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OT 451 - Hand Rehabilitation 2 cr.
(Prerequisites: OT 256, OT 275, OT 356)
An in-depth review of the functional anatomy of the hand and arm, with emphasis on rehabilitation principles and basic splinting techniques. Theoretical concepts, evaluation, and fabrication procedures are integrated in lab experiences. One hour lecture, two hours lab/week.
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OT 460 - Occupational Therapy Practice III: Physical Rehabilitation 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: OT 256, OT 275, OT 346, OT 347, OT 356, OT 360, OT 361, OT 380, OT 381)
A study of the occupational therapist’s complex role in providing services to individuals with physical dysfunction. Theoretical frames of reference and various intervention approaches are integrated as techniques and strategies to enhance functional performance are introduced, observed and practiced. Emphasis on safe clinical practice and development of sound clinical reasoning skills. Two hours lecture, two hours lab/week and ten hours of service learning.
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OT 461 - (D) Occupational Therapy Practice IV: Geriatrics 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: OT 346, OT 347, OT 356, OT 460)
An overview of frames of reference, evaluations, and interventions used to enhance elder’s well-being. Emphasis is placed on understanding the biopsychosocial changes and environmental contexts of elders. The ability to provide holistic and humanistic elder care is facilitated through lab simulations, completion of a program needs assessment, and via service learning.Two hours lecture, two hours lab/week and 10 hours of service learning.
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OT 475 - Advanced Therapeutic Techniques 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: OT 451, OT 460, OT 480)
An in-depth examination of selected concepts and approaches in physical rehabilitation, with an introduction to certain specialized areas of occupational therapy practice. Topics will include standardized assessments, industrial rehabilitation, pain and soft tissue management, neurodevelopmental treatment, adaptive positioning and seating, cognitive-perceptual rehabilitation, and reimbursement issues. Two hours lecture, two hours lab/week.
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OT 480 - Occupational Therapy Level I Clinical – III: Physical Rehabilitation 1 cr.
(Prerequisites: OT 381, OT 451, OT 460)
Directed observation and supervised participation in the therapeutic process in a physical rehabilitation setting. Emphasis is placed on the integration of theory and practice. Intersession, two weeks, full time.
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OT 501 - Leadership in Occupational Therapy 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: OT 581 or OT 582)
Extensive analysis of the profession’s historical influences, current, and emerging trends in occupational therapy leadership, and possibilities for personal leadership evolution. Emphasis is placed upon examining the link between professional ethics, personal values, and leadership. Systemic challenges to ethical leadership and professional supports for sustaining ethical practice are presented. Three hours lecture/week.
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OT 502 - Advanced Occupational Therapy Theory 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: OT 581 or OT 582)
A review of how occupational therapy paradigms have been established and changed over time, and how these changes have influenced occupational therapy practice will be presented. Particular attention will be paid to the cultural, economic, and demographic motivators of theory development and application. Three hours lecture/week.
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OT 560 - Advanced Interpersonal Dynamics 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: OT 581 or OT 582)
A review of the concepts and aspects of interpersonal, intrapersonal, and group dynamics provides a foundation for the student to understand the meaning of illness and how that impacts the human condition. An in-depth analysis of disability from the perspective of the disabled is explored. Two hours lecture, two hours lab/week or equivalent.
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OT 575 - Community-Based Practice 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: OT 581 or OT 582)
In-depth exposure to selected areas that represent the current focus of advanced practice in occupational therapy. The areas of practice examined in the course will include community-based programs, non-medical settings, alternative care, and natural environments. Two hours lecture, two hours lab/week or equivalent.
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OT 581 - OT Level II Internship – I: Psychosocial Rehabilitation 6 cr.
(Prerequisite: completion of all undergraduate coursework or academic graduate coursework)
Level II fieldwork is designed to provide opportunities to integrate academically acquired knowledge with Occupational Therapy clinical practice in psychosocial rehabilitation. OT certification exam eligibility requires 24 weeks total Level II Internship (minimum). Summer, following the fourth or fifth year of the program, twelve weeks, full time.
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OT 582 - OT Level II Internship – II: Physical Rehabilitation 6 cr.
