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NEU 301 - Neuroscience: Sensory Neurobiology Four Credits
Spring Semester
Students will receive training and experience in writing within the field of Neuroscience. This course will provide each student with an opportunity to complete numerous written and oral assignments representative of the types of communications required of neuroscientists today.
Prerequisite(s): , and .
Fulfills the Writing in the Disciplines requirement.
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NEU 400 - Psychopharmacology Three Credits
Spring Semesters
Explores mechanisms of drug action, the ways in which the body metabolizes drugs (pharmacokinetics) and the resulting effect a drug has when ingested (pharmacodynamics). By drawing examples from clinical pharmacology, neurology and narcotic abuse we will gain a broad and balanced perspective of the current topics in psychotropic drug use and abuse.
Prerequisite(s): and .
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NEU 412 - Neuroscience Four Credits
Fall and Spring Semester
The nervous system is our liaison with the world. Tissues, organs, and molecules of the nervous system are identified. Brain anatomy, the action potential, neurons and neurotransmitters are discussed. Brain mechanisms underlying learning and memory, reproduction and addiction are examined. Conditions including stroke, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia are discussed. Three hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 101 - BIO 102 , BIO 211 , BIO 312 or PSY 415 .
Fulfills the Functional Organismic requirement for Biology majors.
Fulfills the Capstone requirement for Neuroscience and Biology.
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NEU 475 - Internship in Neuroscience Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Individually tailored experience in hospital (research, clinical) or related setting (university laboratory, biomedical industry, biotechnology industry, nonprofit agency).
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and permissions of the Neuroscience Program Director.
Consult Medical Science Coordinator and Neuroscience Program Director prior to registration. Must complete the “U.S. Internship Request for Approval” process found under the myPlans tab in myHill to register for this Internship.
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NEU 490 - Directed Study in Neuroscience Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Investigation in some area or topic within the Neurosciences that is not covered by normally scheduled courses. Before registration, the student presents plans to a full-time faculty member who agrees to direct/evaluate the project.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of both the faculty member directing the project and the Neuroscience Program Director.
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NEU 496 - Independent Research Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Opportunity for a student to conduct research in a specialized area of Neuroscience under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of both the faculty member directing the research project and the Program Director.
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NEU 497 - Senior Thesis Research in Neuroscience Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Opportunity for a student to do an advanced research project and thesis in a specialized area of Neuroscience under the direction of the Neuroscience faculty
Prerequisite(s): Approval of both the faculty member advising the thesis and the Neuroscience Program Director.
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PHL 100 - The Examined Life (Core) Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
An introductory examination of philosophical thought.
Fulfills the Philosophy Cornerstone requirement.
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PHL 110 - Gods, Souls, and Bodies (First-Year Seminar) Four Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
In this course, we will wrestle with big philosophical questions about ourselves, God, and the world. Why does God allow suffering? How do you know that this table is real? Do we have souls or are we just thinking meat? What happens when we die? Is everything relative?
Prerequisite(s): Open to First-Year Students only.
Fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Philosophy Cornerstone Requirements.
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PHL 111 - Questioning Love and Desire (First-Year Seminar) Four Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
The very word “philosophy” means love of wisdom, and love has been one of the central preoccupations of philosophers from ancient Greece to present times. This course will introduce students to philosophy through exploring the question of love and desire and their role in living meaningfully.
Prerequisite(s): Open to First-Year Students only.
Fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Cornerstone Philosophy Requirements.
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PHL 112 - Face it, You’re Going to Die - Philosophical Answers and Questions (First-Year Seminar) Four Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
This course will focus mainly on philosophical questions about the self and death: What am “I”? Do we have souls or are we just physical bodies? Does “person” necessarily mean “human”? What makes someone the same person over time? What happens after death? If death is the end, is that a bad thing? Is suicide ever rational or morally acceptable?
Prerequisite(s): Open to First-Year Students only.
Fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Philosophy Cornerstone Requirements.
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PHL 113 - Philosophy: What Does it All Mean? (First-Year Seminar) Four Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
In this course, we will examine some perennial issues in philosophy, including the nature of the self, knowledge, friendship and love, tragedy, and freedom and justice.
Prerequisite(s): PHL 113 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
Fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Philosophy Cornerstone requirements.
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PHL 114 - Philosophy: Our Bodies, Ourselves (First Year Seminar) Four Credits
Fall Semester
This course explores some of the questions that are raised by recognizing that we are not just minds- we are embodied creatures. How should we organize society to provide for our bodily needs? Should we worry about the death of our bodies? Are our minds and our bodies really different?
