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2020-2021 Bradford Campus Catalog
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2020-2021 Bradford Campus Catalog 
    
 
  May 02, 2024
 
2020-2021 Bradford Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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Petroleum Technology

  
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    PET 0108 - WELL CONTROL


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course it is designed for students who require a basic understanding of the well control to perform their oil and gas well site jobs. Students will learn through 21 modules of web-based - well control developed and offered by the well control school, Houston, Texas. Upon completion of the class, the students will receive a professional certificate from WCS, AAPG and API.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PET 0110 - MUD LOGGING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will train students to correctly identify minerals and rocks in the cuttings resulted from the drilling process itself, for the purpose of understanding the sub surface environment and to keep the driller informed as to the progression of the borehole. Prerequisites: GEOL 101 or ES105+ES107
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0101 OR ES 0105 and ES 0107
  
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    PET 0197 - DIRECTED STUDY IN PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This course is an independent study in a topic in petroleum technology.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PET 0201 - PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS CHEMISTRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to the basic principles of organic chemistry with major emphasis on the hydrocarbons: purification, identification, structure determination and energetic. Corrosion, field water (brine) chemistry, gas laws review, stoichiometry ( mass balance ) review, phase diagrams, viscosity, octant number, cetane number, flash points, natural gas chemical composition and applications and natural gas hydrates are discussed. Laboratory demonstrations will be conducted throughout the course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Completion of CHEM 0101 required
  
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    PET 0203 - NATURAL GAS PROCESSING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course covers an introduction to natural gas processing from the standpoint of natural gas and natural gas liquids production. Topics include: phase behavior of fluids, multi-phase flow, phase separation, dehydration, pipeline flow, pumps and compressors, corrosion, measurement, and fluid specifications. Prerequisite PET 0101.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: PET 0101
  
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    PET 0204 - WELL LOG INTERPRETATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is aimed to familiarize students to the open whole electric wireline well logs and their application in reservoir evaluation. The class includes topics such as Induction, Temperature, Resistivity, Radioactivity, Density logs. Part of the class is dedicated to map making projects using synthetic logs. Prerequisite: PET 0103.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: PET 0103
  
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    PET 0206 - DRILLING AND COMPLETION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Drilling and Completion is designed to build student’s knowledge on the process of drilling than completing a hydrocarbon well using new/modern equipment details, interpretive skills, technical and procedural details, economic considerations, variables to replicate realistic scenarios, and safety considerations. Topics will include, particularly, the equipment, processes, and techniques associated with well completions and workovers, directional drilling, and well stimulation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: PET 0101
  
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    PET 0207 - BLACK SHALE OF THE APPALACHIAN BASIN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will delve in to the intricate mechanisms of black shale deposition. During class we will cover such topics as tectonic regimes of the Appalachian Basin (AB); sediment characteristics of the main black shale units of the AB; geochemical evolution of source rocks within AB; hydrocarbon history and potential of the black shale source beds. Detailed concepts of shale sedimentology will be discussed with respect to the black shales of AB. Prerequisite PET 0103.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: PET 0103
  
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    PET 0208 - ENHANCED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course provides an understanding of the enhanced hydrocarbon recovery methods used to produce fluids from old, low pressure, nearly depleted oil and gas wells. In class the latest procedures, practices, and equipment used in hydraulic fracturing and artificial lift operations will be discussed. Both surface and downhole mechanical components, and operational issues associated with enhanced recovery methods will be analyzed using traditional calculations and computer simulations. Perforation technology, rock fracturing mechanisms and fracture fluids are the backbone components of enhanced recovery so they will be treated in detail. Rod pumping, gas lift, plunger lift and other related methods of artificial lift will be covered using both theory and practical aspects. Prerequisite PET 0206.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: PET 0206
  
