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NUR 1060 - NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
Minimum Credits: 2.5
Maximum Credits: 2.5
This course is designed to teach basic psychiatric mental health nursing concepts and their application to clinical practice. Classroom learning is focused on developmental, psychological, and biological theories in order to enhance understanding of psychiatric illness. Major psychiatric illnesses throughout the lifespan as well as contemporary methods of treatment are addressed. Emphasis is placed on understanding the unique contributions of social and cultural factors to mental health.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0067
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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
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NUR 1066 - NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course focuses on nursing practice of health promotion and restoration in individuals with mental health problems. Application of theoretical concepts and nursing interventions is the focus of the clinical experience in acute, chronic, and community mental health settings. Emphasis is placed on understanding the unique contributions of social and cultural factors in the development of treatment plans for clients experiencing psychiatric problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Clinical
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
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NUR 1074 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRACTICUM 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course enables the registered nurse student to further develop critical thinking, leadership abilities, communication and decision-making skills in the development and implementation of an evidence-based clinical capstone project to enhance patient care quality. A systematic approach is used to identify a clinical topic for evidence-based literature review, presentation, and evaluation. Each student identifies specific learning activities for the practicum, which relate directly to a selected culturally diverse environment. Under the guidance of faculty and a clinical preceptor, didactic seminars, assignments, and mentored clinical practicum are used to foster independence and self-direction for all students.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0067
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NUR 1077 - SCHOOL NURSE SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to prepare the professional nurse for certification as a school nurse in Pennsylvania; both the theory component (NUR 1077) and the practicum (NUR 1078) are required for eligibility. The role of the school nurse is explored through the historical, legal, ethical, research and practice perspectives. The biological, physical, developmental, behavioral, cultural and psychosocial needs of children of all ages in the school setting are examined. Throughout the course, current evidence related to school nursing and Pennsylvania educational requirements is applied to the health needs of school age children, including those with special health and learning needs, the culturally diverse and English language learners (ell’s). The independent and collaborative aspects of the school nurse role are explored.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: COREQ: NUR 1078
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NUR 1078 - SCHOOL NURSE PRACTICUM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to prepare the professional nurse for certification as a school nurse in Pennsylvania; both the theory component (NUR 1077) and this practicum (NUR 1078) are required for eligibility. This course provides the required 100 hours of clinical practicum experience in elementary, middle and high school settings. The nursing care of children requiring acute, chronic and episodic care is performed under the guidance of an experienced school nurse. Throughout the course, the application of the nursing process and evidence-based approaches are employed when providing nursing services to school age children. Interdisciplinary care and management for school age children with special health and learning needs, including the culturally diverse and English language learners (ELL’s) is emphasized. The independent and collaborative aspects of the school nurse role are explored within the school setting.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1077
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NUR 1085 - ETHICS IN NURSING AND HEALTH CARE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the domain of clinical ethics as a foundation for developing ethical expertise in nursing practice. The course focuses on contemporary nursing and health care issues that raise personal and professional ethical concerns. Emphasis is placed on cultural differences, current legislation, political and religious controversy, economic constraints, and professional commitment related to the resolution of the identified ethical dilemmas. The process of ethical analysis and reasoning is used to resolve representative patient and health care situations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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NUR 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
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NUR 1120 - ADVANCED NURSING MANAGEMENT ADULT ACUTE/COMPLEX HEALTH PROBLEMS
Minimum Credits: 2.5
Maximum Credits: 2.5
This course focuses on the patient centered nursing care of adults experiencing acute and complex illnesses. Emphasis is placed on the prioritization and decision making processes of nursing care and the nursing responsibilities associated with translating, integrating and applying medical/surgical management, evaluation of outcomes, health promotion, and support for individuals and families experiencing acute and complex health problems. This course will also discuss the increasing diversity of this nation’s population as expressed through age, racial, ethnic, gender, cultural, spiritual and sexual orientation. Discussions will occur with the effect of socio-economic differences and how it may affect the patient’s overall health care. Discussion of interdisciplinary collaboration healthcare professional is emphasized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0066
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NUR 1121 - ADVANCED CLINICAL PROBLEM SOLVING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on the nursing management of the adult who experiences an acute or complex illness with an alteration in multiple body systems. The students’ ability to apply the nursing process, using critical thinking skills, is expanded through classroom and case study activities. Professional competence is enhanced through the utilization of high fidelity human simulation technology.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 1052 and 1054 and 1060
