Jun 22, 2024  
2013-2014 Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Music

Courses numbered X37; X97; 300, 400, 500 are described in the University Academic Policies  section of this catalog.

  
  • MUS 466B - Applied Music Pedagogy: Voice


    A study of the basic concepts involved in instrument or voice pedagogy through a survey of the most important modern teaching methods. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    upper-division applied instruction; music major

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 467 - Applied Music Literature


    A stylistic and historical survey of literature for instruments or voice. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    music major

    Credits: 1-3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 467A - Applied Music Literature


    A stylistic and historical survey of literature for instruments or voice. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    music major

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 468A - Guitar History and Repertory


    A survey of guitar literature and history from Renaissance to present.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    MUS 367; corequisite: MUS 216.

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 468B - Guitar History and Repertory


    A survey of guitar literature and history from Renaissance to present.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    MUS 367; corequisite: MUS 216.

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 469 - Music Teaching Practicum II


    Observation, assisting and intense field experience in music classroom environments. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to Woodring College of Education

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 471 - Concert Choir


    Selected group experience, vocal ability, reading skill, musicianship and interest in serious choral music considered for membership. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 472 - Wind Symphony


    Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 473 - University Symphony Orchestra


    Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 474 - Jazz Ensembles


    Advanced performance and interpretation of contemporary jazz in an ensemble situation; recent developments in the idiom; performance of student compositions and arrangements. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 475 - Chamber Jazz Ensemble


    Supervised small ensemble playing in jazz idioms stressing repertoire, improvisation and performance of written arrangements and compositions. One public performance per quarter required. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition; MUS 334 or MUS 434 strongly recommended

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 476 - Advanced Piano Accompanying


    Advanced instruction in accompanying skills. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    completion of major performance ensemble requirement

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 478 - Advanced Opera Production


    Preparation of opera scenes or a major musical production to include a public performance each quarter. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 1-2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 480 - Advanced Collegium Musicum


    Music literature studies from an analytical and performance viewpoint from early to classic music, culminating in a public performance each quarter. Repeatable for credit.

    Credits: 1-2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 481 - Advanced Applied Chamber Music


    Open to piano, string, wind, brass and percussion performers. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 483 - Advanced Chamber Vocal Ensembles


    Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 484 - Advanced Vocal Jazz Ensemble


    Preparation and performance of vocal works by major jazz composers. Open to all University students having the ability to sing in mixed chorus. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition; MUS 101, MUS 102, MUS 103 recommended

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 485 - New Music Ensemble


    Performance of 20th-century music literature. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 1-2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 486 - Chamber Orchestra


    Rehearsal and performance of chamber orchestra literature. Repeatable for credit.

    Credits: 1
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 490 - Senior Thesis


    S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to music history and literatue program

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: S/U



  
  • MUS 499 - Senior Recital


    A full-length, public recital approved by the student’s Recital Committee. S/U grading.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: S/U



  
  • MUS 501 - Instrumental Conducting and Rehearsal Techniques


    Advanced work in conducting band and orchestra music; baton technique, interpretation, score preparation and rehearsal techniques. Repeatable for credit.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 502 - Choral Conducting and Literature


    Successful techniques in developing and conducting choral groups, score analysis of outstanding choral works; laboratory experience in conducting. Repeatable for credit.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 503 - Introduction to Graduate Study of Music


    Sources and availability of music, recordings and literature about music throughout its entire history. Techniques of research bibliography and formal writing about music. Students are expected to prepare and defend a formal written project.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 511 - Individual Instruction: Advanced Organ


    In addition to regularly scheduled private lessons, students are expected to participate in organ class performances and to hold a church organist position throughout their residence for the degree. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 3-4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 512 - Individual Instruction: Advanced Piano


    In addition to regularly scheduled private lessons, a public performance is expected each quarter. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 0-4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 513 - Individual Instruction: Advanced Strings


    In addition to regularly scheduled private lessons, a public performance of a significant work is expected. The performance will be approved and evaluated by a faculty committee. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 3-4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 514 - Individual Instruction: Advanced Orchestral Winds and Percussion


    In addition to regularly scheduled private lessons, a public performance of a significant work is expected. The performance will be approved and evaluated by a faculty committee. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 3-4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 515 - Individual Instruction: Advanced Voice


    In addition to regularly scheduled private lessons, a public performance is expected each quarter. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    by audition

