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MUSC 3083 - Diction for Singers I Hours: 2
Basic diction in English, Italian, and Latin. Includes study of the International Phonetic Alphabet and its application to solo vocal literature in these two languages.
Prerequisites: One year of applied voice or permission of instructor.
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MUSC 3084 - Diction for Singers II Hours: 2
Basic diction in German and French. Includes study of International Phonetic Alphabet and its application to solo vocal literature.
Prerequisites: One year of applied voice or permission of instructor.
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MUSC 3085 - Vocal Pedagogy Hours: 2
An exploration of the vocal mechanism. The physiology of singing and the skills necessary to become studio teachers.
Prerequisites: One year of applied voice or permission of instructor.
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MUSC 3089 - Music Industry II Hours: 3
A continuation of Music Industry I. Focuses on various aspects of the music industry.
Prerequisites: MUSC 2082 with a grade of C or better, and open to Music and Business majors only.
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MUSC 3090 - Junior Applied Music - BMUS Degree Hours: 2
Applied music instruction for third year BMUS degree seekers.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 3091 - Junior Applied Music - BMUS Degree Hours: 2
Applied music instruction for third year BMUS degree seekers.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 3092 - Junior Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees Hours: 1
Applied music instruction for third year BA in Music, BME, and BFA in Musical Theatre majors.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 8 hours. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 3093 - Junior Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees Hours: 1
Applied music instruction for third year BA in Music, BME, and BFA in Musical Theatre majors.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 3094 - Junior Applied Music - 1/2 Hour Lesson, Instrument Hours: .5
Applied music instruction for third year non-Music majors, and Music majors who study on a secondary instrument or voice.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 3095 - Junior Applied Music - 1/2 Hour Lesson, Instrument Hours: .5
Applied music instruction for third year non-Music majors, and Music majors who study on a secondary instrument or voice.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 3100 - Opera Workshop Hours: .5
Standard operatic styles through scene and aria work. Additional topics may include audition techniques, addressing performance anxiety, and other related topics.
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MUSC 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 0.5-16
Independent study.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 16 hours.
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MUSC 4000 - Advanced Theory Hours: 2
Rotating topics may include, but are not limited to: Schenkerian analysis, counterpoint/fugue, posttonal music (centricity, set theory, serialism), and music since 1945 (aleatory, sound mass, postmodernism, minimalism).
Prerequisites: MUSC 2001 with a grade of C or better, or permission of instructor.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4001 - Advanced Composition Hours: 2
Individual study, concentrating on larger forms.
Prerequisites: MUSC 2002 with a grade of C or better, or permission of instructor.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4040 - Advanced Seminar Hours: 2
Various topics in music theory and music history in depth. Topics may include, but are not limited to: performance practice issues: music after 1700, the chamber music of Brahms, Baroque music: Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel, the phenomena of genius: the case of Mozart, opera since Einstein on the Beach, and turn up the volume: the revolution of recorded sound.
Prerequisites: MUSC 2001 with a grade of C or better.
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MUSC 4041 - Final Project Hours: 2
An independent study course open only to Music majors whose concentration is either Music History and Literature, or Music Theory and Composition. Working with an instructor to complete a final project appropriate to the concentration. Culminates in a public presentation of the creative or scholarly work.
Prerequisites: MUSC 3041 with a grade of C or better.
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MUSC 4080 - Full Recital Hours: 1
Presentation of a full recital during the third or fourth year by Music or Music Education majors.
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MUSC 4081 - Senior Recital Hours: 1
Presentation of a recital during the fourth year by Music Performance majors.
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MUSC 4083 - The Solo Recital Hours: 2
Examines the concept of public recital preparation and performance, its history, evolution and arrival at the millennium. Reaching out beyond the field of music, recitalists investigate the role of the arts within society-at-large, including an examination of the place of the solo recital in today’s global culture. Interviewing a living composer, and performing a work of the composer as part of a culminating recital, as a means of more fully recognizing the arts as a dynamic and everchanging force.
Prerequisites: Open to Music Performance majors only, or permission of the department chair.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 3 hours.
