Schedule.
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NUT 3200 - Nutrition and Sports Performance
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NUT 2040
Description: This course is designed to enable the student, through application of the basic principles of nutrition, to improve his/her health, fitness, and physical performance within the limits set by genetic endowment and level of training.
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NUT 3300 - Cultural Aspects of Nutrition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NUT 2040
Description: Students will learn about the formation and significance of cultural identity among people identifying with a Native American, African American, Hispanic, Asian, or European heritage and its importance as it relates to food choices, behaviors, and nutritional status. They will also examine the impact of cultural differences, the nutritional value of ethnic foods, nutrition-related health benefits and risks faced by various cultural groups, disparities in health care, and strategies toward successful prevention and intervention.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
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NUT 3310 - Nutrition and Food of Mexico
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor
Description: This course is about the nutrition of Mexican citizens living in Mexico, as well as Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans living in the United States. The course addresses nutritional status, typical foods consumed, food habits and beliefs, cultural and health beliefs related to nutrition, and government programs to improve nutritional status. Students will attend basic cooking classes and nutrition-related field trips. This course includes learning and using Spanish vocabulary for foods, eating, cooking, digestion and nutrition related diseases and conditions. Parts of the course are taught in English and parts in Spanish.
Note: This course is part of a study abroad program run in conjunction with the Department of Modern Languages.
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NUT 3320 - Nutrition Study Abroad
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Nutrition Major, 2.5 GPA
Description: This is a variable topics course conducted in a study abroad format. The countries visited will vary as to where the course is offered. Students will study the food and culinary traditions of the country visited, how people obtain food, health and nutrition programs available and how all of these affect the nutritional health of the country’s population.
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NUT 3350 - Global Nutrition and Health
Credits: 3
Description: A global assessment of nutrition is covered in this course. The course examines current nutrition status of the world’s populations, population growth with respect to food, causes and consequences of malnutrition, the interaction of nutrition and disease, and possible solutions for nutritional problems.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I, Global Diversity
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NUT 3375 - Food Cultures
Credits: 3
Description: This course is an exploration of how food procurement, dietary practices, ideologies of consumption, and food celebrations across cultures are related to varying environments, subsistence strategies, moral sensibilities, socioeconomic and political conditions, social identities, and social hierarchies. Using an anthropological approach, students examine how the ideological, emotional, symbolic, aesthetic, and social value of food and its marketing varies across cultures. In addition, course materials introduce students to the politics and social movements revolving around ethical food procurement and food as a human right.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT or NUT.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I, Global Diversity
Cross Listed Course(s): ANT 3375
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NUT 3400 - Nutrition and Weight Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NUT 2040
Description: This course is a study of the basic principles of, and latest trends in, weight management. This course includes coverage of assessment techniques, behavioral and non-behavioral treatment approaches and prevention strategies. The concept of “health at every (body) size” will be presented. Fad diets and programs with sound nutrition principles will be analyzed.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or NUT.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3400
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NUT 3500 - Food Safety
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NUT 2040, BIO 1080, BIO 1090
Description: This course covers the safety and toxicology of food and dietary supplements with respect to microbial and non-microbial contamination. Sources of contamination, ways to prevent or control contamination, consequences of contamination and methods of detection are covered. Beneficial aspects of microbes in food with respect to human health are also discussed.
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NUT 3700 - Nutrition Education and Counseling
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NUT 2040, HND majors and HNS majors only
Description: This course prepares students to participate in the specialized communications of nutrition professionals. Students will practice preparing, conducting, and analyzing group nutrition education, individual nutrition counseling, and healthcare team communications. Written communication guided by the nutrition care process will also be covered. This course is designed for nutrition majors.
Note: Course Revised June 28, 2019
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NUT 3910 - Breastfeeding Management for the Health Professional
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to increase the students’ knowledge in the area of breastfeeding support. This course is taught for students in healthcare related majors or minors and health professionals, and the role of the health care practitioner will be emphasized. The course will address barriers to breastfeeding, benefits of breastfeeding for mother, child, and environment, and the role of the health care practitioner in breastfeeding support.
