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NURS 4210 - Special Topics in Nursing
One, Two, or Three credit hours.
This course is an upper level elective nursing course that provides opportunity for BSN nursing students to use clinical decision making and evidence based practice (EBP) to explore and coordinate role development projects in the areas of teaching, research, and/or community service. Part of term course.
Prerequisites: Consent of BSN Program Coordinator.
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NURS 4305 - Standardized Participant in Simulation
3 credit hours.
Students will be assigned to specific SimCare courses. Under the guidance and direction of the simulation faculty facilitators, students will participate in simulation-based learning experiences (SBLE) as standardized participants (SP) in roles as patients, caregivers and interdisciplinary team members. Students will have opportunities to experience, practice and model the essential nursing competencies; quality improvement, teamwork/collaboration, patient-centered care, evidence based practice, informatics, and safety within the SBLE. Open to students from many disciplines. Instructor approval required.
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NURS 4310 - Special Topics in Nursing
One, Two, or Three credit hours.
This course is an upper level elective nursing course that provides opportunity for BSN nursing students to use clinical decision making and evidence based practice (EBP) to explore and coordinate role development projects in the areas of teaching, research, and/or community service. Part of term course.
Prerequisites: Consent of BSN Program Coordinator.
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NURS 4415 - Community Health Needs
Fours (3 theory; 1 lab) credit hours.
This course provides an introduction to knowledge, skills, and attitudes for community health nursing including issues related to public health and concepts of epidemiology. Emphasis is on health promotion and illness prevention or disease management of specified groups. Integrated practice project focus is on the professional nurse’s role in community assessment and development of an interventional project to meet identified community needs. Part of term course:
Prerequisites: NURS 3310 .
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NURS 4420 - Leadership and Management
Fours (3 theory; 1 lab) credit hours.
This course provides the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes required for leadership and management in nursing. Leadership, organizational management and change theories are examined, with emphasis on conflict management, workplace diversity, resource allocation, quality and performance. The integrated practice project is designed to provide experiences to expand the application of leadership and management skills. Part of term course;
Prerequisites: NURS 3310 .
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NURS 4430 - Integration of Concepts
Fours (3 theory; I lab) credit hours.
The course focuses on the synthesis of the essential competencies of the RNBSN program in a systematic and comprehensive manner in order to provide a framework for the transition to the BSN role. The essential competencies are: Quality improvement, teamwork/collaboration, patient-centered care, evidence based practice, informatics, and safety. The integrated practice project is designed to provide experiences to expand the analysis and synthesis of these competencies. Part of term course;
Prerequisite/Concurrent: NURS 4415 ; NURS 4420 . Must be taken in the final term. Instructor approval required.
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Public Administration |
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PADM 3310 - Policy Process
Three credit hours.
See POLS 3310 .
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PADM 3331 - Public Administration
Three credit hours.
Trends and organization of public administration; fiscal and personnel management; administrative powers and responsibility.
Prerequisites: POLS 1310 or junior standing.
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PADM 4313 - Public Personnel Administration
Three credit hours.
Analysis of the policies, practices, and issues of public personnel administration, including recruitment and selection processes, classification and pay plans, training, career management, separation, grievances and appeals, and unionization and collective bargaining.
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PADM 4341 - Seminar: Comparative Public Administration
Three credit hours.
A seminar survey of similarities and differences in bureaucratic structures and processes. Analysis of the organization, staffing, and role of administrative systems in contrasting social and cultural contexts of the Western and non-Western worlds. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as PADM 5341.
Prerequisites: senior standing.
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PADM 4353 - Seminar in Budgeting
Three credit hours.
The course covers budgeting theory and practice. Topics include budgeting as allocations, process games, rituals, history, and politics. It examines institutions and their roles in budgeting as well as current issues such as uncontrollability, balanced budgets, and variance budgeting. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as PADM 5353.
Prerequisites: POLS 1310 .
