2021-2022 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Music in the Liberal Arts |
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MUL 134 - Piano Class, 1 credit hour
Piano for non-music majors who have had little or no piano experience. Core skills addressed include effective communication and knowledge of human behaviors, cultures and the natural world.
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MUL 135 - Voice Class, 1 credit hour
Introduction to the basic elements of singing, including physiological aspects of the singing process, diction principles based on the International Phonetic Alphabet, and expressive techniques. Core skills addressed include effective communication and knowledge of human behaviors, cultures and the natural world.
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MUL 136 - Guitar Class, 1 credit hour
Instruction in playing primary chords in several keys, strumming patterns to accompany singing, and a repertoire of songs from the folk, popular, and patriotic literature. Use of bass guitar and amplification included. Prior experience in reading music helpful but not required. Use of personally owned instruments advised. Core skills addressed include effective communication and knowledge of human behaviors, cultures and the natural world.
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MUL 137 - Intermediate Guitar Class, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): MUL 136 or consent of instructor
Class instruction to further develop technique and broaden styles introduced in MUL 136 . Barre chords, note reading, accompaniment of singing, playing by ear, transposition, and finger picking are among topics for study. Core skills addressed include effective communication and knowledge of human behaviors, cultures and the natural world.
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MUL 139 - Intermediate Piano Class, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): MUL 134 or consent of instructor
Class instruction to further the development of technical and musical skills introduced in MUL 134 . Includes playing in major and minor keys, sight-reading, improvisation, harmonization, and appropriate technical studies and literature. Core skills addressed include effective communication and knowledge of human behaviors, cultures and the natural world.
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MUL 171I - The Art of Listening to Music, 2 credit hours
An introductory course designed for the non-music major, with the goal of becoming familiar with representative masterpieces of classical music. Core skills addressed include complex thinking skills and knowledge of human behaviors, cultures and the natural world.
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MUL 172 - Engaging With Music, 3 credit hours
An introduction to music and its basic elements, focusing on the interaction of these elements in musical styles. Content includes a survey of historical periods with emphasis on stylistic characteristics to inform the knowledgeable listener.
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MUL 178I - World Music, 3 credit hours
The study of the music of non-Western and Western cultures. Participants study the music of other peoples, thereby gaining an understanding of their culture, mores, and traditions. The different functions music serves in a society are also considered. Study includes music from people of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Students become acquainted with the music of these cultures through listening, reading and other outside assignments, class discussion, and concert attendance.
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MUL 208 - Non-Music Major Ensemble, 1 credit hour
MEN’S CHORUS
MARCHING BAND
Participation in rehearsal and performances with non-music major elective ensemble. May not be used by music majors to fulfill major ensemble or elective requirements. Audition not required. May be repeated for credit.
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MUL 218 - Jazz Improvisation, 2 credit hours
Development of basic improvisational skills. Some performance background necessary.
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MUL 224D - History of Jazz, 2 credit hours
A survey of jazz from its origins through Dixieland and Ragtime to the present.
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MUL 226 - American Popular Music: 1865-1965, 3 credit hours
Examines the evolution of American popular music in its social, political, and cultural contexts from the Civil War to the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s. An exploration of the century during which distinctive American musical styles, functions, sounds, and identities were established will reveal way the music develops, assimilates, and changes within its social and political contexts. In addition, the consideration of cultural contexts, geographic perspectives, and racial issues offer paths toward insight into the character, influence, and purposes of music in America.
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MUL 295 - Independent Study, 1-4 credit hours
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MUL 307 - Brand, Marketing, and Social Media for Artists, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Status
This course examines how to use social media and email marketing to build a brand and develop a marketing plan as an artist. Focusing on building a community through inbound marketing strategies, students will create a brand message and entrepreneurial plan to promote their work as a musician, artist, or actor.
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MUL 312 - Music Copyright Law, Publishing, and Licensing, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): ENG 131 and either AMG 203 or MUC 309
This course provides an overview of legal and professional components of music publishing, copyright, and licensing relative to the music industry.
Crosslisted: MUC 312
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MUL 315 - Electronic Music, 2 credit hours
Survey of the evolution of electro-mechanical means of creating music with a focus on contemporary technology. Topics include hardware, software, MIDI, sequencing, sampling, and multimedia applications.