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    PET 0209 - INTRODUCTION TO SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course provides a basic understanding of the computer applications generally used to manage the operation of modern well sites and processing facilities. The course is designed to provide an introduction for SCADA-based data collection and automation systems, control of gathering lines, and supervision of processing facilities such as gas and crude oil refineries. Students will utilize software and hardware similar to the one used in by industry in an effort to deliver state-of-the-art background in these systems. The course will provide the knowledge to identify the various system components, redundant backup systems and recognize the benefits and limitations of a SCADA system. Students will be asked to sketch a SCADA system for an industry scenario. Prerequisites PET 0201 and 0203.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: PET 0203 & PET 0201
  
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    PET 1494 - UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY ASSISTANT


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The undergraduate faculty assistant (UFA) serves as an assistant for a course or lab under the supervision of a faculty member. The experience develops students’ communication and leadership skills, and their understanding of the learning process. The responsibilities of the UFA will vary by the faculty supervisor. Responsibilities might include (but not limited to): assisting students outside of class (e.g., conducting weekly review sessions), assisting with classroom demonstrations, or assisting faculty with delivery of labs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
  
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    PET 1498 - DIRECTED RESEARCH: PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This course is independent research in a topic in petroleum technology.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PET 1499 - INTERNSHIP PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit

Philosophy

  
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    PHIL 0101 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An exploration of traditional philosophical problems such as the nature of time, the possibility of free will, the foundation of morality, the character of knowledge, the nature of human beings, and the proper aim of life.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Philosophical Inquiry
  
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    PHIL 0103 - PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an introductory course in the philosophy of religion. We will explore some of the major philosophical issues faced by religion. Some of the topics to be covered in this class include: arguments for the existence of god, the problem of evil, the possibility of miracles, death and immortality, the relationship between religion and science, and the relationship between religion and morality.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Philosophical Inquiry
  
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    PHIL 0110 - ETHICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    In deciding how to act, we frequently guide ourselves by general principles, which forbid or require various kinds of action. Moral philosophy is the attempt to systematically explore a number of questions which arise in connection with such principles. We may ask, for example: what is it for a principle to be a moral principle? Is there one uniquely correct moral code, or is morality a matter of personal preference? What candidates for moral principles can be defended? Why should i be moral? This course will examine several of these questions and the answers suggested by classic moral philosophers such as Kant and Mill.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Philosophical Inquiry
  
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    PHIL 0197 - DIRECTED STUDY IN PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This course is independent study in a topic dealing with subjects related to philosophy and philosophical issues.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 0203 - PHILOSOPHY IN LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An examination of philosophical themes in literature from both East and West. A novel, a play, folk tales, and poetry will be discussed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Philosophical Inquiry
  
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    PHIL 0204 - PHILOSOPHY AND PUBLIC ISSUES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The moral issues raised by contemporary events including abortion, euthanasia (mercy killing), capital punishment, reverse discrimination, and civil disobedience. We do not claim to be able to resolve these issues definitively, but in this course we will work to clarify them and enable students to think about them in a clear-headed way.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Philosophical Inquiry
  
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    PHIL 0214 - BIOETHICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Bioethics is the study of the ethics of life and death. Some of the topics to be covered in this class include: abortion, stem cell research, cloning, euthanasia, capital punishment, distribution of heath care resources, and human and animal experimentation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Philosophical Inquiry
  
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    PHIL 0215 - GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Suggests how thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Freud understood human nature, viewed the conditions or requirements for happiness, and defined the social and political forms that contribute to or detract from human fulfillment. The course seeks to define the basic alternatives that guide our lives.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Philosophical Inquiry
  
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    PHIL 0225 - FOOD IN SOCIETIES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Humans, unlike other animals, exercise far more choices when it comes to what they eat. These choices involve simple decisions like where we eat, what we eat, with whom we eat, and when. But how do we account for the diversity that we see in how we obtain, distribute and consume food? Is food simply something that we eat, or something far more important in terms of how we relate to each other morally, socio-economically, politically and religiously? This course will address these questions through the intellectual frameworks of philosophy and anthropology.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Cultures
  
