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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.

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Nursing
	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
	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: Letter Grade
	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: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0020 and NUR 0080 and NUR 0087 CO-REQ: NUR 0082
	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 Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0020 and 0080 and 0087; CREQ: NUR 0081
	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
	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
	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 Course Requirements: Enrollment not permitted if currently or previously completed STAT 0200 or STAT 1000 or STAT 1100
	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
	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 Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 0082
	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 Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1120
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0082
	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
	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 Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0066 and 0082 and 0087; CREQ: NUR 1120
	NUR 1061 - INDEPENDENT STUDY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 An independent study is a student-initiated experience planned to permit students to pursue an area of interest in nursing with guidance of a faculty preceptor. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
	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 Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1060
	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
	NUR 1100 - SPECIAL TOPICS Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Study of a special topic in nursing. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Practicum Grade Component: Letter Grade
	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: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0066 and 0067 and 0082 and 0087
	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
	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: Letter Grade
	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
	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
	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: Letter Grade
	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
	NUR 1135 - TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE CLINICAL Minimum Credits: 4.5 Maximum Credits: 4.5 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
	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
	NUR 1212 - INTRODUCTION TO HEALTHCARE FINANCE AND POLICY Minimum Credits: 0.5 Maximum Credits: 0.5 The aim of this course is to provide students with an overview of the healthcare financing system in the United States as well as key issues in healthcare policy. The course will focus on providing students with a basic introduction to: 1.) the health insurance system in the United States, 2) theoretical, conceptual, and philosophical basis of healthcare policy making, 3) the role of public policy in the finance and provision of healthcare in the United States, and 4) the process through which multiple branches of government create and implement policy. We will reference literature from economics, political science, nursing, and health services research throughout the course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	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
	NUR 1710 - APPLIED ADULT CARDIOPULMONARY CRITICAL CARE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The purpose of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to synthesize and apply concepts related to the cardiopulmonary assessment and multidisciplinary management of critically ill adults. Through the use of presentations and laboratory sessions, the student will explore the pathophysiologic basis of critical cardiopulmonary instability, physical and technologic assessment parameters, and treatment modalities commonly utilized in the care of these patients in the intensive care unit. Interactive laboratory demonstration of vasoactive drugs, arterial, central venous and pulmonary artery monitoring, artificial airways, mechanical ventilation and rhythm strip interpretation will be provided. Critical clinical decision making and nursing responsibilities specific to dysrhythmia interpretation are addressed, including institution of appropriate immediate nursing intervention, pharmacological, and electrical therapeutic interventions based on advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) algorithms. Further, students will have the opportunity to synthesize and apply this information within patient care scenarios of respiratory and cardiac instability. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	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
	ORIENT 0001 - ORIENTATION Minimum Credits: 0 Maximum Credits: 0 Orientation of freshmen. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Workshop Grade Component: No Grade Required
Philosophy
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	PHIL 0270 - EAST-WEST PHILOSOPHY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This introductory level undergraduate course examines selected traditions in Eastern Philosophy, and compares them with Western traditions. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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.
	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
	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
	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
	PHIL 1020 - PLATO Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This is an advanced undergraduate course examining Plato’s main views both in their historical context, and as they influence our own thinking today; the relations between Socrates and the sophists are also studied. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: West European Studies
	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
	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 Course Requirements: PREQ: 3 credits in PHIL or instructor permission Course Attributes: West European Studies
	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
	PHIL 1304 - POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy devoted to assessing the authority, legitimacy, and justification of various kinds of political arrangements. Key concepts will be investigated in this course, including justice, rights, laws, and personal/public property. We will focus on the work of such thinkers as Plato, Machiavelli, Rawls, and Nozick. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: UPB Cultures General Ed. Requirement
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	PHIL 1682 - FREEDOM AND DETERMINISM Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course analyzes three concepts of determinism—the logical determinism, logical determinism or fatalism, and physical determinism—and examines the various philosophical arguments designed either to show that determinism and free will do clash or alternatively that they are reconcilable. 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.
