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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 - Vox Otterbein (TTB) Hours: 1
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: 1
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. This course has an additional fee.
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MUSC 4105 - Concert Choir Hours: 1
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: 1
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: 1
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 - Otterbein Cardinal Singers (SSA) Hours: 1
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: 1
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, and BIO 2900. Corequisites: BIO 2800.
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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. Corequisites: BIO 2900 and NURS 2600.
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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: CHEM 1200, and admission to the Nursing program. Corequisites: BIO 2900 and NURS 2400.
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: BIO 2800 and 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 2400 and 2600 with a grade of C+ or higher, and MATH 1240 with a grade of C or higher. Corequisites: BIO 2800, NURS 2300 and 2700.
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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 a grade of C+ or higher. Corequisites: NURS 3600 and 3800 with grade of C+ or better.
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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: NURS 2300, 2700, and 3300 with grades of C+ or higher, and BIO 2800 with a grade of C or higher.
Prerequisites or Corequisites: NURS 3800 with grade of C+ or 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: NURS 2300, 2700, and 3300 with grades of C+ or higher, and BIO 2800 with a grade of C or higher.
Prerequisites or Corequisites: NURS 3600 with grade 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 3500, 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. Corequisites: NURS 4800.
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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PHRE 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?
Notes: Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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PHRE 1100 - Introduction to Religion Hours: 3
An introduction to the academic study of religion. Religion as a significant phenomenon in the historical development of humanity, and as a subject worthy of serious critical investigation. Religion from standpoints derived from a number of disciplines (including history, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and comparative religions), and a wide variety of perspectives on the subject, even those of such radical critics of religion as Freud, Marx, and Richard Dawkins. Examines both the practical and the conceptual aspects of religion, and considers such important issues as the origins and development of religion, similarities and differences among global religions, varieties of religious experience and expression (including symbol, myth, ritual, community, and ethics), and the relationship between religion and contemporary life, science, sexuality, dreams, and belief in life after death.
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PHRE 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.
Notes: Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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PHRE 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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PHRE 1400 - Argumentation and Critical Thinking Hours: 3
From social media to legal briefs, from scientific articles to college essays, and from political speeches to the family dinner table, our lives are full of arguments. This course will teach students the principles of good argumentation. Students will learn how to critically analyze arguments they encounter and how to construct cogent arguments of their own. Students will learn not only how to write persuasive arguments, but how to argue charitably and respectfully with others whose views on contentious social issues differ from their own. Students will be able to apply what they learn in this course to writing in other college classes and to their lives beyond the classroom.
Notes: Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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PHRE 2100 - Religions of India Hours: 3
Introduction to the basic ideas, history and practices of the religions of India. Religions covered may include: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Zoroastrian (Parsi) traditions, Adivasi (tribal) traditions, and the unique features of Indian Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. We will explore these religions in the context of Indian history, as well as addressing the beliefs, rituals, ethics, philosophies, and cultures associated with each tradition we study. The many ways these traditions interact with one another in the vibrant Indian social landscape.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2213.
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PHRE 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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PHRE 2220 - Justice, Human Rights, and the Law Hours: 3
Human rights are said to be substantive moral protections that all persons have simply in virtue of being human. That these protections are identified as rights indicates that they are of the utmost moral priority. It also indicates that they belong to particular individuals who, in light of their rights claims, can make certain demands of others, especially governments, and are essential for promoting justice. This course examines the existence, content, nature, universality, and justification of human rights (both in general and in their particularity). Additional applied human rights and global justice issues we might consider are environmental rights, cultural rights, and interventionism.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2203.
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PHRE 2250 - Buddhism Hours: 3
As one of the world’s great religions, Buddhism has a rich and complex ethical structure. An introduction to the basic ideas that support this ethical structure, including karma, rebirth, compassion and emptiness. Reading a variety of Buddhist scriptures and commentaries, and seeking to understand these ideas as richly as possible. Gaining a deep understanding of these ethical norms, then turning to their practical ramifications, seeking to define where Buddhist ethical ideas directly influenced real world conduct in many contexts. Topics may include questions related to environmental destruction, various forms of social inequality, and economic globalization. Emphasizing the connections between Buddhist ethical norms and action in the world. Reflecting on our own internalized ethical norms and how those are reflected in our actions.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2206.
