2017-2018 Catalog 
    
    Apr 30, 2024  
2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Music

  
  • MUSI 4222VCE - Applied Major Voice VIII

    2 hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of the Music Department. Co-requisite: Membership in an appropriate ensemble determined by the Music Department. Designed for music majors whose degree program requires 2 credit hours of applied study per semester. A 50-minute weekly lesson and a minimum of six hours of required weekly practice.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4222VIO - Applied Major Violin VIII

    2 hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of the Music Department. Co-requisite: Membership in an appropriate ensemble determined by the Music Department. Designed for music majors whose degree program requires 2 credit hours of applied study per semester. A 50-minute weekly lesson and a minimum of six hours of required weekly practice.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4222VLA - Applied Major Viola VIII

    2 hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of the Music Department. Co-requisite: Membership in an appropriate ensemble determined by the Music Department. Designed for music majors whose degree program requires 2 credit hours of applied study per semester. A 50-minute weekly lesson and a minimum of six hours of required weekly practice.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4222VT - Applied Major Voice for Theatre VIII

    2 hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of the Music Department. Co-requisite: Membership in an appropriate ensemble determined by the Music Department. Designed for music majors and for non- majors who show sufficient advancement and interest. A 50-minute weekly lesson and a minimum of six hours of required weekly practice.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4401 - Guitar Transcription Techniques

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: MUSI 1143 . This course is designed to provide an historical survey of transcriptions made for the classical guitar. An examination of arrangements from piano literature and traditional string instruments will be provided. Students will be expected to analyze existing transcriptions as well as learn techniques for developing their own arrangement for the guitar.When Offered: Spring 2015, 2017
  
  • MUSI 4402 - Accompanying

    2 hours
    The development of techniques used in accompanying vocalists, instrumentalists, and choirs on the piano.When Offered: Spring 2014, 2016
  
  • MUSI 4403 - Diction for the Singer

    1 hour
    The study and implementation of the International Phonetic Alphabet to enhance the development of proper pronunciation in the snging of English, Italian, and Latin.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4404 - Diction for the Singer II

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: MUSI 4403   The study and implementation of the International Phonetic Alphabet to enhance the development of proper pronunciation in the singing of German and French.
  
  • MUSI 4420 - Advanced Conducting

    2 hours
    The continued development of conducting skills including advanced score study, non-verbal communication, and rehearsal/performance techniques.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  
  • MUSI 4431B - Brass Ensemble

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: Instructor Permission Brass Choir is a class/organization open to qualified students giving them the opportunity to explore Brass Chamber literature through rehearsals and performance. Admission to the class is determined by any one or all of the following: invitation by the professor, audition, and need. The class meets 50 mintues per week.When Offered: Each Semester
  
  • MUSI 4431C - Concert Choir VII

    1 hour
    A class/organization offering qualified students the opportunity to learn choral technique, vocal production, diction, and a variety of choral literature through rehearsals and performances. The rehearsal schedule includes three one-hour sessions per week and additional rehearsals prior to performances.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4431CB - Concert Band VII

    1 hour
    A class organization offering qualified students the opportunity to explore concert band literature through rehearsals and performances. Eligibility for membership is determined by audition. The class schedule includes three hours of rehearsal time per week. The class carries one hour of credit.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4431CC - Chamber Choir VII

    1 hour
    A class offering qualified students the opportunity to learn choral technique, vocal production, diction, and a variety of choral literature through rehearsals and performances. The rehearsal schedule includes three one-hour sessions per week and additional rehearsals prior to performances.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4431I - Ensemble Participation VII

    1 hour
    When interest is sufficient to create a balanced group of instrumentalists, ensembles are formed to prepare for performances and to study a variety of literature written for this type of ensemble. A performance during each semester is the culminating activity and may involve some works performed in conjunction with othergroups.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4431IG - Guitar Ensemble VII

