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2021-2022 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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  • NUR 212 - Concepts of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology in Nursing

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Prerequisite: BIO 221/223 & 222/224 & CHM 105
    Introduction to concepts related to common physiologic alterations and influences of genetics and genomics on disease development. Building upon science and math courses while integrating and threading concepts introduced in introductory nursing courses, this course illustrates resulting human adaptation processes to expand student critical thinking and judgment for patient care. Pharmacologic concepts and applications to associated alterations are integrated as applicable to physiologic processes throughout the course.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 214 - Scholarly Inquiry

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing
    Lecture
    The AACN (2008) Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice guided the development of this course which introduces the baccalaureate nursing student to the process of scholarly inquiry. The course focuses on preparing students to be consumers and users of research. Specific connections between theory, components of the research process, and their application to evidence-based practice are explored using research exemplars. Strengths and weaknesses of various quantitative and qualitative research designs are discussed, as is their appropriateness for investigating.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 230 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing Practice I

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: BIO 221, 223; CHM 101, 102.
    First course in a two-semester sequence that provides the knowledge foundation for understanding alterations and adaptations in physiological processes in humans. The content builds the learner’s knowledge from the physical sciences. The content selected for study is essential to critical thinking, clinical judgment, and therapeutic interventions in illness-related phenomena. Humans’ ability to adapt to physiological alterations are presented and discussed throughout the course. Principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmakinetics are introduced and concepts of pharmacology are integrated throughout the course.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 231 - Concepts of Foundational Nursing

    Credits 5.00
    Lecture
    Integration of concepts from several preceding nursing courses with the addition of new concepts. This course to provide students with foundational knowledge essential to application of nursing care to maximize health by guiding clients through the health care experience.  The emphasis is on nursing care of the adult including caring behaviors that integrate assessment to determine nursing interventions in the face of common health alterations.  Students will develop an understanding of holistic nursing consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice (2010).  The AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice were used to build this course.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 235 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing Practice II

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: NUR 230, BIO 251 BIO 261; Corequisite: NUR 250, 251, 260
    Second course in a two-semester sequence that provides the knowledge foundation for understanding alterations and adaptations in physiological processes in humans. The content selected for study is essential to critical thinking, clinical judgment, and therapeutic interventions in illness-related phenomena. Humans’ ability to adapt to physiological alterations are presented and discussed throughout the course. Principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are integrated throughout the course.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 242 - Holistic Health Assessment

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: CHM 101 & CHM 102; Corequisite: NUR 230 & NUR 243
    Prepares the beginning-nursing student to conduct a holistic health assessment of adults that respect developmental differences across the lifespan. The emphasis is on health and development of individuals. Students are introduced to broad definitions and indicators of health, with a focus on nursing framework. Assessment, consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice (2010), is foundational to the nurse¿s goal of maximizing health. Student explore caring behaviors, interviewing concepts and physical examination techniques, which are used to conduct holistic health histories and physical assessments to determine the health status of individuals.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 243 - Experiential Learning: Holistic Health Assessment

    Credits 1
    Laboratory / 1 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisites: MTH 101 or higher, ENL 101, 102, NUR 105, 106, CHM 101,102, BIO 221,223, BIO 222, 224; Corequisites: NUR 242
    Experiential Learning: Designed to assist the beginning nursing student to conduct a holistic health assessment of adults that respects developmental differences across the lifespan. Using a variety of methods, students engage in caring behaviors and utilize interviewing concepts to conduct a holistic health history and perform a physical assessment to determine health status. The nursing skill laboratory and community settings are utilized.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 250 - Knowledge Foundations in Nursing

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: NUR 230, NUR 242; Corequisite: NUR 235, NUR 251, NUR 260
    This course provides students with foundational knowledge essential to nursing care that maximizes health by guiding adults and older adults through the health care experience. Nursing care is guided by the use of assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses and interventions. Professional role development related to accountability, ethics, and therapeutic alliances is facilitated through discussion. The AACN (2008) Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice guided course development.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 251 - Knowledge Foundations in Nursing/Experiential

    Credits 3
    Clinical
    Requirements: Corequisite: NUR 235, NUR 251, NUR 260
    Experiential learning opportunity in caring for adults. Students demonstrate beginning competence in the use of foundational knowledge that maximizes health by guiding adults through the health care experience. Professional role development related to accountability, cultural sensitivity, ethics, and therapeutic alliance is facilitated through discussion and active learning.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 255 - Experiential Learning: Assessment and Foundational Nursing Skills

    Credits 4
    Clinical / 4 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Nur 106; Co-requisites Nur 243 & 250
    Experiential learning, assessment and foundational nursing skills in caring for adults. Students demonstrate beginning competence in holistic health assessment skills and foundational skills. Students promote maximum health and guide adults through the health care experience in laboratory and health care settings. Professional role development related to accountability, cultural sensitivity, ethics, and therapeutic alliance is facilitated through discussion and active learning.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 260 - Nursing Care of Older Adults

