Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
Course Descriptions
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MUS 183 - Organ (1.5 Cr.)
A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. For those who do not read music, instruction in score reading is given as well. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors or minors. All others must pay a $600 fee per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 – 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. Ordinarily, there is a limit of one course of private lessons per semester. A fee must be paid for taking lessons on an audit basis ($800); for continuing lessons after receiving less than a B in a previous semester’s lessons ($600); for taking lessons without satisfying the corequisite requirement ($600); or for taking a second set of lessons within one semester ($600) with a possible exception made for guitar and percussion majors at the discretion of the department chair; Private instruction in African Drums (MUS 179) also requires corequisite enrollment in MUS 146/DAN 146. May be repeated for credit. Music majors and minors may not audit applied music courses. Prerequisite: permission of the chair of the department. Corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 146, MUS 147, MUS 149. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Associates in applied music.
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MUS 184 - Harpsichord (1.5 Cr.)
A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. For those who do not read music, instruction in score reading is given as well. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors or minors. All others must pay a $600 fee per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 – 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. Ordinarily, there is a limit of one course of private lessons per semester. A fee must be paid for taking lessons on an audit basis ($800); for continuing lessons after receiving less than a B in a previous semester’s lessons ($600); for taking lessons without satisfying the corequisite requirement ($600); or for taking a second set of lessons within one semester ($600) with a possible exception made for guitar and percussion majors at the discretion of the department chair; Private instruction in African Drums (MUS 179) also requires corequisite enrollment in MUS 146/DAN 146. May be repeated for credit. Music majors and minors may not audit applied music courses. Prerequisite: permission of the chair of the department. Corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 146, MUS 147, MUS 149. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Associates in applied music.
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MUS 186 - Guitar (1.5 Cr.)
A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. For those who do not read music, instruction in score reading is given as well. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors or minors. All others must pay a $600 fee per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 – 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. Ordinarily, there is a limit of one course of private lessons per semester. A fee must be paid for taking lessons on an audit basis ($800); for continuing lessons after receiving less than a B in a previous semester’s lessons ($600); for taking lessons without satisfying the corequisite requirement ($600); or for taking a second set of lessons within one semester ($600) with a possible exception made for guitar and percussion majors at the discretion of the department chair; Private instruction in African Drums (MUS 179) also requires corequisite enrollment in MUS 146/DAN 146. May be repeated for credit. Music majors and minors may not audit applied music courses. Prerequisite: permission of the chair of the department. Corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 146, MUS 147, MUS 149. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Associates in applied music.
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MUS 187 - Accordion (1.5 Cr.)
A one-semester course of individual instruction given to students at any level. For those who do not read music, instruction in score reading is given as well. There is no fee for one course of private instruction for declared majors or minors. All others must pay a $600 fee per semester or a discounted fee of $200 per semester for those enrolled in an ensemble (MUS 140 – 149) for that semester, using the same instrument or voice as the lessons. Ordinarily, there is a limit of one course of private lessons per semester. A fee must be paid for taking lessons on an audit basis ($800); for continuing lessons after receiving less than a B in a previous semester’s lessons ($600); for taking lessons without satisfying the corequisite requirement ($600); or for taking a second set of lessons within one semester ($600) with a possible exception made for guitar and percussion majors at the discretion of the department chair; Private instruction in African Drums (MUS 179) also requires corequisite enrollment in MUS 146/DAN 146. May be repeated for credit. Music majors and minors may not audit applied music courses. Prerequisite: permission of the chair of the department. Corequisites: MUS 140, MUS 141, MUS 143, MUS 144, MUS 146, MUS 147, MUS 149. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Associates in applied music.
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MUS 236 - The Technique of Vocal Conducting (1.5 Cr.)
Individual instruction in vocal conducting skills, score reading, and rehearsal techniques. By arrangement, practice in conducting within the Goucher vocal ensemble programs. Fee associated; see MUS 160 -188. Private Instrumental and Vocal Lessons. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: MUS 106 and permission of the instructor. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Hall, Koehler and Department.
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MUS 237 - The Technique of Instrumental Conducting (1.5 Cr.)
Individual instruction in instrumental conducting skills, score reading, and rehearsal techniques. By special arrangement, practice in conducting within the Goucher instrumental ensemble programs. Fee associated; see MUS 160 - MUS 188. Private Instrumental and Vocal Lessons. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: MUS 106 and permission of the instructor. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Koehler and Department.
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MUS 238 - Jazz Composition (1.5 Cr.)
Private instruction in jazz composition. Creative work for instrumental and vocal media using contemporary musical materials; analysis of selected scores. Opportunities for reading performance by musical organizations of the college. Fee associated; see MUS 160 - MUS 188, Private Instrumental and Vocal Lessons. Prerequisites: permission of the instructor. May be repeated up to four times for credit. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Chappell and Department
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Music as Needed The following courses are not offered on a rotating basis, but are available to meet the interests and needs of students in their course of study. The semester in which a course is offered will be published in the schedule of classes for that semester. Students are invited to consult with the department about the scheduling of any particular course. |
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MUS 203 - Special Topics in Music (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #9)
A semester-long, in-depth examination of a specific musical topic. The choice of topic will remain flexible. Possible courses include American Music from Colonial Times to the Present; First Nights–Notable Premieres of Great Works; The History of Rock and Roll; American Musical Theater; Music Criticism and Aesthetics; Nationalism in Music; Diction for Singers; and composer/genre-specific topics such as the Beethoven symphonies, the String Quartet, piano literature, chamber music masterworks, Mozart operas, Lieder in the 19th century, Stravinsky’s Russian ballets, and the Second Viennese school. Prerequisite: any three-credit, 100-level music course. Spring semester, at the discretion of the department. Department.
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PCE 110 - Introduction to Peace Studies (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
Interdisciplinary and international exploration of issues and theories concerning violence and nonviolence, including perspectives in several disciplines. Using current affairs, this course focuses on the individual and practical dimensions of understanding “positive” peace-enabling persons to begin developing values and attitudes concerning violence and nonviolence in contrast to the traditional “negative” view of peace as simply the absence of violence. Fall and spring semesters. Dawit or Atashi.