    1 hour
    A class/organization offering qualified students the opportunity to explore guitar ensemble literature through rehearsals and performances. Eligibility for membership is determined by audition. The class schedule includes 3 hours of rehearsal time per week.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4431IO - Orchestra Ens VII

    1 hour
    When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4431JB - Jazz Band VII

    1 hour
    A class/organization offering qualified students the opportunity to explore jazz band literature through rehearsals and performances. Eligibility for membership is determined by audition. The class schedule includes three hours of rehearsal time per week.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4431P - Piano Ensemble

    1 hour
    This course is dedicated to the study, performance and sight-reading of piano ensemble literature from the Baroque to modern day compositions.Students work in pairs or quadruplets and perform works from the vast array of music written originally for two pianists or music transcribed for four or eight hands by the composer at either one piano (duet) or two pianos (duo). Some groups will have the opportunity to perform at various recitals.
  
  • MUSI 4431PR - Percussion Ensemble

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: Instructor Permission This course is designed to provide study/performance opportunities for intermediate and advanced level percussion students in ensemble literature.When Offered: Each Semester
  
  
  • MUSI 4432B - Brass Ensemble

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: Instructor Permission Brass Choir is a class/organization open to qualified students giving them the opportunity to explore Brass Chamber literature through rehearsals and performance. Admission to the class is determined by any one or all of the following: invitation by the professor, audition, and need. The class meets 50 mintues per week.When Offered: Each Semester
  
  • MUSI 4432C - Concert Choir VIII

    1 hour
    A class/organization offering qualified students the opportunity to learn choral technique, vocal production, diction, and a variety of choral literature through rehearsals and performances. The rehearsal schedule includes three one-hour sessions per week and additional rehearsals prior to performances.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4432CB - Concert Band VIII

    1 hour
    A class organization offering qualified students the opportunity to explore concert band literature through rehearsals and perfrmances. Eligibility for membership is determined by audition. The class schedule includes three hours of rehearsal time per week. The class carries one hour of credit.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4432CC - Chamber Choir VIII

    1 hour
    When interest is sufficient to create a balanced group of vocalists, ensembles are formed to prepare for performances and to study a variety of literature written for this type of ensemble. A performance during each semester is the culminating activity and may involve some works performed in conjunction with othergroups.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4432G - Guitar Ensemble VIII

    2 hours
    A class/organization offering qualified students the opportunity to explore guitar ensemble literature through rehearsals and performanes. Eligibility for membership is determined by audition. The class schedule includes 3 hours of rehearsal time per week.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4432I - Ensemble Participation VIII

    1 hour
    When interest is sufficient to create a balanced group of instrumentalists, ensembles are formed to prepare for performances and to study a variety of literature written for this type of ensemble. A performance during each semester is the culminating activity and may involve some works performed in conjunction with othergroups.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4432IO - Orchestra Ensemble VIII

    1 hour
    When interest is sufficient to create a balanced group of instrumentalists, ensembles are formed to prepare for performances and to study a variety of literature written for this type of ensemble. A performance during each semester is the culminating activity and may involve some works performed in conjunction with other groups.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4432JB - Jazz Band VIII

    1 hour
    A class/organization offering qualified students the opportunity to explore jazz band literature through rehearsals and performances. Eligibility for membership is determined by audition. The class schedule includes three hours of rehearsal time per week.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4432P - Piano Ensemble

    1 hour
    This course is dedicated to the study, performance and sight-reading of piano ensemble literature from the Baroque to modern day compositions.Students work in pairs or quadruplets and perform works from the vast array of music written originally for two pianists or music transcribed for four or eight hands by the composer at either one piano (duet) or two pianos (duo). Some groups will have the opportunity to perform at various recitals.
  
  • MUSI 4432PR - Percussion Ensemble

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: Instructor Permission This course is designed to provide study/performance opportunities for intermediate and advanced level percussion students in ensemble literature.When Offered: Each Semester
  
  • MUSI 4441 - Arranging

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: MUSI 2243. The study of arranging and orchestration techniques, ranges and transpositions of instruments. Students will complete arrangements to be performed on a regular basis with a culminating project that will be arranged/scored for band, choir or orchestra to be performed by the appropriate ensemble.
  
