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PAA 430 - Organizational Change in Public Service
Examines improvement methods such as flattening the organizational structure, teamwork, quality management, performance management, budgeting and re-engineering. Covers the role of leadership in transforming the culture to create high performance organizations.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 493 - Public Administration Internship
Professional experience in a state government, nonprofit agency, healthcare agency, etc. Some opportunities exist through the Maine State Government Internship Program. Open to selected students. Reports and readings required. No more than 6 credits of internship or field experience may be taken during a semester. No more than 6 credits may be used toward the departmental major and no more than 12 credits may be used toward graduation.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Credits: Ar
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PAA 495 - Municipal Government Internship
Professional experience in local government. Reports and readings required. Majors within the department may not receive more than a total of 12 credit hours toward graduation for any combination of internships and field experiences, and not more than 6 credit hours may be used toward the departmental major.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Credits: Ar
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PAA 498 - Independent Readings in Public Administration
No description available.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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PAA 505 - Intergovernmental Relations
Study of federalism in the United States, including federal-state, federal-local, state-local and interstate relationships. Emphasis on politics of present-day intergovernmental administrative arrangements. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate student or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 516 - Information Technology and Public Policy
Impact and design of information systems in public and non-profit organizations. (This course is identical to TSO 516.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate Students or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 520 - Policy Studies
Examines approaches to the study of public policy such as public choice theory, implementation analysis, systems analysis, and impact analysis as they are applied to policy areas such as health, welfare, education, and criminal justice. Students participate in seminar discussions and complete a research project. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 540 - Seminar in Public Financial Management I
Examines governmental financial conditions, revenue collection and spending processes, and specialized topics such as cash management, risk management, debt management and capital budgeting. Special emphasis on financial management in state and local governments.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate student or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 550 - Seminar in Public Personnel Management
Consideration of selected problems in the public personnel management process. Emphasis on empirical theories of motivation, satisfaction, productivity, supervisory patterns, and organizational conditions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate student or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 560 - State Administration
Analysis of the place of the state executive in the politics of the American states. Emphasis on the role of the governor and administration in policy formulation. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 580 - City and Regional Planning
Principles and practices of city and regional planning; including origins, community design, comprehensive plans, zoning and land use controls; court decisions, administrative organization and political concerns; sprawl, sustainable growth and economic development. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate students or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 585 - Comparative Administrative Systems
Comparative study of administration systems across different cultures with emphasis on administrative practices, structures and processes. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 200 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 600 - The Environment of Public Administration
Presents an integrating perspective for approaching American public administration as an academic and professional discipline. The course acquaints students with theoretical, legal, economic and ethical aspects of administrative accountability by reviewing the cultural, ethical, socio-economic and legal environment of public administration.
Credits: 3
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PAA 605 - Community Power, Leadership and Administration
Examination of the location of public and private sources of power and influence in large and small U.S. communities; professional and amateur leadership patterns, uses and abuses of bureaucratic authority, administrative opportunities and concerns; cases of development and service delivery decisions. (Not offered every year.)
Credits: 3
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PAA 610 - Methods of Analysis in Public Administration and Public Policy
Applied methodological issues and procedures, including research design, empirical analysis, and the research process. Computer usage is an integral part of the class.
Prerequisites & Notes
Course in statistics and/or research methods and permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 615 - Advanced Methods of Analysis in Public Administration and Public Policy
A continuation of PAA 610. Advanced methodological issues in public administration and public policy, including multivariate analysis, time series analysis, decision modeling, and the research process. Computer usage is an integral part of the class.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 610.