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NUR 1121C - ADVANCED CLINICAL PROBLEM SOLVING CLINICAL
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course focuses on the nursing management of the adult who experiences an acute or complex illness with an alteration in multiple body systems. The students’ ability to apply the nursing process, using critical thinking skills, is expanded through clinical activities. Collaboration with interdisciplinary health professionals in health promotion and restoration is fostered
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Clinical
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1121
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NUR 1127 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will 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
Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 0067
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NUR 1128 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Minimum Credits: 2.5
Maximum Credits: 2.5
The overall objective of this course is to provide the student with a broad introduction to community health and the role of nursing within this context. Students will explore epidemiology; health promotion and disease prevention within groups; individual and family case management; community assessment and intervention; environmental hazards; and factors influencing the delivery of and access to community health services. The health care needs of selected at-risk populations will be examined.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 1052 and 1054 and 1060
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NUR 1134 - TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
Students synthesize knowledge about the professional nursing roles and increase their understanding of their responsibility and accountability for the nursing care of individuals, families and aggregates. Theory related to professional nursing roles, patient care management, and leadership is presented. In addition, health care policy related to specific nursing issues is examined.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 1050 and 1060 and 1120
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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
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NUR 1138 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING CLINICAL
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
The overall objective of this course is to provide the student with a broad introduction to community health and the role of nursing within this context. Students will experience independence and collaboration with community-based clinicians in a variety of settings. Students will have opportunities to apply epidemiology; health promotion and disease prevention within groups; individual and family case management; community assessment and intervention; environmental hazards; and factors influencing the delivery of and access to community health services at the individual, family, and aggregate levels.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Clinical
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
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NUR 1680 - INTRODUCTION TO GENETICS AND MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an introductory course that focuses on the fundamentals of genetics. The course is designed to give the student a basic understanding of genetic concepts so that this knowledge can be utilized to understand current and future genetic theories and therapeutics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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NUR 1906 - DIRECTED INDVIDUAL RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
This course involves student participation in individual research supervised by a member of the department faculty.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
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NUR 1990 - SENIOR SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
The goal of this course is to support the senior student’s successful progression to entry-level professional nursing practice. Classroom activities and self-directed learning will prepare students to attain the benchmarks associated with professional licensure and provide a foundation for the continuous self-evaluation and life-long learning required to support professional nursing practice (AACN, 2008).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
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PHIL 0013 - CONCEPTS OF HUMAN NATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to some ways in which ethical and social thought has been influenced by different views of human nature. Readings are from such authors as Plato, Hobbes, Rousseau, Marx, and Freud.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 0083 - 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/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 0120 - ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course deals with moral and philosophical issues having to do with humanity’s relationship to the environment and humanity’s duties toward future generations and perhaps to nature itself. It will deal both with theory and with practice.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 0203 - PHILOSOPHY IN LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of philosophical themes in literature from both East and West. A novel, a play, folk tales, and poetry will be discussed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PHIL 0209 - 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/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 0213 - 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/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 0214 - BIOETHICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Bioethics is the study of the ethics of life and death. Some of the topics to be covered in this class include: abortion, stem cell research, cloning, euthanasia, capital punishment, distribution of heath care resources, and human and animal experimentation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PHIL 0220 - INTRODUCTION TO EXISTENTIALISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This introductory level course explores the central existentialist question of how to be a genuine individual or self through reading of several major authors, such as pascal, Kierkegaard, Dostoievski, Nietzsche, and Sartre.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., West European Studies
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PHIL 0230 - PHILOSOPHY AND FILM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an introductory aesthetics course dealing with philosophy and film.
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.