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NUT 4200 - Lifecycle Nutrition for Majors
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NUT 3140 or NUT 3150
Description: This course is designed to increase the nutrition major’s knowledge about the physiological, psychological, sociological, and cultural factors which influence nutritional needs and eating habits throughout the life cycle with a focus on evidence-based practices. Nutrient requirements, dietary planning guidelines, and techniques for assessing nutritional status will be presented for the following life stages: preconception, pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and aging.
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NUT 4210 - Community Nutrition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): NUT 4200
Description: This course is concerned with the nutritional status of individuals and families in the community. Topics covered include community assessment, programs and resources, legislation, education, and program planning as they impact nutrition for groups. (Service Learning)
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NUT 4700 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NUT 3150
Description: This course examines principles and application of medical nutrition therapy as related to specific disease states. Topics include the nutrition care process, nutrition assessment, nutrition support, and therapeutic diets.
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NUT 4720 - Pre-Professional Seminar in Nutrition and Dietetics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): NUT 4700
Description: This seminar provides a forum for discussion of topics of current relevance to students preparing for a career in nutrition and dietetics. Topics include career planning, further education opportunities, professionalism, ethical issues, research, and effective communication. This course may have a Service Learning component.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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NUT 4750 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): NUT 3160, NUT 4700
Description: This course integrates knowledge of pathophysiology of selected diseases with nutrition intervention and prevention of various disease states. Students are introduced to the skills required to plan and implement modified diets for selected medical conditions. The course incorporates understanding, assessing, application and teaching of dietary modifications while considering the physiological, psychological, social and cultural aspects of the individual.
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PAR 2050 - Introduction to Parent Education
Credits: 3
Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to the field of parent education, its history, scope, methods, and issues are raised. The aim of the course is to provide a broad overview of the field, either as a basis for further course work in parent education or as a brief introduction to an area of growing interest.
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PAR 3070 - Working with the Contemporary Family
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing
Description: This course is designed to familiarize students with the contemporary family: its structures, stresses, strengths, and the legal and political issues that impact it are emphasized. Students will learn how parent educators can assist today’s family and will be given the opportunity to apply course learnings to a specific family situation.
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PAR 4890 - Parent Education Field Placement
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PAR 2050 and PAR 3070
Description: The field placement is individually designed to meet the needs of the student. It provides opportunities to plan, implement, and evaluate programs and projects in a parent education setting. The program director works closely with students and community agencies in setting up each field placement.
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PHI 1010 - Introduction to Philosophy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading and writing preassessment placement tests
Description: This is a first philosophy course designed to introduce students to basic philosophical issues, primarily in the areas of metaphysics (what there is) and epistemology (how we know). This course covers fundamental questions such as, for example: “Do humans possess free will of is everything a matter of causal necessity?” or “Is there a God or an afterlife?” Important cultural achievements, in the form of original and complete works, will be emphasized. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PHI or HON.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH3
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1011
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PHI 1030 - Introduction to Ethics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading and writing preassessment placement tests
Description: This is a first philosophy course designed to introduce students to basic philosophical issues, primarily in the areas of moral and social philosophy. This course covers fundamental questions such as, for example: “What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion?” or “How should society be best organized?” Important cultural achievements, in the form of original and complete works, will be emphasized.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH3
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PHI 1040 - Introduction to Eastern Religions
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum standards on reading and writing placement tests
Description: This course is an introductory survey of the major religious frameworks of Asia, particularly India, China, and Japan, with primary emphasis on the philosophical texts, historical evolution, and cultural traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity
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PHI 1050 - Introduction to Western Religions
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading and writing placement tests
Description: This course is an introductory survey of the major religious communities of the West (originating Near East), with primary emphasis on the historical evolution and living traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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PHI 1110 - Language, Logic & Persuasion
Credits: 3
Description: This course is an introduction to critical analysis, thinking and expression, covering three main areas: (1) language: the significance of words, and their arrangements, in psychological appeals to the senses and the emotions; (2) logic: the structures of formal reasoning in arguments and in appeals to reason; and (3) persuasion: the rhetorical aspects of discourse and presentation, especially in appeals to ideals or character. Practical skills and applications will be emphasized.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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PHI 2000 - Multicultural Identities in America
Credits: 3
Description: This course examines various aspects of multicultural identities in the United States. Students utilize a variety of philosophical concepts and theories, which contribute to their understanding of multicultural identities. Students learn important philosophical and cultural contributions from these identities, which have helped enrich American life. The course covers two or more of the following groups: African Americans, Asian Americans, Latin Americans, or Native Americans. The course may include specific topics concerning gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability within these groups.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
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PHI 2040 - Philosophy of Religion
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 1010 or PHI 1030 or PHI 1040 or PHI 1050 recommended
Description: This is a course on the philosophical dimensions of religious faith, belief, and/or practice; the nature and scope of religious experiences; and/or the existence and/or source of divinity. This course satisfies the General Studies Arts and Humanities Requirement.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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PHI 2440 - Symbolic Logic
Credits: 3
Description: This course is a general introduction to formal or symbolic logic. Topics covered include all aspects of sentential or propositional logic, beginning with the rules for determining the validity of deductive arguments and continuing through to the symbolization and syntax of the first-order predicate calculus.
