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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(NUTR) Nutrition (726)

  
  • NUTR 410 - Professional Issues in Dietetics

    1 Credit Hours
    Dietetic registration and licensure. Third party payments, dietetic practice, and marketing dietetics. Internship application preparation. Public policy in dietetic practice.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • NUTR 412 - Food and Nutrition in the Community

    3 Credit Hours
    Influence of health characteristics, geographic, social, economic, educational, and cultural factors on food and nutrition programming. Relationship of community food and nutrition problems to programs and services for families and communities with particular attention to disease prevention and public policy.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 302 and 415.
  
  • NUTR 415 - Clinical Nutrition I

    3 Credit Hours
    Pathophysiological basis and nutritional assessment and intervention in chronic diseases in humans.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 313 and 314.
  
  • NUTR 416 - Clinical Nutrition II

    3 Credit Hours
    Pathophysiological basis and nutritional assessment and intervention in acute disease and other critical care conditions.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 415.
  
  • NUTR 420 - Interpreting Current Nutrition Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Scientific method, study design, data interpretation, and critical evaluation of current nutrition literature.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 100 and Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 310.
  
  • NUTR 422 - Nutrition Counseling

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction of individual and group-based counseling skills for aiding change in eating habits, including assessment for intervention development, and evaluation to determine intervention effectiveness. Course aims to help students begin to cultivate a professional perspective in dealing with professional ethics as applied to the field of dietetics.

  
  • NUTR 423 - Nutrition Counseling Application

    1 Credit Hours
    Skill development in dietary data collection and analysis, interviewing and counseling techniques through application of these skills within a classroom setting.

  
  • NUTR 450 - Special Topics: Nutrition

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Developments, issues, and problems in nutrition. Topics will vary.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Nutrition major; minimum student level ― junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NUTR 490 - Introduction to the Dietetic Internship

    3 Credit Hours
    Applications of clinical, food service, and management theories to dietetic practice.

    Comment(s): Restricted to dietetic intern students.
  
  • NUTR 492 - Field Experience: Nutrition

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • NUTR 493 - Directed Study: Nutrition

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual student/faculty experience.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(OMS) Operations and Management Science (738)

  
  • OMS 341 - Operations Management I

    3 Credit Hours
    Design of operations systems. Process and methods analysis and measurement, location and layout, project management, and operational forecasting.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 341.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • OMS 410 - Management Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to quantitative decision models and their integration into microcomputer-based decision support systems. Topics include linear, dynamic and network programming, as well as decision analysis, Markov, inventory, and queuing models.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 123 and Statistics 201.
  
  • OMS 421 - Total Quality Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Successful quality improvements characterized by four main principles ― customer focus, continuous improvement, leadership, and teamwork, This course focuses on the managerial perspective that is necessary to successfully implement and integrate quality improvements initiatives. The quality improvement tools are also presented.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 341.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • OMS 441 - Operations Management II

    3 Credit Hours
    Planning and control of operations systems. Aggregate planning, scheduling systems, and materials management.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 341.
    Comment(s): Grade of C or better in 341 is required.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.

(PERS) Persian (744)

  
  • PERS 161 - Elementary Persian I

    4 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Studies 161.)
  
  • PERS 162 - Elementary Persian II

    4 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Studies 162.)
  
  • PERS 261 - Intermediate Persian I

    4 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Studies 261.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
  
  • PERS 262 - Intermediate Persian II

    4 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Studies 262.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)

(PHIL) Philosophy (745)

  
  • PHIL 110 - The Human Condition: Values and Reality

    3 Credit Hours
    The meaning of life, the existence of God, freedom of the will, and human nature and values. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • PHIL 111 - The Human Condition: Knowledge and Reality

    3 Credit Hours
    The place of mind in a material universe and the nature and possibilities of human knowledge. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
    Comment(s): May be taken before 110.
  
  • PHIL 117 - Honors: Introduction to Philosophy I

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors version of 110.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • PHIL 118 - Honors: Introduction to Philosophy II

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors version of 111.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
    Comment(s): May be taken before 117.
  