(Prerequisite: completion of all undergraduate coursework or academic graduate coursework)
Level II fieldwork is designed to provide opportunities to integrate academically acquired knowledge with Occupational Therapy clinical practice in physical rehabilitation. OT certification exam eligibility requires 24 weeks total Level II Internship (minimum). Summer, following fourth or fifth year of program, twelve weeks, full time.
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OT 583 - OT Level II Internship – III: Specialty (Optional) 4-6 cr.
(Prerequisite: OT 581, OT 582)
Level II field-work designed to provide opportunities for clinical experience in a specialty area of practice. Arranged on an availability basis. Fall, following the fifth year of the program, eight to twelve weeks, full time.
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OT 597 - Faculty Research Internship I 1 cr.
(Prerequisites: OT 393, OT 494, PSYC 210, CITI Course in the Protection of Human Subjects)
This course represents a mentored internship experience on a faculty-led research project in order to develop beginning-level research skills. Internship may involve preparing DRB/IRB proposals, literature reviews, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, grant investigations, and dissemination activities. The importance of professional collaboration is emphasized.
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OT 598 - Faculty Research Internship II 2 cr.
(Prerequisites: OT 597)
This course represents a mentored internship experience on a faculty-led research project in order to develop beginning-level research skills. Internship may involve preparing DRB/IRB proposals, literature reviews, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, grant investigations, and dissemination activities. The importance of professional collaboration is emphasized.
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PCPS 501 - Interdisciplinary Developmental Assessment in Pediatrics 3 cr.
This course will focus on the assessment of infants, young children, and adolescents and their families. This course reflects an integrative curriculum model that incorporates team teaching and a faculty practice format whereby students complete actual pediatrics core evaluations under the direct supervision of a qualified practitioner.
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PCPS 540 - Allied Health Seminar Series I 2 cr.
(Prerequisites: Completion of undergraduate coursework; completion of OT 581 or OT 582)
This course develops advanced skills in clinical practice, research, leadership, or advocacy. Aiding student’s transition to practitioner, it provides technical expertise as well as practice in collegial engagement and self-directed professional development. Seminar topics offer in-depth exploration of emerging or ‘specialty’ areas of occupational therapy practice or areas of significance to the interdisciplinary health care team.
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PCPS 541 - Allied Health Seminar Series II 1 cr.
(Prerequisites: Completion of undergraduate coursework; completion of OT 581 or OT 582)
This course develops advanced skills in clinical practice, research, leadership, or advocacy. Aiding student’s transition to practitioner, it provides technical expertise as well as practice in collegial engagement and self-directed professional development. Seminar topics offer in-depth exploration of emerging or ‘specialty’ areas of occupational therapy practice or areas of significance to the interdisciplinary health care team.
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PHED 112 - First Aid/CPR/AED 1 cr.
This course leads to American Red Cross certification in CPR, First Aid, and Automated External Defibrillation (AED). Prepares students to recognize and respond to respiratory, cardiac, and other emergency situations.
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PHED 138 - Physical Fitness Training 1 cr.
Training Stretching, strengthening exercises, and an aerobic workout, supervised by Army ROTC faculty. This course counts toward the 3-credit PHED requirement during the junior and senior years. This course is open to all students.
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PHED 160 - Coaching Principles 1 cr.
Prerequisite course that will assist prospective coaches as they develop a positive coaching philosophy, apply coaching principles and use sport-management skills.
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PHED 202 - Sports Administration 3 cr.
Examines the business of coaching, offering practical approaches to the administrative functions of organizing, planning, leading and controlling. Integrates philosophy and principles into practice.
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PHED 203 - Sport First Aid 1 cr.
Course is designed to help coaches train athletes properly, prevent injuries whenever possible, and respond quickly and correctly to athletes’ injuries.
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PHED 205 - Teaching Sports Skills 3 cr.
Students will master the essentials of teaching sports skills and improve their teaching effectiveness. They will learn how to prepare for teaching sports skills, how to introduce, explain, and demonstrate sports skills and use cognitive processes to improve performance.
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PHED 208 - Conditioning and Training for Sports 3 cr.
(Formerly PHED 210)
Students will learn how to design effective, individualized training programs by incorporating training basics such as overload, specificity, adaptation and progression. Will include individual differences among athletes, muscular fitness, energy fitness and performance factors.
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PHED 412 - CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer Instructor Trainer 2 cr.
