May 04, 2024

2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalogue

2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalogue Archived Catalogue

Course Descriptions

All undergraduate courses offered by the university are listed. Not all of the courses listed are offered within a single academic year. A listing of the courses offered during a given semester is available online before preregistration each semester.

Note: This catalogue has been amended per a 2016 UNCW Faculty Senate decision to retroactively remove the Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster requirement from the University Studies program. Students who wish to complete a cluster may do so, however, completion of a cluster is no longer required. Course description references to Thematic Transdisciplinary Clusters apply to students who choose to complete a cluster.

Trial Courses

Academic departments may offer special trial courses during the fall and spring semesters on a one-time basis without adding them to their regular departmental offerings. A second trial offering, if additional data are essential, must be within two regular semesters of the first. Numbers designating these special courses are 292 and 492. Descriptive information on trial courses does not appear in the catalogue but is on file in the Office of the Registrar.

Sequenced Courses

A hyphen connecting courses (e.g., 201-202) indicates that the first course in the sequence must be satisfactorily completed prior to registration in the second course of the sequence. When course numbers are separated by a comma (e.g., 201, 202), the first course is not necessarily prerequisite to those following.

Online Courses

The university currently offers a variety of online courses, and two degree programs, the RN to B.S. option in nursing and Bachelor of Science in clinical research (CLR), are delivered totally online. Such courses are so designated in the Class Schedule and are open to both on- and off-campus students. Students interested in these programs should consult the online courses Web site http://www.uncw.edu/online.

Credits and Class Meetings

Unless specifically indicated at the end of the course description, the number of hours a class meets each week is the same as the credit hour value of the course. The semester hours credit for each course is indicated in parentheses immediately below the title of the course. For example, if three hours of credit may be earned, the credit is indicated as follows: (3). In variable credit courses, the minimum and maximum hours are shown as follows: (1-3).

Course Prefixes

The prefixes used to designate courses are abbreviations of the names of departments or fields of study within departments, as shown below:

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Nursing
	NSG 491 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 1 - 3 Prerequisites: Overall GPA of at least 2.00, junior or senior standing; consent of instructor; NSG 330 , NSGL 330 , or NSG 389 , NSGL 389 . A maximum of six hours may apply toward graduation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 495 - Selected Topics in Nursing Credits: 1 - 3 Prerequisites: Nursing student with junior or senior standing, and consent of the instructor. Selected topics in nursing. A maximum of three hours will apply toward graduation.The lab for this course is NSGL 495 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSG 499 - Honors Work in Nursing Credits: 2 - 3 Prerequisite: Eligibility for honors program at the Departmental major level. Individual study for honors students. Satisfies University Studies V: Explorations Beyond the Classroom. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSGL 345 - Health Maintenance Needs of Young Children Practicum Credits: 1 Prerequisite for nursing: PSY 220 or PSY 223 . Prerequisites for education: HEA 201 , HEA 207 . Corequisite for nursing: NSG 345 . Corequisite for education: NSG 345 . Provides students the opportunity to work in a variety of childcare settings with a specific focus on health maintenance of young children and their families. They will practice childcare skills and experience ways in which the dependency needs of children (birth through kindergarten) are managed by staff members in community settings while maintaining a healthy, safe environment. This course is designed for non-nursing majors. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	NSGL 495 - Selected Topics in Clinical Nursing Credits: 1 - 3 Prerequisites: Nursing student with junior or senior standing, and consent of the instructor. Selected topics in clinical nursing. A maximum of three hours will apply toward graduation.This course is the lab for NSG 495 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Oceanography
	OCN 150 - Introduction to Oceanography Credits: 3 An introduction to the geology, physics, chemistry, and biology of the ocean; instruments and techniques of oceanography; resources of the ocean. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Scientific Approaches to the Natural World. The lab for this course is OCNL 150 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCN 250 - Beaches and Coasts Credits: 3 Examination of the variability of coastal landforms, the varied processes that shape them, and problems brought about by natural and anthropogenic changes along the coast. Focus on barrier island and spit formation, study of beaches, cliffs/platforms, dunes, estuaries and marshes, effects of tectonics, ice and rivers on beaches and coastal morphology. and deltas. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Scientific Approaches to the Natural World. Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Climate Change and Society. Satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Living in a Global Society. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Information Literacy. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCN 350 - Advanced Oceanography Credits: 3 Prerequisite: OCN 150 . An in-depth examination of the structure and formation of ocean basins, the role of oceans in the hydrological cycle, the physical properties of seawater, atmospheric and ocean circulation, waves, and tides. Emphasis on data analysis and quantitative problem solving. Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster: Climate Change and Society. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Inform ation Literacy. Satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Quantitative and Logical Reasoning. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCN 390 - Field Methods in Oceanography Credits: 2 Prerequisite: GLY 132 or consent of instructor. Applied study of ocean materials and processes in field settings. Introduction to methods and techniques used in geosciences, with emphasis on coastal and marine environments, including field measurement, sample retrieval, and data analysis. Colloquium and required field trips (with associated costs). Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Writing Intensive. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Information Literacy. Satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Quantitative and Logical Reasoning. Satisfies University Studies V: Explorations Beyond the Classroom. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCN 458 - Introduction to Coastal Management Credits: 4 Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Interdisciplinary study of human impact on coastal environments and organisms. Topics include the physical and biotic settings of worldwide coastal regions, principles of coastal management, current topics in coastal management, and analysis of potential solutions to coastal problems. Three lectures and three laboratory hours each week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCN 471 - Oceanographic Cruise Techniques Credits: 1 Prerequisite: Restricted to OCN majors. Data collection and sampling techniques on a research vessel. Introduction to equipment methods and techniques used in oceanography including CTD casts, sidescan sonar operation and data analysis, and sediment coring via participation in two half-day cruises led by UNCW oceanography faculty members. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCN 475 - Marine Biogeochemistry Credits: 3 Prerequisite: CHM 101 and CHM 102 or consent of instructor. A geochemical perspective on the chemistry of the world’s oceans with an emphasis on carbon cycling through the marine geosphere and biosphere. Topics include introductions to chemical oceanography, stable isotope geochemistry, paleoceanography, and investigations into the role of the oceans in the global carbon cycle through time. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCN 480 - Advanced Topics in Oceanography Credits: 1 - 4 Prerequisites: Junior standing with a major in oceanography and consent of instructor. Study of selected topics in oceanography that are not considered in detail in regular course offerings. May be repeated under different subtitles for a maximum of 7 hours. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCN 490 - Oceanography Capstone Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Senior standing, completion of other core requirements and at least 15 hours of electives toward the major. Integration of principles, theories, and methods of oceanography. Students select a topic, problem, or question and design a hands-on field and/or laboratory research project. Written and oral reports and group discussions of research findings; meets the applied learning requirement. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Writing Intensive. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Information Literacy. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Quantitative and Logical Reasoning. Satisfies University Studies VI: Common Requirements/Capstone Course. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCN 491 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 1 - 3 Prerequisite: Overall GPA of 2.0, junior or senior standing, and consent of instructor, department chair, and dean. Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. For further information consult the Directed Individual Study section of the catalogue. A maximum of 6 hours may be applied to the major. Satisfies University Studies V: Explorations Beyond the Classroom. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCN 499 - Honors Work in Oceanography Credits: 2 - 3 Prerequisite: Eligibility for honors program and recommendation of department chair. Individual study for honors students. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Writing Intensive. Satisfies University Studies V: Explorations Beyond the Classroom. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OCNL 150 - Introduction to Oceanography Laboratory Credits: 1 Prerequisite or corequisite: OCN 150 . A hands-on, experiential introduction to the study of the oceans including geological, biological, chemical, and physical aspects. Instruments and techniques of oceanography, marine resources, and human interaction with the oceans will also be explored. Multiple required field trips. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Scientific Approaches to the Natural World. This course is the lab for OCN 150 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Operations Management
	OPS 300 - Introduction to Business Analytics Credits: 3 Prerequisite: QMM 280 . This course introduces mathematical models that can be used to improve decision-making within an organization. Topics will include analytical tools such as optimization, simulation, and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for problem solving and decision support in all areas of business, including supply chain networks, operations, finance, economics, and marketing. Students will make extensive use of Excel and several spreadsheet based add-ins to solve real business problems, improve business processes, and help make important business decisions. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Information Literacy. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 310 - Big Data Analytics Credits: 3 Prerequisite: QMM 280 . Acquisition, management, and analysis of large sets of data that are often encountered in a business environment. Brief overview of the use of spreadsheets for business analytics tasks. Three areas of analytics (descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive) are examined in detail using a variety of software tools. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 365 - Health Care Operations Management Credits: 3 Prerequisite: QMM 280 . Application of management tools to examine the health care value chain. Topics include designing health care delivery systems, capacity planning and decision making under uncertainty, process failure, learning and improvement, and innovations in health care. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 370 - Principles of Operations Management Credits: 3 Prerequisite: QMM 280 . This course provides a study of the drivers of quality, customer satisfaction, efficiency and productivity in service and manufacturing enterprises. Topics include product and service design, forecasting, quality management, facility location and layout, materials management, scheduling, project management, and supply chain management. While topics are covered for both manufacturing and service operations, attention is directed to the study and analysis of the operations management function in service enterprises. Satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Quantitative and Logical Reasoning. Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Foundations for Systems Thinking. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 371 - Logistics and Distribution Management Credits: 3 Prerequisites: OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. This course provides an in-depth study of a wide range of logistics and distribution issues facing managers. Topics include an analysis of the following components of a typical logistics system: customer service, logisitics system analysis, network analysis, facility planning, warehouse operations, traffic and transportation management, and distribution planning. Attention is directed toward the establishment of sustainable competitive advantage based on transportation, logistics and distribution activities. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 372 - Service Operations Management Credits: 3 Prerequisite: OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. Study of the tools necessary to effectively manage a service organization. Particular attention will be paid to subtle relationships among the systems, strategy, and technology that define service delivery systems and their implications for customer satisfaction and profitability. Topics include service strategy and market position, role of the information resource, the service delivery system, service facility location, service quality, and managing supply and demand. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Writing Intensive. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 374 - Introduction to Six Sigma Credits: 3 Prerequisite: OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. This course covers the complete Six Sigma Green Belt body of knowledge. Through lectures, applications and case studies, the course focuses on the background, value proposition, methodology, techniques and statistical tools of Six Sigma. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 375 - Quality Management Credits: 3 Prerequisite: OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. This course introduces quantitative and qualitative concepts and applications of quality management in manufacturing and service organizations. Topics include quality design, continuous improvement, cost of quality, employee involvement in quality, team building for quality, quality circles, service quality, statistical process control, and the relationship among quality, productivity, and competitiveness. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 376 - Transportation Management Credits: 3 Prerequisite OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. This course develops an understanding of the strategic role of freight transportation systems in supply chain networks. Emphasis is given to the components of transportation systems, including their technological features, operational processes, and cost conditions, the buyer-seller channels for acquiring transportation services, and the strategic and tactical alternatives for transport procurement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 377 - International Operations Management Credits: 3 (INB 377 ) Prerequisite: INB 300 and OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. A study of global operations and logistics in the manufacturing and service sectors. Topics include organization of global operations, global manufacturing, global sourcing and logistics, global technology transfer, global risk management, and cultural and national comparisons of operations management practices. Case studies are used. Satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Living in a Global Society. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Writing Intensive. Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Foundations for Systems Thinking. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 378 - Product and Service Development Credits: 3 Prerequisite: OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. This course provides basic product/service development concepts, a knowledge base for conversing with those familiar with product/service concepts, and builds both quantitative and qualitative analysis skills needed for designing and developing products and services. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 470 - Purchasing and Materials Management Credits: 3 Prerequisite: OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. This course provides an in-depth study of the concepts, methods, and responsibilities of the purchasing function for manufacturing and service organizations. Topics include the organization role of purchasing, strategic sourcing, contract and pricing practices, negotiation, quality assurance and reliability, inventory management, lean purchasing, make-or-buy decisions, and the acquisition of transportation and other services. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 472 - Project Management Credits: 3 Prerequisite OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. This course introduces the fundamentals of project management, beginning with project definition and culminating in the post-project review. Students will learn techniques, terms and guidelines that are used to manage costs, schedules, risk, group dynamics and technical aspects throughout the life cycle of the project. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Writing Intensive. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 475 - Supply Chain Management Credits: 3 Prerequisite: OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. This course provides a detailed analysis of the materials planning and execution systems used to manage the flow of material in service and manufacturing organizations to facilitate all stages of the supply chain. Topics include systems for demand management and forecasting techniques, inventory control systems for distribution channels, materials and capacity requirements planning systems, scheduling and order dispatching systems. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 477 - Operations Planning and Scheduling Credits: 3 Prerequisites: OPS 370 and admission to Cameron School of Business. Application of scheduling in manufacturing and service organizations. Topics include machine scheduling, job shop scheduling, project scheduling, flexible assembly system scheduling, lot sizing and scheduling, interval scheduling, and personnel scheduling. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 491 - Directed Individual Study Credits: 1 - 6 Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, consent of the department chair and admission to Cameron School of Business. Satisfies University Studies V: Explorations Beyond the Classroom. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 495 - Seminar in Operations Management Credits: 1 - 3 Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, consent of the department chair and admission to Cameron School of Business. This course may be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 498 - Internship in Operations Management Credits: 1 - 6 Prerequisites: Consent of faculty supervisor and admission to Cameron School of Business. Involves the application of quantitative and systems skills developed in the academic environment to problems in a real-world operating environment. The participant will receive practical training and experience under the guidance of the staff of a local business or government organization and a faculty supervisor. Available internships are filled on a competitive basis. Satisfies University Studies V: Explorations Beyond the Classroom. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	OPS 499 - Honors Work in Operations Management Credits: 2 - 3 Prerequisites: Senior standing and admission to Cameron School of Business. Independent work for honors students. Satisfies University Studies V: Explorations Beyond the Classroom. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Philosophy and Religion
	PAR 101 - Invitation to Philosophical Thinking Credits: 3 An introduction to various philosophers and philosophical problems from historical, critical, and other perspectives. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 103 - Introduction to Religion Credits: 3 Religion as a field of study; major modes of religious expression; chief issues in religious thought and experience; the search for method since the Enlightenment critique; contemporary developments. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 110 - Introduction to Logic Credits: 3 Introduction to the principles of logic including the rules of deduction, the categorical syllogism, induction, and fallacies. Initiation in computer logic programs. Satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Quantitative and Logical Reasoning. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 115 - Introduction to Ethics Credits: 3 An introduction to fundamental principles, theories, and problems in ethics. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 125 - Great Books of the World’s Religions Credits: 3 Selections from classic writings of both Western and Eastern religions, including Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Qur’an, and Buddhist and Hindu scriptures. Examination of their central ideas and values as well as their development and acceptance as sacred scriptures. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Living in a Global Society. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 140 - Research Tools for Historical and Textual Criticism–Hebrew Credits: 3 Basic study of the Hebrew language with special attention to that of the Old Testament. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 141 - Research Tools for Historical and Textual Criticism–Greek Credits: 3 Basic study of the Greek language with special attention to that of the New Testament. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 142 - Intermediate Greek Credits: 3 Continued study of the Greek language with attention to texts from the Hellenistic world. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 201 - History of Western Philosophy I Credits: 3 A survey of Western philosophical thought in ancient and medieval times. Emphasis on the Greek origins of the philosophical tradition. Readings from the Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Roman philosophy and such Christian thinkers as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Ancient Thought and Culture. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 202 - History of Western Philosophy II Credits: 3 A survey of Western philosophical thought from the beginning of the modern era to the present. Emphasis on the rationalist and empiricist traditions. Readings from such philosophers as Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, Kant and Russell. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 205 - American Philosophy Credits: 3 A survey of American philosophical thought from colonial times to the present. Readings from such American thinkers as Jonathan Edwards, the Federalist authors, Thoreau, James, Dewey and Quine. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Living in Our Diverse Nation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 211 - Philosophy of Human Nature Credits: 3 A survey and evaluation of past and present theories of human nature; to include such topics as nature and culture, freedom and rationality, issues in gender identity, and theories of education and human development. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 213 - Existentialism Credits: 3 An introduction to major themes in existential thought such as freedom, authenticity, death of God, the meaning of life. Primary source readings from existential authors, e.g., Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Marcel. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 215 - Bioethics Credits: 3 Examination of the principles and problems in the application of ethical theory to medical research and practice. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 218 - Symbolic Logic Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 110 or permission of instructor. A study of classical first-order logic, i.e., propositional logic and predicate logic. Both the semantic method (truth-table method and model universe method) and the syntactic method (proof-theoretical method and the method of natural deduction) are featured. Additonal topics may be selected from meta-theory (completeness, soundness, etc.), the semantic tableaux approach, or the axiomatic approach. Satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Quantitative and Logical Reasoning. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 220 - Race and Social Justice Credits: 3 Introduction to philosophical issues in race and social justice. Topics include race and identity, discrimination, multiculturalism, affirmative action, anti-racism. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 225 - Women and Religion Credits: 3 Images, expectations, and experiences of women in the history of religions. Topics include the importance of gender to the study of religion, women’s real or perceived power (or lack of it) within the major classical traditions, and alternative women’s religious groups and ideas appearing since the 1970s. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Living in Our Diverse Nation. Partially Satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Gender and Social Justice. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 230 - Judaism, Christianity and Islam Credits: 3 Survey of the three major Abrahamic faiths; the origins, beliefs and practices of these “people of the Book;” history of their interactions and influence on Western culture. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches.Satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Living in a Global Society. Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Global Diversity. Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Ancient Thought and Culture. Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Judaism and the Jewish People. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 231 - Primitive and Classic Religion Credits: 3 A survey of primitive religion as revealed both in archaeological research and remaining primitive customs; examination of classical faiths of Egypt, Mesopotamia and ancient Europe. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 232 - Asian Religions Credits: 3 A survey of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism; historical aspects, basic insights, contemporary relevance. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Living in a Global Society. Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Global Diversity. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 233 - African Religions Credits: 3 Religions of Africa, including traditional and non-traditional religious systems, and their impact on African societies and Africanism in the Americas. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 235 - Introduction to the Old Testament Credits: 3 Historical study of the Hebrew Scriptures and their cultural background; focus on the values, problems, and perceptions of the human condition reflected in these texts and archaeological data related to them. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 236 - Introduction to the New Testament Credits: 3 Historical survey of the canonical Christian literature; illustration of contemporary methods of text-criticism, literary-criticism, form-criticism, and redaction-criticism; focus on results of modern scholarship in appreciating the Gospels and their function in the early Christian community. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 238 - History of Christianity I: Early and Medieval Credits: 3 Survey of the basic development of the Christian church from its foundation to the Protestant Reformation. Emphasis on major thinkers and pivotal events that determined the historical trends. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 240 - History of Christianity II: Modern Credits: 3 Survey of the history of Christianity from the Reformation to the present. Accent on the contributions of the chief theologians and the particular problems raised by “modernity” since the 17th century. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 242 - Religion in America Credits: 3 Survey of religious thought and experience from colonial times to the present; representative Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish leaders; Native American and Black American traditions; religious reform and revivalism. Satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Living in Our Diverse Nation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 265 - Philosophy and Film Credits: 3 Examines the relationships between philosophical inquiry and motion pictures, including how philosophical ideas have influenced film as well as the use of film as a medium for expressing and analyzing philosophical issues. Readings include great works of philosophy from ancient, modern, and contemporary times. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 300 - Philosophical Writing Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 . Instruction in a variety of philosophical writing styles and strategies used to communicate philosophical concepts, including but not limited to: use of primary and secondary sources, style in scholarly essays; literary devices such as analogies and metaphors; argument and construction and refutation; methods of inquiry. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Information Literacy. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Writing Intensive. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 301 - Methods in Religious Studies Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 103 or PAR 125 . Examination of the relation of religion to social and psychological forces, including feminist and post-modern approaches to religion, and issues related to globalization. Topics include addressing the academic study of religion as an enterprise occurring in specific moments of modern intellectual history, and examining ongoing conceptual developments in the field. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Writing Intensive. Partially satisfies University Studies IV: Building Competencies/Information Literacy. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 302 - Plato Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 , PAR 201 or consent of instructor. Study of the Dialogues of Plato. Analysis of texts; contemporary interpretations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 303 - Aristotle Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or PAR 201 . An examination of Aristotle’s philosophy through selected texts, supplemented with contemporary criticisms. Aristotle’s criticisms of Plato; problems of interpretation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 305 - Medieval Philosophy Credits: 3 A survey of Islamic, Jewish and Christian philosophical thought in medieval times. Readings from such thinkers as Augustine, Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 310 - Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence Credits: 3 (PLS 310 ) Prerequisite: Junior standing and/or the consent of instructor. An introduction to the nature, concept and sources of law and the various schools of jurisprudence. Topics treated include: natural law; historical, analytical and sociological jurisprudence; idealism, utilitarianism and legal realism; equity, justice, precedent, custom and law, and the relation of law and morality. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 313 - Social and Political Philosophy Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 , PAR 115 , or consent of instructor. An exploration of philosophical issues and concepts central to an understanding of social and political life; e.g., function and cause, justice, liberty, equality, societal facts and laws, utopias, reason and political argument, political obligation and the public interest. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 315 - Media Ethics Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 , PAR 115 , or consent of instructor. An examination of ethical issues in the media, including print and broadcast journalism, advertising, public relations, and the entertainment media. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 316 - The Philosophy of Art Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or consent of instructor. Investigation and exploration into both traditional and contemporary theories regarding the philosophy of art and its associated problems. Visual arts, such as painting, sculpture, film, etc., will be examined. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Aesthetic, Interpretive, and Literary Perspectives. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 317 - Epistemology Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or PAR 201 -PAR 202 . Fundamental issues in theory of knowledge: nature of knowledge; reasoning, judgment; truth, certainty and probability. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 318 - Metaphysics Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or PAR 201 -PAR 202 . Fundamental issues and positions concerning the nature of reality: theories of being, substance, causality. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 320 - Philosophy of Mind Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or consent of instructor. Selected readings drawn from classical and/or contemporary sources bearing on problems of the self, such as the issue of personal identity and the concept of a person, the problem of the relation of mind and body and the question of the nature of consciousness. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 325 - Psychology of Religion Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 103 or consent of instructor. Selected readings on the nature and types of religious experience, and on theories of personality and consciousness as they relate to religion. Examination of the writings of Freud, Jung, and others. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 330 - Religion and Literature Credits: 3 The interplay between religion and literature through an exploration of the religious themes, images, and experiences expressed in contemporary and classical world literatures. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 334 - Old Testament Literature Credits: 3 Analysis and interpretation of a particular part of the Hebrew Scriptures. Topics will vary from one course offering to another. (The Torah; the Prophets; the Writings). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 335 - Philosophy of Language Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or consent of instructor. Fundamental Issues in the nature and meaning of language: concepts of truth, meaning, reference, metaphor, interpretation, and speech acts. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 336 - New Testament Literature Credits: 3 Analysis and interpretation of a particular part of the New Testament. Topics will vary from one course offering to another. (The Gospels; the Acts of the Apostles; the Johannine works; the Letters of Paul). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 337 - Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 235 or PAR 236 . Analysis of the major Jewish and Christian writings related to but excluded from the Bible, including histories, apocalypses, testaments, prayers, moral tales, and wisdom books. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 338 - Greek Biblical Uncial Credits: 3 Acquire practical knowledge of Greek biblical uncial in papyrology. Examine, transcribe, and paleographically date important early Christian papyri. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 340 - Philosophy of Religion Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 and PAR 103 . Examination of the basic problems found in Western philosophy concerning religion, including efforts to prove the existence of God, the role of faith and reason, the problem of evil, immortality, religious experience, religious language, and religious pluralism. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 342 - Evil and Suffering Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or PAR 103 or consent of instructor. Survey of religious and philosophical debates on the nature, origin, and existence of evil and suffering. Examines definitions of and explanations for evil in Eastern, Western, and tribal religions; the problem of evil; and popular culture’s fascination with evil. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 343 - Atheism and Unbelief Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or PAR 103 or consent of instructor. Survey of beliefs, assumptions, and arguments of atheism and other varieties of unbelief. Examines major atheistic explanations for the phenomenon of religion, and atheism and unbelief within Eastern and Western religions. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 344 - Religion and Popular Culture Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 103 or PAR 125 or consent of instructor. Examination of the connections between religion and popular texts, films and practices in modern Western society. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 345 - Philosophy of Science Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or consent of instructor. Fundamental issues in the philosophy of science; the nature of scientific method; modes of verification and the role of paradigms. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 346 - Philosophy of Biology Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 . Examination of the main concepts of contemporary theories in the biological sciences from the perspective of the philosophy of science. Issues including reductionism, scientific realism, confirmation, explanation, and the nature of laws in the biological sciences will be addressed. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 347 - Evolutionary Ethics Credits: 3 Exploration of the complex relationship between contemporary evolutionary explanations for human behavior and philosophical ethics. Evolutionary psychology, moral psychology, and traditional metaethics will be utilized. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 350 - Native American Religious Traditions Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 103 or PAR 242 . Examination of the religious traditions of native peoples of North America with a focus on beliefs, rituals, and contemporary developments. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 351 - Religion in Early America Credits: 3 (HST 351 ) Prerequisite: PAR 242 or HST 105 . Examination of the role and significance of religion in early American culture and society. Topics include contact between Native American and Euro-American religious traditions, Puritanism, First Great Awakening, religion in the revolutionary era, separation of church and state. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 352 - Religion in Antebellum America Credits: 3 (HST 345 ) Prerequisite: PAR 242 or HST 105 or consent of instructor. The influences and meanings of religion in antebellum American society. Topics include Second Great Awakening, expansion of Protestant and Catholic churches, communitarian movements, religious responses to slavery. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 353 - Religious Reform in Modern America Credits: 3 (HST 359 ) Prerequisite: PAR 242 or HST 106 or consent of instructor. Religious thought and action concerning social change in modern America. Topics include urban revivalism, labor, civil rights, and peace movements. Emphasis on differing interpretations of scripture, church teachings, and religious identity. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 355 - Southern Religion Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 103 or consent of instructor. Study of religion in the Old and New South. Topics include Native American religious traditions, religious practices of blacks and whites, evangelicalism and fundamentalism, church involvement in political and social issues. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 360 - Philosophy of Evolution Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or consent of instructor. Examination of philosophical issues found in the study of evolution: origins of the theory; impact on science; methodology of Darwinian and contemporary evolutionary studies; concepts of species, natural selection and adaptation and its mechanisms; application of evolutionary theory of human culture; and debates over creationism and sociobiology. Partially Satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Evolution. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 362 - Archaeology of Ancient Israel Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 103 or PAR 235 , or consent of instructor. Study of Ancient Israel, its peoples and cultures through archaeological artifacts and analysis of ancient writings. Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Judaism. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 363 - Religion, Holocausts, and Genocides Credits: 3 A critical analysis of the role of religion in holocausts and genocides from antiquity to the present. Emphasis on the destruction of aboriginal and ethnic peoples, the Jewish holocaust, African genocide, and ethnic cleansing. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 365 - Topics in Philosophy and Film Credits: 3 Prerequisite: PAR 101 or consent of instructor. Examination of a specific philosophical topic (such as aesthetics, reality, love, freedom, responsibility, morality, social class, race and gender) through film. Analysis of the topic under investigation will include reading primary sources in philosophy, lecture and discussion, and film screenings. May be repeated under different subtitles for up to 12 credit hours. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 366 - Continental Philosophy: Early Jean-Paul Sartre Credits: 3 An examination of Sartre’s early existential philosophy with a focus on the classical philosophical problems of personal identity, freewill/determination, negative existential statements, and the problem of other minds. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	PAR 369 - The Philosophy of Power Credits: 3 Survey of philosophical views of political power in Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Marx, Berlin, Nietzsche and Foucault. Addresses a series of interrelated questions: What is political power? What legitimates it? Who has it? How does is function? What strategies and tactics most effectively subvert and/or resist it? Partially satisfies University Studies III: Thematic Transdisciplinary Cluster/Human Rights. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.

