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MU 349 - Topics in American and Popular Music
Detailed examination of a particular genre, period, region, repertory, composer, or performer. Topics vary but may include, for example, the blues, film music, or the Folk Revival.
Prerequisites: May be repeatable.
Full course
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MU 359 - Topics in Ethnomusicology
Exploration and critical study of a specific ethnomusicological topics through discussion, readings, and performance. May include topics such as: Music as Social and Political Expression; Religious and Ritual Music; Classical World Music; or specific regional/area studies, i.e. music of India.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated with permission of instructor.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience or Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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MU 361 - Private Lessons Music Majors
Private study of voice or an instrument with an accomplished artist in the area.
Prerequisites: Permission of the artist.
Must be followed by MU 262 or MU 362 to receive credit for the course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable. Students must register in person at the Registrar’s office after arrangements are made with Music faculty.
Laboratory Fee: yes
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MU 362 - Private Lessons Music Majors
Private study of voice or an instrument with an accomplishe artist in the area.
Prerequisites: MU 261 or MU 361 and permission of the artist.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable. Students must register in person at the Registrar’s office after arrangements are made with Music faculty. Upon completion of MU 362 credit for a half course is awarded.
Laboratory Fee: yes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 372 - String Ensemble
An instrumental group performing a variety of different genres and styles of classical music, depending on the instrumentation available.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 374 - Concert Band
An instrumental group performing literature for concert band and wind ensemble.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 375 - Jazz Orchestra
A stage band performing the Big-Band style of jazz.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 376 - World Music Ensemble
Exploration and public performance in ensembles of the music and dance of specific musical genres and cultures, with expectation of substantial individual and ensemble improvement of performance skills, critical listening, and instrument or other technique. There will be frequent on and off-campus performances, work with guest artists, and opportunities for individual musical projects (recitals, recordings, etc.) with the group.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 377 - Chorale
A chorus performing literature for mixed voices in a variety of styles, including major choral works.
Half course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Artistic Experience
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MU 491 - Senior Seminar and Project
The senior seminar gives students the opportunity to undertake a culminating project in the study and performance of music. Topics and projects vary according to the interests of the students, and include a combination of original research, musical analysis, a final paper, an oral presentation, and a musical performance.
Prerequisites: Music majors only; at least junior or senior standing.
Full course
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PH 103 - Introduction to Philosophy
The course both shows the student the nature and value of philosophical inquiry, using only primary texts such as Plato’s dialogues and other major philosophical writings, and, at the same time, invites the student to become personally philosophical by developing their own way of seeing the meaning and value of things. One way of coming to see how deeply human and profoundly personal the questions of meaning and value examined in philosophy are is by coming to understand how they would remain unanswered even if some day we were able to answer all the questions of the sciences.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Philosophy
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PH 201 - Philosophy of Human Existence
This course engages questions concerning the place of humans in the wide world, questions that are at the heart of the ongoing Catholic and Christian Humanist traditions. Possible topics include: faith and reason, body and soul, freedom and moral responsibility, the art of living, the nature of desire, and the category of the human. Texts may be classic and/or contemporary.
Prerequisites: PH 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought
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PH 203 - Ethics
Ethics is the practice concerned with leading a worthwhile life consisting in worthwhile relationships with others and one self. In the Socratic tradition, the objective is to assist students in developing the ethical perspective they already have on worthwhile relationships.
Prerequisites: PH 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought
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PH 205 - Philosophy of Society
Will provide students with resources for examining the question of the relation between human nature and civil society. For example, some of the questions examined in these courses will be: the nature of a just human society, the relationship between a just civil society and a divine order, the relation between the cultivation of human virtue and a just civil society, whether civil society enhances or limits our freedom, and whether civil society should be focused primarily on the common good or the rights and benefits of a single individual. (The particular emphasis or approach is left to the discretion of the faculty member.)
Prerequisites: PH 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought
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PH 207 - Philosophy of Religion
This course is concerned with philosophical reflections on questions arising in relation to religious belief, especially with regard to belief in immortality and the existence of God or some transcendent reality.
Prerequisites: PH 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought
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PH 209 - Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Environment
This course includes topics in philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, and environmental philosophy. Questions may include: What is the goal of science? Are all sciences reducible to physics? Do we use technology, or does technology use us? Is nature intrinsically valuable? What is the moral status of plants and animals? What are our responsibilities to future generations? Readings include classic and/or contemporary texts.