    Credits 2
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: NUR 242; Corequisite: NUR 235, NUR 250, NUR 251
    Theoretical knowledge and skills consistent with the ANA Gerontological Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice (2010) that guide the care of older adults and their families. The outcomes of nursing care are to maximize the health, functional ability and quality of life for older adults. Normal aging changes, risk factors that affect health and functional ability and cultural diversity of the older adult population are studied to determine nursing interventions that improve quality of life. Standardized assessment tools identified as the Best Practices in Care for Older Adults by The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing are introduced for assessing the unique care needs of the older adult population. Common health problems of older adults and end of life care serve as exemplars in planning nursing care. Legal and ethical issues are noted as they impact the health and care of older adults.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 261 - Concepts of Scholarship for Nursing Practice

    Credits 3.00
    Lecture
    Introduction to the concepts of evidence-based nursing practice, informatics, and technology. Connections between these concepts, related theory, the research process, and application to evidence-based practice and health care quality are explored. Building on the concepts of communication, culture and diversity, legal and ethical issues, and professional behaviors, this course fosters growth in student writing skills by integrating writing assignments with critical thinking skills. This course is based on the American Nurses Association (2015) Scope and Standards of Practice. The AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice were used to build this course.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 270 - Concepts of Foundational Nursing

    Credits 5.00
    Lecture
    Integration of concepts from several preceding nursing courses with the addition of new concepts. This course to provide students with foundational knowledge essential to application of nursing care to maximize health by guiding clients through the health care experience.  The emphasis is on nursing care of the adult including caring behaviors that integrate assessment to determine nursing interventions in the face of common health alterations.  Students will develop an understanding of holistic nursing consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice (2010).  The AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice were used to build this course.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 271 - Application of Foundational Nursing Concepts (EXP)

    Credits 4.00
    Lecture
    Experiential learning opportunity in caring for adults. Students demonstrate beginning competence in technical skills related to holistic health assessment skills and foundational concepts. Students promote maximum health and guide adults through the health care experience in the laboratory and health care setting. Professional role development related to accountability, cultural sensitivity, ethics, and therapeutic alliance is facilitated through discussion and active learning. The AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice were used to build this course.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 296 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing;
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 298 - Experience Program

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Practicum
    Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Sophomore standing, GPA 2.0 or greater. Permission of the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
    University-wide program for individualized work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. Conditions and hours to be arranged. Graded CR/NC. For specific procedures and regulations, see section of catalogue on Other Learning Experiences.
    Credit / No Credit
  
  • NUR 301 - Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing Education

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    This course serves as a bridge to facilitate the RN student’s transition to baccalaureate nursing. Emphasizing emerging technologies, the course explores concepts of professional nursing as a way to guide and promote health and to shape the health care environment. The course content is built on an assumed foundation of basic nursing preparation and clinical experience of the registered nurse and the 2008 AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Nursing Practice.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 302 - Selected Mechanisms of Disease & Related Pharm

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereqs: RN status; BIO 221,222, or ACT-PEP
    This course examines disease processes in humans. Content selected for study is chosen specifically to enhance the RN students understanding of basic pathophysiologic concepts, and is essential to understand the rationale for clinical judgment and therapeutic intervention in disease conditions. Humans’ ability to adapt to stressors is discussed throughout the course. Concepts of pharmacology and drug therapy are integrated to allow students to utilize this information in clinical practice.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 306 - Professional Nursing

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Pre- or Co-Req: NUR 301
    This is a professional role development course for RN students that focuses on three key processes used by the nurse to maximize health: promoting health, guiding persons through the health care experience and shaping the health care environment. Factors that impact professional nursing practice are considered through critical analysis of historical influences, philosophical perspectives, professional standards, economic forces and public policy. Emphasis is placed on introducing the theoretical basis for practice, and the development of critical thinking, scholarly writing, and communication skills.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 322 - Holistic Health Assessment for Registered Nurses

    Credits 4
    Lecture / 4 hours per week
    Builds upon RN knowledge and skills to conduct a holistic health assessment of persons that respects developmental differences across the life span. Emphasis is on health and development of persons. Assessment, consistent with AACN (2008) The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice and the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice (2010) is foundational to the nurse’s goal of maximizing health. Students will engage in caring behaviors and critical thinking when conducting a holistic assessment.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 326 - Care of Adults with Acute and Chronic Illness

    Credits 4
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite:NUR 235, 250, 251, 260, and BIO 251/261; Co-Requisite: NUR 327
    Examines nursing interventions in promoting health, guiding the health care experience and shaping the therapeutic environment for adults experiencing acute or chronic illness. Acute illness includes short-term, episodic illnesses and acute exacerbations of selected chronic health problems. Chronic illness is viewed as a significant life event within a person¿s biography that offers both challenges and opportunities to maximize health. Evidence-based standards of practice, consistent with the ANA (2010) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice for adults are integrated throughout the course.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 327 - Experiential Learning:Nursing Care for Adults Experiencing Illness

