The following course descriptions are taken from the 2007-2008 MUW Bulletin. We hope that they are easier to find in this format. The complete bulletin, which is always the most official source of information on course descriptions, can be found at the Office of the Registrar in pdf format.
EN 100 Basic Writing. (3)
A study of essentials of grammar and composition with emphasis upon paragraph development.
Instruction and exercises in writing and revision of writing. Required of freshmen whose
proficiency in composition and reading is determined by testing to be below collegiate standards
maintained in English 101. Prerequisite for entrance in English 101 for students identified
for the course. This course cannot be used to satisfy graduation requirements.
EN 101 English Composition. (3)
Required of all students. Does not count toward the English major.
A study of the principles of composition, effective paragraph and sentence structure, vocabulary,
and reading. The course will require expository, descriptive, and narrative composition,
at least one documented work, parallel readings, peer editing conferences, and conferences
with the instructor. Some sections are computer assisted. Final grade is A, B, C, NC (No
Credit). A student must earn a grade of at least a C in the course before enrolling in any other
English course. A grade of No Credit will not affect a student's quality point average. After
enrolling at MUW, a student must take all composition core requirements at MUW.
EN 201 Survey of English Literature I. (3)
Prerequisite: EN 101
A study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of English
literature from Beowulf through the mid eighteenth century. Collateral reading; critical essays.
EN 202 Survey of English Literature II. (3)
Prerequisite: EN 101
A study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of English
literature from the eighteenth century to modern times. Collateral reading; critical essays.
EN 203 Survey of American Literature I. (3)
Prerequisite: EN 101
A study of the development of American literature with emphasis on major writings and their
relation to the main currents of American thought from the Spanish colonization to the mid
nineteen century. Collateral reading; critical essays.
EN 204 Survey of American Literature II. (3)
Prerequisite: EN 101
A study of the development of American literature with emphasis upon major writings and
their relation to the main currents of American thought from the mid nineteenth century
through the present. Collateral reading; critical essays.
EN 231 Survey of World Literature I. (3)
Prerequisite: EN 101
A survey of major texts in the literatures of Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle
East, focusing on myth, drama, epic, and lyric from the ancient world to the early modern era.
Collateral reading; critical essays.
EN 232 Survey of World Literature II. (3)
Prerequisite: EN 101
A study of major texts in the literatures of Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas, focusing on
important works of prose, drama, and poetry from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century.
Collateral reading; critical essays.
EN 240 Ancient Greek and Roman Myth. (3)
A study of ancient Greek and Roman myth in translation. Authors include Homer, Pindar,
Ovid, Virgil, Hesiod, and others.
EN 299 Special Topics in English. (1-3)
Prerequisite: EN 101
This course will be used for lower-level seminars. The course content will vary each time the
course is offered.
EN 300 English Composition. (3)
Required of all students. Does not count toward the English major.
Prerequisites: EN 101, completion of 54 hours, or consent of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and Philosophy.
A continuation of the study and computer-assisted practice of expository writing in standard
English. The course focuses on analytical and practical writing skills. Some papers are based
on documented research and reading in the student's major field; others will simulate writing
required in professional or work-place situations. Parallel readings, peer editing conferences,
and conferences with the instructor are also included. Final grade is A, B, C, NC (No Credit).
A grade of C is required for graduation. A grade of No Credit will not affect a student's quality
point average.
EN 301 Introduction to Linguistics. (3)
An introduction to English phonology, morphology, and syntax from the perspectives of traditional,
structural, and transformational-generative theories of linguistics.
EN 303 Early Shakespeare. (3)
A critical reading of a number of Shakespeare's plays written up to 1603. Collateral reading
of critical essays.
EN 304 Late Shakespeare. (3)
A critical reading of a number of Shakespeare's plays written after 1603. Collateral reading of
critical essays.
EN 311 Nonfiction Prose Writing. (3)
A study of various types of advanced exposition, formal and informal essays, and the principles
of the short narrative, with collateral readings and practice in original writing of the various
forms studied.
EN 312 Creative Writing. (3)
A study of the craft of creative writing. The course will focus on the development of a portfolio
of poetry and short fiction through workshop discussions and individual conferences,
along with collateral readings on the creative process, literary terms, and forms.
EN 317 Technical and Business Writing. (3)
Ability to type strongly recommended.