    Credits: 0-4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 518 - Individual Instruction: Applied Jazz


    Individual instruction in jazz performance styles and techniques. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 3-4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 519 - Individual Instruction - Advanced Applied Conducting


    Individual instruction in conducting techniques and repertoire.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program; MUS 501 or MUS 502

    Credits: 1-3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 525 - Brass and Percussion Techniques and Materials


    Pedagogical and fundamental performance problems for all brass and percussion instruments; appropriate literature for beginning through advanced levels; performance problems encountered within the school band and orchestra settings.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 531 - Arranging


    Practical techniques in arranging and composing for large and small ensembles. Summer only.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 532 - Analytical Techniques: 20th-Century Musical Practices


    Analysis of works by various composers who have generated the major trends of 20th-century music.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 533 - Analytical Techniques: 19th-Century Musical Styles and Practices


    Analysis of works by various composers who generated the major trends of 19th-century music.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 534 - Composition


    Composition, rehearsal and public performance of original works. Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    MUS 431

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 538 - Notation


    Reading, interpreting and transcribing music from early notational systems.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 539 - History of Musical Genres


    An in-depth look at a particular musical genre. Sample topics: opera, solo song, choral music, the concerto, symphonic music. Course may be repeated once for credit, with a different topic.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 541 - History/Analysis: Music to 1600


    An in-depth study of a particular segment of music from the period with historical perspective, analysis of representative works, and bibliography and research techniques appropriate to the subject. Repeatable once for credit.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 542 - History/Analysis: Music from 1600-1830


    An in-depth study of a particular segment of music from the period with historical perspective, analysis of representative works, and bibliography and research techniques appropriate to the subject. Repeatable once for credit.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 543 - History/Analysis: Music from 1830-Present


    An in-depth study of a particular segment of music from the period with historical perspective, analysis of representative works, and bibliography and research techniques appropriate to the subject. Repeatable once for credit.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 550 - Seminar in the History of Music


    Detailed study of a particular period or phase of the history of music designed to give students a first-hand acquaintance with one special area of musical literature and with musicological method.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 555 - Advanced Band Music Workshop


    Course not applicable to MMus degree. Offered summers only. Repeatable for credit.

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 556 - Advanced String Orchestra Music Workshop


    Course not applicable to MMus degree. Offered summers only. Repeatable for credit.

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 571 - Concert Choir


    Rehearsal and public performance of representative choral works. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 572 - Wind Symphony


    Rehearsal and public performance of works for wind ensemble. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 573 - University Symphony Orchestra


    Rehearsal and public performance of works for symphony orchestra. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 574 - Jazz Ensembles


    Advanced performance and interpretation of contemporary jazz in an ensemble situation; recent developments in the idiom; performance of student compositions and arrangements. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 575 - Chamber Jazz Ensembles


    Supervised small ensemble playing in jazz idioms stressing repertoire, improvisation and performance of written arrangements and compositions. One public performance per quarter required. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 576 - Accompanying


    Graduate-level instruction in accompanying skills. Pianists will accompany singers and instrumentalists under the supervision and regular coaching of the instructor. Repeatable for credit.

    Credits: 0-30
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 578 - Opera Production


    Preparation of opera scenes or a major musical production to include a public performance each quarter. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 1-2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 580 - Advanced Collegium Musicum


    Editing, coaching and performance practice of early music (before 1800). Involves preparation and participation in public performance. (Only 6 credits applicable towards MMus degree). Repeatable up to 6 credits.

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 581 - Applied Chamber Music


    Rehearsal and public performance of representative works of chamber music. Open to piano, string, wind, brass and percussion performers. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 583 - Chamber Vocal Ensembles


    Rehearsal and public performance of chamber vocal works. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 585 - New Music Ensemble


    Rehearsal and performance of 20th-century music literature. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 2
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 586 - Chamber Orchestra


    Rehearsal and performance of chamber orchestra literature. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    admission to MMus degree program

    Credits: 1
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • MUS 690 - Thesis


    Students in the composition concentration of the MMus degree program may meet the thesis requirement` by submitting a major original composition; students in the performance concentration may meet the thesis requirement by presenting a full-length public recital; students in the music education concentration selecting the conducting practicum for their thesis requirement will carry out a practical and/or creative conducting project, field study or investigation, or rehearsal/conducting series culminating in a public performance. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr.