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PCE 120 - Community Service Agencies: Building a Just and Peaceful World (4 Cr.)
This course will provide an intellectually stimulating perspective on the challenges of community service and the different types of service. Students will examine issues including justice, direct action, motivation, the role of service in higher education, and citizenship. Students will also enjoy weekly hands-on experiences in service while working with middle-school students. Fall semester. Bess.
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PCE 124 - Being Human (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
This course combines reading, service, conversation, and personal exploration to reveal how people define themselves, their relationship to the world, and their processes of meaning-making. The course addresses these issues on an intellectual and a personal level and enables students to view their questions and answers critically at the same time that they explore how age, race, gender, nationality, and other factors shape not only their answers to ontological questions, but the nature of the questions that they ask and the reasons why some questions aren’t asked. Students engage in a service project as part of the course. Spring semester. Bess.
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PCE 125 - Topics in Conflict Resolution (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
An introduction to conflict resolution and service learning exploring the work of peace-building community-based and nonprofit organizations from their perspectives. Different organizations will be profiled, and the course will be taught by persons within the organizations. Variable semesters. Department.
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PCE 131 - Community Performance for Peace, Conflict, and Dialogue (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013 (THE 131 )
The course surveys the history, the theory, and the exemplary practitioners of community performance—synonymously called “theatre for social change” or “applied theatre.” Particular attention will be given to traditions that serve the goals of conflict resolution, popular education, activism, and community building. Through practical techniques, the course will demonstrate how performance structures can address community issues. This course is open to any students, actors and non-actors who are interested in community arts and peace performance. Variable semesters. Francoise.
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PCE 148 - Nonviolence in America (4 Cr.)
Survey of the history of nonviolent actions and principles in what is now the United States, including groups such as Native Americans; Quakers; abolitionists; pacifists; and those in the women’s suffrage, labor and civil rights movements. Study of the philosophical principles of nonviolence in relation to historical events and policies; assessment of justification of the principles and success or failure of the policies. Service component in Baltimore City afterschool programs. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Donelan.
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PCE 205 - Maintaining the Status Quo: Power and Privilege in the United States (4 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #7 and #10)
This course will examine the history of privilege and its evolution from the 18th century to today. By reading historical documents, literature, biographies and sociological studies, students will explore and analyze inequalities in education, housing, jobs and examine both the means through which inequalities continue to be rationalized and the means through which they are being changed. This course serves as the writing proficiency for the program. Prerequisite: college writing proficiency, sophomore standing, or permission of the instructor. Fall and spring semester. Bess.
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PCE 210 - Research Methods for Peace and Justice (4 Cr.)
A critical introduction to research methods in the study and pursuit of peace and justice, covering three interwoven epistemological domains; basic statistical principles and applications; research design, data collection, analysis and interpretation; and quantitative and qualitative methods and worldviews. Special consideration is given to participant action research (e.g., PAR) methods. The ethics of responsible research will be addressed throughout. Prerequisite: PCE 110 and sophomore standing, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Pringle.
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PCE 220 - Nonprofits in the Community (4 Cr.)
In the era of globalization, nonprofit organizations are increasingly doing the work of the public sector. This course examines the work of the nonprofit sector, including its impact on its constituency and on social/economic policy, and the structure, mission, leadership, fundraising and governance of a number of local, national and international organizations. This is a full service-learning course. Prerequisites: PCE 124 or PCE 125 or another service course approved by the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2011-12 and alternate years. Dawit.
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PCE 231 - Special Topics in International Film and Literature (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
This course, organized around a rotating thematic topic in a given semester, will focus on social, economic, and cultural disparity as represented by filmmakers and authors. Of particular interest will be issues of nationalism; difference/identity; displacement; globalization; resources/wealth; environmental degradation; and control of information in post-war, post-colonial and/or post-Cold War societies. When possible, filmmakers and authors will be invited for special sessions of this course. Repeatable if topic is different. Prerequisites: 100-level course in peace studies or permission of instructor. Variable semesters. Department.
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PCE 241 - Issues in Conflict Resolution (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
A topics course for the Peace Studies Program, in which students explore the mechanisms of conflict resolution in a variety of settings, using a case-study method. Prerequisite: PCE 110 or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Department.
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PCE 242 - Peace Practice: Transformation of Self and World (4 Cr.) (GEN.ED. #8)
Beginning with the assertion that each of us both mirrors and enacts larger social patterns, this course trains students in effecting social change by transforming their interactions with these patterns at the scale of the personal. Through mindfulness training, students learn to recognize and disrupt their habits of meaning-making and invent new ways of engaging with the world. Through training in nonviolent communication, students enhance their ability to communicate across differences. Finally, through collaborative vision projects, students learn to “trope against trope,” inventing narrative practices that do not merely respond or react, but disturb and discover new possibilities within the self-organizing systems of which they are a part. Prerequisites: PCE 110 or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Meisner.
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PCE 251 - Human Rights (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
Emerging concepts of human rights, 18th century to the present; conflicting views and their justifications. Rights of persons against the state and other institutions as basic moral claims to achieve both individual self-development and social justice. Prerequisite: PCE 110 , one course in political science or history, or sophomore standing. Fall semester. Dawit.
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PCE 257 - Gandhi (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013 (HIS 257 )
This course studies Gandhi’s life, actions, and ideas, in the hope that they may provide some tools to make the new century a better one than the last, for the society and the people around us, and for the physical and moral environment in which we live. The course also examines the ideas of Western figures such as Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr., in relation to Gandhi. Prerequisite: Frontiers. Spring semester. Bagchi.
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PCE 262 - Indians in the United States (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013 SOC 262
Using comparative analysis of indigenous and nonindigenous societies, this course will examine indigenous forms of government and social structure pre-1492 to the present. Prerequisite: one course in history, peace studies, or sociology, and sophomore standing. Variable semesters. Department.
