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2010-2011 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]
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PHED 3340 - Lifeguard Training
This is the American Red Cross Lifeguarding course. The content includes surveillance skills, rescue skills, First Aid and CPR training, and professional responsibilities of the lifeguard.
Prerequisite: American Red Cross swimming skills test.
Professional Activity Course for Teachers
Credits: 4 credits
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PHED 3700 - Coaching and Theory of Swimming
Goals: To prepare prospective coaches to effectively coach sports teams in public and private schools as well as community youth leagues.
Content: The various strategies, techniques, theories of team play; methods of organization, sports psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and training theory specific to swimming.
Credits: 2 credits
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PHED 3710 - Coaching and Theory of Football
Goals: To prepare prospective coaches to effectively coach sports teams in public and private schools as well as community youth leagues.
Content: The various strategies, techniques, theories of team play; methods of organization, sports psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and training theory specific to football.
Credits: 2 credits
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PHED 3720 - Coaching and Theory of Basketball
Goals: To prepare prospective coaches to effectively coach sports teams in public and private schools as well as community youth leagues.
Content: The various strategies, techniques, theories of team play; methods of organization, sports psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and training theory specific to basketball.
Credits: 2 credits
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PHED 3730 - Coaching and Theory of Track and Field
Goals: To prepare prospective coaches to effectively coach sports teams in public and private schools as well as community youth leagues.
Content: The various strategies, techniques, theories of team play; methods of organization, sports psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and training theory specific to track and field.
Credits: 2 credits
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PHED 3740 - Coaching and Theory of Baseball/Fastpitch
Goals: To prepare prospective coaches to effectively coach sports teams in public and private schools as well as community youth leagues.
Content: The various strategies, techniques, theories of team play; methods of organization, sports psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and training theory specific to baseball and fastpitch.
Credits: 2 credits
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PHED 3750 - Coaching and Theory of Hockey
Goals: To prepare prospective coaches to effectively coach sports teams in public and private schools as well as community youth leagues.
Content: The various strategies, techniques, theories of team play; methods of organization, sports psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and training theory specific to hockey.
Credits: 2 credits
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PHED 3780 - Coaching and Theory of Volleyball
Goals: To prepare prospective coaches to effectively coach sports teams in public and private schools as well as community youth leagues.
Content: The various strategies, techniques, theories of team play; methods of organization, sports psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and training theory specific to volleyball.
Credits: 2 credits
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PHED 3790 - Coaching and Theory of Soccer
Goals: To prepare prospective coaches to effectively coach sports teams in public and private schools as well as community youth leagues.
Content: The various strategies, techniques, theories of team play; methods of organization, sports psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and training theory specific to soccer.
Credits: 2 credits
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PHED 3800 - Coaching and Theory of Strength and Conditioning
Goals: To prepare prospective coaches to effectively coach sports teams in public and private schools as well as community youth leagues.
Content: The various strategies, techniques, theories of team play; methods of organization, sports psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and training theory specific to strength and conditioning.
Credits: 2 credits
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PHED 5620 - Adaptive/Developmental Physical Education
Goals: To blend theory and practice of present trends in adaptive/developmental physical education. To enhance student knowledge about handicapping conditions as they relate to physical education. To inform students of the mandates of recent federal legislation. To develop a better appreciation for special students through direct experience in the school setting.
Content: Public school programming in response to public laws 94-142, assessments used for entrance/exit criteria, developing an individualized education program (IEP), and providing an understanding of identifying a quality physical education program for students with special needs.
Taught: Biennially.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHED 5640 - LAB: Physiology of Exercise
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHED 5640 lecture. The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHED 5640 - Physiology of Exercise
Goals: Students will be able to describe how physical activity affects the functioning of specific systems of the human body.
Content: Cell and tissue function, nervous system, endocrine system, cardio-respiratory and lymphatic systems, bioenergetics, body composition, the affect of training and diet on human performance.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1120 and PHYS 1130, or CHEM 1100, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHED 5850 - Physical Education in the Elementary School
Goals: To know the theoretical basis of elementary physical education and strategies for implementing the program. To understand basic needs of children in today’s society, and to develop and organize material to be used in effective instruction programs.
