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3.00 Credits
Only Engineering students receive credit. This course provides an overview of how propulsion and electricity are provided to our Navy's fighting ships. The basic engineering principles relating to thermodynamics, steam propulsion (conventional and nuclear), gas turbine propulsion, internal combustion engines, electricity generation and distribution, and various support systems wiil be taught. Ship design, stability, damage control, and some engineering-related ethical issues will also be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Only Engineering students receive credit. This course provides an overview of the theory and concepts underlying modern weapons systems. The principles behind sensors and detection systems, tracking systems, computational systems, weapon delivery systems, and the fire control problem will be examined, with a consistent emphasis on the integration of these components into a "weapons system". Case studies will be used to illustrate and reinforce concepts introduced in the course.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to add broad historical perspective to understanding military power. Treating war and the military as an integral part of society, the course deals with such topics as: war as an instrument of foreign policy, military influences on foreign policy, the military as a reflection of society, manning and strategy selection.
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3.00 Credits
Insight into modern naval operations is gained through analysis of relative motion pertaining to ships at sea, underway replenishment, shiphandling, and tactical communications. The process of command and control and leadership is examined through case studies of actual incidents at sea.
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3.00 Credits
Only Wharton students receive credit. The capstone course of the NROTC curriculum, this course is intended to provide the midshipman with the ethical foundation and basic leadership tools to be effective junior officers. Topics such as responsibility, accoutability, ethics, the law of armed conflict, military law, division organization and training, and discipline are introduced through practical exercises, group discussion, and case studies.
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3.00 Credits
A study of amphibious warfare as an element of a naval strategy. The course traces the development of and use of amphibious operations from the civil war to present. Topics covered include research and development of equipment, doctrinal development, conduct of operations, and contemporary applications in power projection.
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3.00 Credits
Lafferty-Della Valle. 3 h. lect. 3 h. lab. Lab fee $100. Also offered in Summer Session I. Concepts of General Chemistry basic to the understanding of the health related sciences. Principles of atomic structure, chemical bonding, chemical and nuclear reactions, acids, bases, and chemical equilibria will be included. Fundamentals of Organic nomenclature and a survey of the physical, chemical and biological properties of the main organic functional groups.
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3.00 Credits
Lafferty-Della Valle. Prerequisite(s): NURS 040, CHEM 001, or CHEM 101. Also offered in Summer Session II. Concepts of organic chemistry and biochemistry basic to the understanding of the fundamental processes of living organisms. Fundamentals of nomenclature and the physical, chemical and biological activities of functional organic groups, structural and functional relationships of the major biomolecules, interrelationships of the various metabolic pathways and basics of molecular biology will be included.
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3.00 Credits
May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Living World. Class of 2009 & prior only. Lafferty / Pohlschr_der. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101, CHEM 053, CHEM 102, CHEM 054 or NURS 040. 3 h. lect. 4 h. lab. 1 h. rec. Lab fee $100. This lecture and laboratory course covers concepts of Cellular Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics basic to an understanding of the fundamental processes of living organisms. The organization and characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, structural and functional relationships of the major biomolecules, interrelationships of the various metabolic pathways, basics of molecular genetics and immunology.
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0.50 Credits
Cuellar; Abraham; Lake; D'Antonio. 0.5 course units. Introduction to the roles of the professional nurse. Content includes overview of health care delivery systems and nursing's multiple roles in those systems; history of nursing; preparation for roles assumed by professional nurses; and the philosophy of this School of Nursing. Emphasis will be placed on assisting students to understand the nature of nurses' work and their contributions to promoting and maintaining the health status of individuals and groups.
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