Credits: 3
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PAA 620 - Program Analysis and Evaluation
Design, implementation, and usefulness of evaluation as a tool in public administration and public policy, including RFP development, proposal formulation, causal diagramming, evaluation design, measurement of program objectives, statistical procedures, staffing needs and time-lines, budgeting, evaluation critiques, and political issues and constraints. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 610 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 625 - Health Care and Human Services Policy and Administration
History and comprehensive analysis of health and human services systems policy in the U.S. Addresses the evolution of the health and human services care systems, their structures and dynamics, roles of government and citizen groups in policy formation and implementation, ethical issues, and topics of current health and human services policy interest. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 600 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PAA 627 - Environmental Policy and Management
This course covers the policy, management, and administrative questions associated with public sector involvement in environmental control. Key questions include the relative responsibilities of the public and private sectors; the appropriate degree of federal, state and local responsibility; regulatory efficiency and equity; and appropriate policy mechanisms to improve environmental quality in the next decade. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 520 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PAA 630 - Administrative Theory
Emphasis on empirical theories of informal and formal organization and behavior: organization theories; concepts of authority; compliance systems; communications structures; models of decision-making; small group behavior; and models of individual accommodation to organization.
Credits: 3
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PAA 640 - Seminar in Public Financial Management II
Analysis of fiscal policy, budgetary process, budgeting approaches, governmental accounting concepts and principles. Special emphasis on linkage between budgeting and accounting. Questions, problems, and simulations are utilized. (Not offered every year.)
Credits: 3
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PAA 645 - Financial Management in Health Care
Financial management skills for health care administration, including budget preparation and execution, budgetary techniques, accounting principles, working capital management and reimbursement.
Credits: 3
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PAA 655 - Nonprofit Organization Management
Surveys the nonprofit sector in the U.S., its structure, history and values, role in the economic system, and selected public policy issues. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
PAA 600 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PAA 670 - Regional Governance
Examines the development and administration of sub-state regional governance, including metropolitan governments and area wide intergovernmental responses such as interlocal agreements, privatization and special districts and authorities. (Not offered every year.)
Credits: 3
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PAA 680 - Sustainable Economic and Community Development
Analysis of institutions, procedures and problems associated with achieving sustainable economic and community development both domestically and internationally. Focuses on administrative and political implications. (Not offered every year.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate student or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAA 691 - Topics in Public Administration
(Not offered every year.)
Credits: Ar
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PAA 696 - Public Administration Internship
Professional experience in state government, nonprofit agency, healthcare agency, etc. Reports and readings required.
Prerequisites & Notes
15 credit hours of MPA coursework.
Credits: 1-6
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PAA 697 - Directed Research
Individualized research course for graduate students in Public Administration, which involves an advanced, specialized research topic that explores in greater depth a sub-topic raised in a previous course.
Prerequisites & Notes
15 credit hours of MPA coursework.
Credits: 1-6
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PAA 698 - Independent Readings
Independent Readings
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PAA 699 - Graduate Thesis
Graduate Thesis
Credits: Ar
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PAX 201 - Introduction to Peace Studies
Introduces students to various concepts in the field of peace studies. Topics include forms of violence and their relationship to social structure and cultural practices; global militarization and environmental destruction and their impact on human needs; and peace-making and conflict resolution at both micro and macro levels.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PAX 350 - Buddhism, Peace and Contemplative Traditions
An introduction to Buddhism and its relationship to Zen and Western contemplative traditions. Some philosophical aspects of Buddhism as well as stories, sutras, ethical precepts, relationship to ecological concerns and the embodying of the Way in our daily lives.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PAX 351 - This Sacred Earth: Ecology and Spirituality
Examines Eastern and Western views on the environment in terms of spiritual traditions. A major part of the course addresses a new approach to spirituality of nature, called Deep Ecology which includes ecotheology and ecofeminist spirituality.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PAX 360 - Conflict Resolution: A Relational Approach To Working Through Conflict
Emphasis on alignment of premises, practices and policies that have shaped the field on the local, national and international levels.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PAX 398 - Topics in Peace Studies
Explores peace through more in-depth study of specific topics drawn from the introductory course, such as the roles of technology, religion, gender, ethnicity and social stratification in the establishment and maintenance of peace. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3
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PAX 410 - Theories in Peace Studies
An exploration and critical discussion of various academic theories about conflict and peace.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAX 201 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAX 451 - Mediation: Its Premises, Practices and Policies
Introduces students to the theory and practice of mediation. Participants will reflect together on the nature and origins of conflict and its impact on society and individuals. Students will acquire and practice the skills needed for effective conflict management.