Content: Application of knowledge, skills, methods, and techniques.
Taught: Biennially.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior status.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHED 5910 - Scientific Bases of Physical Education
Goals: To acquire an in-depth perspective of the contributions of science and history to physical education.
Content: The biological, philosophical, psychological, and historical bases of physical education.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHED 5920 - Programming and Evaluation in Physical Education
Goals: To acquaint students with problems, trends, principles, and techniques of curriculum development and evaluation of student performance in physical education. To familiarize students with the computer software available for programming and evaluation in physical education.
Content: History and principles of program development and planning, Minnesota State education requirements, evaluation techniques used in analysis of fitness, motor skills, sports skills, and knowledge. Basic research methods and statistics.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHED 5940 - Management of Physical Education and Athletics
Goals: To become familiar with the functions and processes of management: planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and evaluating. To understand basic principles and practices of management as they relate to sport organizations. To understand critical professional skills needed for sport managers, with an emphasis on effective written communication. To develop an awareness and understanding of social issues related to sport management, including race, gender, and class.
Content: Principles of management, organization theory, management of sport organizations, including physical education, interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics, amateur and professional sport, facility and event management, public relations, marketing, fiscal management, risk management, ethics, and social issues.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHED 5950 - Senior Seminar
Students will identify and delimit a research problem, search and review pertinent literature, formulate a testable hypothesis, design and conduct research to test the hypothesis, analyze and report the results, and discuss the meaning and implications of the results. The final product must be presented in written form, and if judged to be of sufficient quality, may fulfill partial requirements for departmental honors.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 1120 - General Philosophy
Content: Selected important philosophic works; the main problems of philosophy, the natures of reality, valuing, and knowing.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 1130 - Logic
Content: Formal and informal reasoning, deductive and inductive; traditional and symbolic techniques for distinguishing correct from incorrect reasoning.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 1140 - Ethics
Content: The concepts of goodness, right, duty, obligation, responsibility, and freedom; important moral theories of the Western tradition; contemporary moral issues in light of these theories.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 1145 - Development Ethics in Jamaica
Goals: This course examines ethical issues related to “third world” or “developing” nations.
Content: After a week of study on campus, we will travel to rural Jamaica on an Operation Classroom work team, living and working with locals on a school construction project. Students will study and directly experience ethical issues connected to development, combining service learning with academic reflection. We return to campus for the last week of the term to complete independent research, writing, and presentation of work.
Taught: Alternate years, winter term.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 1250 - Introduction to African Philosophy
Content: Definitions of African Philosophy, discussions of ethnophilosophy, problems of language in Africa, and connections with African American and feminist philosophies.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3100 - Introduction to African-American Studies
Crosslisted
Also listed as ENG 3100.
Goals: To develop an understanding of several key issues in African American Studies emphasizing close textural reading and analysis. Additionally, students participate in academic service learning to synthesize textual and experimental learning.
Content: The course materials will focus on critical readings about construction of race as a concept; intersections of race, class and gender; afrocentrism; pan-africanism; diasporic connections; nationalism; religious dimension; literary theory and popular culture.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3150 - Ancient Greek Philosophy
Content: The main problems of philosophy, the natures of reality, valuing and knowing, through the works of important ancient Greek philosophers, especially the pre-Socratics, Plato, and Aristotle.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3160 - Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant
Content: The main problems of philosophy, the natures of reality, valuing, and knowing, through the works of influential European philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries, especially Descartes, Hobbes, Hume, and Kant.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3190 - Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
Content: The main problems of philosophy, the natures of reality, valuing, and knowing, through the works of influential 19th century thinkers including Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx, and selected Pragmatists.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3200 - Twentieth-Century Philosophy
Content: The main problems of philosophy, the natures of reality, valuing, and knowing, through the study of analytic philosophy, phenomenology, and deconstruction.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3250 - Feminist Philosophy
Content: An examination of major areas of contemporary feminist philosophy, with special attention to the interaction between multiple forms of oppression, including racism, homophobia, and class-based oppression.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisites: WSTD 1010 or PHIL 1120 or PHIL 1140.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3320 - Philosophy of Religion
Crosslisted
Also listed as REL 3320.