    Credits: 1-6
    Grade Mode: Letter




Nursing

Courses numbered X37; X97; 300, 400, 500 are described in the University Academic Policies  section of this catalog.

  
  • NURS 301 - Information Literacy to Support Academic Discourse


    Focuses on developing the ability to utilize technologies to access and evaluate the credibility of information, consider the strength of varied perspectives, and develop skills of academic discourse necessary for a reasoned analysis of current issues in health care and health care professions.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    ENG 101 and admission to RN-BSN program or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 5
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: BCOM


  
  • NURS 305 - Social Justice and Healthcare


    Explores the principal themes and issues relating to social justice and health disparities. Examines how oppression, racism and privilege shape patient care. Provides opportunities to support social justice in healthcare using increased self-awareness, theories of justice, and research findings to promote equitable patient care.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Admission to the RN-BSN program or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 5
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: HUM


  
  • NURS 307 - Writing Across the Curriculum


    This is a hybrid course that emphasizes strategies and ongoing practice in critical reading, writing and thinking skills that enhance student success in developing clear, informed, analytic and persuasive academic papers. Students may take one credit per quarter, repeatable up to 5 credits maximum, including original course. May be taken concurrently with any core RN-BSN course.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Admission to RN-BSN program or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 1
    Grade Mode: S/U



  
  • NURS 401 - E-Portfolio


    The e-portfolio process includes opportunities for self-assessment of progress made in meeting program specific and individual student goals. Ongoing reading, writing and reflection contribute to cumulative e-portfolio development. Must be repeated for a total of 5 credits, including original course.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Admission to the RN-BSN program.

    Credits: 1
    Grade Mode: S/U



  
  • NURS 402 - Translational Research for Evidence-Based Practice


    Utilizes the elements of the research process and analytic skills necessary to evaluate, translate and apply current systematic inquiry to inform nursing practice and promote optimal clinical outcomes.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    NURS 301

    Credits: 5
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • NURS 412 - Policy, Leadership and U.S. Healthcare


    Examines health care policy, finance and regulatory environments that directly and indirectly influence the health care system. Utilizes a systems-leadership approach in advocacy for patients, families, communities and healthcare professionals to promote social justice and equity in our system of care.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    NURS 402 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 5
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: SSC


  
  • NURS 422 - Organizational Change for Patient Safety and Quality Care


    Examines and applies theories of organizational behavior, systems thinking, and leadership to quality improvement strategies that minimize errors and optimize positive clinical outcomes. Participation in selected patient safety and quality improvement initiatives provide opportunity to apply and evaluate the relevance of theoretical concepts to real-world health care challenges.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    NURS 402

    Credits: 5
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • NURS 432 - Community-Based Care for Vulnerable Populations


    Emphasizes population focused healthcare including the assessment of risk, predictive and protective factors that influence health and well-being of groups, communities and aggregate populations. Integrates and applies principles of social justice, health promotion, disease and injury prevention in providing services to vulnerable populations in the community-context.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    NURS 412; NURS 422 or concurrent; or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 5
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: BCGM


  
  • NURS 442 - Interdisciplinary Care Coordination


    Integrates knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to promote community based patient/family centered health care coordination through effective use of appropriate technologies, interdisciplinary communication, teamwork and collaboration. Serves as a field experience in students’ final quarter of study.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    NURS 432 and NURS 452; or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 5
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • NURS 452 - Global Health Inequities and Interventions


    Examines major problems and policy issues in global health from multiple perspectives. Focuses on understanding the historical, political, social, cultural, environmental and economic determinants of adverse health conditions in developing countries. Provides a knowledge base for healthcare professionals to promote social justice by improving global health disparities.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    NURS 432 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 5
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: ACGM



Operations Management

Courses numbered X37; X97; 300, 400 are described in the University Academic Policies  section of this catalog.

