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NURS 454 - Transition Into Professional Nursing
6 Credits
6 lecture hours.
This course helps the student integrate all aspects of the nursing curriculum in preparation for transitioning from student to professional nurse. The clinical component will provide students with an opportunity to further demonstrate competencies consistent with program outcomes and to refine their nursing care practice skills including establishing priorities and applying leadership principles. Students will collaborate with faculty in choosing a care setting, planning and organizing a learning experience, and practicing professional nursing in a safe and effective manner.
Co-Requisite(s) NURS 407 and all of its associated prerequisites
Offered (SPRING)
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NUSC 160 - Introduction to Nutrition
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course stresses the importance of a working knowledge of general nutrition principles and wise nutritional practices. Emphasis is placed on food nutrient sources, digestive processes, human metabolism and energy requirements particularly in the framework of the eating patterns of the American people.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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NUSC 161 - Scientific Principles of Food Selection and Preparation
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course is a study of the cultural and economic aspects of food selection: the scientific principles underlying methods of food selection, preparation and preservation, and their effects on consumer acceptability and nutritive value of common foods.
Offered (FALL)
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NUSC 162 - Introduction to Dietetics
2 Credits
2 lecture hours.
Introduction to professional issues, roles, ethics, and values of the dietitian. Examines the nontraditional or alternative roles for the nutrition and dietetics professional. Emphasizes portfolio development and preparation for national examination.
Offered (SPRING)
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NUSC 201 - Nutritional Biochemistry and Food Chemistry
4 Credits
3 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
A study of the organic compounds and their classification and characteristics as well as biochemistry and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids. General characteristics of enzymes and the reasons enzymes are vital in body chemistry are described. Selected topics in food chemistry and their relationship to human health will be discussed.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 , NUSC 161 , CHEM 105 , CHEM 105L , CHEM 106 , and CHEM 106L completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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NUSC 323 - Nutrition Assessment & Counseling w/Lab
4 Credits
4 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Study of the evidence-based theoretical framework based in the behavioral sciences and education as used in planning and delivering food and nutrition information and counseling for all groups throughout the lifespan.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 , NUSC 161 , and NUSC 201 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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NUSC 361 - Applied Nutrition
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
The nutritional needs of the individual and an in-depth study of the metabolism of foods in the human body. Current advances in nutrition research are discussed.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 and NUSC 161 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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NUSC 362 - Advanced Food Science
4 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course applies the scientific method to the solution of specific problems in food experimentation and food safety. Technical writing and quantitative data analysis are addressed.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 , NUSC 161 , CHEM 105 andCHEM 105L completed with grades of “C” or higher
Co-Requisite(s) CHEM 106 and CHEM 106L
Offered (SPRING)
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NUSC 365 - Food Systems Management
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Introduction to layout and design feature and planning procedures, analysis of layout characteristics, principles of workflow and work simplification; sanitation requirements in layout and design, materials used in construction of facilities and equipment in relation to use and care, environmental elements. Determining equipment requirements and writing specifications, equipment purchasing procedures, utilities and service in relation to selection of equipment, energy control, and principles of refrigeration and cooling, operation use and care of equipment.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 , NUSC 161 , CHEM 105 , CHEM 105L , CHEM 106 , and CHEM 106L completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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NUSC 367 - Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
Addresses the physiological, socio-economic, and environmental factors influencing nutritional status and requirements over the life cycle. The impact of policies and program delivery on nutritional status and health is also addressed.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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NUSC 461 - Nutrition and Wellness w/Lab
4 Credits
4 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
Study of the role of lifestyle factors in disease prevention and health promotion. This course emphasizes a plant-based diet and the eight neutral principles of health found in the SELF CARE health promotion model.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 , NUSC 161 , NUSC 201 , and NUSC 361 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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NUSC 462 - Community Nutrition
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course examines the cultural, ethnic and socio-economic factors, which underline food selection, methods of preparation, and potential nutrient value. Opportunities are provided to evaluate community programs addressing nutrition and health.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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NUSC 463 - Quantity Food Service Systems
4 Credits
2 lecture hours. 4 lab hours.