  • MUSI 4442 - Choral Arranging

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: MUSI 2243 .  The study of choral arranging techniques, including age and skill-level appropriate vocal ranges, and part-writing. A variety of musical styles will be addressed through varied classroom assignments and projects. Students will complete arrangements to be performed on a regular basis with culminating projects that will be arranged for choir or choral ensemble to be performed by an appropriate ensemble.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4443 - Instrumental Arranging

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: MUSI 2243  The study of arranging and orchestration techniques, ranges and transpositions of instruments. Students will complete arrangements to be performed on a regular basis with culminating projects that will be arranged for band or instrumental ensemble to be performed by the appropriate ensemble.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4450VOI - Literature Voice

    2 hours
    The study of standard literature of a particular instrument or instrumental family from early sources to the present.When Offered: Fall Only 2014,2016
  
  • MUSI 4455BR - Brass Literature and Pedagogy

    2 hours
    A survey of the standard brass literature from the Renaissance to the present, and the exploration of pedagogical techniques related to all styles of brass playing.When Offered: Fall
  
  • MUSI 4455GTR - Guitar Literature and Pedagogy

    2 hours
    A survey of the standard guitar literature, and the exploration of pedagogical techniques related to guitar playing.When Offered: Fall
  
  • MUSI 4455OR - Organ Literature and Pedagogy

    2 hours
    A survey of the standard organ literature, and the exploration of pedagogical techniques related to organ playing.   When Offered: fALL
  
  • MUSI 4455PA - Piano Literature and Pedagogy

    2 hours
    The survey of piano literature from the Baroque period to the present, and the study of pedagogical techniques, learning styles and materials used for teaching piano as well as analysis of the private piano studio business practices.When Offered: Fall
  
  • MUSI 4455PER - Percussion Literature and Pedagogy

    2 hours
    A survey of the standard percussion literature, and the exploration of pedagogical techniques related to playing percussion instruments.When Offered: Fall
  
  • MUSI 4455WW - Woodwind Literature and Pedagogy

    2 hours
    A survey of the standard woodwind literature from the Renaissance to the present, and the exploration of pedagogical techniques related to classical woodwind playing.When Offered: Fall
  
  • MUSI 4460VOI - Pedagogy Voice

    1 hour
    The study of pedagogical techniques and materials used in teaching music. When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4471 - Marching Band Techniques

    1 hour
    This course included the study of marching band styles, planning field shows with music selection and show design, drill writing, related computer software, and the regularly scheduled observation of high school marching band rehearsals and performances.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4479 - Student Teaching

    12 hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of all requirements for the degree and related certification. Candidates must have taken the GACE content test. This course provides the intern with a full semester for full-time school site teaching experience in nearby public school systems under the supervision of a certified teacher and College supervisor. The intern will be required to synthesize and apply theories acquired in coursework to realistic classroom situations.When Offered: Fall & Spring Yearly Fees: $250 field and clinical fee and $100 edTPA fee
  
  • MUSI 4491 - Performance Attendance

    0 hours
    Attendance of recitals and concerts sponsored or approved by the Music Department.
  
  • MUSI 4492 - Performance Attendance

    0 hours
    Attendance of recitals and concerts sponsored or approved by the Music Department.
  
  • MUSI 4850 - Study Abroad

    3 hours
  
  • MUSI 4851 - Study Abroad

    3 hours
  
  • MUSI 4980 - Independent Study

    3 hours
    Students enrolled in Independent Study will work in close contact with a sponsoring faculty member to investigate a discipline facet not covered within the College curriculum.  Independent Study Courses are designed in concert with the student and the sponsoring faculty member and are offered to provide increased opportunity for individualized learning in a well-defined area of study.
  