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Personal Awareness |
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PEAW 1124 - Practicum: Leadership Training
One credit hours.
Designed to recognize and enhance the development of student leaders through an orientation to campus and community resources and through participation in service projects and social activities. Enrollment is restricted to students participating in official university leadership groups. Final course grade is credit/no-credit.
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PEAW 1190 - Career Planning and Life Options
One credit hours.
A systematic approach to developing decision-making skills and an orientation to the world of work. The focal point of the course is the student and his or her goals. Emphasis is on clarifying and formulating realistic career goals and an appropriate career plan and strategy to achieve these goals. Final course grade is credit/no-credit.
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PEAW 1300 - The First Year Experience
Three credit hours.
Helps students reach their educational objectives. Interactive instructional methods promote the development of critical thinking skills and positive educational values. Students 1) complete a personal assessment to enhance their understanding of communication and learning styles, lifestyle risks, and loci of control; 2) learn to identify and use appropriate resources both on campus and within the community; 3) acquire skills needed to promote study, personal wellness, goal setting and achievement; 4) develop strategies to manage money, time and stress wisely; and 5) participate in a service learning experience outside the classroom in a setting designed to foster community service. Final course grades are A, B, C, and NC.
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PEAW 1310 - Library Research and Resources
Three credit hours.
Basic techniques for using the library effectively. Use of information resources, including online catalog, computerized databases, bibliographies, and indexes. Attention to students’ individual subject needs.
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PEAW 2124 - Practicum: Leadership Training
One credit hours.
Designed to recognize and enhance the development of student leaders through an orientation to campus and community resources and through participation in service projects and social activities. Enrollment is restricted to students participating in official university leadership groups. Final course grade is credit/no-credit.
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PEAW 3124 - Practicum: Leadership Training
One credit hours.
Designed to recognize and enhance the development of student leaders through an orientation to campus and community resources and through participation in service projects and social activities. Enrollment is restricted to students participating in official university leadership groups. Final course grade is credit/no-credit.
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PEAW 4124 - Practicum: Leadership Training
One credit hours.
Designed to recognize and enhance the development of student leaders through an orientation to campus and community resources and through participation in service projects and social activities. Enrollment is restricted to students participating in official university leadership groups. Final course grade is credit/no-credit.
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Professional Selling |
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PFSL 4395 - Cooperative Education I
Three credit hours.
The application of sales concepts and techniques in a field setting. A written project, designed in consultation with the faculty member, and a minimum of 200 hours with a participating employer during the semester are required. The exact number of weekly work hours, activities, and responsibilities are dependent on the nature of the work experience and must be specified in written agreements between the student, faculty member, and the Office of Cooperative Education. Course is offered on a credit/no credit basis only.
Prerequisites: MKTG 3350 , MKTG 3353 with grades of C or greater, a cumulative GPA of 2.5, and consent of a sponsoring faculty member prior to registration.
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Philosophy |
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PHIL 1110 - Introduction to Ethics
One hours lecture. One credit hours.
Overview of ethical theory and moral reasoning; case-based approach emphasizing ethical issues in business and technology. Cross listed as IFSC 1110 .
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PHIL 1310 - Introduction to Philosophy
Three credit hours.
Survey of basic themes in philosophy. Addresses such fundamental concerns as the nature of morality and beauty, the reasonableness of religious conviction, the nature of persons and the existence of free will, the status of animals and the environment, the relation of mind and body, the structure of a just society, and the nature of art through discussion and analysis of readings.
Prerequisites: RHET 1311 .
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PHIL 1330 - Introduction to Critical Thinking
Three credit hours.
An introduction to reasoning skills. Focus on the recognition of informal fallacies, the nature, use, and evaluation of arguments, and the characteristics of inductive and deductive arguments.
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PHIL 2320 - Ethics and Society
Three credit hours.
Study of selected texts reflecting a variety of ethical systems from Western and non-Western literary heritages and ethical traditions. Assigned works represent several national ethical literatures, with at least one major ethical text from each of four periods (antiquity, medieval, early modern, and contemporary). (ACTS Course Number PHIL 1103)
Prerequisites: RHET 1311 .