The purpose of this course is to train instructor candidates to teach the American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer course. This course prepares instructor candidates to use course materials, conduct training sessions and evaluate the progress of participants in a professional-level course.
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PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 cr.
The aim of this course is to awaken in the student an appreciation of the nature and method of philosophical inquiry through an examination of key texts that grapple with central questions in the history of philosophy.
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PHIL 120J - Introduction to Philosophy 3 cr.
The aim of this course is to awaken in the student an appreciation of the nature and method of philosophical inquiry through an examination of key texts that grapple with central questions in the history of philosophy.
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PHIL 210 - Ethics 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: PHIL 120)
An examination of moral issues through close readings of important historical texts such as the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Kant or Mill. Themes will include happiness, virtue, the nature of justice, free choice, conscience, natural law and obligation, God and morality.
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PHIL 210J - Ethics 3 cr.
Through the presentation of a select history of moral philosophy, students are introduced to the philosophical discipline of ethics. Original texts of such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Epictetus, St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, Mill, and Nietzsche are enlisted to explore the most fundamental question in ethics, “What is the good life?”
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PHIL 211 - (P) Business Ethics 3 cr.
This course is an application of standard philosophical principles and theories to the critical study of questions, issues, and problems that surround the moral conduct of business. Recommended for business majors.
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PHIL 212 - (P) Medical Ethics 3 cr.
Considering nine ethical methodologies, this course views health care holistically in terms of human biological and psychological needs to show that ethical action must intend to satisfy them. Ethical principles are applied to such issues as professional communication, sexuality, procreation, experimentation, bodily modification, and death. Recommended for health care students.
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PHIL 213 - (P) Environmental Ethics 3 cr.
An introduction to environmental philosophy and the various ethical responses to the ecological crisis of the late 20th century. Examines such issues as biocentrism vs. anthropocentrism, the relation between culture and nature, the environmental ethical debate.
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PHIL 214 - (P) Computers and Ethics 3 cr.
Ethical aspects of hacking, software, piracy, computer-aided decision making, protection of software by copyright, patent, trade secret laws, unauthorized use of computer resources, privacy and database security, program warranties and programmer responsibility, artificial intelligence, the interface between human and computer.
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PHIL 215 - (P) Logic 3 cr.
An introduction to logic as the science of argument including the nature of arguments in ordinary language, deduction and induction, truth and validity, definition, informal fallacies, categorical propositions and syllogisms, disjunctive and hypothetical syllogisms, enthymemes, and dilemmas.
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PHIL 217J - The Trivium 3 cr.
Via numerous writing projects and speeches and the analysis of select philosophical texts, this practicum in grammar, logic, and rhetoric will encourage the student to connect the basic elements of reason, discourse, and persuasion.
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PHIL 218 - (P,D) Feminism: Theory and Practice 3 cr.
What is feminism? What is the relationship between feminist theory and practice? This course focuses on these and related philosophical questions. Special attention will be paid to the interrelationship of gender, class and race. This course also fulfills a requirement in the Women’s Studies Concentration.
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PHIL 220 - (P) Ancient Philosophy 3 cr.
The Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle and their immediate successors. Special emphasis on the theory of knowledge, the metaphysics and philosophical anthropology of Plato and Aristotle.
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PHIL 221 - (P) Medieval Philosophy 3 cr.
A survey of philosophy in the European Middle Ages, including the connections between medieval philosophy and its classical and Christian sources; questions concerning nature/grace, reason/faith, theology/philosophy, and the nature and ethos of scholasticism.
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PHIL 222 - (P) Modern Philosophy I 3 cr.
Machiavelli and the break with the Ancients. Modern political thought and social contract. Hobbes with an appeal to the passions. Locke and theoretician of capitalism. Rousseau and the crisis of modern political thought. Foundations of modern epistemology. Descartes and the search for absolute certainty. Hume and empiricism.
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PHIL 223 - (P) Modern Philosophy II 3 cr.
The development of idealism in the thought of Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel, with its influence on Feuerbach, Marx, Engels, and Kierkegaard. Special consideration of dialectical thinking in its resolution of the antitheses of reality and appearance, freedom and necessity, infinite and finite, and faith and knowledge.
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PHIL 224 - (P) Foundations of Twentieth-Century Philosophy 3 cr.
