Jun 02, 2024  
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 Courses numbered from 101–299 are lower-division courses, primarily for freshmen and sophomores; those numbered from 300–499 are upper-division courses, primarily for juniors and seniors. The numbers 296, 396, 496, and 596 designate individual study courses and are available for registration by prior arrangement with the course instructor and approval of the department chair.

The number in parentheses following the course title indicates the amount of credit each course carries. Variable credit courses include the minimum and maximum number of the credits within parentheses.

Not all of the courses are offered every quarter. Final confirmation of courses to be offered, information on new courses and programs, as well as a list of hours, instructor, titles of courses and places of class meetings, is available online in My CWU which can be accessed through the the CWU home page, and go to www.cwu.edu/registrar/course-information

 

Philosophy (PHIL)

  
  • PHIL 202 - Global Ethics


    Description:
    Examine some main traditions of ethics, such as Christian ethics, Buddhist ethics, Confucian ethics, ethical absolutism and relativism, utilitarianism, deontology, and feminist ethics.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    AH-Philosophies and Culture World (W).
  
  • PHIL 209 - Asian Philosophy


    Description:
    Examination of selected classical and/or contemporary issues and questions in Chinese, Japanese and Indian philosophy.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    AH-Philosophies and Culture World (W).
  
  • PHIL 210 - Current Ethical Issues


    Description:
    Contemporary ethical theories from diverse traditions applied to current ethical problems. Recent ethical approaches to euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment, affirmative action, and environmental concerns.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    AH-Philosophies and Culture World (W).
  
  • PHIL 298 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PHIL 299 - Seminar


    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • PHIL 302 - Ethical Theory


    Description:
    Offers an overview of the content and justification of historical approaches to ethical theory. Includes a critical assessment of those theories and a discussion of current approaches to ethical theory.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 304 - Business Ethics


    Description:
    Ethical problems that arise in contemporary business practices and the relevance of recent ethical theory to these problems.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 305 - Philosophy of Religion


    Description:
    Fundamental assumptions and issues in religious activity and thought; types of religious philosophy.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 306 - Environmental Ethics


    Description:
    An examination of various positions on the human relationship with the natural environment, from ancient and contemporary, western and non-western, as well as interdisciplinary perspectives.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: sophomore standing or above.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    AH-Philosophies and Culture World (W).
  
  • PHIL 307 - Introduction to Formal Logic


    Description:
    An introduction to formal logic, focusing on propositional and predicate calculus. Logical operators, symbolization, truth functions, truth tables, natural deduction (including conditional and direct proofs), and quantifiers.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 308 - Medical Ethics


    Description:
    Explores ethical issues arising in a medical context, such as the allocation of scarce medical resources and health care, patient confidentiality , advance directives, human experimentation, and physician-assisted suicide.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 309 - Ethics through Film


    Description:
    An examination of ethical theories and themes in film, including the ethics of filmmaking. Films will be selected from a wide range of possibilities, including foreign productions.

    Credits: (5)

    Notes:
    Formerly PHIL 402, students may not receive credit for both.
  
  • PHIL 324 - Philosophy and Science Fiction


    Description:
    Covers issues in analytic philosophy via examination of science fiction works. Topics may include skepticism, free will, personal identity, artificial intelligence, machine ethics, transhumanism, genetic engineering and time travel.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 325 - Women and Philosophy


    Description:
    An examination of what the history of philosophy has claimed about the significance of gender with particular attention to the characterization of women in those texts and the impact of this history on contemporary thought.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 345 - Chinese Philosophy


    Description:
    Selected philosophical topics in Chinese literature.

    Credits: (5)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 10 credits.
  
  • PHIL 347 - Philosophy of Law


    Description:
    Examines theories regarding the origin and justification of legal systems, including; natural law theory, legal positivism, and legal realism. Topics may include; civil disobedience, religious freedom, affirmative action, pornography, the insanity defense, and punishment.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 348 - Social and Political Philosophy


    Description:
    An examination of the philosophical foundations of major modern social and political systems such as classical conservatism, liberalism, socialism, fascism, and anarchism.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 352 - Greek and Roman Philosophy


    Description:
    Overview of major thinkers and themes in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. Figures/schools discussed may include the Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism, Epicureanism, Skepticism, Cicero, and/or Plotinus.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 353 - Early Modern Philosophy


    Description:
    A study of some of the influential philosophies of the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 354 - Kant and Nineteenth-Century Philosophy


    Description:
    A study of European philosophers from the late 18th and 19th centuries. The course focuses on primary texts from such philosophers as Kant, Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 357 - Philosophy of Race


    Description:
    This course will examine the philosophical significance of race: interrogating its reality and legitimacy as a category of identify, and the political and social implications of racial identify, both historically and in contemporary contexts. 