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    PHIL 0250 - SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The study of a special topic in philosophy.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHIL 1303 - EASTERN PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The theory and practice of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Zen Buddhism, and Sufism, and comparisons with Western philosophies and religions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PHIL 1304 - POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy devoted to assessing the authority, legitimacy, and justification of various kinds of political arrangements. Key concepts will be investigated in this course, including justice, rights, laws, and personal/public property. We will focus on the work of such thinkers as Plato, Machiavelli, Rawls, and Nozick.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    Course Attributes: UPB Cultures General Ed. Requirement
    General Education: Cultures
  
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    PHIL 1445 - ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Basic concepts in environmental ethics such as environmental aesthetics, anthropocentricism, holism, and the role of economic systems will be considered and then applied to contemporary issues such as pollution, wilderness preservation, environmental justice, human predation and domestication of animals, and biomedical research. Questions concerning both theory and practice will be addressed, while at the same time recognizing the importance of understanding the historical and cultural contexts of each. Fundamental ethical theory will be covered - no knowledge of ethics or philosophy is presupposed. While the course does not seek to advocate any particular environmental policy its intention is to develop in students the ability to reach informed and reasoned conclusions concerning environmental policy, and to effectively defend such positions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Philosophical Inquiry
  
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    PHIL 1494 - UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY ASSISTANT


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The undergraduate faculty assistant (UFA) serves as an assistant for a course or lab under the supervision of a faculty member. The experience develops students’ communication and leadership skills, and their understanding of the learning process. The responsibilities of the UFA will vary by the faculty supervisor. Responsibilities might include (but not limited to): assisting students outside of class (e.g., conducting weekly review sessions), assisting with classroom demonstrations, or assisting faculty with delivery of labs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
  
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    PHIL 1497 - DIRECTED STUDY: PHILOSOPHY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Independent study in a topic in philosophy. Permission of the instructor is required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency

Physics

  
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    PHYS 0101 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    An introduction to kinematics, statics, dynamics, momentum, energy, simple harmonic motion, rotational motion, wave motion, gravitation, fluids, heat, and thermodynamics. A laboratory is required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Physical Science
  
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    PHYS 0102 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 2


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    A continuation of PHYS 0101 including electricity, magnetism, circuits, electromagnetic waves, optics, relativity, atomic and nuclear physics. A laboratory is required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: PHYS 0101
    General Education: Physical Science
  
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    PHYS 0103 - CONCEPTS OF MODERN PHYSICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A basic examination of essential topics including mechanics, properties of matter, heat, sound, electricity and magnetism, light, atomic and nuclear physics, relativity and astrophysics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Physical Science
  
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    PHYS 0197 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Independent study in a topic in physics. Permission of the instructor is required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PHYS 0201 - FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    A calculus-based introduction to kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotational motion, rigid bodies, simple harmonic motion, gravitation, and the mechanics of fluids.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Physical Science
  
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    PHYS 0202 - FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS 2


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    A continuation of PHYS 0201. Topics include heat and thermodynamics with an introduction to temperature, internal energy and entropy; kinetic theory of gases and the statistical interpretation of thermodynamics; electrostatics; electric currents and magnetism; and electrodynamics including an introduction to Maxwell’s equations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: PHYS 0201
    General Education: Physical Science
  
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    PHYS 0203 - FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS 1 LAB


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    A laboratory course for PHYS 0201 required for all non-engineering majors and recommended for those engineering majors who plan to transfer out-side the Pitt system.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Physical Science
  
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    PHYS 0204 - FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS 2 LAB


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    A laboratory course for PHYS 0202 required of all non-engineering majors and recommended for those engineering majors who plan to transfer out-side the Pitt system.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Physical Science
  
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    PHYS 1302 - MODERN PHYSICS, ATOMS AND NUCLEI