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MUSC 4090 - Senior Applied Music - BMUS Degree Hours: 2
Applied music instruction for fourth year BMUS degree seekers.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4091 - Senior Applied Music - BMUS Degree Hours: 2
Applied music instruction for fourth year BMUS degree seekers.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4092 - Senior Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees Hours: 1
Applied music instruction for fourth year Music, Music Education, and Musical Theatre majors.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4093 - Senior Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees Hours: 1
Applied music instruction for fourth year Music, Music Education, and Musical Theatre majors.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4094 - Senior Applied Music - 1/2 Hour Lesson, Instrument Hours: .5
Applied music instruction for fourth year non-Music majors, and Music majors who study on a secondary instrument or voice.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4095 - Senior Applied Music - 1/2 Hour Lesson, Instrument Hours: .5
Applied music instruction for fourth year non-Music majors, and Music majors who study on a secondary instrument or voice.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4096 - Opera Theatre Hours: .5
Full-scale productions of works from the standard operatic repertoire appropriate to the developing undergraduate voice, possibly including technical duties associated with productions.
Prerequisites: Open by audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4101 - Men’s Chorus Hours: .5
Men’s Chorus participants pursuing a Music, Music and Business, Music Education, or non-Music major.
Prerequisites: Open by audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4103 - Cardinal Marching Band Hours: .5
The Cardinal Marching Band actively enhances the collegiate experience for its fans and participants through energetic performances at home football games and scheduled guest appearances on (and off) campus during the fall semester.
Prerequisites: Open by audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4105 - Concert Choir Hours: .5
Concert Choir participants who are pursuing a Music, Music and Business, Music Education, or non-Music major.
Prerequisites: Open through audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4106 - Otterbein Singers Hours: .5
Otterbein Singers participants.
Prerequisites: Open through audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4107 - String Orchestra BMUS Hours: 1
String Orchestra participants who are pursuing the Music Performance major.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4108 - String Orchestra Hours: .5
String Orchestra participants who are pursuing a Music, Music and Business, Music Education, or non-Music major.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4112 - Wind Ensemble Hours: .5
Wind Ensemble participants pursuing a Music, Music and Business, Music Education, or non-Music major.
Prerequisites: Open through audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4114 - Woman’s Chorale Hours: .5
Women’s Chorale participants pursuing a Music, Music and Business, Music Education, or non-Music major.
Prerequisites: Open through audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4120 - The Anticipations Hours: .5
Participation in The Anticipations.
Prerequisites: Open through audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4122 - Berg Combo Hours: .5
Participation in the Berg Combo.
Prerequisites: Open through audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4123 - Jazz Ensemble Hours: .5
Participation in the Jazz Ensemble.
Prerequisites: Open through audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4124 - Towers Brass Quintet Hours: .5
Participation in the Towers Brass Quintet.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4125 - Clarinet Ensemble Hours: .5
Participation in the Clarinet Ensemble.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4126 - Classical Guitar Quartet Hours: .5
Participation in the Classical Guitar Quartet.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4127 - Early Music Group Hours: .5
Participation in the Early Music Group.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4128 - Flute Ensemble Hours: .5
Participation in the Flute Ensemble.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4129 - Jazz Guitar Ensemble Hours: .5
Participation in the Guitar Ensemble.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4131 - Opus One Hours: .5
Participation in the Opus One.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4133 - Pep Band Hours: .5
The Pep Band supports the men’s and women’s basketball teams during the spring, acting as an extension of the fall Marching Band.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4134 - Percussion Ensemble Hours: .5
Participation in the Percussion Ensemble
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4135 - Piano Duo Hours: .5
Participation in the Piano Duo.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4136 - Saxophone Ensemble Hours: .5
Participation in the Saxophone Ensemble.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4137 - String Chamber Music Hours: .5
Participation in the String Quartet/Quintet.
Prerequisites: Open through audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4138 - Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble Hours: .5
Participation in the Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4139 - Westerville Symphony Hours: .5
Participation in the Westerville Symphony.
Prerequisites: Open through audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4141 - Jazz Combo Hours: .5
Participation in the Wohlwend Combo.
Prerequisites: Open through audition only.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4142 - Red Noise New Music Ensemble Hours: .5
The Red Noise New Music Ensemble is dedicated to performing repertoire composed in the twentieth and twenty first centuries. Personnel is flexible and is driven by the instrumentation required by the programming. Provides an opportunity to explore performance techniques not often required by traditional repertoire, as well as rehearsal and conducting opportunities.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and applied teacher required.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4145 - Chamber Music with Piano Hours: .5
Participation in Chamber Music with Piano.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4150 - Ensemble Participation Hours: 0
Participation in an ensemble.