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PHI 2600 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Religious Cultures
Credits: 3
Description: This course will engage aspects of Chicana/o and Latina/o religious experiences, practices, and expressions in the United States of America. While the course is grounded in Chicana/o religious experience, other Latina/o communities will also be discussed with emphasis on comparative aspects of the groups. Some attention will be given to historical contexts in Iberia and Latin America, as well as questions of how one studies Latina/o religions, but most of the course will examine moments in which religious expressions intersect with politics, popular culture, and daily life in the U.S.A.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or PHI.
Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 2600
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PHI 3000 - History of Ancient Philosophy
Credits: 3
Description: This course is a survey of the history of ancient philosophy, focusing on the Greeks. The life and work of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle receive special attention.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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PHI 3020 - History of Modern Philosophy
Credits: 3
Description: This course is a survey of the history of modern philosophy, from the Renaissance to Romanticism. The work of Descartes, Hume, and Kant receive special attention.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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PHI 3050 - Special Topics in the History of Philosophy: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 and/or PHI 3020 recommended
Description: This course is devoted to special topics in the history of philosophy. These topics may involve eras falling outside the foci of the historical sequence, such as Hellenistic or Roman philosophy, Medieval or Renaissance philosophy, or nineteenth and twentieth century philosophy. Or they may consider the historical progression of a special topic, such as skepticism, that is considered in a more in-depth or advanced level.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit up to four times under different topics.
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PHI 3120 - Philosophy of Language
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 2440 is recommended
Description: This course is a general introduction to central questions and topics in the philosophy of language. Special consideration is given to historical and contemporary issues in the analytic tradition.
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PHI 3150 - Social and Political Philosophy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 or PHI 3020
Description: This is a course on selected topics in social and political philosophy, typically involving issues related to justice, rights, power, democracy, class, equality, freedom, property, representation, and community. Readings may include classical and contemporary sources.
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PHI 3180 - Feminist Philosophy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 1010 or 1030 and junior standing are recommended
Description: This course involves an examination of traditional philosophical topics and questions from the perspective of contemporary feminist theory. Special consideration is given to feminist critiques of logic, rationality and scientific objectivity and to feminist approaches to ethical, social, and political thought.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PHI or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 3180
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PHI 3320 - Metaphysics
Credits: 3
Description: This course is a comprehensive survey of traditional or contemporary problems in metaphysics. Topics typically covered include free will, causation, identity, God, and substance.
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PHI 3330 - Epistemology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 2440
Description: This course provides a survey of key topics in the theory of knowledge such as skepticism, propositions, justification, perception, memory, induction, other minds, and naturalism.
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PHI 3350 - Ethical Theories
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000
Description: This is a course on selected topics in ethical theory, including those derived from normative ethics, concerning the content of moral behavior, or those derived from meta-ethics, concerning the nature of ethical reflection. Readings may include both classical and contemporary sources.