    Credits 5
    Clinical
    Requirements: Prerequisite: NUR 250,251 or 255, 230, 235; Co-Requisite NUR 326
    Experiential learning component addressing the nursing needs of adults experiencing acute and/or chronic illness in a hospital setting. Additional observational, simulation and lab experiences are integrated. Learners will apply theoretical knowledge related to illness and its manifestations. Emphasis is placed on applying professional knowledge and skill that maximizes health, that guides the adult through the illness experience, and that structures environments to support these processes.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 328 - Population Health Nursing

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: RN-BS enrolled students only, NUR 301 and NUR 306 and NUR 214
    Promotion of health and nursing care for diverse individuals, families, and aggregates in the community. This course addresses population focused health promotion, and disease and injury prevention based on determinants of local, national, and global health including lifestyle, environmental, cultural, and genetic factors.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 330 - Community Nursing

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereqs: NUR 326, 327; Co-req: NUR 331
    Prepares nursing students to promote health and provide care for individuals, families, groups, and populations in the community with a special emphasis upon vulnerable populations. Strategies designed to promote the health of populations, guide populations to reduce identified health risks, and to shape health policy will be explored. The health promotion and disease prevention focus will be guided by Healthy People 2020 objectives. Principles of epidemiology, demography, environmental sciences, community organization, and health care political, economic, and legal influences are integrated with nursing concepts and principles to provide the basis for community nursing practice. Community and aggregate strengths and risks are identified through community health nursing process.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 331 - Experiential Learning: Community Health Nursing

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Learning through Engagement
    Clinical
    Requirements: Co-Requisite NUR 330
    Prepares nursing students to promote health and provide care for individuals, families, and aggregates in the community setting. Principles of epidemiology, demography, environmental sciences, group dynamics, and systems theory are integrated with nursing concepts to provide the basis for nursing practice consistent with ANA Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing Practice (2013). Healthy People 2020 Objectives and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals will guide the selection of service learning activities.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 334 - Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 2 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereqs: NUR 326,327;Co-req:NUR 335; Nursing Majors only
    Integration of theory and practice concepts that focus on the nurse¿s role in promoting health for women and beginning families. Variables that place women, the developing child and the family at risk or that could render a population vulnerable are identified and appropriate therapeutic interventions are described. Common health problems that women encounter across reproductive years are included. Learners are introduced to the role of women¿s health care nurse who promotes health, shapes supportive environments and provides guidance. Global issues affecting the health of women and their families are introduced. Within the context of professional values and accountability, ethical and legal issues influencing maternity and women¿s health are presented.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 335 - Experiential Learning: Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing

    Credits 3
    Clinical
    Requirements: Prereqs: NUR 326,327; Co-req: NUR 334; Nursing majors only
    Experiential learning course, using a humanistic model of care, focuses on the application of evidenced-based nursing interventions aimed at promoting, guiding, and shaping the health care environment for women, mothers, infants, and families. The developmental knowledge base for these experiences builds on previously learned foundational nursing concepts and skills, as well as concepts form the social and biological sciences. Within an ethical and legal framework, nursing interventions are designed to reflect professional values, accountability, and advocacy. Clinical experiences in both acute care and community settings will offer the learning opportunities to care for women within a family context across the lifespan.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 336 - Child and Family Nursing

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 2 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereqs: NUR 326,327; Co-req NUR 337; Nursing Majors Only
    Focuses on integrating prior knowledge, using scholarly inquiry, and designing therapeutic nursing interventions to promote health and manage illness in children from infancy through adolescence in partnership with their families. Emphasis is placed on applying knowledge of growth and development and health issues of children to plan and evaluate family centered nursing care that maximizes the health of children in a caring environment. Ethical, legal, cultural and advocacy concepts are explored. The ANA Standards of Care for the Pediatric Nurse (1996) and ANA Maternal Child Health Standards and the objectives of Healthy People 2010 that pertain to children and families provide the framework for constructing evidenced- based contemporary nursing care for children and families.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 337 - Experiential Learning: Child and Family Nursing

    Credits 3
    Clinical
    Requirements: Prereqs: NUR 326,327;Co-req NUR 336
    Provides an opportunity for experiential learning designed to develop nursing skills unique to the care of children and families from an individual, family and aggregate perspective. The learner promotes healthy growth and development in children, shapes safe, supportive environments, provides anticipatory guidance to families, uses appropriate community resources, and provides evidenced-based, clinically competent therapeutic interventions for children who are healthy or experiencing an illness. The experiences in this course also foster professional development of accountability and responsibility for learning, identifying ethical and legal dimensions of practice, and integrating nursing care with that of other health care providers.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 338 - Family Health Nursing

    Credits 4
    Lecture / 4 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Nur 326, 327; Co-requisites Nur 339
    Theory and practice concepts that focus on the nurse’s role in promoting health and managing illness in women, childbearing and childrearing families. Emphasis is on the identification of variables that place this population at risk for illness and compromise. The role of the nurse to act as caregiver, supporter, advocate and teacher is presented within the scope of legal and ethical nursing practice.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 339 - Experiential Learning: Family Health Nursing