A study of quality food cookery and management problems as they pertain to commercial, industrial, and other institutional food services. Merchandising menus, variety in menu planning, and food preferences of customers to be included. Independent projects are required of students through experiential learning opportunities in selected food service establishments.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 and NUSC 161 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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NUSC 464 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
A study of the modifications of normal diets in the applications of diet therapy. Involves nutrient and calorie calculations in the development of dietary plans for specific diet-related conditions. Medical terminologies related to nutrition and diseases will be covered.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 , NUSC 361 and CHEM 202 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Co-Requisite(s) CHEM 201
Offered (FALL)
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NUSC 465 - Senior Seminar in Foods and Nutrition
2 Credits
2 lecture hours.
Current trends, and selected topics in food and nutrition. Presentation of case studies from clinical experience.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 , NUSC 361 and NUSC 464 completed with grades of “C” or higher or consent of instructor/department required to register
Offered (SPRING)
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NUSC 466 - Food and Nutrition Field Experience
4 Credits
2 lecture hours.
Pre-professional training in dietetics and food service systems: experience in hospitals, nursing homes or other related clinical facilities under supervision of a resident dietitian. Involves nutrition assessment, case study, nutrition counseling and food service management exercises. Instructor’s approval is required. six hours of field experience per week.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 , NUSC 361 , and NUSC 464 completed with grades of “C” or higher or consent of instructor/department required to register
Offered (SPRING)
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NUSC 467 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II
2 Credits
2 lecture hours.
Continuation of NUSC 464 . A study of the modifications of normal diets in the applications of diet therapy. Involves nutrient and calorie calculations in the development of dietary plans for specific diet-related conditions. Medical terminologies related to nutrition and diseases will be covered.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 160 , NUSC 361 , and NUSC 464 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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NUSC 468 - Statistics
3 Credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This course covers the descriptive statistical measures, including tabular and graphic representations to the concepts of normal curve and probability. The course includes measures of central tendency, measures of variability up to variance and sum of squares, the normal curve, Z tests and probability theory. Basic applications of analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-tests are covered. (HLTH 468 Statistics for Health Sciences equivalent option).
Prerequisite(s) MATH 113 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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NUSC 480 - Research Methods
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course is designed to help dietetic and other health pre-professionals understand and apply scientific methodology in research, and to obtain skills in interpretation of data, and promote decision-making that lead to growth in future careers, graduate school, or professional positions.
Prerequisite(s) NUSC 361 and NUSC 362 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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PASH 101 - Elementary Pashto I
3 Credits
This course focuses on grammar, pronunciation, and aural-oral comprehension of Pashto as well as on the culture of Afghanistan.
Offered (FALL)
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PASH 102 - Elementary Pashto II
3 Credits
This course continues to focus on grammar, pronunciation, and aural-oral comprehension of Pashto as well as on the culture of Afghanistan.
Prerequisite(s) PASH 101 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or one or two year sof high school Pashto
Offered (SPRING)
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PHIL 102 - Introduction to Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course consists of an introductory examination of various approaches to philosophy and a careful consideration of various interpretations of the universe and their implications for a philosophy of lief. It is open to freshmen and presupposes no previous course in philosophy.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHIL 109 - Introduction to Critical Thinking
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a study of the fundamental principles of logic, including reflective thinking. Emphasis will be given to the study of the traditional or classical forms of deductive and inductive inference and the processes of communicating, symbolizing and defining. Constant practice in detecting fallacious reasoning will be provided.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHIL 119 - Introduction to Critical Thinking—Honors
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a study of the fundamental principles of logic, including reflective thinking. Emphasis will be given to the study of the traditional or classical forms of deductive and inductive inference and the process of communicating, symbolizing and defining. Constant practice in detecting fallacious reasoning will be provided. It also provides the student the opportunity for reading, critical thinking, research and writing experiences and for the application of knowledge and skills to problems and issues in contemporary society. This course is required of students in the University Honors Program to satisfy General Education Requirements and is open to other students with Departmental permission.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHIL 220 - Ethics and Values
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course explores contemporary moral issues stemming from business, science and technology, law, international affairs, the environment, public policy, interpersonal relations, etc., against the background of cultural values as illuminated by various ethical theories.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHIL 221 - Introduction to Ethics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a study of the major types of ethical theory, potentially including evaluations of consequentialism, deontology, virtue, ethics, and feminist ethics.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 222 - Theories of Knowledge
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course studies some of the major theories of knowledge, potentially including empiricism, a priorism, and idealism.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 223 - Introduction to the Philosophy of Politics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an introduction to selected themes in social and political philosophy, including freedom, equality, power, and social change. It will consist of a close reading of a number of social and political philosophers.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHIL 224 - Introduction to Public Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an introduction to public philosophy. It will explore public philosophy and compare its form of presentation to that of academic philosophy. Further, it will cultivate the skills necessary to engage philosophically outside a college community with an eye to contributing to the greater good.
