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2018-2019 Greensburg Campus Catalog
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg
   
2018-2019 Greensburg Campus Catalog 
    
 
  Apr 18, 2024
 
2018-2019 Greensburg Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Information


Special Courses

Pitt-Greensburg offers a variety of special courses that students may use to enhance their educational experience. The special courses include independent studies, internships, excellence courses, study abroad courses, and capstone courses. Most of the special courses are optional, but for some majors (e.g. criminal justice) an internship is required, and the capstone course is required of all majors.

An independent study allows a student to explore a topic for which no course is available at Pitt-Greensburg or extend the exploration of a topic begun in a regular course. To arrange for an independent study, a student must find a faculty sponsor and work with the sponsor to develop a course plan. Independent study courses are available in every department. See an advisor for more details.

Internships allow students to earn credits toward graduation while gaining on-the-job experience in their majors. An internship is required in some majors (e.g. criminal justice and the journalism track in English writing), but it is available as an elective in most majors. Students are expected to find their own internship opportunities, but faculty advisors and the Office of Career Services may be aware of employers looking for interns and can provide suggestions about seeking an internship. Some departments ask students to complete an internship application. See a faculty advisor for more information.

Pitt-Greensburg students have an opportunity to study abroad in a country/region of their choice. Academic credits are earned while abroad and will transfer directly back into the student’s academic degree requirements. See the study abroad coordinator for more information.

As part of the new Pitt-Greensburg curriculum that took effect in fall 1999, every Pitt-Greensburg student must complete a senior seminar or a senior project as a capstone to the work in the major program. The faculty views the capstone course as a significant enhancement to the UPG degree program because it provides students with the opportunity to bring together the themes and skills of the major. Capstone work typically involves research and both written and oral reports.

Departmental Course Listings

Please note, when searching courses by Catalog Number, an asterisk (*) can be used to return mass results. For instance a Catalog Number search of ” 1* ” can be entered, returning all 1000-level courses.

 

Mathematics

  
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    MATH 0420 - INTRO THEORY 1-VARIABLE CALCULUS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course provides a careful treatment of the theoretical concepts of limit, continuity, derivative and integral, including the fundamental theorem of calculus.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0230, MATH 0413
  
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    MATH 0430 - INTRO ABSTRACT ALGEBRAIC SYSTEMS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces the student to abstract algebraic concepts, rings, integral domains, fields, integers, rational, real and complex numbers, and polynomials. Many examples will be presented during class and in the homework. The students are expected to enhance their proof writing techniques.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0413
  
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    MATH 1001 - MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The main objective of this course is to introduce the various programming methods including procedural, functional, and rule-based programming. Such programming methods will be implemented using standard technical computing software to investigate problems from a wide variety of mathematical areas ranging from number theory to differential equations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0220
  
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    MATH 1020 - APPLIED ELEMENTARY NUMBER THEORY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will reveal the key role played by number theory in the development of mathematics. Some applications of number theory will be covered in the course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0430
  
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    MATH 1070 - NUMERICAL MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course, with MATH 1080 forms a two term introduction to numerical analysis at the advanced undergraduate level and includes interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration, solution of non-linear equations, numerical solution of systems or ordinary differential equations, and additional topics as time permits. Emphasis is on understanding the algorithms rather than on detailed coding, although some programming will be required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0240
  
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    MATH 1080 - NUMERICAL MATH: LINEAR ALGEBRA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is an introduction to numerical linear algebra which addresses numerical methods for solving linear algebraic systems and matrix Eigen problems and applications to partial differential equations. Although the course will stress a computational viewpoint, analysis of the convergences and stability of the algorithms will be investigated.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MATH 1100 - LINEAR PROGRAMMING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Topics covered will include linear programming problems, the simplex method, quality, revised simplex method, and the transportation problem.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 1180
  