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	PEDC 0179 - SELF DEFENSE Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 The physical skills and environmental awareness required for realistic self-defense are taught. Suggested methods for dealing with common types of assaults including escapes from positions on the ground are practiced. Emphasis is on simple motor skills not requiring extensive practice for learning and/or retention. Strategies for recognizing and avoiding trouble and the legal aspects of self-defense are also covered. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PEDC 0261 - INTRODUCTION TO WELLNESS Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This course will provide you with a personalized set of strategies and skills that promote wellness and resilience. By the end of this course, you will have knowledge and skills that you can apply to your life now and in the future. This course will use lectures, readings, videos, discussion forums, practice exercises, and coaching to assist and encourage you in meeting the course objectives while developing your more resilient and well self. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PEDC 0262 - YOGA 1 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 An elementary course on the practice and theory of the basic principles of yoga. This class will provide students with a plan to focus on their particular bodies’ strengths and weaknesses plus increase flexibility. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: Letter Grade
	PEDC 0310 - HEALTH SCIENCE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course explores major physical and mental health issues including the physiological process underlying these health concerns and risk reduction strategies. Topics include discussion of numerous infectious vs non-infectious diseases, physiology of stress, science of nutrition and weight control, and the physiological effects of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Physics
	PHYS 0110 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This is the first term of a two-term, algebra-based sequence in introductory physics. This term deals with mechanics, heat and thermodynamics, and waves. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: Any MATH greater than or equal to MATH 0031 (Min Grade ‘C’) or MATH PLACEMENT SCORE (61 or greater) Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science Seq.GE. Req.
	PHYS 0111 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This is the second term of a two-term, algebra-based sequence in introductory physics. This term deals with electricity and magnetism, optics, and modern physics. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PHYS 0110 Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science Seq.GE. Req.
	PHYS 0174 - BASIC PHYSICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 1 (INTEGRATED) Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 The integrated curriculum version of PHYS 0104, the first part of a two-term sequence (0174-0175) introduces students to the basic principles of mechanics. An effort has been made to achieve a better integration of physics with the first term of calculus, engineering, and chemistry. The theory of waves and the kinetic theory of gases will be discussed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: CREQ: MATH 0220 Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science Seq.GE. Req.
	PHYS 0175 - BASIC PHYSICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2 (INTEGRATED) Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 The integrated curriculum version of PHYS 0105, the second part of a two-term sequence (0174-0175), introduces students to the basic principles of physics. An effort has been made to achieve a better integration of physics with the first term of calculus, engineering, and chemistry. Modern physics (special relativity, elementary quantum mechanics, and atomic structure) will be discussed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PHYS 0174; CREQ: MATH 0230 Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science Seq.GE. Req.
	PHYS 0212 - INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY PHYSICS Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 This is an introductory physics laboratory associated with the physics 0110-0111 sequence. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PHYS 0110 or PHYS 0174
	PHYS 0219 - BASIC LABORATORY PHYSICS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 This is an introductory physics laboratory associated with the physics 0104-0105-0106 sequence. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PHYS 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 9 This course gives students the opportunity to design and carry out an individual project not covered by any course offerings. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PHYS 1902 - DIRECTED READING Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 9 This course is designed to give students the opportunity to design a plan of reading to be agreed upon by the student and a supervising faculty member. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Political Science
	PS 0200 - AMERICAN POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is, quite generally, designed to provide students with a basic working knowledge of the basic goals of the constitutional framers, giving students an understanding of the purposes of the American political system; the essential structures (or institutions) within the American political system, the behavior (broadly defined) of the actors within the American political system, the purpose and performance of the linkage institutions in the United States (possibly including political parties, elections, and interest groups); and the types of policies that are often produced by a system with the characteristics of those found in the United States. Depending on the interests, area of expertise, and inclinations of the particular instructor, some of these may be emphasized more heavily than others. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
	PS 0300 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides students with basic information about a range of political systems outside the United States and teaches them to use that information to examine major theories about politics. The course is also designed to help students understand the government and the politics of the United States in comparative perspective and to develop some understanding of comparative methodology and the logic of comparison as a social science method. Depending on the interests, area of expertise, and inclinations of the particular instructor, some regions and topics might be emphasized more heavily than others. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Global Issues General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req., West European Studies
	PS 0335 - SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the relationship between political institutions and the institutions of the economy, family, education, religion, and stratification. With a major focus on American society and the conditions underlying stable democracy, these relationships are studied in historical and cross-societal comparative perspective as well as in terms of a society’s location in the system of international relations. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 0500 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course aims to increase students’ knowledge of the history of the modern state system and, in particular, political developments during the past few decades. It introduces students to basic concepts and analytic frameworks that political scientists employ to understand world politics, enhancing students’ knowledge of international institutions that play important roles in world politics and exploring current issues in world affairs relating to human welfare and security. Depending on the interests, area of expertise, and inclinations of the particular instructor, some of these may be emphasized more heavily than others. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Global Issues General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req., West European Studies