Prerequisite(s): PHL 114 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
Fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Philosophy Cornerstone requirements.
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PHL 221 - Ethics and the Good Life Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Discussion of major ethical theories in the history of philosophy in search for answers to fundamental moral questions: What makes actions right or wrong? Is morality relative or objective? Does morality depend on God? What is the purpose of life and what does morality have to do with it? Does morality conflict with personal happiness?
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
Fulfills the Moral Inquiry requirement.
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PHL 222 - Freedom and the Just Society Three Credits
Spring Semester
This course will explore questions about the relationship between the individual and society: What gives society authority over the individual? Would we be better off without society? Should we obey all of society’s laws or only those we think are just? What basic rights should people have in society? How could society be more just? How should wealth be distributed?
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
Fulfills the Moral Inquiry Requirement.
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PHL 223 - Introduction to Moral Reasoning Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
A non-historical introduction to ethics that will focus on basic theories and problems.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course and Junior standing.
Fulfills the Moral Inquiry requirement.
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PHL 224 - Contemporary Moral Issues Three Credits
Fall Semester
We will discuss a variety of contemporary ethical issues. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester but may include animal rights, moral relativism, physician-assisted suicide, the death penalty, cloning, and the extent to which we have an obligation to help those less fortunate.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
Fulfills the Moral Inquiry requirement.
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PHL 236 - Ethics and the Arts Three Credits
Spring Semester
Philosophy in dialogue with the Arts. Problems of ethics are examined using philosophic texts and works of literature and other arts.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
Fulfills the Moral Inquiry requirement.
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PHL 241 - Elementary Logic Three Credits
Spring Semester
The art of reasoning or argument: deductive and inductive. Terms as signs. Definition and division of terms and concepts. Relations between statements. Categorical deductive reasoning. Propositional logic. Predicate logic.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 251 - Political Philosophy Three Credits
Spring Semester
A discussion of the major themes in the history of Western political philosophy. Key figures include Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Rawls.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 252 - Minds, Brains and Technology Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
A discussion of questions that lie at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience and philosophy, including:
How are psychological states like pain related to brain states?
Could a digital computer have beliefs? feel pain? fall in love?
What can brain-based psychological disorders teach us about the mind?
Will advances in neuroscience show that we are not free? or morally responsible?
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
Course may be applied to the Neuroscience program.
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PHL 253 - Asian Philosophies Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
What is the nature of the self? What is the divine like? How should we live? What happens when we die? In this course, we discuss answers to these and many other questions from some of the rich philosophical traditions outside the Western world.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
Course may be applied to the Asian Studies minor.
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PHL 254 - Nietzsche and the Critique of Religion Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
Nietzsche’s critique of traditional religion goes far beyond his famous pronouncement that God is dead. His attack on traditional religious thought provides insight into his rejection of traditional morality and his proposal for new ways of action. In this course the students will analyze his new ways of moral thought.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 262 - Philosophy of Film Three Credits
Fall Semester
Film and video have become increasingly important and pervasive in our world. This course will examine what philosophical theories might teach us about film, and it will interrogate film in order to find out what it might teach us about philosophy as a way of questioning reality and discerning or creating meaning.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 265 - Readings in Contemporary Thought Three Credits
Spring Semester
An introduction to the philosophy of our time. Texts chosen to be readable. A focus on humanistic issues: how the unconscious controls behavior, where meaning and value come from, how one can be hoodwinked by political ideologies, whether the mind really exists, what to do about the loss of meta-narratives in our modern lives.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 266 - Topics in Philosophy Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
This course offers students and faculty an opportunity to investigate in some depth a specific area of the study of philosophy not normally otherwise addressed by the department.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
May be repeated with permission of Department Chair.
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PHL 270 - Freedom, Self, and Reality Three Credits
Fall Semester
We will discuss three issues: 1. Determinism: Is what you do ‘up to you’ or did genes make you do it? 2. Personal Identity: Are you the same person now as when you were twelve or six? How can you tell? 3. Reality: Are only physical objects real? What about persons, morality, and the future?
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 283 - Aesthetics Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
Philosophical principles of art and beauty. Review of major classical and modern theories. Discussion of specific works of art from different historical periods.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
Cross-listed in the Art History program as VPH 212 .
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PHL 285 - Philosophy of Science Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
A study of basic philosophical questions pertaining to the scientific endeavor and its methodology. Topics for discussion include: the foundations of science and the criteria for distinguishing science from non-science; conditions for the emergence and development of scientific theories; reductionism and the unity of science project; skepticism and limitations of the scientific method; implications of the scientific viewpoint for our understanding of the world in which we live and of the human condition (social and political implications of science).