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PHIL 0303 - INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of philosophical theories concerning good and evil, right and wrong, and virtue and vice, and their implications for some specific moral issues.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 0320 - SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to some traditional philosophical perspectives on the nature of society. Philosophers studied might include Plato, Hobbes, Marx, and Twentieth-Century social theorists.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., West European Studies
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PHIL 0333 - POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This introductory level undergraduate course studies several important views on the nature and justification of government, such as those of Plato, Hobbes, and Marx.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 0440 - MINDS AND MACHINES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This introductory level course is devoted to explicating and critically evaluating the thesis that the human mind, or at least its cognitive faculty, can be understood as a computing machine. Readings are primarily from contemporary authors, and include both scientists and philosophers.
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.
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PHIL 0445 - PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A course that reviews questions about the nature and value of technology and moves on to issues of intellectual property rights in digital media and aesthetic analysis of digital media.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PHIL 0474 - 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/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 0501 - 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/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001 or 0031 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)
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PHIL 0841 - SCIENCE AND RELIGION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This introductory undergraduate course addresses two questions: does the scientific understanding of the world suffer from a kind of incompleteness that can be remedied by the supernaturalist religions? Or is there even a clash between contemporary science and such religion?
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 0850 - PHILOSOPHY AND LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to several problems common to philosophers and politics and introduces students to the different theories, modes of argument, and techniques of analysis used by the two disciplines to understand them. It is intended to help students deepen their understanding of the dominant political stance of our society.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Humanities
Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., West European Studies, Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)
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PHIL 0891 - TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY (VARIOUS)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This intensive but introductory 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/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 1157 - PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Discussion of various philosophical views of language and the relevance of the study of language to philosophical problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 1201 - HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine the history of analytic philosophy from its beginnings with Frege and Russell, through the rise and fall of logical positivism, and into its current state today.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PHIL 1370 - PHILOSOPHY OF ART
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This advanced undergraduate course addresses philosophical problems that arise in connection with art, such as the nature of works of art, the comparison and contrast between representational and non-representational art, the definition of beauty, and special obligations concerning art works.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PHIL 1380 - BUSINESS ETHICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This advanced undergraduate course considers a selection of ethical issues that arise in connection with business needs and practices, such as employer-employee relations, truth in advertising, responsibilities to consumers, fair and unfair competitive practices, environmental effects, contractual obligations, liability for damages, and governmental regulation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PHIL 1440 - PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an advanced undergraduate course in the philosophy of mind, taking up problems of both historical and contemporary interest. Topics vary, but are likely to include many of mind-body dualism, materialist reductionism, phenomenalism, the other-minds problem, philosophical behaviorism, qualia, propositional attitude ascriptions, intentionality, and so on.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PHIL 1461 - EPISTEMOLOGY (THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will focus on philosophical theories that attempt to answer the questions “what is knowledge?” And “how does one get knowledge?” It will examine how claims to know are justified, and if such claims are even possible within both scientific and nonscientific contexts. We will look at the attempts of classical and modern authors to offer analyses and justification of human knowledge over and against the claims of skepticism.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 1480 - METAPHYSICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This advanced undergraduate course considers a selection of central problems in metaphysics, such as the problems of realism, essentialism, free will, necessity and possibility, substance and property, persistence through time (including personal identity), the nature of truth, and so on.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PHIL 1501 - 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/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001 or 0031 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)
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PHIL 1611 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an advanced undergraduate survey of the major problem areas in the philosophy of science. Topics vary somewhat, but generally include many of the following: the nature of explanation, the problem of induction and confirmation, concept formation, scientific methodology, verifiability and falsifiability, the observation theory distinction, scientific realism, law-like form, and theory change.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 1660 - PARADOX
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores paradoxes both for the fun of untangling an intriguing puzzle and for the more serious reason of the easy access they provide to some of the most important foundational issues in philosophy and the sciences.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Hourly Final
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PHIL 1891 - 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: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHIL 1904 - 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/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHYS 0140 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 1
