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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits Dramatically different space programs in the U.S. and the Soviet Union accomplished many of the same goals, with one important difference. This course will examine the Russian space flight efforts in light of the dramatic race to space, from the first concepts of Tsiolkovsky to today's International Space Station project. Discussion of the highlights of Russia's well-known as well as obscure space programs will offer the student insight into the space flight record that is often missing because of the secretive Soviet Union.
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3 Credits This course will introduce the student to basic elements of space navigation at the introductory physics level. The consequences of Newton's law of gravitation and central force motion, including Kepler's three laws of planetary motion, are explained. The physical characteristics of the solar system and the Earth/Moon system are reviewed. The basic methods and techniques of navigating in near-Earth orbit and the Moon and planets are described. Prerequisites: MA 112 and PS 103 or equivalent.
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3 Credits This course introduces students to problems in space operations, space flight, or other space-related topics that can be critically addressed from a knowledge base of elementary calculus, elementary physics, and the subject matter of any two space studies courses. The specific topics will be selected by the course monitor and instructor and published in the Schedule of Courses in the preceding semester. This is a required course for the Space Studies minor. Prerequisites: PS 104 and any two SP courses or equivalent.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits From 1865 to the present. Reconstruction, the age of big business, the United States as a world power. World War I, World War II, the Great Depression and its aftermath.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits A survey of the history of America in the 20th century, emphasizing the explosive growth of aviation as a major influence on the economic, military, and societal development of the United States.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits A survey course designed to acquaint the student with types of maps, map reading and use, as well as to show relationships between geography and economics, culture, and geopolitics. Humans and their use of their environment are stressed, along with the usual emphasis on places, names, and locations. Ancillary topics will include climate, demography, and transportation.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits Integrated survey of the fundamental concepts of culture, forms of collective behavior, community and social organization, social interaction, and social change. The social effects of aviation and the impact of science on the social order living in an air age will also be investigated.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
1-6 Credits Individual independent or directed study of selected topics in the areas of history, sociology, psychology, and human culture in general. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and approval of the department chair.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits Traces the development of science from the earliest times through the modern period, with particular emphasis given to our changing concepts of nature and of science itself. (Also offered as PS 302. Students receive either Social Sciences elective credit or Physical Sciences elective credit, but not both.) Prerequisites: Any course from the HU 140 series and either PS 101 or PS 102 or PS 103 or PS 150 and PS 215.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits A crossnational survey and analysis of the processes of policy making for science and technology, environment, and security. Emphasis on how local, national, international, and global policy making are related in these three areas of global change. Prerequisites: Two Social Sciences courses and one History course or permission of instructor.
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