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Course Prefixes

NSG 491 - Directed Individual Study

NSG 495 - Selected Topics in Nursing

NSG 499 - Honors Work in Nursing

NSGL 345 - Health Maintenance Needs of Young Children Practicum

NSGL 495 - Selected Topics in Clinical Nursing

OCN 150 - Introduction to Oceanography

OCN 250 - Beaches and Coasts

OCN 350 - Advanced Oceanography

OCN 390 - Field Methods in Oceanography

OCN 458 - Introduction to Coastal Management

OCN 471 - Oceanographic Cruise Techniques

OCN 475 - Marine Biogeochemistry

OCN 480 - Advanced Topics in Oceanography

OCN 490 - Oceanography Capstone

OCN 491 - Directed Individual Study

OCN 499 - Honors Work in Oceanography

OCNL 150 - Introduction to Oceanography Laboratory

OPS 300 - Introduction to Business Analytics

OPS 310 - Big Data Analytics

OPS 365 - Health Care Operations Management

OPS 370 - Principles of Operations Management

OPS 371 - Logistics and Distribution Management

OPS 372 - Service Operations Management

OPS 374 - Introduction to Six Sigma

OPS 375 - Quality Management

OPS 376 - Transportation Management

OPS 377 - International Operations Management

OPS 378 - Product and Service Development

OPS 470 - Purchasing and Materials Management

OPS 472 - Project Management

OPS 475 - Supply Chain Management

OPS 477 - Operations Planning and Scheduling

OPS 491 - Directed Individual Study

OPS 495 - Seminar in Operations Management

OPS 498 - Internship in Operations Management

OPS 499 - Honors Work in Operations Management

PAR 101 - Invitation to Philosophical Thinking

PAR 103 - Introduction to Religion

PAR 110 - Introduction to Logic

PAR 115 - Introduction to Ethics

PAR 125 - Great Books of the World’s Religions

PAR 140 - Research Tools for Historical and Textual Criticism–Hebrew

PAR 141 - Research Tools for Historical and Textual Criticism–Greek

PAR 142 - Intermediate Greek

PAR 201 - History of Western Philosophy I

PAR 202 - History of Western Philosophy II

PAR 205 - American Philosophy

PAR 211 - Philosophy of Human Nature

PAR 213 - Existentialism

PAR 215 - Bioethics

PAR 218 - Symbolic Logic

PAR 220 - Race and Social Justice

PAR 225 - Women and Religion

PAR 230 - Judaism, Christianity and Islam

PAR 231 - Primitive and Classic Religion

PAR 232 - Asian Religions

PAR 233 - African Religions

PAR 235 - Introduction to the Old Testament

PAR 236 - Introduction to the New Testament

PAR 238 - History of Christianity I: Early and Medieval

PAR 240 - History of Christianity II: Modern

PAR 242 - Religion in America

PAR 265 - Philosophy and Film

PAR 300 - Philosophical Writing

PAR 301 - Methods in Religious Studies

PAR 302 - Plato

PAR 303 - Aristotle

PAR 305 - Medieval Philosophy

PAR 310 - Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence

PAR 313 - Social and Political Philosophy

PAR 315 - Media Ethics

PAR 316 - The Philosophy of Art

PAR 317 - Epistemology

PAR 318 - Metaphysics