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  • NSC 205: Natural Science of Aging

    3.00 Credits
    Midland University

    3 credit hours The course will include the physiological changes with aging, relationships between nutrition and disease, risk factors associated with poor nutritional status, drug-nutrient interactions, nutritional assessments, and nutritional interventions with compromised functioning of the various body systems. The role of antioxidants in aging, cancer, and abuses of supplements by the older client. This course will address the five "spheres of wellness" for longevity:physical, mental, kinship/social, spiritual, and material.
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  • NSC 220: Nutrition in the Community

    3.00 Credits
    Midland University

    3 credit hours This course is designed to assist students in understanding the complexities of developing effective programs and services to improve the health and nutrition for all segments of society. Health results from the interaction of biology, behavior (lifestyle), the environment and health care. Each of the four factors provides different types of opportunities for interventions. This may involve the community nutritionist working directly with people, assisting in policy making or providing quality health care through federal, state or municipal government programs.
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  • NSC 320: Nutrition throughout the Life Span

    3.00 Credits
    Midland University

    3 credit hours Prerequisite: BIO 207 This is a course focusing on one of those influential pieces of the lifestyle that impacts the developmental process at every stage from conception to death. The course will contribute to the preparation of professionals who work in both individual and community health programs. Nutritional needs are presented on the basis of both physical growth and psychosocial development.
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  • NSC 499: Internship

    1.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Midland University

    1-6 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission by Instructor.
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  • PHI 200: Philosophy Across the World

    3.00 Credits
    Midland University

    3 credit hours This course in world community enables students to learn the philosophical basis of cultural and political identities and movements, and helps the students to appreciate the diversity within the world. The course presents the basic problems and methods of philosophy together with solutions offered by various philosophical schools. The metaphysical and social thought of eastern, western and Third World traditions are studied. The students are exposed to philosophers such as Plato, Descartes, Locke, Marx, Confucius, al-Ghazali and Maimonides, and gain an awareness of world community through the discovery that philosophical positions have been the basis for both cooperation and conflict in the human experience.
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  • PHI 250: Foundations of Moral Decision Making

    3.00 Credits
    Midland University

    3 credit hours This course in moral responsibility is concerned with how an individual employs Christian principles in dealing with the moral dilemmas which occur in the conduct of one's career and private life. The students learn to recognize moral problems, to clarify the issues involved in the problems, and to analyze the various ethical arguments and positions which apply to the problems identified. The students are expected to develop their own moral code and to understand the importance of individual responsibility within society as well as be able to apply universal, altruistic, and impartial principles to the issues of modern life.
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  • PHI 280: Critical Thinking

    3.00 Credits
    Midland University

    3 credit hours This course examines the processes of human argumentation and thinking from a variety of differing philosophical and disciplinary perspectives. Students learn how to identify cultural prejudices in formulation and examination of argumentation, how to construct arguments, how to examine critically the forms of arguments and the evidence provided in support of arguments. Students will study the common forms of fallacious reasoning and how to avoid unwarranted assumptions in building sound arguments. Formal logic is introduced as an aid in critical thinking. Cross cultural issues regarding the universality of human reasoning are also examined.
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  • PHI 290: What is Religion? Who is God?

    3.00 Credits
    Midland University

    3 credit hours This Christianity course examines the philosophical questions about religions, God and faith in their spiritual, historical and theological expressions and responds to them from the perspective of the Christian faith and its transforming power. Some of the questions raised include: Why are people religious? Can God's existence make a difference? Can God's existence be proven?Does it make a difference? If God is good, why is there evil? What difference does religion make for human life? The students' understanding of Christian faith is deepened and challenged by rational consideration of God, faith, the meaning of evil and human destiny.
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  • PHY 121: Descriptive Astronomy

    4.00 Credits
    Midland University

    4 credit hours This scientific literacy course studies the history of astronomy, astronomical tools, seasons, the solar system and observation of astronomical phenomena. The earth is studied as a model of a sustainable world and is compared to other planets. From this comparison, students gain an understanding of their role as scientifically literate citizens promoting a sustainable existence within this universe. In the laboratory, particular emphasis is given to scientific methodology.
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  • PHY 122: Selected Topics in Astronomy

    4.00 Credits
    Midland University

    4 credit hours This scientific literacy course presents the natural and physical forces that shape the universe and focuses on the role of the sun in daily life to help students understand the interconnections among scientific theories such as the greenhouse effect and ozone depletion. Other concepts discussed include light, relativity, galaxies, the universe, and the possibility of life in space. Through these studies the students examine their potential roles as scientifically literate citizens with responsibility for sustaining a fragile universe. In the laboratory, particular emphasis is given to scientific methodology.
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