  • PHIL 130 - Critical Thinking

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to practical reasoning in natural language. Designed to enhance skills in recognizing, analyzing, evaluating, and constructing arguments.

  
  • PHIL 135 - Formal Logic

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to formal deductive systems ― propositional and predicate logic.

  
  • PHIL 200 - Special Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • PHIL 241 - Engineering Ethics

    3 Credit Hours
    Ethical issues in engineering at the intersection of science, business, and society. Topics such as international concerns; risk, safety, and the environment; employee loyalties and professional responsibility; and professional organizations and codes of conduct. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH) (WC)
  
  • PHIL 242 - Contemporary Moral Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Issues such as euthanasia, capital punishment, reproductive technologies, sexual ethics, diversity, war, world poverty, employment practices, and the environment, in light of philosophical analysis and ethical theory. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH) (OC)
  
  • PHIL 243 - Business Ethics

    3 Credit Hours
    The proper roles of ethics in business in general and such specific issues as the meaning and value of work, employee rights and responsibilities, marketing, finance, the environment, information technology, diversity and discrimination, international business, economic globalization, and ethical business cultures. Readings include philosophical essays and contemporary case studies. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH) (WC)
  
  • PHIL 244 - Professional Responsibility

    3 Credit Hours
    Critical analysis of selected classic texts from philosophy, religious studies, and social sciences dealing with responsibility and the nature of professionalism. Theoretical principles and analytical skills applied to selected case studies and other detailed descriptions of professional practice from engineering/architecture, business/accounting, and at least one of law/politics, the helping professions (social work, human services, ministry), or teaching. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Religious Studies 244.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH) (OC)
  
  • PHIL 245 - Environmental Ethics

    3 Credit Hours
    Issues concerning the nature of the environment and the place of humanity within it. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • PHIL 246 - Bioethics

    3 Credit Hours
    Ethical issues in health care such as abortion, euthanasia, human experimentation, fairness in health care delivery, and the doctor-patient relationship. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH) (WC)
  
  • PHIL 290 - Social and Political Philosophy

    3 Credit Hours
    Issues such as the obligation to obey the law, liberty, oppression, equality, rights, democracy, and the just society. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH) (WC)
  
  • PHIL 300 - Special Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • PHIL 320 - Ancient Western Philosophy

    3 Credit Hours
    Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • PHIL 322 - Medieval Philosophy

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of medieval thought from St. Augustine to William of Occam. Secondary and primary sources. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Judaic Studies 322; Medieval Studies 322.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • PHIL 324 - 17th- and 18th-Century Philosophy

    3 Credit Hours
    Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • PHIL 326 - 19th- and 20th-Century Philosophy

    3 Credit Hours
    Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • PHIL 327 - Honors: Ancient Western Philosophy

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors version of 320. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • PHIL 328 - Honors: 17th- and 18th-Century Philosophy

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors version of 324. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • PHIL 340 - Ethics

    3 Credit Hours
    Theories of ethical values. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • PHIL 347 - Honors: Ethics

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors version of 340. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • PHIL 350 - Aesthetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Philosophical discussion of art. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • PHIL 353 - Philosophy and Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Nature of literature and philosophical assumptions in literary works. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • PHIL 360 - Philosophy of Science

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to major problems in the philosophy of science. Specific issues vary but may include the nature of causality; the relationship between experiments, theories, and scientific practice; how theories change and how scientific disputes get settled; the role played by social organization in science (e.g., gender and race issues); and others. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • PHIL 370 - Philosophy of Religion

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of basic issues in the philosophy of religion.

    (Same as Religious Studies 370.)
  
  • PHIL 374 - Philosophy and Religion of India

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Religious Studies 374.)
  
  • PHIL 376 - Buddhist Philosophy and Religion

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Religious Studies 376.)
  
  • PHIL 379 - Religion and Philosophy in China

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Religious Studies 379.)
  