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
First semester of non-calculus-based introductory physics. Topics include mechanics, conservation laws, vibrations, waves, and fluid mechanics. Students must be proficient in college algebra and trigonometry.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHYS 0141 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 1 LAB
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A laboratory illustrating basic experimental techniques and concepts from mechanics, vibrations, waves, and fluids.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: PHYS 0140
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PHYS 0142 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 2
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Second semester of non-calculus-based introductory physics. Topics include thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism optics, and modern physics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PHYS 0140
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PHYS 0143 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 2 LAB
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A laboratory illustrating basic concepts from thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PHYS 0141; CREQ: PHYS 0142
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PHYS 0150 - PHYSICS 1
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
First semester of calculus-based physics. Topics include mechanics, conservation laws, fluid mechanics, vibrations, waves, and sound.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: MATH 0221 or 0220 or 0140
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PHYS 0151 - PHYSICS LABORATORY 1
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A laboratory illustrating basic experimental techniques and basic concepts from mechanics, waves and fluids.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: CREQ: PHYS 0150
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PHYS 0152 - PHYSICS 2
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Second semester of calculus-based physics. Topics include thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, wave optics, and an introduction to relativity and quantum concepts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PHYS 0150; CREQ: MATH 0231 or 0230
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PHYS 0153 - PHYSICS LABORATORY 2
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A laboratory illustrating concepts from electricity, magnetism, thermodynamics, optics, and nuclear physics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PHYS 0151; CREQ: PHYS 0152
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PHYS 0225 - OPTICS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
A combined lecture/laboratory course in optics. Topics include the following: The laws of reflection and refraction; total internal reflection; dispersion; polarization; image formation by mirrors and lenses; the lens maker’s equation; telescopes and microscopes; single and double-slit interference; the diffraction grating; resolving power.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PHYS 0150
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PHYS 0400 - CLASSICAL MECHANICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Kinematics and dynamics of point masses with various force laws; central forces, including planetary and satellite motion; conservation laws; systems of particles; accelerating coordinate systems; rigid body motions; topics from Lagrange’s formulations of mechanics; Einstein’s special relativity and how it modifies Newtonian mechanics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0231 or 0230) and PHYS 0152
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PHYS 0450 - ELECTROMAGNETISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Begins with a rigorous development of fundamental concepts in electromagnetism, including static electric and magnetic fields, dielectrics and magnetic materials, electric potential, capacitance, charged particle motion, and induced EMF. Then Maxwell¿s equations are developed and applied to the propagation and emission of electromagnetic waves.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0231 or 0230) and PHYS 0152
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PHYS 0480 - ASTROPHYSICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The application of physics to understanding stars, galaxies, and the universe at large. Topics include the blackbody radiation laws, radiant heat transfer, gravitational statics and dynamics, ionized gasses, and relativistic effects.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0231 or 0230) and PHYS 0152
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PHYS 1111 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 4
Designed to allow students and faculty to pursue areas of special interest not included in the regular course offerings.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PHYS 1300 - QUANTUM PHYSICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Breakdown of classical physics; photons and de Broglie waves Schroedinger’s equation; particle in a box; harmonic oscillator; the hydrogen atom; atomic physics; molecular bonding and spectra; concepts of statistical mechanics; blackbody radiation; lasers; solid state physics, with emphasis on semiconductors.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0231 or 0230) and PHYS 0152
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PHYS 1400 - ADVANCED LAB
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Students perform a variety of advanced experiments in physics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PS 0206 - AMERICAN POLITICAL PROCESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course is an introduction to the institutions and processes of the national government. Against a background of the constitution and social context of American politics, attention will be given to such topics as voting behavior, public opinion and political attitudes, the party system, the president, the Congress, and the courts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 0210 - NATIONAL POLICYMAKING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Examination of the national policymaking process from both political and economic perspectives. Focus on roles played by congress, the president, and the federal bureaucracy in the federal budget process. Current issues such as the federal deficit, controlling spending, and a balanced budget, also discussed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 0302 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of governments and politics in Europe with emphasis on comparative analysis focusing on the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, and the European union (EU).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 0501 - WORLD POLITICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is two-fold: first, to increase the students’ awareness of global issues and problems of major political import, and second, to enhance the students’ ability to interpret and analyze the behavior and inter relationships of the actors that deal with these issues and problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 0601 - POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Examination of the origins of theories of various political ideologies, including liberalism, conservatism, communism, fascism, and various liberation ideologies. Special attention given to the liberal tradition in the United States.