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 286 - Genetics and Human Nature: Born that Way or Becoming Who We Are? Three Credits
Spring Semester
This course explores the implications of modern biology, particularly genetics, for our understanding of human nature. How does the biological viewpoint change how we distinguish normal from abnormal, natural from artificial, health from disease? What is its impact on the debate concerning nature and nurture, as well as on questions about race, sexual orientation, altruism, and gender?
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
Course may be applied to the Gender & Sexuality Studies program.
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PHL 305 - Hermeneutics Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
What is involved when we “interpret” a book, a poem, a movie, a painting, or any “text”? A philosophical analysis of the activity of understanding and interpretation as discussed by several Continental philosophers of the twentieth century.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 307 - Philosophy of Religion Three Credits
Spring Semester
Religious experience; faith and reason; proofs for the existence of God and criticisms of them; the divine attributes.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 332 - Philosophy of Knowledge Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
Nature and conditions of the act of human knowledge as such; the origin of human understanding and the possibility of knowing truth within diverse human sciences.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 341 - Plato Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
Selected dialogues of Plato. Problems and topics include: Plato’s criticisms of Greek philosophy; the roles of love, poetry, and rhetoric in human knowledge and morality; the concept of forms.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 342 - Aristotle Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
Aristotle’s psychology, ethics, and metaphysics, and his importance to subsequent philosophers.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 343 - Socrates Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
A course on the philosophy of Socrates. Students will study Plato’s early Socratic dialogues as well as texts by Xenophon and Aristophanes.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 353 - Medieval Philosophy Three Credits
Fall Semester
Encounter of Greek philosophical theories with Christianity as seen through the works of representative medieval thinkers, especially Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus and William of Ockham.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 354 - Thomas Aquinas and His Contemporaries Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
In the 13th century when Aristotle’s ideas were presented in Latin to the Christian theologians, a revolution in Western philosophical thought resulted. At the center of the intellectual controversies is the figure of Thomas Aquinas. Thomas, the most rational of theologians or the most religious of philosophers provided profound and innovative solutions to metaphysical, epistemological and moral problems. This course will examine his sources, his solutions and the responses of his contemporaries.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 361 - Descartes to Hume Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
Renaissance skepticism and the birth of Cartesianism. Descartes’ mathematicism and the methodic doubt. The Meditations. The thinking self, proofs for God’s existence, Cartesian dualism, and the problem of mind-body interaction. Locke’s critique of innate ideas. Berkeley’s immaterialism. Hume’s empiricism as a prelude to Kantianism.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 363 - Kant Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
Issues from The Critique of Pure Reason will be addressed first, such as the difference between the thing in itself and appearance. Then Kant’s moral philosophy will be discussed in detail. Slow and careful reading required.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 364 - Hegel and Marx Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
Roots of Marxism in Hegel and Feuerbach. Humanism of young Marx. Praxis and alienation. History as dialectical. Nature of communism. Collaborative works of Marx and Engels.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 371 - Existentialism Three Credits
Fall Semester
The Existentialist thinkers of the 20th Century vigorously protested the abstraction and sterility of certain kinds of philosophical and theological discourse and demanded that we confront the life and death, flesh and blood issues of our existence. The course will examine the sources of their existential protest in the thought of the 19th Century thinkers Nietzsche and Kierkegaard and progress through a discussion of the major figures and works in the Existentialist movement of the 20th Century.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 372 - Heidegger and His Influence Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
An introduction to the thought of the most seminal philosopher of the 20th century. Topics discussed include the critique of metaphysics, theology, science, and technology; the structure of being-in-the-world; time and history; anxiety, death, radical finitude and authentic existence. Consideration of Heidegger’s influence on contemporary thinking in philosophy and in all the major disciplines.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
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PHL 375 - Foucault: Power, Truth, Subjectivity Three Credits
Not Offered 2014-2015
Michel Foucault, an influential French thinker of the 20th century, is best known for his analyses of the positive and productive relations between power and knowledge and his exploration of an ethics understood in terms of the care of the self and others. This course is intended to be an in-depth study of his thought, and the primary means of study will be a careful reading and evaluation of a selection of his key writings.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course.
Course may be applied to the Gender & Sexuality Studies program.