	PS 0600 - POLITICAL THEORY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed to introduce students to the idea of normative political theory and to important authors and concepts in the western political theory tradition. Students will learn to understand both historical and contemporary debates surrounding important political concepts such as authority, justice, liberty, and democracy, and to appreciate the differences among normative, empirical, logical, and faith-based political claims. Students will learn to read critically and analytically, to make simple normative arguments, and to explain the specific role of normative arguments in political science and political life. Depending on the interests, area of expertise, and inclinations of the particular instructor, some of these may be emphasized more heavily than others. 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
	PS 1201 - CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL LIBERTIES Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The course will explore major topics in the area of civil liberties and civil rights which have concerned the Supreme Court in recent years and which have provoked extensive political and social controversy. Examples include decisions about discrimination, privacy, freedom of speech and assembly, and conflicts between freedom of the press and a fair trial. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1202 - AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The course will serve as an in-depth introduction to the study of constitutional law. The class work and discussions will focus on the development and evolution of the law relating to the powers of each branch of government, the checks and balances limiting those powers and the rights of individuals protected by amendments to the Constitution. Students will be responsible for reading and being able to discuss court decisions addressing major constitutional issues confronted by government and society as a whole. Class members will also be encouraged to identify and discuss factors that may impact judicial decision making, such as current events, political forces, judge¿s backgrounds and historical events. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1210 - RELIGION AND POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Religion and politics both wrestle with issues of justice, power, authority and liberty, and both offer to serve as sources of meaning in our lives. Inevitably then, religion and politics are intimately entwined. In the US, the most religious and religiously diverse nation in the world, founded by a religious people seeking religious liberty, religion plays prominently in politics and political culture and politics strongly influences religious belief and practice. This course will explore the intermingling of religion and politics. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0200 or PS 0300 or PS 0600
	PS 1211 - LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides an analysis of the legislative process in modern democracies with primary attention devoted to the legislative process in the United States. The history and meaning of representation is analyzed as is the behavior of participants in the legislative process. The impact of social-economic forces on decision-making in the United States is studied as are the roles of interest groups, political parties, the executive branch, and the judiciary. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0200 or PS 0300
	PS 1212 - AMERICAN PRESIDENCY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides an analysis of presidential leadership in the united states. The first part of the course deals with factors helping to explain presidential leadership; how presidents are nominated and elected, the constitutional framework within which the presidency operates, presidential relations with the bureaucracy, and presidential personality. This framework is then used for an intensive analysis of presidential leadership in foreign and domestic policy. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0200 or PS 0300
	PS 1213 - LAW AND POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Examines the relationship between law and values, law and power, and law and discretion. Legal reasoning is examined as applied to statutory, case, and constitutional law. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1231 - POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the organization and character of American political parties, the impact of environmental factors on party processes and behavior, patterns of party competition, and the role of parties in shaping public policy and in providing a linkage between public and government. Attention is also given to the political behavior of the American public. Recent changes in the organization of party institutions are examined. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0200 or PS 0300
	PS 1232 - POLITICAL ATTITDE & PUBLIC OPIN Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course explores the formation and measurement of mass public opinion. Topics include: how individuals gather information; the formation of political ideology, political attitudes, and political preferences; the stability of public opinions across different issues; the relationship between mass public opinion and government policy (both what it is, and what it should be); and methods for measuring public opinion, including public opinion surveys. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1233 - POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 There are numerous ways that we can explain political behavior (including both overt behavior such as voting and latent behaviors such as attitudes and preferences). In this course, we consider a number of such explanations (all from the discipline of psychology), including those rooted in personality, biology, emotions, culture, and environmental influence. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1234 - ELECTORAL BEHAVIORS AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the factors that affect national electoral outcomes in the U.S. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0200 or PS 0300 Course Attributes: DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
	PS 1241 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND POLITICAL SYSTEM Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course analyses the nature of the public bureaucracy in the United States and its role in governance. Special emphasis is placed on questions of accountability and responsibility. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1251 - URBAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is an introduction to the key structures, procedures and problems of cities and urban areas. Topics covered include: city-suburban conflicts, relations between cities and the federal government, forms of local government and their advantages and disadvantages, property taxes, housing, urban renewal, crime, courts, and education. The principal objective of the course is to help the student develop a well-informed and differentiated view of urban places and problems. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	PS 1252 - STATE GOVERNMENT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will survey political processes and public policy outcomes in the fifty American states. Policy areas to be covered include the environment, era, taxation, crime and law enforcement, and welfare. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PS 0200 or PS 0300