  • MUSI 4981 - Independent Study

    3 hours
    Students enrolled in Independent Study will work in close contact with a sponsoring faculty member to investigate a discipline facet not covered within the College curriculum.  Independent Study Courses are designed in concert with the student and the sponsoring faculty member and are offered to provide increased opportunity for individualized learning in a well-defined area of study.
  
  • MUSI 4990 - Senior Recital

    0 hours
    A recital required of the music major during the final semester of applied study.When Offered: Fall & Spring Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4996 - Special Topics in Music

    1-3 hours
    Courses on selected topics in the discipline.
  
  • MUSI 4997 - Special Topics in Music

    1-3 hours
    Courses on selected topics in the discipline.
  
  • MUSI 4998 - Special Topics in Music

    1-3 hours
    Courses on selected topics in the discipline.

Musical Theatre

  
  • MUSI 1146 - Music Theory I for Musical Theatre

    3 hours
    The study of the fundamentals of music theory: pitches, major scales, key signatures, rhythms, time signatures, intervals, solfege and transposition. Designed for Musical Theatre majors.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 3303 - History of Musical Theatre I

    3 hours
    A survey of the history of musical theatre from the beginnings of early italian music drama (c.1600) through the American musical comedies of Rodgers & Hart (c.1940). Genres explored will include opera, operetta, burlesque, pantomime, vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley, the minstrel show, revue, and musical comedy. Major figures discussed will include composers, lyricists (including librettists/book-writers), producers, directors, choresographers, performers, and conductors. The literaure will explore within a social-historical context.When Offered: Fall Yearly
  
  • MUSI 4991 - Capstone

    0 hours
    Co-requisite: MUSI 4222VT   A capstone project in which the senior musical theatre major integrates and applies the knowledge and skills they have acquired. The project consists of voice recital that includes elements of staging, acting, and dance. Required during the final semester of applied study. 
  
  • THEA 2100 - Performance for Musical Theatre

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: THEA 1201  and MUSI 1111VCE  or MUSI 1211VCE  or MUSI 1211VT   This course combines the various skills required to perform in the exciting world of Musical Theatre!  Project work focuses on combining vocal training, movement, dance and acting skills into a true triple threat.  This course may be taken a total of three times for credit towards a Musical Theatre major, three times as credit towards a Theatre major or minor, and an additional one time as an elective credit.  This course may not be repeated for a total of more than 4 credits.When Offered: Spring Yearly

Outdoor Education

  
  • ODLD 4998 - Special Topics

    3 Hours
    This course presents students with an opportunity for further exploration into topics of particular concern within the field of outdoor education that may not have been addressed in previous coursework.

Outdoor Leadership

  
  • ODLD 2110 - Introduction to Outdoor Education C

    3 hours
    This course examines the philosophy, history, theory and practice of outdoor education. This course incorporates experiential methods and introductory field experiences in a variety of outdoor pursuits and technical skills. A fee is required for this course.When Offered: Fall & Spring Yearly Fees: $50.00
  
  • ODLD 2115 - Survey Wilderness Literature

    3 hours
    Cross-Listed with ENGL 3215 . This course examines selected literature in the discipline of wilderness studies.
  
  • ODLD 2130 - Group Development I

    3 hours
    This course introduces students to a variety of group development activities and initiatives. Students explore self-concept, communication, problem solving and cooperation through active participation in class activities. Facilitation and debriefing are also discussed in addition to the importance of reflection in the experiential learning process.When Offered: Fall & Spring Yearly
  
  • ODLD 2140 - Wilderness First Responder

    3 hours
    Prerequisites:    Must be an Outdoor Leadership Major Co-requisite: ODLD 3110  ODLD 3120  ODLD 3130  ODLD 3230   This course trains participants to respond to emergencies in remote settings. The 80-hour curriculum includes standards for urban and extended care situations. Special topics include but are not limited to: wound management and infection, realigning fractures and dislocations, improvised splinting techniques, patient monitoring and long term management problems, up-to-date information on all environmental emergencies, plus advice on drug therapies. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making, not the memorization of lists.This course is designed specifically to provide you with the tools to make critical medical and evacuation decisions in remote locations. Half of your time will be spent completing practical skills, case studies and scenarios designed to challenge your decision-making abilities. Adult CPR is included in this course.When Offered: Fall Yearly Fees: $550
  
