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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PH 101 or instructor's permission Presents opportunity for superior students to engage in specialized study. Allows repetition for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PH 101 or instructor's permission Provides opportunity for students in small groups to study selected topics. Allows repetition for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Junior-level standing, 3.0 cumulative average, and permission of liberal arts internship coordinator An internship provides the student with an opportunity to gain on-the-job experience and apply principles and issues raised in the academic discipline to a work environment. The student is required to attend pre-internship workshops sponsored by the Center for Career Services, meet regularly with a faculty adviser, and develop a final paper or special project.
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4.00 Credits
Affords the students the opportunity to rationally evaluate and appreciate the significance of high technology developments and their potential business, industrial and political ramifications in today's society. A conceptual mastery of the topics of Newtonian physics is fostered through the lecture/laboratory/workshop format. Labs consist of a combination of hands-on experiments and multimedia computer simulations. Insights into how the concepts of force, motion and energy are routinely used to enrich and enhance lives include applications of indirect measurement, leg traction, throwing a curve ball, projectile launching, vehicular collisions, braking of a car, artificial gravity in a space station and black holes.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PHY 240 Explores the physics behind a variety of sports. This course builds on the concepts learned in basic physics and investigates both simple and complex sports - track and field, baseball, golf, rock climbing, karate and more. Students will use a range of methods to explore details and peculiarities of sports. These include personal experience, observation, video analysis, computer modeling and laboratory simulations.
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3.00 Credits
Note: Not open to students who have previously taken SO 132. Introduces the student to the discipline of psychology as both a body of knowledge and as a perspective from which to view the world. This course will examine the basic concepts, ethics, research methods and theories of psychological inquiry in the context of a substantive area. The goal is to develop in the student an appreciation of the psychological forces that shape, organize and constitute human behavior.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PS 132 or SO 132 This course involves the study of athletes and sport using concepts and theories from psychology. Topics include the development, personality and emotional life of the athlete, as well as performance enhancement issues such as arousal regulation, attention, motivation, control of cognition, relaxation techniques, coaching and counseling. The course applies fundamental concepts of general psychology to the subspecialty of sports.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PS 132 or SO 132 Focuses on the world of the child from birth through adolescence. Emphasis is placed on the sequence of development during this period. While normal developmental patterns and preventive aspects are central, the student investigates some areas of psychopathology, play therapy, familial influences and prenatal care.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PS 132 or SO 132 Investigates the development and stability of those traits and behaviors that remain fairly stable over time and make each human being unique. The biological and genetic inheritance of the individual is examined as it is shaped over time by various external and internal processes including family dynamics, culture, social influence, individual self concept and perception, and ongoing adjustment to situational challenges. Theories of personality are incorporated in a practical way to lend insight into the complexity of human uniqueness. The personality issues that influence behavior in the world of business including cross-cultural sensitivity, achievement, entrepreneurship, relationship building and leadership are explored.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PS 132 or SO 132 Focuses on the major theories and psychological principles of human adjustment across the life-span including self-concept, development, motivation, stress and anxiety. Considers human values in relation to interpersonal relationships, and examines intellectual and emotional resources for personal change and growth.
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