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PCE 268 - Leadership for Change (4 Cr.)
An exploration of leadership as a process of engagement toward socially responsible change. Topics include leadership theory, skills, and values; leadership in the context of liberal learning; service and civic engagement; diversity; community contexts for leadership and change; uses of power; and community organization, mobilization, and activism. The course seeks to encourage self-understanding and introspection as a lifelong practice, as well as social responsibility, openness to change, tolerance, and celebration of diversity. A service-learning field project allows students to apply concepts learned in the classroom. Prerequisites: PCE 110 . Spring semester. Offered 2013-14 and alternate years. Perl.
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PCE 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad (8 Cr.) (SP 272Y.002)
INTENSIVE COURSE ABROAD - Course includes a pre-departure or post-departure discussion (or both) with a three week intensive course abroad in the summer or winter intersession.
UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT: A PEACE HISTORY IN SPAIN (8)(SP 272Y.002) This interdisciplinary course builds Spanish language skills into the curriculum of peace studies through a seven-week pre-program course in the fall dedicated to the study of current conflicts in Spain (two credits); a three-week immersion experience in Granada and Bilbao (Spain) in January (four credits); and a seven-week, post-immersion course in the spring (two credits). This course will explore contemporary conflicts through a study of their historical roots. The final seven weeks will be conducted mostly in Spanish to increase awareness of the importance of attaining proficiency in a second language in understanding and participating in conflict resolution. Prerequisite: PCE 110 and/or PCE 148 , or permission of the instructor, and SP 130 or FRO 140. Summer 2013. Dawit.
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PCE 285 - Comparative Peace Traditions (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
A survey of peace thought in the Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, Judaic, and Hindu philosophical traditions. The course explores how the world’s major religions, through their scriptures, scholarly works, and bodies of practice, have posed the concept of peace in individual and communal life. Prerequisites: PCE 110 , or a course in philosophy or religion, or approval of the instructor. Variable semesters. Department.
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PCE 290 - Individually Identified Internship (3 OR 4 Cr.)
Graded pass/no pass only. Fall/spring semester. Department.
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PCE 291 - Internship: City Schools Program (3 Cr.)
Students should plan to have free time in their schedule between 2:30 and 5 p.m. Graded pass/no pass only. Fall/spring semester. Department.
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PCE 299 - Independent Work (1.5-3 Cr.)
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PCE 305 - Peace and Rewriting (4 Cr.)
Examining works of literature, film, and visual arts organized around a thematic or geographic case study, students will distinguish the range of ways we use art and literature to survive, imagine, and to “name the nameless,” as Audre Lorde said, “so it can be thought.” Combining creative writing, rhetoric, and literary analysis with the lenses of peace studies (e.g. conflict resolution, structural violence), we will create and consider the roles of transgression, lyricism, and alienation; the ways that the human voice can be used to reinscribe, resist, or renew. Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing. Spring semester. Meisner.
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PCE 310 - International Human Rights Law (4 Cr.)
This course is an intensive critical exploration of the international human rights legal system, including treaty bodies, regional organizations, commissions, courts, and special complaints committees. Of particular interest is the work of the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American and African commissions and courts, the International Court of Justice, and the UN tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Prerequisites: PCE 251 . Spring semesters. Dawit.
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PCE 320 - Identity and Conflict (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
This course explores the complex interrelations of social identity and ethnic conflicts with the emphasis on the role of identity in processes of conflict resolution and transformation. Critical reflection and analysis of ethnic, national, and religious identities as both generators and outcomes of conflict will be an important part of the course. Through readings, lectures, documentaries, and simulations, the course aims to extend knowledge of the construction of various layers of social identity and to develop a framework for transformation of identity-based conflicts. Prerequisite: a 200-level course in peace studies or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Atashi.
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PCE 325 - HIV/AIDS: Tearing the Social Fabric (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
If sexual activity is the chain that links us all, then our reaction to HIV/AIDS provides a mirror into our sense of responsibility toward that interconnection. This course will examine HIV/AIDS through the lens of humanitarian and communal ideas and realities, revealing that the integrity of the social fabric is threatened at every level (communal, national, and global) by the devastating impact of the virus. Students will engage in community activities and group projects outside class hours in conjunction with research writing to understand personally and intellectually the disease’s impact on families, communities, and nations and the various ways governments are responding. Prerequisites: junior standing or permission of instructor. Fall semester. Bess.
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PCE 340 - Special Topics in U.S. and International Peace Studies (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
Examination of advanced concepts in peace, conflict resolution, and/or human rights thought through an in-depth study of major international and current events. These may include conflict in relation to peacekeeping, public health, globalization, international tribunals, and diplomacy. Repeatable with different topic. Variable semesters. Department.
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PCE 345 - Topics in Peace Studies: Country Study (3 Cr.) *CREDITS CHANGED TO 4 CREDITS EFFECTIVE FALL 2013
This topics course will explore the historical and contemporary politics of one country within its regional context. Research and analysis will focus on colonial and post-colonial realities, legal and de facto gender disparities, sources of current conflict, and social and economic challenges. Prerequisite: a 200-level course in peace studies or permission of the instructor. Repeatable with different topic. Variable semesters. Department.
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PCE 380 - Senior Symposium (4 Cr.)
This capstone course for majors and minors, will be a symposium on bridging peace thought and peace work. Students and faculty will read, analyze, and discuss a number of peace theories and the ways in which individuals, communities, solidarity groups, and organizations implement them to bring about personal, social, and political change. Some years, faculty and students together will design community interventions from determination of problems, to identification of stakeholders, to program design and implementation. Prerequisites: senior peace studies major or minor. Spring semester. Department.
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PCE 399 - Independent Work (4 Cr.)
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PHL 105 - Personal and Community Ethics (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #10) (LER-TXT AND DIV)
An introduction to ethical thought with particular attention given to the conflict between individual interest and communal good. The course includes a survey of classical writings on ethics, as well as a selection of more recent texts that focus on concrete issues such as gender and sexuality, racism, economic injustice, and environmental ethics. In each case, we will examine how various conceptions of individual rights coincide with the obligations individuals owe to their neighbors, their nation, and the global community. Fall semester. DeCaroli.