  • ODLD 2850 - Study Abroad

    3 Hours
  
  • ODLD 2851 - Study Abroad

    3 Hours
  
  • ODLD 2980 - Independent Study

    3 Hours


    Students enrolled in Independent Study will work in close contact with a sponsoring faculty member to investigate a discipline facet not covered within the College curriculum.  Independent Study Courses are designed in concert with the student and the sponsoring faculty member and are offered to provide increased opportunity for individualized learning in a well-defined area of study.

     

  
  • ODLD 2981 - Independent Study

    3 Hours
    Students enrolled in Independent Study will work in close contact with a sponsoring faculty member to investigate a discipline facet not covered within the College curriculum.  Independent Study Courses are designed in concert with the student and the sponsoring faculty member and are offered to provide increased opportunity for individualized learning in a well-defined area of study.
  
  • ODLD 3110 - Land Pursuits

    3 hours


    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ODLD 2110   Must be an Outdoor Leadership Major.

      Co-requisite: ODLD 2140 ODLD 3120 , ODLD 3130 , ODLD 3230   This course provides students with the opportunity to gain leadership experience and competency in designing, managing and evaluating a variety of land-based outdoor pursuits for a diversity of clients. Risk management, technical skill development, trip planning, group management, environmental issues, teaching effectiveness, policy and procedures, and best practices will be explored. Several field experiences are required for this course. When Offered: Fall Yearly Fees: $125.00

  
  • ODLD 3120 - Water Pursuits

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ODLD 2110   Must be Outdoor Leadership Major. Co-requisite: ODLD 2140 ODLD 3110 , ODLD 3130 , ODLD 3230   This course provides students with the opportunity to gain leadership experience and competency in designing, managing and evaluating a variety of water-based outdoor pursuits for a diversity of clients. Risk management, technical skill development, trip planning, group management, environmental issues, teaching effectiveness, policy and procedure and best practices will be explored. Several field experiences are required for this course.When Offered: Fall Yearly Fees: $125.00
  
  • ODLD 3130 - Challenge Course

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ODLD 2110 ,   . Only open to ODLD majors. Co-requisite: ODLD 2140  ODLD 3110 , ODLD 3120 , ODLD 3230   This course provides students with the opportunity to gain leadership experience and competency in designing, managing and evaluating challenge course programs for a diversity of clients. Risk management, technical skill development, program design and planning, group management, facilitation and debriefing, teaching effectiveness, and best practices will be explored.When Offered: Fall Yearly Fees: $125.00
  
  • ODLD 3210 - Theory & Practice of Experiential Education I

    3 hours


    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ODLD 2110 ODLD 2130 , ODLD 2140 , ODLD 3110 , ODLD 3120 ODLD 3130 , ODLD 3230 . Must be an Outdoor Leadership major.

     

      Co-requisite: ODLD 3220   This course examines the theoretical and practical approaches of experiential learning in outdoor settings. In addition to exploring the historical, philosophical and social psychological foundations of experiential education, students will receive instruction related to planning, conducting and evaluating outdoor experiential activities. A fee is required for this course.When Offered: Spring Yearly Fees: $25.00

  
  • ODLD 3220 - Outdoor Leadership

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ODLD 2110 ODLD 2130 ,ODLD 2140 , ODLD 3110 , ODLD 3120 , ODLD 3130 , ODLD 3230 . Must be an Outdoor Leadership major. Co-requisite: ODLD 3210   The focus of this course will be upon leadership and group dynamics pertinent to wilderness settings and outdoor leadership programs. This course will provide theoretical and experiential comprehensions of small group dynamics, communication, problem solving, decision-making, group roles, group management activities, leadership roles and styles. A field experience is required for this course. There is an additional fee associated with this course.When Offered: Spring Yearly Fees: $50
  