  
  • OPS 360 - Operations Management


    Examines the concepts for designing, planning and improving manufacturing and service organizations. Topics include enterprise resource planning, facility layout, forecasting, queuing models, inventory management, lean manufacturing, total quality control, and project management.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    DSCI 205, ACCT 245, C- or better; spreadsheet competency

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 367 - Management of Service Operations


    Concepts and techniques for designing, planning and controlling service operations. Topics include service site location, service facilities design, managing capacity and demand in service operations, work force scheduling, the queuing phenomenon, and the impact of new technology on service operations.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Majors Only. OPS 360, C- or better

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 417 - Managing Supply Chain, China


    Concepts and techniques for designing, planning and controlling service operations. Topics include service site location, service facilities design, managing capacity and demand in service operations, work force scheduling, the queuing phenomenon, and the impact of new technology on service operations.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    junior or senior standing

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 460 - Designing and Improving Lean Operations


    Examines the design and analysis of lean manufacturing systems. Topics include principles of lean enterprises, kaizen practices, visual management, standard work, current and future state value stream mapping, creating continuous flow, cellular manufacturing, and process and capacity analysis.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    OPS 360 or ETEC 344; major restricted.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 461 - Project Management


    Examines the organization, planning, and controlling of projects and provides practical knowledge on managing project scope, schedule and resources. Topics include project life cycle, work breakdown structure and Gantt charts, network diagrams, scheduling techniques, and resource allocation decisions. Concepts are applied through team projects and tutorials using project management software.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    OPS 360 or ETEC 344; major restricted.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 462 - Management Science with Spreadsheets


    Covers the development of optimization and simulation models using Microsoft Excel for the solution of business problems. Topics include advanced spreadsheet use; linear, integer, and non-linear programming; and the simulation of stochastic systems. Applications in operations, finance, and marketing are reviewed.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    OPS 360 and MIS 320.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 463 - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems


    Examines the principles and techniques for planning and managing resource usage across the business enterprise. Topics include business process integration, inventory management, master scheduling, and material and capacity planning. Concepts are applied through the use of current enterprise resource planning software.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Majors only. OPS 360 or ETEC 344.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 464 - Manufacturing Management Practicum


    Manufacturing management-related employment, research or special project experience. Emphasis on applying manufacturing management principles in an academically guided setting. Minimum requirements include a written proposal, a daily journal, and a comprehensive final written report. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr; 8 cr of these may be applied to the manufacturing management major.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    OPS 360 or ETEC 325 or ETEC 327, and permission of instructor; major restricted.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 465 - Quality Management


    Examines the principles and techniques for managing and improving quality in an organization. Topics include incoming material control, statistical process control, and process improvement.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    OPS 360 or ETEC 344; major restricted.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 466 - Supply Chain Management


    Examines the principles, techniques, and practices for the design and management of integrated supply chain operations. Investigates supply chain strategy, distribution, facility location decisions, purchasing, and information systems for managing supply chain activities.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    OPS 360 or ETEC 344; major restricted.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 467 - Global Operations Strategy


    Analysis of issues, problems, and techniques experienced in managing global operations. Topics include global supply chain management, plant location decisions, production planning, technology transfer, and foreign manufacturing systems.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Majors Only. OPS 360, C- or better

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 468 - Manufacturing and Supply Chain Strategy


    Reviews manufacturing and supply chain management principles and techniques and examines issues in global manufacturing operations. Topics include supply chain strategy, facility network design, logistics, forecasting, aggregate planning, lean manufacturing principles, and global operations.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    OPS 360 or ETEC 344; major restricted.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • OPS 469 - Seminar in Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management


    Operations management theory and concepts applied to current manufacturing and supply chain problems.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Majors Only. OPS 460, OPS 463, OPS 464 and permission of instructor.

    Credits: 4
    Grade Mode: Letter




Philosophy

Courses numbered X37; X97; 300, 400 are described in the University Academic Policies  section of this catalog.

  
  • PHIL 102 - Introduction to Logic


    The development of a formal system of propositional and predicate logic for the evaluation of reasoning.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: QSR


  
  • PHIL 107 - Logical Thinking


    An aid in speaking and writing so as to reflect clear, critical and responsive thinking, covering definition, classification, fallacies and techniques of good argument. Not applicable to the philosophy major or minor.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: BCOM


  
  • PHIL 112 - Introduction to Philosophy: Moral Issues


    Introduction to philosophical thinking about moral problems. Seeks to understand central moral concepts such as good, right, duty, etc., in the context of contemporary issues.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: HUM


  
  • PHIL 113 - Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion


    Special attention is given to questions about the nature and existence of God. Also examined are such topics as the problem of evil, concepts of faith, religious experience, miracles, etc.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: HUM


  
  • PHIL 114 - Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality


    Emphasis is given to the nature and possibility of knowledge, to related concepts such as truth, belief and evidence, and to selected metaphysical problems.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: HUM