Credits: 3
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PAX 452 - Advanced Study in Transformative Mediation
Students will deepen their understanding of the premises and principles of the transformative orientation to mediation practice. Students will consider how values and belief systems impact the development of mediation models or schools of thought. Includes skills development through intensive coaching.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAX 451 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAX 491 - Forgiveness: Creating a Culture of Peace and Reconciliation
How do we forgive those we consider enemies? Are there limits to forgiveness? Can we learn forgiveness? These questions form the core of the class journey as it explores forgiveness from academic, personal, historical and cultural perspectives. Through reading, writing, conversation and other forums, it looks at forgiveness as a tool for peace building.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAX 201 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAX 495 - Advanced Topics in Peace Studies
An advanced, interdisciplinary study of topics such as “Peace Education,” “Conflict Resolution in the Schools,” “Diversity Education,” etc. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAX 201 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PAX 498 - Special Projects in Peace Studies
Advanced individual study, research and written projects in Peace Studies and related areas, conducted under the guidance of a faculty member associated with the Peace Studies Program. Arranged on request. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
PAX 201 or permission.
Credits: 1-6
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PHI 100 - Contemporary Moral Problems
Examines a variety of moral problems causing controversy in contemporary society. Focuses on evaluating arguments for and against competing solutions to these problems. Also discusses different philosophical strategies for thinking about moral obligations and relationships. Topics surveyed may include: abortion, affirmative action, euthanasia, feminism, the environment, capital punishment, welfare and aid to the needy, technology, war and racism, among others.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PHI 102 - Introduction to Philosophy
An introduction to philosophical thought and critical thinking through a reading of works from the philosophical tradition. Readings might include works from philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Descartes, Hume, Locke, Kant, Marx, Nietzche and/or other great works of philosophy. Questions will be asked about the nature of wisdom and knowledge, the essence of reality and of ideas, human nature, virtue and community, justice and political life.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PHI 103 - Methods of Reasoning
A study of principles used to distinguish correct from incorrect reasoning including the nature of thought, uses of language, recognition of arguments, informal fallacies, purposes and types of definition, deduction and induction. Emphasis on understanding and mastering through practice some fundamental techniques for testing the soundness of many different kinds of reasoning.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PHI 104 - Existentialism and Literature
A critical study of philosophical significance of individual choices and actions involving questions of personal identity, responsibility and authenticity as these themes are developed in existentialist literature. Special attention will be given to existentialist literary techniques.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PHI 105 - Introduction to Religious Studies
An analysis of religion as an expression of human culture past and present. Considers institutional and non-institutional manifestations of religion as conveyed through myth and symbol, religious experience, struggle for societal change, mysticism, and quests for the articulation of human values. Inquiry by various disciplines will be considered, e.g., anthropology, psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, and theology.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PHI 200 - Problems in Recent Philosophy
Study of recent philosophical work in ethics, social philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion with an emphasis on epistemological and metaphysical issues that are raised in this work.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
One course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 210 - History of Ancient Philosophy
An analysis of Hellenic philosophy with emphasis on Plato and Aristotle, including Presocratic philosophy, Platonism, Aristotelianism, Stoicism and Epicureanism.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 220 - Introduction to the Jewish Bible
Surveys the major themes and religious ideas contained in the Jewish Bible. Approaches the Bible as a document reflecting the evolving theology of ancient Israel. The stories, laws, ethics, and poetry of the Bible will be examined against the backdrop of Israelite history, politics and culture. Students will read the Bible and consider scholarly views of its origins and meanings. Upon completion of the course, students can expect to have an enriched appreciation of the range of religious ideas presented in the Bible, and an understanding of prevailing theories regarding its authorship.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students except by permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 223 - Modern Jewish Thought
Modern trends in Jewish thought from the Enlightenment to the present. Primary attention is given to Jewish philosophers who formulated significant responses to modernity including neo-Kantian rationalism, Zionism, religious naturalism, existentialism, post-Holocaust theology, mysticism, postmodernism and feminist theology.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
sophomore or higher or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 230 - Ethics
Readings and discussions of works by Aristotle, Mill, Kant, Nietzsche and other
moral philosophers. In each case, the nature of the system, its summum bonum and
defense is examined, criticized, and tested for its applicability to personal
and public ethical predicaments.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students or one course in philosophy.
