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MUL418 Percussion 1–0 credit(s)
Applied Music (Private Instruction) Private lessons are available to students (regardless of major) with a strong commitment to practice and meet all of the obligations of their private instruction. Students who take private lessons are strongly encouraged to participate in ensembles whenever possible. Students must schedule a lesson time with their instructor by signing up for a weekly time by the third day of the term; students may forfeit their right to instruction if they delay in signing up for a lesson time. All applied lessons may be repeated and taken for credit. As part of their private study music majors are required to attend music department recitals and their choice of additional music performances as listed by the department each semester. See the annual Music Student Handbook for additional details. Music education and performance majors must register for one-hour lessons; non-music majors generally take half-hour lessons. Music majors and minors are required to take lessons for credit. In rare exceptions they are allowed to take a 0 credit semester of lessons with written approval from the department chair and a full 18 credit academic load. Music majors take 200 level MUL applied lessons their freshman and sophomore years, 400 level junior and senior years after successful completion of MU299 Sophomore Review. Music education and performance majors register for full-hour lessons (example: MUL201C or MUL401C) each semester. Music B.A. and music industry majors are encouraged to take full-hour lessons; half-hour lessons are the minimum requirement. Non-music majors wishing to take lessons for their own self-improvement and study register for 200 level lessons. Students performing in music ensembles frequently take applied lessons as an elective credit. There is an extra course fee for applied music lessons; please see course listing in WebTools for specific information. If students have any questions regarding lesson registration (MUL) they should contact the music department chair or applied instructor prior to registration or in the first two days of the semester.
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MUL419 Viola 1 credit(s)
Applied Music (Private Instruction) Private lessons are available to students (regardless of major) with a strong commitment to practice and meet all of the obligations of their private instruction. Students who take private lessons are strongly encouraged to participate in ensembles whenever possible. Students must schedule a lesson time with their instructor by signing up for a weekly time by the third day of the term; students may forfeit their right to instruction if they delay in signing up for a lesson time. All applied lessons may be repeated and taken for credit. As part of their private study music majors are required to attend music department recitals and their choice of additional music performances as listed by the department each semester. See the annual Music Student Handbook for additional details. Music education and performance majors must register for one-hour lessons; non-music majors generally take half-hour lessons. Music majors and minors are required to take lessons for credit. In rare exceptions they are allowed to take a 0 credit semester of lessons with written approval from the department chair and a full 18 credit academic load. Music majors take 200 level MUL applied lessons their freshman and sophomore years, 400 level junior and senior years after successful completion of MU299 Sophomore Review. Music education and performance majors register for full-hour lessons (example: MUL201C or MUL401C) each semester. Music B.A. and music industry majors are encouraged to take full-hour lessons; half-hour lessons are the minimum requirement. Non-music majors wishing to take lessons for their own self-improvement and study register for 200 level lessons. Students performing in music ensembles frequently take applied lessons as an elective credit. There is an extra course fee for applied music lessons; please see course listing in WebTools for specific information. If students have any questions regarding lesson registration (MUL) they should contact the music department chair or applied instructor prior to registration or in the first two days of the semester.
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MUL420 Trumpet 1–0 credit(s)
Applied Music (Private Instruction) Private lessons are available to students (regardless of major) with a strong commitment to practice and meet all of the obligations of their private instruction. Students who take private lessons are strongly encouraged to participate in ensembles whenever possible. Students must schedule a lesson time with their instructor by signing up for a weekly time by the third day of the term; students may forfeit their right to instruction if they delay in signing up for a lesson time. All applied lessons may be repeated and taken for credit. As part of their private study music majors are required to attend music department recitals and their choice of additional music performances as listed by the department each semester. See the annual Music Student Handbook for additional details. Music education and performance majors must register for one-hour lessons; non-music majors generally take half-hour lessons. Music majors and minors are required to take lessons for credit. In rare exceptions they are allowed to take a 0 credit semester of lessons with written approval from the department chair and a full 18 credit academic load. Music majors take 200 level MUL applied lessons their freshman and sophomore years, 400 level junior and senior years after successful completion of MU299 Sophomore Review. Music education and performance majors register for full-hour lessons (example: MUL201C or MUL401C) each semester. Music B.A. and music industry majors are encouraged to take full-hour lessons; half-hour lessons are the minimum requirement. Non-music majors wishing to take lessons for their own self-improvement and study register for 200 level lessons. Students performing in music ensembles frequently take applied lessons as an elective credit. There is an extra course fee for applied music lessons; please see course listing in WebTools for specific information. If students have any questions regarding lesson registration (MUL) they should contact the music department chair or applied instructor prior to registration or in the first two days of the semester.
