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NAIS 368 - Native North American Art History
Using a regional approach, this course examines art by Native North Americans. The influence of tourism, photography, and museums on art, as well as Native American influence on these forces is also examined. Art surveyed ranges from the archaic to the contemporary.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
Notes: This course is the same as Art 368; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
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NAIS 380 - Native American Literature: Topics
A study of traditional and contemporary Native American expression as seen through oration, tales and legends, chants and songs, poetry, drama, autobiography and the novel.
Prerequisites: CO1 course and (LIB 150 or LIB 150 Proficiency Score 1 or CO2 course).
Credits: 4
Repeatable: Students may repeat this course for credit, provided the subject is different on each occasion.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
Notes: This course is the same as Engl 380; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
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NAIS 450 - Tribal Preservation
Tribal Preservation will introduce students to all aspects of tribal historic preservation and cultural resource management on Indian lands. Using a case study approach, students will learn how to preserve and protect sacred objects and sacred places and explore career options with native programs. Field trips and guest speakers will be featured.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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NAIS 491 - Practicum
The practicum in Native American and Indigenous Studies will provide valuable work-related experience in Indian Country for a minimum of 120 hours of work. Students may work on campus, with community organizations, or with federal and tribal entities.
Credits: 3
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NAIS 493 - Internship in NAIS
The internship offers instruction and hands-on experience in the various areas of Native American and Indigenous Studies.
Credits: 1-6
Repeatable: Course is repeatable for up to 6 credits.
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NAIS 496 - Senior Seminar
The capstone course in Native American and Indigenous Studies. Students will produce a final paper or project.
Prerequisites: (CO1 course and LIB 150) or CO2 course.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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NAIS 499 - Independent Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member in NAIS or other faculty approved by the NAIS Coordinator. Topic and format must be approved by the coordinator and academc dean.
Credits: 1-6
Hours: 50 hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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NSE 375 - National Student Exchange
The National Student Exchange is an association of 170 colleges and universities that have joined together to provide exchange opportunities for their students within the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. In-state Fort Lewis College students have option of either paying home school tuition and fees or in-state tuition of host institutions. Out-of-state students pay Fort Lewis College tuition and fees.
Credits: 12-18
Repeatable: Repeatable.
Notes: Instructor permission.
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PE 1110 - Aquacize
Aquacize is a fun 45-minute exercise activity class performed to music that is designed to enhance the student’s cardiovascular endurance, strength and flexibility. Basic aquatic fitness concepts and techniques will also be presented.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1120 - Swimming - Beginning
The course will introduce the student to techniques required to swim a number of basic strokes. Steps will be taken to set aside the fear of water and introduce the student to safety procedures.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1121 - Swimming - Intermediate
This course is designed to improve your skill and fitness through a series of varied swim instruction sessions, practice and workouts.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1122 - Swimming for Fitness
Swimming for fitness is a fun aquatic activity class designed to enhance the student’s cardiorespiratory endurance, strength, and flexibility while moving through water. Students will learn various aquatic training techniques that can be used to improve or maintain their current level of physical fitness.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1216 - Social Dance
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic steps, turns, etiquette, music, rhythm and style of social dance.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1310 - Fitness - Circuit Training
A course designed to develop cardiovascular fitness levels via walking, running, circuit training, rope jumping, interval training, plyometrics, swimming and other exercises.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1315 - Stretching for Flexibility
This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the principles of stretching for full body flexibility and active participation in a total body personalized stretching program.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1330 - Fitness - Running
The course will provide the student with introductory concepts of an aerobic running exercise program to satisfy their individual fitness and activity needs.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1350 - Fitness - Step Aerobics