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PHRE 2300 - Intro to Judaism and the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
Introduction to two major components of the study of Judaism: the stories of the ancient Israelites that come to us in the form of the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament, and the complex world of modern Judaism. The world of ancient Near Eastern literature will form the background of a discussion about the origins and development of early Jewish monotheism. The question of the “historicity” of Israel will also be considered as we study historical-critical methods for understanding ancient texts. Contemporary issues in the land of Israel-Palestine will be discussed and a visit to Temple Israel will be scheduled.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2215.
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PHRE 2400 - Sustainability and the Environment 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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PHRE 2500 - Religions of the Americas Hours: 3
Surveys religion in the Americas by examining both major and minor traditions, movements, persons, and ideas that have made significant impact on American spiritual landscapes from pre-Columbian times to the present. Key themes to be addressed include: Native American religions of North and South America; African-American spiritualties; Caribbean and Hawaiian spiritual traditions; the roots of American Judaism and Catholicism; the origins and dominance of Protestantism; the rise of pluralism and denominationalism; the sources and persistence of Liberalism; the impact of the American frontier on religious structures; the importance of rational religion (e.g., Deism) at the nation’s founding; the religious significance of the “Manifest Destiny” idea; the emergence and spread of revivalism; the rise and proliferation of America’s many and diverse indigenous Christian denominations; the Social Gospel; Fundamentalism; immigrant religions of the late 20th and early 21st centuries; and so-called “New Age spirituality.” In thinking of the many cultures and subcultures of the Americas, considering the notion of community and what constitutes the “public good” both locally and globally, specifically examining how religion plays a role in this understanding and reflecting upon how these ideas intersect with our own lives and experiences as well.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2212.
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PHRE 2600 - 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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PHRE 2700 - Intro to New Testament/Christian Origins - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
An introductory study of the major theological insights of the twenty-seven writings of the canonical New Testament as well as other manuscripts from early Christian origins. The focus will be on the streams of apostolic tradition that influenced the writers of these works, the communities in which they lived, and the issues that were addressed. The relationship of the canon as an authoritative collection of sacred books will be compared to extra-canonical writings resulting in an awareness of the variety of methods used to interpret religious texts as well as the diversity reflected in early Christian literature.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2216.
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PHRE 2800 - Islam and Muslim Cultures Hours: 3
Examining Islam, the fastest growing religion in the world, and now the second largest religion in both the United States and the world. Reading and analyzing Islam’s key scripture, the Qur’an, with respect to recurring themes, and the beliefs, practices and history of Islam will be examined in light of its major expressions, Sunni and Shi’a, but with some attention paid the faith’s mystical minority, the Sufis. The many ways that Islam appears throughout the world according to cultural and geographic context. Examining the role that this faith has played in the politics of the United States and the world community, particularly in the wake of immigration policies, the World Trade Center attack on 9/11/01, and the subsequent U.S.-led military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the refugee crisis following the rise of the so-called Islamic State.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2219.
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PHRE 2900 - Life and Teachings of Jesus Hours: 3
A study of the ancient communities of faith that describe the earthly life of Jesus. Identifying the distinctive raw materials that the gospel writers used in their stories and to investigate both the social context and the political history that are reflected in each gospel. The Gospel of Thomas and other extra-canonical gospels such as the Gospel of Mary and Gospel of Judas will also be considered. A distinction between the historical Jesus and the Christ of faith will be central to discussion. Topics of study include biblical scholarship, historical concerns and theological interpretations surrounding the figure of Jesus, and modern challenges to traditional religious faith and practice.
Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2218.
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PHRE 3100 - Seminar - 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 and religion course, or left out altogether.
Prerequisites: Two PHRE courses at the 2000 level, or permission of the instructor.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hrs. Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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PHRE 3200 - Philosophy of Art, Literature, and Film 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?
Notes: Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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PHRE 3300 - 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.
Notes: Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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PHRE 3400 - Science, Technology, and Society Hours: 3
Both religion and science respond to the human drive to understand the universe and our place in it, though these two approaches differ in significant ways. Exploring a variety of exciting and thought-provoking intersections among religion, science, and technology. Topics may include: the limits of knowledge and perception, religious and scientific approaches to the nature of consciousness, near-death experiences from spiritual and medical perspectives, artificial intelligence, views of human origins, perspectives on extraterrestrial life, how technological advances change and shape religion, topics in bioethics, and debates about the nature of truth and reality. Drawing perspectives from a variety of traditions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Native American, and possibly others), and more clearly defining our own views about human place and purpose in the world.
