University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

Jun 26, 2024

2017-2018 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.

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Mathematics
	MATH 1560 - COMPLEX VARIABLES & APPLICATIONS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course covers the following topics: elementary operations with complex numbers, derivatives, integrals, Cauchy’s theorem and consequences such as the integral formula, power series, residue theorem, applications to real integrals and series. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0240 and MATH 0420
	MATH 1900 - INTERNSHIP Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Under faculty supervision the student participates in a mathematics related experience, project, or job. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	MATH 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Under the direction of a faculty member, a student studies a mutually agreed upon topic in mathematics. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	MATH 1951 - SENIOR RESEARCH 1 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This course covers math modeling, literature search, a preliminary proposal of a research topic, data collection, and data analysis. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	MATH 1952 - SENIOR RESEARCH 2 Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 This is a continuation of research 1 and will include: preparing a research paper, preliminary and final drafts of a research paper, and presenting a research paper. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	MATH 1955 - UNDGR TCHNG UNDGR INTERNSHIP Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Teaching assistantship opportunities in mathematics. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Military Science
	MILS 0011 - INTRODUCTION TO THE ARMY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 MILS 0011 is offered during the fall term. This freshman course is an introduction to army ROTC. Course instruction includes survival techniques, first aid, wear of the military uniform and organization, role and branches of the U.S. army. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	MILS 0012 - ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 MILS 0012 is offered during the spring term. This freshman course is an introduction to army ROTC. Course instruction includes leadership and management, drill and ceremonies, land navigation, basic, pistol/rifle marksmanship and organization and role of the U.S. army reserve and national guard units. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	MILS 0021 - LEADERSHIP & DECISION MAKING Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 MILS 0021 is offered during the fall term. This sophomore course is an introduction to army ROTC. Course instruction includes the total army concept, army rank and structure, leadership and management, land navigation and drill and ceremonies. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	MILS 0022 - ARMY TEAM DEVELOPMENT Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 MILS 0022 is offered during the spring term. This sophomore course is an introduction to army ROTC. Course instruction includes group communication, decision making and problem solving techniques, military history, leadership and management and land navigation. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	MILS 1031 - TRAINING MANAGEMENT Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 MILS 1031 is offered during the fall term. This junior course prepares the army ROTC student for commissioning into the U.S. army as a second lieutenant. Course instruction is coupled with practical exercises in tactical and technical military subjects with particular emphasis on leadership development, problem solving and decision making. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	MILS 1032 - APPLIED LEADERSHIP Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 MILS 1032 is offered during the spring term. This junior course prepares the army ROTC student for commissioning into the U.S. army as a second lieutenant. Course instruction is coupled with practical exercises in tactical and technical military subjects with particular emphasis on leadership development, problem solving and decision making. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
Music
	MUSIC 0105 - MUSIC PRACTICUM - SPRING MUSICAL Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Students learn how to perform in a musical-theatrical production by developing a system for character development, line memorization, music memorization, rehearsals, and all the other systems. A student needs no musical-theatrical experience in order to try out for a role. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Practicum Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	MUSIC 0110 - MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course introduces the basic terms and concepts of music in the Western tradition. It trains students to recognize intervals, modes, and harmonic motion. It teaches students to read musical notation and also recognize timbres of different instruments. This course is designed to give students new to music familiarity with its basic sounds and notation, but also permits students with some previous experience to reinforce their reading and aural skills. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	MUSIC 0121 - BASIC MUSICIANSHIP: CLASS PIANO Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course in basic musicianship provides non-music majors with keyboard skills while introducing them to basics of music theory. Course content includes scales, intervals, chords, and simple analysis. The course prepares students to transpose and sight read. Students will also be expected to take melodic dictation. Electronic pianos are used in class and are available for daily practice. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	MUSIC 0123 - BASIC MUSICIANSHIP: CLASS VOICE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed for non-voice majors who want to develop their singing and sight-reading skills. It provides an introduction to posture, breathing, tone production, diction, and interpretation, while introducing students to the elements of music theory and notation. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	MUSIC 0201 - 20TH-CENTURY MUSIC Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 A survey of musical styles and major composers from the late 19th century to the present. Students will develop an understanding, appreciation, and critical attitude toward music of the present century. Characteristic works of music are discussed and listened to in class. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	MUSIC 0206 - CHAMBER SINGERS Minimum Credits: 0 Maximum Credits: 0 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	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
	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
	MUSIC 0234 - HISTORY OF THE SYMPHONY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course introduces students to the development of the symphony from its origins to the present. Students study individual symphonic compositions from both historical and analytical viewpoints. Topics covered include changes in instrumentation, harmony, formal design, as well as the changing place of the genre in concert life. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	MUSIC 0610 - UPG COLLEGIATE CHORALE Minimum Credits: 0 Maximum Credits: 2 The study and performance of traditional and contemporary choral works. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	MUSIC 1226 - CLASSICAL AND EARLY ROMANTIC MUSIC Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The course will begin a few decades before 1750, tracing the new stylistic trends that grew up in Italy and France during Bach’s lifetime, and will continue through Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven to the composers of the early nineteenth century who still composed within the classical aesthetic, e.g. Schubert, Schumann, and Mendelssohn. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	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
	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
	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
	MUSIC 1396 - MUSIC IN SOCIETY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 “Music in Society” is a multi-perspective humanities study of musical activity in the United States. It draws on techniques and perspectives of historical studies, ethnology, music business, and professional concerns to develop a cultural and historical understanding of music in American life. The course focuses on the types of organizations and environments in which music occurs, and the function of the music in the lives of the participants. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: LVL: Sophomore
	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
	MUSIC 1955 - VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CAPSTONE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: HAA 0010, HAA 1010; MUSIC 0211; MUSIC 0411; THEA 0104 and (THEA 0805 or THEA 0806); Senior
	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
	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
	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
	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
	NATSC 0075 - EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course addresses physics and earth & space science with a focus on the discovery of the basics of astronomy and how newtonian laws of motion, Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and Einstein’s relativity led to the understanding of the universe today. The concept of light and its importance will be discussed as well as the tools used in modern astronomy such as telescopes, spectroscopes and charged coupled devices. With this framework developed, our current knowledge of the solar system, exaplanets and the possibility of life beyond earth will be addressed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	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
	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
	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
	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 Course Requirements: PLANS: Pre-Education or Early Childhood Education or Secondary Education
	NATSC 0300 - VILLAGE SEMINAR IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The village seminar is a special topics course designed to give members in one of the academic villages an opportunity to take a course that provides an interdisciplinary perspective on a contemporary issue. The seminar will be team-taught by faculty from different disciplines with expertise on the current topic. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	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
	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
	NUR 0001 - FRESHMAN SEMINAR - NURSING STUDENTS Minimum Credits: 0 Maximum Credits: 0 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
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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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 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 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 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
	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 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 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: MATH 0020 or any MATH greater than or equal to MATH 0031 (Min Grade ‘C’) or MATH PLACEMENT SCORE (61 or greater)
	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
	PHYS 0174 - BASC PHYS SCI & ENGR 1 (INTGD) Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 The integrated curriculum version of PHYS 0104, the first part of a two-term sequence (PHYS 0174 , PHYS 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: UGRD Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: CREQ: MATH 0220
	PHYS 0174 - BASIC PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 1 [BLANK]
	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
	PHYS 0175 - BASC PHYS SCI & ENGR 2 (INTGD) Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 The integrated curriculum version of PHYS 0105, the second part of a two-term sequence (PHYS 0174 , PHYS 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: UGRD Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PHYS 0174 ; CREQ: MATH 0230
	PHYS 0175 - BASIC PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2 [BLANK]
	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
	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
	PS 0211 - AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the structure and function of the American criminal justice system. Subject matter involves an examination of criminal procedure as it has been established by the U.S. Constitution, state constitutions, and judicial interpretations. Case law and the manner in which case law shapes the work activities of criminal justice professionals are emphasized. Critical issues in the administration of justice are also examined (alternatives to incarceration, victims’ rights, and others). Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	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