  • ODLD 3230 - Environmental Stewardship and Interpretation

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ODLD 2110 , ODLD 2130  . Must be an Outdoor Leadership major.  Co-requisite: ODLD 2140 ,ODLD 3110 ODLD 3120 ODLD 3130   An exploration of the philosophical foundations and practical approaches of environmental stewardship and interpretation in outdoor education programs. Students will examine and develop land and preservation ethics and understand how they can integrate environmental stewardship and interpretation into outdoor leadership and programming. Field experiences are required for this course. A fee is required for this course.When Offered: Fall Yearly Fees: $125.00
  
  • ODLD 3996 - Special Topics in Outdoor Leadership

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor. Must have sophmore standing.  This course presents students with an opportunity for further exploration into topics of particular concern within the field of outdoor leadership that may not have been addressed in previous coursework.When Offered: Spring Yearly
  
  • ODLD 4110 - Wilderness as a Metaphor

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ODLD 2110 ODLD 2130 ,ODLD 2140 , ODLD 3110 , ODLD 3120 , ODLD 3130 , ODLD 3210 ODLD 3220 ODLD 3230 ODLD 4120 ODLD 4230 . Must be an Outdoor Leadership major. Co-requisite: ODLD 4220   A survey of a variety of literature, film and art that focuses on the theme of wilderness as a metaphor. Students examine physical, spiritual, and experiential dimensions of understanding wilderness as it pertains to self, others and the environment. A personal connection to wilderness is emphasized as students develop a metaphor for their life through the median of wilderness experience. A fee is required for this course.When Offered: Spring Yearly Fees: $50.00
  
  • ODLD 4120 - Senior Seminar

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ODLD 2110 ODLD 2130 ,ODLD 2140 , ODLD 3110 , ODLD 3120 , ODLD 3130 , ODLD 3210 ODLD 3220 ODLD 3230  . Must be an Outdoor Leadership Major. Co-requisite: ODLD 4230   This course prepares students for the transition to professional engagement or graduate study. Students are assisted in developing their professional interests and portfolio, identifying professional opportunities that are congruent with their professional goals and interests, resume writing, interviewing skills, and networking. Students explore professional conferences and community engagement opportunities. There is a fee associated with this course. A fee is required for this course.       When Offered: Fall Yearly Fees: $25.00
  
  • ODLD 4220 - Processing the Experience I

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ODLD 2110 ODLD 2130 , ODLD 2140 ,ODLD 3110 , ODLD 3120 , ODLD 3130 ,ODLD 3210 ODLD 3220 ODLD 3230 ODLD 4120 ODLD 4230  . Must be an Outdoor Leadership major. Co-requisite: ODLD 4110   This course focuses on reflection as a central component to the experiential learning process. Students explore learning theories and models that guide the practice of reflective learning. Reflective activities, facilitation techniques, and debriefing processes are examined as a means to promote the internalization and transfer of learning. A fee is required for this course.When Offered: Spring Yearly Fees: $50
  
  • ODLD 4230 - Program Administration & Management

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ODLD 2110 ODLD 2130 , ODLD 2140 , ODLD 3110 , ODLD 3120 , ODLD 3130 , ODLD 3210  ODLD 3220 , ODLD 3230 . Must be an Outdoor Leadership major. Co-requisite: ODLD 4120   An examination of the administration and management issues of outdoor programs within recreational, educational, developmental and therapeutic settings. Topics include administrative structure, trends, goals, fiscal planning, staffing issues, public relations, liability, and risk management. A fee is required for this course.When Offered: Fall Yearly Fees: $50
  