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    MATH 1110 - INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is concerned with the approximate numerical solution of problems which arise in an industrial environment. Topics covered include physical interpretation of a mathematical model, use of library software, preparation of software, analysis of results, and reporting on findings.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 1070
  
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    MATH 1180 - LINEAR ALGEBRA 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course stresses the theoretical and rigorous development of linear algebra. Major topics include the theory of vector spaces, linear transformations, matrices, characteristic polynomials, bases and canonical forms. Other topics may be covered as time permits.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0413
  
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    MATH 1230 - THE BIG IDEAS OF MATHEMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The “big ideas” course is intended to provide a capstone type experience for math majors. It will integrate the student’s current math knowledge into a coherent whole via the adoption of a historical perspective. It is particularly aimed at math majors with an interest in math education or the history, philosophy and psychology of mathematics. Students opting for the optional internship, MATH 1231, will explore how the historical development of math relates to the math in the secondary school. The capstone experience will culminate with a research project and presentation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MATH 1250 - ABSTRACT ALGEBRA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    In this course the basic algebraic systems, groups and rings are studied in some detail. Topics include: subgroups, permutation groups, homomorphism’s, subrings, ideals and quotient rings. The emphasis is on theory with examples.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0430
  
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    MATH 1270 - ORDINARY DIFFERENTL EQUATIONS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course covers methods of solving ordinary differential equations which are frequently encountered in applications. General methods will be taught for single n-th order equations, and systems of first order nonlinear equations. This will include phase plane methods and stability analysis. Computer experimentation will be used to illustrate the behavior of solutions of various equations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0240, MATH 1180
  
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    MATH 1290 - TOPICS IN GEOMETRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A course intended to give a “modern” view of geometry. Possible approaches include (1) the connection of geometries to abstract algebraic systems and (2) the deductive, synthetic development of Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0413
  
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    MATH 1360 - MODELING IN APPLIED MATH 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces some of the fundamental approaches of applied mathematics. The emphasis is on the model-building process and on developing an understanding of some of the unifying themes of applied mathematics such as equilibria, stability, conservation laws, etc. The material is presented in the form of case studies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0250 or MATH 1270
  
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    MATH 1470 - PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is the first term of a two-term sequence in elementary PDE’s. The objectives of the course are to provide students with the techniques necessary for the formulation and solution of problems involving PDE’s and to prepare for further study in PDE’s. The three main types of second order linear PDE’s - parabolic, elliptic, and hyperbolic are studied. In addition the tools necessary for the solution of PDE’s such as Fourier series and Laplace transforms are introduced.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MATH 1530 - ADVANCED CALCULUS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course contains a rigorous development of the calculus of functions of a single variable, including compactness on the real line, continuity, differentiability, integration, and the uniform convergence of sequences and series of functions. Other topics may be included, such as the notion of limits and continuity in metric spaces.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0420
  
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    MATH 1540 - ADVANCED CALCULUS 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course, a continuation of MATH 1530, covers the theory of limits, differentiation, and integration of functions of several variables.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 1530
  
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    MATH 1550 - VECTOR ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Topics covered include: vector algebra, vector differentiation and integration, divergence, gradient, curl, the theorems of green, gauss and stokes, and curvilinear coordinate systems. There will be an emphasis upon problem solving and applications in electromagnetic theory and fluid flow.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0240 and MATH 0420
  
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    MATH 1560 - COMPLEX VARIABLES & APPLICATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course covers the following topics: elementary operations with complex numbers, derivatives, integrals, Cauchy’s theorem and consequences such as the integral formula, power series, residue theorem, applications to real integrals and series.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0240 and MATH 0420
  
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    MATH 1900 - INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Under faculty supervision the student participates in a mathematics related experience, project, or job.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MATH 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Under the direction of a faculty member, a student studies a mutually agreed upon topic in mathematics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MATH 1951 - SENIOR RESEARCH 1


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course covers math modeling, literature search, a preliminary proposal of a research topic, data collection, and data analysis.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MATH 1952 - SENIOR RESEARCH 2