  • PHIL 382 - Philosophy of Feminism

    3 Credit Hours
    Various feminist theories and their application to social issues of concern to women today. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Women’s Studies 382.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • PHIL 390 - Philosophical Foundations of Democracy

    3 Credit Hours
    Philosophical problems relating to the nature and justification of the central values, principles, and concepts of democratic society. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • PHIL 392 - Philosophy of Law

    3 Credit Hours
    A course in analytic and normative jurisprudence. Such topics as the nature of legal systems as normative social practices, the relationships between law and morality, theories of adjudication and legal reasoning, the justification of punishment, theories of legal responsibility, law and economics, and feminist and neo-Marxist critiques of law. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • PHIL 393 - Global Justice and Human Rights

    3 Credit Hours
    Issues such as justice between distinct and diverse political communities; universal human rights; and moral issues in environment, trade, and development. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Global Studies 393.)
  
  • PHIL 395 - Existentialism

    3 Credit Hours
    Themes related to freedom and finitude in the tradition that begins with Kierkegaard and Nietzsche and extends to Heidegger and Jaspers, and Sartre and Merleau-Ponty.

  
  • PHIL 400 - Special Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • PHIL 407 - Honors: Thesis

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
  
  • PHIL 420 - Topics in History of Philosophy

    3 Credit Hours
    One or more figures or movements from antiquity through mid-20th century.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
    Recommended Background: 6 hours of philosophy courses.
  
  • PHIL 435 - Intermediate Formal Logic

    3 Credit Hours
    Metatheory of formal logic and philosophy of logic.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 135.
  
  • PHIL 440 - Contemporary Ethical Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics in meta-ethics or ethics.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: 6 hours of philosophy courses.
  
  • PHIL 443 - Advanced Business Ethics

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in business ethics.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): One of the following ― 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 340.
  
  • PHIL 445 - Advanced Environmental Ethics

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in environmental ethics.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): One of the following ― 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 340.
  
  • PHIL 446 - Advanced Bioethics

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in bioethics.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): One of the following ― 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 340.
  
  • PHIL 460 - Topics in Philosophy of Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: 6 hours of philosophy courses.
  
  • PHIL 473 - Philosophy of Mind

    3 Credit Hours
    Problems of mind and body in relation to consciousness and personal identity.

    Recommended Background: 6 hours of philosophy courses.
  
  • PHIL 480 - Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: 6 hours of philosophy courses.
  
  • PHIL 491 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • PHIL 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • PHIL 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.

(PYED) Physical Education (764)

  
  • PYED 200 - Special Topics

    1-2 Credit Hours
    Selected topics in various activities not covered in the regular program.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • PYED 202 - Badminton

    1 Credit Hours
    Fundamental badminton technique, game strategy, and rules for singles and doubles play.

  
  • PYED 206 - Bowling

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to ball selection, approach, spot bowling, rules, scoring, etiquette, and basic terminology necessary for enjoyable recreational bowling.

  
  • PYED 211 - Golf

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to chipping, putting, full swing, rules, etiquette, and scoring necessary for enjoyable recreational play.

  
  • PYED 213 - Ice Skating

    1 Credit Hours
    Beginning skills and etiquette in ice skating.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
  
  • PYED 216 - Martial Arts (Special Topics)

    2 Credit Hours
    Selected topics in various forms of martial arts, including but not limited to jusitsu, judo, karate, and tai chi.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • PYED 224 - Physical Fitness: Conditioning

    1 Credit Hours
    Program of flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular endurance through exposure to various exercise forms.

  
  • PYED 225 - Physical Fitness: Exercise to Music

    1 Credit Hours
    Total body workout to music with lecture emphasis on basic fitness components of flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular fitness.

  
  • PYED 226 - Exercise and Weight Control

    1 Credit Hours
    Fitness activities and basic fundamentals of nutrition for students interested in losing weight. Includes body composition assessment and instruction on achieving a goal weight.

  
  • PYED 229 - Physical Fitness: Jogging

    1 Credit Hours
    General factors on physical fitness with emphasis on the improvement of cardiovascular fitness through jogging.