Prerequisites: Permission of the department chair.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4151 - Winds and Percussion Ensemble Hours: 0
Participation in an ensemble.
Prerequisites: Permission of the Area Head of Winds and Percussion.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4152 - String Ensemble Participation Hours: 0
Participation in an ensemble.
Prerequisites: Permission of the Area Head of Orchestral and String Activities.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4153 - Choral Ensemble Participation Hours: 0
Participation in an ensemble.
Prerequisites: Permission of the Area Head of Choral Activities.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4154 - Otterbein Summer Chorale Hours: 0
Participation in Summer Chorale.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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MUSC 4155 - Pit Orchestra Participation Hours: 0
Participation in Pit Orchestra for musical theatre and opera productions.
Notes: This course is repeatable. Graded Pass/Fail.
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MUSC 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-16
Participation in an internship.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 16 hours.
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NURS 2300 - Introduction to Pharmacology for Professional Nursing Practice Hours: 3
Pharmacodynamics and clinical uses of various drug classifications in health care settings within a framework of holistic caring utilizing the nursing process. Pharmacological concepts across the life span are explored. Principles of dosage calculation and safe medication administration are emphasized.
Prerequisites: NURS 2400 and 2600 with grades of C+ or higher.
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NURS 2400 - Nutrition Through the Lifespan Hours: 2
The impact of nutrition on overall health of individuals and populations within a framework of holistic caring. Normal mechanisms of digestion, absorption and metabolism of nutrients are discussed. The course explores nutrition requirements through the lifespan for health promotion, maintenance and restoration while addressing global and cultural nutrition considerations. The nursing role in managing clients with health alterations affected by nutrition is emphasized.
Prerequisites: Admission to Nursing Program.
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NURS 2600 - Foundations for Professional Nursing Practice Hours: 8
Foundational and theoretical concepts of professional nursing practice. Emphasizes wellness and health promotion across the lifespan using the framework of holistic caring. Underscores the differentiation between normal and abnormal assessment findings across the lifespan. Theories of learning, health education and prevention to initiate behavioral changes for self and others will be explored. Students learn to provide safe, competent basic nursing care related to fundamental human needs utilizing the nursing process.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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NURS 2700 - Professional Nursing Practice I Hours: 7
Providing quality, professional nursing care for populations experiencing select alterations of health in a variety of clinical settings using a framework of holistic caring. Explores nursing care concepts of safety, communication, culture, collaboration, evidence-based practice, pharmacological management and clinical reasoning utilizing the nursing process. Emphasis will be placed on foundational concepts of professional nursing role development.
Prerequisites: NURS 2400 and 2600 with grade of C+ or higher, and BIO 2900 with a grade of C or higher. Corequisites: NURS 2300.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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NURS 3300 - Evidence-Based Practice, Research and Informatics in Nursing Hours: 2
Provides a basic understanding of evidence-based practice, research, and informatics in nursing within a framework of holistic caring. This includes an overview of how the research process is used to develop a body of evidence Students gain an understanding of how evidence, clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives, and patient preferences inform practice as the foundation of evidence-based care. Students learn to use data sources to identify practice issues, appraise source credibility, integrate evidence and evaluate outcomes. Ethical and legal precepts that guide nursing research and informatics are explored.
Prerequisites: NURS 2600 with a grade of C+ or higher and MATH 1240 with a grade of C or higher.
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NURS 3500 - Professional Nursing in Community and Mental Health - Writing Intensive Hours: 5
Focuses on public and community health nursing, epidemiology with an emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention, and emergency preparedness within a framework of holistic caring. Providing quality professional nursing care for diverse patients with acute alterations in mental health is emphasized. The student will develop community assessment skills, screening techniques, and other strategies to promote the health of individuals and populations. Student attitudes and values about mental illness across the lifespan will be explored using an integrated model of mental health. The principles of epidemiologic study design and the influence of culture and environment on health will be explored. Information and communication technologies for health promotion and disease prevention are included.
Prerequisites: NURS 3300 with grade C+ or above.