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The basics of relativity and quantum theory, with emphasis on the physics of atoms and nuclei.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PHYS 1494 - UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY ASSISTANT


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The undergraduate faculty assistant (UFA) serves as an assistant for a course or lab under the supervision of a faculty member. The experience develops students’ communication and leadership skills, and their understanding of the learning process. The responsibilities of the UFA will vary by the faculty supervisor. Responsibilities might include (but not limited to): assisting students outside of class (e.g., conducting weekly review sessions), assisting with classroom demonstrations, or assisting faculty with delivery of labs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
  
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    PHYS 1497 - DIRECTED STUDY: PHYSICS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Independent study on a project in physics supervised by a member of the physics faculty.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PHYS 1498 - DIRECTED RESEARCH: PHYSICS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Independent research on a project in physics. Supervised by a member of the physics faculty.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Public Relations

  
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    PR 0101 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC RELATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Principles, history, and practice of public relations in business, educational institutions, social welfare organizations, government, and the military services.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Behavioral Sciences
  
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    PR 0250 - SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The study of a special topic in public relations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PR 1302 - PUBLIC RELATIONS CASE PROBLEMS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Case studies and typical public relations problems in industry, labor, education, government, social welfare, and trade associations. Planning and preparation of communications materials for various media; application of public relations techniques.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PR 1304 - PROMOTIONAL WRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students learn to write press releases, publicity articles, radio, TV, and print advertisements, promotional flyers and brochures. The class examines materials used in the publicity campaigns of marketing firms and corporations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PR 1451 - CAPSTONE: PUBLIC RELATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    In this course, we will draw on a number of disciplines- literature, classics, and political science, among others- to discuss the role public relations plays on culture. We will look at how certain texts have advocated a point of view and have achieved their slated agenda.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PR 1494 - UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY ASSISTANT


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The undergraduate faculty assistant (UFA) serves as an assistant for a course or lab under the supervision of a faculty member. The experience develops students’ communication and leadership skills, and their understanding of the learning process. The responsibilities of the UFA will vary by the faculty supervisor. Responsibilities might include (but not limited to): assisting students outside of class (e.g., conducting weekly review sessions), assisting with classroom demonstrations, or assisting faculty with delivery of labs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
  
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    PR 1497 - DIR STUDY: PUBLIC RELATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Directed study in a specific area of public relations. Permission of the instructor is required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PR 1498 - DIRECTED RESEARCH: PUBLIC RLTNS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Independent research on a project in public relations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PR 1499 - INTERNSHIP: PUBLIC RELATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Working with an advisor, public relations majors are placed in professional settings throughout the area-in colleges and businesses, in hospitals and nonprofit agencies-to give them hands-on experience as entry-level public relations practitioners. (Many students elect to develop a summer internship in their hometown).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit

Political Science

  
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    PS 0102 - AMERICAN POLITICAL PROCESS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introductory course focusing on American politics and government. Emphasis is on political processes and institutions on the national level including congress, the presidency, the supreme court, political parties, pressure groups and elections.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 0103 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The object of this course is to provide an understanding- through comparative methods of political science—of how several nations of the world are governed and to provide insights into why they are governed as they are. Countries studied may include Great Britain, the Soviet Union, West Germany, France and South Africa.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 0110 - INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduction to international affairs constitutes an introductory look at important issues facing the international community. The primary focus of the course will be to examine how nations, cultures, and communities politically address various issues. Such issues include: international security and terrorism; the political impact of race, ethnicity and gender; religion and politics; natural resources and the environment; global poverty and hunger; and human rights and social justice. These issues will be approached in a comparative manner in order to illustrate the inherent complexity and diversity among actors in the international community and how they politically deal with these issues.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 0197 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Directed study is designed to give students the opportunity to design and carry out a research project to be agreed upon by the student and a supervising faculty member.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PS 0201 - WORLD POLITICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to relations between countries ranging from war and conflict to peace and cooperation. Topics surveyed include: differences between domestic and international politics, society and American world views, strategies of nuclear deterrence; conditions for successful negotiations; the problems of developing states; and other current issues.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 0202 - GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Suggests how great thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx and Freud understood human nature, viewed the conditions or requirements for happiness, and defined the social and political forms that contribute to or detract from human fulfillment. The course seeks to define the basic alternatives that guide our lives.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 0204 - PUBLIC POLICY PROCESS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides the students with general knowledge about public policy making and administration in the united states. It surveys the policy process with emphasis on conceptual theoretical frameworks for the initiation, development, administration, and evaluation of public policy. Also surveys the impacts of institutional arrangements and administrative/bureaucratic decision making on public policy formulation and implementation. A discussion covers policy processes in comparative perspective. Prerequisite: GE: political science
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 0205 - LAW AND THE COURTS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the major components of the American legal system, including the police, the law profession, prosecutors and public defenders, state and federal courts, plus the impact of the Supreme Court on the American political system. Emphasis is on the realities of the legal process in operation - how it affects the “who gets what” question.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 0207 - CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the two major policymaking institutions in the American political system. First, it provides an overview of the development, structure, and process of the U.S. Congress. The emphasis is on the effects of the sometimes contradictory functions of representation and the lawmaking faced by members of congress. Then the focus turns to the institution of the presidency and its role in the policy making process. Particular attention is paid to understanding presidential power and leadership, as it relates to Congress.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 0215 - EUROPEAN POLITICS AND EUROPEAN UNION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will look at European politics on both the supranational and domestic level. The history, structure and continued development of the European union and its key institutions will be studied. The domestic political systems and cultural context of European countries will be explored comparatively. Additionally, issues of foreign, economic, environmental, and social policy-making that intersect both the domestic and the supranational levels will be investigated.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 0220 - MEDIA AND INTERNET IN POLITICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores the ways in which the media, internet and technologies which are available via the internet are transforming politics, as well as how domestic and international politics are shaping media coverage and the internet’s availability and usage. Topics covered include (but are not limited to) regulatory laws and international treaties, intellectual property, the global digital divide, norms of transparency and accountability, democratic internet technology, censorship, e-government, ethical and privacy concerns, internet voting, e-campaigning, the internet, political culture, and political behavior in democratic and authoritarian regimes, cyberactivism, cyberhate, social media and social movements, and the internet and political conflict.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 0225 - WOMEN IN POLITICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores the diverse roles of women in politics, both nationally and internationally, comparing across a range of political systems. Women’s movements, political participation, involvement in political parties, electoral campaigns, representation in elected office, and policy-making impact will be examined.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 0250 - SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The study of a special topic in political science.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PS 1304 - AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines American foreign policy since World War II, with the objective of describing its major features, and explaining its evolution, and its problems. It reviews contending interpretations of past successes and failures and considers the current debate about what American foreign policy should be.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 1307 - LIBRLSM, CONSERVATISM & SOCLSM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Liberalism and conservatism are the two dominant positions in the United States today on political, social and moral issues, while socialism has gained influence in recent decades. The course will clarify how these positions differ in defining what constitutes problems and in selecting preferred solutions. This will help us (1) to recognize basic alternatives which recur in debates and policy-making and (2) to suggest how these patterns guide and give meaning to personal and national choices.