Combined lecture-workshop approach to special forms, styles, and problems encountered in
writing for industry, business, and technology. Includes writing of mechanism description,
process analysis, instructions, formal and informal reports, research reports, proposals; also
includes audience analysis, technical editing, and use of graphics.
EN 321 Modern Poetry. (3)
A study of Modern Poetry from 1900 to 1950. The course will focus on modernist movements,
including Imagism, Vorticism, Futurism, Expressionism, Dada, and Surrealism. Readings will
include major poets from America, Britain, and the Continent, such as Yeats, Lawrence,
Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Williams, Moore, H.D., Hughes, Cullen, Stramm, Ball, Arp, Desnos,
Breton, Mayakovski, and others.
EN 322 Contemporary Poetry. (3)
A study of the poetry of the latter half of the twentieth century. Poets studied may include
Wright, Wilbur, Bishop, Berryman, Roethke, Plath, Brooks, Olson, Snyder, Ginsberg, O'Hara,
Bly, Rich, Angelou, and others.
EN 330 Literature in the Postcolonial World. (3)
Prerequisites: EN 101 and one of the following: EN 202, EN 204, EN 232, or permission of
the Languages, Literature, and Philosophy Department Chair.
A study of major literary works from emerging postcolonial societies in Africa, the Caribbean,
South and Central America, and Asia after 1945. Authors studied may include Ngugi Wa
Thiong'o, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Jean Rhys, Derek Walcott, V.S. Naipul, Mahasweta
Devi, and Salman Rushdie.
EN 341 Teaching English as a Second Language. (3)
Prerequisites: Six (6) hours of English.
Introduction to major theories, methodology, and strategies of teaching English as a second
language including an introduction to the historical background of methods used for teaching
languages to non-native speakers and to various strategies that have been proposed in the field
to improve listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. This task-based class will also focus
on syllabi and lesson plan preparations.
EN 342 Second Language Acquisition. (3)
Prerequisites: Six (6) hours of English.
A survey of the major theories of language acquisition, including theories of first language
acquisition, theories of second-language acquisition, theories of language learning, styles and
strategies of language learning, effect of personality and sociocultural factors on second language
learning, and communicative competence with an emphasis on methods of acquiring
a second language.
EN 350 Images of Women in Literature. (3)
This course introduces students to both traditional stereotypes of women in literature and new
ways to analyze literature by and about women. Using introductory feminist critical texts, students
will learn to focus on what literature says and implies about women: their nature, their
roles, their place in society. Readings may include works by Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes,
Flaubert, Woolf, Stein, Welty, Atwood, Walker, Rich, and others.
EN 360 African-American Literature. (3)
A study of the major movements in the evolution of African-American literature from the eighteenth
century to the present. It includes literary genres such as autobiography, fiction, poetry,
and drama. Authors may include Frederick Douglass, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston
Hughes, Countee Cullen, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Maya Angelou, Toni
Morrison, Alice Walker.
EN 375 Images of Women in Medieval Literature. (3)
A study of the literature of the medieval period both by and about women, with special attention
to the impact of the anti-feminist tradition. Some authors/works may include Chaucer,
Julian of Norwich, Christine de Pisan, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Margery
Kempe, and Marie de France.
EN 401 Internship. (3-6)
Prerequisite: Advanced standing and permission of Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
Qualified students may earn credit for participating in a program approved in advance by the
faculty advisor and department chair. The nature of the internship and the number of hours to
be worked will determine the number of credit hours. A minimum of 120 hours is required
for 3 hours credit. Three hours may be applied toward the major. Remaining hours will count
as elective credit toward graduation.
EN 409 Literature for Adolescents and Older Children. (3)
Prerequisites: EN 101 and a six hour literature survey.
A study of adolescent fiction and picture books from the nineteenth century to the present.
This course will investigate various issues in children's literature theory, including but not limited
to, teaching methods and pedagogy. Collateral reading; critical essays.
EN 410 Methods & Materials in Secondary English. (3)
Fall. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education.
A survey of major theories of composition and literature pedagogy, with practical applications
to classroom situations. The course requires close reading of selected literary texts to prepare
the texts for teaching; it also examines the process of writing - prewriting, writing, revision -
with attention to making and evaluating writing assignments. Required for teacher certification.
This course does not count toward the English major or minor.
EN 411 Fiction Writing Workshop. (3)
Prerequisite: EN 312.