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PHL 421 - Senior Philosophy Colloquium Three Credits
Spring Semesters
A senior philosophy major completes a capstone essay (plus an oral presentation and defense) on a philosopher or philosophical topic under the supervision of a department faculty member. Generally, this course is taken in the spring semester of the senior year.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing.
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PHL 475 - Internship in Philosophy Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and permission of Internship Coordinator and Department Chairperson required.
Must complete the “U.S. Internship Request for Approval” process found under the myPlans tab in myHill to register for this Internship.
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PHL 490 - Directed Study Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Supervised reading and research on selected topics.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of faculty member directing the project and Department Chairperson required.
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PHY 101 - Basic Physics I Four Credits
Fall Semester
Fundamentals of physics for students of biology. Topics in classical mechanics, heat and molecular view of gases; electricity and magnetism, optics and modern physics. Three periods of lecture and two hours of laboratory a week for two semesters.
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PHY 102 - Basic Physics II Four Credits
Spring Semester
Fundamentals of physics for students of biology. Topics in classical mechanics, heat and molecular view of gases; electricity and magnetism, optics and modern physics. Three periods of lecture and two hours of laboratory a week for two semesters.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 101 .
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PHY 105 - Physics Problem Solving I One Credit
Spring Semester
This series of one-credit courses is meant to help students integrate the knowledge acquired in several physics topics from freshman to senior year. The topics covered range from engineering applications of physics concepts to advanced topics in physics and astrophysics. Students are given complex and multifaceted problems that they can study individually and in groups with the help of the Physics faculty.
Prerequisite(s): Corequisite(s):
Each spring semester there will be four separate sections of the course for, respectively, PHY 105 for freshmen, for sophomores, for juniors and for seniors. Seniors will read research papers and present them to the rest of the class.
Completion of the four courses will satisfy the Capstone requirement for Physics and Astronomy majors.
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PHY 121 - Physics I Four Credits
Fall Semester
Brief introduction to vectors and basic concepts of calculus; kinematics; Newton’s laws, force, work and power; conservative forces, potential energy; momentum, collisions; rotational motion, angular momentum, torque; oscillations, simple harmonic motion; gravitation and planetary motion; fluid dynamics; kinetic theory of gases, thermodynamics; heat capacity and transport. Three periods of lecture and two hours of laboratory a week.
Corequisite(s): MTH 125 .
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PHY 122 - Physics II Four Credits
Spring Semester
Brief introduction to the basic concepts of vector calculus, such as line and surface integrals, integral version of Gauss’ theorem and Stokes’ theorem; Coulomb’s law, insulators and metals; electrostatic induction, potential energy; capacitance; currents, resistance, basic circuits, batteries; magnetism and currents; Ampere’s law; motion of free charges in magnetic fields, mass spectroscopy; magnetic induction, Faraday’s law; Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves; geometric and wave optics; light as photons, photoelectric effect. Three periods of lecture and two hours of laboratory a week.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 125 Corequisite(s): MTH 126 .
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PHY 192 - Astronomy in the Scientific Revolution Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
The development and establishment of heliocentric theory. Topics include celestial observations, the geocentric universe, Copernicus’ rejection of geocentrism, Kepler’s and Galileo’s contributions to heliocentrism, 17th-centuryobservations, and the gradual acceptance of heliocentrism. The course stresses exercises, observation, establishment of data, preparation of tables, and construction of mathematical models.
Fulfills the Natural Scientific Inquiry requirement.
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PHY 193 - Science and Belief Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Exploration of the relation between science and religion looking at selected historical episodes from St. Augustine to Richard Dawkins. Possible topics include: reactions to Copernican cosmology; the Galileo affair; rationalism and empiricism in the scientific revolution; Aristotelianism and mechanical philosophies; Puritanism and science; Enlightenment critique of religion; responses to Darwin; Big Bang cosmology and the fine-tuning argument; evolutionary psychology; the growth of anti-scientific sentiment within American fundamentalism.
Fulfills the Catholic Intellectual Traditions and Natural Scientific Inquiry requirements.
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PHY 194 - Physics in the Scientific Revolution Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semester
The development of classical mechanics. Topics include medieval Aristotelian principles of motion; the development of statics, kinematics and dynamics along with mathematical advances in the 17th century; and Newton’s Principia. The course stresses exercises, observation, laboratory experiments, establishment of data, and the development of mathematical analysis and laws.
Fulfills the Natural Scientific Inquiry requirement.