Content: The nature and problems of religious thought including the existence of God, religious experience, faith, and reason.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3330 - Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
Content: Philosophical issues in social, political, and legal systems, including problems such as the justification of power and the development of the concept of human rights.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3340 - Philosophy of Art
Content: Aesthetic issues from the point of view of the creator as well as appreciator, including questions of artistic truth, meaning, beauty, value, criticism, and judgment applied to the range of art media.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3360 - Philosophy of Nonviolence
Goals: To understand the concepts, principles, and practices of nonviolence.
Content: Focus on understanding the concepts, principles, and practices of nonviolence emphasizing theorists and practitioners of nonviolent direct action including Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Tich Nhat Hanh, and others, attentive to the contexts in which they emerge. Course participants will pursue independent research on nonviolence for presentation to the seminar.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3370 - Philosophy of Science
Content: Philosophical issues of the sciences, including questions of scientific progress and rationality, our understanding of the physical world, and values and objectivity in the sciences.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 3380 - Concepts of Nature
Content: An examination of some of the different ways people have thought about the natural world and our relationship to it. Some of the views discussed will be: nature as a mechanism, a divine creation, and a source of values. We will consider multicultural, feminist, and postmodern challenges to the modern scientific conception of nature.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 5550 - Theories of Knowledge
Content: Questions of epistemology, including the nature of knowledge, the role of experience in knowing, the role of reason, the limits of knowledge, and the concept of meaning.
Prerequisite: PHIL 3160 or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 5560 - Metaphysics
Content: The concepts of being, reality, existence, essence, nature, causation, and reason together with their implications for knowledge and values.
Prerequisites: PHIL 3150 and PHIL 5550, or, PHIL 3160 and PHIL 5550, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHIL 5750 - Senior Seminar
Content: Advanced value theory, broadly conceived, studied through selected classical and contemporary sources.
Prerequisite: Philosophy major or minor, or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 1110 - Energy, Environment, and the Economy
Goals: To investigate, for nonscience students, availability of energy in the world and environmental concerns and the supply-demand aspects of our nation’s economy.
Content: Conceptual understanding and measurement of relevant physical quantities; the impact of fossil fuels, nuclear power, solar and other “alternative” forms of energy on air and water quality; the economy and lifestyles; the fragile world energy balance; research in energy and various models for extrapolation into the future.
Prerequisite: High school algebra.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 1110 - LAB: Energy, Environment, and the Economy
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHYS 1110 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHYS 1130 - LAB: Physics for Poets
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHYS 1130 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHYS 1130 - Physics for Poets
Goals: To introduce non-science students to the conceptual development and philosophical implications of some aspects of physics, allow students to gain insights into the practice of science, and give students experience with problem solving
Content: Topics will vary with instructor but may include motion, energy, solids, heat, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, atoms, the nucleus, particles, and astronomy. The laboratory will include a variety of experiences designed to allow students to practice investigative science and gain hands-on experience.
Prerequisite: High school algebra.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 1140 - LAB: Physics of Sound and Music
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHYS 1140 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHYS 1140 - Physics of Sound and Music
Goals: To introduce non-science majors to the physical description of the oscillations and resonances involved in the production and detection of sound and music.
Content: Wave phenomena including propagation and interference, frequency analysis of sounds including music, theory of instruments, biological generation, and detection of sound.
Prerequisite: High school algebra.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 1150 - Algebra-based Physics I
Goals: To introduce science and non-science majors to the basic concepts of physics to develop skills in formulating and solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of kinematics, fluids, and thermodynamics.
Content: The topics of kinematics, Newton’s second law, energy, and momentum will be covered both in translation and rotation, simple harmonic motion and elasticity, fluids, and thermodynamics.
Taught: Fall term.
Prerequisites: High school algebra and elementary trigonometry.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 1150 - LAB: Algebra-based Physics I
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHYS 1150 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHYS 1160 - Algebra-based Physics II
Goals: To introduce students to the basic concepts of physics to develop skills in formulating and solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of optics, circuits, sound, and electricity and magnetism.
Content: Topics include waves and sound, electricity and magnetism, DC and AC circuits, and optics.