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PHIL 2321 - Ethics and Society: Professional Applications
Three credit hours.
Study of selected texts reflecting a variety of ethical systems from Western and non-Western literary heritages and ethical traditions. Assigned works represent several national ethical literatures, with at least one major ethical text from each of four periods (antiquity, medieval, early modern, and contemporary). Students will reflect on how these texts and ethical systems bear on specific ethical controversies arising in the workplace and in the contexts of professional life.
Prerequisites: RHET 1311 .
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PHIL 2350 - Introduction to Logic
Three credit hours.
(ACTS Course Number PHIL 1003)
Prerequisites: instructor consent. Introduction to deductive logic including translation of sentences into formal systems, immediate inferences, syllogisms, formal fallacies, proofs of validity, and quantification.
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PHIL 3177 - Applied Ethics Practicum
One, two, or three credit hours.
Instructor approval required. Internship or practicum credit for students pursuing ethics-oriented activites outside the classroom. This includes, but is not limited to, working with local high schools in preparation for the Arkansas High School Ethics Bowl, or participation on the UA Little Rock Ethics Bowl Team in preparation for the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl.
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PHIL 3277 - Applied Ethics Practicum
One, two, or three credit hours.
Instructor approval required. Internship or practicum credit for students pursuing ethics-oriented activites outside the classroom. This includes, but is not limited to, working with local high schools in preparation for the Arkansas High School Ethics Bowl, or participation on the UA Little Rock Ethics Bowl Team in preparation for the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl.
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PHIL 3310 - Theories of Knowledge
Three credit hours.
Introduction to the field of epistemology. Skeptical and realist positions will be assessed by analyzing internal and external accounts of knowledge (including coherence, foundation, naturalized, and reliablist theories). The connection between epistemology and artificial intelligence will also be examined.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 or PHIL 2320 or instructor consent.
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PHIL 3312 - Science and Culture
Three credit hours.
Examination of the methods, presuppositions, and implications of empirical science. Special emphasis will be given to the metaphysical assumptions that ground the scientific enterprise, and the interface between the pursuit of science and the moral interests of society.
Prerequisites: PHIL 2320 or PHIL 1310 or consent of instructor.
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PHIL 3315 - Philosophy and Narrative
Three credit hours.
This course will focus on philosophical issues relevant to one or more of the following topic areas: philosophical issues in literature and film, theories of drama and performance, the politics of narrative, and recent hermeneutical theory.
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PHIL 3320 - Modern Philosophy
Three credit hours.
This course will examine the writings of early modern philosophers (including Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant) and their influence on nineteenth century philosophers (including Hegel, Marx, and Kierkegaard).
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 or PHIL 2320 , or instructor consent.
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PHIL 3321 - Kant & 19th Century Philosophy
Three credit hours.
This course investigates American, British and/or continental European philosophy after the eighteenth century, with an emphasis on selected major figures, works, or themes.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 , or PHIL 2320 , or instructor consent (granted on the basis of similar preparation).
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PHIL 3322 - Contemporary Philosophy
Three credit hours.
This course will explore major developments in twentieth and twenty-first century philosophy. The themes and central figures under investigation will vary, but special emphasis will be placed on topics of current philosophical debate as well as those that bear directly on wider contemporary concerns.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 , PHIL 2320 , or instructor consent.
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PHIL 3335 - Medical Ethics
Three credit hours.
Analysis of ethical issues in medicine affecting patients, healthcare workers, and the public. Materials drawn from medical, legal, philosophical, and psychiatric sources, addressing such issues as euthanasia, abortion, assisted suicide, involuntary commitment, resource distribution, AIDS, and health insurance.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 or PHIL 2320 or instructor consent.
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PHIL 3341 - Contemporary Ethical Theory
Three credit hours.