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 1308 - AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course has two major objectives. The first is to examine the defining event of American politics - the creation of the Constitution of 1787. The goal is a proper understanding of the thought and intentions embodied in the constitution and, concurrently, a clarification of the reasoning of those who questioned and opposed it. The second objective is to study how the thought and the intentions underlying the constitution have been realized or transformed since the American founding.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 1310 - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will consider the U.S. Supreme Court as a policy-making branch of the federal government. Major topics include: judicial review; constitutional sources of and limitations on the legislative power; presidential power; the Supreme Court and criminal justice system, including the doctrine of incorporation, the right to counsel, the privilege against self-incrimination and the exclusionary rule; equal protection.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 1316 - ASIAN POLITICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to the politics of Asia by examining and comparing the political systems, economic performance, civil society, and the effect of globalization among countries of East- and South-East Asia. Particular attention will be given to Asian regionalism, focusing on regional powers and their efforts in promoting regional cooperation and integration. The course offers an overview of Asian regional cooperation mechanisms (ASEAN and ASEAN+, East Asia Summit, ARF) as well as current thematic issues such as Asian integration, contemporary Asian nationalism, and state-centered capitalism. Through the use of contemporary film and media, students will be engaging in discussions on Asia and its impact on the future of the international order.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PS 1319 - POL PARTIES & INTEREST GROUPS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Examines the development, structure, and importance of political parties and interest groups in the U.S. It considers the role that parties and interests play in elections, organizing the government, and influencing public policy. Particular focus is on the decline of parties in the American political system and the increased importance of narrower, special interests.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 1337 - IDENTITY POLITICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course on identity politics focuses on the interaction of categories such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality and the role that identity plays in politics on a national and global level. The course will examine identity-based rights movements and evaluate policy-making changes in light of these movements.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 1340 - DEMOCRATIZATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on the process of democratization, when nations shift from authoritarian regimes to more democratic forms of organization. Students will explore theoretical debates regarding democracy, democratization, and democratic consolidation. The lectures, readings, and assignments will explore country case studies from several different world regions. These comparative case studies will be used to examine the effect of causal factors such as political culture, political institutions, civil-military relations, civil society, the resource curse, and the international environment on democratization.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 1354 - LGBTQ POLITICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores the theory and practice of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) politics globally, examining the policy impact of legislation, litigation, and direct democracy; shifts in public opinion and media coverage; and the diffusion of international human rights norms via international law. Further, the historic development of LGBTQ rights movements, interest groups, and advocacy coalitions; the involvement of the LGBTQ community and allies in activism; and the role of out politicians will be explored. Policy-making concerning a range of LGBTQ rights issues will be examined cross-nationally: criminalization and decriminalization of homosexuality; discrimination and non-discrimination protections; hate crimes; same-sex union recognition and marriage; LGBTQ adoption and parenting; transgender, bisexual, intersex, and asexual rights; gender recognition; citizenship, immigration, and asylum; public health and aging; and youth, homelessness, education, and criminal justice.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 1355 - POLITICS OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will consist of a broad survey of the political and economic issues facing the developing world. This will include an in-depth look at the impact of colonialism, imperialism, and neo/economic imperialism that will include critical examinations of how various theoretical perspectives critically address the effects these issues have had on the developing world. Such theoretical perspectives will include modernization/stage theory, dependency theory, world systems theory, underdevelopment, and dependent development. Following examinations of colonialism and theory, specific issues will be examined. Such issues include; disease, poverty, hunger, environmental degradation, ethnic conflict, human rights, security, and gender. The focus will be on how both developed and developing nations politically and economically deal with such issues. Much of the discussion of these issues will be conducted within the framework of understanding the impact of the political and economic policies of Western Europe, the United States, and international organizations such as the U.N., LMF, WTO, and the world bank on developing nations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 1365 - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to social movements and international political activism, as well as to competing theoretical arguments regarding social movements. Issue areas we will examine include (but are not limited to) human rights, civil rights, labor rights, children’s rights, women’s rights, lgbt rights, indigenous rights, immigrant and refugee rights, HIV/AIDS, the environment, climate change, peace, and global justice. Students will explore different causal factors that influence social movements, and compare and contrast how these factors affect movements cross-nationally.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 1366 - PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course provides instruction in the professional practice of policy analysis. Throughout the course we will consider a number of fundamental questions: What are the rationales for collective interference in private affairs? What are the limitations to collective action? What are the generic instruments of public policy? What are the appropriate roles for policy analysts in democratic societies? Through an examination of these questions we will build the conceptual foundations for conducting sound policy analysis.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Requires completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency and one of the following: PS 0102 or PS 0204 or ECON 0102 or ECON 0103
  