A study of some of the key figures that have set the tone for the 20th-century philosophy. Buber, Marx, Kierkegaard, Hume and Russell are studied in detail.
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PHIL 225 - (P,D) Asian Philosophy 3 cr.
This course will introduce students to the various systems of Asian philosophy including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shinto with special emphasis on the metaphysics, ethics and political philosophy of these systems.
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PHIL 226 - (P,D) Chinese Philosophy 3 cr.
An introduction to the classical Chinese understanding. The course examines Daoist teachings and vision, the thought of Confucius and Buddhism.
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PHIL 227 - (P) Political Philosophy 3 cr.
Philosophical and ethical analysis of the social nature of man with emphasis on modern social questions. Ethics of the family, of nation and of communities. International ethics.
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PHIL 229 - (P,D) Philosophy of Religion 3 cr.
An investigation of the main topics in philosophers’ reflections on religion: arguments for the existence of God; meaningful statements about God; assessment of religious experience; notions of miracle, revelation, and immortality; the problem of evil; relations between religious faith and reason; religion and ethics. Readings from classical and contemporary authors.
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PHIL 230 - German Philosophy 3 cr.
(Pre-requisites: PHIL 120 and 210) This course is a survey of key themes, periods, and thinkers in German language philosophy, from modern to contemporary. Authors may include Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and others.
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PHIL 231 - (P,D) Philosophy of Women 3 cr.
This course reviews the philosophies of woman in western thought from Plato and Aristotle to Nietzche, Schopenhauer, and Beauvoir. It concludes with an interdisciplinary selection of readings, to be addressed philosophically, on women in art, anthropology, literature, politics, theology, psychology, etc.
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PHIL 234 - (P) Existentialism 3 cr.
A critical study of selected works of Kierkegaard, Jaspers, arcel, and Sartre, with special emphasis on the existentialist themes of selfhood, freedom, dread, responsibility, temporality, body, limited and unlimited knowledge and reality, and fidelity to community.
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PHIL 238 - (P) Wealth and the Human Good 3 cr.
What is wealth? Is wealth the key to happiness? Is it possible for individual human beings and human society to flourish without wealth? What does it mean to say that the measure of success in contemporary consumer society is wealth? These and other questions related to life in modern capitalist commercial society will be addressed in the course.
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PHIL 240 - (P,W) Logic and Written Discourse 3 cr.
PHIL 240 is to equip students with an understanding of the conditions that constitute good reasoning, and also the skill to construct good arguments in writing. It covers the following four areas: the nature of logical arguments, deduction (e.g., syllogism, propositional logic), induction (e.g., analogical reasoning, causal inference), and fallacies.
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PHIL 242 - (P, D) Latin American Thought 3 cr.
This course is a survey of the texts and ideas that help to define Latin America from pre-Conquest to the present day. There will be a special focus on the hermeneutical issue of encountering and understanding the other and the theme of philosophy being shaped by its cultural context.
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PHIL 306 - (P) Philosophy of Education 3 cr.
An examination of representative modern systemic philosophies of education with a critical analysis of the answers that each system of philosophy provides to the important questions concerning the nature of knowledge, value, man and society.
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PHIL 310 - (P) Epistemology 3 cr.
An introduction to the theory of knowledge ranging from ancient to contemporary philosophy. Topics include sensation, perception, memory, recollection, reason, truth, science and language.
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PHIL 311 - (P) Metaphysics 3 cr.
A textual inquiry into the adequacy of philosophers’ answer to the fundamental question, “What is?” Special attention will be given to Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant’s critical philosophy and the issues of nature and history.
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PHIL 311J - Metaphysics 3 cr.
A textual inquiry into the adequacy of philosophical responses to the fundamental question, “What Is?” Special attention will be given to Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Nietzsche.
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PHIL 312 - (P) Modern Philosophy III 3 cr.
A study of 19th-century European philosophers such as Hegel, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Marx. We will consider the place of philosophy in history and society, the theme of conflict in life and thought, and the simultaneous spread and decay of humanism in Europe.
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PHIL 313 - (P) Philosophy and Friendship 3 cr.
An historical survey of primary texts which discuss friendship. Readings in the course include authors of the ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary periods in the history of philosophy. Some of these authors are, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, de Montaigne, Bacon, Kant, Emerson, Nietzsche, Gray, Arendt and Sartre.