  • ODLD 4310 - Internship

    6 hours
    Prerequisites: Must be an Outdoor Leadership major. This course includes the approved internship experience. Students will engage in a variety of activities that address the internship objectives and goals including organizational structure assessment, client assessment, risk management audits, policy review, mission and goals statements, budget and marketing analysis.When Offered: Summer Yearly
  
  • ODLD 4850 - Study Abroad

    3 Hours
    Prerequisites: Must be an Outdoor Leadership major.
  
  • ODLD 4851 - Study Abroad

    3 Hours
    Prerequisites: Must be an Outdoor Leadership major.
  
  • ODLD 4980 - Independent Study

    3 Hours
    Prerequisites: Must be an Outdoor Leadership major. Students enrolled in Independent Study will work in close contact with a sponsoring faculty member to investigate a discipline facet not covered within the College curriculum.  Independent Study Courses are designed in concert with the student and the sponsoring faculty member and are offered to provide increased opportunity for individualized learning in a well-defined area of study.
  
  • ODLD 4981 - Independent Study

    3 Hours
    Prerequisites: Must be an Outdoor Leadership major. Students enrolled in Independent Study will work in close contact with a sponsoring faculty member to investigate a discipline facet not covered within the College curriculum.  Independent Study Courses are designed in concert with the student and the sponsoring faculty member and are offered to provide increased opportunity for individualized learning in a well-defined area of study.

Philosophy

  
  • PHIL 1100 - Philosophical Questions I

    3 hours
    Philosophy involves asking as well as developing critical yet courageous responses to fundamental questions about the meaning of life, the nature of reality and perception, and much more. This course provides students with an investigation into the various ways philosophy begins with wonder, examining philosophy’s fundamental questions, key personalities, and/or historical developments. No prerequisitesWhen Offered: Fall or Spring Yearly
  
  • PHIL 1200 - Ethics and Authenticity I

    3 hours
    How might we live our lives to the fullest? Is there a difference between being good and being happy? Don’t we sometimes do terrible things but don’t really mean to do them? This course provides students with a study of the major philosophical positions concerning the good life, right and wrong, values, and responsibility. No prerequisitesWhen Offered: Fall or Spring Yearly
  
  • PHIL 1300 - Critical Thinking I

    3 hours
    What even is “thinking,” and what makes a thought distinctively “critical” compared to an ordinary thought? How does thinking take shape in aphorisms, arguments, and essays? This course introduces students to techniques in basic reasoning, dialogue, logic, formal argument, informal fallacies, and forms of critical theory. No prerequisitesWhen Offered: Fall or Spring Every Two Years
  
  • PHIL 2100 - Ancient and Medieval Philosophy I

    3 hours
    Ancient philosophers were the first to try to think for themselves. What is reality? What matters most in living well? Their answers influenced the great religious thinkers of the medieval period. This course provides students with a survey of key figures, ideas, and themes in ancient and medieval philosophy, from the Presocratics and Plato to Maimonides and Aquinas. No prerequisitesWhen Offered: Fall or Spring Every Two Years
  
  • PHIL 2110 - Modern and Contemporary Philosophy I

    3 hours
    Modern philosophers, influenced by the scientific revolution and the renaissance, raised entirely new questions about the human condition. What can we make of human life in this vast and seemingly empty universe? How do we know natural sciences are reliable? What is the nature of the mind? This course provides students with a survey of key figures, ideas, and themes in modern and contemporary philosophy, from Descartes and Kant to Derrida and Quine. No prerequisitesWhen Offered: Fall or Spring Every Two Years
  
  • PHIL 2200 - Environmental Ethics I

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: ENGL 1101  or Permission of Instructor What value do non-human forms of life have? Are non-living or natural phenomena worthy of respect or care? How might environmental ethics bear on governmental policies? This course provides students with a theoretical and practical approach to ethical dimensions of ecological issues. When Offered: Fall or Spring Every Two Years
  