Offered (SPRING)
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PHIL 301 - Writing Philosophical Arguments
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is an intensive course designed to instruct philosophy majors, minors, and interested non-majors in writing philosophical arguments. Instruction will focus on clarity of prose, essay organization, and rigor of philosophical argumentation. The vocabulary basic to the philosophical tradition will also be taught.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 302 - Introduction to Formal and Informal Logic
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course has been designed to cover areas of informal logic (i.e., informal fallacies, logical puzzles, etc.) that also appear on professional or graduate school admission tests.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 304 - Symbolic Logic
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a study of recent developments in logic as an instrument for the analysis of fundamental philosophical and scientific concepts. The course will include such topics as the meaning of notations, truth functions, and construction of deductive systems and methods of determining the validity of complex modes of argumentation.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 310 - Problems in Contemporary Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on a specific problem area in one of the contemporary philosophical currents (analytic philosophy, phenomenology, hermeneutics, critical theory, pragmatism, etc.).
Prerequisite(s) PHIL 109
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 320 - Global Ethical Issues
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a discussion of some urgent ethical issues affecting the global village. Such issues include, among others, the ethical issues or problems in electronic communications and the digital divide, international aid, health and diseases (HIV-AIDS), population control, immigration and refugees, modern-day slavery, the trafficking of humans and narcotrafficking.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHIL 321 - Power and Gender
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on the central philosophical themes and problems of feminist thinking.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 322 - Problems in Social Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a critical analysis of some of the leading problems in current social philosophy. It will focus on such key concepts as alienation, participation and community from the perspective and against the background of modern society.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 332 - Western Philosophy I: Ancient Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines Western philosophical developments up to 900 CE.
Offered (FALL)
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PHIL 336 - Western Philosophy II: Medieval Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on philosophical developments in Western culture from 400 CE to 1450 CE.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 337 - Western Philosophy III: Early Modern Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on philosophical developments from 900 CE to 1850 CE.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 339 - Western Philosophy IV: 19Th Century Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course explores the writings of some of the most important philosophers of this period of philosophy. Central texts of Hegel, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Feuerbach, Comte, Spencer, Marx, Thoreau, Emerson, Du Bois, Douglass, Peirce, James, Bergson, Mill, and Nietzsche. They will be read in view of the focal problems that concerned them and that still affect us today. (formerly PHIL 339).
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 340 - Philosophy of the Natural Sciences
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
In this course an analysis is made of scientific methodology, and certain of the results and discoveries of science are evaluated with respect to their implications for man and his place in the universe.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 342 - Philosophy and Geography
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines the generation of meaning through spatialized behavior. Reciprocal influences between human life and its built or mapped environments are studied from a philosophical perspective.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 343 - Philosophy of Law
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines philosophical questions concerning law. Theories taught could include natural law, legal positivism, legal realism, legal pragmatism, critical legal studies, critical race theory, and feminist jurisprudence. These theories concern the relationships between law and morality, law and reason and law and society.
Offered (FALL)
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PHIL 344 - Philosophy in Literature
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an examination of philosophic and literary texts used to address the question: How are philosophy and literature related? Emphasis will be on the treatment of similar topics by these two different traditions.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 345 - Philosophy of Art
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This introductory course deals with the major theories of the nature of art and the aesthetic experience.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 360 - African Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an exploration and examination of the philosophical work of African thinkers and of the critical emphases contained therein.