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MATH 1560 - COMPLEX VARIABLES & APPLICATIONS

MATH 1900 - INTERNSHIP

MATH 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY

MATH 1951 - SENIOR RESEARCH 1

MATH 1952 - SENIOR RESEARCH 2

MATH 1955 - UNDGR TCHNG UNDGR INTERNSHIP

MILS 0011 - INTRODUCTION TO THE ARMY

MILS 0012 - ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP

MILS 0021 - LEADERSHIP & DECISION MAKING

MILS 0022 - ARMY TEAM DEVELOPMENT

MILS 1031 - TRAINING MANAGEMENT

MILS 1032 - APPLIED LEADERSHIP

MUSIC 0105 - MUSIC PRACTICUM - SPRING MUSICAL

MUSIC 0110 - MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS

MUSIC 0121 - BASIC MUSICIANSHIP: CLASS PIANO

MUSIC 0123 - BASIC MUSICIANSHIP: CLASS VOICE

MUSIC 0201 - 20TH-CENTURY MUSIC

MUSIC 0206 - CHAMBER SINGERS

MUSIC 0211 - INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART MUSIC

MUSIC 0222 - HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC TO 1750

MUSIC 0234 - HISTORY OF THE SYMPHONY

MUSIC 0311 - INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC

MUSIC 0411 - THEORY 1

MUSIC 0415 - THEORY 2

MUSIC 0511 - VOICE

MUSIC 0512 - PIANO

MUSIC 0610 - UPG COLLEGIATE CHORALE

MUSIC 0631 - CONCERT BAND

MUSIC 0672 - CHAMBER MUSIC

MUSIC 0700 - MUSIC FOR THE STAGE

MUSIC 0711 - HISTORY OF JAZZ

MUSIC 0800 - HIST OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC

MUSIC 0845 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC

MUSIC 0896 - MUSIC AND FILM

MUSIC 1226 - CLASSICAL AND EARLY ROMANTIC MUSIC

MUSIC 1228 - LATE ROMANTIC AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY MUSIC

MUSIC 1270 - MUSIC, CULTURE & TECHNOLOGY

MUSIC 1320 - AMERICAN MUSIC

MUSIC 1396 - MUSIC IN SOCIETY

MUSIC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

MUSIC 1955 - VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CAPSTONE

MUSIC 1970 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE

NATSC 0040 - BIG IDEAS IN SCIENCE

NATSC 0050 - NATURAL SCIENCE 1

NATSC 0070 - PHYSICAL SCIENCE FOR EVERYDAY THINKING

NATSC 0075 - EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

NATSC 0218 - THE SOLAR SYSTEM

NATSC 0250 - NATURAL SCIENCE 2

NATSC 0255 - THE MILKY WAY GALAXY

NATSC 0270 - SCIENCE + PREHISTORY > ARCHAEOLOGY

NATSC 0300 - VILLAGE SEMINAR IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES

NATSC 0310 - ETHICAL ISSUES IN SCIENCE

NATSC 1235 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

NUR 0001 - FRESHMAN SEMINAR - NURSING STUDENTS

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 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 1120 - PHILOSPHY OF FILM AND FILM THEORY

PHIL 1245 - AMERICAN 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