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PHIL 314 - (P,D,W) Philosophy and the City 3 cr.
This course explores philosophical issues connected to urban and public policy. Students will analyze the relationship between philosophy and public life and will develop a deeper understanding of their own relation to the city and their roles as citizens.
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PHIL 315 - (P) Twentieth-Century Political Philosophy 3 cr.
This course is a survey of recent social and political theory dealing with issues such as human rights, ethnicity in the nation-state, bio-environmental and security challenges to political sovereignty, and the implications of globalization for technology, the function of media and the role of the market.
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PHIL 316 - (P,W) American Perspectives on Health-Care Ethics 3 cr.
This course will consider basic ethical issues in the practice and distribution of health care in the United States. Topics covered will include the physician-patient relationship, clinical issues such as transplants or end-of-life concerns, the nature of professionalism, just distribution, ethics in health-care institutions, and biomedical research. Recommended for those interested in the health-care professions.
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PHIL 317 - (P) American Philosophy 3 cr.
(Pre-requisite: PHIL 120 and 210)
This course surveys currents of philosophy rooted in North America, with emphasis on Transcendentalism, Pragmatism, and Native American Thought. Authors may include Emerson, Pierce, James, Dewey, and Black Elk.
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PHIL 319 - (P) Philosophy of Law 3 cr.
A study of the various justifications of law and their implications. Special consideration will be given to the problems of civil disobedience and the force of law in private institutions.
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PHIL 320 - (P) Aesthetics 3 cr.
The main theories of the essential character of beauty or art, how they are judged, how they are related to the mind and the whole person, how they are created and how this creativity expresses a commitment to oneself and to the world. (May be used for Art History minor.)
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PHIL 321 - (P) Great Books in Philosophy 3 cr.
This course consists of a careful examination of an important text in the history of philosophy. Attention will also be paid to the selected text’s historical significance as well as to its relevance to contemporary philosophical debates. The text examined may vary from semester to semester, and may be drawn from such authors as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Aquinas, Hume, Kant, Mill, Kierkegarde, Nietzsche, Moore, Ross, Ayer, Stevenson, Rawls, Smart, Williams, Finnis, Grisez, and MacIntyre. This course may be repeated by students as the text changes from semester to semester.
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PHIL 322J - Philosophy of Conscience 3 cr.
Studies the role of conscience in moral judgment and considers its metaphorical and narrative elements. Explores the difference between clarity and community, truth and wisdom, principle and prudence as we study possible links between conscience, reason, eros, imagination and education in some of the works of Plato, Kant and Marx.
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PHIL 325 - (P) Literature and Ethics 3 cr.
This course examines the “old quarrel between philosophy and literature,” the dispute between Plato and Ancient Athenian poets regarding the best and truest source of moral knowledge, and examines the impact of this quarrel on contemporary moral theory and practice.
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PHIL 326 - (P,D) Advanced Topics in Feminist Philosophy 3 cr.
(Prerequisite: PHIL 218, other Women’s Studies courses, or permission of instructor.)This course will explore a special topic in feminist philosophy. Course may be repeated as topics vary. Possible topics might include: feminist aesthetics, issues of equality, theories of the body. This course is cross-listed with Women’s Studies.
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PHIL 327 - Readings in the Later Plato 3 cr.
A survey and contextualization of the dialogues usually said to be “Later” in Plato’s intellectual development will precede a textually based examination of those dialogues in which Plato’s dialectic turns on the “concept” of difference. Thaetetus, Sophist, and Parmenides will be emphasized.
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PHIL 328 - (P) Philosophy of Literature 3 cr.
This course examines the nature of literature, and its relation to philosophy and political life. Students will study both classical texts on literature and contemporary Anglo-American examinations and appropriations of them, as well as recent European literary theory.
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PHIL 329 - (P) Advanced Topics in Biomedical Ethics 3 cr.
(Prerequisites: PHIL 120 and PHIL 210 and one of the following: PHIL 212, or PHIL 316, or science/allied health major, or permission of instructor)This course will focus narrowly upon an issue (or a set of related issues) in biomedical research which generates significant moral concern. Topics will vary, but may include embryo-destructive research; cloning and donor siblings; genetic testing and eugenics; genetic enhancement; and the production of human/non-human chimeras. Typically the course will also consider the nature and purpose of biomedical research and medicine.