Prerequisites: PH 103
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Study of Christian Traditions and Thought
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PH 301 - Ancient Greek Philosophy
A study in the principle figures of early Greek Philosophy, from the sixth to the third centuries B.C. A brief consideration of the period from Thales to Socrates leads to a more detailed study of Plato and Aristotle.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 309 - Author/Text - Ancient
Allows students to devote themselves to an in-depth study of a major philosopher or philosophical work for example: Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, or Augustine.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated with permission of instructor.
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PH 311 - History of Medieval Philosophy
This broad survey examines how philosophy was utilized and fruitfully advanced in the context of the Christian, Jewish and Islamic religious traditions by studying major thinkers such as: Augustine; Anselm; Bonaventure; Maimonides; Averroes; Avicenna; Ockham; and especially, Aquinas. Their influence is still felt today.
Prerequisites: Any PH 200
Full course
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PH 319 - Author/Text - Medieval
Allows students to devote themselves to an in-depth study of a major philosopher or philosophical work for example: Augustine, Avicenna, Aquinas, Bonaventure, or Ockham.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 321 - History of Early Modern Philosophy
We examine the birth of modern philosophy in its struggle to meet radically new challenges. The metaphysical, epistemological and socio-political issues at the heart of these challenges are examined through a selection of the period’s major philosophers, such as: Descartes; Hobbes; Locke; Hume; Spinoza; Leibniz and Kant.
Prerequisites: Any PH 200
Full course
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PH 329 - Author/Text - Modern
Allows students to devote themselves to an in-depth study of a major philosopher or philosophical work for example: Descartes, Spinoza, Hume, or Kant.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as topic is different.
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PH 331 - Contemporary Philosophy
This course considers the rich and diverse development of philosophical thought from the nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. Class readings and discussions center on a selection of major figures such as: Hegel; Marx; Mill; Nietzsche; Kierkegaard; Russell; Quine; Husserl; Heidegger and Wittgenstein.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 333 - Contemporary Analytic Philosophy
Since the early 20th century, the Analytic tradition has been the leading philosophic tradition in the U.S. and Britain. This course engages the ongoing history of contemporary Analytic philosophy, largely distinguished by its aim: science-like clarity and precision. Figures may include: Frege, Russell, Ayer, Wittgenstein, Quine, and current practitioners.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 339 - Author/Text - Contemporary
Allows students to devote themselves to an in-depth study of a major philosopher or philosophical work for example: Hegel, Nietzsche, Levinas, Heidegger, Wittgenstein.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as topic is different.
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PH 350 - Advanced Topics in Philosophy
Pursues in depth a significant theme(s) such as the nature and types of freedom, truth, love, etc. and/or the exposition and assessment of major philosophical currents such as German Idealism, Existentialism, American Pragmatism, etc.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated for credit barring duplication of materials.
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PH 351 - Otherness and Marginalization: Levinas and the Alienated
This course will philosophically examine: (1) accounts of marginalization in the US and around the world; (2) theories of alienation; (3) philosophical ethics based on “Otherness”; and (4) community Service-Learning work. We will discuss political, economic, and social marginalization, both local and global, based on race, poverty, age, and illness.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PH 352 - Philosophy and Gender
This course brings the many varieties of feminism into conversation with core philosophic issues. Specific topics may include the relationship between feminism and humanism; the lived and conceptual relationship between sex, gender, and sexuality; the ontology of maternality; femininities and post-feminism; and masculinities.
Prerequisites: PH 103 and (One 200-level Philosophy course or GS 101 or GS 203)
Full course
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PH 353 - Truth & Propaganda: Ethics & the Media
The purpose of this course is to examine the nature of propaganda as it appears in various types of media. There are several guiding theoretical questions that we will explore: What is truth? What is propaganda? What is deception? If propaganda involves the manipulation of the message recipient’s beliefs, values, desires, etc., could it be effective without calling upon ideas or perspectives that people take to be truth? In other words, can propaganda function if it is devoid of truth? We will read philosophical theory on truth, perception, and deception, and we will examine examples of propaganda, in various media formats, as they relate to our political, economic, and cultural lived experiences.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
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PH 354 - Philosophy of Human Rights
The general aim of the course is to assist students in developing the moral perspective they already have by focusing on the nature and significance of human rights within the contemporary context of globalization. Drawing on a dialogical, Socratic model, resources are provided to enable the student to bring their own perspective into dialogue with a number of different philosophical, religious and cultural perspectives. These views represent visions, values and commitments, often harmonious but at times in opposition, which have played and continue to play a significant role in the evolution of human rights.