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MUL421 Trombone/Euphonium 1–0 credit(s)
Applied Music (Private Instruction) Private lessons are available to students (regardless of major) with a strong commitment to practice and meet all of the obligations of their private instruction. Students who take private lessons are strongly encouraged to participate in ensembles whenever possible. Students must schedule a lesson time with their instructor by signing up for a weekly time by the third day of the term; students may forfeit their right to instruction if they delay in signing up for a lesson time. All applied lessons may be repeated and taken for credit. As part of their private study music majors are required to attend music department recitals and their choice of additional music performances as listed by the department each semester. See the annual Music Student Handbook for additional details. Music education and performance majors must register for one-hour lessons; non-music majors generally take half-hour lessons. Music majors and minors are required to take lessons for credit. In rare exceptions they are allowed to take a 0 credit semester of lessons with written approval from the department chair and a full 18 credit academic load. Music majors take 200 level MUL applied lessons their freshman and sophomore years, 400 level junior and senior years after successful completion of MU299 Sophomore Review. Music education and performance majors register for full-hour lessons (example: MUL201C or MUL401C) each semester. Music B.A. and music industry majors are encouraged to take full-hour lessons; half-hour lessons are the minimum requirement. Non-music majors wishing to take lessons for their own self-improvement and study register for 200 level lessons. Students performing in music ensembles frequently take applied lessons as an elective credit. There is an extra course fee for applied music lessons; please see course listing in WebTools for specific information. If students have any questions regarding lesson registration (MUL) they should contact the music department chair or applied instructor prior to registration or in the first two days of the semester.
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MUL422 Horn 1–0 credit(s)
Applied Music (Private Instruction) Private lessons are available to students (regardless of major) with a strong commitment to practice and meet all of the obligations of their private instruction. Students who take private lessons are strongly encouraged to participate in ensembles whenever possible. Students must schedule a lesson time with their instructor by signing up for a weekly time by the third day of the term; students may forfeit their right to instruction if they delay in signing up for a lesson time. All applied lessons may be repeated and taken for credit. As part of their private study music majors are required to attend music department recitals and their choice of additional music performances as listed by the department each semester. See the annual Music Student Handbook for additional details. Music education and performance majors must register for one-hour lessons; non-music majors generally take half-hour lessons. Music majors and minors are required to take lessons for credit. In rare exceptions they are allowed to take a 0 credit semester of lessons with written approval from the department chair and a full 18 credit academic load. Music majors take 200 level MUL applied lessons their freshman and sophomore years, 400 level junior and senior years after successful completion of MU299 Sophomore Review. Music education and performance majors register for full-hour lessons (example: MUL201C or MUL401C) each semester. Music B.A. and music industry majors are encouraged to take full-hour lessons; half-hour lessons are the minimum requirement. Non-music majors wishing to take lessons for their own self-improvement and study register for 200 level lessons. Students performing in music ensembles frequently take applied lessons as an elective credit. There is an extra course fee for applied music lessons; please see course listing in WebTools for specific information. If students have any questions regarding lesson registration (MUL) they should contact the music department chair or applied instructor prior to registration or in the first two days of the semester.
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MUL423 Tuba 1–0 credit(s)
Applied Music (Private Instruction) Private lessons are available to students (regardless of major) with a strong commitment to practice and meet all of the obligations of their private instruction. Students who take private lessons are strongly encouraged to participate in ensembles whenever possible. Students must schedule a lesson time with their instructor by signing up for a weekly time by the third day of the term; students may forfeit their right to instruction if they delay in signing up for a lesson time. All applied lessons may be repeated and taken for credit. As part of their private study music majors are required to attend music department recitals and their choice of additional music performances as listed by the department each semester. See the annual Music Student Handbook for additional details. Music education and performance majors must register for one-hour lessons; non-music majors generally take half-hour lessons. Music majors and minors are required to take lessons for credit. In rare exceptions they are allowed to take a 0 credit semester of lessons with written approval from the department chair and a full 18 credit academic load. Music majors take 200 level MUL applied lessons their freshman and sophomore years, 400 level junior and senior years after successful completion of MU299 Sophomore Review. Music education and performance majors register for full-hour lessons (example: MUL201C or MUL401C) each semester. Music B.A. and music industry majors are encouraged to take full-hour lessons; half-hour lessons are the minimum requirement. Non-music majors wishing to take lessons for their own self-improvement and study register for 200 level lessons. Students performing in music ensembles frequently take applied lessons as an elective credit. There is an extra course fee for applied music lessons; please see course listing in WebTools for specific information. If students have any questions regarding lesson registration (MUL) they should contact the music department chair or applied instructor prior to registration or in the first two days of the semester.