A 45-minute exercise class performed to music that is designed to enhance the student’s cardiovascular endurance, strength and flexibility. Basic aerobic conditioning and fitness techniques will also be presented.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1360 - Fitness - Triathlon Training
This course is designed to instruct students in the basics of triathlon training and competing.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1370 - Fitness - Walking
The course will provide the student with introductory concepts of an aerobic walking program to satisfy their individual fitness and activity needs.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1380 - Fitness - Weight Training
The course will provide the student with knowledge of current strength training techniques applied to personnel fitness goals and methods to build an appropriate weight training program to satisfy their individual needs.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1390 - Fitness - Yoga
To explore the practice of Hatha Yoga at a beginning level and cultivate the balance between flexibility, strength, and endurance in body, mind, and spirit.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1391 - Fitness - Intermediate Yoga
To explore the practice of Hatha Yoga at an intermediate level and cultivate the balance between flexibility, strength, and endurance in body, mind, and spirit. Instructor permission is required.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1422 - Desert Mountain Biking
This course covers basic to mid-level mountain bike riding techniques, including, but not limited to, bike handling, climbing, descents, riding position, diet, endurance, stretching, safety and bike maintenance.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1430 - Day Hiking
An opportunity to explore the local area as it applies to the hiking trails near the Fort Lewis College campus and Durango.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1440 - Flycasting
This course will introduce the student to the sport of fly fishing, including equipment and techniques.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1450 - Kayaking - Beginning
Basic kayaking skills including, but not limited to, paddling strokes, rolling and assisted rescues, self-rescue, basic hydrology and river safety, and equipment review.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1460 - Rock Climbing
This course covers basic beginning rock climbing skills including, but not limited to, knots, anchor systems, belay/climbing commands, rock climbing techniques (face, friction, crack), belaying (mechanical, hip, lowering) rappelling, equipment review, and related safety issues.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1520 - Badminton
The course will provide the student with basic knowledge and techniques of the game of badminton as an exercise program to satisfy their individual fitness and activity needs.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1530 - Basketball
This course introduces the student to the basic skills, rules, and strategies of basketball.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1555 - Golf - Beginning
Develop the basic fundamentals of your golf swing. Develop a basic swing pattern. Learn a basic knowledge of the rules of golf. Learn the basic etiquette of golf. Develop an awareness of fundamental strategies in course management.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1571 - Recreational Games
This course is designed to expose students to a variety of recreational games that are generally not covered in our regular physical activity class offerings. Activities to be included are: deck tennis, indoor hockey, cageball, bowling, horseshoes, whiffle softball, dodgeball, croquet, ping-pong, shuffleboard, billiards, darts, hopscotch, pickleball, etc. Some competitive and cooperative activities will be introduced.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1580 - Self Defense
Active participation in basic self-defense skills, prevention and awareness.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1610 - Soccer - Beginning
A course designed to develop the basic skills, rules knowledge, and strategy involved with soccer.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1620 - Tennis - Beginning
This course will introduce the student to the game of tennis. This format will include instruction and practice in skills, knowledge of rules and scoring.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1622 - Ultimate Frisbee/Team Handball
The course will introduce the student to the basic skills involved in Ultimate Frisbee, an outside grass surface activity and Team Handball, an indoor court game. Both games require the ability and willingness of continuous activity.
Credits: 1
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PE 1630 - Volleyball - Beginning
This course will provide student with the fundamental skills in volleyball, including knowledge of volleyball rules through gameplay and written exams.
Credits: 1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-2)
Notes: PE courses are NOT approved for guaranteed transfer to other Colorado colleges and universities.
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PEAC 101 - Introduction to Peace and War
This course provides an interdisciplinary examination of peace and war. It discusses theories of peace studies and gives students the opportunity to better understand contemporary conflicts. Students will both develop analytical strategies for understanding conflicts as well as productive strategies for resolving them. Through in-depth analysis of international organizations, students will gain hands-on understandings of global citizenship.