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MUL 395 - Independent Study, 1-4 credit hours
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MUL 495 - Independent Study, 1-4 credit hours
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Neuroscience |
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NRO 110 - Introduction to Brain & Behavior, 3 credit hours
This survey course provides an introduction to brain structure/function and the neural bases of regulatory functions, complex behaviors, and mental processes, such as motivation, vision, hearing, movement, emotion, language, memory, and sleep.
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NRO 200 - Introduction to Cell and Molecular Neuroscience, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BIO 121
A lecture survey of cellular and molecular principles of neuroscience. Topics include nervous system cell structure and function, membrane biophysics, cell signaling, brain development, memory, and disease.
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NRO 210 - Neuroanatomy, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NRO 110
This course provides an in-depth understanding of the workings of the mammalian nervous system. The course will go beyond basic knowledge through hands-on exploration and application in a lab that utilizes gross and computerized specimens to illustrate structure-function relationships. At the end of the course, students will be able to describe the location, function, and interactions of the levels of the mammalian nervous system, and how function and dysfunction of these levels results in normal and abnormal outcomes.
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NRO 259 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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NRO 263 - Special Topics in Neuroscience, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites dependent on topic
Seminars reflecting the depth and breadth of Neuroscience are offered periodically.
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NRO 280 - Neuroscience Research Methods and Techniques, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NRO 110 , NRO 200 , and either PSY 278 or MTH 108
Student performance and outcomes will be measured through exams, leading discussion on a research paper with a partner, data analysis worksheets based on the readings, and a group project consisting of a written research proposal and presentation.
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NRO 295 - Independent Study, 1-4 credit hours
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NRO 297 - Internship, Credit hours to be arranged
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NRO 310 - Neural Circuits and Systems, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NRO 210 , NRO 280 , and ENG 131
A writing-intensive workshop course for upper-level students focused on the structure and function of neural circuits. Students will be introduced to best practices of professional scientific correspondence, including technical prose, peer review, data visualization, and oral presentations in the context of neural systems.
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NRO 320 - Behavioral Neuroscience, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 , CHM 112 /115 , BIO 122 , NRO 210 , NRO 280
This advanced course will expand upon a foundation in neuroscience by providing in-depth information on the interaction of the nervous system and the environment in physiological regulation, perception, emotion, learning, cognition, and other behavior through the critical discussion of empirical articles as well as content-based lecture & discussion. An additional laboratory component will provide an opportunity for exposure to and training in basic behavioral neuroscience laboratory skills and the execution of research in behavioral neuroscience.
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NRO 330 - Neurophysiology, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 , CHM 112 /115 , BIO 122 , NRO 210 , NRO 280 , and Core Math
A lecture-laboratory course that examines how neurons receive, integrate, and transmit information at a molecular level. Topics include ion channel structure and function, synaptic transmission, receptor signaling, and the molecular basis of sensory systems. Special emphasis is also placed on current scientific literature and techniques.
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NRO 340 - Laboratory in Cognitive Neuroscience, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 , CHM 112 /115 , BIO 122 , NRO 210 , NRO 280
This combined lecture-laboratory course will engage students in the use of human neuroscience methods for examining mental processing, such as memory, attention, and language. Students in this course will complete a group-research project using electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate a cognitive neuroscience theory.
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NRO 350 - Neuropharmacology, 3 credit hours
The nervous system uses a very precise system of neurochemical messengers to produce all aspects of sensation, perception, feelings, emotions, motivation, movement, and conscious experience. This course addresses the role of neurochemicals in normal brain functioning and also describe how drugs are used to treat neurological and psychological disorders. Drug abuse and toxicology are also discussed.
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NRO 359 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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NRO 395 - Independent Study, 1-4 credit hours
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NRO 397 - Internship, Credit hours to be arranged
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NRO 459 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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NRO 463 - Advanced Topics in Neuroscience, Credit hours to be arranged
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites dependent on topic
Advanced seminars reflecting the depth and breadth of Neuroscience are offered periodically.
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NRO 464 - Neuroscience Capstone I, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NRO 310 and NRO 320 , or NRO 330 , or NRO 340
This course is the first in a series of two capstone courses necessary for the completion of the neuroscience major. Students in this course will develop the skills necessary to integrate primary scientific literature across the multiple levels of analysis in neuroscience and design effective research projects and hypothesis testing procedures to investigate interdisciplinary neuroscience research questions within the scope of a faculty-selected topic.