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PHY 195 - Quarks and Quanta: Exploring the Subatomic World Three Credits
Spring Semester
The search for the ultimate building blocks of matter is traced from antiquity up to the recent discovery of the Higgs boson, culminating in the standard model of particle physics. The symmetry ideas that underlie the theory and the role of particles in the evolution of the universe are emphasized.
Fulfills the Natural Scientific Inquiry requirement.
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PHY 196 - Quantum World and Relativity Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Introduction to the mysteries of quantum physics and relativity for the general student. Despite nearly a century of confirmations, the basic rules of quantum physics and relativity are still strange, mysterious, and counter-intuitive, and fun to think about. This course examines these rules – their discovery, content, and experimental verifications – and the people who created them – Einstein, Bohr, DeBroglie, Heisenberg, etc. You do not need to be a science major to take this course.
Fulfills the Natural Scientific Inquiry requirement.
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PHY 205 - Physics Problem Solving II One Credit
Spring Semester
This series of one-credit courses is meant to help students integrate the knowledge acquired in several physics topics from freshman to senior year. The topics covered range from engineering applications of physics concepts to advanced topics in physics and astrophysics. Students are given complex and multifaceted problems that they can study individually and in groups with the help of the Physics faculty.
Prerequisite(s): Corequisite(s):
Each spring semester there will be four separate sections of the course for, respectively, for freshmen, PHY 205 for sophomores, for juniors and for seniors. Seniors will read research papers and present them to the rest of the class.
Completion of the four courses will satisfy the Capstone requirement for Physics and Astronomy majors.
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PHY 221 - Physics III Four Credits
Fall Semester
Mechanical and electrical examples of damped, forced and resonant oscillations; the mechanical wave equation via Newton’s mechanics; the electromagnetic wave equation via Maxwell’s equations; traveling sound and electromagnetic waves; diffraction and interference, geometrical limit of wave optics.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 125 , MTH 126 , PHY 121 and PHY 122 .
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PHY 222 - Classical Mechanics Three Credits
Offered in 2015-2016
Lagrange’s equations; central forces; kinematics and equations of motion for rigid bodies; Hamilton’s equations; Hamilton-Jacobi equations; small oscillations; elements of fluid dynamics.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 125 -MTH 126 ; and PHY 121 -PHY 122 .
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PHY 291 - Planets, Moons and the Search for Alien Life Three Credits
Fall Semester
Earth and the solar system, the search for planets around other stars and a discussion about the probability of finding life on other planets or their moons. Topics include: birth of the solar system; early history of the Earth; emergence of life on our planet; mass life extinctions; space exploration of planets and moons in our solar system and search for extraterrestrial life; recent successful search for planets around other stars; possibility of discovering Earth-like planets around other stars in the near future. The course will include class activities, such as labs, and repeated visits to our astronomical observatory.
Fulfills the Natural Scientific Inquiry requirement.
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PHY 292 - The Universe Three Credits
Spring Semester
Structure and evolution of the Universe. Topics include: a brief history of our ideas about the size of the Universe, from the Greeks to Copernicus; the Newtonian revolution and the defeat of the anthropocentric view of the cosmos; Einstein and the geometry of space-time; the Milky Way and the discovery of other galaxies; stellar evolution; supernovae; white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes; pulsars; how stars produce the atomic building blocks of life; Big Bang and the expansion of the universe; discovery of microwave background radiation; and the mystery of dark matter. The course will include class activities, such as labs, and repeated visits to our astronomical observatory.
Fulfills the Natural Scientific Inquiry requirement.
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PHY 305 - Physics Problem Solving III One Credit
Spring Semester
This series of one-credit courses is meant to help students integrate the knowledge acquired in several physics topics from freshman to senior year. The topics covered range from engineering applications of physics concepts to advanced topics in physics and astrophysics. Students are given complex and multifaceted problems that they can study individually and in groups with the help of the Physics faculty.
Prerequisite(s):
Each spring semester there will be four separate sections of the course for, respectively, for freshmen, for sophomores, PHY 305 for juniors and for seniors. Seniors will read research papers and present them to the rest of the class.
Completion of the four courses will satisfy the Capstone requirement for Physics and Astronomy majors.
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PHY 321 - Statistical Physics Three Credits
Offered in 2015-2016
An introduction to the macroscopic view of thermodynamics: temperature, heat, work, entropy, equations of state, engines and refrigerators. Introduction to the microscopic or statistical view: Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical distributions; quantum statistics of bosons and fermions; black body radiation; electronic and thermal properties of quantum liquids and solids.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 -PHY 122 , and PHY 221 , LC 235 recommended.