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This is a continuation of research 1 and will include: preparing a research paper, preliminary and final drafts of a research paper, and presenting a research paper.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MATH 1955 - UNDGR TCHNG UNDGR INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Teaching assistantship opportunities in mathematics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Military Science

  
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    MILS 0011 - INTRODUCTION TO THE ARMY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    MILS 0011 is offered during the fall term. This freshman course is an introduction to army ROTC. Course instruction includes survival techniques, first aid, wear of the military uniform and organization, role and branches of the U.S. army.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    MILS 0012 - ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    MILS 0012 is offered during the spring term. This freshman course is an introduction to army ROTC. Course instruction includes leadership and management, drill and ceremonies, land navigation, basic, pistol/rifle marksmanship and organization and role of the U.S. army reserve and national guard units.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    MILS 0021 - LEADERSHIP & DECISION MAKING


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    MILS 0021 is offered during the fall term. This sophomore course is an introduction to army ROTC. Course instruction includes the total army concept, army rank and structure, leadership and management, land navigation and drill and ceremonies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    MILS 0022 - ARMY TEAM DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    MILS 0022 is offered during the spring term. This sophomore course is an introduction to army ROTC. Course instruction includes group communication, decision making and problem solving techniques, military history, leadership and management and land navigation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    MILS 1031 - TRAINING MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    MILS 1031 is offered during the fall term. This junior course prepares the army ROTC student for commissioning into the U.S. army as a second lieutenant. Course instruction is coupled with practical exercises in tactical and technical military subjects with particular emphasis on leadership development, problem solving and decision making.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    MILS 1032 - APPLIED LEADERSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    MILS 1032 is offered during the spring term. This junior course prepares the army ROTC student for commissioning into the U.S. army as a second lieutenant. Course instruction is coupled with practical exercises in tactical and technical military subjects with particular emphasis on leadership development, problem solving and decision making.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade

Music

  
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    MUSIC 0105 - MUSIC PRACTICUM - SPRING MUSICAL


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students learn how to perform in a musical-theatrical production by developing a system for character development, line memorization, music memorization, rehearsals, and all the other systems. A student needs no musical-theatrical experience in order to try out for a role.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0110 - MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces the basic terms and concepts of music in the Western tradition. It trains students to recognize intervals, modes, and harmonic motion. It teaches students to read musical notation and also recognize timbres of different instruments. This course is designed to give students new to music familiarity with its basic sounds and notation, but also permits students with some previous experience to reinforce their reading and aural skills.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0121 - BASIC MUSICIANSHIP: CLASS PIANO


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course in basic musicianship provides non-music majors with keyboard skills while introducing them to basics of music theory. Course content includes scales, intervals, chords, and simple analysis. The course prepares students to transpose and sight read. Students will also be expected to take melodic dictation. Electronic pianos are used in class and are available for daily practice.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0123 - BASIC MUSICIANSHIP: CLASS VOICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed for non-voice majors who want to develop their singing and sight-reading skills. It provides an introduction to posture, breathing, tone production, diction, and interpretation, while introducing students to the elements of music theory and notation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0201 - 20TH-CENTURY MUSIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A survey of musical styles and major composers from the late 19th century to the present. Students will develop an understanding, appreciation, and critical attitude toward music of the present century. Characteristic works of music are discussed and listened to in class.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0206 - CHAMBER SINGERS


    Minimum Credits: 0
    Maximum Credits: 0
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0211 - INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART MUSIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This class will examine the history, culture, and practice of ”’classical”’ music. We will explore the technical workings of music and learn what to listen for in a wide variety of musical styles. We will also discuss the values and meanings of music in different social and political contexts. No prior knowledge of music is necessary and there is no requirement to read music to succeed in the course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0222 - HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC TO 1750