Credits: 3
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PHI 231 - Topics in Applied Ethics
Deals with the ethical issues in various professions and practices such as business, law, agriculture, government, science, teaching and journalism. Different sections may focus on specific professions or problem areas (e.g.., Business Ethics, Environmental Ethics, etc..)
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students or one course in philosophy.
Credits: 3
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PHI 232 - Environmental Ethics
A critical survey of major contemporary discussions of human relationships to nature and the causes of the environmental crisis. Topics will include animal rights, biocentrism, deep ecology, ecofeminism, bio-regionalism, social ecology and sustainability. Special attention will be given to building an ethical vocabulary for interpreting the place of humans in relation to the non-human.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students or one course in philosophy.
Credits: 3
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PHI 233 - Business Ethics
Corporations and commerce exert a powerful influence on contemporary societies. Examines ethical and political problems created by a commercial culture and discusses related ethical and political theories. Addresses such questions as: Is the only business of business to make a profit? What ethical obligations should corporations respect? Should business be expected to work for an environmentally sustainable society? Is our commercial culture just? What are the rights of employees and communities? What are the appropriate roles of business and politics in a just society? Case studies provide some real world examples for discussion.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Ethics Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
No first-year students.
Credits: 3
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PHI 235 - Biomedical Ethics
Investigates physician, nursing, and hospital codes of conduct, the physician/patient relationship, concepts of health/disease, procreation/abortion decisions, genetics/reproductive technologies, health resources/social justice allocations, and other ethical dimensions of medical practice.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students.
Credits: 3
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PHI 236 - Feminist Ethical, Social and Political Theory
A survey of the major feminist theoretical frameworks with emphasis on their respective practical implications in the areas of work, family life and sexuality.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition, Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Credits: 3
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PHI 240 - Social and Political Philosophy
A critical study of major social and political philosophers from Plato to the present in light of their ethical and metaphysical systems. Topics include the problem of justice, the nature of the state and its relationship to other social institutions, and the individual. The primary focus will be on normative rather than descriptive theory.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 244 - Philosophy of Law
Topics include the nature of law, the limits of law, and legal responsibility. Special emphasis on selected cases in American legal history, the law of contracts and torts, positivism, goal-based, rights-based and feminist jurisprudence.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 250 - Formal Logic
An introductory course in modern symbolic logic. Techniques of deductive inference, including decision procedures and axiomatization, are studied in developing the propositional and predicative logics. Some attention is given to metalogic and the philosophy of logic.
Satisfies the General Education Mathematics and Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students.
Credits: 3
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PHI 260 - Philosophy of Language
A study of major contemporary theories of language. Topics include the nature of meaning, uses of language, conventions in language, the nature of grammar, syntax and semantics. Philosophers studied include Searle, Quine and Chomsky, among others.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 262 - Philosophy of Art
An investigation of the nature and importance of aesthetic experience and its objects, the possibility of standards of art and taste, and the relation of art to other areas of experience. Topics include art and morality, art and science, art and the environment. Readings from Tolstoy, Hume, Dewey, Langer, Bell, Danto, Dickie and Beardsley, among others.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 265 - Topics in Philosophy
A seminar relying on careful use of major philosophical resources, as well as attempts at fresh exploration of fundamental topics. Designed for students who have previously taken at least one course in philosophy. May be repeated for credit when different philosophers or problems are studied.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 286 - Religions and Philosophies of the East: Hinduism
The religious and philosophical foundations of Hinduism. Readings include the Vedas, the Bhagavad-Gita, the Upanishads, Yoga, and Vedanta.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students.