Prerequisites: One 200-level course; seniors completing their philosophy major; and, if seats are available, open to other seniors with permission of instructor.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PH 355 - Logic: Laws of Thought
What general features do good arguments have in common? In this course, students study and practice methods of good reasoning, focusing especially on the formal, mathematical aspects of ordinary language arguments. Topics may include: informal fallacies, proof and disproof within the Aristotelian, propositional, and predicate systems, analogical and legal reasoning, and the justification of logic itself.
Prerequisites: One 200-level Philosophy course.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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PH 356 - Contemporary American Pragmatism
We engage primary texts in American Pragmatism that possess continuing relevance in the American Quest for understaning nature, society, and the self. Pragmatists, past and present, attempt to reconcile certain deep tensions, heightened with the birth of “Modernity”, between what can be broadly termed “matter” and “spirit”, the real and the ideal in a way inspiring and grounded in reality.
Prerequisites: 200-level PH course
Full course
When Offered: Fall
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PH 489 - Independent Thesis
The outcome of the independent thesis project will be a substantial, completed philosophical research paper. The student, whether a major or a minor, may choose to submit his/her independent thesis to the department for consideration of honors.
Prerequisites: 3.6 GPA overall and permission of the department chair
Full course
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PH 490 - Senior Seminar
The senior seminar serves as a student’s required capstone experience in the major. Each seminar will contain the following elements, though not necessarily limited to these: a) A general guiding theme or topic, one broad enough to relate to other areas of the Humanities; b) Students develop their own thesis within the philosophical topic or theme; c) Students periodically present their on-going thesis project to the other members of the seminar for careful analysis and discussion; d) The outcome of the seminar is a substantial, completed philosophical research paper; e) The student may choose to submit his/her research paper to the department for consideration of honors.
Prerequisites: Seniors completing their philosophy major; and, if seats are available, open to other seniors with permission of the instructor
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Philosophy major.
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PJ 101 - Approaches to Peace
This course introduces the student to the issues involved in challenging human society’s acceptance of war and working toward a new paradigm of peace and social justice. Course discussions focus on the roots and causes of war; methods of conflict resolution and arms reduction; eliminating structural violence; religious inspiration for peace-making; and non-violence as a method and way of life.
Full course
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PJ 207 - Conflict Resolution: Non-Violent Communication
This two credit course will survey different methods of conflict resolution, with an emphasis on non-violent communication. The goal is to help students master a repertoire of tools for analyzing and managing a variety of types of conflict: personal, inter-personal, social, and political. Methods are drawn from psychology, political science, and other appropriate disciplines. Students will be given opportunities to apply these methods to real life relationships and conflict situations.
Prerequisites: None
Half course
Misc. Notes: Must complete both PJ207 & PJ208 to earn LSC credit.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
When Offered: Fall
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PJ 208 - Conflict Resolution: Non-Violent Action
This two credit course will survey different methods of conflict resolution, with an emphasis on non-violent action. The goal is to help students master a repertoire of tools for analyzing and managing a variety of types of conflict: personal, inter-personal, social, and political. Methods are drawn from psychology, political science, and other appropriate disciplines. Students will be given opportunities to apply these methods to real life relationships and conflict situations.
Prerequisites: none
Half course
Misc. Notes: Must complete both PJ207 & PJ208 to earn LSC credit.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
When Offered: spring
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PJ 410 - Peace and Justice Seminar
As the capstone course for the Peace and Justice minor, this is a readings seminar designed as an in-depth study of an important Peace and Justice topic, e.g., the role of religion in causing war and creating peace. Students are required to complete a service project or research paper in the topic area.
Full course
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PO 101 - Introduction to Politics
An introduction to the basic concepts of politics and the tools of political analysis.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PO 120 - Introduction to American National Politics
A general introduction to the structure and processes that define American politics on the national level.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PO 200 - Research Methods
This course will introduce students to many of the important concepts, approaches, procedures and methods used by political scientists. Specifically, we will discuss use of the scientific method and experimental design, quantitative and qualitative methods of measurement and data collection, and ways of analyzing and interpreting data that has been collected.