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A study of selected master works or Western art music in a historical context from Gregorian chant through Johann Sebastian Bach. Emphasis is on musical understanding through critical listening, score study, and lectures.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0234 - HISTORY OF THE SYMPHONY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to the development of the symphony from its origins to the present. Students study individual symphonic compositions from both historical and analytical viewpoints. Topics covered include changes in instrumentation, harmony, formal design, as well as the changing place of the genre in concert life.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0311 - INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This introductory course deals with a great variety of traditional musical genres from selected cultures around the world. It aims to familiarize students with music sound and music structure of different people, to help them appreciate music in its cultural context, and to give them a broad worldview of music both as a human activity with social functions and as an artistic expression. Generous use will be made of audio-visual aids and live performances in the presentation of materials.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0411 - THEORY 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces the principles and practice of diatonic harmony and voice leading, through a study of works by leading composers of the 18th and 19th centuries.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    MUSIC 0415 - THEORY 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces the principles and practice of diatonic harmony and voice leading, through a study of works by leading composers of the 18th and 19th centuries.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREREQ: MUSIC 0411
  
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    MUSIC 0511 - VOICE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course provides instruction in vocal techniques and literature. Students receive a one hour private lesson each week. May be repeated for credit.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    MUSIC 0512 - PIANO


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course provides instruction in the techniques and literature of the piano. Students receive a one hour private lesson each week. May be repeated for credit.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    MUSIC 0610 - UPG COLLEGIATE CHORALE


    Minimum Credits: 0
    Maximum Credits: 2
    The study and performance of traditional and contemporary choral works.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0631 - CONCERT BAND


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    The concert band prepares and performs music from the band repertoire. Membership is by audition.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0672 - CHAMBER MUSIC


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Students may elect chamber music to study any approved repertoire involving more than one instrument or voice.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0700 - MUSIC FOR THE STAGE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An examination of the history and masterworks of music on stage, beginning with the birth of opera and oratorio and continuing into the role of music-theater in the United States. This course will discuss important aesthetic, social, and musical developments that shaped these music’s in the last 500 years, while examining the ever-changing balance in the importance of text, music, and spectacle. Reading, writing, listening, and concert attendance required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MUSIC 0211 or MUSIC 0222 or MUSIC 0100 or MUSIC 0411
  
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    MUSIC 0711 - HISTORY OF JAZZ


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course focuses on the chronological development of jazz from its beginnings on the plantation to its present state as a world concert music. Various styles such as ragtime, blues, gospel, spirituals, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, etc., Are examined.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0800 - HIST OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines those musical styles that are uniquely American and are the result of this country’s incredible ethnic diversity. While some forms of American art music are examined (such as symphonic music and opera), the focus of the course is on more popular genres, including folk, blues, jazz, gospel, musical theater, and rock (up to and including today’s popular forms). In addition to examining the technical attributes of each of those styles, the course explores their cultural and musical origins and impact.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0845 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Topics for this course will be chosen by the instructor for each subsequent time the course is offered. This course will allow students to do in-depth exploration of a given topic.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 0896 - MUSIC AND FILM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This introductory course, designed for non-majors with no previous background in music or film studies, examines music within the context of film, instructing students how to listen and think critically about the music and its relationship to the moving image and narrative.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: LVL: Sophomore
  
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    MUSIC 1226 - CLASSICAL AND EARLY ROMANTIC MUSIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course will begin a few decades before 1750, tracing the new stylistic trends that grew up in Italy and France during Bach’s lifetime, and will continue through Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven to the composers of the early nineteenth century who still composed within the classical aesthetic, e.g. Schubert, Schumann, and Mendelssohn.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 1228 - LATE ROMANTIC AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY MUSIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will begin with the more revolutionary nineteenth-century composers who worked in Paris—Chopin, Berlioz, Liszt—and trace the breakdown of tonality and the emergence of new styles and structural principles in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 1270 - MUSIC, CULTURE & TECHNOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students will engage with major social, historical, and cultural issues affecting music technology in the West from the phonograph in the 19th century to the iPhone in the 21st.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: LVL: SOPHOMORE
  