Taught: Spring term.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1150.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 1160 - LAB: Algebra-based Physics II
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHYS 1160 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHYS 1230 - General Physics I
Goals: To introduce students to the basic concept of physics, and to develop skill in formulating and problem solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of kinematics using calculus.
Content: The topics of kinematics, Newton’s second law, energy, and momentum will be covered both in translation and rotation, fluids, and thermodynamics.
Taught: Spring term
Prerequisite: MATH 1170.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 1230 - LAB: General Physics I
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHYS 1230 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHYS 1240 - General Physics II
Goals: To introduce students to the basic concepts of physics to develop skills in formulating and solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of optics, circuits, waves, sounds, and electricity and magnetism using calculus.
Content: Topics include sound, electricity and magnetism, DC and AC circuits, and optics.
Taught: Fall term.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1150 or PHYS 1230, and MATH 1180.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 1240 - LAB: General Physics II
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHYS 1240 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHYS 1610 - Engineering Mechanics: Statics
Goals: To understand the static behavior of mechanical systems.
Content: Vector analysis, forces, free-body diagrams, equilibrium, rigid body constraints, stress and strain, friction, moments of inertia, and moments of forces.
Taught: Alternate years, Winter term.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1150 or PHYS 1230, and MATH 1180, or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 1620 - Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics
Goals: To understand the dynamic behavior of mechanical systems.
Content: Vector analysis, rectilinear and curvilinear kinematics, forces, free-body diagrams, friction, work and energy, impulse and momentum, general and relative motion, analysis of rigid bodies, moments of inertia, moments of forces, and vibrations.
Taught: Alternate years Winter term.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1150 or PHYS 1230, and MATH 1180, or consent of instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 3520 - LAB: Physical Optics
Content: The lab includes measurements of wave propagation, dispersion, diffraction, interference, and polarization.
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHYS 3520 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHYS 3520 - Physical Optics
Goals: To introduce students to the study of optical phenomena interpreted in terms of a wave theory of light.
Content: Mathematical description of waves and how these waves interact with matter. Theories are developed to explain interference, diffraction, and polarization and are used as a basis for measurements in the laboratory.
Taught: Alternate years, Spring.
Prerequisite: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3320.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 3540 - LAB: Modern Physics
Content: The lab will introduce the computer control of instrumentation, computer data acquisition, and computer modeling of data. Students will perform several famous Modern Physics experiments and will do a semester-long project to plan a modernized version of one of the seminal experiments in Modern Physics.
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHYS 3540 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHYS 3540 - Modern Physics
Goals: To understand the developments of the late 19th and early 20th century in the field of physics.
Content: Relativity, the discovery of the electron, the quantum nature of light, the wave nature of particles, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and Schrodinger wave mechanics.
Taught: Spring.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3320 or co-registration.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 3750 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Goals: To develop a fundamental understanding of the principles of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics that allows a variety of applications to be surveyed in the latter part of the course.
Content: The laws of thermodynamics and other conventional thermodynamic concepts such as heat, work, entropy, enthalpy, heat capacity, and the equipartition theorem are introduced. Adiabatic, isothermal, isobaric, and nonequilibrium processes are studied. Topics include the equations of state for non-ideal gases, Maxwell’s relations, kinetic theory, the Maxwell distribution of molecular velocities, magnetic materials, blackbody radiation, phase transitions, phase diagrams, ensembles, and the partition function. Classical and quantum statistics are studied; the Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, and Fermi-Dirac distributions are examined.
Taught: Alternate years, fall term.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1240 or PHYS 1160 and MATH 3720 or co-registration.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 3800 - Electronics and Instrumentation
Goals: To explore the fundamentals of analog and digital electronics, to explore their applications in designs used in interfacing and controlling experiments, and to gain experience with common and advanced instrumentation.
Content: Design, predict behavior, and build analog and digital control circuits. Circuit elements will include passive and active components including transistors; op-amps; digital logic and interfacial components such as temperature, ADC, and DAC circuits. Emphasis will be placed on building practical circuits needed to control and measure experimental parameters.
Taught: Alternate years, Spring term.
Prerequisite: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3720 or co-registration.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 3800 - LAB: Electronics and Instrumentation
This lab must be taken concurrently with the PHYS 3800 lecture.
The lab itself has zero credit value.