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MUL425 Composition 1–0 credit(s)
Applied Music (Private Instruction) Private lessons are available to students (regardless of major) with a strong commitment to practice and meet all of the obligations of their private instruction. Students who take private lessons are strongly encouraged to participate in ensembles whenever possible. Students must schedule a lesson time with their instructor by signing up for a weekly time by the third day of the term; students may forfeit their right to instruction if they delay in signing up for a lesson time. All applied lessons may be repeated and taken for credit. As part of their private study music majors are required to attend music department recitals and their choice of additional music performances as listed by the department each semester. See the annual Music Student Handbook for additional details. Music education and performance majors must register for one-hour lessons; non-music majors generally take half-hour lessons. Music majors and minors are required to take lessons for credit. In rare exceptions they are allowed to take a 0 credit semester of lessons with written approval from the department chair and a full 18 credit academic load. Music majors take 200 level MUL applied lessons their freshman and sophomore years, 400 level junior and senior years after successful completion of MU299 Sophomore Review. Music education and performance majors register for full-hour lessons (example: MUL201C or MUL401C) each semester. Music B.A. and music industry majors are encouraged to take full-hour lessons; half-hour lessons are the minimum requirement. Non-music majors wishing to take lessons for their own self-improvement and study register for 200 level lessons. Students performing in music ensembles frequently take applied lessons as an elective credit. There is an extra course fee for applied music lessons; please see course listing in WebTools for specific information. If students have any questions regarding lesson registration (MUL) they should contact the music department chair or applied instructor prior to registration or in the first two days of the semester.
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MUL426 Jazz Improvisation 1–0 credit(s)
Applied Music (Private Instruction) Private lessons are available to students (regardless of major) with a strong commitment to practice and meet all of the obligations of their private instruction. Students who take private lessons are strongly encouraged to participate in ensembles whenever possible. Students must schedule a lesson time with their instructor by signing up for a weekly time by the third day of the term; students may forfeit their right to instruction if they delay in signing up for a lesson time. All applied lessons may be repeated and taken for credit. As part of their private study music majors are required to attend music department recitals and their choice of additional music performances as listed by the department each semester. See the annual Music Student Handbook for additional details. Music education and performance majors must register for one-hour lessons; non-music majors generally take half-hour lessons. Music majors and minors are required to take lessons for credit. In rare exceptions they are allowed to take a 0 credit semester of lessons with written approval from the department chair and a full 18 credit academic load. Music majors take 200 level MUL applied lessons their freshman and sophomore years, 400 level junior and senior years after successful completion of MU299 Sophomore Review. Music education and performance majors register for full-hour lessons (example: MUL201C or MUL401C) each semester. Music B.A. and music industry majors are encouraged to take full-hour lessons; half-hour lessons are the minimum requirement. Non-music majors wishing to take lessons for their own self-improvement and study register for 200 level lessons. Students performing in music ensembles frequently take applied lessons as an elective credit. There is an extra course fee for applied music lessons; please see course listing in WebTools for specific information. If students have any questions regarding lesson registration (MUL) they should contact the music department chair or applied instructor prior to registration or in the first two days of the semester.
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Music Technology |
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MT298 Field Exploration 1-3 credit(s)
This course offers students opportunities for applied learning based on the student’s interests and professional goals. Students work with SMU faculty members and technical staff to develop individual plans for the on or off-campus field exploration. Prerequisite: Consent of department chair and music technology director.
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MT302 Digital Music Technology and Lab 3 credit(s)
This combined lecture/lab course expands on concepts explored in MU300. Advanced concepts of digital audio editing, recording, sampling, sequencing techniques, beats-style music creation, and interactive (web based) media creation and distribution are studied. The course is a combination of lecture demonstrations and creative assignments completed by the students. Students use lab time for guided assistance in completing assignments and projects pertaining to the class. Presentations by industry professionals are a part of the course when relevant. Offered spring semester. Prerequisites: MU300 or equivalent experience.
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MT310 Introduction to Sound Recording and Lab 3 credit(s)
This course is a basic introduction to various analog and digital recording techniques. It includes an overview of microphone selection and placement, multi-track recording, basic mixing, signal processing and basic acoustics. The lab includes work on student recording projects and assignments on and off campus. Students gain valuable hands on experience planning, recording and mixing their own multi-track recording sessions. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: MT302 and MU300 .
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MT320 Advanced Applications of Recording and Audio Production 2 credit(s)
This course delves into the actual methods used to produce projects for business, communications, marketing and professional commerce driven music projects. The class works on a music project and a business project, both of which are designed to create solutions for the entertainment and communications industries. This course includes 2 track stereo recording, multi-track recording, and an examination of how acoustics can affect recording. The lab portion of the course focuses on “real projects” for business and music. Offered alternating spring semesters. Prerequisite: MT310 .
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MT330 Advanced Applications of Audio Post Production and Sound Design and Lab 3 credit(s)
This course includes the work of post-production, editing, mastering and sound design concepts. The lab experiences allow students to complete complex editing and master sound design projects that replicate the challenges they encounter in their careers. Offered alternating fall semesters. Prerequisite: MT320 .