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    MUSIC 1320 - AMERICAN MUSIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course will focus on the major genres crucial to the understanding of music in American life, both written and unwritten as well as popular, vernacular and classical. Special attention will be given to the results of acculturation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 1396 - MUSIC IN SOCIETY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will explore critical perspectives on topics such as non-normative music history, queer modes of expression, subcultural music-making, and the implications of mainstream visibility. Along the way, the course will survey some notable lesbian/gay/bisexual/ transgender/queer composers and musicians in both art music and popular music. Course materials include readings, recordings, and possibly musical events and current media.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: LVL: Sophomore
  
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    MUSIC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Independent study is elected by students who are making significant use of university resources in an independent project not related to any regularly offered course. The project is often off campus, but with some guidance from sponsoring faculty member(s).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    MUSIC 1955 - VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CAPSTONE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: HAA 0010, HAA 1010; MUSIC 0211; MUSIC 0411; THEA 0104 and (THEA 0805 or THEA 0806); Senior
  
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    MUSIC 1970 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course involves student participation as an Undergraduate teaching assistant (UTA) for a music course under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Natural Science

  
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    NATSC 0040 - BIG IDEAS IN SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    The course “big ideas in science” provides an introduction to scientific discovery, scientific methodology and the social implications of science through a discussion of major scientific concepts including the atom, the periodic table, the big bang, plate tectonics and evolution. The course will use inquiry-based methods of instruction and will provide ample opportunities for student discussion, presentation and scientific writing.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NATSC 0050 - NATURAL SCIENCE 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is intended to acquaint non-science majors with basic concepts that are important to an understanding of various natural physical and biological processes. Scientific principles and methodology are introduced through the integration of information from three key disciplines: biology, chemistry, and physics. The traditional lecture presentation is supplemented and enhanced by current relevant technological instructional aids.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NATSC 0051 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NATSC 0070 - PHYSICAL SCIENCE FOR EVERYDAY THINKING


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Inquiry based course intended for the non-science major. Topics include motion, energy, light, circuits, forces, magnetism, electric charge, gravity, the small particle model, pressure, temperature, gases, density, chemical and physical changes, the atom and the periodic table. Additional activities will focus on the process of how students, children and scientists learn science.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PLANS: Pre-Education/Early/Secondary Education
  
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    NATSC 0075 - EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course addresses physics and earth & space science with a focus on the discovery of the basics of astronomy and how newtonian laws of motion, Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and Einstein’s relativity led to the understanding of the universe today. The concept of light and its importance will be discussed as well as the tools used in modern astronomy such as telescopes, spectroscopes and charged coupled devices. With this framework developed, our current knowledge of the solar system, exaplanets and the possibility of life beyond earth will be addressed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NATSC 0218 - THE SOLAR SYSTEM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will discuss the solar system starting with humanity’s struggle to correctly conceptualize the nature of the planets and the sun to the latest information we have on the Sun, Moon, planets, comets and asteroids. Important space missions that greatly advanced our knowledge (Apollo, Voyager, Cassini, Pathfinder, etc.) as well as future aims will be interwoven into the relevant areas.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NATSC 0250 - NATURAL SCIENCE 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is a second course of a two course sequence for non-science majors. It is intended to involve students with the analysis of various contemporary problems using methods that integrate information from three key disciplines: biology, chemistry, and physics. The specific problems analyzed may vary from term to term. The traditional lecture presentation is supplemented and enhanced by current relevant technological instructional aids.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NATSC 0255 - THE MILKY WAY GALAXY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course is intended for non-science majors interested in the study of the milky way galaxy. The class will examine our sun and the solar system, as well as all major astronomical aspects of the galaxy itself and of the celestial bodies within it. Students are required to attend at least one evening outdoor viewing session on campus.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NATSC 0270 - SCIENCE + PREHISTORY > ARCHAEOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Archaeology in theory, method and practice overlaps with the physical sciences, notably biology, chemistry and geology. Using a pedagogical approach, this course explores these many relationships. A history of the interaction between science and archaeology is surveyed. Techniques for introducing archaeology to the science classroom at both early childhood and secondary levels are demonstrated, illustrating how the physical sciences: (a) collaborate with archaeology illuminate the record of human kind’s past; (b) help preserve these fragile resources; and (c) share in our society’s stewardship responsibility to conserve the past for posterity.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NATSC 0300 - VILLAGE SEMINAR IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The village seminar is a special topics course designed to give members in one of the academic villages an opportunity to take a course that provides an interdisciplinary perspective on a contemporary issue. The seminar will be team-taught by faculty from different disciplines with expertise on the current topic.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NATSC 0310 - ETHICAL ISSUES IN SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the ethical implications of developments in science and technology—such as those involving gene cloning and splicing, prolonging life, prenatal testing, radiation and ozone depletion, purported climate change, environmental hazards and safety, and agricultural practices. Attention will be given to frameworks and perspectives for ethical analysis as well as methods for analyzing risk-benefit trade-offs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NATSC 1235 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    A basic study of the professional language of medicine. It is designed to include word construction, pronunciation, spelling, definition, and use of terms related to all areas of medical science, hospital service, and health related professions. This ONLINE course is designed to give the student a knowledge of words frequently used in the medical field and provides examples through the review of basic anatomy and physiology.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Nursing