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PHYS 5900 - Junior Seminar
Goals: To introduce current topics in physics and related fields. To develop communications skills including writing, reading, listening, and speaking.
Content: Reviews of current research by junior and senior physics majors, guest lecturers, and department staff. Research site visits.
Taught: As a full year sequence.
Prerequisite: PHYS 1240 or co-registration.
Credits: 0.5 credit per term
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PHYS 5910 - Senior Seminar
Goals: To introduce current topics in physics and related fields. To develop communications skills including writing, reading, listening, and speaking.
Content: Reviews of current research by junior and senior physics majors, guest lecturers, and department staff. Research site visits.
Taught: As a full year sequence.
Prerequisite: PHYS 1240 or co-registration.
Credits: 0.5 credit per term
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PHYS 5920 - Research Project-Based Advanced Laboratory
Goals: To allow students to expand and build upon their current laboratory skill set and problem solving ability by planning and executing a year-long research project.
Content: This full year course is the culmination of all the laboratory experiences within the physics curriculum. Students will choose a project, based on the search of the research literature. These projects will require many skills including equipment interfacing, computer programming, basic and advanced circuits, optics, using the machine shop to build experimental apparatuses, planning, ordering, and scheduling tasks, preparing a professional report and presentation, and more. Successful completion of this course should fulfill the Individual Ability in Learning (Q) requirement of the Hamline Plan.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: PHYS 3540
Credits: 2 credits fall term, 2 credits spring term
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PHYS 5930 - Theoretical Mechanics
Goals: To develop an understanding of Newtonian mechanics with emphasis on conservation principles.
Content: Particle dynamics in one and three dimensions with special attention to the central force problem, simple harmonic oscillator, kinematics, dynamics of a system of particles, wave motion, generalized coordinates, and the Lagrangian formulation of mechanics. This course acts as an elective of the Computational Science minor because students model dynamical systems using computer software like Mathematica.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3720.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 5940 - Advanced Electromagnetic Field Theory
Goals: To develop an understanding of the classical theory of electric and magnetic fields.
Content: Vector analysis, discrete and continuous charge distributions, Gauss’s law, boundary conditions, the equations of Laplace and Poisson, dielectric and magnetic materials, Maxwell’s equations.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3720.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 5950 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Goals: To introduce quantum mechanics as the language of modern physics with application to some typical problems.
Content: Schrodinger’s equation, probability and statistics, wave functions, operators, square well and other potentials, harmonic oscillator, scattering, function spaces, uncertainty principle, hydrogen atom, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and extensive use of advanced mathematical symbolism.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PHYS 3540 and MATH 3720.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 5955 - Advanced Topics in Physics
Goals: To explore advanced topics in physics that go beyond our other 5000-level courses and to expose students to new developments in physics.
Content: Topics may include solid-state physics, electromagnetic cavities including optical fibers, scattering theory (electromagnetic and quantum), analysis of modern instrumentation, vacuum technology, nuclear physics, high energy physics, elementary particles, astrophysics, general relativity.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PHYS 3540 and at least one course higher than PHYS 5920 and MATH 3720.
Credits: 4 credits
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PHYS 5960 - Senior Experimental Lab
Goals: To provide an opportunity to explore independent research and to develop the skills needed to complete a research program.
Content: Each student will develop an independent research project and timeline for completion, conduct a review of pertinent literature, construct needed equipment, write an extensive paper summarizing theory and results of the project, and present a formal presentation on the results as part of Senior Seminar.
Taught: Periodically, as interest and resources allow.
Prerequisites: PHYS 3540 and faculty consent.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 1110 - American Government and Politics
Goals: To introduce students to analytical concepts and frameworks for the study of American national government and politics, especially as it relates to the question of who gets what, how, and why.
Content: The constitutional framework; political values and public opinion; the role of parties, interest groups and mass media; Congress, the judiciary and the presidency; the policy process in selected substantive areas such as defense, foreign policy, economic management, and civil liberties.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 1430 - World Politics
Goals: To introduce students to major issues in contemporary international relations and varying approaches to studying them, including the role of the state and non-state actors and sources of conflict and cooperation in world politics.