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PHY 322 - Astrophysics and Cosmology Three Credits
Offered in 2015-2016
Introduction to the structure of stars and hydrostatic equilibrium; stellar nuclear fusion; stellar evolution, the ultimate fate of stars, stellar super-winds and supernovae; stellar remnants: white dwarfs, neutron stars and degeneracy pressure; x-ray sources; black holes and accretion disks; how relativity predicts the expansion of the universe; quasars and gamma ray bursts; modern cosmology: microwave background radiation; dark matter; vacuum energy; the formation of galaxies from gravitational instability; primordial synthesis of the elements; the Big Bang as a test of our high energy physics theories.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 -PHY 122 , and PHY 221 .
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PHY 323 - Quantum Physics Three Credits
Spring Semester
Schroedinger wave equation and the statistical interpretation of the wave function; the time independent equation in one dimension - free particle, square wells, barriers, tunneling; the equation in three dimensions - hydrogen atom and angular momentum; identical particles and spin; multiparticle states and entanglement; introduction to solids and Block theorem.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 -PHY 122 , and PHY 221 and MTH 251 (Linear Algebra), LC 235 is highly recommended.
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PHY 324 - Electromagnetism Three Credits
Offered in 2015-2016
The sources, the properties and the waves of electromagnetic fields and potentials; Boundary value problems in electrostatics; Magnetostatics and Faraday’s law; Electromagnetic Properties of media: dielectrics, diamagnetic, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic materials; Maxwell’s equations in differential form; Relativistic basis of electromagnetism; Electromagnetic basis of geometric and wave optics: lenses, mirrors, diffraction, polarization.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 , PHY 122 and PHY 221 .
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PHY 325 - Electronics Four Credits
Offered in 2015-2016
Analog electronic circuits, from RL, RC, RLC filters to transistors and operational amplifiers; introduction to digital circuits. The course includes both theory and a strong lab component.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 -PHY 122 .
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PHY 401 - Great Experiments in Modern Physics I Three Credits
Fall Semester
Available experiments include: Cavendish experiment for the gravitational constant, Young’s two-slit interference experiment, Fizeau’s rotating mirror experiment for the speed of light, Maxwell’s speed of light via electrical measurements, Thomson’s experiment for the electron charge/mass ratio, Millikan’s experiment for the electron charge, Einstein-Perrin’s for Boltzmann’s constant, Planck’s constant via photoelectric effect, Planck’s constant via hydrogen spectrum, Rutherford’s experiment for nuclear size, Frank-Hertz experiment on inelastic electron-atom collisions. PHY 401 may be elected without PHY 402 ; however, to complete all of the experiments students will need both semesters. See Program Director.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 -PHY 122 , and PHY 221 .
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PHY 402 - Great Experiments in Modern Physics II Three Credits
Spring Semester
Available experiments include: Cavendish experiment for the gravitational constant, Young’s two-slit interference experiment, Fizeau’s rotating mirror experiment for the speed of light, Maxwell’s speed of light via electrical measurements, Thomson’s experiment for the electron charge/mass ratio, Millikan’s experiment for the electron charge, Einstein-Perrin’s for Boltzmann’s constant, Planck’s constant via photoelectric effect, Planck’s constant via hydrogen spectrum, Rutherford’s experiment for nuclear size, Frank-Hertz experiment on inelastic electron-atom collisions. PHY 401 may be elected without PHY 402; however, to complete all of the experiments students will need both semesters. See Program Director.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 -PHY 122 , and PHY 221 .
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PHY 403 - Topics in Physics Three Credits
Spring Semester
This is an umbrella title to accommodate any physics offering not included in the above list. The specific topics covered will be listed in pre-registration materials and will appear in the student’s transcripts; for example, PHY 403, Topics in Physics - Medical Physics. Student may take several semesters of PY 403, because of a change in topic: e.g. Topics in Physics-Optics.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 -PHY 122 , and PHY 221 .
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PHY 404 - Topics in Astronomy Three Credits
Not Offered 2013-2014
The mechanism for PHY 404 is the same as for PHY 403 : examples are PHY 404 - Research in Extrasolar Planets, PHY 404 – Stellar Evolution or PHY 404 - Cosmology.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 -PHY 122 , and PHY 221 .
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PHY 405 - Physics Problem Solving IV One Credit
Spring Semester
This series of one-credit courses is meant to help students integrate the knowledge acquired in several physics topics from freshman to senior year. The topics covered range from engineering applications of physics concepts to advanced topics in physics and astrophysics. Students are given complex and multifaceted problems that they can study individually and in groups with the help of the Physics faculty.