  
  • PYED 230 - Physical Fitness: Swimming

    1 Credit Hours
    Introductory course outlining basic principles of fitness, evaluation, and workout design in the aquatic environment.

  
  • PYED 231 - Physical Fitness: Walking

    1 Credit Hours
    Course for those wishing to begin a fitness program. Includes measurement and interpretation of fitness components, including body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, low back function and nutrition.

  
  • PYED 232 - Racquetball I

    1 Credit Hours
    Pass, kill, ceiling shots, and basic serves. Singles and doubles strategy necessary for recreational play.

  
  • PYED 234 - Soccer

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to individual and team fundamentals, rules, and strategy.

  
  • PYED 235 - Social Dance

    2 Credit Hours
    Popular ballroom dance forms such as the swing (shag), foxtrot, cha-cha, tango, and rumba.

  
  • PYED 236 - Softball

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to individual and team fundamentals, rules, and strategy.

  
  • PYED 237 - Stress Management

    2 Credit Hours
    Class will deal with the stress process and its relationship to health and disease, lifestyle, and the socio-cultural environment. The psychological, sociological, and spiritual aspects of stress will also be discussed, as well as the concept of the integrative (i.e., mind-body-spirit) person. Finally, a portion of each class period will be devoted to the learning, practice, and implementation of a personal, broad-based coping strategy for stress management.

  
  • PYED 239 - Beginning Swimming

    1 Credit Hours
    Includes skills in the American Red Cross basic swimming course for the non-swimmer.

  
  • PYED 240 - Intermediate Swimming

    1 Credit Hours
    Crawl stroke, elementary back stroke, side stroke, back crawl, breast stroke, entries, and turns.

  
  • PYED 244 - Tennis I

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction to forehand, backhand, serve, volley, rules, scoring, and simple strategy.

  
  • PYED 245 - Tennis II

    1 Credit Hours
    Development of accuracy and improved technique of ground strokes and serve. Introduction to smash, spin serve, and advanced strategy.

  
  • PYED 251 - Volleyball

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to individual and team fundamentals, rules, and strategy.

  
  • PYED 252 - Weight Training

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the principles of strength development for large muscle groups through the use of free weights and machines.

  
  • PYED 254 - Yoga and Relaxation

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to yoga and various forms of relaxation with the majority of class time spent learning and refining the postures.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
  
  • PYED 255 - Water Safety Instructor

    2 Credit Hours
    Prepares individuals to teach American Red Cross basic swimming and personal safety courses. ARC certification.

  
  • PYED 256 - Lifeguarding Training

    2 Credit Hours
    American Red Cross lifeguarding and aquatic management techniques. ARC certification.

  
  • PYED 259 - Snow Skiing

    1 Credit Hours
    Development of skills necessary to balance, walk, and slide while on skis. Ski etiquette and skier’s responsibility code.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
  
  • PYED 261 - Scuba Diving

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction and developmental scuba diving skills, as well as the theory, safety skills, and practical application of skills to open water scuba diving.

  
  • PYED 262 - Snowboarding

    1 Credit Hours
    Develop skills necessary for proper balance and control in snowboarding. Learn and demonstrate rules and regulations of snow etiquette through group participation. Learn the snowboarding responsibility code.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.

(PHYS) Physics (773)

  
  • PHYS 101 - How Things Work I

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines familiar objects of everyday experience and leads to an understanding of the physical principles that make them work. Laws of motion, mechanical objects, fluids, and heat.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Comment(s): For students with majors outside science.
  
  • PHYS 102 - How Things Work II

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines familiar objects of everyday experience and leads to an understanding of the physical principles that make them work. Electric and magnetic forces, electronics, lights and optics, and an introduction to modern physics.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Comment(s): For students with majors outside science. Physics 101 is not a prerequisite for Physics 102.
  
  • PHYS 135 - Introduction to Physics for Physical Science and Mathematics Majors I

    4 Credit Hours
    Calculus-based physics of mechanics and waves.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 141.
    Comment(s): Alternative to 137 for physics majors.
 

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