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NURS 3600 - Professional Nursing Practice II Hours: 8
Providing quality professional nursing care for diverse patients with acute alterations in physical health in a variety of settings. Concepts of culture, communication, collaboration, evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, and pharmacological management. Attitudes and values about aging and older adults are explored using an integrated model of physical health. Nursing skills of therapeutic communication and holistic caring are emphasized.
Prerequisites or Corequisites: When taken in fall: NURS 3300 with a grade of C+ or higher; when taken in spring: NURS 3300 and NURS 3800 with grades of C+ of higher.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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NURS 3800 - Professional Nursing Practice for Childbearing and Childrearing Families Hours: 7
Providing quality professional nursing care for the childbearing family, the childrearing family, and the developing child in a variety of settings. Explores genetic, environmental, developmental and physiological influences. Emphasis on the role nursing plays in the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of the health of these individuals and families.
Prerequisites or Corequisites: When taken in fall: NURS 3300 with a grade of C+ or higher; when taken in the spring: NURS 3300 and NURS 3600 with grades of C+ or higher.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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NURS 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-3
Content is determined by the faculty member and student collaboratively. For the student who wishes to study a specific nursing problem intensively.
Prerequisites: NURS 2300 and 2700 with grades of C+ or higher, and a negotiated learning contract with a faculty member.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 16 hours.
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NURS 4300 - Professional Nursing Practice III Hours: 8
Providing quality professional nursing care for children and adults with high-acuity health alterations through a framework of holistic caring. It focuses on advanced nursing interventions for patients experiencing complex health alterations and multisystem disorders. Emphasis is placed on concepts of safety, culture, communication, collaboration, evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning and pharmacological management utilizing the nursing process. End of life care and the ethical/legal issues associated with critical care nursing will be implemented in practice settings.
Prerequisites: NURS 3600 and 3800 with grades of C+ or higher.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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NURS 4700 - Professional Nursing Practice IV Hours: 5
An immersion clinical experience where students provide care on an interprofessional team in a variety of health care settings utilizing a framework of holistic caring. The immersion experience bridges the gap between education and practice by providing the student the opportunity to deliver quality care to a patient assignment equivalent to a professional nurse in practice using the nursing process. Opportunities are provided for demonstrating clinical judgement, maintaining effective working relationships, performing care coordination, as well as developing delegation and conflict resolution skills. Students engage in ongoing self-reflection on identify formation as an emerging professional nurse. Contemporary issues of society as related to student’s personal and professional experiences will be analyzed.
Prerequisites: NURS 4300 with a grade of C+ or higher.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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NURS 4800 - Leadership and Professionalism in Nursing Practice - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
Focuses on organizational, leadership, management, and their various applications in the health care delivery system at micro and macrosystem levels within a framework of holistic caring. Emphasis is placed on communication and collaboration skills with inter-professional teams in various healthcare settings. Students will use quality improvement concepts, processes, and outcome measures. This course also focuses on an understanding of the healthcare system in a broader context including the healthcare service delivery, organization, financial and reimbursement structures. Students will explore the implications of personal and cultural views of on the concept of health and the nurse in relationship to healthcare delivery. Students will actively engage in the political process as advocates for patients, families, communities and the nursing profession.
Prerequisites: NURS 4300 with a grade of C+ or higher.
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NURS 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-16
Internships are available upon submission of a written proposal as described in the internship packet. They are arranged individually, usually with local organizations, agencies or companies.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 16 hours.
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NURS 4999 - Special Topics Hours: 3
Focuses on an important topical issue related to health care. It identifies key components of that issue by examining scientific literature and by reflecting on current health care practice.
Prerequisites: NURS 2300 and 2700 with grades of C+ or higher.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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PADM 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-3
An opportunity to engage in independent study in an area not otherwise available.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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PHED 2200 - Health and Movement Education for the Early Childhood Classroom Hours: 3
The role of the early childhood educator (preK-5) in providing developmentally appropriate health and movement content and activities for young children. Teacher Candidates will learn to recognize the developmental levels of fundamental motor skills important to the present and future movement abilities of young children and begin to develop the ability to create, select and evaluate developmentally and functionally appropriate health and movement materials, methods, equipment, and environments. Emphasis is placed on integrating movement and health activities across the curriculum and throughout the school day as well as on integrating school, family, and community resources to insure opportunities to develop sound health and movement programs for young children.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: EDUC 1600 or instructor permission.
Notes: This course has an additional fee. This course has an off-campus field experience.