Full course
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PO 207 - Parties, Elections and Political Participation
This course will examine the main institutions and processes that connect government with the citizens of the United States: parties, elections and pressure groups (including both interest groups and social movement organizations). We will discuss the development of these institutions, discuss the ways they currently function, and evaluate whether and how they contribute to the system of government in the United States.
Full course
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PO 245 - Introduction to International Relations
This course introduces students to the study of international relations, focusing especially on the interactions between states and non-state actors in the international environment. Emphasis is placed on understanding the major theoretical approaches to international relations, and applying them to consider enduring and contemporary issues and problems in international affairs.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Optional Applied Language Component
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 261 - European Political Thought
This course traces the main developments in European political thought from the break-up of the feudal system until the mid-nineteenth century. It involves a close, critical reading of some of the major original works of prominent political thinkers from Hobbes through Marx, locating their thought in its social and political context.
Full course
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PO 285 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
What is a nation state? Capitalism? Authoritarianism? This course provides an introduction to comparative political analysis and central concepts in this field. The course will investigate political development and contemporary politics, governments and policies of countries around the world.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PO 290 - Canadian Government and Politics
A survey of Canadian government and politics. Specific topics will include a study of the parliamentary system of government, Quebec nationalism, Canada-U.S. relations and Canada’s place within the global economy. Students may also participate in a regularly scheduled fieldtrip to Ottawa, Canada.
Full course
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PO 325 - The Politics of Food
Investigates the connections between food choices and political and cultural power; considers decisions about production and distribution as economic, environmental, and social, from farms to restaurants, slaughter houses to home kitchens; explores the paradox of abundance and famine side-by-side in the world, revealing day-to-day politics as well as alternatives approaches.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing only.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 327 - Environmental Policy
An examination of the key drivers of environmental policy development and implementation at at different geographic scales. Possible topics include: air, water and waste policy in the United States, Canada and Mexico; globalization and environmental policy through protocol and treaty; the evolving role of International Non-Governmental Organizations and social movements in environmental policy; and environmental justice and sustainability.
Prerequisites: GG 101 or permission of instructor for GG credit; none for PO credit.
Full course
Crosslisted: GG 327
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PO 330 - Capital Punishment in America
A study of the practice of capital punishment in the United States, including moral and constitutional issues raised by executions, an empirical analysis of the capital trial, appeals and post-conviction remedies, executive clemency, death row and the execution regime and their social and economic costs.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
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PO 332 - American Constitutional Law
An analysis of American constitutional theory as it has been developed and articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court and other authorities, focusing on the tension between constitutionalism and democratic politics. Specific topics include sources of constitutional authority, constitutional change, the nature of judicial review, the separation of powers (especailly as implicated in war powers and recent counter-terrorism policies) and substantive due process.
Full course
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PO 334 - Civil Liberties
A study of the constitutional relationship between the individual and the government. Particular emphasis will be placed on First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, and religious belief, as well as Fourteenth Amendment theories of equal protection of the law.
Full course
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PO 338 - Criminal Justice
An analysis of the various agencies involved with the administration of criminal justice. Topics include the definition and measurement of criminal behavior, pre-trial procedure, the adversary trial process, the imposition of punishment, and the judicial supervision of the rights of the accused. Emphasis is always on moral and constitutional values and institutional performance.
Full course
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PO 340 - Social Movements and Contentious Politics
This course provides a theoretical and empirical exploration of social movements and contentious politics. We will focus especially on North American and European approaches to social movement theory and study a variety of cases of national and transnational mobilization and protest, from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to the global justice movement.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 345 - Transitions to Democracy
The origin and success of democratic institutions are a key concern in political science and for global politics. This course examines the relationship between social and political development in democratic transitions to better understand the origins of and challenges to democracy, recent transitions, and how global movements might promote democracy in the 21st Century.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 348 - American Foreign Policy
A study of the formulation and conduct of American foreign policy. Analysis of constitutional principles, institutions and historic traditions that influence the formulation of foreign policy. Case studies of contemporary policies towards specific countries and challenges.