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 0610 - AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Study of the philosophical debates surrounding the founding of the United States and the works of subsequent influential thinkers who shaped American political development into the 21st century, emphasizing reading original sources.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PS 0615 - U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Study of the theories of constitutionalism and democracy-that governments and the power of its officials should be limited by a constitution and accountable to the people, focusing especially on the principles underlying the U.S. Constitution, including popular sovereignty. The course also examines the process of constitutional and democratic change.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PS 1206 - FREE SPEECH IN AMERICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine the major dimensions of the first amendment protections of free speech and press which have been the subject of supreme court decisions and provoked extensive political and social controversy. Included are issues of incitement and advocacy, symbolic speech, libel, and obscenity.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1207 - AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of the interpretation of the constitution by the supreme court in the American political system. Topics include the development of judicial review, civil and political rights, federalism, and national versus state power in the regulation of the economy.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1209 - MEDIA, POLITICS, AND THE LAW
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Overview of legal issues facing mass media, including press freedom, defamation, libel, and privacy. Discussion of emerging technologies of newsgathering and publication. An extension of first amendment issues raised in PS 1206.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1214 - US CONGRESS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will explore the evolution and current place of the U.S. Congress within the American political system beginning with an examination of the theory and history of electing representatives to government. Students will examine the role and structure of the legislative branch as anticipated in the American constitution. Other areas of focus include the congressional election process, the importance of congressional committees and differences in rules for the house and senate, policy making, and how congress relates to the other two branches of government. A key overarching goal in this course is to assess challenges and changes facing the contemporary U.S. Congress.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1215 - AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course examines the controversies surrounding the design of the presidency and situates them within the context of debates over the nature of politics, political power, and the state in the founding period. Attention is also given to the political evolution of American government and the presidency, the development of the welfare state, and dilemmas of the modern presidency.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1237 - POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of the nature of democratic politics and the role and functions of parties and elections in the American political system. Election field research may be included.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1238 - POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the content, processes, and effects of communication and the construction of the “news” within and on the American political system. The course emphasizes relevant theories and practical skills. Each student will gain an understanding of how political language and media technologies are used (and misused) by government institutions, political candidates, and citizens in a democratic form of government. Course topics include bias in the news, media effects models (indexing, agenda setting, framing), the rise and effects of cable news and comedic news, polarization and partisan selective exposure, the benefits and perils of incivility and the impact on democracy. In addition to theoretical components, the course emphasizes research in the field.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1245 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS & POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course studies the politics surrounding U.S. Environ mental policies. The history of those policies is examined, as is the role of the president, Congress, courts, and interest groups in the policymaking process. Current issues such as air and water pollution, hazard waste disposal, energy production, and land use policies are addressed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1356 - THE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF AFRICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines African politics from the historical legacy of European imperialism to contemporary issues. Topics of focus will include the role of ethnicity, institutions, and ideologies; patterns of change, social forces, global economics and how they have impacted nation building across the continent.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1508 - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Terrorism has gone from a relatively marginal security concern to one of the thorniest security issues in international politics. Indeed, today there are few countries that do not suffer from some form of terrorism. And terrorist groups such as the Islamic state in Syria pose significant challenges for the international community. This course aims to introduce students to main debates surrounding terrorism. The course will deal with questions regarding the definition of terrorism, its causes and historical evolution, the relationship between insurgency and terrorism, the organizational structure of terrorist groups and the tactics they use. We will also analyze counter-terrorism and the factors that influence its effectiveness. Throughout the course, we will have a chance to take a closer look at some of the terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda, Islamic state, Hamas, ETA, Tamil Tigers, among others. In the last part of the course, we will deal with the rise of domestic terrorism in the U.S.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1515 - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to U.S. foreign policy since 1945. Examination of foundations, assumptions, objectives, and patterns of American foreign policy. Theories of international relations, the sources of American foreign policy, and current U.S. foreign policy toward major countries and areas of the world are also considered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1700 - POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Focus on design and execution of research projects in political science, including contextual review, question development, data collection and analysis, and presentation of findings.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1810 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Detailed analysis of a particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1820 - DIRECTED RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Research on special topics for which courses are not currently offered, resulting in an extensive written term project completed under the supervision of departmental faculty.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1830 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Independent study is normally associated with off-campus educational opportunities, such as internships or special programs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PS 1915 - PRACTICUM IN DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