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PHI 3360 - Business Ethics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing; ENG 1020
Description: This course investigates the value conflicts that arise in modern businesses given current circumstances. It is a major purpose of the course to prepare students to become ethical and effective business professionals. The course examines such issues as how to adjudicate between a corporation’s obligations to its shareholders and its obligations to society at large and how best to insure that corporations conduct their affairs in an ethical and aboveboard manner.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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PHI 3370 - Computers, Ethics, and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: Any PHI course or any CSI course or equivalent
Description: The course discusses various ethical frameworks in which to consider issues that computers raise with regard to concepts of personhood, privacy, property. Additionally, it considers the wider social, legal, and political implications of computers as they pertain to the nature of work, professionalism, and the determination of risk and liability.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
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PHI 3380 - Science and Human Values: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3020
Description: This course is designed to serve students interested in learning about a variety of applied ethical issues arising from the rapid increases in scientific knowledge and technological ability. Typical issues could include those associated with questions of bioethics (sometimes called medical ethics), environmental philosophy, human dignity or global ethics.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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PHI 3390 - Aesthetics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Two courses in philosophy or Permission of instructor
Description: A study of some basic concepts of aesthetics, focused either on a principal figure in the field (e.g. Plato, Kant, Schiller, or Nietzsche) or on a particular set of fundamental issues in aesthetics, e.g. the ontology of the work of art, intentions and originality, form and expression, criticism, aesthetic education, etc. May include an emphasis on a particular art (e.g. poetry, drama, film, jazz, or painting).
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PHI 3400 - Philosophy of Science
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 1010 and three additional hours in philosophy or Permission of the instructor
Description: An advanced, critical examination of the concepts and problems involved in contemporary science. The nature of scientific method, explanation, and law is covered. Physical, biological, and psychosocial sciences are investigated.
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PHI 3410 - Eastern Philosophy: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 1040
Description: This course is an in-depth study of a specific thinker, such as Zoroaster, Pantajali, Sankara, or Vivikenanda; or of a pair or group of thinkers, such as Confucius and Lao-tzu; or of a recognized movement of thought or tradition, such as Theravada or Zen Buddhism; or of a concept or problem, such as karma and reincarnation; or of a genealogy of sacred texts, such as the Vedas and the Upanishads; or of a conjunction of epic texts, such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, as rooted in primarily the Eastern or Near Eastern context.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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PHI 3420 - Special Topics in Logic and Language: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 2440 or PHI 3120 recommended
Description: This course covers variable topics in the area of logic and language. Such topics might include, for example, set theory, model theory, proof theory, decidability or modal logic, on the logic side, or an in-depth consideration of theories of reference, definite descriptions and proper names, conversational implicature, pragmatics, or natural language processing, on the language side.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit up to four times under different topics.
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PHI 3430 - Philosophy of Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): One upper-division course in the humanities or social sciences, or one philosophy course; or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines some of the conceptual foundations of law and some of the larger and smaller controversies in the philosophy of law.
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PHI 3450 - Human Nature and Conduct: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 or PHI 3020
Description: This variable topics course examines philosophical writings on the topic of human nature and/or concerns a critical investigation of social structures and cultural institutions that rely on some concept of human nature (either explicitly to implicitly). Possible themes may center around issues such as life and death, embodiment, nature vs. convention, responsibility, solitude and community, or personhood; alternately, the course may consider the ethical and social thought of an individual thinker, such as Dewey, Freud, or Habermas, or a school or movement, such as Stoicism, British Idealism, or the conservative tradition, with an emphasis on human nature and/or society.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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PHI 3480 - Histories of Desire: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 1030
Description: This variable topics course contends with philosophical issues relating to love, desire, gender, and sexuality in a concrete cultural context. Possible themes might center around issues such as eros and thanatos, conscience and internalization, transgression and trauma, eroticism and art, ecstasy and spirituality, sexuality and identity, the body and its modification of mortification, queer histories, the care of self, or desire in language; alternately, the course may focus on topics or problems raised by the work of an individual thinker or group of thinkers, such as Freud, Bataille, Lacan, Klein, Foucault, Deleuze, Irgaray, or Kristeva.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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PHI 3500 - Advanced Humanistic Inquiry: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 and PHI 3020; or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is an interdisciplinary study of humanistic inquiry and cultural investigation, with course content drawn from the development of modern European and American culture since the Enlightenment. Special attention is given to the revolutionary transformations of ideas, institutions, structures, and forms of artistic and literary expression that characterize life in the modern world over approximately the last 250 years. Movements such as Romanticism, Realism, Decadence, Modernism, or Post-Modernism could receive special consideration.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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PHI 3510 - Phenomenology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3020 is recommended
Description: This course is a study of at least two major 20th century phenomenologists. Different conceptions of the nature and scope of phenomenology are critically examined.