Full course
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PO 350 - State Violence and Justice
Halting genocide, torture, and the violation of human rights is the first step. This course examines the next: how does a society address violence perpetrated by state officials, and how do they bring the perpetrators to justice? Understanding this process begins with an understanding of state violence, its goals and its effects on the victims, and proceeds with an examination of what is meant by truth, memory, and justice.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 351 - Politics of the Global AIDS Pandemic
This course uses the lense of political struggles to examine the global health crisis created by HIV/AIDS. The first part of the course concentrates on the development of HIV/AIDS policy in the United States, and the second looks at HIV/AIDS in a global context, with a focus on policy struggles within and among developed and developing countries.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 352 - Health and Development in East Africa
This service learning course has a two-fold purpose. First, it will provide students with an overview of the health and development challenges of East Africa, with a focus on HIV/AIDS in rural Tanzania. Second, it will develop a communication skill set among class participants to present these challenges to the developed world in film, photos, web site production and grant proposals. Students will also explore the tension between compelling storytelling and political empowerment and advocacy as development tools.
Prerequisites: PO 351 or permission of the instructor.
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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PO 353 - Applied Health and Development Approaches in East Africa
This service learning course includes an intensive two week field course based at the Ilula Orphan Program (IOP) in Iringa, Tanzania. Students will travel to Tanzania to observe first-hand the development challenges related to HIV/AIDS, water scarcity, education and poverty being addressed by the IOP. The service learning component of the course will involve updating the IOP’s educational and development materials, including the web site, and producing at least one completed grant application. Students will be expected to complete this work in a one-week work session following completion of the two weeks in-country.
Prerequisites: PO 352
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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PO 355 - Politics of the World Economy
An examination of power conflict at the international economic level and its impact on the politics of various states, regions and interests. Topics include the politics of trade, aid, debt, multinational corporations, and the globalization of the world economy.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 357 - Environmental Political Economy
This course will examine the connections between politics, economics and environmental sustainability. We will explore the settling of the American west, the notions of “progress” and “growth” that undergird our economy, the creation of the national parks, competing models of political economy, and the prospects for constructive ecological change.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
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PO 360 - Film and Politics
The cultural and political power of film is unique. Films reinforce or break stereotypes, rewrite history, encourage dissent, or enforce conformity. This course will focus on politically relevant and engaged films from China, India, France, Latin America, and the U.S. in order to understand the political context of each film and its contribution to ongoing debates, and to reveal national mythmaking in the social and political assumptions that inform storytelling in the movies.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 365 - Multiculturalism in Theory and Practice
This course studies historical and contemporary philosophical approaches to multiculturalism. It uses this theoretical understanding to examine contemporary controversies in multiculturalism in different parts of the world, and aims to facilitate moral and political judgments about various forms of multicultural coexistence and multiculturalist policies.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 371 - Feminist Political Thought
This course studies the foundations of feminist political thought from its beginnings through to the recent explosion of gender- and sexuality-related social movements, locally and globally.
Full course
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PO 385 - Comparative European Politics
An examination of European state and regional politics, including institutions, political processes, economic policy, and the EU, as well as current issues like globalization, diversity, immigration, and the welfare state.
Full course
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PO 390 - Comparative Politics of Oppression
Politics and conflict in multi-ethnic societies examined in a comparative perspective, including case studies in Brazil, South Africa, Europe, and the United States. Themes explored include state and group differentiation along national, ethnic, racial, linguistic, religious lines, and the intersection of gender, sexuality, and race.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good
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PO 410 - Senior Seminar in Political Science
Designed for small group and independent study techniques. Individual instructors will determine the direction of inquiry.
Prerequisites: At least senior standing.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Reserved for Political Science majors. Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Political Science major.
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PO 420 - Topics in Political Science
An examination of a topic not offered by the department on a regular basis. Topics will vary depending on the interests of the faculty.
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeated with permission of instructor.
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PO 425 - Politics and Literature
An interdisciplinary examination of how the study of politics and the study of literature can interrelate and enhance each other. The thematic focus varies with the choice of instructors. Recent topics have included the Vietnam War and Voices of Resistance.
Prerequisites: None
Full course
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PO 499 - Academic Internship
Qualified political science majors may apply for academic internships at a variety of off-campus sites including non-profit organizations, government agencies, and businesses. Requirements may include selected readings, written reports, and a final paper.
Prerequisites: Permission the instructor and for political science majors only.
Full or Half course
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PS 101 - General Psychology
An introduction to the field of psychology, its methods, major perspectives, theories, and area specialties, with emphasis on the normal adult human being. The course explores basic psychological areas such as biopsychology, perception, learning, motivation, developmental, personality, social, abnormal, and therapies.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PS 214 - Statistics and Research Methods I
The course trains students to be knowledgeable consumers of public and professional psychological research by stressing theoretical and practical aspects of the field’s research techniques. Topics include the theoretical standards psychologists use to design and evaluate research, the concepts underlying informational analyses, and the methods psychologists use to communicate findings.