The practicum will provide students opportunities to learn and practice skills and habits that are important in a deliberative democracy. Students will complete 150 hours of fieldwork, which may include “constitutional conversations” with peers, discussing, analyzing, and finding common ground on fundamental but contested democratic principles. The practicum will also provide students opportunities to participate in webinars, workshops, and conferences offered by institutions and associations of higher education. Students may also conduct local service projects that involve organizing voter registration drives, candidate forums, mock conventions, or civic engagement projects.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
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PSY 0200 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A summary of the present knowledge in areas such as scientific research methods, learning, sensation and perception, the biological bases of behavior developmental patterns, motivation, emotion, personality, social influences, psychopathology, and psychotherapies. Prerequisite to all other courses in psychology.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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PSY 0210 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The study of behavior in the social environment. Social psychology concerns the manner in which the behavior, feelings, or thoughts of one individual are influenced or determined by the behavior of and/or characteristics of others. Primary emphasis is on current theories and research in social psychology with applications to problems of society also considered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
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PSY 0211 - COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine non-human organism’s learning and cognition in comparison to humans, with an emphasis on the adaptive value of behavior and cognition. Topics will include the theory of evolution, classical and operant conditioning, category formation, memory, altruism and cooperation, optimal foraging, language, and intelligence.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 and BIOL 0110
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PSY 0230 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Provides an understanding of the basic principles of change as they apply to the development of infants and children. Topics include the relative influences of environmental, hormonal, and genetic factors on physical, socioemotional, and cognitive development.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
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PSY 0240 - THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Study of the structure and organization of the normal personality through a survey of basic theoretical viewpoints ranging from psychoanalytic theory to modern social cognitive theories.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
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PSY 0260 - ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Provides an understanding of the basic principles of human development as applied to the adolescent. Theories and research findings are examined with regard to the areas of physical and sexual development, intelligence and cognitive functioning, and social and emotional development.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
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PSY 0270 - INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Provides a basic understanding of statistical techniques. Includes introduction to experimental design, descriptive and inferential statistics. Course involves the rationale, logic and statistical computation of parametric hypothesis testing, as well as criticisms of that method and alternatives. The class includes a co-requisite lab (4.0 crs).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010 and MATH 0001 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)
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PSY 0271 - STATISTICS LABORATORY FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This class is the lab component for PSY 0270, Introduction to Statistics, for students who have transferred in a statistics class, but have not taken a lab. Here, you will get experience with SPSS, the statistics program you will be using in your upper-level psychology classes, both in how to do the analyses and what the resulting output means. We will cover data collection and evaluation, t-tests, several types of ANOVA testing, plus correlation and regression. You will also learn graph making using Excel, and also get practice in the writing style that will be expected in following courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Credit Laboratory
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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PSY 0351 - PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will focus on the physiological, psychological, and social aspects of drug use and abuse. Legal, illicit, and drugs for mental disorders will be covered as well as the prevention and treatment of drug dependence.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
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PSY 0384 - ADULT DEVELOPMENT & AGING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This class is intended to educate students about the biological, social and psychological changes that occur in people as they progress through the second half of life. In addition to these topics, the class will review the reasons for the increasing need to study and understand these changes, as well as research designs and research related problems commonly seen in this area.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
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PSY 0470 - INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to the use of instrumental and classical training procedures in the modification of human behavior. The course covers the theoretical background (including ethical issues), the principles of instrumental and Pavlovian training, the principles of cognitive change, and applications to psychotherapy, education, and self-modification.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
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PSY 0501 - LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course follows human development from fetal stages until the end of life. The course includes theory, research and practical applications oriented toward the nursing field. Lecture topics include genetic/environmental influences; prenatal and birth factors; physical, cognitive, social, personality, and cultural variables which influence normal and abnormal development in infancy, childhood, adolescence, early-, middle-, and late adulthood.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
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