Offered (SPRING)
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PHIL 363 - Asian Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a study of Confucianism, Shintoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and practices of meditation.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 366 - Latin-American Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will focus on the recent Latin-American philosophical developments, especially of phenomenology, existentialism and hermeneutics as represented under the title “Philosophy of Liberation.”
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 380 - Philosophy Colloquium
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to allow for a more detailed study of problems, questions, and themes encountered in earlier courses. Each semester a different topic will be examined. Students are expected to present brief reports, orally or in writing, for discussion.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 388 - Great Books—Directed Reading I
2 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course affords the opportunity for the honor student to engage in semi-independent, directed reading of major texts or works in the discipline under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s) admission to the Departmental Honors Program.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 399 - Great Books—Directed Reading II
2 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is the second part of Directed Reading I and affords the opportunity for the honor student to engage in semi-independent, directed reading of major texts or works in the discipline under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s) admission to the Departmental Honors Program and completion of Directed Reading I.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 402 - Great Issues
2 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course seeks to apply ideas and perspectives from a number of disciplines to a critical examination of some of the major issues and problems of moment to us as citizens of the modern world. The student will be expected to bring together significant aspects of his/her learning in various academic fields.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 407 - Environmental Ethics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines ethical questions arising from our relation to other species and the natural environment, including the role of economics, aesthetics, cultural/historical values, concerns of race, gender and class, and the intrinsic value of nature, biodiversity, and wilderness. It also examines the translation of these values into environmental law via the policy-making process.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 409 - Advanced Logic
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an examination of universal and null classes, propositions and laws, class inferences, diagram methods, theory of relations, logical structure of deductive systems, induction and scientific methodology and the importance of logic for the sciences.
Prerequisite(s) PHIL 304
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 420 - Science, Technology, and Ethics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course concerns the intersection of ethics and the human search for knowledge. Depending on the interests of the instructor, the course can focus on any aspect of scientific pursuit or technological development in addition to the role or appropriateness of ethical checks included in the work of researchers, the way scientific discoveries and technological advances impact society, and the ethical implications of these results for our lives. At the end of the course, students will be expected to show proficiency in the area of focus as well as an understanding of the ethical issues involved.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 421 - Ethics in Contemporary Society
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course addresses questions of ethics related to technology (computers, communications media, etc.), to biology (genetic engineering, etc.), to business and to medicine. Each time the course is offered, it will emphasize one or two of the topics listed.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 422 - Gender and Ethics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an inquiry into questions of right and wrong in sexual relationships, as these occur on the personal level or in social contexts, such as the marketplace, the media, the work place, or the University. Gender is examined as a system of differential assignments of power and prerogatives, based in but not limited to individual reproductive functions.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 423 - Ethics and the Law
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an examination of the relation of ethics to the law. Among other topics, it will consider both the relation of ethical theory to the law and particular ethical issues in the law.
Offered (FALL)
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PHIL 424 - Philosophy of Protest
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Against the background of set historical movements for freedom and equality in general, this course comprises an examination of the philosophical presuppositions and implications of social protest movements in the United States. Special attention will be given to competing philosophies of violence and non-violence and to interpretations of Civil Disobedience, Black Power, and Black Nationalism in relation to American life and culture.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 430 - Philosophical Systems
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course deals with the basic premises, principles and methods contained in philosophical systems such as Plato and Platonism, Aristotle and Aristotelianism, Empiricism, Kant and Kantianism, Marx and Marxism. Only one system will be studied in a semester.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 432 - Philosophy of the Black Experience
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on selected writings of African-American and African philosophers.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 433 - Philosophy of the Body
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines how human knowledge, actions, and social systems are founded on the body. Central to the course are questions of how the body is both “natural” and created by culture.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 438 - Kant
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a close examination of a major text by Immanuel Kant, such as The Critique of Pure Reason, The Critique of Practical Reason, or The Critique of Judgment.
Prerequisite(s) PHIL 337
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 439 - Western Philosophy V: Contemporary Philosophy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course emphasizes African-American and Euro-American philosophical developments in the United States, (formerly PHIL 439).
Offered (FALL)
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PHIL 440 - Philosophy of Religion
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course deals principally with the nature and existence of God, religious knowledge, the problems of good and evil, and the nature and destiny of man.