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PHIL 1000 - Introduction to Philosophy - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
The important questions addressed by Western Philosophy from its beginnings in ancient Greece to the modern day. Ethics, political philosophy, the philosophy of religion, the nature of human knowledge and how it is acquired, philosophy of art, the nature of reality itself and how our minds perceive it. Grappling with questions such as: Why should I be moral? Would it matter if I did things that other people think are wrong? Is it possible to prove the existence of God? Is it possible to have knowledge? Is there any reason to avoid a genuinely virtual reality? Are things really the way they seem to be? Does it really matter if I know?
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PHIL 1200 - Symbolic Logic Hours: 3
An introduction to symbolic logic, including propositional logic and first-order predicate logic with multiple quantifiers and the identity function. Emphasizes construction derivations, with some focus on translating arguments from ordinary English in symbolic notation.
Prerequisites: MATH 0900 with a grade of C- or better, or qualification through Otterbein’s Mathematics Placement Exam.
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PHIL 1300 - Contemporary Moral Problems Hours: 3
Uses the tools of philosophy to address contemporary moral problems. Though the particular problems might vary term to term, among the topics that are frequently discussed are: What are our obligations toward animals? Are practices like euthanasia and abortion morally acceptable? Are there such things as just wars? Do businesses have any ethical obligations, and, if so, what are they? Other topics to be discussed include poverty, racism, feminism, and the moral quandaries posed by emerging medical technologies.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2209.
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PHIL 2200 - Existentialism Hours: 3
Existentialism is a philosophical worldview that asks all of us to confront deep and potentially troubling questions about the way we live our lives. Is freedom as valuable as many of us think it is? Are we in denial about our own mortality? Are we avoiding our responsibility for our lives when we blame our upbringing, our culture, our biology, or our psychology for the way we behave or the beliefs that we have? Are our relationships with other people poisoned by our competing value sets? If there is no transcendent set of values, how can we find meaning in our lives? These and other questions set the agenda for Existentialism, a philosophical worldview that flourished in Europe in the middle of the 20th Century, but which has roots in the 19th Century. We will read philosophical essays, but also novels, short stories, and plays. Themes to be addressed include: the rejection of human nature, existentialist approaches to God and religion, existentialist freedom, the nature of the self, the relationship between the self and others, as well as existentialist ethics.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2207.
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PHIL 2300 - Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Hours: 3
Focuses on questions that are central to the contemporary discussions of the philosophy of art and aesthetics. Some of the questions that we will consider are: Are aesthetic judgments objective or subjective? Is an authentic work of art of greater artistic value than a forgery of this work? Are sentimental artworks necessarily flawed in some way? Is there something irrational or strange about being moved by fictional characters? Are artworks artistically flawed, if they are morally flawed? Why should we fund public art?
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PHIL 2400 - Environmental Philosophy Hours: 3
Investigates ethical, political, and metaphysical questions concerning the environment and human beings’ relationship to it. Issues in environmental ethics are becoming ever-more pressing as contemporary society confronts its environmental problems. Investigates philosophical views on the value of nature, the moral status of animals, our responsibilities to preserve species and natural objects (like trees), and our obligations to future generations. How our behavior with respect to the environment affects other human beings. Among other topics that may be discussed include population explosion, world hunger, pollution, economics and the environment, and energy and global justice.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2208.
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PHIL 2500 - Philosophy of Race and Ethnicity Hours: 3
Foundational issues concerning race and ethnicity talk as it manifests/has manifested itself in the United States. Asking questions like: What is race/ethnicity? Is racial and ethnic talk itself racist? Do we live in a post-racial society? What makes an action, attitude, or belief racist? Can institutions be racist? Taking up issues concerning race and ethnicity which may include: the criminal justice system, economic inequality, reparations, education, affirmative action, racial integration, beauty standards, cultural appropriation, and humor.
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PHIL 2950 - Ethics Hours: 3
General survey of the most influential works in the history of moral philosophy. Some of the works that we will consider are: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature, Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, and John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism. Among the questions discussed are: What is the standard by which we determine whether actions are morally acceptable or not? What character traits are distinctive of a flourishing human being and how can they be cultivated? What is the proper role of emotion in ethics? Is there a universal standard of morality?
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2210.
