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4.00 Credits
Investigates both historically and cross-culturally the astronomies of several societies, focusing on the relations among conceptual systems, cultural practices, and empirical realities. The roles of scientific reasoning, religious experience, and aesthetic expression will be explored in each case, while the underlying politics in the production of knowledge will be problematized throughout the course. Prerequisites: SR & (ANTH 101 OR P SC 100) Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: SR ONLY & 1 BIOS CRSE. T3
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4.00 Credits
Examines two ways of knowing–science and religion–as exemplified in controversy on evolution and creationism. Claims and evidence for evolution and special creation, issues and strategies of conflict, arenas of confrontation, and implications of outcomes for both science and theology are discussed. Prerequisites: SR ONLY & T2 NAT SCI CRSE Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Evolutionary perspectives on human social behavior are examined in light of data from the social sciences. Behaviors such as bonding and communication are seen to arise from both biological bases and social experience. Prerequisites: SR & 1 COURSE ANTH OR BIOS OR PSY OR SOC Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the act of discovery through using major biological breakthroughs as the central theme. Integrates the disciplines of science, history, and philosophy by employing a biographical consideration of selected individuals. Uses the individual as a focal point to attain a sense of scientific discovery and considers the impact of the period’s beliefs and thoughts on the development of the individual and, in turn, the individual’s impact on both the disciplines and society as a whole. Prerequisites: SR ONLY Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Explores ways humans have developed and changed their environment and themselves after first studying how environment and disease have influenced their physical and cultural development–how humans compete, migrate, and change in an ever-changing environment and how humans have brought numerous species, including their own, perilously close to extinction. Prerequisites: SR ONLY & (BIOS 103 OR 170 OR BIOL 101) & 4 HRS HIST Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the study of dynamic systems focusing on the major classes of dynamic systems, modeling of the systems, and application of these concepts to real-world situations. Provides answers to such questions as: Why can we perfectly predict the activity of a pendulum, yet cannot accurately predict the weather? Is the similarity of physiological homeostasis and household thermostats superficial or fundamental? What are fractional dimensions, and why do they describe the world better than the geometry you learned in high school? Prerequisites: SR ONLY & MATH 263B Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SR & (BIOL 101 OR BIOS 103 OR 170 OR ART 110) Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Examines role of information systems in impacting self, work, and society with emphasis upon a wide range of positive and negative assessments of how computer systems impact us. Prerequisites: SR ONLY Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Examines nature of conflict from systems point of view. Presents theories and techniques of negotiation as method of resolving or managing conflict. Examples of successful and unsuccessful negotiations studied. Examples drawn from many areas of conflict, including purchasing and selling, marriage dissolution, labor contracts, hostage negotiations, plea bargaining, and international peace and arms limitation talks. Differences and similarities at various levels of negotiation are noted. Concludes with mock negotiation. Prerequisites: SR ONLY Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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