Prerequisite(s):
Each spring semester there will be four separate sections of the course for, respectively, for freshmen, for sophomores, for juniors and PHY 405 for seniors. Seniors will read research papers and present them to the rest of the class.
Completion of the four courses will satisfy the Capstone requirement for Physics and Astronomy majors.
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PHY 420 - Engineering Statics Three
Fall Semester
Introduces students to the basic principles of engineering statics. The course deals with forces acting on rigid bodies under static equilibrium. Topics include forces, force systems, moments, couples, first and second moments of areas and volumes, inertia, centroids, frames and trusses.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121
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PHY 425 - Solid Mechanics Three Credits
Spring Semester
The concepts of stress and strain and their relation are introduced. Axially loaded members, temperature effects, torsion, bending, combined loading and stress transformations are studied. Torsion, deflection of beams, stability and buckling of columns are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 , PHY 420
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PHY 490 - Directed Study Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
This is an opportunity for upper level students to do advanced work in a specialized area of physics or astronomy.
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PHY 496 - Independent Research Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Students carry out an independent research project under the direction of a faculty member. The research may be part of an ongoing project being conducted by the faculty member, or the student and faculty member may develop an original project. Approval of the faculty member and the Department Chairperson needed.
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PHY 497 - Senior Thesis Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
Students complete an independent scholarly work under the guidance of a faculty member, resulting in a substantial written work.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in the department; approval of the faculty member and the Department Chairperson.
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POL 101 - Model United Nations One Credit
Not Offered 2013-2014
This one credit course prepares students to participate in the annual four-day National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in New York City in late March. The course prepares students to participate in Stonehill College’s delegation to NMUN to represent effectively and knowledgeably the delegation’s country assignment.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor Permission required.
Course may be taken a maximum of four times.
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POL 110 - Power, Order, and Justice (First-Year Seminar) Four Credits
Fall Semester
This course will explore the dilemmas facing all governments: on what principles should the political order be based? What is the nature of the just state? What determines citizenship, political authority, and power? What is the good life and how is it related to the political order and the satisfaction of justice?
Prerequisite(s): Open to First-Year Students only.
Is the equivalent to .
Fulfills the First-Year Seminar Requirement.
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POL 123 - American Government and Politics Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
The primary goal of this introductory course is to provide a broad understanding of governmental institutions and political behavior in the United States. This course covers the development of institutions and ideas from the founding era, the interaction among institutions and between the levels of government in the formulation and implementation of public policy, and the impact of citizens and groups on the American political system.
Fulfills the Social Scientific Inquiry requirement.
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POL 143 - International Politics Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
An exploration of the formation of foreign policy, the structure and processes of international systems, patterns of conflict, economic and security issues, and institutions and processes of conflict resolution.
Course may be applied to the Asian Studies minor.
Course may be applied to the Middle Eastern Studies minor.
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POL 171 - Power, Order, and Justice Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
The dilemmas facing all governments: On what principles should the political order be based? What is the nature of the just state? What determines citizenship, political authority and power? What is the good life, and how is it related to the political order; and the satisfaction of justice?
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POL 201 - College Mock Trial One Credit
Not Offered 2013-2014
This course prepares you to participate in the American Mock Trial Association collegiate mock trial competition as a member of the team representing Stonehill College. Topics covered include developing a case theory, drafting opening statements and closing arguments, conducting direct and cross examinations, and making and responding to evidentiary objections.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission required.
Course may be taken three times as long as topics differ.
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POL 221 - Education Policy and Politics Three Credits
Not Offered 2013-2014
An in depth investigation of the political dynamics and policy challenges in American education. This course explores the history and purpose of education, problems facing U.S. public education within an increasingly globally competitive world, governance structures, education finance, and specific education policy issues, standards and accountability, among others.
Prerequisite(s): POL 123
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POL 222 - Political Ideologies Three Credits
Alternate Years: Fall 2013
An introduction to Western political ideologies: basic philosophical concepts, the theory of democracy and its critics, and various political ideologies including conservatism, fascism, feminism, liberalism, Marxism, and socialism.
Prerequisite(s): POL 171 .
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POL 233 - Law, Politics, and Society Three Credits
Not Offered 2013-2014
This course examines law in practice with a focus on how individuals operate within and against the legal system. It explores the nature of law, its impact on the everyday lives of people, the judicial process, the art of legal reasoning, and the role of courts in initiating, directing, and resisting social change.
