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2019-2020 Greensburg Campus Catalog
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg
   
2019-2020 Greensburg Campus Catalog 
    
 
  May 15, 2024
 
2019-2020 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.

 

Music

  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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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
    Course Attributes: Medieval & Renaissance Studies, West European Studies
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Creative Work General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Creative Work General Ed. Requirement
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Creative Work General Ed. Requirement
  
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    MUSIC 0610 - PITT-GREENSBURG CHORALE


    Minimum Credits: 0.5
    Maximum Credits: 1.5
    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
    Course Attributes: DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, SCI Diversity General Ed. Requirements, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Diversity General Ed. Requirements, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., Writing Requirement Course
  
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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, HUMAN 1140; 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 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 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 0053 - INTRODUCTION TO INCLUSION, EQUITY, AND DIVERSITY IN HEALTH CARE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 0066 - NUTRITION FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on nutrition for clinical practice for nurses. Food for energy and the major nutrients are considered for the promotion of health and for medical nutrition therapy for selected disruptions of health. Emphasis is placed on nutrition assessment and interventions in relation to the goals of the current healthy people document and dietary guidelines for Americans.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 0067 - NURSING RESEARCH: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL APPRAISAL AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to provide the opportunity for students to become consumers of research and to provide the basis for evidence-based practice and the provision of culturally-congruent care. Students gain an understanding of research processes to the development of nursing knowledge and the contributions of research to evidence based practice Students are expected to critically appraise research articles, to identify useful, valid research that can be applied to nursing practice.
    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 0082 - NURSING MANAGEMENT OF ADULT WITH ACUTE/CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on the nursing care of adults, including older adults, with acute and/or chronic illnesses. Students will be guided in critical thinking exercises and the use of therapeutic interventions and research findings in the management of adults. Nursing process, critical thinking, and decision-making serve as the framework for acquisition of knowledge for the management of patients. Societal and cultural influences will be emphasized.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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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 0092 - NURSING MANAGEMENT OF ADULT WITH ACUTE/CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 3.5
    Maximum Credits: 3.5
    This course focuses on the nursing care of adults, including older adults, with acute and/or chronic illnesses. Students will be guided in critical thinking exercises and the use of therapeutic interventions and research findings in the management of adults with acute and/or chronic illnesses. During clinic, students will have the opportunity to practice clinical skills learned in the lab. Nursing process, critical thinking, and decision-making serve as the framework for acquisition of clinical psychomotor skills. Common concepts of care will be emphasized, including societal and cultural influences.
    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 1042 - NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course focuses on nursing practice for restoration and maintenance of health in children in various stages of development within their families and the broader social contexts in which children grow and develop. Nursing approaches used in the clinical setting are based on the use of best evidence, developmental perspectives, and cultural competence. The nursing process is applied to the child and family to minimize the effects of stressors which have resulted in a disruption of health. There is an emphasis on critical thinking and decision making as the student applies theory to nursing care.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 1050 - NURSING CARE OF MOTHERS, NEWBORNS AND FAMILIES


    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.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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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 1052 - NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES


    Minimum Credits: 2.5
    Maximum Credits: 2.5
    This course focuses on the unique health and developmental needs of infants, children and adolescents with an emphasis on family-centered care. The course incorporates principles of assessment, planning and implementation of nursing interventions appropriate for health promotion, wellness, health restoration and various complex health problems. Nursing approaches are based on the use of best evidence, developmental perspectives, and cultural competence with a focus on critical thinking.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1054 - NURSING CARE OF OLDER ADULTS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course is designed to ensure competency in providing evidence-based nursing care to older adults and their families, across a continuum of health care settings. Attention is given to the complex interaction of acute and chronic co-morbid conditions, interdisciplinary collaboration, the recognition of risk factors, valid and reliable health assessment, and individualized and evidence-based care for older adults across a continuum of health care settings. The influence of attitudes, age, gender, race, culture, religion, language, lifestyle, technology, and health care policy on the biological, psychological, and social functioning of older adults is considered.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective 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 1060 - NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS


    Minimum Credits: 2.5
    Maximum Credits: 2.5
    This course is designed to teach basic psychiatric mental health nursing concepts and their application to clinical practice. Classroom learning is focused on developmental, psychological, and biological theories in order to enhance understanding of psychiatric illness. Major psychiatric illnesses throughout the lifespan as well as contemporary methods of treatment are addressed. Emphasis is placed on understanding the unique contributions of social and cultural factors to mental health.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1066 - NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course focuses on nursing practice of health promotion and restoration in individuals with mental health problems. Application of theoretical concepts and nursing interventions is the focus of the clinical experience in acute, chronic, and community mental health settings. Emphasis is placed on understanding the unique contributions of social and cultural factors in the development of treatment plans for clients experiencing psychiatric problems.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 1085 - ETHICS IN NURSING AND HEALTH CARE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to the domain of clinical ethics as a foundation for developing ethical expertise in nursing practice. The course focuses on contemporary nursing and health care issues that raise personal and professional ethical concerns. Emphasis is placed on cultural differences, current legislation, political and religious controversy, economic constraints, and professional commitment related to the resolution of the identified ethical dilemmas. The process of ethical analysis and reasoning is used to resolve representative patient and health care situations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1120 - ADVANCED NURSING MANAGEMENT ADULT ACUTE/COMPLEX HEALTH PROBLEMS


    Minimum Credits: 2.5
    Maximum Credits: 2.5
    This course focuses on the patient centered nursing care of adults experiencing acute and complex illnesses. Emphasis is placed on the prioritization and decision making processes of nursing care and the nursing responsibilities associated with translating, integrating and applying medical/surgical management, evaluation of outcomes, health promotion, and support for individuals and families experiencing acute and complex health problems. This course will also discuss the increasing diversity of this nation’s population as expressed through age, racial, ethnic, gender, cultural, spiritual and sexual orientation. Discussions will occur with the effect of socio-economic differences and how it may affect the patient’s overall health care. Discussion of interdisciplinary collaboration healthcare professional is emphasized.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective 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 1121 - ADVANCED CLINICAL PROBLEM SOLVING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    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 classroom and case study activities. Professional competence is enhanced through the utilization of high fidelity human simulation technology.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective 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 1128 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING


    Minimum Credits: 2.5
    Maximum Credits: 2.5
    The overall objective of this course is to provide the student with a broad introduction to community health and the role of nursing within this context. Students will explore epidemiology; health promotion and disease prevention within groups; individual and family case management; community assessment and intervention; environmental hazards; and factors influencing the delivery of and access to community health services. The health care needs of selected at-risk populations will be examined.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1134 - TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    Students synthesize knowledge about the professional nursing roles and increase their understanding of 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: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective 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 1135 - TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    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 1138 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING CLINICAL


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    The overall objective of this course is to provide the student with a broad introduction to community health and the role of nursing within this context. Students will experience independence and collaboration with community-based clinicians in a variety of settings. Students will have opportunities to apply epidemiology; health promotion and disease prevention within groups; individual and family case management; community assessment and intervention; environmental hazards; and factors influencing the delivery of and access to community health services at the individual, family, and aggregate levels.
    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
  
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    NUR 1990 - SENIOR SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    The goal of this course is to support the senior student’s successful progression to entry-level professional nursing practice. Classroom activities and self-directed learning will prepare students to attain the benchmarks associated with professional licensure and provide a foundation for the continuous self-evaluation and life-long learning required to support professional nursing practice (AACN, 2008).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis

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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req.
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Quant.-Formal Reason General Ed. Requirement
  
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    PHIL 0600 - PHILOSOPHY OF FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND SEX


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Encourages students to develop philosophically rich and informed reflection on relationships and sex. Readings will include both classic texts and contemporary writings, inspiring discussion about the nature of friendship and love as well as more specific (and more controversial) topics like marriage, polyamory, prostitution, pornography, online dating, sexting, and hooking up.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0790 - PHILOSOPHY OF ART


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines basic questions of aesthetics as they have been developed in the philosophical tradition. Questions include: what is art, beauty, and taste? How do we determine whether something is a work of art? How do we judge it? How much does the institutionalized world of art affect all of these issues? What is the value of art for society?
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1120 - PHILOSPHY OF FILM AND FILM THEORY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will investigate the aesthetic and social philosophical aspects of film. Topics include film as art, film language, film narrative, spectator, auteur, realism, feminism, and culture critique.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Any PHIL course or permission of instructor
  