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 358 - Existentialism


    Description:
    Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Marcel, Heidegger, Jaspers, and Sartre.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 361 - Theory of Knowledge


    Description:
    A critical study of contemporary analytic epistemology. Topics may include belief, evidence, and perception; skepticism and justification; a priori knowledge; induction; knowledge of other minds; the ethics of belief; truth and relativism.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 364 - Philosophy of Mind


    Description:
    A critical study of contemporary analytic philosophy of mind. Topics may include dualism, materialism, functionalism, consciousness, intentionality and representation, the computational theory of mind, artificial intelligence, and animal minds.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 378 - Philosophy of Love


    Description:
    A study of various concepts of love as they occur in philosophy, literature, and other cultural expressions. The nature of romantic love, eros, agape, friendship, and fellow feeling will be discussed.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: sophomore standing or above.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    AH-Philosophies and Culture World (W).
  
  • PHIL 380 - Philosophy of Science


    Description:
    A critical study of the aims, structure, and methodology of the sciences. Topics covered may include explanation, prediction, induction, theories, scientific realism, empiricism, laws, and confirmation.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 403 - Philosophy of Art


    Description:
    Survey of ancient, modern, and contemporary philosophy of art, with an emphasis on primary texts and application to artwork. Examination of different ways to define art and its function: art as representation, expression, and metaphor.

    Credits: (5)

    Notes:
    Formerly, PHIL 303. Students may not receive credit for both.
  
  • PHIL 459 - Phenomenology


    Description:
    A historical and critical study of phenomenology as a philosophic method. Leading phenomenologists such as Husserl, Scheler, and Merleau-Ponty.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 465 - Advanced Ethics


    Description:
    Advanced topics reflecting current trends and problems within philosophical ethics.

    Credits: (5)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to a maximum of 10 credits.
  
  • PHIL 485 - Capstone Project


    Description:
    Culminating experience (research paper, internship or creative project) to synthesize and display understanding of knowledge gained in coursework as applied to academic, professional and personal plans for the future.

    Credits: (2)

  
  • PHIL 488 - Junior Seminar


    Description:
    Intensive study of selected philosophical theories, movements, or figures.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: student must be a philosophy major with junior or senior standing or have permission from the instructor.

    Credits: (5)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 10 credits under a different subtitle.
  
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    PHIL 490 - Cooperative Education


    Description:
    An individualized, contracted field experience with business, industry, government, or social service agencies. This contractual arrangement involves a student learning plan, cooperating employer supervision, and faculty coordination.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: prior approval required.

    Credits: (1-12)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
    Grading Basis
    Grade will either be S or U.
  
  • PHIL 494 - Undergraduate Thesis Preparation


    Description:
    Preparation for writing undergraduate thesis.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: advanced standing (junior standing or above) and permission of instructor.

    Credits: (2)

    Grading Basis
    Grade will be either S or U.
  
  • PHIL 495 - Undergraduate Thesis


    Description:
    Produce an original substantive thesis-driven paper based on independent research.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PHIL 494 and advanced standing.

    Credits: (3)

    Consent
    By permission.
  
  
  • PHIL 497 - Honors Thesis


    Description:
    Produce an original, thesis-driven honors level paper based on original research. Paper will be reviewed by a second departmental reader and presented in an open forum.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PHIL 494, advanced standing, and admission to the Philosophy and Religious Studies Departmental Honors Program.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PHIL 498 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PHIL 499 - Seminar


    Credits: (5)


Physical Education (PE)

  
  • PE 115 - Beginning Climbing


    Description:
    This course will introduce students to indoor rock climbing techniques. Including: climbing movement and top rope climbing skills.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 3 credits.
  
  • PE 116 - Intermediate Climbing


    Description:
    This course will build indoor rock climbing skills learned in PE 115, beginning climbing, and introduce skills that will help students begin climbing outside. Including climbing movement, lead climbing, rappelling and anchor cleaning.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PE 115 or instructor approval.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 3 credits.
  