Prerequisites: PS 101
Full course
Misc. Notes: Psychology minors may request that another Social Science and Natural Science methods course be used to fulfill this requirement upon the Department Chair’s review. Students will still need to take five courses in Psychology to fulfill the minor should the substitution be granted.
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PS 216 - Statistics and Research Methods II
Building on Statistics and Research Methods I, this course focuses on training majors in the practice of psychological research. To this end, students will conduct research, analyze gathered information, and communicate results according to American Psychological Association standards.
Prerequisites: PS 214
Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills Written Communication requirement for the Psychology major.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Quantitative Reasoning
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PS 250 - Social Psychology
This course focuses on individuals and how their thoughts and behaviors are influenced by the presence, real or imagined, of others. This is a departmental survey course that will include topics such as the self, social cognition, social influence, group dynamics, prejudice, attraction, helping behavior, aggression and conflict.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PS 252 - Child Development
An introduction to the basic principles of human growth and development from the prenatal period through middle childhood. Topics include physical, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and language development. The hereditary, psychological, and environmental influences on development will be considered, along with a variety of theoretical and experimental approaches to studying development.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Students will not receive credit for both PS 252 & ED 251.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PS 253 - Adolescent Development
This course traces the developmental path through adolescence considering stability or change in physical, cognitive, and social domains, and environmental and cultural forces that help shape individual responses to their surroundings.
Full course
Misc. Notes: Students will not receive credit for both PS 253 & ED 271.
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PS 256 - Abnormal Psychology
This course explores historical and contemporary ways of conceptualizing the origins, characteristics, and treatments of psychological/emotional difficulties and problems in living. Problems and disorders to be examined range from minor adjustment problems and common disorders such as depression to more rare, major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Through an in-depth examination of a variety of viewpoints on “abnormal” behavior, students are invited to think critically about their own and our society’s conception of “mental illness.”
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PS 258 - Cross Cultural Psychology
This course focuses on subsets of the field of psychology organized in a way that students emerge from the class more “literate” in reading the often subtle, unarticulated operation of cultural factors in everyday life situations.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Global Issues that Impact the Common Good or Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PS 270 - Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Psychology is the branch of psychology that studies internal mental processes including how people perceive, remember, think, and learn. A goal of the course is to show how major advances in our understanding of the mind often require interplay between cognitive psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics.
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PS 272 - Psychology of Animal Learning and Behavior
This course covers the laws that govern behavior. Topics include: (1) the philosophy of Behaviorism, (2) the role of behavioral psychology in the neurosciences, (3) a review of learning processes in the context of natural selection, and (4) the relevance of conditioning mechanisms to psychopathology.
Full course
Laboratory Fee: yes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Processes of Scientific Reasoning
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PS 274 - Behavioral Neuroscience
Basic human neuroanatomy and neurophysiology related to psychological processes will be examined. Emphasis is placed on sensation and the physiological mechanisms for sleep, hunger, thirst, sexual behavior, learning and memory, emotion, and neurological conditions. Laboratory experiences will enrich lecture content through dissections and scientific inquiry exercises.
Full course
Laboratory Fee: yes
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Processes of Scientific Reasoning
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PS 301 - Psychology and Religion
This course will a) review pertinent past and current theory concerning the relationship between psychology and religion/spirituality, and b) review research dealing with topics such as the nature of religious conversion, developmental factors involved in religious beliefs, and the effect religiousness has on prosocial behavior and mental health.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor.
Full course
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PS 308 - Spatial Cognition
This course will cover research and theory concerning learning and reasoning about space. Topics include: orientation and navigation; linguistic and symbolic communication; individual and cultural differences in spatial abilities; and spatial testing. A field laboratory component will involve the design of experiments and collection and analysis of data.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 310 - Drugs and Behavior
This course covers the basics of how drugs interact with the brain to alter behavior. The action of recreational drugs and therapeutic drugs are described. The fundamentals of pharmacology and neuroscience are reviewed; therefore, it is recommended that students complete PS 274 (Behavioral Neuroscience) before enrolling in PS 310.