  • PHIL 2220 - Philosophy of Language I

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: ENGL 1101  or Permission of Instructor Language is strange to think about. We try to describe facts with it, but we also try to create fictions with it. Does language represent the world accurately and yield truth? Or is it more the medium of our experience of truth? This course provides students with a survey of major themes in philosophy of language in the last two centuries. Topics vary and may include metaphor, reference and sense, and universals. When Offered: Fall or Spring Every Two Years
  
  • PHIL 2330 - Phenomenology and Existentialism I

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: ENGL 1101  or Permission of Instructor   Can we ever have the same experience as someone else? Is consciousness radically private or do we often reach a “meeting of the minds”? Who am I really, and what is the meaning of my life? This course provides students with an exploration of the phenomenological movement and the existentialist tradition through the themes of consciousness, subjectivity, experience, meaning, authenticity, absurdity, and anxiety. Figures may include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Beauvoir, and others. When Offered: Fall or Spring Every Two Years
  
  • PHIL 3100 - Continental Philosophy

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: One Previous 1000-2000 Level Course or AP Equivalent in Any Humanities or Social and Behavioral Sciences Discipline, or By Permission of Instructor Contemporary philosophies-often referred to under the umbrella of “postmodern” philosophy–open up new horizons for thinking through subjectivity via the relevance of bodies, institutions, language, and more. Topics may include deconstruction, post-structuralism, critique of power, critical theory, and psychoanalysis.When Offered: Fall or Spring Every Two Years
  
  • PHIL 3300 - Philosophy of Science I

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: One Previous PHIL 1000-2000 Level Course Encouraged. Philosophy of Science introduces students to the concepts and reasoning strategies employed in the sciences and the philisophical questions these raise. Students wil explore philosophical problems with concepts like verification, falsification, the idea of scientific progress, the objects of scientific study, and the idea that science yeilds true beliefs and nature.When Offered: Fall or Spring Every Two Years
  
  • PHIL 3310 - Feminist Philosophies I

    3 hours
    Prerequisites: ENGL 1101   What feminist epistemological, metaphysical, and/or ethical insights can be rehabilitated after millennia of marginalization? This course provides students with a study of feminist challenges to the dominant male perspectives in philosophy. When Offered: Fall or Spring Every Two Years
  
  • PHIL 4998 - Special Topics in Philosophy I

    1-3 hours
    Prerequisites: One Previous PHIL 1000-2000 Level Course Encouraged. Courses on selected topics in the discipline.When Offered: Fall or Spring Every Three Years

Physical Active Life Skills

  
  • PALS 1103 - Basketball

    1 hour
    A course designed to develop, improve, and execute the fundamental basketball skills at a minimum level of competency. The student should be able to apply the basic skills in actual game situations and become knowledgeable of terminology and general rules of basketball.
  
  • PALS 1104 - Introduction to Basic Fitness

    1 hour
    This course will provide the necessary knowledge and skills needed to develop and maintain a high level of health and physical fitness. The course includes program development in the area of cardiovascular strength and endurance, cardio respiratory strength and endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and nutrition. Class lectures will be included in this activity course.
  
  • PALS 1105 - Fitness for Life

    1 hour
    Prerequisites: PALS 1104 . This course is a continuation and expansion of Introduction to Basic Fitness (PALS 1104 ) and will call upon established knowledge of fitness principles and components in order to specifically apply them to a fitness goal. It will provide the individual the opportunity to learn fitness concepts and conditioning techniques used for enhancing and maintaining optimal health and physical fitness. Emphasis is on progression of program development in the area of cardiovascular strength and endurance, cardio-respiratory strength and endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and nutrition. Class lectures will be included in this activity course.
  
  • PALS 1106 - Rhythms

    1 hour
    A course designed to provide students the opportunity to experience social, folk, and square dance. Also in the course, the history of these dance types will be explored.
  
  • PALS 1107 - Golf

    1 hour
    The instruction of fundamental skills in golf, plus a complete understanding of the rules of the game. In addition, students will develop a knowledge of the sportsmanship and courtesies of golf. Fees: $40
 

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