Notes: Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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PHRE 3500 - Religion, Race, and Ethnicity Hours: 3
A critical examination of the significant intersections among religion, race, ethnicity both in the United States and around the world. Confronting important and often controversial issues, challenging ourselves to become more aware of the social and cultural experiences of others, and also deepening awareness of the impact that race and ethnicity might have on their own experience. Topics may include: the KKK in the United States, Syrian refugee crisis, conversion to traditionally ethnic religions, religious nationalism, Nation of Islam, the Rwandan genocide, racial ideologies in Mormon traditions, and anti-Semitism in modern context.
Notes: Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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PHRE 3600 - Gender and Sexuality Hours: 3
Explores the status and roles that women have played and continue to play in the religions of the world and to historically reconstruct their unrecorded roles. Major texts are examined in an attempt to recover the lost female voices of the great religious traditions: Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, pagan, ancient, African and other indigenous. A polymethodic, interdisciplinary and multitraditional focus in which the horizons and perspectives of women’s status, role and image in society are expanded. In grappling with the many questions raised, discovering implications for understanding oneself, whether female or male.
Notes: Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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PHRE 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. Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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PHRE 4000 - Community and Careers Hours: 0.5
N/A
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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PHRE 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-15
Internships are available upon submission of documents described on the internship website of Student Success and Career Development. Arranged individually, usually with local organizations, agencies or companies.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair required.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 15 hours. Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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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.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: Eligibility to enroll in MATH 1240 or 1250.
Notes: Eligible to be taken as pass/fail.
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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.
Prerequisites: C- or better in PHYS 1100, 1300, or 1500.
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.
FA Sem.
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.
SP Sem.
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 2700 - Principles of Modern Physics Hours: 3
Special Relativity and early quantum theory, with applications to atomic systems, nuclei, condensed matter systems, and elementary particles.
FA Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1600 with a grade of C- or better, or permission of instructor. Corequisites: Recommended MATH 2700.
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PHYS 3000 - Classical Mechanics Hours: 3
Topics in classical physics: special relativity, motion of particles in linear and nonlinear systems, angular momentum and the central force problem.
SP Sem, rotating years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1600.
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PHYS 3050 - Theoretical Mechanics Hours: 3
Dynamics of extended objects, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms, non-inertial reference frames, coupled oscillations, continuum and wave mechanics.
FA Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: ENGR 2100.
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PHYS 3100 - Electricity and Magnetism Hours: 3
An intermediate treatment of electro- and magnetostatic fields and potentials.
FA Sem, every other year, even years.
Corequisites: MATH 2700.
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PHYS 3150 - Electrodynamics Hours: 3
Maxwell’s equations, conservation laws, electromagnetic waves, waveguides and antenna theory, physical optics.
SP Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 3100.
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PHYS 3200 - Statistical Mechanics Hours: 3
Statistical treatment of many-body systems. Kinetic theory, ensembles, partition functions, ideal Fermi and Bose gas systems, introduction to phase transitions and spontaneous ordering.
SP Sem, rotating years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2700.
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PHYS 3500 - Advanced Lab - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
Selected experiments from all areas of physics with emphasis on independent work in the design of experiments, computer data acquisition and analysis, report writing and oral presentation.
FA Sem, every other year, even years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2700.
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PHYS 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-3
Independent study of physics or physics-related topics, including astronomy, industrial applications, or science education.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2700, 6 hours of core physics courses required for the major, and approval of a study plan by the department.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hours.
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PHYS 4000 - Quantum Mechanics Hours: 3
Foundations of quantum mechanics, Schrödinger equation, one-dimensional systems, angular momentum and spin, the hydrogen atom, multi-particle systems.
SP Sem, every other year, even years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2700.
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PHYS 4050 - Quantum Mechanics II Hours: 3
Advanced quantum mechanics. Multi-particle systems, time-independent perturbation theory, semiclassical methods, applications to atomic and molecular systems.
SP Sem, rotating years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 4000.
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PHYS 4100 - Solid State Physics Hours: 3
Solids, liquids, and macroscopic quantum states of matter, superconductivity and superfluidity.
SP Sem, rotating years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 4000.
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PHYS 4200 - Subatomic Physics Hours: 3
Nuclear structure and reactions, elementary particles and fundamental processes.
SP Sem, rotating years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 4000.
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PHYS 4602 - General Relativity Hours: 3
Introduction to the general theory of relativity with application to cosmology. Gravitation as space-time geometry, geodesics, the Schwarzschild metric, the big bang and the large-scale structure of the universe, gravitational waves, black holes.
SP Sem, rotating years.
Prerequisites: ENGR 2100.
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