  
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    NUR 0001 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course is designed to provide beginning nursing students with an overview of the nursing profession and an introduction to the school of nursing. The purpose of the course is to facilitate the students’ adjustment to the University environment and to acquaint them with the skills and resources available to promote success.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 0020 - PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING CARE


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course will examine mechanisms that produce disease and injury, the ways in which the body responds to these mechanisms, and the clinical manifestations produced by the body’s response.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 0051 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course provides a broad overview and synthesis of the issues and trends most relevant to the practice of professional nursing. Historical, contemporary and potential influences on professional nursing practice are reviewed. An emphasis on the unique and varied roles of nurses in today’s interdisciplinary health care environment are examined within the context of individual, family, community, and global health. Characteristics and major changes in health care delivery systems (federal, state, and local) are discussed. Components of professional nursing values and core practice competencies are presented. The concept of an evidence-based approach to clinical practice is introduced. Critical thinking strategies are introduced in the context of the nursing process.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 0080 - FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE 1


    Minimum Credits: 3.5
    Maximum Credits: 3.5
    This course focuses on the concepts of communication, therapeutic intervention, and decision-making as they relate to the nursing process. Techniques of assessment of the physical, psychological, and developmental dimensions of the individual are explored through a variety of learning strategies. Variations of expected findings based on influences such as age, social condition, and culture are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the therapeutic interventions of safety, hygiene and comfort, health assessment and health promotion.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NUR 0081 - FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE 2