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NRO 465 - Neuroscience Capstone II, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): NRO 464
This course is the second in a series of two capstone courses necessary for the completion of the neuroscience major. Students in this course will develop the written and oral communication skills necessary to effectively defend their examination of interdisciplinary neuroscience research proposals within the scope of a faculty-selected topic.
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NRO 495 - Independent Study, 1-4 credit hours
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NRO 497 - Internship, Credit hours to be arranged
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Nursing |
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NUR 100 - Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice, 3 credit hours
The purpose of this course is to facilitate acquisition of the basic nursing skills of communication, safety, body mechanics, medical asepsis, comfort and hygiene, impaired mobility management, oral intake, elimination, specimen collection, and hot and cold therapy. Students are introduced to nursing skills and health assessment, as well as nursing roles and values.
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NUR 101 - Foundations Practicum, 1 credit hours
This clinical experience provides beginning nursing students with an opportunity to apply their nursing skills in the clinical setting. Students will be placed in a number of agencies and will work with course faculty and clinical preceptors.
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NUR 102 - Introduction to Nursing Lab, 1 credit hour
This kinesthetic based course prepares students entering the nursing program with the foundational knowledge and ability to provide basic nursing care and assessment techniques. Students will apply concepts of quality and safety in the care of patients to meet basic human needs.
Graded: S/U
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NUR 104 - Health Assessment, 3 credit hours
This course prepares the student with a foundational knowledge of nursing health assessment including basic health history collection, physical, mental and emotional assessment techniques, with a focus on normal and abnormal assessment findings as it relates to patient care.
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NUR 105 - Pathophysiological Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3 credit hours
Provides nursing students with a theoretic foundation of human anatomy and physiology and the phenomena that produce alterations or pathology in human physiologic function and an understanding of the basis of disease processes.
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NUR 106 - Pharmacotherapeutic Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Core Math or admission to ABSN program.
Introduction to general principles of pharmacology. Major classes of pharmacotherapeutic agents, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, dosage and administration; effects and nursing responsibilities.
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NUR 110 - Concepts of Professional Nursing Practice I, 4 credit hours
This is a course involving concepts associated with an individual’s physical health and illness requiring nursing care. Concept categories covered include health and health maintenance, regulation and homeostasis, activity, protection, comfort, social interactions, and emotions.
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NUR 112 - Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): NUR 100 , NUR 101 , NUR 102 , NUR 104 , NUR 105
Examines selected theories in nursing and health. Approaches to the analysis, critique and utilization of theories in nursing practice and scholarship are emphasized. Students develop and apply a theory and analysis to an area of interest.
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NUR 115X - Professional Nursing Clinic I, 2 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 100 , NUR 101 , NUR 102 , NUR 104 , NUR 105
In this course students will apply concepts and skills in patient care settings. Students will be assigned both a clinical faculty and a RN preceptor. Clinical hours may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Transportation is the responsibility of the student.
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NUR 210 - Concepts of Professional Nursing Practice II, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 106 , NUR 110 , NUR 112 , NUR 115X
This is the 2nd of 4 courses involving concepts associated with an individual’s physical health and illness that require nursing care. Concept categories include regulation and homeostasis, oxygenation/hemostasis, activity, social interactions, and cognition.
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NUR 212 - Research and Evidence-based Practice in Nursing, 2 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 106 , NUR 110 , NUR 112 , NUR 115X
This course emphasizes the development of skills needed to critically read and evaluate research for its application to clinical practice. Emphasis is on the identification of clinical questions, critique of evidence, and application of finds to nursing practice. Writing Intensive.
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NUR 215 - Professional Nursing Clinical II, 2 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 106 , NUR 110 , NUR 112 , NUR 115X
Students will apply their knowledge and skills under supervision within clinical settings that may include inpatient hospital units, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, and skilled care facilities. Clinical hours may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Transportation is the responsibility of the student.
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NUR 220 - Behavioral Health Concepts, 2 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 106 , NUR 110 , NUR 112 , NUR 115X
Corequisite(s): NUR 225
This course focuses on concepts integral to behavioral health care of adults in acute care settings as well as application of these concepts in other health care and community settings. Students will learn about individuals with alterations in psychosocial adaptation and therapeutic approaches in psychiatric nursing care with the goal of understanding the mental health care needs of individuals of diverse compositions. Emphasis is on the role of the professional nurse in the promotion of mental health and care of individuals with mental health disorders. Standards and policies influencing access to mental health care and services in all settings will be discussed.