Prerequisites: PS 216 or permission of instructor
Full course
Misc. Notes: PS 274 Behavioral Neuroscience is recommended prior to taking this course.
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PS 312 - Perception
A comprehensive introduction to perception from an information processing point of view. All perceptual systems will be included, but the course emphasis will be on visual perception.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 313 - Personality Theories
This course examines research and theories in the field of Personality and offers an in-depth critical analysis of those theories that attempt a comprehensive understanding of the personally relevant and meaningful aspects of human behavior.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 314 - The Psychology of Marriage and Relationships
This course explores historical and contemporary psychological perspectives on the nature of adult intimate relationships. Major concepts to be examined include emotional intimacy, love, sexuality, attachment, relationship satisfaction, relationship dissolution and divorce, partner abuse and violence, family structure, and models of couple therapy.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 315 - Sports Psychology
An applied psychology course in which students apply theories/concepts learned in other psychology courses to the areas of sports and athletics. It examines a wide range of topics related to the connection between sports and psychology, approached from the perspectives of both academic and applied sports psychologists.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 317 - The Thinking Child
An in-depth examination of children’s early cognitive development. Theoretical perspectives and current empirical research will be used to explore developmental advances in such areas as representation, memory, concept formation, and problem solving.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 320 - Psychology and Law
This course examines psychological research, methods, theory, and practice as they apply to legal system processes. Experimental (e.g., jury selection) and clinical (e.g., assessment of insanity) applications receive equal weight. Consideration is also given to the proper place of social science in legal and public policy issues.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 324 - Theories of Counseling
An introduction and critical analysis of the major theories of psychotherapy. Basic tenets of major theoretical approaches will be examined and an understanding of these approaches will include the context of race, culture and gender. Students utilize the Developmental Laboratory to role-play the practical applications of the various theories.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 325 - Educational Psychology
This course involves applying the methods of psychology to study classroom and school life. It is distinct from other branches of psychology in that it has the understanding and improvement of education as its primary goal. The course examines in depth what people think and do as they teach and learn.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 350 - Psychology of Health and Illness
Theory and research regarding the biological, psychological, and social aspects of health and illness will be examined. The interrelationships of stress, emotion, and illnesses including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and immune dysfunction will be discussed. Students will complete a health genealogy project to improve his/her quality of life (physical and psychological).
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior
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PS 360 - Human Behavior and the Environment
This course examines reciprocal relationships between behavior and environments (human-built and natural), providing an introduction to Environmental and Conservation Psychology. We will explore effects of environment on our affect, cognitions, and behavior. We will also examine behaviors that help or hurt the environment, including psychological approaches to solving environmental problems.
Prerequisites: PS 214 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 400 - Independent Research In Psychology
Interested students engage in an in-depth investigation of a topic of their choice. Research can take the form of a laboratory, field, or scholarly project under the supervision of a faculty mentor.
Prerequisites: PS 216, at least one 300-level course, and permission of the department chair
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable.
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PS 401 - History and Issues
An overview of critical contemporary issues in psychology considered in historical, philosophical and social context.
Prerequisites: PS 216 or permission of instructor
Full course
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PS 406 - Independent Research: Honors in Psychology Proposal
Eligible students engage in independent laboratory, field, theoretical, or case study research supervised by a faculty mentor. In this first phase, students prepare a literature review and compose a proposal for research carried out during the following semester in PS 408.
Prerequisites: Majors with a 3.25 overall GPA or higher and a 3.40 psychology GPA or higher are eligible. Exceptional circumstances will be considered. PS 216, a 300-level course and permission of the department chair.
Half course
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PS 408 - Independent Research: Honors in Psychology
The second phase of the IRHP involves students carrying out and writing up their approved proposed project in the form of a senior thesis. Students also will present their completed projects in a departmental symposium at year’s end. Those completing the project will have “Independent Research: Honors in Psychology” inscribed on their final college transcript, and become eligible for the annual award given by the psychology department for the Outstanding Psychology Student of the Year.
Prerequisites: PS 406 and departmental approval of the PS 406 proposal.
Half course
Liberal Studies Curriculum: Experiential Learning
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PS 416 - Advanced Topics in Psychology
This course provides students an opportunity to examine in-depth topics selected from various areas of psychology. Students are expected to complete a research project and present it at the end-of-the-year symposium.
Prerequisites: PS 216 and senior standing
Full course
Misc. Notes: May be repeatable as long as topic is different.
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