This course examines some fundamental issues in 20th21st century ethical theory. In addition to exploring recent defenses and criticisms of leading normative theories, the course focuses on recent work in meta-ethics-in particular, debates about moral realism and non-realism.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 , or PHIL 2320 , or instructor consent (granted on the basis of similar preparation).
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PHIL 3345 - Ancient Greek Philosophy
Three credit hours.
Philosophical positions of ancient Greek philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and others) and their influence on medieval philosophers (Augustine, Aquinas, Averroes, and others).
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 or PHIL 2320 or instructor consent.
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PHIL 3346 - Social and Political Philosophy
This course will survey a number of different approaches to social and political philosophy. Students will have the opportunity to investigate and consider the role of the government, the engagement of individuals within society, and the relationship between law and politics. Similarly, students will read texts from throughout the history of philosophy in an effort to gain an appreciation of the varieties of theoretical approaches to society and the state.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 , PHIL 2320 , or instructor consent.
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PHIL 3347 - Philosophy of Law
Three credit hours.
Examination of topics and areas of study in jurisprudence such as the justification for coercion and punishment; the nature, moral foundation, and authority of law; liberty and freedom of expression under the law; feminist legal theory; critical race theory and other contemporary challenges.
Prerequisites: PHIL 2320 or PHIL 1310 or consent of instructor.
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PHIL 3350 - Eastern Thought
Three credit hours.
Survey of the beliefs, practices, and group structures of the major Eastern religious and social traditions (including Hinduism, Mahayana and Zen Buddhism, Shintoism, and Confucianism).
Prerequisites: 3 hours of Philosophy, or 3 hours of Religious Studies, or instructor consent.
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PHIL 3360 - Philosophy of Religion
Three credit hours.
Major issues in the philosophy of religion including the knowledge of God, the problem of evil, life after death, religious language and experience, and the relationship of faith and reason.
Prerequisites: 3 hours of Philosophy, or 3 hours of Religious Studies, or instructor consent.
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PHIL 3370 - Existentialism
Three credit hours.
Survey of the existential philosophers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries including Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Jaspers, Marcel, and Tillich.
Prerequisites: introductory philosophy course or instructor consent.
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PHIL 3372 - Philosophy and the Arts
Three credit hours.
This course investigates influential historical and/or contemporary contributions to aesthetics, philosophy of the arts, and philosophy of arts criticism. Topics may include: the nature of art and beauty; principles of criticism, standards of taste, and uniquely correct interpretations; the nature of an appropriate response to an artwork; the reality of aesthetic properties; and the relations between art, morality, and emotion.
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PHIL 3375 - Environmental Philosophy
This course explores key texts and themes within the field of Environmental Philosophy. It will explore a variety of questions concerning the relationship between human beings and the natural world. Such questions may include, but are not limited to: what constitutes nature, what the relationship is between humanity and our environment, and what our obligations are toward nonhuman animals and natural habitats.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 , PHIL 2320 , or instructor consent.
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PHIL 3377 - Applied Ethics Practicum
One, two, or three credit hours.
Instructor approval required. Internship or practicum credit for students pursuing ethics-oriented activites outside the classroom. This includes, but is not limited to, working with local high schools in preparation for the Arkansas High School Ethics Bowl, or participation on the UA Little Rock Ethics Bowl Team in preparation for the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl.
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PHIL 3386 - Ethics Bowl
Three credit hours.
Instructor approval required. This course gives students the opportunity to study normative ethical theories and apply those theories to a variety of current, real-world cases in the context of preparing for and competing in a regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl competition. Travel to and participation in a regional Ethics Bowl as part of the UA Little Rock Ethics Bowl Team is a course requirement. Instructor approval required.
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PHIL 4280 - Topics in Philosophy
Two or three credit hours.
Feminism, philosophy of art, metaphysics, and race theory are possible topics. Topics and course offering varies on demand.
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PHIL 4290 - Independent Study
Two or three credit hours.