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PHIL 331 - (P) Feminist Philosophy of Science 3 cr.
A feminist critique of both the alleged value-free character of modern science and the positivist philosophy of science supporting this view. The course thus focuses on feminist arguments for the contextual, i.e., social, political and economic, nature of science and the resulting need to rethink such key concepts as objectivity, evidence, and truth in light of androcentrism and gender bias. Consideration is also given to critical responses from feminist and nonfeminist defenders of more traditional accounts of science.
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PHIL 333 - (P) The Seven Deadly Sins 3 cr.
A conceptual and moral-psychological analysis of pride, envy, greed, anger, lust, gluttony and sloth. The works of such philosophers from the history of philosophy as Aristotle, Aquinas, and Spinoza will be considered as well as contemporary thinkers in philosophy, theology, psychology, and sociology.
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PHIL 335 - (P, W) Philosophy of Interpretation 3 cr.
This course explores twentieth century theory of interpretation or hermeneutics. It deals with the interpretation of texts and with methods of understanding that allow for the emergence of meaning. It examines the philosophies of such thinkers as Heidegger, Gadamer, Derrida, Ricoeur, and Kearney.
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PHIL 336 - (P) Religion After God 3 cr.
This course considers the question of the possibility of religious experience and the idea of God as it is explored in contemporary phenomenology and hermeneutics, in the wake of the “death of God” and the “demise of metaphysics.” It studies the thought of such thinkers as Ricoeur, Heidegger, Levinas, Marion, Chretien, and Henry.
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PHIL 339 - (P) Philosophy of the Person 3 cr.
This course will investigate the nature of the person and conditions for personhood. Such concepts as human being, soul, self, ego, consciousness, substance, mind, rationality, intentionality, sentience and reciprocity will be examined. Questions about self-same personal identity, divine personhood and the personhood of animals will be addressed.
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PHIL 340 - (P,D) Philosophy and Judaism 3 cr.
A study of several Jewish thinkers who lived and wrote in the context of two “endings”: the end of European Jewery in the Holocaust and the end of the Jewish Diaspora through the creation of Israel.
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PHIL 410 - (P) Philosophy of Culture 3 cr.
Examines the meaning of the term “culture.” Explores the notions of civilization and barbarism, common principles in cultural development, and the interaction of such cultural forces as myth, magic, language, art, religion, science, and technology. Special attention will be given to the question of “progress” and “regress” in culture.
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PHIL 411 - (P) Thomas Aquinas: Philosophy and Controversy 3 cr.
PHIL 411 is a contextual study of Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy, a great thinker in the 13th century. Selections from his metaphysics, ethics, and anthropology will be examined. His dispute with the Averroists on the status of the intellect, the condemnation of some propositions of his in 1277, and his later canonization in 1323 will also be discussed.
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PHIL 412 - (P) Art and Metaphysics 3 cr.
The course utilizes the work of Martin Heidegger as well as several contemporary American novels to explore the philosophical problem of nihilism as it manifests itself today in the relationship between modern technology and art. Special attention is given to modern architecture.
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PHIL 412J - (P,D) Art and Metaphysics 3 cr.
The course utilizes the work of Martin Heidegger as well as several contemporary American novels to explore the philosophical problem of nihilism as it manifests itself today in the relationship between modern technology and art. Special attention is given to modern architecture.
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PHIL 413 - The End of Philosophy 3 cr.
The title of this course refers to its three objectives. These are: to clarify philosophy’s purpose or goal, (2) to consider the ground and limit of philosophy, and (3) to interpret contemporary anxiety about the end of the philosophical tradition.
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PHIL 414 - (D,P) Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas 3 cr.
This course is a study of the twentieth-century Jewish philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas. We will focus on Levinas’ theory of ethical experience, an account that takes its categories from both Greek and Hebrew sources, thereby enriching the dialogue between Jewish and Christian traditions in philosophy.
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PHIL 418 - (P) Phenomenology 3 cr.
An introduction to this 20th-century European movement through selected works of Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty. Topics include the nature of the self, lived experience, history, social reality, sense perception, technology and science, space and time, the lived body, and the theory of intentionality.
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PHIL 419 - (P,D) Philosophy East and West 3 cr.