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PHI 3530 - Philosophy of Mind
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 2440
Description: This course is a study of mental phenomena, including traditional problems connected with the relation of mind and body, personal identity, solipsism and the knowledge of other minds, but also contemporary issues involving consciousness, perception, thought, feeling and volition in human, animal, and artificial contexts.
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PHI 3550 - Existentialism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3020 is strongly recommended
Description: Existentialism may be characterized as a philosophical and literary impulse, a multi-sided revolt against the “leveling down” of human existence by forces of industrialization, alienation, and homogenization. In the ideologies of mass society, existentialists identify a series of threats to human freedom and to the uniqueness of the individual. This course examines several approaches to a cluster of philosophical problems, rooted in the concrete realities of human existence.
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PHI 3570 - Hermeneutics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3020 is strongly recommended
Description: Hermeneutics is the study of the principles of interpretation, and it examines how human beings experience the world as intelligible. As a practice, hermeneutics is ancient; as a modern discipline, it is first codified in the nineteenth century and beyond. This course poses and assesses fundamental questions regarding the conditions of human understanding, particularly the complex relationship of writer, text, and reader in the interpretive process.
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PHI 3600 - Currents in American Thought: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3020
Description: After a brief consideration of the methodological implications of intellectual and social history, this course could consider classical figures (such as Edwards or Emerson) and influential intellectual traditions in American culture (such as Puritanism or Transcendentalism); or seemingly peripheral individuals (such as Douglass or Du Bois) and the more subterranean impulses stemming from traditionally marginalized groups of diverse ethnic, cultural, gender or sexual communities (for example, abolitionism and the problems connected with slavery, race, and gender in American culture).
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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PHI 3610 - Religious Studies: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 1050
Description: This course is an in-depth study of a specific thinker, such as Paul, Augustine, Mamonides, or Barth; or of a pair or group of thinkers, such as Luther and Calvin or Buber and Rosenzweig; or of a recognized movement of thought or tradition, such as Shia or Sunni Islam; or of a particular concept or problem, such as sin and redemption; or of a genealogy of sacred texts, such as the Tanakh and the New Testament; or of a conjunction of epic texts, such as Gilgamesh and Genesis, as rooted primarily in the Western or Near Eastern context.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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PHI 3700 - Philosophy and the Arts: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Description: This course is an examination of some of the most intriguing and illuminating points of intersection between philosophy and the literary, the performing or the visual arts, including film. It may address philosophy on the arts (issues relating to ontological status, truth, interpretation, authorship, and self expression); or philosophy in the arts (literary texts, performance pieces or artistic works that explicitly invoke philosophical problems or evoke philosophical doctrines in their portrayal of social or psychological realities); or philosophy as art problems connected with meaning, representation and form in philosophical works, including across multiple media).
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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PHI 3810 - Major Philosophers: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 3000 or PHI 3020
Description: This course is an in-depth study of a specific philosopher, such as Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche, or Heidegger; or a group of related thinkers, such as Plato or Plotinus, Marx and the Young Hegelians, or Wittgenstein and Austin; or a movement of thought, such as German Idealism, American Pragmatism, or Logical Positivism.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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PHI 4050 - Comparative Thought: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 2040; PHI 3000 or PHI 3020
Description: Comparative thought or philosophy-sometimes called cross-cultural philosophy-is a sub field that considers a single myth, theme, topic or set of problems by comparing a plurality of sources from different streams and traditions, across cultural, linguistic, and historical boundaries. This course examines some fundamental human issues and questions from different perspectives, possibly involving a further examination of specific ideological or political viewpoints, both within and across cultures, as well. Some of the challenges to comparative work, including chauvinism, anachronism, incommensurability, and perennialism may also be discussed.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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PHI 4100 - Senior Seminar
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all General Studies requirements and senior standing
Description: This is a capstone course and is required of all philosophy majors. It is an in-depth consideration of a topic or author (or group of topics or authors) involving synoptic reflection, detailed interpretation and thematic synthesis, with in-class presentations and an emphasis on philosophical writing.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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PHY 1000 - Introduction to Physics
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading, writing, and mathematics preassessment placement tests and high school algebra or equivalent
Description: An introductory survey course for nonscientists that emphasizes the main concepts of physics, including mechanics, properties of matter, heat, sound, electricity, and magnetism, light, modern physics, and relativity. The accompanying laboratory work is designed to illustrate the material discussed in the lectures.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
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PHY 1020 - Physics of Advanced Materials
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): MTH 1120 or equivalent
Description: This course is a seminar surveying the Physics of Advanced Materials and Applications. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the application of nanotechnology to: materials and manufacturing, electronics and computing, healthcare and medicine, pharmaceuticals, chemical catalysts, and transportation.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
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PHY 1250 - Physics of Aviation
Credits: 6
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1110, or MTH 1310, or equivalent; Minimum performance standard scores on the reading, writing and mathematics preassessment placement tests
Description: A one-semester course introducing the fundamentals of physics through technological applications, many of which are in aerospace science. Topics include measurement, motion, temperature, heat, properties of fluids, sound, oscillations, waves, and electricity and magnetism.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
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PHY 2010 - College Physics I
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2030 is recommended. MTH 1120 or equivalent; and completion of either ENG 1010 or the General Studies requirement in Oral Communication.