    Credits 3
    Clinical / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Nur 326, 327; Co-requisites Nur 338
    Theory and practice concepts that focus on the nurse’s role in promoting health and managing illness in women, childbearing and childrearing families. Emphasis is on the identification of variables that place this population at risk for illness and compromise. The role of the nurse to act as caregiver, supporter, advocate and teacher is presented within the scope of legal and ethical nursing practice.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 340 - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereqs: NUR 326, 327; Co-req: NUR 341
    Introduces learners to the theoretical concepts that promote health in persons across the life span with brain disorders. Nursing interventions that support and promote the mental health of individuals, groups and communities toward health and shape therapeutic environments will be identified and explored. The ANA Scope and Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Practice (2009) will guide the planning and evaluation of expected outcomes of care.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 341 - Experiential Learning:Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

    Credits variable; 2.00 to 3.00
    Clinical
    Requirements: Prereqs: NUR 326, 327; Co-req: NUR 340; Junior Nursing Standing
    Experiential learning course designed to complement the theoretical concepts presented in NUR 340 focusing on persons, families and groups with brain disorders across the life span. Various mental health sites in the area will be selected for placement. Students will observe and practice diverse interventions that promote an individual¿s mental health, guide them in their mental health care, and help to shape a therapeutic environment. Clinical settings, which treat individuals of all ages with severe and persistent mental illness, will be selected. Current ANA Scope and Standards of Psychiatric ¿ Mental Health Nursing practice in a multidisciplinary team will guide the planning and evaluation of expected outcomes of care.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 396 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing;
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 408 - Transition to Professional Practice

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 2 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereq: Senior Nursing Standing
    Exploration of historical, socioeconomic, and political forces that influence the profession of nursing and the health care delivery system. Leadership and team building skills are identified and developed to shape professional nursing practice that promotes health and facilitates the learner’s transition to professional nursing practice. Application of principles of safety and quality in healthcare systems are addressed. Guided by the ANA Scope & Standards of Practice (2004 ed.).
    Graded
  
  • NUR 409 - Leadership in Nursing

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study Learning through Engagement
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: RN Standing
    Theories and concepts associated with leadership and organizational skills are discussed as they pertain to the role of the professional nurse in the healthcare environment. Knowledge and skills associated with functioning as a leader of care as well as a ;member of the healthcare team are identified, including strategies to enhance personal and professional effectiveness. Contemporary health care issues are discussed related to quality and patient safety and the role of the nurse as leader in effecting improved patient outcomes individually and in teams. Course development was guided by the AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (2008).
    Graded
  
  • NUR 410 - Healthcare Informatics

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Fundamentals of healthcare informatics concepts and information management in healthcare practice. Healthcare technology trends, contemporary issues, and the role of the nurse in development and evaluation of informatics applications are explored. Topics include a broad overview of consumer health informatics, electronic health records, security and confidentiality, decision support systems, evidence-based practice, quality and patient safety, and standards of practice.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 411 - Healthcare Informatics

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Fundamentals of healthcare informatics concepts and information management in healthcare practice. Healthcare technology trends, contemporary issues, and the role of the nurse in development and evaluation of informatics applications are explored. Topics include a broad overview of consumer health informatics, electronic health records, security and confidentiality, decision support systems, evidence-based practice, quality and patient safety, and standards of practice.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 450 - Nursing of Adults Experiencing Complex Health Problems

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Co-reqs: NUR 451 and 455; Senior Nursing Standing
    Focuses on nursing care of adult clients experiencing complex health problems, those with unpredictable outcomes, consistent with the ANA (2004) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. Therapeutic interventions address the nurse’s leadership role of promoting health, guiding the person, and shaping the health environment through advocacy, multidisciplinary collaboration, evaluation of outcomes and effective management of resources. Socio-environmental factors influencing the person, nurse and health care decisions are analyzed.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 451 - Experiential Learning: Complex Health Problems

    Credits 2
    Practicum
    Requirements: Co-Requisite: NUR 450, 455; Senior Standing
    Experiential learning component provides students with opportunities to promote health, guide the person, and shape the health environment through advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and effective management of resources in acute care and critical care environments. Nursing care provided is consistent with the ANA (2010) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice and The AACN (2008) and Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice. Socio-environmental factors influencing the person, nurse, and health care decisions are analyzed. The emphasis of the learning includes prioritization of care, time-management, leadership, and management of multiple patient care assignment in addition to care for adults experiencing complex health problems, those with unpredictable outcomes in acute care settings.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 452 - Nursing Care of Persons with Chronic Illness