Credits: 4
Suffix: AH3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PEAC 401 - Conflict Resolution Strategies
As the capstone for the Peace and Conflict Studies minor, this course discusses various conflict resolution strategies and provides students with opportunities to develop skills in peace building and distributive, integrative, and principled negotiation as well as a variety of mediation strategies ranging from traditional to transformative. Students gain hands-on experiences through role-playing and have opportunities to synthesize their the content from their elective courses.
Prerequisites: CO2 AND instructor permission
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PH 205 - Environmental Health
This course will present major environmental health factors and issues related to public and community health. The course will present multiple aspects of the topics, including policy, industry, medical, community, and individual perspectives.
Prerequisites: PH 201
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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PH 250 - Communicable & Chronic Disease
This course will present the etiology, treatment and control of the most significant acute and chronic diseases in the US today; the focus will be on those with public health significance. Students have the opportunity to research, write, and present about a significant disease of their interest and participate in a community-based experience related to that disease.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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PH 320 - Community Health Behavior
This course will discuss behavior change theory and principles and their application to public/community health programs and health education. Social and community factors related to health and health behavior will also be discussed. Community-focused experiences and learning projects will occur throughout the course.
Prerequisites: PH 201
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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PH 350 - Substance Abuse Prevention
This course will provide an overview of substance abuse epidemiology, substance abuse disparities, and substance abuse prevention research and programs. Prevention program planning and substance related behavioral change models will be presented. Students will have the opportunity to research and learn about specific substance abuse prevention topics and programs.
Prerequisites: PH 201 AND PH 205 AND PH 320
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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PH 380 - Epidemiology
This course will present principles of scientific method and study design related to public health research and data. The course will help students begin to understand and interpret the evidence for defining the public health problem, assessing causation, and evaluating effectiveness of potential interventions. Course includes a computer-based laboratory.
Prerequisites: PH 201 AND CSIS 105 AND (MATH 110 OR MATH 113 )
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-3)
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PH 450 - Program Planning & Evaluation
This course presents models of program planning and evaluation in community and public health settings. Students will incorporate understanding of program planning and evaluation into projects and writing.
Prerequisites: PH 320 AND PH 380
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PH 460 - Public Health Service Learning
This course will be a structured public/community health-based learning experience that combines community service with preparation, reflection, and active learning about public/community health. Service-learning sites may include: local, state, or federal health department or health-related agency, community-based and non-profit organizations, hospitals, or clinics. Class requirements include a weekly class meeting.
Prerequisites: PH 320 AND PH 380
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PH 480 - Public Health Senior Seminar
This course is for public health majors only and will present and discuss key public health issues in an advanced study topic-based manner to bring together students’ coursework from the variety of other classes throughout the major. A major report, project, or paper synthesizing a community or public health issue of the students’ choice will be required.
Prerequisites: PH 201 AND PH 320
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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PHIL 141 - Introduction to Philosophy
An introduction to the philosophical enterprise through discussion and analysis of representative readings from the history of philosophy. Issues considered include the nature of reality, the relation of mind and body, the possibility of proving that God exists, the nature and origin of morality and beauty, and the relation of knowledge to experience.
Credits: 4
Suffix: AH3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 151 - Film and Philosophy
An examination of the ways in which philosophy is manifested in the making and content of film. This course will include the viewing of several films that portray philosophical themes on the nature of humor, drama, and the fear in contemporary film and attempt to answer questions regarding the nature of voyeuristic emotional catharsis in the making of the human being. Finally, the course hopes to address issues of cultural diversity by looking at the way various Western and non-Western cultures address these issues. The course will also include philosophical readings on film and the nature of philosophical problems.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 161 - Philosophy and Literature
This course will explore philosophical themes as they are presented in literature. Students will read poetry, plays and novels from antiquity to the 20th century, and examine the questions they raise about philosophical issues such as moral responsibilty, the nature of the universe and truth.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 172 - World Religions
A study of the nature and history of the major contemporary religions of the world. This course is the same as RS 172; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Credits: 4
Suffix: AH3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 244 - Chinese Philosophy
A study of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, with consideration of some dissenting views of these dominant schools of Chinese thought, such as Maoism and Legalism. We will investigate the theories of human nature, knowledge, and reality embraced by these philosophies, as well as their conceptions of ethics and politics.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
Notes: This course is the same as RS 244; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
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PHIL 251 - Moral Philosophy
A broad review of the history of attempts since classical Greece to identify morality and to establish standards for making and assessing moral judgments.