  
  • PHIL 115 - Environmental Ethics


    This course examines a broad range of environmental issues. Primary emphasis is given to how theoretical frameworks in ethics have been applied in substantive thinking about the rightful treatment of animals, biotic communities, species in danger of extinction, and the protection, conservation, and preservation of natural resources. Emphasis may also be given to how ethical thinking intersects with issues addressed in economics, conservation biology, and other academic disciples or how ethical perspectives have influenced social movements, public debate, and law.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: HUM


  
  • PHIL 202 - Intermediate Logic


    The development of a formal system of logic with multiple quantifiers, identity and definite descriptions; other topics may include probability, set theory, metatheory, nonclassical logics, or extensions of classical logic.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    PHIL 102

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • PHIL 310 - Theory of Knowledge


    The attempt to understand the possibility, nature, origins and limits of knowledge; problems and concepts.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    PHIL 102; PHIL 114 or HNRS 256.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • PHIL 320 - Ethical Theory I


    An examination of traditional and contemporary views concerning the overall nature of morality (views such as cognitivism and realism), and also of specific moral theories (such as utilitarianism and contractualism). Other topics include moral rights, moral responsibility and the moral virtues.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    PHIL 112 or HNRS 255 or instructor permission.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • PHIL 330 - Metaphysics I


    A systematic study of the fundamental categories of reality, such as existence, substance, property, identity, space, time, change, event, causality, necessity, essence, free will and mind. The philosophical issues in which these categories play a part also will be discussed.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    PHIL 102; PHIL 114 or HNRS 256.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • PHIL 335 - Philosophy of Religion


    Philosophy of religion and philosophical theology at an advanced level. Topics may include arguments for and against the existence of God, the attributes of God, religious pluralism, religion and science, religion and ethics, miracles, and the epistemology of religious belief.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    PHIL 102, PHIL 113

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • PHIL 340 - Philosophy of Science


    An examination of the basic methods and concepts of the sciences through the study of such topics as explanation, confirmation, causality, probability, laws of nature, theories, revolution, reduction and realism.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    PHIL 102; PHIL 114 or HNRS 256; or instructor permission

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: HUM


  
  • PHIL 350 - Political Philosophy


    The nature of the state, and of the institutions and practices of which it is comprised; the basis and scope of political obligation, the proper role of political activity; considerations of concepts of sovereignty, legitimacy, limits of state power, representation, and the like.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Any one philosophy course or HNRS 255 or HNRS 256; PHIL 350 and PLSC 360 may not both be taken for GUR credit.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: HUM


  
  • PHIL 355 - Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art


    Examination of the concept of art and related concepts, and also of aesthetic evaluation and interpretation as they apply to nature and to human artifacts.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    One philosophy course

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: HUM


  
  • PHIL 360 - Society, Law and Morality


    Concepts and principles involved in analysis and appraisal of social institutions with attention to freedom, rights, justice, and the relation between laws and morality.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    An one philosophy course or HNRS 255 or HNRS 256.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



    GUR Attributes: HUM


  
  • PHIL 364 - History of Philosophy: Ancient Philosophy


    Great philosophical thinkers from the pre-Socratic philosophers to the Hellenistic period; special attention to Plato and Aristotle.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Any one philosophy course or HNRS 255 or HNRS 256.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • PHIL 366 - History of Philosophy: the Rationalists


    Great philosophical thinkers in the rationalist tradition, their problems and their methods: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, et al.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    PHIL 114 or HNRS 256.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • PHIL 367 - History of Philosophy: the Empiricists


    Great philosophical thinkers in the empiricist tradition, their problems and their methods: Locke, Berkeley, Hume, et al.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    PHIL 114 or HNRS 256.

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • PHIL 368 - History of Philosophy: Kant and Post-Kantian Philosophy


    Kant and post-Kantian philosophers, their problems and their methods: Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche. Normally offered in odd-numbered academic years.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    PHIL 114

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



  
  • PHIL 403 - Philosophy of Language


    An examination of the nature of language through the study of such topics as truth, reference, meaning, use, convention, language’s differences from other forms of communication and representation, and language’s relations to thought and reality. The relevance of theories on these topics to selected philosophical issues also will be discussed.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    PHIL 202

    Credits: 3
    Grade Mode: Letter



 

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