Selective reading and written project on a topic submitted by the student and approved by the instructor before registration. Open only to students with demonstrated ability to write research papers of superior quality in philosophy. Applicants unknown to the instructor should submit academic transcripts and samples of their research papers in philosophy.
Prerequisites: senior standing, 15 hours of philosophy, consent of instructor.
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PHIL 4333 - Feminist Theory
Three credit hours.
This course will study major issues in feminist theory, including historical and contemporary debates, and seeks a broad understanding of the development of various strands of feminist thought and the resulting range of interpretive possibilities. It may include explorations of feminist perspectives on epistemology, metaphysics, social and political theory, and ethics, as well as race, class, sexuality, and nationality.
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PHIL 4350 - Classical Political Theory
Three credit hours.
Major political ideas and doctrines of political thinkers from Plato to Montesquieu, with emphasis on the contributions of each to the theory and practice of government. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as POLS 5380.
Prerequisites: POLS 1310 or junior standing.
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PHIL 4373 - Philosophy of Race
Threes credit hours.
This course is an introduction to the philosophy of race and ethnicity. It will explore the philosophical assumptions behind concepts of race, including: 1) historical origins and contemporary views of race and racial identities; 2) the intersection of racism and other forms of oppression; or 3) race in the history of philosophy.
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PHIL 4380 - Topics in Philosophy
Two or three credit hours.
Feminism, philosophy of art, metaphysics, and race theory are possible topics. Topics and course offering varies on demand.
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PHIL 4385 - Seminar in History of Philosophy
Three credit hours.
This seminar allows participants to pursue intensive study of a pivotal movement or central figure in the history of philosophy or the development of a particular idea. Topics may include Plato, Hellenistic Philosophy, Stoicism, Skepticism: Ancient and Modern, German Idealism, Marx and Marxism, Rationalism, Logical Positivism, Analytic Philosophy, or Post-structuralism.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 and PHIL 2320 or Instructor Consent.
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PHIL 4386 - Seminar in Social/Political Philosophy
Three credit hours.
This seminar allows participants to pursue intensive study of a pivotal movement or central figure in the history of philosophy or the development of a particular idea. Topics may include Plato, Hellenistic Philosophy, Stoicism, Skepticism: Ancient and Modern, German Idealism, Marx and Marxism, Rationalism, Logical Positivism, Analytic Philosophy, or Poststructuralism.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 and PHIL 2320 or Instructor Consent.
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PHIL 4387 - Seminar in Moral Philosophy
Three credit hours.
This seminar course offers an opportunity to either explore in greater depth a topic within moral philosophy that has been introduced in other courses offered by the department or explore a topic that is not covered in other regularly offered courses.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 and PHIL 2320 or Instructor Consent.
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PHIL 4388 - Seminar in Metaphysics / Epistemology
Three credit hours.
This seminar course offers an opportunity to either explore in greater depth a topic within metaphysics or epistemology that has been introduced in other courses offered by the department or explore a topic that is not covered in other regularly offered courses.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1310 and PHIL 2320 or Instructor Consent.
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PHIL 4390 - Independent Study
Two or three credit hours.
Selective reading and written project on a topic submitted by the student and approved by the instructor before registration. Open only to students with demonstrated ability to write research papers of superior quality in philosophy. Applicants unknown to the instructor should submit academic transcripts and samples of their research papers in philosophy.
Prerequisites: senior standing, 15 hours of philosophy, consent of instructor.
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Physics |
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PHYS 1110 - Physical Concepts Laboratory
Two hours laboratory per week. One credit hours.
Designed to examine some experimental aspects of topics discussed in PHYS 1310 .
Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHYS 1310 .
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PHYS 1121 - College Physics I Laboratory
Covering topics in PHYS 1321 with two hours laboratory per week. One credit hours.
Students explore concepts and principles using laboratory skills of inquiry, measuring techniques, mathematical analysis, graphing, and modeling. (ACTS Course Number PHYS 2014)
Prerequisite/Concurrent: PHYS 1321 .
