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University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
2016-2017 Johnstown Campus Catalog
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown
   
2016-2017 Johnstown Campus Catalog 
    
 
  Mar 28, 2024
 
2016-2017 Johnstown Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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Nursing

  
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    NUR 0062 - NUTRITION FOR HEALTH PROMOTION


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course focuses on nutrition in nursing practice for the promotion and maintenance of health for human beings throughout the life cycle. Food needs for energy and the major nutrients are considered for the promotion of health. Emphasis is placed on nutrition assessment and interventions in relation to the dietary guidelines for Americans.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 0066 - NUTRITION FOR CLINCAL PRACTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on nutrition for clinical practice for nurses. Food for energy and the major nutrients are considered for the promotion of health and for medical nutrition therapy for selected disruptions of health. Emphasis is placed on nutrition assessment and interventions in relation to the goals of the current healthy people document and dietary guidelines for Americans.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0970  and CHEM 0190 
  
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    NUR 0067 - NSG RES: INTRO CRITL APPRL EBP


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The primary objective of this course is to assist students in becoming intelligent consumers of research to provide the basis for evidence-based practice and provision of culturally-congruent care. Students gain an understanding of the application of quantitative and qualitative research processes to the development of nursing knowledge and the contributions of research to the evidence base of nursing practice. Students are expected to implement the steps of evidence based practice. Students are to identify clinical problems and search the literature for information about the problem. Students are expected to critically appraise research articles, distinguish between useful, valid research and that which cannot or should not be applied to nursing practice.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0080 
  
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    NUR 0080 - FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACT 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course focuses on the concepts of communication, therapeutic intervention, and decision-making as they relate to the nursing process. Techniques of assessment of the physical, psychological, and developmental dimensions of the individual are explored through a variety of learning strategies. Variations of expected findings based on influences such as age, social condition, and culture are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the therapeutic interventions of safety, hygiene and comfort, health assessment and health promotion.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0970  and NUR 0051 ; CREQ: NUR 0020 
  
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    NUR 0080C - FNDTNS OF NURSING PRAC 1 CLNCL


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course is designed to provide clinical experiences related to the theory provided in Foundations of Nursing Practice 1. Techniques used in the assessment of the physical, psychological and development dimensions of the individual within an acute care setting are demonstrated. Variations of findings based on influences such as age and culture are identified. Emphasis is placed on the therapeutic interventions of safety, hygiene and comfort, health assessment and health promotion.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 0080 
  
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    NUR 0081 - FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACT 2


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course builds on the fundamental skills learned in NUR 0080 . The focus is on direct practice and correct manipulation of equipment during the performance of psychomotor skills. During laboratory sessions, students will have the opportunity to practice simulated clinical skills. The nursing process and clinical reasoning will serve as the framework for decision-making during skill performance. Through active laboratory participation, the student will demonstrate self-direction as a learner.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0020  and NUR 0080  and NUR 0087  
  
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    NUR 0082 - NUR MGT ACUT/CHRNC HLTH PROBS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on the nursing care of adults, including older adults, with acute and/or chronic illnesses. Students will be guided in critical thinking exercises and the use of therapeutic interventions and research findings in the management of adults. Nursing process, critical thinking, and decision-making serve as the framework for acquisition of knowledge for the management of patients. Societal and cultural influences will be emphasized.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0020  and NUR 0087 ; CREQ: NUR 0081 
  
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    NUR 0082C - NUR MGT ACUT/CHRNC HLTH PROBS


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course focuses on the nursing care of adults, including older adults, with acute and/or chronic illnesses. Students will be guided in critical thinking exercises and the use of therapeutic interventions and research findings in the management of adults with acute and/or chronic illnesses. During clinic, students will have the opportunity to practice clinical skills learned in the lab. Nursing process, critical thinking, and decision-making serve as the framework for acquisition of clinical psychomotor skills. Common concepts of care will be emphasized, including societal and cultural influences.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    NUR 0086 - NURSING INFORMATICS