This course brings non-Western philosophy and philosophers into a dialogue with Western philosophy and philosophers on major philosophical topics.
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PHIL 420 - (P) Philosophy of Rhetoric 3 cr.
A systematic investigation of the form, meaning and influence of rhetoric. Explores the relationships between topic and metaphor, logic and narration, ethos and logos, conscience and persuasion. Special attention is given to the various relationships between rhetoric and philosophy.
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PHIL 425 - Postmodern Philosophy 3 cr.
An examination of the transition from modernist culture and thought to postmodernist culture and thought. Derrida’s method of deconstruction will serve as the paradigm example of postmodernism. Recommended for those interested especially in literature and fine arts.
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PHIL 430 - (P) Philosophy of the Social and Behavioral Sciences 3 cr.
The goal of the course is to encourage students to think philosophically about issues raised in social scientific studies, especially regarding the following: (1) the problem of cross-cultural understanding and interpretation, (2) the difficulties of research design and methodology, and (3) the relationship between social science, ethics, and policy making.
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PHIL 431 - (P) Philosophy of Science 3 cr.
An introduction to the history and philosophy of science. Selections from Darwin’s The Origins of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871) and Popper, Feyerabend, Hanson, Stace, Quine, Frank, Rescher, Hempel, and Baier.
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PHIL 434 - (P) Issues in Philosophy and Theology 3 cr.
This course will investigate certain modern and contemporary problems in the relationship between philosophy and theology. In particular, it will examine the ways in which philosophical discussions (both specific arguments and general positions) influence theological discussions, as evidence of the suggestion that philosophy “gives voice” to theology.
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PHIL 435J - Philosophy of Self and Other 3 cr.
This course examines the way in which contemporary philosophy challenges modern conceptions of subjectivity by developing more fluid versions of the self. It also explores the emphasis in postmodern philosophy on the “other” (“alterity”), both human and divine, dealing with such themes as “the call,” the stranger, hospitality, and justice.
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PHYS 100 - (E) History of Science and Technology 3 cr.
The evolution of scientific enquiry in human history. Focus on key concepts and laws of nature that have enabled humans to develop modern technological societies. A major theme will be that science arises from traditions that are spiritual as well as technical, with the spiritual tradition being explored from the perspective of the life and traditions of the Catholic Church.
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PHYS 101 - (E) The Solar System 3 cr.
The study of the solar system, its origin, its evolution, its fate. Study of the planets, asteroids, meteors and comets. Theories about the cosmos from antiquity to the modern age.
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PHYS 102 - (E) Earth Science 3 cr.
Selected topics from geology and meteorology, weather forecasting, ground and surface water, mountain building, volcanoes, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and oceanography.
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PHYS 103 - (E) Seeing the Light 3 cr.
The physics of light and vision. Includes topics such as biophysics of the human eye, the visual system, color vision, binocular vision, and the wave nature of light.
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PHYS 104 - (E) Introduction to Consumer Technology 3 cr.
Every day we listen to the radio or compact-disc recordings, watch TV, use photocopiers and fax machines without really knowing how they work. Designed to provide the scientific background to understand the operation of common communication systems and electronic equipment.
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PHYS 105 - (E) Man and the Evolutionary Universe 3 cr.
The study of the universe from the ancient times to the present. The ideas and approaches of various peoples are to be discussed, from the era of the powerful myths to the scientific approach of the Greeks, up to modern times, focusing on man and the evolving universe, in a historical and modern perspective. The role and the involvement of the Church in scientific thinking will be stressed as well.
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PHYS 106 - (E) Energy and the Environment 3 cr.
Focus on various aspects of man’s use of energy and changes in the environment that accompany that use. Sources of energy; the nature of the present energy and environmental crises and possible solutions; energy requirements of the future; conservation; and alternate energy sources.
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PHYS 107 - (E) “Hands-On” Physics 3 cr.
An introduction to the scientific method with an emphasis on physical reality. A series of experiments and discussions illustrate various physical phenomena allowing the participation in the assessment of important social, political, and scientific issues.
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PHYS 108 - (W,E) New York Times Physics 3 cr.
Every day we are bombarded with information regarding the impact of technology on our lives. Using The New York Times, students will explore the scientific and technological concepts of our modern world. Topics will vary weekly.
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