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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the practice of critical thinking. Topics include the importance of critical thinking, the structure of arguments, analyzing and criticizing arguments, constructing arguments, the nonrational elements of decision-making, and common fallacies.
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3.00 Credits
A brief introduction of ethical theory followed by an examination of contemporary moral problems such as abortion, euthanasia, suicide, capital punishment, civil disobedience, violence and war, responsibility to the environment, and animal rights. Prerequisite: EN101
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3.00 Credits
A study of general ethical principles and their application to individual decision making in the health care fi eld. Includes such topics as the rights and responsibilities of the patient and health care team, truth-telling, informed consent, allocation of scarce medical resources, genetic engineering, death and dying. Prerequisite: EN 101.
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3.00 Credits
Studies of such themes as women and philosophy, philosophy and literature, philosophy and science, philosophy in fi lm, etc. Prerequisite: EN 101.
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3.00 Credits
The student will examine the Constitution, Bill of Rights, the development of Congress, Presidency and the Judicial Branch. The course will also show the relationship that state and local governments have with the Federal Government.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the psychological methods, principles, and areas of study necessary for a basic understanding of human behavior and functioning. Topics include perception, learning, memory, motivation, personality, and testing mechanisms among others. The student will have a better understanding of why we think, feel and act as we do.
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3.00 Credits
Honors Introduction to Psychology will present the best of contemporary psychology by introducing to the student a few of the major contributors to psychological thinking, by touching on historical background, and by helping the student to better understand the variety of approaches to the study of human behavior and functioning. This course will help the student to better understand why we think, feel, and act as we do. There will be a greater emphasis on writing, research and collaborative learning activities.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of human development across the life span from conception to death. Topics include, among others, issues and theories of human development, genetic infl uences and prenatal growth, personality and social development, physical and intellectual development, and issues of adulthood and aging. Prerequisite: PS 101 Introduction to Psychology, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Students will be given the opportunity to develop increased self-awareness and competence in dealing with others by understanding their own beliefs about human beings, society, and themselves. We all have a responsibility for knowing ourselves both as individuals and in social relationships, being conscious of the way personality and behavior affect others, and being prepared to deal with those aspects of it that are destructive to the development and use of effective helping relationships.
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3.00 Credits
Topics in Educational Psychology will be explored; parental disciplinary techniques, the nature of learning, behavioral and cognitive environments, motivation and its effect on intelligence, the exceptional child, and developmental disabilities as they relate to mainstreaming. Prerequisite: PS 101 (Introduction to Psychology) or permission of instructor
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