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NUR 225 - Behavioral Health Clinical, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): NUR 106 , NUR 110 , NUR 112 , NUR 115X
Corequisite(s): NUR 220
The nursing student will integrate content from NUR 220 and previous clinical experiences, including knowledge gained in earlier coursework to care for adults in the behavioral health acute care setting. Clinical experiences will provide students the opportunity to gain additional knowledge and skills in therapeutic communication, motivational interviewing and to apply the nursing process in the care of clients in the behavioral health environment.
Graded: S/U
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NUR 310 - Concepts of Professional Nursing Practice III, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 210 , NUR 212 , NUR 215
This course is the third of four courses involving concepts associated with an individual’s physical health and illness that require nursing care. Concept categories include regulation and homeostasis, sexual reproductive, protection, comfort, sensory perceptual, coping-stress, and behavior.
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NUR 312 - Leadership and Ethics in Professional Practice, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 106 , NUR 110 , NUR 112 , NUR 115X
Addresses professional practice strategies including conflict management, decision making, interdisciplinary practice and working with teams. Legal principles of documentation. Application of standards of care to risk management and the organization of care delivery. Evaluation of health care systems, processes, and practice environments. Power, politics, and health policy; professional nursing roles in improving health systems. Standards of care and risk management strategies. Principles of ethics and their application to professional nursing practice, health care, and issues of social justice will be explored. Writing intensive.
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NUR 315 - Professional Nursing Clinical III, 2 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 210 , NUR 212 , NUR 215
Students will apply concepts and skills in their care of clients in various healthcare settings. Clinical hours may include days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays. Transportation is the responsibility of the student.
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NUR 320 - Maternal/Newborn Concepts, 2 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 210 , NUR 212 , NUR 215
Corequisite(s): NUR 325
This course focuses on the car and experiences of the healthy childbearing family as well as families with health alterations. Knowledge and skills essential for the provision of high quality, safe care of the pregnant patient, mother, and baby during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum as well as infants will be emphasized. The course incorporates the concepts and exemplars relevant to the care of this populations and is consistent with current evidence-based practices of the specialty. Emphasis is on the role of the professional nurse in health promotion and maintenance and wellness/illness care of the childbearing family.
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NUR 322 - Family Centered Nursing Lab, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): NUR 210 , NUR 212 , NUR 215
This kinesthetic based course prepares students for the physical and emotional care of patients beginning in the antenatal period progressing through adolescence. Students will apply concepts of quality and safety in the care of patients to meet basic human needs.
Graded: S/U
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NUR 325 - Maternal/Newborn Clinical, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): NUR 210 , NUR 212 , NUR 215
Corequisite(s): NUR 320
Students in the clinical nursing course will integrate content from classroom learning activities and skill lab practice experiences to the clinical area. Care will be provided to selected clients in the clinical area of maternal/newborn nursing in a variety of settings. Students will be assigned patients in the clinical settings based on the concepts covered in the current or previous courses.
Graded: S/U
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NUR 330 - Pediatric Concepts, 2 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 210 , NUR 212 , NUR 215
This course focuses on the care and experiences of the child rearing family as well as families with health alterations. Knowledge and skills essential for the provision of high quality, safe care of children and their families are taught. The course incorporates the concepts and exemplars relevant to the care of these populations and is consistent with current evidence-based practices of the specialty. Emphasis is on the role of the professional nurse in health promotion and maintenance and wellness/illness care of the child rearing family.
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NUR 335 - Pediatric Clinical, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): NUR 210 , NUR 212 , NUR 215
Students in this clinical nursing course will integrate content from classroom learning activities and skills lab practice experiences to the clinical area. Care will be provided to selected clients in the area of the pediatric population in a variety of settings. Students will be assigned patients in the clinical setting based on the concepts covered in the current or previous courses.
Graded: S/U
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NUR 410 - Concepts of Professional Nursing Practice IV, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 310 , NUR 312 , NUR 315
This course is the final course involving concepts associated with an individual’s physical health and illness that require nursing care. Concept categories include regulation and homeostasis, comfort, sensory perceptual, and coping-stress. This course is a synthesis of professional nursing and health and illness concepts. Clusters of concepts will be applied in simulation and other learning activities.