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PHL 115 - Race, Gender, and Sexuality (3 Cr.) (LER-DIV)
An introduction to the theories of oppression and privilege, with particular attention paid to racism, sexism, and heterosexism. The readings analyze the nature of social identity and difference, including the intersections of sexuality, gender, and race on the individual and social levels. We will examine oppression and privilege as systems and structures, which are maintained and sustained by social practices, language, education, and cultural production. We will also examine these areas as possible sites of resistance. Fall semester. Grebowicz.
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PHL 120 - Introduction to Analytic Philosophy (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #9) (LER-TXT)
Introduction to the analytic method of philosophy as it addresses the central philosophical issues of reality and knowledge. Students apply the analytic method to the metaphysics (theories of reality) and epistemologies (theories of knowledge) of three major philosophers (Plato, Descartes, and Locke), who represent three major movements: realism, rationalism, and empiricism. Spring semester, alternate years. Welch.
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PHL 157 - Individual, Community, Cosmos (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4) (LER-TXT)
Exploration of the historical philosophical views on the identity, self-understanding and values of human beings and their relationships to larger totalities such as community, society, and the natural or divine order. Reading and discussion of Plato’s Dialogues, Descartes’ Meditations, Hume’s Enquiry, and Nietzsche’s Twilight of the Idols. Spring semester. Rose.
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PHL 176 - Logic (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #5)
Study of the theory and history of logic, its uses and justification, its applicability and limitations. Focus on formal deductive logic. Fall semester. Department.
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PHL 205 - Environmental Ethics (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #11) (LER-ENV)
A philosophical examination of the relationship between human beings and the natural world. Readings address cultural and scientific construction of nature and the environment, various constructions of human versus animal being, the metaphysical underpinnings of various “animal rights” and “conservation” positions, and the relationship between environmental and social concerns. Students will consider and evaluate competing approaches to environmental justice. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Fall semester, alternate years. Grebowicz.
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PHL 212 - Philosophy and Art (3 Cr.) (ART 207 ) (GEN. ED. #9)
An analysis of the philosophical implications and cultural significance of art during the modern period. In pursuing an answer to the question “What is art?” we will examine a selection of philosophical writings on the subject, each of which tries to determine what characteristics make art objects different from all others. In addition, we will examine the political, social, racial, and historical factors that helped produce the institutions, economies and values that, in the West at least, sustain the notion of “fine art.” Our investigation will include a critical consideration of such things as the modern museum, colonialism, the role of the art critic, the art industry, etc. (This course cannot be used as one of the two 200-level art history survey courses required for the art major.) Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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PHL 215 - Philosophy and Science (3 Cr.)
An analysis of how both philosophers and scientists understand the practice of scientific investigation. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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PHL 216 - Modern Philosophy (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4)
An advanced survey of 17th- and 18th-century philosophy as developed in the writings of Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. All readings are from primary sources, supplemented by lecture and discussion. We will consider not only the internal arguments of these texts, but also the broader cultural and political questions that frame their arguments. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2010-11 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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PHL 217 - Contemporary Philosophy (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #10)
An advanced survey of contemporary philosophy as developed in the major philosophers of post-structuralism (post-1968), as well as a substantial examination of the traditions that have shaped contemporary philosophical debates. The course will begin with an overview of the writings of both Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud, emphasizing dialectical materialism and the formation of subjectivity. The course will then examine how the ideas of Marx and Freud have been embraced by late twentieth-century theorists. Prerequisite: two courses in philsophy (one at the 200-level), or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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PHL 218 - Philosophy of Time (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4 and #7)
Examination of speculations about time in the Classical, Enlightenment, and contemporary periods and the specific ways these speculations have helped develop philosophy, physics, mathematics, religion, history, and psychology. Key themes include the role of time as a measure, changes in concepts of time, time and the cosmos, the ubiquitous presence of concepts of time in our understanding of the natural world, abstraction, classification, and our self-understanding throughout Western thought. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2010-11 and alternate years. Rose.
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PHL 219 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4)
Study of Kant’s epistemology, Hegel’s phenomenology, and philosophy of history to show new confidence in reason; Nietzsche’s and Kierkegaard’s responses and the subsequent crisis in confidence in reason, and the loss of absolute values that give rise to the issues of modern life. Readings include Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Hegel’s “Preface” to Phenomenology of Spirit, Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals, and Kierkegaard’s The Concept of Anxiety and Repetition. Influence of these works on psychology, social science, religion, and ethics. Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2010-11 and alternate years. Rose.
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PHL 220 - Phenomenology (3 Cr.)
Study of phenomenology as foundational science in Husserl’s Crisis and its development in the work of Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty’s The Prose of the World, and Levinas’ Time and the Other. This course explores the prospect of a holistic way of knowing in opposition to the detached, objective methodology of the natural and social sciences. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Fall semester, alternate years. Rose.
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PHL 222 - Judaism and Philosophy (3 Cr.) (JS 222 /RLG 222 )
For centuries Jewish thinkers have attempted to reconcile philosophy – knowledge based on human reason – with the authority of the Bible and the Jewish tradition. This course will consider of the relationship between philosophy and Judaism and illuminate the broader question of the relationship or conflict between reason and revelation. How has the dialogue between (secular) philosophy and (religious) tradition yielded new understandings of the meaning of Judaism and Jewish life? The course will probe these problems by means of a survey of the major Jewish philosophical works, from late antiquity to modern times. We will read such authors as Philo, Saadia Gaon, Judah Halevi, Moses Maimonides, Spinoza, Moses Mendelssohn, Herman Cohen, Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Leo Strauss, and Emmanuel Levinas. Students will consider debates regarding the conflict or correspondence of reason and revelation, the creation or eternity of the world, the meaning of the law, and the problem of the particularity of the Jewish people. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Variable semesters. Copulsky.