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PHYS 1122 - College Physics II Laboratory
Covering topics in PHYS 1322 with two hours laboratory per week. One credit hours.
Students explore concepts and principles using laboratory skills of inquiry, measuring techniques, mathematical analysis, graphing, and modeling. (ACTS Course Number PHYS 2024)
Prerequisite/Concurrent: PHYS 1322 .
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PHYS 1310 - Physical Concepts
Three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
A one-semester course for students in programs of the health related professions. An introduction to the concepts of mechanics, properties of matter, heat, sound, electricity and magnetism, light, and atomic and nuclear physics.
Prerequisites: MATH 0301 or equivalent.
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PHYS 1321 - College Physics I
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Introduction to the fundamental principles underlying the foundations of classical and modern physics, including kinematics, Newtonian mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, simple harmonic motion, and wave motion. An algebra-based course designed for majors in the life sciences, pre-professional students, and engineering technology students, but is open to any student who meets the prerequisites.
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MATH 1302 or MATH 1401 .
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PHYS 1322 - College Physics II
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Continuation of PHYS 1321 , including topics of electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism, electromagnetic radiation, geometric and physical optics, and selected topics from modern physics, including radioactivity.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1321 with a grade of C or better.
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PHYS 2121 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers I Laboratory
Two hours laboratory per week. One credit hours.
(ACTS Course Number PHYS 2034)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHYS 2321 .
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PHYS 2122 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers II Laboratory
Two hours laboratory per week. One credit hours.
(ACTS Course Number PHYS 2044)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHYS 2322 .
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PHYS 2321 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers I
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
A calculus-based introduction to the fundamental principles underlying classical physics and modern physics and the applications of those principles in science and engineering.
Prerequisites: MATH 1304 or MATH 1451 .
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PHYS 2322 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers II
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Continuation of PHYS 2321 for students majoring in physics, astronomy, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, information science, mathematics, and systems engineering. Topics include electricity, magnetism, optics, relativity, and quantum physics. (ACTS Course Number PHYS 2044)
Prerequisites: PHYS 2321 and MATH 1305 or MATH 1452 .
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PHYS 2391 - Cooperative Education Work Experience I
Three credit hours.
Designed to enhance college education through career exploration in astronomy, engineering physics, or physics. A minimum of nine hours work per week. Exact number of hours will depend on the nature of the work experience and will be specified by a contract.
Prerequisites: consent of department chairperson.
Corequisites: PHYS 1321 , PHYS 1121 or PHYS 2321 , PHYS 2121 .
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PHYS 3123 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers III Laboratory
Three hours laboratory per week. One credit hours.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHYS 3323 .
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PHYS 3130 - Medical Physics Laboratory
Three hours laboratory per week. One credit hours.
Approximately 18 hours of hospital time supplemented by laboratory work in the Physics Department.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHYS 3330 .
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PHYS 3315 - Teaching Physics in the Secondary School
Three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
A study of physics laboratory experiments and demonstrations available for secondary school physics courses.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
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PHYS 3323 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers III
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
A continuation of topics in relativity and quantum physics introduced in PHYS 2322 or PHYS 1322 for students majoring in physics, astronomy, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, information science, mathematics, and systems engineering.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2322 or PHYS 1322 and MATH 2306, MATH 1452 or MATH 2453 .
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PHYS 3330 - Medical Physics
Three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
The applications of the concepts, methods, and principles of physics to the diagnosis and treatment of human disease.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1321 , PHYS 1322 or PHYS 2321 , PHYS 2322 .
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PHYS 3350 - Electronics
One hours lecture. Four hours laboratory per week. Three credit hours.
DC & AC electronics, semiconductors, operational amplifiers, and digital logic circuits with lab applications in experimental physics.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2322 or PHYS 1322 and consent of the instructor.
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PHYS 3391 - Cooperative Education Work Experience II
Three credit hours.