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MT340 Live Audio Production and Lab 3 credit(s)
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of live audio production including equipment selection and utilization. The lab portion of the course utilizes a hands on approach to learning live audio by producing live shows on and off campus. Offered alternating spring semesters. Prerequisites: MT310 and MT311; concurrent with MT340
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Personal Development |
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PD201 Job Search Strategies - From Here to Career 1 credit(s)
To assist students in preparing for a successful career, this course describes the job search process and guides students in developing their own job search action plan. Includes instruction on networking, brand management, and other essential job-seeking skills. Graded Pass/No Credit.
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Philosophy |
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PH102 Logic 3 credit(s)
This course presents an introduction to contemporary symbolic logic as well as to traditional deductive and inductive logic.
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PH202 Philosophy in Our World 3 credit(s)
This general education course gives students the opportunity to read a major philosophical work, Plato’s Republic, and to discuss issues raised by the text that relate to our world. Such issues include justice, artistic expression and censorship, ethical conduct, the role of women in society, the best form of government, family, work, freedom, and responsibility. The course is for first and second year students who want a serious introduction to philosophy and enjoy rigorous philosophical conversation.
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PH253 History of Ancient Philosophy: Thales – Aristotle 4 credit(s)
This course, the first of four sequential courses in the history of philosophy, is a survey of Greek philosophy from its origins in the thought of Presocratic poets and philosophers to its later development in the dialogues of Plato and writings of Aristotle. Through the close reading of primary sources in their historical context and through a wide variety of other exercises, students gain an appreciation for the major texts, themes and problems that have shaped the Western philosophical tradition. Students also begin to develop a facility with the various tools and terms with which philosophers in the Western tradition have worked.
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PH298 Field Exploration 1 3 credit(s)
The field exploration provides the student the opportunity to work closely with a professor in the presentation of a course. The student gets experience in basic research and techniques involved in presenting philosophical ideas. The reading and thinking that gradually lead to a basic understanding of the various philosophical positions and to an authentic philosophical insight is one kind of learning experience. An additional learning experience comes about with the responsibility of presenting these ideas to others. The philosophy department, in providing this opportunity, recognizes that communication of ideas is an essential part of doing philosophy.
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PH300 Moral Theory 3 credit(s)
The course begins with a thorough examination of the foundations of natural law ethics and consequentialist ethics. The instructor links those theories of morality with explicit assumptions regarding human nature. Central texts in the course are Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Prima Secundae and John Stewart Mill’s Utilitarianism.
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PH305 Health Care Ethics 3 credit(s)
This course provides a survey of some of the specific issues in health care ethics that are faced today by patients, providers, insurance companies and other constituencies in the health care arena. Such issues include: access — how are limited resources to be allocated? Informed consent – what information must patients possess in order to make reasonable and informed decisions about their health care? What compensatory obligations do providers have in the realm of informed consent? Funding — should the quality of health care vary by the means of the payer? Death — what is death? Also, should a patient have the right to choose the time and means of his or her death? Procedures and technologies — are all possible procedures and technical interventions morally defensible?
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PH343 Contemporary Ethical Issues 3 credit(s)
The course examines critically the foundations of ethical or moral judgments on vital issues such as abortion, birth control, capital punishment, civil disobedience, divorce, drug-use, ecology, euthanasia, homosexuality, marriage, pre-marital sex, suicide, segregation, stealing, truth: acquiring-revealing concealing, technology, war, and work.
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PH345 Philosophy of the Person 3 credit(s)
e human person (e.g., the Platonic, the Aristotelian–Thomistic, the Judeo–Christian, the Hobbesian and that of other modern thinkers). It considers such fundamental issues as the existence and nature of the human soul; whether human beings are innately good, innately evil, both or neither; in what sense, if any, human beings are rational; and the nature and basis of human freedom.
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PH346 Ethical Issues in the Sciences 3 credit(s)
This course provides non-science as well as science majors the opportunity to examine key issues in the sciences in the light of major ethical theories. Among the issues to be examined are: abuses and uses of nuclear energy, behavior control and psychosurgery, chemical wastes and the environment, computerized files of personal information, computerization and depersonalization, experimentation with human subjects and animals, genetic engineering and screening, reproductive techniques, organ transplants, physician-patient relationships, and euthanasia.
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PH354 History of Medieval Philosophy: Augustine – Ockham 4 credit(s)
In this course, the second of four history of philosophy courses, students study the development of philosophy in the Middle Ages through its contact with Christianity. The goals of this course are to examine the following themes and philosophical problems: the relation of faith and reason, spirituality and philosophy; human knowledge and contemporary theories of art, an examination of selected figures and movements in art history, and an analysis of the vital interrelationship between the two disciplines of philosophy and art. Offered fall semester Also offered as AR370 .
