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24.00 Credits
This internship, supervised by the Department of Nursing, is done in cooperation with a health care agency. Students will select an area of clinical interest to apply previously acquired knowledge and to develop competencies and skills necessary for the beginning roles of the professional nurse. This course will be composed of practicum experience for a seven-week period. The student will have approximately 24 hours per week of clinical experience while being mentored by a professional nurse. Students may have the option to have their nursing internship as a part of The Philadelphia Center or the Chicago Semester program. Prerequisite: Nursing 480. Four Credits Clarey-Sanford, Scheerhorn Both Semesters
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an opportunity for in-depth study in an area of special interest in nursing. Prerequisites or corequisites include 200 and 300 level nursing courses or permission of department chairperson. One to Four Credits Both Semesters
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3.00 Credits
A special theory, seminar, or practicum course in a specific advanced study in nursing. Prerequisites include 200 and 300 level nursing courses or permission of department chairperson. Other possible prerequisites depending on the study selected. One to Four Credits Fall or Spring Semester; May, June, or July Term
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4.00 Credits
Western philosophy from its beginning to the Middle Ages, including such figures as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and St. Augustine, through a study of primary texts. Partial fulfillment of the Cultural Heritage requirement. Four Credits Staff Both Semesters
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4.00 Credits
Western philosophy during the Middle Ages, focusing primarily on the development of Christian philosophy in such figures as Augustine, Boethius, Pseudo-Dionysius, Eriugena, Anselm, Abelard, Bonaventure, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham. Representative Jewish and Islamic philosophers will also be studied. Topics to be discussed include the relationship between faith and reason, the nature and existence of God, the problem of evil, the immortality of the soul, the nature of knowledge, the nature of happiness and virtue, and the journey of the soul to God. Cross-listed with Religion. Four Credits Dell'Olio Alternate Years
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the developments in European philosophy from Descartes to Kant. Authors to be studied include Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume, and Kant. Issues to be explored include knowledge and skepticism, appearance and reality, the existence of God, and the nature of the human mind. Partial fulfillment of the Cultural Heritage requirement- . Four Credits Staff Both Semesters
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the developments in European philosophy from German Idealism to Nietzsche. The course begins by examining the great Idealist systems of Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel, and their pessimistic counterpart in the philosophy of Schopenhauer, then turns to the very different critiques of the Hegelian synthesis offered by Kierkegaard and Marx, and concludes with a look at the challenge to philosophical systematizing offered by Nietzsche. Issues to be discussed include the relation of God to philosophy, including both the ability of philosophy to provide a philosophical system capable of capturing the divine nature and also the "death of God," whether philosophy can discern thedirection and purpose of history, and the significance of the individual. Four Credits Perovich Alternate Years
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the philosophical traditions of India and Tibet focusing primarily on the classical texts of these traditions the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita, and the Hindu and Buddist Sutras as well as the systems of thought they produced. Many of the ideas we will consider will have spiritual as well as philosophical significance. Issues to be explored include the nature of the divine, ultimate reality, the self, happiness, ethics, the just society, knowledge, and spiritual liberation. We will also consider more recent representatives of these traditions, such as Mohandas Gandhi of India and the contemporary political and spiritual leader of the Tibetan People, the Dalai Lama. Comparisons to Western philosophical and religious conceptions will be made where appropriate. Four Credits Dell'Olio Fall Semester 2008
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the philosophical traditions of China and Japan. While these philosophies continue to influence the world view of contemporary East Asia, we will be mostly concerned with the classical thought of these traditions. The philosophies to be considered include Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, the Yin-Yang and Five Elements School, and Chinese Buddhism, as well as Shinto and forms of Japanese Buddhism, including Zen Buddhism. Throughout the course, we will consider comparisons to Western philosophical and religious thought where appropriate. Four Credits Dell'Olio Alternate Years
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4.00 Credits
?ll men by nature desire to know," says Aristotlein his Metaphysics. This famous quote raises numerous questions. What is knowledge Why do we want it How do we know when we have it This course will examine these and related questions, such as "Can we be certain of anything " "Whaare the sources of knowledge " "Is scientific knowledge easier to attain than moral orreligious knowledge " Cross-listed with Religion. Four Credits La Porte Fall Semester 2008
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