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: NUR 214, 301, 302, 306, 322;
    This course focuses on the nurse’s role in guiding persons with chronic illness and their families through the health care experience. The course builds upon the RN student’s knowledge from nursing theory, clinical practice, and research that supports a holistic perspective of the experience of chronic illness. Selected concepts of chronic illness such as quality of life, altered mobility, sexuality, body image, stigma, social isolation, compliance and chronic pain are the foundation knowledge for promoting health within the chronic illness experience. The challenges placed on chronically ill adults and their families in negotiating for care within the health delivery system are explored as they relate to patient outcomes. ANA (2010) Scope and Standards of Practice guides nursing care as well as the AACN 2008 Baccalaureate Essentials.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 455 - Experiential Learning: Senior Mentorship

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
    Practicum
    Requirements: Co-reqs: NUR 450 and 451; Senior Nursing Standing
    Provides students with repeated opportunities to critically analyze and apply knowledge and skills learned previously in the program to the care of persons, families, and communities under the supervision of a nurse-preceptor. The students’ role consists of promoting health, guiding persons and families through the health care experience, and shaping the health environment to maximize health in a practice setting of the student’s choice. The practice setting may be maternal-child health, community health, psychiatric-mental health, sub-acute, long term care, or home care. In the acute care areas, medical, surgical, intensive or other critical areas may be selected. The concentrated clinical practicum supports the socialization and professional development of students while maximizing clinical competence. Students identify personal learning needs and objectives prior to the experience.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 456 - Senior Mentorship Recitation

    Credits 1
    Recitation
    Requirements: Co-requisite: NUR 455
    Administrative guidance, support, and orientation associated with senior mentorship.
    Exclude Credit
  
  • NUR 457 - Nursing Care of Persons with Complex Health Problems

    Credits 6
    Clinical / 6 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Nur 214, 338, 339, 340, 341; Co-requisites: Nur 408, 450
    Experiential learning practicum (simulation and mentorship) provides students with repeated opportunities to apply and refine their clinical practice in the care of persons with complex health problems. Students will analyze the professional nursing role, promote health, guide the person, and shape the health care environment through advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and effective management of resources in acute and critical care environments.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 485 - Environmental Health

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    The interaction of the environment and human health, from the perspective of an ecological framework. Physical, psychological, and psychosocial health responses to environmental toxins and infectious agents will be a central theme. Previous endeavors to maintain and improve the environment through the legislative process, public policy and regulation will be studied by examining case studies. The effects of war on the environment and public health will also be studied. (Only the 485 level carries general Education credit.) Cross-listed with NUR 585
    Graded
  
  • NUR 495 - Independent Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of instructor, department chair, or college dean
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • NUR 496 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing;
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • PAD 498 - Capstone Seminar in Public Administration

    Credits 3
    Seminar
    Requirements: Prerequisite: PSC 342 and ECO 332 or PSC 349
    Culminating seminar in the Public Administration degree program. This course will require students to draw on the program curriculum in developing and producing an applied research project salient to public administration
    Graded
  
  • PHL 101 - Intro to Philosophy

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Human Questions & Contexts
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    An introduction to philosophy as the persistent and methodical attempt to think clearly about universal problems of human life, such as ways of knowing and studies in value.
    Graded
  
  • PHL 104 - Identities: Gender, Race, Sexuality

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Nature of US Society Nature of US Society
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A cross-disciplinary course in Women’ s Studies and Social Philosophy which examines the concepts and intersections of Gender, Race, and Sexuality. The course examines whether these identities exist as natural “facts” or are socially constructed, while also questioning how we are to understand individuals who do not fit - or refuse to fit - into these categories. Cross-listed with WGS 104
    Graded
  
  • PHL 110 - Principles of Critical Thinking

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Human Questions & Contexts
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Introduction to the methods and principles used to distinguish correct from incorrect reasoning. The course aims at imparting skill in identifying fallacies in reasoning and in using elementary formal techniques to analyze natural language arguments. Topics include moral reasoning, scientific reasoning, the nature of meaning, and the various uses of language.
    Graded
  
  • PHL 196 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • PHL 200 - Special Topics In Philosophy

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Offered as needed to present current topics in the field or other material of interest. The specific topic is stated when the course is scheduled. May be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed with BLS 210
    Graded
  
  • PHL 215 - Introduction to Ethics

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Human Questions & Contexts
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A critical examination of normative theories of obligation and value. It includes philosophical examination of some moral problems including but not limited to: abortion, euthanasia, death penalty, gender and sexual orientation equality, pornography and censorship, violence, and economic injustice. Numerous ethical theories will be discussed, including but not limited to: Cultural Relativism, Ethical Subjectivism, Ethical Egoism, Divine Command Theory, Utilitarianism, Rights Theories, Kantianism, Social Contract Theory, and Feminist Ethics.
    Graded
  
  • PHL 221 - Hist West Phil:Ancient

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A study of philosophy from its origin with the pre-Socratics to the middle ages. The major portion of the course will be devoted to the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle.
    Graded
  
  • PHL 221 - Introduction to Ancient Greek Philosophy

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Human Questions & Contexts
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A study of philosophy from its origin with the pre-Socratics to the middle ages. The major portion of the course will be devoted to the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle.
    Graded
  