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PH355 History of Modern Philosophy: Bacon – Hegel 4 credit(s)
In this course, the third of four history of philosophy courses, students study the major philosophical movements of the early modern period beginning with the rise of inductive natural science. Students then examine rationalism, empiricism, Kant’s critical philosophy, and Hegel. The central epistemological theme of the course reflects the modern conviction that before other sciences may be studied with profit, the possibility and modes of human knowledge must be determined. Prerequisites: PH253 and PH254.
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PH358 History of 19th and 20th Century Philosophy: Kierkegaard – Wittgenstein 4 credit(s)
This course, the fourth of four history of philosophy courses, is an examination of the post-Kantian philosophy focusing on selected major movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, such as idealism, phenomenology, existentialism, and British analytic and ordinary language philosophy. Readings may include Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, James, Foucault, Wittgenstein, MacIntyre, and John Paul II, among others. Prerequisite: PH355 .
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PH360 Epistemology 3 credit(s)
Epistemology is the study of how it is that humans come to know themselves and the world we inhabit. This course is a survey of theories of knowledge that span the western tradition from the Greeks to the present day. Issues raised include the definitions of certainty and truth, the reliability of sense knowledge, the way in which we know ourselves and others, as well as other related issues raised by our authors.
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PH362 Business Ethics 3 credit(s)
The course examines critically the major ethical or moral theories that are at the basis of decision making in the complex area of contemporary behavior we know as “the business world.” It is recommended for business majors.
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PH370 Philosophy of Art 3 credit(s)
This interdisciplinary course explores the relationship between philosophy of art or aesthetics and developments in art history. The course involves a study of traditional and contemporary theories of art, an examination of selected figures and movements in art history, and an analysis of the vital interrelationship between the two disciplines of philosophy and art. Offered fall semester. Also offered as AR370 .
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PH380-389 Special Topics: Philosophy 3 credit(s)
These courses give non-majors an opportunity to explore philosophical movements, figures, and issues. Specific topics are determined by the department and student interest, and have included American Philosophy, the rise of modern science, 20th century women philosophers, and philosophy of law.
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PH400 Metaphysics 3 credit(s)
This course examines critically the classic and contemporary concepts of being-in-the-world, its causes, its effects, and its modalities and relations.
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PH402 Senior Thesis 3 credit(s)
This course is taken in the second semester of the senior year and is an opportunity to work closely with a faculty member in the philosophy department on a written thesis.
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PH410 The Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas 3 credit(s)
Saint Thomas Aquinas is one of the central figures in the history of Western philosophy. This course is designed to provide the student the opportunity to discover, reflect upon and react critically to Aquinas’s life, thought and writings. The themes covered include an investigation of what we can know of God by the use of human reason, the role of human beings and their nature in the order of creation, the manner in which human action, in cooperation with grace, can bring humans to their final end, as well as other issues of metaphysics, psychology and methodology. While this course is designed as an in-depth study of Aquinas, it also serves as a preparation for the future study of Aquinas’s theology; accordingly, there is a decided focus on developing a Thomistic vocabulary. This course is designed to be taken in the spring semester of the senior year.
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PH450-459 Seminars in Philosophy 3 credit(s)
These specialized courses, intended primarily for philosophy majors, include the following seminars: PH450 Plato, PH451 Aristotle, PH452 Augustine, PH455 Kant, and PH456 Kierkegaard. and human freedom; and philosophy as a principle of integration within Medieval culture. Prerequisite: PH253 .
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Physical Education |
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PE103 Flag Football 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE104 Racquetball 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE106 Racquet Sports 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE112 Weight Training 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE113 Advanced Weight Training 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE115 Aerobics 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE116 Karate 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE118 Advanced Fitness 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE120 Golf 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE122 Bowling 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE126 Volleyball 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE130 Archery 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE133 Skating 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE136 Cross-Country Skiing 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE142 Horsemanship 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE143 Advanced Horsemanship 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE150 Canoeing/Camping 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE152 Winter Camping 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE153 Lap Swimming 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE156 Lifeguard Training 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE157 Scuba Diving 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE162 Circuit Training 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE165 Nutrition 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE170 Skiing/Snowboarding 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE175 Classic Team Sports 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE179 Ultimate Frisbee 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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PE185 Walk/Run/Bike 0 credit(s)
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete two physical education classes. Courses are offered for no credit and are graded pass/no credit.
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Physics |
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P111 The Earth and the Solar System 3 credit(s)
This course examines physical, geological, and astronomical processes involved in shaping the Earth and other planets. The geological processes acting on the Earth and the natural history of the Earth are studied first, and then used to examine the other bodies of the solar system, studying how the physical characteristics of the planets influence and are influenced by the same basic processes operating in different ways. Topics include: the properties of Earth materials, the evolution of the Earth and geological structures, matter and energy in the Earth system, the Earth in the solar system and the universe, fundamental issues of planetary science, and fundamentals of observational astronomy and objects in the sky (moon phases, properties of orbits, etc.). Offered every spring. Prerequisite: mathematics competency.