Credits: 3
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PHI 287 - Religions and Philosophies of the East: Buddhism
The religious and philosophical foundations of Buddhism including the basic teachings of the Buddha (Four Noble Truths, Noble Eightfold Path, Dependent Origination, etc.), Buddhist ethics, Buddhist meditation, and some later religious and philosophical developments.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
no first-year students.
Credits: 3
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PHI 312 - History of Modern Philosophy
An interpretation of modern philosophy from Bacon and Descartes in the 17th century, developing through 18th century rationalism and empiricism and culminating in the system of Kant.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
One course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 317 - Existentialism and Phenomenology
A critical study of the philosophical significance of individual choices and actions, including questions of personal identity, responsibility, authenticity and the ways in which those aspects of human experience are described. Readings include texts by Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and contemporary authors, who conduct existential and phenomenological investigations of race, class and gender.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
at least one course in philosophy, excluding PHI 103.
Credits: 3
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PHI 322 - Philosophical Classics
A seminar dealing with an intensive study of the works of a major philosopher or school. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
one course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 335 - Contemporary Ethics
An analysis of current moral theories bearing on issues of gender equity, equality and ethical development. Included will be the contrasting ethics of care versus the ethics of right; virtue ethics versus principled ethics; pursuing moral relationships versus achieving moral autonomy; and other issues as they arise.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
one course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 342 - Marxist Philosophy I: The Philosophy of Karl Marx
Special attention is given to the Marxist theory of knowledge, ethics, political
and social philosophy as formulated by Karl Marx in his theory of knowledge, ethics,
economics and political philosophy. Additional readings from Friedrich Engels
and Mao Zedong.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Western Cultural Tradition Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
one course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 344 - Theories of Justice
A critical study of recent theories of social justice including utilitarian, social contract, entitlement, communitarian, feminist and postmodern approaches, and spanning the political spectrum from libertarianism to socialism. Topics include distribution of wealth and power, affirmative action, censorship and pornography and international justice.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
one course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 352 - Philosophy of Natural Science
A critical study of scientific knowledge and how it is developed, with emphasis on relations between theory and experiment, the scientist and the scientific community, and contemporary science and its historical background.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
one course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 353 - Philosophy of Mind
New developments in behavioral science such as Cognitive Science and Mind-Brain Identity Theory bring this science and philosophy even closer together than earlier developments such as S-R, Operant Conditioning or Cognitive Dissonance theories. The rise of Cognitive Science in philosophy, psychology, computer science, linguistics.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
one course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 364 - Views of Self: East and West
An examination of major concepts of self: traditional views, both East and West;
recent research from anthropology, sociology, psychology and other disciplines;
Marxist, socialist, feminist and other critiques of dominant Western philosophical
views; and comparative cultural studies.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity
and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
one course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 382 - Theories of Myth
Examines theories of such interpreters of myth as Cassirer, Malinowski, Levi-Strauss, Jung and Eliade. Explores the renewed interest in myth in philosophy, religious studies, anthropology and other disciplines, as well as in the general culture.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
junior or senior standing or one course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 420 - Topics in Recent Continental Philosophy
A critical study of topics addressed by major movements and thinkers in continental philosophy since the turn of the century. Readings include works by Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Levi-Strauss, Derrida, Lacan, Foucault, Habermas and Gadamer.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
one course in philosophy or permission.
Credits: 3
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PHI 432 - Environmental Philosophy and Policy
A critical study of issues in environmental ethics and philosophy, with special emphasis on exploring ethical problems in areas such as technology, agriculture, economics, urban design and development, resource management, biodiversity or genetic engineering. Special attention will be given to discussion of environmental justice and the social and political implications of public policy.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions, Population and the Environment and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
junior, senior or graduate standing or PHI 232.