Credits: 4
Suffix: AH3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 252 - Environmental Ethics
This course explores what responsibilities humans may have to and for animals, plants, and other elements of the natural environment. Students will explore a variety of conceptual frameworks for examining issues in environmental ethics, such as anthropocentric ethics, biocentric ethics, land ethics, deep ecology and ecological feminism.
Credits: 4
Suffix: AH3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 264 - Social & Political Philosophy
This course offers an introductory, selective review of major theories and empirical studies, from classical to contemporary, of social relations and human interactions while exploring the political contexts in which social philosophies emerge. It also provides an overview of how organization of governments has been conceptualized and practiced, how law and policy originate and evolve, and how social and political ideals are formulated, transformed, and institutionalized.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 271 - Logic
A broad treatment of different methods of assessing the validity of deductive and inductive arguments. The course covers syllogistic logic, elementary truth-functional logic, quantification and brief discussions of informal logic and inductive logic.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 274 - Ancient/Medieval Philosophy
An examination of the history and philosophy from the origins of scientific thought in Asia Minor through the synthesis of Christianity and Greek philosophy in the thought of St. Augustine and the medieval scholastics. A major emphasis of the course will be the systems of Plato and Aristotle, which provide many of the roots of modern thought. This course is a suitable beginning course in philosophy.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 281 - Theory of Knowledge
This course explores philosophical controversies concerning knowledge and skepticism: What is truth? What is it for a belief to be justified? Do we know anything? Does knowledge represent objective reality or merely a culturally constructed conception of reality? Traditional and current answers to these and related questions are scrutinized.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 299 - Individual Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chairperson and dean.
Credits: 1-6
Hours: 50 hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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PHIL 305 - Writing Philosophy
An introduction to the techniques, conventions, and styles of philosophical writing through the critical reading and analysis of selected books and journal articles on a topic central to the field.
Prerequisites: ( CO1 course AND (LIB 150 OR LIB 150 Proficiency Score 1 OR CO2 course) )
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 320 - Indigenous Worldviews
A survey of selected regional belief systems outside the major religious traditions treated in Phil/RS 321. Emphasis is on philosophical foundations of religious cultures native to the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Old Europe. Special attention is given to the mythic and other symbolic expressions of “archaic” consciousness in contemporary societies.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
Notes: This course is the same as RS 320; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
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PHIL 328 - Philosophy of Science
An examination of the scope, structure, methodology, and spirit of science with special attention to such topics as the relation between the presuppositions and the conclusions of science, the nature of scientific revolutions and the social responsibilities of the scientist.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 360 - Philosophy of Religion
This course explores the problems raised by religion: Does God exist? Is it rational to believe in God? If God knows the future, are we free? Does the existence of evil disprove the existence of God? Can all religions be equally true? This course is the same as RS 360; credit will only be given for one of these courses.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 361 - Philosophy of Art
An examination of nature and purposes of art through the study of several traditional and contemporary philosophies of art such as those of Plato, Aristotle, Marx, Tolstoy, Collingwood, and Merleau Ponty. Topics include nature of the art object, the distinction between art and craft, the role of imitation, representation, expression and creativity, the social function and responsibility of the artist, and the nature of aesthetic experience.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 365 - Philosophies of Feminism
An examination of gender bias in its various guises, such as androcentrism, gender polarization, and biological essentialism. Explanations of the source and maintenance of sexism are explored through feminist theories: liberal, radical, Marxist, existential, psychoanalytic, and postmodern. Feminist theory itself is critically evaluated.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 379 - Modern Phil: 17 & 18 Centuries
An examination of the roots of the Enlightenment, including studies of rationalism, the origins of scientific thought, ethical modes of thought grounded in reason and empiricism, and social and individual notions of self-identity. This course examines the origins of enlightenment as a rebirth of the Renaissance and as the beginnings of contemporary Western notions of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Thinkers to be discussed will include Descartes, Spinoza, Hume, Locke, Berkeley, Kant, Rousseau, and others of the period.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 381 - Metaphysics
This course is an exploration of historical and contemporary attempts to answer questions about the ultimate nature of reality, such as: Why is there something rather than nothing? Do humans have free will? Is freedom compatible with determinism? What makes me the same person I was as a child? What makes the future different from the past?