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course builds on the fundamental skills learned in NUR 0080. The focus is on direct practice and correct manipulation of equipment during the performance of psychomotor skills. During laboratory sessions, students will have the opportunity to practice simulated clinical skills. The nursing process and clinical reasoning will serve as the framework for decision-making during skill performance. Through active laboratory participation, the student will demonstrate self-direction as a learner.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NUR 0086 - NURSING INFORMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course focuses on concepts relevant to the practice of nursing informatics. The course emphasizes information technology applications and the principles of nursing informatics from a current and historical perspective. Learners will examine the analysis of healthcare data and its transformation to nursing knowledge. Nursing language concepts and their importance in clinical information system development will be identified. Learners will examine information technologies that manage clinical information and support patient care. Social and ethical issues in the context of clinical information systems will be examined. The impact of evolving/emerging information technologies on healthcare provider and consumer roles will be discussed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 0087 - PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course provides an introduction to pharmacology that integrates the concepts of physiology, pathophysiology, chemistry, and nursing fundamentals to build a foundation for administering drug therapy to patients. Using a simple to complex approach, key content areas are presented to help conceptualize the important components related to pharmacology. The basic concepts of pharmacology, such as drug testing and approval, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics and toxic effects, dosage calculations, and challenges related to drug therapy, provide the foundation from which drug therapy associated with specific body systems can be addressed. Discussion of the major drug groups focuses on therapeutic actions and indications, mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, contraindications and precautions, adverse effects, clinically important drug-drug interactions and nursing implications which emphasize the nursing process and focus on patient care and education. Prototypes of the major drug groups are emphasized. Lifespan considerations, evidence for best practice, patient safety, and critical thinking are integrated throughout the course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 0088 - INTRODUCTION TO BASIC STATISTICS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to descriptive statistics and parametric and nonparametric statistical tests that are commonly used by researchers in the health sciences and appear in published research reports. Emphasis is placed on student mastery of concepts and principles that are fundamental to descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as interpretation and critical appraisal of their use in research studies. Opportunities are provided to manipulate data, perform basic statistical tests, and summarize findings in tabular, graphical, and narrative form.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 0090 - FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE 1 CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course is designed to provide clinical experiences related to the theory provided in Foundations of Nursing Practice 1. Techniques used in the assessment of the physical, psychological and development dimensions of the individual within an acute care setting are demonstrated. Variations of findings based on influences such as age and culture are identified. Emphasis is placed on the therapeutic interventions of safety, hygiene and comfort, health assessment and health promotion.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 1020 - ADVANCED NURSING MANAGEMENT OF THE ADULT WITH ACUTE/COMPLEX HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This clinical course focuses on the nursing care of adults with acute and complex illnesses in a hospital setting. Emphasis is placed on using the nursing process to assist students with the development of priority nursing goals and in applying critical thinking skills to patient care. The clinical nursing responsibilities include interpretation of diagnostic studies, medical/surgical patient management, evaluation of outcomes, health promotion, and support for individuals and families experiencing acute and complex health problems. This course includes application of cultural diversity awareness training to the nursing process. Clinical learning is focused on developing and refining the knowledge and skills to manage patient care as part of inter-professional teams. Clinical experiences are offered in acute care, critical care, and monitored units.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 1050C - NURSING CARE OF MOTHERS, NEWBORNS AND FAMILIES CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 2.5
    Maximum Credits: 2.5
    This course provides an introduction to the process of childbirth and the dynamics of the childbearing family. It explores the areas of health promotion, physiologic changes associated with pregnancy, high risk conditions associated with pregnancy and the development of the fetus and newborn. Emphasis is on adaptation to the biopsychosocial needs of the childbearing family with sensitivity to the cultural needs and ethical issues of a diverse population. Critical thinking, problem solving, stress adaptation, role, family and nursing theories provide a major focus for understanding childbearing. Clinical experiences reflect a diversity of settings including outpatient, inpatient, and community programs that provide services to the childbearing family.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 1057 - NURSING CARE OF MOTHERS, NEWBORNS AND FAMILIES CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course provides an introduction to the process of childbirth and the dynamics of the childbearing family. It explores the areas of health promotion, physiologic changes associated with pregnancy, high risk conditions associated with pregnancy and the development of the fetus and newborn. Emphasis is on adaptation to the biopsychosocial needs of the childbearing family with sensitivity to the cultural needs and ethical issues of a diverse population. Critical thinking, problem solving, stress adaptation, role, family and nursing theories provide a major focus for understanding childbearing. Clinical experiences reflect a diversity of settings including outpatient, inpatient, and community programs that provide services to the childbearing family.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 1120C - ADVANCED NURSING MANAGEMENT OF THE ADULT WITH ACUTE/COMPLEX HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 2.5
    Maximum Credits: 2.5
    This clinical course focuses on the nursing care of adults with acute and complex illnesses in a hospital setting. Emphasis is placed on using the nursing process to assist students with the development of priority nursing goals and in applying critical thinking skills to patient care. The clinical nursing responsibilities include interpretation of diagnostic studies, medical/surgical patient management, evaluation of outcomes, health promotion, and support for individuals and families experiencing acute and complex health problems. This course includes application of cultural diversity awareness training to the nursing process. Clinical learning is focused on developing and refining the knowledge and skills to manage patient care as part of inter-professional teams. Clinical experiences are offered in acute care, critical care, and monitored units.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 1121C - ADVANCED CLINICAL PROBLEM SOLVING CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course focuses on the nursing management of the adult who experiences an acute or complex illness with an alteration in multiple body systems. The students’ ability to apply the nursing process, using critical thinking skills, is expanded through clinical activities. Collaboration with interdisciplinary health professionals in health promotion and restoration is fostered
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 1134C - TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This course is designed to facilitate the transition into professional practice through preceptorship with registered nurses in a variety of settings. Students synthesize knowledge about the professional nursing roles and increase their responsibility and accountability for the nursing care of individuals, families and aggregates. Theory related to professional nursing roles, patient care management, and leadership is presented. In addition, health care policy related to specific nursing issues is examined.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 1680 - INTRODUCTION TO GENETICS AND MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an introductory course that focuses on the fundamentals of genetics. The course is designed to give the student a basic understanding of genetic concepts so that this knowledge can be utilized to understand current and future genetic theories and therapeutics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade

Orientation

  
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    ORIENT 0001 - ORIENTATION


    Minimum Credits: 0
    Maximum Credits: 0
    Orientation of freshmen.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Workshop
    Grade Component: No Grade Required

Philosophy

  
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    PHIL 0026 - EASTERN THOUGHT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to various schools of Eastern thought such as Hinduism (including Yoga), Buddhism (with an eye to its Indian, Chinese, and Japanese forms), Confucianism, and Daoism. Readings will include both primary texts in translation and Western applications.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0080 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to some classical problems of philosophy. Topics vary, but might include skepticism, free will, the existence of god, and the justification of ethical beliefs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0200 - HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The aim of this course is to introduce students to some of the main achievements and leading ideas of ancient Greek philosophy up to classical times. Emphasis will be on understanding and evaluating the arguments and ideas of the Greek philosophical tradition.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0210 - HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to the philosophical period from Descartes through Kant. Special attention is given to at least one rationalist, one empiricist, and Kant.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0220 - INTRODUCTION TO EXISTENTIALISM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This introductory level course explores the central existentialist question of how to be a genuine individual or self through reading of several major authors, such as pascal, Kierkegaard, Dostoievski, Nietzsche, and Sartre.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0300 - INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an introductory course considering the question of one fundamental moral principle - right and wrong. The results are applied to moral problems of serious interest today.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0310 - ETHICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the ethical implications of developments in science and technology—such as those involving gene cloning and splicing, prolonging life, prenatal testing, radiation and ozone depletion, purported climate change, environmental hazards and safety, and agricultural practices. Attention will be given to frameworks and perspectives for ethical analysis as well as methods for analyzing risk-benefit trade-offs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0320 - SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to some traditional philosophical perspectives on the nature of society. Philosophers studied might include Plato, Hobbes, Marx, and Twentieth-Century social theorists.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0365 - MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE LAW


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An exploration of moral perspectives on the law via an examination of such questions as the following: does law have a moral basis or justification? Is there a moral duty to obey the law? Are there objective standards of conduct that are morally binding on everyone? Is it morally proper to use the law in an attempt to coerce moral behavior?
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0470 - PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A critical examination of the rationality of faith in the existence of god. Traditional arguments both for and against the existence of god are considered, along with pragmatic justifications of faith based upon its beneficial consequences.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0500 - INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to the concepts and methods of modern deductive logic. Propositional logic is emphasized, but quantificational logic is touched upon.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
 

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