Prerequisite(s): POL 123 .
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POL 234 - Comparing States Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
The variations in political systems of states will be explored in terms of state-society relations. Types of democratic and authoritarian systems will be investigated, as well as conditions of their consolidation, change or transformation. In addition, the role of such forces as political protest and participation, ideologies and civil society on shaping politics and policy outcomes will be explored through comparative case studies of countries around the world.
Course may be applied to the Asian Studies minor.
Course may be applied to the Middle Eastern Studies minor.
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POL 235 - American Political Thought Three Credits
Spring 2015, Fall 2016
An exploration of the basic structure, values, and theoretical foundations of the American republic and its political development. The creation and definition of American political thinking in the works of Locke, Jefferson, Madison, Tocqueville, Calhoun, Lincoln, and others.
Prerequisite(s): POL 171 or POL 110 or a 100-Level Philosophy Course.
Course may be applied to the American Studies program.
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POL 245 - American Foreign Policy Three Credits
Fall Semester
The interplay between American interests and the international political system is examined in terms of decision-making, political pressures, ethical considerations, a changing security agenda, patterns of cooperation and conflict, trade and aid, human rights and resource distribution.
Course may be applied to the American Studies program.
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POL 247 - Elections in America Three Credits
Alternate Years: Fall 2014
Elections are the signature events of American democracy and provide a mechanism to ensure democratic accountability. This course examines how elections in America are structured and how political parties shape the electoral system. The course also examines how interest groups, the media, and money impact electoral dynamics.
Prerequisite(s): POL 123 .
Course may be applied to the American Studies program.
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POL 249 - Contemporary Global Conflict Three Credits
Not Offered 2013-2014
Conflicts around the globe are grounded in ethno-national or ethno-religious foundations and exemplify this low level but intensely savage terrorism and war. The course will look at the explanations and analyze the causes of such wars and the strategies policy makers offer to deal with the consequences.
Course may be applied to the Asian Studies minor.
Course may be applied to the Middle Eastern Studies minor.
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POL 255 - Environmental Policy and Politics Three Credits
Alternate Years: Spring 2014
Global climate change, mass extinctions, polluted waterways, hazardous waste dumps, oil spills, and nuclear meltdowns. Concerns about the health and integrity of the environment have garnered much attention since the 1960s. This course examines the nature and extent of public policy-making that addresses these and other environmental issues.
Course may be applied to the American Studies program.
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POL 310 - Political Science Research Methods Four Credits
Fall and Spring Semesters
This course provides an introduction to the methods that political scientists use to answer questions. Students will learn analytical tools to critically evaluate and conduct research. The course will cover research design, hypothesis formulation, and various qualitative and quantitative methods for collecting and analyzing data.
Prerequisite(s): POL 123 .
Fulfills the Writing-in-the Disciplines requirement.
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POL 331 - War Three Credits
Spring Semester
The causes of war, military history with the interplay of strategy, technology and politics as the central focus, the nuclear threat and terrorism in the contemporary period. Prevention and the limitation of war and the moral and legal restraints on the activities of states are explored.
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POL 332 - The American Presidency Three Credits
Alternate Years: Spring 2014, 2016
The origins and growth of the American presidency, the Executive office, and its occupant, the relationship between the office and democratic government, the separation of powers and divided party government, and on the expansion of public administration during the twentieth century.
Prerequisite(s): POL 123 .
Course may be applied to the American Studies program.
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POL 333 - Contemporary Political Theory Three Credits
Spring Semester
This course explores contemporary political theory from the perspective of core political concepts such as liberty, rights, and democracy. What does it mean to be free in a modern society? What does it mean to have rights, and what rights should individuals have? What does democratic theory expect of citizens?
Prerequisite(s): POL 171 (cannot be taken concurrently).
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POL 336 - Constitutional Law and Politics Three Credits
Fall Semester
This course focuses on the structural form and institutional powers of American government. The central purpose of the course is to explore the question of constitutional interpretation. Who are the authoritative interpreters of the Constitution, what is the relationship between them, and what interpretive methodology should they employ?
Prerequisite(s): POL 123 .
Course may be applied to the American Studies program.
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POL 337 - Public Administration Three Credits
Alternate Years: Spring 2014
Administration of public affairs; how public policy is put into effect by government bureaucracies; theories of government organizations; the political setting of bureaucracies; problems of budgeting and personnel; efficient and humane conduct of public business.
Prerequisite(s): POL 123 .
Course may be applied to the American Studies program.
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