Further work experiences to enhance college education through an internship in astronomy, engineering physics, or physics. A minimum of nine hours work per week. The exact number of hours will depend on the nature of the work experience and will be specified by a contract.
Prerequisites: major in physics, junior standing, and consent of department chairperson.
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PHYS 4100 - Independent Study
One, two, or three credit hours.
Individual research by the advanced student. Topics determined on the basis of faculty interests and availability. One to three hours per credit hour. Exact time and nature of the experience will depend on the particular subject of the independent study and will be agreed on at the beginning of the term by the student and the instructor.
Prerequisites: consent of chairperson.
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PHYS 4111 - Advanced Laboratory I
Three to six hours hours laboratory per week. One or two credit hours.
Advanced experiments to acquaint the student with the problems and techniques of research activities. Equipment such as a 12-inch computer-controlled telescope with electronic camera, a 17-inch heliostat, and audio spectrum analyzers are available for student use. The advanced laboratory exposes the student to modern research techniques and provides many traditional laboratory experiences.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
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PHYS 4112 - Advanced Laboratory I
Three to six hours hours laboratory per week. One or two credit hours.
Advanced experiments to acquaint the student with the problems and techniques of research activities. Equipment such as a 12-inch computer-controlled telescope with electronic camera, a 17-inch heliostat, and audio spectrum analyzers are available for student use. The advanced laboratory exposes the student to modern research techniques and provides many traditional laboratory experiences.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
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PHYS 4112 - Advanced Laboratory II
Three to six hours hours laboratory per week. One or two credit hours.
Continuation of PHYS 4111 or PHYS 4112 .
Prerequisites: PHYS 4111 or PHYS 4112 .
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PHYS 4190 - Seminar
One credit hours.
Presentation of selected papers by students, faculty members, and invited speakers at weekly departmental meetings. Discussions, analysis, and implications of theoretical and experimental studies in the physical sciences. One hour.
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PHYS 4199 - Special Topics
One, two, three, or four hours lecture. One, two, three, or four credit hours.
Advanced, specialized topics of current interest in physics and astronomy. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as the 5000-level.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
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PHYS 4200 - Independent Study
One, two, or three credit hours.
Individual research by the advanced student. Topics determined on the basis of faculty interests and availability. One to three hours per credit hour. Exact time and nature of the experience will depend on the particular subject of the independent study and will be agreed on at the beginning of the term by the student and the instructor.
Prerequisites: consent of chairperson.
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PHYS 4212 - Advanced Laboratory II
Three to six hours hours laboratory per week. One or two credit hours.
Continuation of PHYS 4111 or 4112.
Prerequisites: PHYS 4111 or 4112.
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PHYS 4289 - Undergraduate Research
Two, three, or four credit hours.
Trains the student to analyze, plan and conduct experimental work on a research problem. Frequent conferences and a study of research literature with a final report are required. May extend over two semesters. Four to six hours per week for each hour of credit earned. Exact hourly commitment per week will depend on the nature of the project and will be agreed on in advance by the student and the instructor.
Prerequisites: consent of department chairperson, junior or senior standing, compliance with approved guidelines (available from chairperson).
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PHYS 4299 - Special Topics
One, two, three, or four hours lecture. One, two, three, or four credit hours.
Advanced, specialized topics of current interest in physics and astronomy. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as the 5000-level.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
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PHYS 4300 - Independent Study
One, two, or three credit hours.
Individual research by the advanced student. Topics determined on the basis of faculty interests and availability. One to three hours per credit hour. Exact time and nature of the experience will depend on the particular subject of the independent study and will be agreed on at the beginning of the term by the student and the instructor.
Prerequisites: consent of chairperson.
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PHYS 4310 - Statistical Thermodynamics
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
A microscopic, unified approach to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics with applications to ideal gases, including blackbody radiation and conduction electrons, magnetic systems, the Debye model, and chemical and phase equilibria. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as PHYS 5310.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2322 , PHYS 3323 .