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PHL 223 - Twentieth Century Analytic Philosophy (3 Cr.) (COG 223 )
This course will focus on philosophers’ efforts to provide satisfactory accounts of the nature of the mind, its relationship to the body, and consciousness. Among the accounts we will study are materialism, logical behaviorism, functionalism, and intentionality. We will then study some recent findings in cognitive science and neuroscience and consider the impact of those findings on the philosophical positions we have examined. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, a 100-level philosophy course, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester, alternate years. Welch.
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PHL 224 - Existentialism: Philosophy and Theater (3 Cr.) (THE 202 ) (GEN. ED. #4)
The study of existentialist and hermeneutic theories of how we humans create and exact meaning. The thesis of this course is that philosophy and theater are the two human activities that enact and create meaning in the world and do so self-consciously, whereas other human activities attribute objective value to the truth they ascribe to the world. Using readings from Plato, Nietzsche, Artaud, Sartre, and Gadamer and the plays of Pirandello, Brecht, Duras, Genet, and Beckett, students enter the threshold of a conscious place in which we can see the world and see ourselves reflected in the world just as actors create a “world” on the stage. Philosophy and theater reveal we humans as the ones who “enact reality” and, in doing so, create history, personal and political identities, and the meaning of the world. Prerequisite: One course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2013-14 and alternate years. Rose.
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PHL 226 - Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (3 Cr.) (RLG 226 ) (GEN. ED. #4)
The major Catholic, Jewish, Moslem, and Neoplatonic thinkers of the two periods. Religious thought, rational theology, the development of humanism, and the development of natural sciences. Readings from St. Anselm, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Peter Abelard, Maimonides, Averroes, Ficino, and Pico. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. Department.
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PHL 227 - Neoplatonism: the Perennial Philosophy (3 Cr.)
The “neo” in “Neoplatonism” describes the appropriation of key elements in Plato’s thought in an application that Plato never intended and could not foresee. These versions of Plato’s thought are the ones that Western Culture received and that have dominated Christianity and many aspects of western culture to this day. Focusing on the origins of Neoplatonism, we study Plotinus’ Enneads in detail. We will also read Porphyry the Phoenician’s Isagoge and Boethius’, Consolation of Philosophy and trace the development of Neoplatonism into it’s ubiquitous modern appropriation in modern philosophy (especially Hegel’s dialectical logic), theology and literature. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Spring. First offered 2014. Rose.
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PHL 228 - Philosophy and the Animal (3 Cr.)
Are humans animals? Are animals persons? This class goes beyond animal ethics to consider the ontological and epistemological assumptions underlying the ethical debates. How is “the animal” constructed in science, philosophy and culture? How should animal being be imagined in order to contribute to a more just and sustainable vision of society? Prerequisite: Either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered Spring 2012. Grebowicz.
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PHL 231 - Political Philosophy (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #10)
An introduction to political philosophy with particular attention paid to the modern period during which time the fundamental concepts of Western politics were developed. The course includes a survey of classical writings on politics as well as a selection of more recent texts that focus on concrete issues such as citizenship, the “social contract”, sovereignty, the meaning of political, civil, and human rights. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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PHL 237 - Queer Theory (3 Cr.)
This course will trace various arguments for overcoming the categories “heterosexual” and “homosexual,” as defined in hetero-patriarchy, in favor of a more contemporary understanding of sexuality (and gender itself) as fluid and mediated by social forces. Readings will explore heterosexual normativity, sadomaschism, camp, queer identity, transgender, and relationships between queer and feminist forms of resistance. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Spring semester, alternate years. Grebowicz.
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PHL 245 - Critical Race Theory (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #10)
A detailed examination of our assumptions about race and the impact of those assumptions on issues concerning gender, class, and sexuality. Students examine racial issues from a critical philosophical perspective and consider the ways in which representations of race reinforce patterns of power and privilege. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Spring semester, alternate years. Grebowicz.
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PHL 254 - Biomedical Ethics (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #10)
A study of the ethical significance of embodiment, with focus on questions of life and death, euthanasia, the commodification of bodies and organs, genetic manipulation, disability, and trans-gender. Students will explore these questions with reference to traditional applied ethics as well as postmodern critiques.
Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester, alternate years. Department.
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PHL 257 - Philosophy and the Machine (3 Cr.)
An analysis of the cultural impact and philosophical implications of modern technology as well as an historical consideration of the relation between humans and machines. Perspectives on technology will be drawn from traditional philosophical sources as well as from more recent writings and will be examined in an effort to highlight a range of ontological and epistemological questions concerning our assumptions about what differentiates humans from machines. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2010-11 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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PHL 260 - Ancient Greek Philosophy (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #4)
The birth of western thinking about the cosmos, the community, and the practice of shared inquiry into the world around us and ourselves. The ancient Greeks have long been interpreted as the origin of rational, scientific and abstract thinking. Indeed, we find the origins in the scientific method, mathematics, logic, biology, political science, literary criticism - in fact, every science - in the thinking of the pre-Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. But these philosophers also underwent a change in their relationship to the world with ways of thinking and questioning that were different from the views of the community around them. These thinkers are the first to pose questions about the meaning of being.
Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. Rose.
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PHL 268 - Chinese Philosophy (3 Cr.) (RLG 268 ) (GEN. ED. #4)
An analysis of Asian philosophical and religious texts with particular emphasis on the Chinese tradition. We will read selected works from the vast scholarly literature of the Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions, and situate these texts, their authors, and the schools they represent, within their historical context. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2010-11 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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PHL 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad () (GEN. ED. #3) (LER-SA)
Three-week intensive course abroad in January or summer.