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NUR 412 - Issues and Trends in Professional Nursing Practice, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 312
Addresses professional practice strategies including conflict management, decision making, interdisciplinary practice and working with teams. Legal principles of documentation. Application of standards of care to risk management and the organization of care delivery.
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NUR 415 - Professional Nursing Clinical IV, 2 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 310 , NUR 312 , NUR 315
Students will provide direct patient care to selected clients in various healthcare settings. Clinical hours may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays. Transportation is the responsibility of the student.
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NUR 420 - Community Health Concepts, 2 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 310 , NUR 312 , NUR 315 , NUR 320 , NUR 325
Corequisite(s): NUR 425
This course revisits the concepts covered in prior courses and prepares the student to apply them while caring for individuals in various community -based settings. Linking the three domains of Individual, Nursing and Healthcare, students will explore community systems designed to support individual and group health. Students will increase their understanding of the relationships between health maintenance and illness care and between an individual versus community foci. Standards and policies around public health will be stressed. Emphasis is on the role of the professional nurse in health promotion and maintenance in the school, home, community and global community environments.
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NUR 425 - Community Health Clinical, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): NUR 310 , NUR 312 , NUR 315 , NUR 320 , NUR 325
Corequisite(s): NUR 420
The nursing student will integrate content from NUR 420 and previous clinical experiences, including knowledge gained in earlier coursework to care of individuals and groups in the community. Emphasis will be on policy and community systems designed to support individual and group health. Clinical experiences will provide students the opportunity to care for individuals across the lifespan in a variety of community settings including health teaching with elementary, middle and high school children and wellness screenings.
Graded: S/U
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NUR 450 - Professional Nursing Practicum, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): NUR 310 , NUR 312 , NUR 315
In this capstone course students will have the responsibility for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care for a client group in a clinical setting. The student will synthesize, integrate, and apply knowledge, skills, and critical concepts from previous coursework throughout this real-world experience.
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Philosophy |
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PHL 101 - The Examined Life, 3 credit hours
An introduction to philosophical reflection and questioning through the examination of some of the central themes of philosophy.
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PHL 102 - Introduction to Ethics, 3 credit hours
Classic Ethical theories such as virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and duty ethics are used to analyze current moral problems involving issues such as social justice, war, legal punishment, global issues, science and technology, and professional ethics.
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PHL 103 - Philosophy and Human Nature, 3 credit hours
A study of theories of human nature and their capacities to improve the human condition. Among the questions this area of philosophy considers are: What is the essential nature of the human being? What should characterize human life? Is there anything more to human life than what we experience with our senses? Readings are drawn from various disciplines, cultures, and/or historical periods.
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PHL 104 - Critical Thinking, 3 credit hours
A study of the basic skills of good reasoning needed for the intelligent and responsible use of reasoning in everyday life. Topics include identifying arguments and judging their validity and strength; identifying common fallacies of reasoning, use and abuse of language in persuasion, and principles of fair play in argumentation and debate.
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PHL 201 - Logic, 3 credit hours
An introduction to the principles and methods of symbolic logic.
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PHL 205(I) - Topics in Ethics, 3-4 credit hours
A detailed study of a selected topic in ethics, such as Development Ethics and International Justice, War and Terrorism, or Cross-cultural Moral Disagreement. Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with current interests of students and faculty; therefore this course may be repeated for credit.
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PHL 207(D) - Topics in Philosophy, 3-4 credit hours
An inquiry at the intermediate level into philosophical issues, problems, or applications, such as Feminist Theory, Asian Philosophy, or Philosophy of Sex and Love. Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with current interests of students and faculty; therefore this course may be repeated for credit.
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PHL 209 - Political and Social Philosophy, 3 credit hours
Critical evaluations of selected political and social concepts with historical and contemporary significance, including the state, law, government, power, political obligation, justice, rights, freedom, and equality. Extensive reading in original texts is required.
Semesters Offered: May be offered less frequently than once a year.
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PHL 211 - Classical Philosophy, 3 credit hours
Whitehead has correctly observed that “Philosophy is but a footnote to Plato.” Beginning with the Pre-Socratics and focusing on the great contributions of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, students will explore the Greek creation of philosophy as “the love of wisdom,” and witness the birth of metaphysics, epistemology and ethics.