  • PE 118 - Climbing Wall to Rock


    Description:
    Introduction to outdoor rock climbing by ensuring proficiency in an indoor setting over 5 weeks and to be concluded with an outdoor climbing trip to utilize skills learned. Course focuses on anchor systems, rappelling, lead climbing and belaying, and trip planning. Climbing experience and a top rope belay certification required.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PE 115 or PE 116 or by permission of instructor.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PE 220 - Climbing Wall Instructor


    Description:
    This course will prepare students to instruct climbing in an indoor setting. Students will learn to instruct both technical and movement climbing skills. This course will prepare students to receive a climbing wall instructor certification through the professional climbing instructors association.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PEID 298 Intermediate Climbing or instructor permission.

    Credits: (2)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 6 credits.
  
  • PE 298 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PE 321 - Football Coaching


    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 323 - Basketball Coaching


    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 324 - Track Coaching (On reserve as of 9/16/15)


    Credits: (3)

    Notes:
    Put on reserve as of 9/16/15. Will go inactive 8/24/18.
  
  • PE 325 - Baseball Coaching


    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 326 - Theory of Coaching Soccer


    Description:
    This course provides an in-depth examination of the coaching of soccer at all school age levels.

    Credits: (3)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 6 credits.
  
  • PE 330 - Volleyball Coach


    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 334 - Physical Education Activities for the Elementary School


    Description:
    Selection, organization, and presentation of physical education activities in the elementary school.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance, and conditional or full admission to the Teacher Certification Program.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 346 - Administration of Athletes


    Description:
    The course will provide the student with an overview of the role of the athletic director as the leader, manager, organizer, and director of the interscholastic and intercollegiate programs in public and private schools.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PE 365.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 365 - Foundations of Coaching


    Description:
    Introduction to principles and methods of coaching sports with children and youth.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 398 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PE 442 - Field Work in Physical Education


    Description:
    Class to be arranged by college supervisor.

    Credits: (1-6)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
    Grading Basis
    Grade will either be S or U.
  
  • PE 448 - Coaching and Competitive Ethics


    Description:
    This course is to enable the student to understand and apply ethical values as a practitioner (coach) in the realm of competitive sport.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PE 365.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 453 - Psychological and Sociological Foundations of Coaching


    Description:
    Investigation of factors affecting individual and group behavior in the coaching of interscholastic sports.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PE 365.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 484 - Legal Liability and Risk Management (Put on Reserve 9/16/16.)


    Description:
    Aspects of personal law, premises liability, and risk management affecting policy, and behavior within the physical education and coaching profession.  (Put on Reserve 9/16/16.  Last taught in 2012.  Will go inactive 8/24/19.)

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PE 491 - Workshop Clinic


    Description:
    Letter grades or S or U grades may be given at the option of the Department of Physical Education.

    Credits: (1-6)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PE 492 - Practicum


    Description:
    Practical experience working with children in physical education activities.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: four credits in physical education major.

    Credits: (1-4)

    Notes:
    May be repeated for credit. Four credits required in major.
  
  
  • PE 498 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PE 499 - Seminar


    Credits: (1-5)


Physical Education and School Health (PESH)

  
  • PESH 280 - Foundations of Physical Education and School Health


    Description:
    Fundamental issues, theories, paradigms, constructs, history, and experiences necessary for an understanding of teaching Health and Physical Education as a profession and lifestyle.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • PESH 300 - Comprehensive School Health Education


    Description:
    This course is designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to teach comprehensive school health education with a major emphasis on consumer/community health, environmental health, and personal health/safety.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 326 - Human Diseases


    Description:
    Introduces students to fundamental principles relating to identification, prevention, and control of non-infectious and infectious diseases in contemporary society; emphasis on physical, social, psychological, and environmental issues surrounding these diseases.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 330 - Positive Youth Development in Physical Activity


    Description:
    Provides philosophical and practical base for working in youth development programs. Focus on programs that serve youth through physical activity with special emphasis on goals of personal and social responsibility.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 336 - Practicum 1


    Description:
    Physical education teaching practicum.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280, and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (2)

  
  • PESH 341 - Characteristics of Effective Physical Education Teaching


    Description:
    Examination of selected pedagogical principles and their impact on the teaching of human movement.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280 or instructor permission for students pursuing the physical activity and recreational programming minor.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 342 - Developmental Movement


    Description:
    Instruction in the analysis and teaching of movement concepts, locomotor, and non-locomotor skills.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • PESH 343 - Pedagogical Application of Teaching Styles and Systematic Reflection


