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3.00 Credits
3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: Open to students whose academic programs require this course. Other students must have permission of the instructor to enroll. Offers instruction in both the art and science of health behavior. Emphasizes a modern point of view toward health education. Focuses on several major topics: personal health, nutrition, education for family living, mental health, health hazards, and community health.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (spring) Provides the basic principles and knowledge of diet and nutrition. Emphasizes the important relationship of nutrition and the field of physical education which includes coaching, athletic training, physical fitness, and recreation.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall) Provides an in-depth look at care and prevention of athletic injuries, coaching philosophy, and athletic liability. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to apply for their Connecticut State Coaching Certification through the State Department of Education. The coaching certification is required to coach at public schools in the State of Connecticut.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall) Provides an in-depth inquiry into the procedures used in the evaluation, immediate care, rehabilitation and prevention of athletic injuries. Emphasizes the management of specific injuries, the prevention of injuries, sports liability, and nutrition. Lab experience includes introduction to specific wrapping and taping techniques, and modalities.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Proposed course catalog description: Just as the ancient Greeks analyzed the popular culture of their times, our modern culture offers numerous opportunities for philosophical analysis and speculation. We will look at examples from television, movies, music, and dance to understand some of the underlying philosophical themes that have interested and motivated their creators, and how those themes have been expressed in different media by characters, words, movements, and styles of dress. We will see how these themes themselves fit into the continuum of a long history of ideas and defining historical eras. We will also examine how popular culture has currently taken on global proportions, discussing current trends and speculating on possible future influences. Guest lecturers will be invited if possible.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall) Prerequisites: EL101 or permission of instructor. The principle concentration of this course is the examination of the philosophical contributions of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers. Occasional references will be made to the Medieval achievement in philosophy. The course focuses on philosophical methodology, theories of reality, ethics, theories of knowledge, political and social ideas.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: EL101 or permission of instructor. Examines the major philosophical schools and thought systems of Western Civilization from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century by studying representative thinkers of the following schools of thought: Renaissance Humanism, Scientific Revolution, Seventeenth Century Rationalism, British Empiricism, German Idealism, Scientific Socialism, Social Contract Political Theory, Existentialism, Post-Modernism.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An overview of the major philosophical schools and thought systems of Western Civilization, from the Greeks through the Post-Moderns. Each of the major branches of philosophical thought will be explored, as historically appropriate, including Metaphysics (What is existence?), Epistemology (What is knowledge?), the Philosophy of Scientific Thought, Aesthetics (What is beauty?), Ethics (What are good and evil?), Political Philosophy (What is the foundation of society?), and the Philosophy of Language.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall and spring) Surveys the heritage and theological structure of the principal religions of Western and Oriental civilizations, including Judaism, the varieties of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Through readings and class discussion the course examines representative theologians and philosophers of religion on this question of the role religion plays in shaping and defining culture.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: EL101 or permission of instructor. This course offers the student an opportunity to study the philosophical foundations of ethical thought and action through an examination of ancient, modern, and post-modern ethical theories and the extent to which they may be applicable to contemporary problems.
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