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    PS 1367 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A multidisciplinary general education course designed at an introductory level. This course provides students with comprehensive knowledge of the organizations, interests, and processes that shape environmental policy. It explores the local, regional, and global dimensions of the most critical environmental problems and issues facing policy makers today, including land-use management, energy conservation, acid rain, lead poisoning, indoor air pollution (radon pollution), ozone depletion, waste management, waste dumping in the ocean, deforestation worldwide, habitat destruction, and global warming.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science
  
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    PS 1385 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on global environmental politics and comparative environmental policy. The impact of the international system, international governmental organizations, summits, and international treaties on global environmental politics will be examined. Domestically, the effects of interest groups, political parties, and governmental structures on environmental policy-making will be explored. Additionally, the course will examine environmental movements and evaluate policy-making changes in light of these movements.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
    General Education: Political Science-Global
  
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    PS 1393 - GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL POLICY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course compares health care systems and welfare systems as well as developments in public health and social policy across a range of countries. We will examine the impact of political, economic and cultural factors as well as the role of state actors, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and corporations on public health and social policy globally. An intersectional perspective will be used to examine patterns of inequality and to assess the ways in which policy-making impacts different groups in society.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PS 1449 - CAPSTONE 1: RESEARCH METHODS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Research methods is the first course in a two-semester capstone sequence. Students are expected to enroll in capstone 1 as juniors and to take Capstone 2 in the subsequent semester. Capstone 1 introduces students to research methods used by political scientists and historians, focusing on a seminar theme. Students will gain a working knowledge of the theory and practice underlying diverse methods of inquiry. Students will be introduced to computer software used in conducting research. The course will help students to formulate a research question, develop a literature review, and craft a research design for their capstone research papers. Additionally, students will consider career and graduate study opportunities, developing individualized professional development plans.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency, also required is junior status
  
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    PS 1450 - TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An advanced study of a specific topic in political science.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PS 1451 - CAPSTONE 2: POLITICAL SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Seminar participants are responsible for preparing and delivering a formal paper on a seminar theme in political science.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: HIST or PS 1449
  
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    PS 1494 - UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY ASSISTANT


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The undergraduate faculty assistant (UFA) serves as an assistant for a course or lab under the supervision of a faculty member. The experience develops students’ communication and leadership skills, and their understanding of the learning process. The responsibilities of the UFA will vary by the faculty supervisor. Responsibilities might include (but not limited to): assisting students outside of class (e.g., conducting weekly review sessions), assisting with classroom demonstrations, or assisting faculty with delivery of labs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
  
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    PS 1497 - DIRECTED STUDY: POLITICAL SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Directed study in a specific area of political science. Permission of the instructor is required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PS 1498 - DIRECTED RESEARCH: POLITICAL SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Independent research on a topic in political science.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency
  
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    PS 1499 - INTERNSHIP: POLITICAL SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Practical experience in political science in a setting. Work is directed by the employer and evaluated jointly with the faculty supervisor.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Completion of competency courses (FS 0102, ENG 0101 & 0102) and MATH 0150 Calculus 2.

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    PSY 0101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to psychology and the major subfields of psychology. Topics include: experimental psychology; research methodology and statistics; learning; memory; brain and behavior; perception; human development; assessment techniques; personality theories; social psychology; psychological disorders and treatment.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    General Education: Behavioral Sciences
  
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    PSY 0197 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Independent study in a topic in psychology. Permission of the instructor is required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    PSY 0201 - STATISTICS


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    A survey of the statistical procedures used in psychology and other behavioral sciences including; frequency distributions, percentile ranks, graphing, measures of central tendency, measures of variability, standard scores and the normal distribution, sampling techniques, and sampling distribution theory, hypothesis testing, the z-test, the t-tests, a-nova, correlations and prediction, and chi-square.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: MATH 0098 or higher
    General Education: Computational Sciences
  