    Description:
    The purpose of this course is to expand your already-developed effective teaching skills and knowledge to include styles of teaching and systematic analysis.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280 and PESH 341 and PESH 342 or instructor permission for students pursuing the physical activity recreational programming minor.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 344 - Applications of Technology in Teaching Fitness and Physical Activity


    Description:
    Introduces students to the plethora of technological advances being used to teach children about their health.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PESH 280, and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance. Corequisite: PESH 341.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 345 - School Health Curriculum


    Description:
    This course is designed to expose learners to current school based health education curricula, materials, and strategies necessary to effectively teach comprehensive school health education in the K-12 setting.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: HED 210.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 348 - Tactics and Skills of Striking and Net/Wall Games


    Description:
    This course will cover the content of tactics and striking skills in a variety of net/wall games (e.g. badminton, handball, pickleball, tennis, volleyball).

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 350 - Utilizing Tactics and Skills for Invasion Games


    Description:
    This course will cover the content of invasion games and sports (e.g., basketball, soccer, lacrosse, rugby, hockey).

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280 and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 356 - Teaching Lifelong Physical Activity Pursuits


    Description:
    Introduces students to methodology related to teaching nontraditional activities in traditional and nontraditional settings.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, PESH 341, PESH 342, PESH 343 or instructor permission for students pursuing the physical activity and recreational programming minor.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 358 - Applications of Resistance, Core, and Cardiovascular Training


    Description:
    Students will develop, using sound research practice, skills to deliver group exercise training programs to classes at the secondary level. Emphasis is placed on resistance, core, and cardiovascular physical activities.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 437 - Practicum 2


    Description:
    Physical Education teaching practicum.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, PESH 336, and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 438 - Practicum 3


    Description:
    Physical education teaching practicum.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, 336, and 437.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 439 - Practicum 4


    Description:
    This course is designed to provide physical education and school health majors the knowledge and skill needed to create and teach dynamic, school health education lessons and unit plans within the K-12 setting.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280 and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PESH 444 - Professionalism in the Schools


    Description:
    This course provides an opportunity for the learner to assess and to fine-tune student teaching and job readiness as excellent educators. To be taken one or two quarters before student teaching.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: this class requires admission to either the physical education or school health education major.

    Credits: (2)

  
  • PESH 445 - Curriculum Development and Assessment in Physical Education


    Description:
    Examination of specific pedagogical principles and their impact on the teaching of human movement.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 341, PESH 342, and PESH 343.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 447 - Inclusive Strategies and Activities for Diverse Learners


    Description:
    This course will provide inclusive strategies and activities for diverse learners in physical education and school health.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 456 - Facilitating and Leading Adventure Activities in the Schools


    Description:
    Identify critical components of selected outdoor pursuits and circus arts activities.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, PESH 341, PESH 342, PESH 343, PESH 350, and PESH 356 or instructor permission for students pursuing the physical activity and recreational programming minor.

    Credits: (2)

  
  • PESH 458 - Diagnosis and Analysis of Human Movement


    Description:
    Designed to teach the student applied principles of human movement diagnosis including basic motor control, motor learning sport movements, and applied biomechanical principles.

    Credits: (3)


Physics (PHYS)

  
  • PHYS 101 - Introductory Astronomy I


    Description:
    An inquiry-based introduction to celestial motions, celestial objects, observational astronomy and the physics associated with each. Emphasis on stars and planets.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    NS-Patterns&Connection Natural (L)
  
  • PHYS 102 - Introductory Astronomy of the Solar System


    Description:
    An introduction to the physics of the bodies in our solar system with an emphasis on planets and the Sun. This course will include an emphasis how we observe the planets and Sun, current and past planetary missions, and the comparative evolution of bodies in our solar system.

    Credits: (4)

    General Education Category
    NS-Patterns&Connection Natural (L)
  
  • PHYS 103 - Physics of Musical Sound


    Description:
    Basic principles of acoustics applied to the production and perception of sound by musical instruments. Other topics covered include sound in rooms, musical scales, sound synthesis, and vocal acoustics. Techniques and tools for analyzing sound will be emphasized. Class format includes lecture, group problem solving, and laboratory activities.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    NS-Application Natural Science (L) (W)
  
  • PHYS 106 - Physics Inquiry


    Description:
    An introduction to fundamental physics topics in matter, motion, electricity, and magnetism.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    NS1 NS-Fund Disc Phys&Biological (L)
  
  • PHYS 108 - Light and Color


    Description:
    An introduction to topics in light and color with applications to technology in the arts.