Semesters Offered: Offered biennially.
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PHL 213 - Modern Philosophy, 3 credit hours
An exploration of the two great developments of modern philosophy: the rationalist system-builders who endeavored to place the categories of religious metaphysics on firm scientific foundations, and the empiricists who started the modern preoccupation with subjectivity and the limits of knowledge.
Semesters Offered: Offered biennially.
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PHL 214 - Nineteenth-century Philosophy, 3 credit hours
An exploration of the great philosophies emerging from the rubble of the enlightenment ediface, with a focus on the human condition after the eclipse of system and sanity: Hegel, Kierkegaard, Marx, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche.
Semesters Offered: Offered biennially.
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PHL 249 - Philosophy of the Arts, 3 credit hours
An examination of the problems that arise when we reflect upon the nature and basis of criticism of works of art.
Semesters Offered: May be offered less than once a year.
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PHL 259 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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PHL 263(D) - Seminar, 3 or 4 credit hours
Varied topics of specialized interest.
Semesters Offered: Offered to advanced and qualified students.
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PHL 271D - Philosophy of Sexuality, 3-4 credit hours
This course introduces students to a range of issues related to sexuality, with a particular focus on the relevance of gender to sexuality in the West. We will investigate issues such as sexual orientation, transsexuality, marriage and fidelity, pornography and prostitution, and sexual violence. Warning: this course contains some graphic materials, students must be 18 years old.
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PHL 272I - International Ethics, 3 credit hours
An exploration of the philosophical and ethical foundations of human rights with a view to the relevance of human rights to the just war tradition and modern security challenges, cultural disagreements, and global poverty. Students examine their own ethical obligations in connection to these international issues.
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PHL 273I - Environmental Ethics, 3 credit hours
An exploration of the ethical issues associated with the impact of human activity on the environment, eco-systems, and biodiversity. Course addresses broad questions such as: how should we conceive our relationship to the natural environment? Does sustainability demand a new biocentric ethic? Do non-humans (e.g. other animals, natural objects) have rights? What responsibilities do we have to future generations? Students will also explore some specific issues (e.g. energy, food production), their personal obligation to sustainable living, and the local context.
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PHL 274 - Bioethics, 3 credit hours
Students learn influential theories in philosophical ethics and study their application to a number of controversial ethical issues emerging from new situations and possibilities brought about by advances in biology and medicine. Students engage in interdisciplinary thinking by examining ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and philosophy. Specific ethical issues include debates over the boundaries of life, allocation of scarce health-care resources, cloning, and genetic engineering.
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PHL 295 - Independent Study, 1-4 credit hours
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PHL 297 - Internship, Credit hours to be arranged
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PHL 314 - Contemporary Philosophy, 3-4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): ENG 131
A detailed investigation of the works of a significant philosopher or movement of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with current interests of students and faculty; therefore this course may be repeated for credit.
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PHL 359 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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PHL 371 - Advanced Topics, 3-4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): ENG 131
A detailed study of a selected topic in philosophy. Student interest will help to determine what topics will be offered. May be repeated for credit, provided that the topic is different from any for which the student has already received credit. Topics to be announced.
Semesters Offered: May be offered less frequently than once a year.
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PHL 372 - Great Philosophers, 3-4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): ENG 131
A detailed investigation of the works of a significant philosopher or philosophic tradition. Student interest will help to determine what topics will be offered. May be repeated for credit, provided the topic is different from any for which the student has already received credit. Topics to be announced.
Semesters Offered: May be offered less frequently than once a year.
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PHL 395 - Independent Study, 1-4 credit hours
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PHL 397 - Internship, Credit hours to be arranged
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PHL 459 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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PHL 491 - Senior Thesis/Project, Credit hours to be arranged
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PHL 492 - Senior Thesis/Project, Credit hours to be arranged
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PHL 495 - Independent Study, 1-4 credit hours
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PHL 497 - Internship, Credit hours to be arranged
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Physician Assistant |
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PAS 503 - Evidence-Based Medicine, 2 credit hours
This course will cover an introduction to evidence-based medicine, an in depth look and review on various research methods which are used in clinical medicine and in health services research which gives students a framework on which to develop their practice of medicine. Students will apply what they have learned in this course and apply their knowledge to the culminating review paper at the end of the program.
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