Description: This first term of a one-year sequence covers the fundamentals of physics in a basic but thorough manner. The experimental aspects of physics are emphasized in the classroom and in the laboratory. Considerable time is devoted to problem-solving. Course content includes measurement, vectors, kinematics, dynamics, gravitation, energy, momentum, rotational motion, properties of matter, heat, thermal properties of matter, thermodynamics, wave motion and sound. The course is algebra-based.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
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PHY 2020 - College Physics II
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2040 is recommended; PHY 2010 and completion of either ENG 1010 or the General Studies requirement in Oral Communication.
Description: A continuation of PHY 2010, the algebra-based introductory physics course. Topics include electricity and magnetism, electromechanical devices, AC circuits, geometrical and physical optics and modern physics.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
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PHY 2030 - College Physics I Laboratory
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2010 is recommended. MTH 1120 or equivalent; and satisfaction of either ENG 1010 or the General Studies requirement in Oral Communication.
Description: The first semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work that emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing. Laboratory experiments reinforce or extend the work of the lecture portion of the course. Emphasis is on mechanics.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
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PHY 2040 - College Physics II Laboratory
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2020 is recommended. Completion of either ENG 1010 or the General Studies requirement in Oral Communication.
Description: This course is the second semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work that emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing. Laboratory experiments are selected to reinforce or extend the work of the lecture portion of the course. Emphasis is on electrical measurements, waves, optics and modern physics.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
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PHY 2311 - General Physics I
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1410
Corequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2321 General Physics I Laboratory is recommended. Satisfaction of either ENG 1010 or the Oral Communication requirement.
Description: This first term of a one-year, introductory, calculus-based physics course is suitable for science and engineering students. The topics include motion, forces, rotations, gravity, and elasticity.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
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PHY 2321 - General Physics I Laboratory
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1120 or equivalent; and satisfaction of either ENG 1010 or the Oral Communication requirement
Corequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2311 is recommended
Description: This first semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing. Laboratory experiments reinforce or extend the work of the lecture portion of the course. Emphasis is on mechanics.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
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PHY 2331 - General Physics II
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): MTH 2410, PHY 2311 or equivalent, and completion of either ENG 1010 or the Oral Communication requirement.
Corequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2341 is recommended.
Description: As a continuation of PHY 2311, this second term of a one-year introductory calculus-based physics course is suitable for science and engineering students. Topics treated include electricity and magnetism, circuits, electromagnetic oscillations and waves, physical optics, and geometrical optics.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
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PHY 2341 - General Physics II Laboratory
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1120 or equivalent, and satisfaction of either ENG 1010 or the Oral Communication requirement
Corequisite(s): Concurrent registration with PHY 2331 is recommended.