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    PSY 0202 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The study of the physiological, behavioral, cognitive, social, and personality changes and differences that occur from conception until adolescence. Topics include: genetics and prenatal development; genetic disorders; cognitive development; language development; intelligence testing; personality and social development; memory development.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Completion of PSY 0101 required for all higher level psychology courses
    General Education: Behavioral Sciences
  
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    PSY 0203 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An examination of the effects of people on other people, social factors in attitude formation and change, person perception, social influence, and interpersonal relations (e.g. affiliation, aggression, and altruism).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Completion of PSY 0101 required for all higher level psychology courses
    General Education: Behavioral Sciences
  
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    PSY 0204 - PERSONALITY THEORIES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An examination of the major theories, models, and conceptions of personality. Topics include psychoanalytic and neo-analytic theories, behavior and learning theories, trait theories, humanistic theories, and cognitive theories.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Completion of PSY 0101 required for all higher level psychology courses
    General Education: Behavioral Sciences
  
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    PSY 0206 - ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The study of abnormal behavior, its causes, methods of classification, and therapeutic modification approaches.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Completion of PSY 0101 required for all higher level psychology courses
    General Education: Behavioral Sciences
  
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    PSY 0207 - PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR IN PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will provide an introduction of professional opportunities in psychology and related fields at the Undergraduate and graduate level. Additionally, this course will introduce information, skills, and resources that will assist in planning for applying to psychology related careers at the Undergraduate level and planning for applying to psychology related graduate schools.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Completion of PSY 0101 required for all higher level psychology courses
  
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    PSY 0209 - LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will focus on the processes of human development from conception through the lifespan. Specifically, topics will be related to the factors that may impact the individual’s physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development from conception to early, middle, and late adulthood.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: Completion of PSY 0101 required for all higher level psychology courses
  
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    PSY 0265 - DATA ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH WRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course covers SPSS data analyses and the introduction to the writing style required by the American psychological association. (APA style)
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: PSY 0101, PSY 0201, ENG 0102, and two courses from the following list (PSY 0202, PSY 0203, PSY 0204, PSY 0206)
  
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    PSY 1301 - EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to the basic principles of research and experimentation in psychology. Topics will include how one performs research, what one does after data have been collected, and the writing of research report.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Completion of PSY 0201, PSY 0265, and two additional PSY courses.
  
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    PSY 1302 - COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Current theories about children’s knowledge and the issues surrounding the development of that knowledge. Topics include memory development, perceptual development, language development, development of problem-solving abilities, and the development of intelligence.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Completion of PSY 0101 and all competencies is required before taking upper-level PSY courses
  
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    PSY 1303 - PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The uses, applications, and underlying concepts of psychological testing. Topics include how tests are standardized, the reliability and validity of tests, and types of tests psychologists use (e.g. intelligence tests, personality tests).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Completion of PSY 0101, PSY 0201, and all competencies
  
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    PSY 1304 - HUMAN MEMORY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course deals with the current theoretical and applied issues in human memory. A study of the human ability to acquire and retain information, to recall it when needed, and to recognize its familiarity when it is seen or heard again.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisite: PSY 0101 and a second course in psychology
  
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    PSY 1307 - PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course draws from the fields of personality and social psychology and relates them to several aspects of music. Topics include individual differences in musical behavior, the role of music in small social and group situations, large-scale social and cultural influences, the development of musical preferences, and applications.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PSY 0101 and Junior Standing
  
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    PSY 1311 - SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will focus on the socio-emotional developmental processes, focusing on those that occur from birth through adolescence. Specifically, topics may include attachment, socialization, self-regulation, morality, & self-identity.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Completion of PSY 0101 and all competencies is required before taking upper-level PSY courses
 

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