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3.00 Credits
3 Credits International relations pose some fundamental ethical questions: Is peace always desirable? Is patriotism always right? Are human rights secondary to a country's foreign policy? Is terrorism always wrong? Must civil rights be restricted during security crises or times of war? This course will examine some of the most important answers that can be found in the rapidly-expanding literature on applied international ethics.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits (fall) Prerequisites: Calculus. Co-requisite: Permission of Department Chair. Physics I deals with statics, dynamics, heat, and thermodynamics. It also introduces the student to the process of putting familiar phenomena into mathematical form. NOTE: This sequence of courses is designed especially to meet the needs of students wishing to transfer into engineering or physical science programs. In these fields it will fulfill the physics requirements of most fouryear institutions. Lectures, demonstrations, problem-solving sessions, and quantitative laboratory work are combined to promote thorough understanding of the subject matter with attendant emphasis on logical thinking and clear expression of ideas. These courses are not recommended for entering freshmen because a knowledge of calculus is required to comprehend the subject matter. Entering students must demonstrate proficiency in math courses MA109, MA114, and MA115, and must obtain approval of the Department Chair to register.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits (spring) Prerequisites: PS130. Physics II continues the process begun in PS130 with the study of electricity, magnetism, light, and optics. NOTE: This sequence of courses is designed especially to meet the needs of students wishing to transfer into engineering or physical science programs. In these fields it will fulfill the physics requirements of most fouryear institutions. Lectures, demonstrations, problem-solving sessions, and quantitative laboratory work are combined to promote thorough understanding of the subject matter with attendant emphasis on logical thinking and clear expression of ideas. These courses are not recommended for entering freshmen because a knowledge of calculus is required to comprehend the subject matter. Entering students must demonstrate proficiency in math courses MA109, MA114, and MA115, and must obtain approval of the Department Chair to register.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall and spring) Prerequisites: PY105 Explores the nature of language, intelligence, personality theory, abnormal behavior and therapeutic psychology. Focuses on social psychology, including the development of attitudes and other social processes.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall and spring) Introduction to Human Development explores the nature of human growth and development from the very beginnings of life to its culmination. Attention is focused on lifespan developmental issues and themes, research methods, genetics, prenatal development, infancy and childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and dying and death. The inter-relatedness of physical, cognitive, personality, and social developments within each life stage is emphasized, as well as how major theories of human development guide researchers in the field today. NOTE: Offered as HD108 and PY108. Students may not receive credit for both HD108 and PY108.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (offered as needed) Prerequisites: Junior or senior and permission of instructor. Allows the department to design a course outside the normal offerings. In any given semester, the course content and format is developed for students with special interests and demonstrated abilities. Course may be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Note: W designation as appropriate.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: PY105 Child Development is a broad survey of the developing child from conception through age twelve. Major topics include: physical, cognitive, linguistic, personality, emotional and social development. The course lectures and readings are concerned with the major experimental, observational, and theoretical contributions in the field. NOTE: Offered as HD209 and PY209. Students may not receive credit for both HD209 and PY209.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall and spring) Prerequisites: PY105 This course offers students basic theories and principles about adolescent development from psychological, sociological, and biological perspectives. It offers an integrated exploration of such topics as theoretical viewpoints, research methodologies, physical and cognitive development, personality dynamics, social interactions, family influences, sexual attitudes and behaviors, achievement and careers, and problems and disturbances unique to the adolescent years. A particular emphasis is placed on the establishment of a conceptual framework so that adolescence is understood in relation to the entire life cycle. NOTE: Offered as HD210 and PY210. Students may not receive credit for both HD210 and PY210.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: PY105 and HD108 This course explores the early, middle, and later years of adulthood in contemporary society. Particular emphasis is placed on the biological, personality, social, and vocational changes that characterize the adult years. While exploring the biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial realms overall, the course will consider such specific phenomena as adulthood's developmental tasks, gender roles, marriage and parenthood, the career cycle, issues in gerontology, and death as the final stage of the life cycle. NOTE: Offered as HD211 and PY211. Students may not receive credit for both HD211 and PY211.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: PY105 Emphasizes the application of principles and theories of learning to various educational situations, covering topics that include motivation, learning, maturation, discipline, measurement, intelligence, and counseling.
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