  • PHL 222 - Hist West Phil:Modern

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Human Questions & Contexts
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A study of the major philosophical movements (rationalism, empiricism and critical philosophy) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Philosophers studied include Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant. In addition to these major philosophers, consideration will also be given to the work of Rousseau, Pascal, Malebranche, the French Enlightenment.
    Graded
  
  • PHL 230 - Global Philosophies

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Nature of Global Society
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Topics in Global Philosophies, including comparative surveys and thematic studies of different traditions and culturally focused approaches to global wisdom traditions. The specific topic is stated when the course is scheduled. May be repeated with change of content.
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  • PHL 235 - Symbolic Logic

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    A study of the formal techniques of sentential and predicate logic. The course aims at imparting skill in applying logic to natural language arguments and in recognizing and constructing correct deductions and refutations. Philosophical issues pertaining to the application of logic to natural language as well as elementary results of metalogic are discussed.
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  • PHL 236 - Introduction to Plato’s Republic

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    In-depth study of Plato’s Republic that will introduce students to basic philosophical issues in most all the areas of philosophical inquiry. As we follow the conversation depicted in the dialogue, we encounter many important questions about ethics, the nature of the state, and the nature of knowledge and reality. Questions for exploration in this course are: Why is justice better than injustice? Will being just make one happy? What characterizes a citizen, a leader? How does gender affect social and political roles? What is truly real – and how do we know it? Plato’s views will be explored and critically examined.
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  • PHL 236 - The Ideal State

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    In-depth study of Plato’s Republic that will introduce students to basic philosophical issues in most all the areas of philosophical inquiry. As we follow the conversation depicted in the dialogue, we encounter many important questions about ethics, the nature of the state, and the nature of knowledge and reality. Questions for exploration in this course are: Why is justice better than injustice? Will being just make one happy? What characterizes a citizen, a leader? How does gender affect social and political roles? What is truly real – and how do we know it? Plato’s views will be explored and critically examined.
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  • PHL 238 - Existentialism and Phenomenology

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Survey of two significant and related movements within philosophy. Historical background may be provided, and the course will cover important existential themes, such as those regarding the self, authenticity, responsibility and choice, anxiety, perspectivism, the meaning of death and of god - to name a few. Phenomenology and its method of inquiry may be explored as well as famous artistic works that incorporate existentialist ideas.
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  • PHL 243 - Intro Asian Philosophy

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Major themes in Asian philosophy. Readings include works on: Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, Taoism and Confucius. The course focuses on common topics and problems in much of Asian philosophy - the nature of the self and the mind, the nature of reality, how understanding mind and nature promotes an ethical life in some sense. Supplemental readings on the topic of Chinese medical theory, chi gung and martial arts may also be explored. The course might also examine Taoist inspired art. Comparisons are made to Western philosophers and their positions on these topics.
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  • PHL 250 - Philosophy & Feminism

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Philosophical examination of the legal, economic, and ideological constraints on women (and other marginalized groups) in the context of the way these constraints play out in the real lives of women, as well as strategies to remove these constraints. The course will cover such issues as affirmative action, sex tourism, and the fashion/beauty complex.
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  • PHL 296 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • PHL 298 - Experience Program

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Practicum / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Sophomore standing, GPA 2.0 or greater. Permission of the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
    Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. Conditions and hours to be arranged. Graded CR/NC. For specific procedures and regulations, see section of catalogue on Other Learning Experiences.
    Credit / No Credit
  
  • PHL 300 - Special Topics in Philosophy

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Offered as needed to present current topics in the field or other material of interest. The specific topic is stated when the course is scheduled. May be repeated with change of content.
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  • PHL 301 - Theory of Knowledge

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    An analysis of the scope and structure of knowledge and its relation to other human activities.
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  • PHL 303 - Metaphysics

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    A study of the nature of existence and of the kinds of things that exist; an investigation into the ultimate constituents of reality. Topics may include: universals and particulars, the reality of everyday objects, causation, the nature of time, substances, and the debate between realism and anti-realism. Examines challenges to the possibility of metaphysics as a coherent enterprise, and what the appropriate methodology of metaphysics should be.
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  • PHL 304 - Philosophy of Mind

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    An advanced study of the nature of the mind, and of the relationship between the mind and the brain. If the mind is something distinct from the brain, how is it able to cause bodily movement? Topics include various theories of the mental: dualism, materialism, functionalism, and behaviorism. Also examined are problems of mental causation, cognitive content, intentionality, and explanatory reduction.
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  • PHL 305 - Theories of Truth

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    A study of attempts to provide an adequate philosophical analysis of our pre-theoretical institutions about truth. Despite the centrality of truth throughout the history of philosophy, and its apparent role as a goal of inquiry in other disciplines, a debate continues regarding the nature of truth. The four major types of truth theories - correspondence, coherence, pragmatic, and minimalist - will be examined, as well as theories that are not subsumable under the previous headings. The contemporary debate is studied in relation to its historical predecessors. A central theme of the course is whether or not we need a robust account of truth instead of a minimalist account.
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  • PHL 307 - Ecofeminism:Philosophy & Practice

