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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • PEID 124 - Intermediate Tennis


    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PEID 123.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 125 - Advanced Tennis


    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PEID 124.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 128 - Beginning Skiing and Snowboarding


    Description:
    Beginning skiing and snowboarding is designed to introduce the student to the basic knowledge of skiing and snowboarding tehniques with the development of the physical skills necessary to participate safely.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 129 - Intermediate Skiing


    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PEID 128.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 130 - Cross Country Skiing


    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 134 - Bicycling


    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 136 - Pickleball


    Description:
    Class is designed to introduce student to basic skills, fundamentals, safety procedures and knowledge to participate in pickleball as a life long activity.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 137 - Hiking and Orienteering


    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 138 - Karate


    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 140 - Fly Fishing


    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 145 - Beginning Circus Arts


    Description:
    Introduction to juggling, unicycling and similar skills involving balance and coordination.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 147 - Conceptual Martial Arts


    Description:
    This course is designed to introduce students to the techniques and motions of self-defense.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEID 148 - Advanced Martial Arts


    Description:
    Course is designed to further challenge students to techniques and motions of self-defense. Develops self-discipline, hand, eye, and foot coordination, and personal awareness.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PEID 147.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for up to 12 credits.
  
  • PEID 198 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1)

  
  • 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.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • PESH 335 - Practicum 1


    Description:
    Students will observe and assist in PE classes at elementary and secondary levels in a local school for four hours a week throughout the quarter.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280 and admission to the physical education major.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PESH 336 - Practicum 2


    Description:
    Physical education teaching practicum.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280 and PESH 335 and admission to the physical education major.

    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.

    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 341 and 342.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 344 - Applications of Technology in Teaching Fitness and PhysicalActivity


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

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Co-requisite: PESH 341. Prerequisite: PESH 280.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 348 - Applications of the Fundamental Movements of Striking


    Description:
    Identify critical components of striking skills and applicable sports.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, 341, 342, 343, and 344.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 350 - Propulsive and Receptive Skills and Sports


    Description:
    Identify critical components of selected manipulative movements and related sports.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, 341, 342, and 343.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • 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, 341, and 342.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 385 - Health and Physiological Fitness Concepts for Teachers


    Description:
    This class is designed to provide health and physical education to pre-service teachers; physiological information with an emphasis on application, and its direct implications on teaching K-12 students.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • PESH 437 - Practicum III


    Description:
    Physical education teaching practicum.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, 335, and 336.

    Credits: (2)

  
  • PESH 438 - Practicum IV


    Description:
    Physical education teaching practicum.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: PESH 280, 335, and 336.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • 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, 342, and 343.

    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, 341, 342, 343, 356, and 350.

    Credits: (2)

  
  • PETS 110 - Basketball


    Credits: (1)

  
  • PETS 113 - Soccer


    Credits: (1)

  
  • PETS 114 - Softball (Slow Pitch)


    Credits: (1)

  
  • PETS 116 - Volleyball


    Credits: (1)

  
  • PETS 117 - Advanced Volleyball


    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: PETS 116.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PETS 120 - Table Tennis


    Description:
    Table tennis will teach skills used during pair and partner play that will increase the players ability to play faster with more accuracy.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • PETS 198 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1)

  
  • PEVM 110 - Baseball


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PEVM 111 - Basketball


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PEVM 112 - Cross Country


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PEVM 113 - Football


    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
    Notes:
    (Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions).
  
  • PEVM 117 - Track and Field


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PEVW 110 - Basketball


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PEVW 111 - Cross Country


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PEVW 116 - Track and Field


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PEVW 117 - Volleyball


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PEVW 118 - Soccer


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PEVW 119 - Softball


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PEVW 120 - Cheerleading


    Description:
    Two or three hours activity per day plus all regularly scheduled meetings and game sessions.