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


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Examination of the major categories of pharmacologic agents and application of pharmacologic concepts to clinical nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on understanding the physiologic actions of the drugs, expected patient responses, major side effects, and implications for nursing.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0970  and CHEM 0190 ; CREQ: BIOL 0980 
  
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    NUR 0088 - INTRO TO BASIC STATSTC FOR EBP


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to descriptive statistics and parametric and nonparametric statistical tests that are commonly used by researchers in the health sciences and appear in published research reports. Emphasis is placed on student mastery of concepts and principles that are fundamental to descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as interpretation and critical appraisal of their use in research studies. Opportunities are provided to manipulate data, perform basic statistical tests, and summarize findings in tabular, graphical, and narrative form.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 0197 - DIRECTED STUDY IN NURSING


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This course is independent study in a topic in nursing.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NUR 1047 - CRITICAL CARE NURSING 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course affords the RN student an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in the care of critically ill human beings. Emphasis is placed on physical assessment of the neurological and cardiovascular systems, critical thinking, and decision making in the use of the nursing process.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1048 - CRITICAL CARE NURSING 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course affords RN students an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in the care of critically ill human beings. Emphasis is placed on physical assessment of the respiratory, metabolic, gastrointestinal and renal systems; critical thinking, and decision making in the use of the nursing process.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1050 - NUR CRE MTHRS, NEWBRNS & FMLYS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course provides an introduction to the process of childbirth and the dynamics of the childbearing family. It explores the areas of health promotion, physiologic changes associated with pregnancy, high risk conditions associated with pregnancy and the development of the fetus and newborn. Emphasis is on adaptation to the biopsychosocial needs of the childbearing family with sensitivity to the cultural needs and ethical issues of a diverse population. Critical thinking, problem solving, stress adaptation, role, family and nursing theories provide a major focus for understanding childbearing.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0066 and 0082
  
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    NUR 1050C - NUR CARE MTHRS NB & FAML CLIN


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course provides an introduction to the process of childbirth and the dynamics of the childbearing family. It explores the areas of health promotion, physiologic changes associated with pregnancy, high risk conditions associated with pregnancy and the development of the fetus and newborn. Emphasis is on adaptation to the biopsychosocial needs of the childbearing family with sensitivity to the cultural needs and ethical issues of a diverse population. Critical thinking, problem solving, stress adaptation, role, family and nursing theories provide a major focus for understanding childbearing. Clinical experiences reflect a diversity of settings including outpatient, inpatient, and community programs that provide services to the childbearing family.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1050 
  
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    NUR 1052 - NUR CARE CHILD & THEIR FMLYS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course focuses on the unique health and developmental needs of infants, children and adolescents with an emphasis on family-centered care. The course incorporates principles of assessment, planning and implementation of nursing interventions appropriate for health promotion, wellness, health restoration and various complex health problems. Nursing approaches are based on the use of best evidence, developmental perspectives, and cultural competence with a focus on critical thinking.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0066  and NUR 0082 
  
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    NUR 1052C - NUR CRE CHILD/THEIR FMLYS CLIN


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course focuses on nursing practice for restoration and maintenance of health in children in various stages of development within their families and the broader social contexts in which children grow and develop. Nursing approaches used in the clinical setting are based on the use of best evidence, developmental perspectives, and cultural competence. The nursing process is applied to the child and family to minimize the effects of stressors which have resulted in a disruption of health. There is an emphasis on critical thinking and decision making as the student applies theory to nursing care.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1052 
  
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    NUR 1054 - NURSING CARE OF OLDER ADULTS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course is designed to ensure competency in providing evidence-based nursing care to older adults and their families, across a continuum of health care settings. Attention is given to the complex interaction of acute and chronic co-morbid conditions, interdisciplinary collaboration, the recognition of risk factors, valid and reliable health assessment, and individualized and evidence-based care for older adults across a continuum of health care settings. The influence of attitudes, age, gender, race, culture, religion, language, lifestyle, technology, and health care policy on the biological, psychological, and social functioning of older adults is considered.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0082 
  