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: WGS 201 OR WGS 101 and permission of instructor OR one course in Philosophy OR permission of the instructor. PHL/WGS 307
    Study of ecofeminism as systems of oppressions based on race, class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity that stem from a cultural ideology that enables the oppression of nature. The course explores ecofeminist theories, literature, and practice, including ecofeminist ethics, and the applications of ecofeminism to the lives of individual men and women, as well as cultural institutions and organizations. Cross listed as PHL 307. Cross-listed with WGS 307
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  • PHL 311 - Philosophy of Language

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    An examination of how language relates to the world and to thought. Topics will include the nature of meaning, truth, metaphor, and linguistic competence; speech act theory; and the relationship between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Applications of formal logic to the understanding of language are also explored. Readings will include literature from both philosophy and psycholinguistics.
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  • PHL 315 - Ethics II

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    An examination of advanced issues in ethics. Material covered will include a wide range of both theoretical and applied issues.
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  • PHL 317 - Ethics & Health Care Professionals

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Junior Standing in Medical Laboratory Science, Philosophy, Nursing
    An examination of the ethical aspects of the health care professions and the impact of ethical issues on the professional’s life. Topics include: responsibility, conscience, professional codes of ethics, privacy, informed consent, access to health care, loss and death. Cross-listed with AGH 317, GRT 317
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  • PHL 322 - The British Empiricists

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Central philosophical issues, both historical and critical, in the writings of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. Topics include a selection from: innate ideas; substances and essences, personal identity; abstract ideas; theory of language; perception; materialism and idealism; induction; causation; or skepticism. The course may also include some discussion of other early modern empiricists, such as Hobbes or Reid.
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  • PHL 324 - The Continental Rationalists

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Central philosophical issues, both historical and critical, in the writings of Descartes, Spinoza, Malebranche, and Leibniz. Topics include a selection from: theories of ideas; perception; substances and essences; qualities; human freedom; knowledge and skepticism; or proofs of God.
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  • PHL 325 - Philosophy of Religion

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Analytical and constructive study of central concepts and essential manifestations of religion. Both historical and contemporary readings are required.
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  • PHL 326 - Philosophy of Law

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Approaches to the philosophy of law. The course addresses questions like, What gives meaning to law? How is the law interpreted, or how are judicial interpretations justified? What is the relationship between law and morality, or law and culture or custom? The course examines a number of state and Supreme Court opinions (on issues like free speech and expressive liberties, reproductive issues, obscenity, legal ethics, jury nullification, and hate crime legislation) with a critical eye toward their philosophical or juridical soundness. This course is valuable for those considering careers in law, public affairs or politics.
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  • PHL 333 - Exploring Plato

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Examination of Plato’s dialogues, exploring important ethical, epistemological, metaphysical and social views articulated within them, such as the unity of the virtues, weakness of the will, the theory of the Forms, the theory of recollection, the just individual and the just state, platonic love, to name a few. Important dialogues will be covered and critically examined. Questions concerning the dramatic and literary qualities of Plato’s philosophical work may also be addressed.
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  • PHL 333 - Plato

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Examination of Plato’s dialogues, exploring important ethical, epistemological, metaphysical and social views articulated within them, such as the unity of the virtues, weakness of the will, the theory of the Forms, the theory of recollection, the just individual and the just state, platonic love, to name a few. Important dialogues will be covered and critically examined. Questions concerning the dramatic and literary qualities of Plato’s philosophical work may also be addressed.
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  • PHL 334 - Aristotle

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Examination of the writings of Aristotle, a student of Plato, examining his systematic approach to philosophy. Aristotle’s contributions to the development of logic, his view of the soul, the divine, and literary criticism (poetics), may be addressed in addition to his important views regarding metaphysics, ethics and the study of the natural world. Questions regarding the coherence and consistency of Aristotle’s system may be addressed as well as the relation between his thought and Plato’s.
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  • PHL 334 - Exploring Aristotle

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Examination of the writings of Aristotle, a student of Plato, examining his systematic approach to philosophy. Aristotle’s contributions to the development of logic, his view of the soul, the divine, and literary criticism (poetics), may be addressed in addition to his important views regarding metaphysics, ethics and the study of the natural world. Questions regarding the coherence and consistency of Aristotle’s system may be addressed as well as the relation between his thought and Plato’s.
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  • PHL 336 - Medieval Philosophy

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Examination of a period of philosophy that was both a continuation of the Ancient Greek tradition and a precursor of Modern philosophy. This course will cover philosophy from Christian, Islamic and Jewish traditions, examining both the questions that characterized medieval philosophical inquiry and also distinctive literary forms through which philosophers presented their arguments.
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  • PHL 340 - Philosophy of Happiness

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Exploration of historical and contemporary concepts of happiness, as well as causes of happiness. This course examines the nature of happiness, surveying philosophical perspectives on happiness, as well as the likely causes of happiness, utilizing current scientific studies on happiness to help inform the philosophical theories discussed. Insights from positive psychology may also be explored.
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  • PHL 341 - Philosophy of the Good Life