POLAND: THEORIZING COLLECTIVE MEMORY This course explores the formation of community as a continuous revising, contesting, and institutionalizing of cultural memory. Poland is an especially interesting case today, as it undergoes the process of re-imagining itself as both a nation and, in the face of the rapid growth of the Polish diaspora, a culture. Polish identity formation has historically taken place in relation to the presence of Jews and Roma. Since the collapse of Communist rule there has been a blossoming of discourses around the Poland’s Jewish past, the history of anti-Semitism, and the right-wing xenophobia that has emerged in response to the borders opening since 1989. This course investigates the way in which Poles today (in the so-called “new” Poland) are engaged in the process of reforging Polish identity and cultural integrity through a complicated retrieval of the past and encounters with both old and new “Others.” Students will examine how identity is shaped by disputes concerning the Other, as that Other is imagined historically and in cultural artifacts like monuments, museums, literature, and film, in order to map relationships between discourses concerning memory and those concerning democracy, globalization, human rights, distributive justice, capitalism, tolerance, and genocide. The course consists of a seven week preparatory course on Goucher campus and a three week trip to Poland to visit the cities of Warsaw, Łód, and Krakow. Corequisite: PHL 339. Spring. First offered 2012. Grebowicz.
CHINA: PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE This course consists of a seven week preparatory course on the Goucher campus designed to familiarize students with basic Mandarin Chinese and contemporary Chinese culture, and three week trip to China. Corequisite: PHL 268/RLG 268. Spring semester. Offered 2010-2011 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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PHL 275 - Epistemology (3 Cr.) (COG 275 ) (GEN. ED. #7)
This course will examine the theories of truth, such as the correspondence and coherence theories, and the related theories of belief that support these claims of knowledge. We will also examine the criteria for what constitutes appropriate evidence for a knowledge claim. We will then examine some more recent problems proposed for the traditional definition of knowledge and some attempts to overcome these problems. The course will conclude with an examination and evaluation of some recent findings in neuroscience and cognitive science and the implications for the philosophical theories we have studied.
Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, one course in philosophy, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester, alternate years. Welch.
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PHL 276 - Feminist Philosophy (3 Cr.) (WS 276 ) (GEN. ED. #10)
A philosophical study of questions of gender and gender inequality. The class will explore social constructions of femininity and masculinity, theories of masculine privilege, and various, competing strategies for resistance. Students will reflect on gender in relation to other social inequalities, with particular attention to sexuality and heterosexism.
Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. Fall semester, alternate years. Grebowicz.
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PHL 280 - Archaeology of Language (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #10)
A discussion of language in its various roles, from creating meaning to hiding it. By looking at five ways of treating language—the literal, the metaphorical, the evocative, the structural, the deconstruction—this course explores why language works and why it sometimes does not work, why it is possible to be understood and to be misunderstood. Topics include the relationship of language and culture, language and gender, language and cognition, and language and madness. Readings in Aristotle, Heidegger, Barthes, Foucault, Derrida, and Eco. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, a 100-level philosophy course, or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. Rose.
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PHL 290 - Internship in Philosophy (3-4 Cr.)
Placements in business, government, civic organizations, coalitions, and volunteer groups. Each student designs a plan with a member of the department to develop a clear goal and a rigorous method of pursuing it. Prerequisites: preliminary interview and sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. Course may be taken pass/no pass only. Department.
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PHL 298 - Independent Work in Philosophy (1.5-4 Cr.)
Special topics of study based on previous course work in the department and selected in conference with the instructor. Department.
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PHL 322 - Theories of Religion (3 Cr.) (RLG 322)
This course examines theories of religion in an advanced seminar setting and serves as a follow-up to . Through the reading of a variety of theoretical studies of religion, students will examine the following questions: Why does religion exist? What comprises a religious experience? What function does religion play in human society? Prerequisite: sophomore standing and at least one prior course in Religion or Philosophy. Offered Spring 2012 and every third spring. Duncan.
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PHL 330 - Nietzsche (3 Cr.)
A reading of four of Nietzsche’s works: Beyond Good and Evil, The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and Twilight of the Idols; a biography of Nietzsche; and three crucial commentators: Heidegger, Derrida, and Irigaray. This course offers an opportunity to see the history of philosophy and culture through the major concepts of the Will to Power, the Eternal Return, the Transvaluation of Values, and recent interpretations of that thinker who called for an end to religion and metaphysics and started the modern age. Prerequisite: two courses in philosophy (one at the 200- level), or permission of the instructor Fall semester. Offered 2010-11 and alternate years. Rose.
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PHL 332 - Foucault (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #7)
An advanced examination of the works of Michel Foucault as well as an introduction to the ideas and issues that characterized post-1968 Europe, the time period during which he wrote. The course will be devoted to a careful reading of Foucault’s most important works. Prerequisite: two courses in philosophy (one at the 200- level), or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2010-11 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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PHL 333 - Kant (3 Cr.)
An advanced examination of the works of Immanuel Kant as well as an introduction to the ideas and themes characteristic of the critical tradition he inaugurated. The course will devote considerable time to a careful reading of the standard translations of Kant’s most important works, paying particular attention to the key concepts of Kant’s critical philosophy. Prerequisite: two courses in philosophy (one at the 200- level), or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. DeCaroli.
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PHL 336 - Heidegger (3 Cr.)
Seminar discussion of the key texts in Heidegger’s “path of thinking” about Being. We will follow Heidegger’s ways of asking the question of “the meaning of Being” as it develops and changes from phenomenology as fundamental ontology in Being and Time to thought that gives itself over to the appropriation of thinking by Being in Contributions to Philosophy. Other texts under consideration include Identity and Difference and the Wegmarken texts. Prerequisites: two courses in philosophy (one at the 200- level), or permission of the instructor. Fall semester, alternate years. Rose.
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PHL 337 - Descartes (3 Cr.)
Philosophers who study Descartes’ Meditations have concerned themselves with what has become known as the “Cartesian Circle,” namely, that the principle of clarity and distinctness that Descartes employs to validate God’s existence is itself in need of a guarantee that only God’s existence can provide. This course will examine three different strategies that contemporary philosophers have offered to avoid the “Circle”: the autonomy of reason, partial autonomy of reason, and non-autonomy of reason with distinctions in the concepts of certainty and doubt. Prerequisite: two courses in philosophy (one at the 200- level), or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years. Welch.
