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1.00 Credits
A student successfully completing a second season of participation on an intercollegiate varsity athletic team or a season in a different varsity sport may be granted one credit of PED. Students will be required to attend all practices and games. In addition, the student will prepare a resume detailing academic and athletic accomplishments to be implemented for potential transfer options and/or career explorations. The students will also arrange a six-hour practicum through the athletic department to provide instructional assistance at respective youth programs. This will include participants serving in a managerial capacity. Registration is processed through the Athletic Director. Pre- or Co-requisite: PED 199.
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1.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the field of performing arts and helps guide them in making decisions leading to success in performing art studies and to a career in the performing arts. It provides an overview of courses and training needed, preparing for auditions, career opportunities and possible transfer options. In addition, there will be specific units on various study and rehearsal skills, which lead to success in college and in the performing arts.
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3.00 Credits
This course is concerned with techniques for identifying an argument, its components and suppositions, and for evaluating all these elements. Besides the analysis of arguments, topics will include deductive and inductive forms, rational decision-making and recognition of informal fallacies. Emphasis will be on heightening the student's ability to convey ideas concisely, to formulate arguments clearly and to appraise them critically.
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3.00 Credits
This course involves a survey of representative problems in some of the major areas of philosophy, and the positions of different schools of philosophic thought on these problems. Topics considered include free will, the problem of religious belief, knowledge and truth, the problem of the self, morality, reality and being, and the problem of the external world.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the cultural expressions and spiritual values of the world's great religions. The course aims at extending and deepening the student's awareness of the doctrine, mythology, symbolism and ritual at the heart of each religion. Among those religions studied will be Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the study of ethics and the nature of morality. A wide range of ethical issues is considered, including moral relativism, the principle of utility, duty-based ethics and natural law theory. Additionally, the course will focus on problems of applied morality, examining and discussing alternative positions on such issues as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, economic justice, etc.
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1.00 Credits
A special learning experience designed by one or more students with the cooperation and approval of a faculty member. Proposed study plans require departmental approval. Projects may be based on reading, research, community service, work experience, or other activities that advance the student's knowledge and competence in the field of philosophy or related areas. The student's time commitment to the project will be approximately 35-50 hours.
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2.00 Credits
Similar to PHI 271, except that the student's time commitment to the project will be approximately 70-90 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Similar to PHI 271, except that the student's time commitment to the project will be approximately 105-135 hours.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introductory science course designed to introduce the student to the physical principles that govern the operation of machines that they encounter in their everyday lives. Topics include the metric system, simple machines, work, energy, states of matter, fluids, buoyancy, pressure, heat, nuclear energy, waves, light, color, sound, electricity, magnetism and computers. Laboratory experiments illustrate both the concepts studied and the general techniques of structured experimentation. An electronic calculator is required (functions needed +, -, x). Note: Students must register for both a lecture and a lab. 3 Lecture, 2 Lab, 4 Credit Hours.
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