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 382 - Philosophies of the Southwest
An examination of the various philosophical underpinnings of multicultural Southwest. The course will also examine the kinds of misunderstandings which can emerge from the interactions of these cultures when cultural philosophical assumptions go unexamined.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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PHIL 384 - Philosophy of Mind & Language
This course explores puzzles raised by the existence of minds, making special use of contemporary theories of meaning in order to address them. What is a mind? How are minds related to bodies? What is it to have thoughts? Is language necessary for thinking? How does language represent reality? How do we know what others mean by their words?
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 389 - 19th & 20th Century Philosophy
In this course students will examine the major movements in the 19th and 20th centuries European and American philosophy. The course will include a study of Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche and Kierkegaard from the 19th century. From the 20th century, students will focus on developments in the analytic and continental traditions.
Prerequisites: PHIL 274 OR
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 451 - Studies in Great Philosophers
An examination in depth of the writings of a major philosopher such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Marx, Heidegger, or Sartre.
Credits: 4
Repeatable: This course may be repeated as long as the topics are different.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 496 - Senior Seminar
Advanced study and research in selected topics.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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PHIL 499 - Independent Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chairperson and dean.
Credits: 1-6
Hours: 50 hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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PHSC 106 - Physical Sciences
With a strong focus on concepts rather than mathematics, this course explores the history and methods of science. Fundamental theories of physical science are explored, including a rare chance for students from all majors to get a glimpse of the astounding scientific revolutions of the 20th century. This course includes a weekly lab.
Credits: 4
Suffix: SC1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-2)
Notes: Students cannot receive credit for both PhSc 100 and PhSc 106, or PhSc 105 and PhSc 106.
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PHSC 115 - Environmental Phys Science
Students will explore foundational concepts in the physical sciences, focusing on how these concepts provide a better understanding of current environmental issues. The accompanying laboratory will stress scientific methodology and reinforce concepts learned in class.
Credits: 4
Suffix: SC1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-2)
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PHSC 205 - Introduction to Astronomy
A course for students interested in elementary astronomy. A survey of modern astronomy including the moon, planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole. The history and social implications of astronomy are also addressed.
Prerequisites: TRS 92 OR MATH 110 OR Computed Math Placement Score MA110
Credits: 3
Suffix: SC2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
Notes: Students cannot receive credit for both PhSc 205 and PhSc 206.
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PHSC 220 - Your Cosmic Context
This course examines the nature, contents, and history of the universe. Topics include dark matter and dark energy, Einstein’s general relativity, the big bang theory and its evidence, the emergence of complex life in the universe, and cultural and personal aspects of cosmology.
Prerequisites: TRS 92 OR MATH 110 OR Computed Math Placement Score MA110
Credits: 3
Suffix: SC2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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PHYS 262 - Physics-Science & Engr III
An introductory course in physics covering the basic concepts of heat and thermodynamics, wave motion, optics, and sound.
Prerequisites: PHYS 201 OR PHYS 217
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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PHYS 299 - Individual Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chair and dean.
Credits: 1-6
Hours: 50 hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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