Content: The role of the nation-state, international organizations, and other non-state actors; determinants of state behavior; international conflict; global patterns of economic development and trade; ecological political challenges; and the role of the U.S. in a changing global environment.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3010 - Presidential Politics
Goals: To achieve a clear understanding of the role of the presidency in the U.S. Political system. To explore how the presidency has been affected by political, social, and economic developments.
Content: Presidential selection process; White House decision making; the role of presidential personality and style; White House relations with Congress, the bureaucracy, political parties, and pressure groups; role of the presidency in selected policy areas such as national security and economic policy; the impact of public opinion and mass media on the presidency; the problem of presidential power–too much or too little?
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1110 required or by Instructor Permission.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3020 - International Political Economy
Goals: To explore the theory and practice of international political economy and the intersection of political science and economics. To understand the evolution of the international monetary system and international trade policy. To consider the interaction of political authority and markets in the global economy.
Content: Neo-classical growth models; dependency theory; politics of growth and industrialization; comparative perspective of industrialization (e.g., developmental successes and failures); international regimes; financial crises and structural adjustments.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430: World Politics is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3030 - American Foreign Policy
Goals: To achieve a sound understanding of the pattern and process of American foreign policy in a changing world and to comprehend the analytic perspectives that enhance such understanding.
Content: Patterns of post-1945 foreign policy during the Cold War; social, economic, and ideological sources of U.S. policy; the foreign policy-making process; challenges to American policy in a post-Cold War world; the politics of globalization and counter-terrorism.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1110 required or by Instructor Permission.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3430 - Gender Politics
Goals: To examine approaches to gender issues, the role of women in politics, and the impact of feminism from a comparative perspective. To consider development and importance of women’s organizations worldwide.
Content: Current research and theories about women and politics. Examination of the role of women in politics in various regions of the world such as Latin America, Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Europe as well as the United States.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430: World Politics is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3540 - Political Research and Analysis
Goals: To introduce fundamental concepts of politics and contemporary methods of political analysis and research.
Content: The development of political science as a discipline, various theories and approaches in political analysis, methods of research in political science, and practical experience in empirical analysis.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3550 - International Organizations
Goals: To explore the foundations of international governmental and nongovernmental organizations; through case studies and policy issues, to discuss the United Nations and its affiliated groups; to examine how transitional actors have tried to deal with critical world issues such as hunger, environmental dilemmas, human rights, and the disparities of development.
Content: This course includes a discussion of theories of integration, histories of international organizations, and analyses of approaches to policy and politics in the international arena. Students will also have the opportunity to do informal interviews or mentoring projects with local international organizations.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430: World Politics is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3560 - Latin American Politics
Goals: To examine issues of political development in the social and economic context of Latin America.
Content: Overview of the various political systems of Latin America, including state institutions, political culture, and policy processes. Special emphasis given to theories of development, underdevelopment, and political economy in understanding contemporary Latin American issues.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3570 - Ethnic and Civil Conflict
Goals: To explore the use of ethnic identities as a source of collective political mobilization. To examine the implications of ethnic conflicts for global peace and for the present character of the state.
Content: Emphasis on theoretical works and selected case studies from the contemporary world. Students will be encouraged to develop independent perspectives regarding both the sources of ethno-national politicization in the contemporary world and viable means of minimizing prospects that such politicization will contribute to tension and conflict with members of other groups that are perceived as distinct. Extensive case studies will be drawn from various parts of the world.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3580 - Politics and Society in the Middle East
Goals: To examine politics and society in the contemporary Middle East, within the context of the region’s historical, cultural, and economic environment. To understand both the major themes and issues in Middle Eastern politics and the diverse experiences of individual countries (e.g., Egypt, Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia).
Content: Islam, Arab, and Ottoman Empire, the colonial legacy and nationalist movements, Arab nationalism, the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the impact of ethnic and religious diversity on politics, and Middle Eastern foreign policies and the impact of external and regional development.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3590 - Government and Politics of Western Europe and the European Union
Goals: To examine and analyze the political systems of Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, and other European states with reference to their social and economic contexts. To understand the development of the European Union and the desire for European integration.