Credits: 3
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PHI 465 - Advanced Topics in Philosophy
Individual and small group study of problems or systems of philosophical concern relying on careful use of major philosophical resources, as well as attempts at fresh exploration of fundamental topics. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit when different philosophers or problems are studied.
Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission; junior or senior standing.
Credits: 3
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PHI 466 - Readings in Philosophy
Individual study of a selected topic, agreed upon by the student and the instructor. Designed to address advanced issues not covered in normal offerings.
Prerequisites & Notes
9 hours in philosophy and permission of department and instructor.
Credits: 1-3
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PHI 475 - Junior/Senior Philosophy Seminar
One semester of study is required for all philosophy majors. Normally offered each semester with topics of study varied depending upon the instructor and student interest. Provides upper-level philosophical study shared by philosophy majors and other students with an interest in advanced philosophical learning.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
3 courses in philosophy; junior or senior standing.
Credits: 3
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PHI 566 - Graduate Readings in Philosophy
Individual study of a selected topic, agreed upon by the student and the instructor. Designed to address advanced issues not covered in normal offerings or on a graduate level.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate standing and permission of department and instructor.
Credits: 1-3
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PHY 101 - Physics by Inquiry I
A basic “hands-on” inquiry course. Students make observations in the laboratory which provide a basis for constructing physical concepts and developing the reasoning skills necessary to apply them to simple phenomena. Each semester, two or three topics will be chosen from the following list: properties of matter, observational astronomy, heat and temperature, light and optics (including color), electricity and magnetism and kinematics.
Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Education majors or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
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PHY 102 - Physics by Inquiry II
A basic “hands-on” inquiry course. Students make observations in the laboratory which provide a basis for constructing physical concepts and developing the reasoning skills necessary to apply them to simple phenomena. Each semester, two or three topics will be chosen from the following list: properties of matter, observational astronomy, heat and temperature, light and optics (including color), electricity and magnetism and kinematics. (NOTE: PHY 101 is NOT a prerequisite for PHY 102. Different topics will be covered.
Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Education majors or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
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PHY 105 - Descriptive Physics
A introduction to basic concepts of physics intended for the non-science major.
Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement. Lec w/dem 3, Lab 3.
Credits: 4
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PHY 107 - Technical Physics I
An introduction to the basic concepts of mechanics and heat with illustrations taken from technical applications. Algebra and trigonometry are used. Intended for Engineering Technology students. NOTE: Because of overlapping subject matter, no more than four (4) degree credits are allowed for any combination of PHY 107, PHY 111 and PHY 121.
Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement. Lec 2, Rec 1, Workshop 1, Lab 2.
Credits: 4
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PHY 108 - Technical Physics II
An introduction to the basic concepts of electricity, magnetism and light with illustrations taken from technical applications. Algebra and trigonometry are used. Intended for Engineering Technology students. NOTE: Because of overlapping subject matter, no more than four (4) degree credits are allowed for any combination of PHY 108, PHY 112 and PHY 122.
Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement. Lec 2, Rec 1, Workshop 1, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 107.
Credits: 4
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PHY 111 - General Physics I
An introduction to the principles of mechanics, energy, heat, sound and properties of matter. Designed for science majors as well as premedical and predental students. No calculus. A working knowledge of algebra and trigonometry is required. NOTE: Because of overlapping subject matter, no more than four (4) degree credits are allowed for any combination of PHY 107, PHY 111 and PHY 121.
Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement. Lec w/dem 2, Rec 1, Workshop 1, Lab 2.
Credits: 4
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PHY 112 - General Physics II
A continuation of PHY 111. Introducing electricity, magnetism, optics and atomic, nuclear, and quantum physics. NOTE: Because of overlapping subject matter, no more than four (4) degree credits are allowed for any combination of PHY 108, PHY 112 and PHY 122.
Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement. Lec w/dem 2, Rec 1,Wkshp 1, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 111.