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P113 Physics of Sound and Music 3 credit(s)
This course is an exploration of the fundamental physical concepts relating to sound (vibrations and waves, overtones, Fourier synthesis and analysis) and its perception (physiology, physics, and psychophysics of hearing) and measurement (transducers and the decibel scale); sound recording and reproduction (analog and digital); musical acoustics (temperament and pitch; families of musical instruments; speech and the human vocal tract); and the acoustics of enclosures. Offered in alternate fall semesters. Prerequisite: mathematics competency.
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P121 Astronomy: The Stars and Beyond 3 credit(s)
This general-education level course focuses on three broad topics in astronomy: the tools of astronomy (the celestial sphere and the motion of objects in the sky; scientific method; light, spectra, and atomic structure; the astronomical distance scale; gravity and celestial mechanics); stars and stellar evolution (the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, the main sequence, and stellar lifecycles); and galaxies and cosmology (Hubble’s Law, dark matter, evidence for the Big Bang, and theories of the early universe). The course meets for two hours of lecture and a two-hour laboratory each week, and includes some use of the telescope. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: mathematics competency. Credit will not be granted for both P121 and P123
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P123 Investigating the Universe 3 credit(s)
This general education level course covers topics similar in nature to P121 Astronomy: The Stars and Beyond but in somewhat more depth and without the observational laboratory component. It focuses on three broad areas in astronomy and cosmology: gathering information about the universe (science and its methods; models of motion of celestial objects [including distance scales and gravitation]; light, spectra, and atomic structure); the nature of stars and galaxies (stellar formation, evolution, and death; the expanding universe); and cosmology (the Big Bang theories of the early universe). Credit will not be granted for both P121 and P123. Prerequisite: mathematics competency.
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P155 Foundations of Physics 3 credit(s)
This course is intended for elementary education majors as well as other non-science majors. It examines the conceptual frameworks that underlie physics, including mechanics, heat, electricity and magnetism, and light. Two hours of lecture and one two-hour lab per week. Offered every spring and in alternate fall semesters. Prerequisite: mathematics competency.
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P180 College Physics 3 credit(s)
ing the mathematical tools of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. This survey includes kinematics, vectors, Newton’s laws, momentum, energy, oscillations and waves, and thermodynamics. Credit will not be granted for this course and P201 . Prerequisites: high school algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Co-requisite: P181 .
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P181 College Physics Laboratory 1 credit(s)
This one three-hour laboratory is held each week to address topics covered in P180 lecture. Credit will not be granted for this course and P202 . Co-requisite: P180 .
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P201 Introductory Physics I 3 credit(s)
This course is the first half of a two-semester introductory, calculus-based, physics course for all students planning to enter one of the scientific professions. It covers the fundamental principles of mechanics, oscillations, and fluid mechanics. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: M149 or M151 (M151 may be concurrent) and concurrent with P202 .
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P202 Introductory Physics I Laboratory 1 credit(s)
One three-hour laboratory is held each week covering topics studied in the lectures. Offered fall semester. Concurrent with P201 .
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P211 Introductory Physics II 3 credit(s)
This course is the second half of a two-semester introductory, calculus-based, physics course for all students planning to enter one of the scientific professions. It covers the fundamental principles of waves, physical and geometrical optics, and electricity and magnetism. Offered spring semester. Prerequisites: P201 /P202 ; concurrent with P212 .
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P212 Introductory Physics II Laboratory 1 credit(s)
One three-hour laboratory is held each week covering topics studied in the lectures. Offered spring semester. Concurrent with P211 .
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P221 Global Climate Change 3 credit(s)
This course first examines physical, geological, and astronomical processes involved in the global climate change debate. We will ask ourselves what is the current data, make predictions on local areas in which we live, and propose possible solutions. The course design is problem-based. That is, students will actively participate in discovering relevant questions, data, underlying scientific principles, and solutions. As a result details of possible topics can be a little bit fluid, but possible topics include: Current climate data and controversies; Basic climate science; Data and predictions on local area; Biological, sociological and economic impact; Possible solutions. We hope to bring to the foreground the processes scientists use to draw conclusions about the physical nature of climate, building an understanding of the nature of explanation in science, and investigating how science interacts with society in general.
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P250 Introduction to Radiation Physics 3 credit(s)
The course includes the study of radioactive decay (the interactions of ionizing radiation with matter), characteristics of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation, nuclear instrumentation, dose calculations and dosimetry, production and use of x-rays, nuclear statistics, and radiation safety. Offered in alternate spring semesters. Prerequisites: P211 /P212 (may be concurrent).