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PHL 338 - Derrida (3 Cr.)
An in-depth study of Jacques Derrida’s early work, which begins with his critique of logocentrism, tracing its trajectory from his work on language and semiotics to the deconstruction of the metaphysics of presence. The class concludes with the readings of his later work, exploring the relevance of deconstruction for contemporary democratic theory, globalization, and education. Prerequisite: two courses in philosophy (one at the 200- level), or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2010-11 and alternate years. Grebowicz.
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PHL 339 - Lyotard (3 Cr.)
This course will introduce students to the work of late 20th century French philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard, who is credited with introducing the term “postmodern” into critical discourse, in the context of the events of May 1968 as well as in its present inception. We will explore his writings on the postmodern in areas such as knowledge production, art, memory and testimony, gender, international human rights, and education. Prerequisites: two courses in philosophy (one at the 200- level), or permission of the instructor. Spring semester, alternate years. Grebowicz.
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PHL 365 - Plato (3 Cr.)
The Theory of Forms, perhaps the most influential theory in Western philosophy, was devised early in Plato’s career. It was then significantly expanded and improved in many later dialogues affecting all areas of Plato’s thought: knowing, existence, and values. This course focuses on a discussion and critical examination of the Phaedo, Symposium, Republic, Phaedrus, Parmenides, Theaetetus, Sophist, and Timaeus. Prerequisite: either a 200-level philosophy course or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2010-11 and alternate years. Welch.
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PHL 395 - Philosophical Topics (3 Cr.)
Advanced study in a particular historical period, theme, issue, or thinker in the Western or Eastern philosophical tradition. The field of discussion is delimited differently each time the course is taught. Topics for a given semester are posted before registration. Prerequisite: either a 200-level philosophy course or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Department.
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PHL 398 - Independent Work in Philosophy (1.5-4 Cr.)
Special topics of study based on previous course work in the department and selected in conference with the instructor. Department.
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Physics Courses at the introductory level in physics are planned to meet various needs. PHY 115 and PHY 116 are designed to give a general survey of physics, with emphasis on physical reasoning rather than mathematical analysis, and they are intended for students who plan to major in the life sciences, enter the health professions, or teach in elementary schools. PHY 125 and PHY 126 are more comprehensive and are intended for students who plan to major or minor in physics, major in the physical sciences or mathematics, or enter the 3+2 Engineering Program. |
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PHY 115 - Principles of Physics I (4 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #6 ) (LER–NS)
First semester of a non-calculus-based course sequence designed for students majoring in the life sciences or non-science students interested in physics. Topics include Newtonian mechanics, kinematics and dynamics of linear and angular motions, universal gravitation, conservation of energy and momentum, elasticity, simple harmonic motion, and fluids. Recommended with PHY 116 for students majoring in the life sciences. Six hours integrated lecture/laboratory. Prerequisite: three years of high-school mathematics. Fall semester. Pichler.
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PHY 116 - Principles of Physics II (4 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #6)
Second semester of a non-calculus-based course sequence designed for students majoring in the life sciences or non-science students interested in physics. Topics include mechanical and electromagnetic waves, acoustics, resonance, nature of light and color, geometrical and physical optics, electricity and magnetism, and DC and AC circuits. Six hours integrated lecture/laboratory. Prerequisite: PHY 115 . Spring semester. Pichler.
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PHY 125 - General Physics I (4 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #6) (LER–NS)
A calculus-based course where lecture and laboratory are combined and taught using an interactive teaching method employing computers and guided inquiry through hands-on experiments. The method is designed to increase problem-solving and analytical-thinking skills and to guide students toward a coherent and logical approach to understanding the world. Topics include kinematics and dynamics of linear and angular motions, universal gravitation, conservation of energy and momentum, simple harmonic motion, and fluids. Six hours integrated lecture/laboratory. Pre- or corequisite: MA 170 or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Dukan.
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PHY 126 - General Physics II (4 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #6)
A continuation of PHY 125 . Topics include wave motion, electricity and magnetism, and physical and geometrical optics. Six hours integrated lecture/laboratory. Prerequisite: PHY 125 . Pre- or corequisite: MA 180 or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Dukan.
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PHY 142 - Principles of Physics I (4 Cr.) (PHY 542 )
Newtonian mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, kinematics and dynamics of linear and angular motions, universal gravitation, conservation of energy and momentum, elasticity and simple harmonic motion, statics and dynamics of fluid motion, gas laws, heat energy, and laws of thermodynamics. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Not open to students, permission of instructor required. Preference given to Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical students. Fall semester. Bakhshai.
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PHY 143 - Principles of Physics II (4 Cr.) (PHY 543 - Principles of Physics II (4 Cr.) )
A continuation of PHY 542 . Waves, sound, optics, electricity and magnetism, modern physics. Mechanical and electromagnetic wave motion, acoustics, resonance, the nature of light and color, geometrical and physical optics, static electricity, DC and AC circuits, and nuclear physics. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Prerequisite: PHY 542 . Not open to students, permission of instructor required. Preference given to Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical students. Spring semester. Pichler.
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PHY 220 - Modern Physics (4 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #7 with PHY 280 ) (GEN. ED. #6 with PHY 230 )
An introductory course in non-classical physics for students who have completed calculus-based general physics. It is intended to introduce students to the frontiers of physics in a simple, comprehensible manner through discussions, problem solving, interactive computer simulations, and additional readings. Topics include basic ideas of quantum mechanics with experiments that revolutionized our understanding of nature and led to the development of new fields such as atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter physics, nuclear and elementary particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Four hours lecture. Prerequisite: PHY 126 and concurrent enrollment in PHY 230 . Fall semester. Sugerman.
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PHY 230 - Intermediate Physics Laboratory (2 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #6 with PHY 220 )
Exploration of modern scientific methods. Measurement of several classical and modern physics constants. Experiments include measuring the specific charge of an electron, Millikan oil-drop experiment, Davisson-Germer experiment, Hall effect, Frank-Hertz, Plank’s constant, speed of light, law of radiation, muon physics, and particle-wave duality. One hour lecture, two hours laboratory. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in PHY 220 . Fall semester. Bakhshai.