    Credits: (4)

    General Education Category
    NS-Application Natural Science (L)
  
  • PHYS 111 - Introductory Physics


    Description:
    Topics in physics including kinematics and dynamics. Analyzing physical systems using algebra and trigonometry. Not open to students with credit in PHYS 181.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: must be eligibility for MATH 154 based on the Math Placement Test, or MATH 153 with a grade of C or higher. Co-requisite: PHYS 111LAB.

    Credits: (4)

    General Education Category
    NS1 NS-Fund Disc Phys&Biological
  
  • PHYS 111LAB - Introductory Physics Laboratory


    Description:
    Investigation of topics in physics including kinematics and dynamics.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Corequisite: PHYS 111.

    Credits: (1)

    General Education Category
    NS1 NS-Fund Disc Phys&Biological (L)
  
  • PHYS 112 - Introductory Physics II


    Description:
    An integrated experimental and analytical investigation of topics in rotational dynamics, wave mechanics, and conservation principles. This integrated lecture/laboratory course includes the analysis of physical systems using algebra and trigonometry along with inquiry-based activities and experimental investigation.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 111 and PHYS 111LAB. Co-requisite: PHYS 112LAB.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • PHYS 112LAB - Introductory Physics Laboratory II


    Description:
    An integrated experimental and analytical investigation of topics in rotational dynamics, wave mechanics, and conservation principles. This integrated lecture/laboratory course includes the analysis of physical systems using algebra and trigonometry along with inquiry-based activities and experimental investigation.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Pre-requistie: PHYS 111 and PHYS 111LAB. Co-requisite: PHYS 112.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PHYS 113 - Introductory Physics III


    Description:
    An integrated experimental and analytical investigation of topics in electricity, magnetism, and optics. This integrated lecture/laboratory course includes the analysis of physical systems using algebra and trigonometry along with inquiry-based activities and experimental investigation.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PHYS 111 and PHYS 111LAB. Co-requisite: PHYS 113LAB.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • PHYS 113LAB - Introductory Physics Laboratory III


    Description:
    An integrated experimental and analytical investigation of topics in electricity, magnetism, and optics. This integrated lecture/laboratory course includes the analysis of physical systems using algebra and trigonometry along with inquiry-based activities and experimental investigation.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Pre-requisites: PHYS 111 and PHYS 111LAB. Co-requisite: PHYS 113.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PHYS 121 - Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences


    Description:
    An integrated lecture/laboratory course covering kinematics and dynamics with emphasis on the application of physical concepts to biological systems. Students analyze physical systems using algebra and trigonometry. Class format includes lecture, inquiry-based activities, and experimental investigation. Four class meetings of 80 minutes each. Not open to students with credit in PHYS 181.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: MATH 153 with a grade of C or higher or eligible for MATH 154 based on math placement test.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHYS 122 - Introductory Physics for Life Sciences II


    Description:
    An integrated lecture/laboratory course covering conservation principles, thermodynamics, wave mechanics and sound with an emphasis on the application of physical concepts to biological systems. Students analyze physical systems using algebra and trigonometry. Class format includes lecture, inquiry-based activities, and experimental investigation. Four class meetings of 80 minutes each.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 121 and eligible for MATH 154 based on Math Placement Testing or a C or higher in MATH 153. Not open to students with credit in PHYS 182.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHYS 123 - Introductory Physics for Life Sciences III


    Description:
    An integrated lecture/laboratory course covering electricity and magnetism and optics with an emphasis on the application of physical concepts to biological systems. Students analyze physical systems using algebra and trigonometry. Class format includes lecture, inquiry-based activities, and experimental investigation. Four class meetings of 80 minutes each.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PHYS 121 and eligible for MATH 154 based on Math Placement Testing or a C or higher in MATH 153. Not open for students with credit in PHYS 183.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHYS 181 - General Physics


    Description:
    Topics in physics including kinematics and dynamics. Analyzing physical systems using algebra, trigonometry, and calculus.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Co-requisite: PHYS 181LAB. Co- or prerequisite: MATH 172.

    Credits: (4)

    General Education Category
    NS-Fund Disc Phys&Biological
  
  • PHYS 181LAB - General Physics Laboratory


    Description:
    Investigation of topics in physics including kinematics and dynamics.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Co-requisite: PHYS 181.

    Credits: (1)

    General Education Category
    NS-Fund Disc Phys&Biological (L)
 

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