Content: Post-World War II development of European political systems, state institutions, political culture, and policy processes; established parties and alternative social movements; relations with the United States and Eastern Europe; development of EU and implications of European integration.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430: World Politics is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3600 - Model United Nations
Goals: Through this course, students will develop research, critical thinking, and team-building skills; students will also gain perspectives on the role of international organizations and nongovernmental organizations in the international community. Students will gain an appreciation for diverse cultures, modes of negotiation and conflict resolution, and the professional nature of diplomacy.
Content: This course is designed to help prepare students to serve as delegates to the National Model United Nations Conference in New York. Students will also have the opportunity to visit other international agencies and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in New York as well as volunteer with organizations in the Twin Cities. Topics discussed in the class will include: the nature of diplomacy, how nations interact, the operations of the United Nations system, the role of NGOs, and case studies of individual countries which the team will represent at the simulation in New York. Students will engage in mock debates and discussions of UN policy initiatives. By discussing the work of the UN and NGOs, students will also gain an understanding of a variety of transnational issues such as arms control, security, HIV/AIDS, environmental protection, child labor, etc.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: permission of instructor; PSCI 1430 is recommended; acceptance to Model UN team.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3610 - Politics and Society in the Asian Pacific Region
Goals: To explore politics, government, and society in Asian Pacific region. To understand both the major themes and issues in Asian Pacific politics and the diverse experiences of individual countries.
Content: National legacy, state or nation building, constitution and government structure; policy processes and the relationship between government and society; the impact of external and regional forces on individual countries.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430: World Politics is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3620 - Government and Politics of Central/Eastern Europe and Russia
Goals: To examine and analyze the political systems of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and the former states of Yugoslavia. To understand the social, economic, and ideological contexts of these political systems in the postwar era and their movement toward economic and political transition.
Content: Postwar development of Eastern European political systems, state institutions, political culture, and policy processes; relations with the United States, Europe, and Russia, with particular emphasis on changes after 1989.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430: World Politics is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3630 - American Political Thought
Goals: To understand the nature and significance of the main currents of American political thought from the 17th century to the present; to explore the historically developing relationships between liberalism, capitalism, democracy, conservatism, and radicalism in the United States.
Content: Careful study of mainstream thinkers and documents (Jefferson, Lincoln, the Constitution) as well as dissident voices (Frederick Douglass, Emma Goldman, the anti-Federalists). Emphasis on the social and economic context of political thought.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3640 - Contemporary Political Ideologies
Goals: To examine various political ideologies from a comparative and historical perspective. To consider the manner in which ideas are transformed into action.
Content: Examination of the foundation, content, and impact of recognized ideologies such as socialism, communism, anarchism, fascism, feminism, environmentalism, and liberalism.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3650 - Western Political Thought
Goals: To comprehend the nature and significance of the tradition of Western political thought; to develop the skills to critically analyze and evaluate contributions to the field; to explore the relevance of political theory for understanding contemporary politics and clarifying one’s own political perspective.
Content: Analysis of the tradition of political discourse from Plato and Aristotle in ancient Greece to Marx and Mill in the 19th century, including such thinkers as Machiavelli, Locke, and Rousseau. Emphasis on issues related to democratic theory, economy and property, and political change.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3670 - Politics and Society in Africa
Goals: To study politics, government, and society in sub-Saharan Africa. To understand both the major themes and issues in African politics and the diverse experiences of individual African countries.
Content: Pre-colonial African society, the colonial legacy, the state in African politics, the relationship between economic development and political stability, and the impact of external and regional forces on African political and socioeconomic developments.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3680 - Politics and Society in Developing Areas
Goals: To examine politics in developing countries from a comparative perspective and to study existing approaches to issues of political legitimation and stability, economic development, and the relationship between politics and economics in the non-Western world.
Content: The colonial legacy and the emergence of states in the developing world, approaches to studying the non-Western state, processes of political development, the nature of political leadership and problems of political legitimation, theories of political change and economic development, and the role of developing countries in the world.
Taught: Alternate years.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3690 - Politics of Urban and Metropolitan America
Goals: To introduce analytical concepts and frameworks for the study of urban and metropolitan problems.
Content: The emergence of metropolitan American and urban political systems. Special focus on ethnic and racial politics; local political engagement; community elites; urban political economies; political problems of metropolitan areas; urban reform and planning.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3700 - Public Policy and Public Administration
Goals: To learn how to think critically and analytically about the formulation and implementation of public policy. To acquaint students with some of the more important concepts, issues, and problems in public administration.