    Credits: (1)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy


    Description:
    Introduction to the basic themes, thinkers, and topics of philosophy. The mind-body problem, good versus evil, knowledge, truth, goodness, and beauty.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    AH-Philosophies&Culture World (W)
  
  • PHIL 115 - The Meaning of Life


    Description:
    Original sources from diverse philosophical traditions explore various responses to the question of the meaning of life, considering the most significant human aspirations and values.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    AH-Philosophies&Culture World (W)
  
  • PHIL 201 - Introduction to Logic


    Description:
    Formal principles, methods and techniques for analyzing, constructing, and evaluating arguments. Topics include validity, soundness, truth tables, Venn diagrams, syllogisms, and logical symbolism.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    Basic Skills 5 - Logic
  
  • PHIL 202 - Introduction to 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&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&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&Culture World (W)
  
  • PHIL 298 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PHIL 299 - Seminar


    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • PHIL 302 - Ethics


    Description:
    Man as moral agent; nature of moral decision; ethical theories; their relevance to moral practice.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 303 - Aesthetics


    Description:
    Aesthetic object and its qualities, the aesthetic experience, and evaluation of works of art.

    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&Culture World (W)
  
  • 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 320 - American Indian Philosophy


    Description:
    The course examines philosophy indigenous to North America through native and non-native historical and contemporary sources; explores the interplay of native and nonnative philosophical concepts and the influence of indigenous American roots on contemporary American philosophy. AIS 320 and PHIL 320 are equivalent courses; students may not receive credit for both.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • 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)

  
  • 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 351 - Medieval Philosophy


    Description:
    Latin, Arabic, and Jewish traditions.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 352 - Western Philosophy I: Ancient Greek Philosophy


    Description:
    Offers an overview of ancient Greek philosophy from the pre-Socratic period up to and including the Hellenistic period.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 353 - Western Philosophy II: Rationalism and Empiricism


    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 - Western Philosophy III: Kant and the 19th Century


    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 Nietzche.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 355 - Contemporary Thought


    Description:
    20th century; James, Russell, Whitehead, Dewey, Ayer, Sartre, and Jaspers.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 356 - American Philosophies


    Description:
    Examines the development of American philosophies from the Colonial period to the present, including African American,  Native American, Latin American philosophies, American pragmatism, transcendentalism, American feminism, and others.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 357 - Race, Class, and Gender: Philosophical Perspectives


    Description:
    An examination of historical and contemporary writings that address issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexual orientation from philosophical perspectives.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 358 - Existentialism


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

    Credits: (5)

  
  • PHIL 359 - Mysticism


    Description:
    An analysis of the strange and the uncanny in human experience, and of the attendant claims regarding the transcendent implications of these phenomena.

    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 prior 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 376 - Contemporary Religious Thought


    Description:
    An examination of recent and contemporary writings which reflect the “religious condition” in contemporary western culture. Readings will be chosen from such writers as Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Freud, Marx, Sartre, Marcel, Buber, Bonhoeffer, Maritain, Dewey, the Niebuhrs, Tillich, Whitehead, and Teilhard de Chardin.

    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&Culture World (W)
  
  • PHIL 379 - Philosophy of Music


    Description:
    Great music as a source of insights into human beings and the world. PHIL 379 and MUS 379 are equivalent courses; students may not receive credit for both.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • 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 402 - Ethics and 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)

  
  • 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:
    Contemporary ethical theory. Ethical disagreement, moral truth, value concepts, moral reasoning, normative sentences.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • 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.

    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

    Credits: (2)

    Consent
    By permission.
  
  • 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 498 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • PHIL 499 - Seminar


    Credits: (5)

  
  • 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)
    Notes:
    This is an activity-based lecture/lab course.
  
  • PHYS 102 - Introductory Astronomy II


    Description:
    An inquiry-based introduction to celestial motions, celestial objects, observational astronomy and the physics associated with each. Emphasis on stars and planets. This is a single activity-based course combined with lecture and lab.

    Credits: (4)

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


    Description:
    Basic physical principles of sound and vibration; how and why musical instruments produce their sounds. Topics include sound analysis techniques, room acoustics, musical scales, and the perception of sound.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Co-requisite: PHYS 103LAB.

    Credits: (4)

    General Education Category
    NS-Application Natural Science (L) (W)
  
  • PHYS 103LAB - Physics of Musical Sound Laboratory


    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Co-requisite: PHYS 103.

    Credits: (1)

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


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

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    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:
    Co-requisite: PHYS 111LAB. Prerequisites: either eligibility for MATH 154 based on the Math Placement Test, or MATH 153 with a grade of C or higher.

    Credits: (4)

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


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

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Co-requisite: PHYS 111.

    Credits: (1)

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

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