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    PHIL 1195 - NIETZSCHE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is a study of “The Genealogy of Morality.” It focuses in particular on Nietzsche’s radical criticism of morality, and his proposal for a revaluation of all values.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1245 - AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will survey major themes in American philosophy, with a concentration on pragmatism. It will begin with a study of early thinkers like Thoreau and Emerson, though the majority of course will be dedicated to the pragmatists pierce, James and Dewey. The course will conclude with a look at one or more contemporary pragmatists, like Rorty.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1320 - TOPICS IN SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This advanced undergraduate course concentrates on a few selected philosophical problems concerning the nature of society; the selection will vary from one offering of the course to another. The course may be historical or topical in approach.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1340 - FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A comparison of biological, psychological, and economic theories of the nature and causes of the oppression of women. Authors studied might include de Beauvoir, Freud, Marx, Veblen, and Emma Geldman.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Any PHIL course or permission of instructor
    Course Attributes: Global Studies
  
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    PHIL 1370 - PHILOSOPHY OF ART


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This advanced undergraduate course addresses philosophical problems that arise in connection with art, such as the nature of works of art, the comparison and contrast between representational and non-representational art, the definition of beauty, and special obligations concerning art works.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Any PHIL course or permission of instructor
  
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    PHIL 1380 - BUSINESS ETHICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This advanced undergraduate course considers a selection of ethical issues that arise in connection with business needs and practices, such as employer-employee relations, truth in advertising, responsibilities to consumers, fair and unfair competitive practices, environmental effects, contractual obligations, liability for damages, and governmental regulation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1460 - THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an advanced undergraduate course in recent and contemporary epistemology. Topics vary somewhat, but generally include many of the following: skepticism, sense data and the myth of the given, induction and confirmation, definition of “knowing-that-p”, holism and coherence, the status of common sense, and so on.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Any PHIL course or permission of instructor
  
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    PHIL 1500 - SYMBOLIC LOGIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This advanced undergraduate course develops skills in formal and informal reasoning in predicate-quantifier logic, and covers formal semantics for sentential logic, informal semantics for predicate-quantifier logic, and elementary syntactic metatheory.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Any PHIL course
  
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    PHIL 1640 - PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This advanced undergraduate course covers such topics as mind-body reductionism, behaviorism, functionalism, cognitivism, and the relation of artificial intelligence research to psychological theory.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Any PHIL course or any PSY course
  
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    PHIL 1890 - ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY (VARIOUS)


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This intensive, advanced-level seminar is reserved for special philosophical topics that do not fit standard course-catalog categories. Issues discussed vary from year to year, but tend to be narrowly focused and specialized.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (1 PHIL course or ENGCMP 0020); LVL: Junior
  
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    PHIL 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY—UNDERGRADUATE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 9
    This course is a way of offering university credit in philosophy for relevant experiences or work undertaken independently, with little or no formal interaction with an instructor.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY—UNDERGRADUATE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 9
    This course provides an individualized study program, on a topic not covered in the regular curriculum, under the close supervision of a faculty advisor. The student is generally expected to produce a substantial piece of written work.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1969 - SPECIAL TOPICS - STUDY ABROAD


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    The study of special topics related to a study abroad experience.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Physical Education

  
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    PEDC 0022 - AEROBIC DANCE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Improve your fitness levels with this aerobic dance to music course. One of America’s most popular ways to exercise. This program is for all ages. Each enrollee will be permitted to participate at his/her own level, gradually improving muscle tone, cardiac, and respiratory fitness.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PEDC 0023 - WEIGHT TRAINING


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    A coeducational class designed to provide the student with the opportunity to develop and practice basic weight training techniques. With the guidance of the instructor, the student will be encouraged to develop an individualized self-designed program. The emphasis of this course will be placed on progressive-resistive exercises.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PEDC 0025 - AEROBICS-CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Primarily involves a training program of light to moderate intensity with increased cardiovascular fitness and improved quality of life as a goal. In support of the instruction on cross-country running, students will receive some background information on aerobics in the form of handouts and mini lectures.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PEDC 0108 - PHYSICAL CONDITIONING AND WEIGHT TRAINING 1


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Weight training, aerobic, and flexibility techniques.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
 

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