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PHYS 4311 - Classical Mechanics
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Concepts of Newtonian mechanics, dynamics of particles and systems of particles, gravitation, vector analysis, dynamics of rigid bodies, moving coordinate systems, continuous media, small oscillations, and the methods of Lagrange and Hamilton. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as PHYS 5311.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2321 , MATH 2306 or MATH 1452 , or consent of the instructor.
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PHYS 4321 - Electromagnetism I
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Includes the Coulomb and Gauss laws, the Poisson and Laplace equations and solutions in several coordinate systems, electric and magnetic energy, AC and DC circuits, Ampere’s and Faraday’s laws, the vector potential, Maxwell’s equations, and the propagation of electromagnetic waves. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as PHYS 5321.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2322 .
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PHYS 4322 - Electromagnetism II
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Continuation of PHYS 4321 .
Prerequisites: PHYS 4321 .
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PHYS 4330 - Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Review of vector calculus, differential equations of physics, and techniques of solution. Fourier series, statistics, probability, error theory, partial differentiation, and functions of a complex variable. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as PHYS 5330.
Prerequisites: MATH 2306 or MATH 1452 .
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PHYS 4340 - Solid State Physics
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Structure of crystals, dispersion relations, specific heat, phonons, electric and magnetic properties of insulators and metals, band theory of metals, insulators and semiconductors, superconductivity.
Prerequisites: PHYS 3323 .
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PHYS 4350 - Quantum Mechanics I
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Concepts and history of quantum mechanics, experimental basis, the uncertainty principle, the Schrodinger equation with applications to simple systems, the hydrogen atom, perturbation theory, the interpretations of quantum mechanics, symmetry principles. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as PHYS 5350.
Prerequisites: PHYS 3323 .
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PHYS 4360 - High Energy and Nuclear Physics
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Properties of the nuclei, nuclear structure and stability, quark-gluon structure of hadrons, thermodynamics of large ensembles of hadrons, nuclear reactions, instrumentation and accelerators. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as PHYS 5360.
Prerequisites: PHYS 3323 .
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PHYS 4370 - Advanced Theoretical Physics
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Topics vary with the experience and interests of students. Some possible topics are scattering of waves, plasma physics, atmospheric physics, fluid dynamics, and quantum optics.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
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PHYS 4380 - Wave Motion and Optics
One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
The wave equation and solutions, wave propagation, coherence, interference, diffraction, polarization, refraction and reflection, dispersion, the interactions of light with matter, Huygens’ principle, optical instruments, quantum optics. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as PHYS 5380.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2322 .
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PHYS 4389 - Undergraduate Research
Two, three, or four credit hours.
Trains the student to analyze, plan and conduct experimental work on a research problem. Frequent conferences and a study of research literature with a final report are required. May extend over two semesters. Four to six hours per week for each hour of credit earned. Exact hourly commitment per week will depend on the nature of the project and will be agreed on in advance by the student and the instructor.
Prerequisites: consent of department chairperson, junior or senior standing, compliance with approved guidelines (available from chairperson).
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PHYS 4399 - Special Topics
One, two, three, or four hours lecture. One, two, three, or four credit hours.
Advanced, specialized topics of current interest in physics and astronomy. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as the 5000-level.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
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PHYS 4489 - Undergraduate Research
Two, three, or four credit hours.
Trains the student to analyze, plan and conduct experimental work on a research problem. Frequent conferences and a study of research literature with a final report are required. May extend over two semesters. Four to six hours per week for each hour of credit earned. Exact hourly commitment per week will depend on the nature of the project and will be agreed on in advance by the student and the instructor.
Prerequisites: consent of department chairperson, junior or senior standing, compliance with approved guidelines (available from chairperson).
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PHYS 4499 - Special Topics
One, two, three, or four hours lecture. One, two, three, or four credit hours.
Advanced, specialized topics of current interest in physics and astronomy. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as the 5000-level.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
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