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PHIL 3050 - Special Topics in Philosophy - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
An opportunity to pursue in greater depth a topic, issue, or philosophical thinker that was either passed over quickly in some other philosophy course, or left out altogether.
Prerequisites: Two PHIL courses at the 2000 level, or permission of the instructor.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hours.
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PHIL 3150 - Greek and Roman Philosophy Hours: 3
The major philosophical movements and philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome. The philosophers who flourished in the “classical age” set the agenda for all of western philosophy, and an understanding of the views of these philosophers is crucial for an understanding of all that comes afterwards. From the pre-Socratic philosophers like Thales, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, through Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and their Greek and Roman successors such as Epicurus, Epictetus, Cicero, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius, examining what these philosophers have to say about the good life, ideal political arrangements, the nature of reality, and the possibility of knowledge.
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PHIL 3300 - Modern Philosophy From Descartes to Kant Hours: 3
The history of European philosophy from the middle of the 17th Century to the end of the 18th Century, one of the most fertile and important periods of philosophic thought in the history of Western Civilization. The same era that gave rise to modern political, economic, and scientific ideals saw the most important transformation of philosophy since the time of the ancient Greeks in the 5th and 4th Centuries B.C.E. Focused on seven of the most important philosophers of the time: Rene Descartes, Gottfried Leibniz, Benedict Spinoza, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. Among the topics to be discussed are: the nature of the mind, the possibility of knowledge, the nature of the physical world, and the existence of God.
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PHIL 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-3
An opportunity for work in topics of special interest, by initiative of student and agreement of instructor. Intended to guide students in discussion and independent research in areas of philosophical thought.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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PHIL 4000 - Seminar in Philosophy - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
An opportunity to study, in a deep and sustained way, some particular philosophical topic of interest. Gaining greater knowledge of that topic, greater expertise as writers and researchers, and being provided with opportunities to present this work in a public setting. Results in a highly polished piece of writing and a greater facility with the craft of academic work.
Prerequisites: Open to Philosophy majors only, or permission of instructor.
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PHIL 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-16
Internships are available to majors upon submission of documents described on the internship website of the Center for Career and Professional Development. They are arranged individually usually with local organizations, agencies or companies.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chairperson required.
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PHYS 1000 - Introduction to Physical Science Hours: 4
A descriptive introduction to the physical sciences with emphasis on concepts and scientific thought processes developed through a combination of discussion and laboratory experiences.
Prerequisites: Eligibility to enroll in MATH 1240 or 1250.
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PHYS 1100 - Introduction to Physics I Hours: 4
An introduction to mechanics as a foundation for the discipline of physics, based on a working knowledge of algebra and trigonometry.
FA Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: MATH 1250.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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PHYS 1200 - Introduction to Physics II Hours: 4
A continuation of Introduction to Physics I: Wave phenomena, electricity and magnetism, optics and modern physics.
SP Sem, every other year, even years.
Prerequisites: C- or better in PHYS 1100, 1300, or 1500.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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PHYS 1300 - Physics Fundamentals I Hours: 4
Calculus-based introductory physics, including mechanics and thermodynamics, intended for Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, or related majors.
FA Sem, every other year, even years.
Corequisites: MATH 1700
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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PHYS 1400 - Physics Fundamentals II Hours: 4
A continuation of Physics Fundamentals I. Wave phenomena, electricity and magnetism, optics and modern physics.
SP Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: MATH 1700, and a C- or better in PHYS 1300 or 1500; MATH 1800 recommended.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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PHYS 1500 - Principles of Physics I Hours: 5
An introduction to mechanics and thermodyamics as foundations for the discipline of physics, using calculus.
Corequisites: MATH 1700.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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PHYS 1600 - Principles of Physics II Hours: 5
A continuation of Physics I. Electrodynamics, wave phenomena, and optics.
Prerequisites: C- or better in PHYS 1500, or permission of instructor. Corequisites: MATH 1800.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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PHYS 2200 - Mathematical Methods for Physics Hours: 3
Mathematical and computational methods for physics. Ordinary differential equations, linear algebra, and scientific computing.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: MATH 1800, and C- or better in PHYS 1600.
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PHYS 2500 - Experimental Methods - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
Experimental methods in physics, including both a hands-on review of historical physics experiments, modern instrumentation, and data analysis. Writing intensive with a focus on writing scientific results.
SP Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: C- or better in PHYS 1600 or permission of instructor.
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