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    NUR 1054C - NUR CARE OF OLDER ADULTS CLIN


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course is designed to ensure competency in providing evidence-based nursing care to older adults and their families, across a continuum of health care settings. Attention is given to the complex interaction of acute and chronic co-morbid conditions, interdisciplinary collaboration, the recognition of risk factors, valid and reliable health assessment, and individualized care for older adults across a continuum of health care settings. The influence of attitudes, age, gender, race, culture, religion, language, lifestyle, technology, and health care policy on the biological, psychological, and social functioning of older adults is considered.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1054 
  
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    NUR 1060 - NUR CARE CLIENTS PMH PROBLEMS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0067 
  
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    NUR 1060C - NUR CARE CLIENTS PMH PROB CLIN


    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1060 
  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    NUR 1065 - MIND/BODY INTERVENTIONS (CAM)


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides students with an introduction to physiological and psychological interactions in order to understand and appreciate mind/body interventions in the context of alternative/complementary medicine. Content emphasizes research based techniques and practices, with a focus on stress management and relaxation; the range of current practices is explored. Independent learning activities provide opportunities to focus on specific therapies and interventions.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1070 - INTRO TO NURSING SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course provides the adult student with an introduction to the scientific and theoretical basis of professional nursing. Historical influences through contemporary influences on nursing as an applied science are examined. Specific theories of nursing, physiology, and psychology along with research findings, which serve as the scientific basis of nursing practice, are analyzed. The roles of the professional nurse as advocate, educator, researcher, and change agent are examined within the context of the changing health care system.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1072 - HEALTH PROMTN/HEALTH ASSESSMNT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course presents the knowledge base for using health promotion strategies and the techniques for health assessment of individuals across the life span. The role of the nurse in promoting patterns of positive health behaviors is emphasized. The student is also provided with an opportunity to practice physical assessment skills in the laboratory and in a precepted clinical setting. In addition, the course facilitates the RN learner’s adjustment to the expectations of the multiple role learner.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 1070 
  
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    NUR 1073 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 5
    This course will provide learning experiences which focus on the role of the community health nurse in working with individuals, families, and groups in a variety of community settings. Students will explore community issues such as community assessment, screening, epidemiologic concepts and factors which influence the delivery of community health services. Health care needs of selected groups in the community will also be studied.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1074 - PROF DVLP 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0067 
  
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    NUR 1075 - PROFESSIONAL NURSING ROLE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on enabling the student to synthesize knowledge about the professional nursing role within the health care delivery system. Theory related to leadership and management in nursing will be presented. Health care policy and nursing practice issues will also be examined.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1077 
  
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    NUR 1085 - ETHICS IN NURSING & HEALTH CRE


    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1120 - ADV NUR MGT ACU/CPLX HLTH PROB


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0066 
  
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    NUR 1120C - ADV NUR MGT ACU/CPLX HLTH CLIN


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This clinical course focuses on the nursing care of adults with acute and complex illnesses in a hospital setting. Emphasis is placed on using the nursing process to assist students with the development of priority nursing goals and in applying critical thinking skills to patient care. The clinical nursing responsibilities include interpretation of diagnostic studies, medical/surgical patient management, evaluation of outcomes, health promotion, and support for individuals and families experiencing acute and complex health problems. This course includes application of cultural diversity awareness training to the nursing process. Clinical learning is focused on developing and refining the knowledge and skills to manage patient care as part of inter-professional teams. Clinical experiences are offered in acute care, critical care, and monitored units.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1120 
  
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    NUR 1121 - ADVNCD CLINCAL 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 1052  and NUR 1054  and NUR 1060 
  
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    NUR 1121C - ADVNCD CLIN PROB SOLVING CLIN


    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1121 
  
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    NUR 1123 - COMMUNTY HLTH NUR: HLTH PROMTN