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P304 Introduction to Modern Physics with Laboratory 4 credit(s)
This course considers atomic and nuclear physics and studies the experimental evidence that led to the development of the theories of quantum mechanics. The special theory of relativity, wave particle duality, and atomic structure are also examined. Students meet for three lectures and one three-hour lab per week. Offered in alternate fall semesters. Prerequisites: M152 and P211 /P212 .
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P314 Digital Systems with Laboratory 4 credit(s)
This is a course on digital electronics and its applications in modern electronic instrumentation. Emphasis is placed on gaining experience with the use of individual digital integrated circuits and programmable arrays. The course covers Boolean algebra, simple gates, combinational and sequential logic circuits, counters, shift registers, state machines, astable multivibrators, encoding, decoding, multiplexing, and conversion between analog and digital representations. Coursework involves both circuit simulation and actual hardware implementations. The course targets applications in the natural sciences, mathematics, and computer science. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. Offered in alternate fall semesters. Prerequisites: P211 /P212 .
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P340 Classical Mechanics 3 credit(s)
This course is an analytical study of Newtonian mechanics, including the harmonic oscillator, central force motion, nonlinear oscillators, and an introduction to the Lagrangian formulation. Offered in alternate spring semesters. Prerequisites: M152 and P201 /P202 .
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P344 Mathematical Methods for Science 3 credit(s)
This course serves physics majors as well as those mathematics majors whose area of interest is analysis. Topics include: Fourier series, complex numbers, analytic functions, and derivatives and integrals of complex functions. Offered in alternate spring semesters. Prerequisites: M251 and M252 .
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P356 Introduction to Scientific Computing 3 credit(s)
A course designed to provide undergraduates students with the basic computational tools and techniques needed for their study in science and mathematics. Students learn by doing projects that solve problems in physical sciences and mathematics using symbolic and compiled languages with visualization. By use of the Sage problem-solving environment and the Python programming language, the students learn programming and numerical analysis in parallel with scientific problem solving. Offered alternate fall semesters. Also offered as CS356 and M356 . Prerequisites: CS106 , M251 , M252 , and ST232 .
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P360 Electricity and Magnetism I 3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to the physics of electricity and magnetism at the intermediate undergraduate level. It examines the experimental evidence that led to the development of the theories of electromagnetism (electrostatics, polarization and dielectrics, magnetostatics and magnetization, electrodynamics, electromagnetic waves, potentials and fields, and radiation) and the development of Maxwell’s laws. The mathematical analysis of electromagnetic situations uses vector calculus to a great degree, so students also are exposed to working with a variety of vector operators. Offered in alternate spring semesters. Prerequisites: M251 and P211 /P212 .
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P370 Microcontroller Organization and Architecture with Laboratory 4 credit(s)
The course covers the PIC18F4520 and Arduino microcontrollers as a paradigmatic microprocessor; other devices may be used as well. A brief survey of number systems, logic gates and Boolean algebra are followed by a study of the structure of microprocessors and the architecture of microprocessor systems. Programming microprocessorsand the use of an assembler and a higher-level language (C) is covered. Peripheral interface devices are studied along with some wired logic circuits. Students gain experience through the use of microprocessor simulators and hardware implementations. Offered in alternate spring semesters. Prerequisite: CS106 and P314 .
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P380 Quantum Mechanics I 3 credit(s)
This course expands on the ideas of quantum mechanics introduced in P304 , and develops the necessary formalisms and tools for further work. Topics include the Schrödinger equation in its time independent and time-dependent forms, an introduction to operators, square-well and harmonic oscillator potentials, scattering, the hydrogen atom, angular momentum, and perturbation theory. Offered in alternate fall semesters. Prerequisites: M252 and P304 .
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P390/391 Advanced Laboratory I, II 1 each credit(s)
This course is generally taken during the senior year, although it may be taken earlier. Students either submit a project to be explored or constructed, perform a series of measurements and subsequent data analysis on an already-existing apparatus, or undertake a computational or theoretical project under the guidance of the laboratory instructor. The project must include a significant writing component. Prerequisites: minimum junior standing and P304 .
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P410 Physics Directed Research 2 credit(s)
This course is intended for all physics majors; it is recommended for majors in physics science education. It may be taken in addition to or in place of P390/391 Advanced Laboratory. Its purpose is to provide students an opportunity to explore a topic in physics in depth over a period of at least one semester under the guidance of a member of the physics faculty, and thereby demonstrate understanding of a particular concept or focused set of concepts at the advanced undergraduate level. It is also intended to give students project-based experience in experimental design, recordkeeping, and scientific writing. Prerequisites: minimum junior standing and P304 .
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P422-425 Topics in Physics 1–3 credit(s)
Selected topics in physics offered when faculty and student interest warrant.
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P456 Scientific Computing Project 1 credit(s)
This course is required for all Scientific Computing minors. Its purpose is to provide students the opportunity to develop a research project or participate in an ongoing research project under direction of a faculty advisor. The project must combine scientific computing tools and techniques with a substantive scientific or engineering problem. It is also intended to give students experience in experimental design, recordkeeping, and scientific writing. Also offered as CS456 and M456 . Prerequisites: consent of both the faculty advisor and the minor supervisor, and CS356 /M356 /P356 .