Content: Policy formation and analysis; causes and consequences of policy selection and design; effective leadership; challenges associated with bureaucracy, successful administration and policy implementation; understanding and formulating research on public policy and administration.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3710 - Political, Economic, and Social Development in China
Goals: To examine two distinctive pathways of political, social, and economic development in China (Chinese mainland and Taiwan). To explore political, economic, and social structures in the region. To consider the impact of Chinese development on the region and Sino-U.S. relations.
Content: Post World War II political history of modern China; the similarities and differences of China’s and Taiwan’s political, social, and economic developmental strategies; governmental, social, and economic institutions and patterns; the transformation of relations between state and society; relations with the United States.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430: World Politics is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3720 - Political Violence: War, Revolution, and Terrorism
Goals: To examine the theory and practice of various types of political violence and their transforming impact on state, society, and the world. To understand what factors drive people to revolt and the relationship between power and violence. To consider the impact of the state’s reaction to political violence.
Content: The causes of political violence; patterns of violent activity; issues of political symbolism, coercion, and legitimacy; state and people’s strategies for dealing with political violence (e.g., revolution and counterrevolution; terrorism and counterterrorism); analyses of global terrorism in the 21st century.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430: World Politics is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3730 - Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Democratization
Goals: To explore the theory and practice of democracy, authoritarianism, and democratization in various regions and states of the world.
Content: Definitions of democracy; types of authoritarian states and power structures; theory or models of regime change; process of democratic transformation (e.g., liberalization, transition, and consolidation); patterns of regime change (top down or bottom up), “economics first” or “politics first” or dual transition theories.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1430: World Politics is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 3740 - Political Psychology
Goals: To explore the intersection of political science and social psychology using a comparative perspective. To analyze how citizens from a variety of cultural and governmental contexts think and feel about politics. To examine thought processes of political leaders, probing to discover why leaders make decisions that they do. To learn about research areas associated with political psychology and ways scholars go about testing their theories about political behavior.
Content: Personality and politics, right and left wing authoritarianism, altruism, stereotyping and prejudice, political culture, social capital and community involvement, influence of mass media, groupthink, interplay of public opinion and elite decision making, methodologies associated with political psychology (experimentation, opinion polls, in-depth interviews, and focus groups).
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: PSCI 1110: American Government is recommended.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 5000 - Senior Seminar
Goals: To enable majors to synthesize prior learning in Political Science through a senior capstone experience. To provide opportunities for intensive research and discussion of select topics in contemporary U.S. and global politics.
Content: Topics will rotate annually. Each year the seminar will focus on a specific, substantive area of politics and policy, at international, national, or local levels. Examples of topics include economic globalization, the impact of welfare reform, and advanced topics in democratic theory and social justice. Students will be expected to engage in and present the results of a major research project that integrates the central learning goals of the discipline with the substantive focus of the seminar.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: PSCI 3540 and senior status.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSCI 5100 - Senior Practicum
Goals: To enable senior majors to explore connections between theory and practice in Political Science by combining academic analysis and learning with field experience.
Content: Seniors taking this course will be expected to obtain a semester internship in the Twin Cities (120 hours of work) with either a governmental agency, non-profit, international NGO, political organization, or business. The course will be the “academic” portion of the internship. Each week students will be reading current articles in political science and discussing them in light of their internships. Students will engage in applied research on a topic related to their internship and be responsible for completing a substantial research paper by the end of the semester. The writing process will include creating a research proposal, outline, and drafts of the project. Other assignments will include a weekly internship journal and oral presentation of the research project at the end of the semester. Upon successful completion, the * in the course title will include the actual Internship title on the official transcript of the student.
Taught: Annually, in spring term.
Prerequisites: PSCI 3540 and permission of instructor.
Credits: 4 credits
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PSY 1330 - General Psychology
Goals: To introduce the content and methods of the major areas of the science of psychology. To provide a foundation for the further study of psychology.
Content: Physiological processes, perception, learning and memory, social processes, moral and intellectual development, behavioral pathology and treatment.
Credits: 4 credits
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