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NUR 0067 - NURSING RESEARCH: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL APPRAISAL AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

NUR 0080 - FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE 1

NUR 0081 - FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE 2

NUR 0082 - NURSING MANAGEMENT OF ADULT WITH ACUTE/CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS

NUR 0086 - NURSING INFORMATICS

NUR 0087 - PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

NUR 0088 - INTRODUCTION TO BASIC STATISTICS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

NUR 0090 - FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE 1 CLINICAL

NUR 0092 - NURSING MANAGEMENT OF ADULT WITH ACUTE/CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL

NUR 1020 - ADVANCED NURSING MANAGEMENT OF THE ADULT WITH ACUTE/COMPLEX HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL

NUR 1042 - NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES CLINICAL

NUR 1050 - NURSING CARE OF MOTHERS, NEWBORNS AND FAMILIES

NUR 1050C - NURSING CARE OF MOTHERS, NEWBORNS AND FAMILIES CLINICAL

NUR 1052 - NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES

NUR 1054 - NURSING CARE OF OLDER ADULTS

NUR 1057 - NURSING CARE OF MOTHERS, NEWBORNS AND FAMILIES CLINICAL

NUR 1060 - NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

NUR 1061 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

NUR 1066 - NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL

NUR 1085 - ETHICS IN NURSING AND HEALTH CARE

NUR 1100 - SPECIAL TOPICS

NUR 1120 - ADVANCED NURSING MANAGEMENT ADULT ACUTE/COMPLEX HEALTH PROBLEMS

NUR 1120C - ADVANCED NURSING MANAGEMENT OF THE ADULT WITH ACUTE/COMPLEX HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL

NUR 1121 - ADVANCED CLINICAL PROBLEM SOLVING

NUR 1121C - ADVANCED CLINICAL PROBLEM SOLVING CLINICAL

NUR 1128 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

NUR 1134 - TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE

NUR 1134C - TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE CLINICAL

NUR 1135 - TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE CLINICAL

NUR 1138 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING CLINICAL

NUR 1212 - INTRODUCTION TO HEALTHCARE FINANCE AND POLICY

NUR 1680 - INTRODUCTION TO GENETICS AND MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS

NUR 1710 - APPLIED ADULT CARDIOPULMONARY CRITICAL CARE

NUR 1990 - SENIOR SEMINAR

ORIENT 0001 - ORIENTATION

PHIL 0026 - EASTERN THOUGHT

PHIL 0080 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS

PHIL 0200 - HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 0210 - HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 0220 - INTRODUCTION TO EXISTENTIALISM

PHIL 0270 - EAST-WEST PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 0300 - INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS

PHIL 0310 - ETHICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PHIL 0320 - SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 0365 - MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE LAW

PHIL 0470 - PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

PHIL 0500 - INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC

PHIL 0600 - PHILOSOPHY OF FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND SEX

PHIL 0790 - PHILOSOPHY OF ART

PHIL 1020 - PLATO

PHIL 1120 - PHILOSPHY OF FILM AND FILM THEORY

PHIL 1195 - NIETZSCHE

PHIL 1245 - AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 1304 - POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 1320 - TOPICS IN SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 1340 - FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 1370 - PHILOSOPHY OF ART

PHIL 1380 - BUSINESS ETHICS

PHIL 1460 - THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

PHIL 1500 - SYMBOLIC LOGIC

PHIL 1640 - PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY

PHIL 1682 - FREEDOM AND DETERMINISM

PHIL 1890 - ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY (VARIOUS)

PHIL 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY—UNDERGRADUATE

PHIL 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY—UNDERGRADUATE

PHIL 1969 - SPECIAL TOPICS - STUDY ABROAD

PEDC 0022 - AEROBIC DANCE

PEDC 0023 - WEIGHT TRAINING

PEDC 0025 - AEROBICS-CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING

PEDC 0108 - PHYSICAL CONDITIONING AND WEIGHT TRAINING 1

PEDC 0179 - SELF DEFENSE

PEDC 0261 - INTRODUCTION TO WELLNESS

PEDC 0262 - YOGA 1

PEDC 0310 - HEALTH SCIENCE

PHYS 0110 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 1

PHYS 0111 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 2

PHYS 0174 - BASIC PHYSICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 1 (INTEGRATED)