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PS102 American National Government 3 credit(s)
A basic course on the nature and purpose of our U.S. political system; includes the Constitution, institutions, processes and persons that combine to form our federal government. The student is exposed to a variety of approaches to political study. Offered fall and spring semesters.
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PS242 Logic of Analysis 4 credit(s)
This course examines the major social science perspectives in conjunction with an instruction in the logic and procedures of gathering information about social phenomena. The course covers such topics as: the logic of the scientific method, research design, hypotheses formation, theory and methods of scaling, and research analysis. Offered fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite: ST132 or ST232 . Also offered as S250 .
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PS306 Political Theory 3 credit(s)
This upper-division course covers the span of political theory from the Ancients to contemporary theorists. In doing so with both coverage and depth, the course is devoted to an analysis and examination of the development of democratic government, the rise of the rule of law, the impact of morality and religion, the importance of social and economic groups to politics, theories of the nation-state, communism and socialism, fascism, and modern theories of representation and justice. Theorists studied will include a broad range of contributors from Plato to John Rawls. A focus on discussion and interaction and professor-guided research will be achieved. Prerequisite: PS102
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PS307-312 Topics in Political Theory 3 credit(s)
Courses in this section are devoted to a thorough review, analysis, and evaluation of topics and methods that are relevant to the current study of political theory. Topics may include but are not limited to the following: American political thought, critical theory, feminist theory, postmodern, and deconstruction.
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PS314 American Foreign Policy 3 credit(s)
This course studies the ideas, institutions, and individuals responsible for American foreign policy, the mechanics of its determination and implementation, with emphasis on current problems, policies and objectives in foreign policy. Offered every other spring semester.
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PS315-319 Topics in International Relations 3 credit(s)
Courses in this section are devoted to a thorough review, analysis, and evaluation of topics and methods that are relevant to the study of international relations and politics. Topics may include but are not limited to the following: war and peace, international political economy, international organizations, non-state actors in world politics, comparative foreign policy, trade and aid in the international system, global issues, regionalism in international relations, and other topics.
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PS317 International Politics 3 credit(s)
This course examines the basic structures of the international system including: 1) states, nations, transnationals, international organizations, diplomacy, etc.; 2) global issues including: war/peace, deterrence, arms control, political economy, trade, human rights, peacekeeping, etc.; and, 3) global ideas: sovereignty, nationalism, modernization, etc. This course deals extensively with the contemporary international system and the issues arising from the limitations of power in international affairs. Students apply this knowledge in a United Nations simulation. Offered fall semester.
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PS320 Comparative Politics 3 credit(s)
This course examines how different types of countries, i.e., established democracies, transitioning nations, and nondemocracies, are governed. The course examines first the broader trends and concepts about political systems and then engages in more in-depth case studies on a number of countries representing different regions, colonial and postcolonial experiences, levels of economic development, and government types. Offered spring semester.
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PS321-329 Topics in Comparative Government 3 credit(s)
Courses in this series are devoted to a thorough review, analysis, and evaluation of topics and methods that are relevant to the current study of comparative politics and government. Topics may include but are not limited to the following: Asian politics and governments; Latin American politics and government; European politics and governments; comparative political leadership; political and economic development; comparative revolutionary movements; regimes, movements, and ideologies; and other topics.
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PS332 American Constitutional Law 3 credit(s)
This course examines the social, philosophical and legal problems faced by the Supreme Court in translating the abstract language of civil liberties contained in the U.S. Constitution into concrete reality with an emphasis upon current problems and the evolving nature of the process. Offered spring semester.
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PS333-339 Topics in American Government and American Law 3 credit(s)
These courses are devoted to a variety of significant issues, developments, institutions and outcomes which are important to an understanding of American government and law. Topics may include the study of American constitutional law, the American presidency, Congress, great American political thinkers, American foreign policy and diplomacy and more. Courses and topics vary according to faculty and student interest.
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PS342 Field Methods 4 credit(s)
This course offers a working experience in the purpose and tools of qualitative field methods. The course covers rapport, methods of observation, field notes, data coding and analysis, ethnography, focus groups and interviews, as well as an introduction to quasi-experimentation. Offered fall and spring semesters. Also offered as S350 . Prerequisite: PS242/S250 .
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PS370 Public Policy 4 credit(s)
This course is devoted to a thorough review, analysis and evaluation of public welfare policy and at least one other topic. These topics may include but are not limited to the following: health care, environmental regulations, energy; consolidation of federal programs; affirmative action, etc. Special emphasis is given to the formulation, adoption, implementation, impact, and evaluation of public policy. Also offered as HS352 .
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