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Nature of Global Society
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Exploration of the nature of the good life. This course surveys historical and contemporary concepts of well-being as well as how these concepts relate to theories of happiness and theories of morality. The relationship between well-being and political and economic policy will also be examined from both a philosophical and scientific perspective.
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  • PHL 350 - Selfhood and Personal Identity

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Philosophical theories of personal identity and selfhood. Topics covered include the Soul, Memory, Somatic, Psychological Continuity, or Narrative theories of personal identity; skepticism about personal identity; problems related to future selves; the unity of consciousness; or non-Western theories of personal identity.
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  • PHL 355 - Existentialism & the Death of God

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Prior course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Survey of major themes and figures In existential philosophy, Historical background will be provided, and the course will cover important existential concepts, such as those regarding the nature of the self, authenticity, responsibility and choice, anxiety, perspectlvlsm, the meaning of death and of god,
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  • PHL 357 - Atheism & God

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Prior course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Examination of the debate between theists and atheists. The course covers topics such as: miracles, mystical experiences, the nature and existence of god, pragmatic and epistemic justification for religious beliefs, pluralism and exclusivism and the immortality of the soul.
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  • PHL 359 - Heidegger & Continental Philosophy

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Detailed study of Heidegger’s hermeneutic phenomenology, investigated as a response to a historical view of subjectivity initiated by Descartes and continued by Kant and Husserl. More broadly, the course examines Heidegger’s view that his philosophy was a corrective to the tradition of Western metaphysics. Heidegger’s influence on Derrida, Merleau-Ponty, and Gadamer, among others, is examined. The implications of Heidegger’s thinking in relation to theories of human cognition and the possibility of artificial intelligence is also explored.
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  • PHL 359 - Philosophy in Germany & France

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Detailed study of Heidegger’s hermeneutic phenomenology, investigated as a response to a historical view of subjectivity initiated by Descartes and continued by Kant and Husserl. More broadly, the course examines Heidegger’s view that his philosophy was a corrective to the tradition of Western metaphysics. Heidegger’s influence on Derrida, Merleau-Ponty, and Gadamer, among others, is examined. The implications of Heidegger’s thinking in relation to theories of human cognition and the possibility of artificial intelligence is also explored.
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  • PHL 360 - Mind, Meditation, and Phenomenology

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Study of the intentional structures of meditative states and experiences. The course aims to familiarize students with phenomenological theories of intentionality. A variety of meditative traditions are surveyed in terms of both techniques and outcomes. The debate between constructivists, who believe meditative experiences are always mediated by culture, concepts, and expectations, and perennialists, who deny that all meditative experiences are mediated, is examined.
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  • PHL 365 - Buddhism

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Basic Buddhist concepts, the historical origin and subsequent development of Buddhism, and Buddhist philosophy. This course will cover important Buddhist themes, such as the nature of suffering and happiness, Buddhist ethical principles, mindfulness and ignorance, dependent origination and impermanence, conventional and ultimate reality, the emptiness of persons, and karma, rebirth, and nirvana. Meditation may also be practiced. Cross-listed with REL 365
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  • PHL 371 - History of Contemporary Analytic & Continental Philosophy

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Examines the historical development of major trends in contemporary Anglo-American or analytic philosophy and continental European philosophy. topics include the formal approaches of Frege and Russell, logical positivism, ordinary language philosophy, hermeneutics, and phenomenology. Attention will be given to areas of dialogue between traditions and to similarities of content often overlooked due to methodological and stylistic differences.
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  • PHL 371 - Philosophy in the 20th Century

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Examines the historical development of major trends in contemporary Anglo-American or analytic philosophy and continental European philosophy. topics include the formal approaches of Frege and Russell, logical positivism, ordinary language philosophy, hermeneutics, and phenomenology. Attention will be given to areas of dialogue between traditions and to similarities of content often overlooked due to methodological and stylistic differences.
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  • PHL 396 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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  • PHL 399 - Intermediate Writing in Philosophy

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Intensive study of writing within philosophy, focusing on developing student facility with primary and secondary sources, critical analysis, and utilizing traditional library and internet research methods, with emphasis on technical writing skills for the discipline. Course topics may vary by semester.
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  • PHL 399 - Philosophical Methods

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Intensive study of writing within philosophy, focusing on developing student facility with primary and secondary sources, critical analysis, and utilizing traditional library and internet research methods, with emphasis on technical writing skills for the discipline. Course topics may vary by semester.
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  • PHL 409 - Seminar

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
    Seminar / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Majors or Minors in Philosophy or permission of instructor
    Intensive study of (1) major philosophers, such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Quine, and Wittgenstein, or (2) philosophers related by a common theme in development, such as Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, or Locke, Berkeley, Hume, or Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, or (3) current philosophical work. May be repeated with change of content.
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  • PHL 420 - Directed Honors Thesis

    Credits 3
    Independent Study
    Departmental guidance for a thesis developing out of the primary and continuing interest of the student.
    Graded
 

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