Description: This is the second semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work that emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing. Laboratory experiments reinforce or extend the work of the lecture portion of the course. Emphasis is on electrical measurements, waves, optics and modern physics.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
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PHY 2711 - Vibrations, Waves, and Mathematical Methods
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2331, MTH 2420
Description: This course is an introduction to vibrations and waves associated with physical phenomena. A variety of mathematical methods are introduced for analysis. The topics covered include harmonic oscillators, resonance, coupled oscillators and normal modes of oscillation, standing and traveling waves in elastic media, sound waves, pulses, and dispersion.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or PHY.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2711
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PHY 2811 - Modern Physics I
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): MTH 2410 and PHY 2331
Corequisite(s): PHY 2711
Description: This is the first course of a two-course sequence which provides an introduction to modern physics. Topics include vibrations and waves, the special theory of relativity, the breakdown of classical physics, and an introduction to quantum mechanics.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or PHY.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2811
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PHY 2821 - Modern Physics Laboratory
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2331 or the equivalent
Corequisite(s): PHY 2811
Description: Students experiment with laboratories pertinent to the course Modern Physics (PHY 2811), concentrating on experimental techniques.
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PHY 3011 - Modern Physics II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811
Description: This is the second half of a two-course sequence which provides an introduction to modern physics. The concepts and formalism of quantum physics are used to allow for an understanding of the energy levels and configuration of the hydrogen atom, the strength of molecular bonds, atomic and molecular spectroscopy, solid-state physics, band theory, nuclear and subatomic physics. An introduction to quantum statistics, general relativity, and cosmology is also given.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or PHY.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3011
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PHY 3082 - Energy and Environment
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 1000 or PHY 2010 or equivalent
Description: This course presents the supply and usage of energy resources and the environmental problems associated with our energy usage.
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PHY 3120 - Methods of Mathematical Physics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MTH 3420 and MTH 2420
Description: This course introduces mathematical techniques useful for solving equations commonly found in physics. Topics include methods of solving partial differential equations, special functions, and integral transforms.
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PHY 3211 - Analytical Mechanics
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2711 and MTH 3420, or Permission of instructor
Description: This is a course in mechanics at the intermediate level. Topics include the Lagrange and Hamilton formulations, the two-body problem, rigid-body motion, and small oscillations.
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PHY 3411 - Thermal Physics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811, MTH 3420
Description: This course covers the basic concepts of the three related disciplines of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory. The treatment includes both microscopic and macroscopic behavior of various classical and quantum systems of noninteracting particles and spins.
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PHY 3620 - Sound and Music
Credits: 3
Description: This course will consider the basic nature of sound waves, the ear and hearing, musical instruments, and acoustics. Although this course is mainly descriptive, some high school algebra will be used.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
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PHY 3711 - Physics Laboratory I
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811
Description: This is the first term of a one-year sequence in laboratory work at the junior level. Topics include electrical measurements, electrical measuring systems, and experimental optics.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PHY or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3711
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PHY 3721 - Physics Laboratory II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811
Description: This is a continuation of PHY 3711.
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PHY 3811 - Quantum Physics
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2711, PHY 2811, MTH 2420
Description: This is a junior-senior level course on quantum mechanics. The postulates of quantum mechanics are introduced, and solutions to the Schrödinger Equation are developed for discrete and continuous systems in one to three dimensions. Special emphases are given to the harmonic oscillator and the hydrogen atom. The formalism of operators in quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle are introduced. Matrix mechanics is then developed and applied to phenomena associated with angular momenta and spin, such as spin precession and nuclear magnetic resonance.
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PHY 4331 - Electricity and Magnetism
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): MTH 3420 and PHY 2711, or Permission of instructor
Description: This is a course in electricity and magnetism at the intermediate level. Topics include Maxwell’s equations, boundary value problems, electrodynamics, and electromagnetic radiation.
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PHY 4440 - Electricity and Magnetism II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 4331
Description: This course is a continuation of material presented in Electricity and Magnetism (PHY 4331) and concentrates on electromagnetic radiation. Topics include the propagation of electromagnetic waves, interference and refraction, wave guides, the emission of electromagnetic radiation from antennas, and electromagnetic fields due to accelerating point-charges. An introduction to relativistic electromagnetism is also included.
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PHY 4510 - Optics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2711 or equivalent
Description: This course presents a contemporary treatment of selected topics in optics, such as matrix methods in geometrical optics, the Fourier analysis approach to physical optics, and the interaction of light with matter.
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PHY 4550 - Astrophysics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2711, MTH 3420
Description: This course covers stellar astrophysics, solar physics, star formation, stellar evolution, processes in the interstellar medium, galactic dynamics and evolution, formation of galaxies, and cosmology.