    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. Through the use of critical thinking and decision making, independence in clinical practice will be encouraged. Students will explore areas of epidemiology, health promotion within groups, community assessment, and factors influencing the delivery of and access to community health services. The health care needs of selected at-risk populations will be examined, emphasizing a population focus for nursing care and health promotional interventions.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1124 - COMMUNITY HLTH NUR: HOME CARE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will provide the student with a broad introduction to the role of nursing in case management in the home and diverse community settings. Through the use of critical thinking and decision-making, independence in clinical practice will be encouraged. Students will conduct family, home and environmental assessment in order to develop individualized, comprehensive family health promotional and education al plans. Emphasis will be placed upon managing the care of individuals, families and caregivers collaboratively with health care providers from multiple disciplines.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1127 - COMMUNTY 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 0067 
  
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    NUR 1127C - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING CLIN


    Minimum Credits: 0
    Maximum Credits: 0
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1128 
  
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    NUR 1128 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING


    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 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 1052  and NUR 1054  and NUR 1060 
  
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    NUR 1128C - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING CLIN


    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1128 
  
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    NUR 1130 - LEADERSHP IN PROF NUR PRACTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Course is designed to provide knowledge and skills needed for implementation of leadership and management roles within professional nursing practice. Units of content focus on change in the healthcare delivery system, leadership and management theories, effective interpersonal skills for leadership, organizational theories, emerging models of care delivery, planned change, information management, financial management, and performance evaluation. Students critically analyze influences on leadership within healthcare today and plan for active participation in the process of transformational leadership.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 1070 
  
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    NUR 1134 - TRANSTN INTO PROF NUR PRACT


    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 1050  and NUR 1060  and NUR 1120 
  
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    NUR 1134C - TRANSTN PROF NUR PRACT CLIN


    Minimum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This course is designed to facilitate the transition into professional practice through preceptorship with registered nurses in a variety of settings. Students synthesize knowledge about the professional nursing roles and increase their responsibility and accountability for the nursing care of individuals, families and aggregates. Theory related to professional nursing roles, patient care management, and leadership is presented. In addition, health care policy related to specific nursing issues is examined.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: NUR 1134 
  
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    NUR 1154 - NURSING CARE OF OLDER ADULTS


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course is designed to ensure competency in providing evidence-based nursing care to older adults and their families, across a continuum of health care settings. Attention is given to the complex interaction of acute and chronic co-morbid conditions, interdisciplinary collaboration, the recognition of risk factors, valid and reliable health assessments, and individualized care for older adults in acute and skilled nursing facilities. The influence of attitudes, age, gender, race, culture, religion, language, lifestyle, technology, and health care policy on the biological, psychological, and social functioning of older adults is considered.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    NUR 1610 - APPLD PATHOPHYSIOLOGY CLN PRA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This upper division course reviews developments in the basic and clinical sciences. It is intended to provide the basis for graduate education for advanced practice nurses. Implications of the aging process, nutrition, and drug therapies are discussed as they apply to selected scientific developments and diseases.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    NUR 1611 - SAFE PRACTICES IN HEALTH CARE


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course raises awareness of patient safety needs and helps health care personnel develop patient safety indicators to enhance quality of health care. Some of the most pivotal events experienced by patients are discussed. They are: complications of anesthesia, decubitus ulcers, and foreign bodies left during procedures, post-op problems, birth and OB issues, infections, patient identification, and medication errors. Communications related to safety are discussed. Agencies promoting patient safety are identified and discussed. Research related to safe practice and safety issues are analyzed. Policies or procedures that promote safety are developed.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    NUR 1620 - MIND/BODY INTERVENTIONS: ACM


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to provide nursing students with an introduction to physiological and psychological interactions in order to understand and appreciate mind/body interventions in the context of alternative/complementary medicine. The content emphasizes research based techniques and practices, with a focus on stress management and relaxation, the range of current practices is explored. Independent learning activities provide opportunities to focus on specific therapies and interventions and how they can be implemented in clinical nursing practice.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1680 - INTRO GENETCS & MOLEC THERPUTC