Credits: 4
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PHY 121 - Physics for Engineers and Physical Scientists I
An introductory calculus-based physics course, primarily serving students majoring in engineering or the physical sciences. Treats mechanics and acoustics. NOTE: Because of overlapping subject matter, no more than four (4) degree credits are allowed for any combination of PHY 107, PHY 111 and PHY 121.
Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement. Lec w/dem 2, Rec 1, Workshop 1, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: MAT 126.
Credits: 4
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PHY 122 - Physics for Engineers and Physical Scientists II
A continuation of PHY 121 including electricity, magnetism, and optics. NOTE: Because of overlapping subject matter, no more than four (4) degree credits are allowed for any combination of PHY 108, PHY 112 and PHY 122.
Satisfies the General Education Science Basic or Applied Sciences Requirement. Lec w/dem 2, Rec 1, Workshop 1, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 121, MAT 126.
Credits: 4
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PHY 200 - Career Preparation in Physics and Engineering Physics I
A sophomore level course required of all physics and engineering physics majors. An introduction to the professions of physics and engineering physics, including the ethical standards of professional practice. Technical communication skills and practice in working on teams are developed through projects, presentations, and class discussions of contemporary issues and strategies to enhance professional qualifications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Sophomore standing.
Credits: 1
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PHY 223 - Special Relativity
The basic principles of special relativity with a primary emphasis on mechanics. Lec 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 112 or PHY 122, MAT 126.
Credits: 1
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PHY 224 - Special Relativity Laboratory
Experiments illustrating the major predictions of the Theory of Special Relativity.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 229 and PHY 236 or permission of instructor. Corequisite: PHY 223.
Credits: 1 - 3
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PHY 229 - Physical Measurements Laboratory I
Experiments primarily in modern physics. Normally taken with PHY 236. Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 112 or PHY 122, MAT 127.
Credits: 2
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PHY 230 - Physical Measurements Laboratory II
Consists primarily of physical measurement techniques in mechanics. Normally taken with PHY 238. Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 112 or PHY 122, MAT 127.
Credits: 2
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PHY 236 - Introductory Quantum Physics
The basic principles of quantum theory, atomic structure, nuclear structure, and some aspects of molecular, solid state, and elementary particle physics. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 112 or PHY 122, MAT 127.
Credits: 3
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PHY 238 - Mechanics
A detailed treatment of Newtonian mechanics. Newton’s laws, work-energy theorem, impulse-momentum theorem, particle motion in a plane, linear oscillator, coupled oscillators, rigid body rotation, small oscillations and potential methods. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 111 or PHY 121. Corequisite: MAT 259 or MAT 258.
Credits: 3
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PHY 400 - Career Preparation in Physics and Engineering Physics II
A senior level course required of all physics and engineering physics majors. Refinement of technical communication skills through projects, presentations and class discussions of contemporary issues in science and engineering and strategies for career enhancement after graduation.
Together with PHY 481 or PHY 482, this course Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 200.
Credits: 1
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PHY 441 - Physical Electronics Laboratory
Theories and practices in the measurement of physical quantities using both analog and digital techniques. Primarily for physics and engineering physics majors; others admitted by permission.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement. Lab 4.
Credits: 2
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PHY 442 - Modern Experimental Physics
Experiments selected from various topics in physics including x-ray diffraction, microwaves, nuclear magnetic resonance, Hall effect, etc. Students develop their own experiments. Normally taken by junior physics and engineering physics majors.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 236, MAT 228.
Credits: 2
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PHY 447 - Molecular Biophysics
An introduction to physical properties of biological macromolecules including proteins, nucleic acids and membranes. Solution thermodynamics developed as needed. Some statistical mechanics introduced. Topics include macromolecular structure, dynamics and functions, inter- and intra-molecular interactions, ligand binding equilibria, helix-coil transitions, physical techniques used in biophysics such as calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, optical and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Four credit version contains additional term project to be arranged with instructor.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 112 or PHY 122, MAT 126, CHY 121 or permission.
Credits: 3-4
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