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PHY 4560 - Planetary Physics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811, PHY 2711, and MTH 3420, or Permission of instructor.
Description: This course covers the physics of formation and evolution of planetary and non-stellar bodies. It covers topics including formation theory of planets, moons and comets, celestial mechanics, planetary atmospheres, planetary geology, geomorphology and internal processes. It also covers current concepts of habitability, detection of extrasolar planets and possible astrobiology.
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PHY 4611 - Computational Physics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2711, PHY 2811, and MTH 3420, or Permission of instructor.
Description: This course introduces advanced methods of computational physics in a structured and cohesive manner. The course concentrates on solving complex physical problems, especially systems with no analytic solutions. Several complex physical phenomena are modeled numerically. Topics include nonlinear second-order differential equations associated with Newton’s second law, partial differential equations associated with the wave equation, heat diffusion, Schrödinger’s equation, Laplace’s equation, and methods of fitting and analyzing data, including regression and spectral methods.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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PHY 4630 - Continuum Physics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 3120 or equivalent
Description: A course that presents the basic physical principles of fluid mechanics and elasticity together with their application to various problems in astronomy, physics, geology, and medicine.
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PHY 4650 - Solid State Physics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 3411 and PHY 3811 or Permission of instructor
Description: A course in which the basic thermal and electrical properties of solids are explained in terms of the Brillouin zone structures of phonons and electrons.
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PHY 4711 - Advanced Physics I Laboratory
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): PHY 3711, completion of General Studies requirements, Senior standing, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course provides laboratory work at the advanced undergraduate level. Individual student projects are emphasized.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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PHY 4721 - Advanced Physics II Laboratory
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): PHY 3711, completion of General Studies requirements, and Senior standing
Description: This course focuses on individual student projects in experimental physics at the advanced undergraduate level.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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PHY 4810 - Atomic and Molecular Structure
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 3811
Description: A course in which quantum mechanical methods are applied to problems in atomic and molecular physics, such as the one-electron atom, atomic and molecular spectra, and particle scattering.
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PHY 4820 - Subatomic Physics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 4810
Description: An introductory treatment of the various concepts and models used to describe nuclear and high-energy particle phenomena.
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PHY 4921 - Physics Senior Seminar
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): PHY 4711 or permission of instructor; completion of General Studies requirements and senior standing
Corequisite(s): PHY 4620 or PHY 4721 or permission of instructor
Description: This is a course in which graduating seniors report on individual projects to their peers and the department faculty.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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PHY 4950 - General Relativity
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2811, PHY 2711, and MTH 3420, or Permission of instructor.
Description: This course is a one semester treatment of the topics of Special Relativity, General Relativity and modern Gravitational Theory. Essential elements of Newtonian physics and Special Relativity are reviewed from previous courses and expanded upon. Mathematical tools describing the geometry of space-time are developed, and the theory of General Relativity is presented and applied to a wide variety of physical phenomena.
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PSC 1010 - American National Government
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces the basic principles, institutions, actors, and processes of American National Government. It allows the student to recognize the U.S. Constitution’s design and its lasting influence. It also presents some of the changing social, economic, and political variables that create powerfully new conceptions of the structure, purpose, and flow of American politics.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS1
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PSC 1020 - Political Systems and Ideas
Credits: 3
Description: This course examines political societies and explores the basic ideas, structures, and issues of modern political systems.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or PSC.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS1
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1023
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PSC 2020 - Conducting Political Analysis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PSC 1010 or PSC 1020 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course inquires into research methods and deals with how we organize knowledge in the study of politics. It also emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to political analysis by concentrating on philosophy of science, social science methodology, and historiography.
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PSC 2030 - Politics in the Media
Credits: 3
Description: This course is an analysis of political issues as portrayed in print, broadcast, and electronic media. It is designed to provide students with the background and perspective needed for an informed understanding of issues confronting the political system.
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PSC 2200 - Politics and Black People
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of the General Studies requirement in Quantitative Literacy and either ENG 1010 or the General Studies requirement in Oral Communication.
Description: Black politics is examined as a vehicle and potential in decision making for positive change for Black people in this country. The realities and the challenges, both historical and current, are emphasized.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSC or AAS.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 2200
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