    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    NUR 1865 - FUNDMS DISTR/MASS CASUALTY CRE


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course is designed to build on the base of medical surgical nursing and to provide the student with an understanding of the causes, prevention, and mitigation of disasters and insight into the disaster management system nationally and locally. The course will include content relevant to all disciplines in the disaster care continuum and then focus on nursing’s role in these systems.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: NUR 0082 
  
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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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis

Philosophy

  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0083 - INTRO TO PHILOSOPHCAL 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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0353 - PHILOSOPHY AND PUBLIC ISSUES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The aim of this introductory undergraduate course is to encourage systematic and clear thought about issues of public importance by philosophic reflection which emphasizes the implications of different moral and political theories for these issues.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0363 - MORALITY AND MEDICINE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This introductory level undergraduate course examines various ethical problems arising in medicine, such as euthanasia, abortion, and the allocation of resources.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001  OR 0031
  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0850 - PHILOSOPHY & 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1130 - PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Deals with traditional metaphysical interpretations of history, such as those of Hegel, Marx, and Toynbee; contemporary issues such as the nature of historic knowledge and historical explanation and the place of value judgements in history.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1201 - HIST OF 20TH-CNTUR ANLYTC PHIL


    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    PHIL 1245 - AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will survey major themes in American philosophy, with a concentration on pragmatism. It will begin with a study of early thinkers like Thoreau and Emerson, though the majority of course will be dedicated to the pragmatists pierce, James and Dewey. The course will conclude with a look at one or more contemporary pragmatists, like Rorty.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1371 - 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1381 - BUSINESS ETHICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1391 - PHILOSOPHY OF LAW


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This advanced undergraduate course examines a selection of philosophical questions that arise in connection with the theory and practice of law, including constitutional, criminal, and tort law. Topics might include such issues as the comparative role of judges and legislators in making law, the nature of justice, and the relation of law to morality.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1461 - EPISTEMLGY (THRY OF KNOWLDGE)


    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1481 - 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 person identity) the nature of truth, and so on.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001  or 0031
  
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    PHIL 1611 - INTRO 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: UGRD
    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 foundations issues in philosophy and the sciences.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1904 - INDEPENDENT STUDY—UNDERGRADUT


    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis

Physical Education

  
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    PEDC 0001 - BEGINNING SWIMMING


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    For students who are unable to swim or who can swim very little. Opportunities are presented to learn basic functional aquatic skills and basic strokes. Students are permitted to set their own achievement goals. Instruction is on an individual basis.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    PEDC 0002 - INTERMEDIATE SWIMMING


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    For students who have learned the mechanics of basic aquatic strokes and are interested in the development of proper rhythm and timing necessary for good performance in swimming. Students are permitted to set their own achievement goals. Instruction is on an individual basis.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PEDC 0010 - WATER AEROBICS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Improve your fitness in the enjoyable aquatic environment. This program is designed for all ages. Each enrollee will be permitted to participate at their own level gradually improving their muscle tone, cardiac, and respiratory fitness levels. This program will be conducted in shallow water so that the non-swimmer may participate.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PEDC 0018 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 2
    If a student is interested in developing a program independently, or if a student is interested in a program not offered formally by this department, he or she may develop a contract with an instructor in a specific area and present this contract for approval to the program coordinator.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    PEDC 0022 - AEROBIC DANCE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Improve your fitness levels with this aerobic dance to music course. One of America’s most popular ways to exercise. This program is for all ages. Each enrollee will be permitted to participate at his/her own level, gradually improving muscle tone, cardiac, and respiratory fitness.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PEDC 0026 - AQUATIC CONDITIONING


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Good swimmers who want to learn how to use swimming to maintain or improve their physical fitness should register for this course. Students may determine their capacity for exercise, and they may learn how to apply this effort in the water.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PEDC 0029 - WEIGHT TRAINING - MEN


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Class designed to provide the male 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PEDC 0030 - WEIGHT TRAINING - WOMEN


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Class designed to provide the female 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
 

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