Offered (FALL)
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PHIL 441 - Philosophy and Constitutional Thought
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on the nature of constitutional thought from classical antiquity to the present and on the principle ideas that shaped the American Constitution.
Offered (SPRING)
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PHIL 443 - Great Works Seminar
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a close examination of a major text in philosophy. One substantial text of the instructor’s selection will be read closely. Must have 15 credits in the major to register.
Prerequisite(s) Fifteen credits in the major.
Offered (FALL)
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PHIL 444 - Science, Technology, and Gender
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a critical inquiry into American science. It will analyze multi-dimensionally gender as a product of scientific rhetoric and an index of the degree to which people share in the practices and benefits of science and technology.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 480 - Advanced Theory of Philosophy and Global Studies
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course applies various theories of justice–for example, libertarian justice, contractarian justice, utilitarian justice, egalitarian justice–to such global issues as human rights, globalization, race and gender, diversity, international aid and development, population control, war, etc.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 481 - Advanced Theory of Philosophy and Gender
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will offer advanced readings in current topics of feminist and gender-related issues. The philosophy of gender in relation to African Americans and global concerns will be a recurring theme.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 488 - Senior Honors Thesis I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
In this course students conduct advanced independent research, under the supervision of a faculty member, and prepare to defend the thesis before the departmental faculty. This half of the two-course sequence should be pursued during the fall semester.
Prerequisite(s) admission to the Departmental Honors Program and completion of Directed Reading I and II.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 489 - Senior Honors Thesis II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a continuation of Senior Honors Thesis I and concludes the conduct of advanced research, under the supervision of a faculty member. This half of the two-course sequence should be pursued during the spring semester. The student should complete the honors thesis by the end of March and should defend it before the departmental faculty in April.
Prerequisite(s) admission to the Departmental Honors Program and completion of Directed Reading I and II and Senior Honors Thesis I.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 490 - Seminar I: Philosophical Reading and Writing
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an introduction to the research tools in Philosophy and their use. It involves reading of philosophical literature in periodicals and journals and the writing of philosophical arguments and essays.
Prerequisite(s) PHIL 301
Offered (FALL)
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PHIL 491 - Seminar II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on the investigation of an approved topic in Philosophy and development of a seminar paper.
Prerequisite(s) PHIL 490
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PHIL 498 - Senior Internship
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
This course provides the opportunity for the student to obtain supervised work experience in the major at an off-campus site selected and approved by the Departmental Chairperson. Registration is limited to seniors with minimum 2.2 cumulative and major averages and requires approval of the Departmental Chairperson. Exceptions may be approved by the Dean.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHIL 499 - Senior Research or Teaching/Tutorial Assistantship
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
This course provides the opportunity for the student to attain first-hand research or teaching/tutorial experience under the supervision and mentorship of a tenure-track faculty member. Registration is limited to seniors with minimum of 3.0 cumulative and major averages and requires the approval of the Departmental Chairperson. Exceptions may be approved by the Dean.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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PHEC 036 - Stunts and Tumbling
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course covers gymnastic stunts and tumbling combinations. There is instruction in mat and aerial work.
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PHEC 046 - Dance in the Elementary School
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course provides instruction in elementary folk, square and, modern dance.
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PHEC 049 - Scuba Diving I
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course provides instruction and practice in scuba diving. Students are exposed to equipment selection and and safety features.
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PHEC 053 - Secondary and Lead-Up Games
.5 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course exposes the students to the different lead-up games supporting designated sports such as soccer, volleyball, football, basketball, and softball.
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PHEC 054 - Elementary School Activities
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course provides instruction in activities that encompass basic locomotor movement.
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PHEC 101 - Soccer and Volleyball
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is an introduction to basic techniques, fundamental rules and team play strategies involved in the game. Soccer cleats are required.