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PHY 250 - Energy, Physics, and the Environment (3 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #11) (LER - ENV)
Introductory course in environmental physics that emphasizes the physical principles behind the production, transport and conversion of energy. The laws of thermodynamics and classical mechanics are applied to natural ecosystems and energy resources such as fossil fuels, nuclear energy, hydropower, wind, solar power, etc. These resources are analyzed in terms of the societal and environmental impacts of the associated technologies. Prerequisite: PHY 115 or PHY 125 or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2012-13 and alternate years. Dukan.
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PHY 280 - Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences (4 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #5) (GEN. ED. #7 with PHY 220 )
A comprehensive, problem-solving-oriented course designed for students in the physical sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry, and the 3+2 Engineering Program). Various mathematical methods as applied to the relevant problems in physical sciences are discussed. Topics: series, complex analysis, partial differentiation, vector analysis, calculus of variation, tensors, differential equations, special functions, and integral transforms. Four hours lecture. Prerequisites: PHY 126 or permission of instructor. Corequisites: MA 222 . Spring semester. McKibben..
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PHY 290 - Internship in Physics (3-4 Cr.)
Internships in research laboratories in universities and industry. Arranged on the basis of the individual interest of the student. Graded pass/no pass only. Prerequisites: PHY 126 and appropriate upper-level courses. Department.
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PHY 300 - Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics (3 Cr.)
A calculus-based course in which the basic concepts of thermodynamics are introduced from the microscopic point of view. Methods of statistical physics are used to define entropy and temperature, heat and work, and ideal gas behavior. Applications to chemical reactions, Fermi and Bose systems in condensed matter physics, and phase transformations are discussed. Prerequisite: PHY 220 or permission of instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2012-13 and alternate years. Dukan.
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PHY 301 - Intermediate Electromagnetic Theory (3 Cr.)
Intermediate-level discussion of Maxwell’s equations and their applications: electrostatics and dynamics; magnetic fields and magnetic effects; and electromagnetic waves, both in vacuum and in materials. Prerequisite: PHY 280 . Fall semester. Offered 2012-13 and alternate years. Pichler.
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PHY 310 - Electronics/Instrumentation (3 Cr.)
An introduction to principles of electronic instrumentation and methods that would enable students to choose appropriate instruments for a measurement and control. Topics include: DC and AC circuits, diodes, transistors, operational amplifiers, waveform shaping, gates, flip-flops, instrumentation, detection techniques, and data acquisition. Three hours integrated lecture/laboratory. Prerequisites: PHY 220 and PHY 230 . Spring semester. Offered 2013-14 and alternate years. Pichler.
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PHY 330 - Special Topics in Contemporary Physics (3 Cr.)
Topics courses in physics are offered to extend knowledge beyond foundation courses and to introduce students to more advanced topics in physics and their applications to many different areas of science and technology. Topics are determined by student interest and needs. Courses include but are not limited to: Introduction to Materials Science and Nano-Composites (Bakhshai), Condensed Matter Physics (Dukan), , Atomic and Molecular Physics (Pichler), Laser Physics (Pichler), and Relativity and Cosmology (Sugerman). Depending on a particular topic, the course will have a three-hour lecture, laboratory and/or seminar format. Students may take this course for credit more than once. Prerequisites: and permission of the department. Additional courses as appropriate for the particular topic will be specified by the department. Variable semester. Department.
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PHY 340 - Classical Mechanics (3 Cr.)
This course presents kinematics and dynamics of particles using Newtonian, Langrangian, and Hamiltonian techniques. Topics include central force motion, oscillations and normal mode analysis, nonlinear dynamics, rotating rigid bodies, and motion in non-inertial reference frames. Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: PHY 280 or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Offered 2013-14 and alternate years. Dukan.
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PHY 350 - Quantum Mechanics (3 Cr.)
The study of quantum mechanics and its applications occupies a central position in the physical sciences, forming the basis for an understanding of atomic, molecular, nuclear, particle, and condensed matter physics. The purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics and includes the following topics: formal development of the postulates of quantum theory, representation of states, quantum mechanics in one and three dimensions, angular momentum, spin, and perturbation theory. Prerequisite: PHY 220 , PHY 340 , and MA 221 , or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2013-14 and alternate years. Department.
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PHY 395 - Independent Work in Physics (1.5-4 Cr.) (GEN. ED. #7)
Independent theoretical and laboratory work carried out under the supervision of a member of the department. May be one or two semesters. Graded pass/no pass only. Prerequisites: major or minor in physics and permission of instructor. Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Department.
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Political Science All 100- and 200-level courses fulfill social sciences, except internships, independent work, and PSC 272Y. |
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PSC 100 - Understanding Politics (3 Cr.) (LER-SSC)
Politics exist all around us and affects our daily lives in numerous ways. Each section of this course will introduce students to the ubiquity of politics through a unique perspective. Students will be presented with a political problem at the outset of the course, and throughout the semester learn ways in which political actors and institutions have dealt with or responded to the problem, instilling a set of skills which include knowledge and a sense of agency. Students will also develop analytical and theoretical skills through guided writing assignment, reading and discussion. This course fulfills the liberal education requirement for the social sciences and is intended for majors and non-majors alike. Fall semester, repeated Spring semester. Department.
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PSC 140 - Introduction to Environmental Studies (3 Cr.) (ES 140) (GEN. ED. #11) (LER–ENV)
An introductory course intended to broaden and deepen understanding of the environmental issues facing humanity today. The course focuses on how human institutions and ways of living create—as well as offer resources for solving—the problems that we face. We examine a selection of topics that have become central environmental issues of our time: climate change, biodiversity loss and conservation, food production, energy and sustainable development. We then consider how contemporary social activists and thinkers are defining central problems and questions. Finally we investigate our role in creating humanity’s collective social-environmental future. Fall and spring semesters. Department.
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