Offered (FALL)
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PHEC 102 - Street Games, Speed Ball and New Games
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
Emphasis is on activities and experiences which can be utilized on the sidewalks and playstreets of densely populated urban areas. Speed ball skill techniques, knowledge of rules and game strategies will be covered in game situations.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 107 - Lacrosse
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is an introduction to fundamental skill techniques, essential theory of position play and field strategy, and the rules of the game.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 117 - Racquetball
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is designed to introduce the student to skills, strategies, and rules of racquetball in order to develop competencies for a lifetime sport.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 118 - Handball
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
The student is afforded the opportunity to learn skills, strategies, and knowledge which contribute to total fitness and a lifetime sport.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 120 - Elementary Rhythms
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is designed to offer students a fundamental knowledge of rhythms basic to the development of skill in the execution of natural activities and incorporating the use of manipulative objects. Movement and skill training are based on various styles of modern dance technique. This course offers students an opportunity to explore basic locomotor and non-locomotor movement skills as well as terminology associated with dance presentation. Students are expected to demonstrate skills taught as well as choreograph and perform movement patterns of their own creation. An understanding of rhythmic meter, qualities and dynamics in movement, the use of time, space and level changes with the incorporation of hand held manipulative objects are required for the successful completion of the course.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 121 - Orienteering
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
Course content involves instruction in compass reading, topographical map reading, negotiating a course and physical conditioning.
Offered (FALL)
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PHEC 122 - Modern Dance Ensemble
1 Credits
6 hours per week.
This course is designed to provide credit for performance experience for the intermediate and advance skilled dancer. This repertory performing company provides for performance opportunities on and off campus during the academic year, as well during the winter break, spring break and summer season. Opportunity is provided for experiences in dance production, choreography and solo works by advanced students. Acceptance in the company is by audition or permission of the artistic director only. Auditions are held at the beginning of the academic year. Membership is open to undergraduate students, graduate students and members of the community. Students may receive one credit per semester for the four years of matriculation at Morgan. Students are encouraged to take the offerings in sequential order.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 123 - Jogging
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course provides experience in jogging methods covering time, distance, pace, and physiology of cardiovascular response.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 125 - Bowling
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the fundamental techniques of bowling, including scoring and team play. Lane fee and shoe rental excluded from tuition cost of course. The University does not provide transportation.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 128 - Modern Dance Ensemble
1 Credits
6 hours per week.
This course is designed to provide credit for performance experience for the intermediate and advance skilled dancer. This repertory performing company provides for performance opportunities on and off campus during the academic year, as well during the winter break, spring break and summer season. Opportunity is provided for experiences in dance production, choreography and solo works by advanced students. Acceptance in the company is by audition or permission of the artistic director only. Auditions are held at the beginning of the academic year. Membership is open to undergraduate students, graduate students and members of the community. Students may receive one credit per semester for the four years of matriculation at Morgan. Students are encouraged to take the offerings in sequential order.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 140 - Beginning Golf
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
Selection of equipment, techniques of grip, stance and swing, proper use of clubs, iron shots and putting.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 148 - Physical Education Concepts and Evaluation
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
The purpose of the course is to assist students with the development of personal concepts and attitudes toward physical activity and to provide information and methods for lifetime utilization. Students will deal with specific areas of physical activity, exercise, health, physical fitness, skill learning, and body mechanics.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 170 - Social Dance
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is designed to teach the basic steps in the rhumba, tango, cha-cha, samba, two-step, waltz, fox trot and other popular dance steps. Students are also taught the fundamentals of leading and following in social dancing.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 190 - Elementary Swimming
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is designed for NON-SWIMMERS. Emphasis is on basic skills fundamental to swimming, i.e., body and breath control, rhythmic breathing, buoyancy, propulsion and sculling, fundamental strokes of legs and arms, with attention being directed to safety knowledge and precautions.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 200 - Foundations and Principles of Physical Education
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to survey the historical, philosophical, anatomical, kinesiological, physiological, psychological, sociological and political foundations of physical education. Application of these foundations are made to the principles related to curriculum, methods, administration, research and evaluation.
Offered (FALL)
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PHEC 202 - Basketball and Softball
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is designed to cover the basic knowledge, technique, and the practice of fundamental skills of basketball and softball.
Offered (SPRING)
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PHEC 203 - Restricted Physical Education
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This is a limited activity program for those students permitted to engage in modified adapted physical education.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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PHEC 204 - Restricted Physical Education
1 Credits
2 hours per week.
This is a limited activity program for those students permitted to engage in modified adapted physical education.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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