An advanced study of fiction writing, the course will focus on the development of a portfolio
of short fiction and involve workshop discussion of student works, along with collateral readings
on the craft of fiction and contemporary short stories.
EN 412 Poetry Writing Workshop. (3)
Prerequisite: EN 312.
An advanced study of poetry writing, the course will focus on the development of a portfolio
of poems and involve workshop discussion of student works, along with collateral readings of
poetics and recent poetry.
EN 415 Advanced Writing Workshop. (3)
Prerequisites: EN 411 or EN 412 and permission of the Department Chair of Languages,
Literature and Philosophy.
The advanced workshop provides students with the opportunity to continue their study of fiction
or poetry writing beyond the workshop level. It may be taken in conjunction with a workshop
in fiction or poetry, or it may be taken as an independent study. May be repeated once
for credit if genre content or instructor changes.
EN 420 Seminar in English Literature. (3-6)
EN 425 Seminar in American Literature. (3-6)
EN 430 History of the English Language. (3)
Basic linguistic concepts; major language families and their relationships; development of
English pronunciation, morphology, vocabulary, and grammar from their beginning to modern
times, with special emphasis on Old English.
EN 451 Chaucer. (3)
A study of a selection of Chaucer's poetry in the original Middle English, with emphasis on
Chaucer's utilization of genre. Collateral reading may also include relevant background material
and critical essays.
EN 453 Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama. (3)
A study of the development of English dramatic literature, with the exception of Shakespeare,
from the early church beginnings to the closing of the theatres in 1642. Emphasis on
Elizabethan drama exclusive of Shakespeare.
EN 455 Early Modern Lyric Poetry. (3)
This course will focus on the major English poets and poetic movements of the late sixteenth
and early seventeenth centuries, concentrating specifically on the short poem. The course will
include, but not be limited to, the study of Donne, Sydney, Spenser, Greville, Marlowe,
Shakespeare, Jonson, and Marvell. The course will examine both the Petrachan and the Native
Traditions.
EN 459 Spenser. (3)
A concentrated study of Spenser with emphasis on the Faerie Queene.
EN 467 Milton. (3)
A study of Milton's poetry and prose and of the literary, religious, political, and scientific
thought of the day.
EN 473 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature. (3)
An intensive study of British literature from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to 1800 in
cultural context. Includes an emphasis on the novel. Authors may include, but are not limited
to, Aphra Behn, John Dryden, Eliza Haywood, Daniel Defoe, Charlotte Lennox, Samuel
Richardson, Frances Burney, and Samuel Johnson.
EN 474 Early British Gothic Literature. (3)
An intensive study of British Gothic literature from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries in cultural context. Includes an emphasis on fiction and on the problems of gender
and genre that the Gothic raises. Authors may include, but are not limited to, Horace Walpole,
Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis, Charlotte Dacre, Mary Shelley, and Walter Scott.
EN 475 The English Novel. (3)
A study of the development of the novel in Britain through the nineteenth century. The novels
selected for study will represent a variety of fictional types and techniques. Collateral readings;
critical essays.
EN 478 English Literature of the Early Nineteenth Century. (3)
A study of selected works of poetry, fiction, and essays of the early nineteenth century. Writers
studied may include Burns, Blake, Dorothy and William Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb,
Hazlitt, Byron, the Shelleys, Keats, DeQuincey. Collateral reading; critical essays.
EN 479 English Literature of the Later Nineteenth Century. (3)
A study of representative works of poetry, fiction, and essays of the Victorian era. Attention will
also be given to the social and political issues of the time. Collateral reading, critical essays.
EN 480 Literary Theory. (3)
An intensive study of some of the major schools of contemporary literary theory, the philosophical
traditions from which they derive, and the critical issues that they raise. Practical
applications to literary analysis.
EN 484 American Literature of the Early Nineteenth Century. (3)
A study of American literature from the early nineteenth century to the 1860's. Readings in fiction,
nonfiction, poetry and autobiography; may include Melville, Poe, Douglass, Jacobs,
Alcott, Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and others. Collateral reading and research; critical
essays.
EN 485 American Literature of the Later Nineteenth Century. (3)
A study of the literature associated with the realistic and naturalistic periods in American literature.
Authors may include, but are not limited to, Rebecca Harding Davis, Mark Twain,
Edith Wharton, Henry James, Sarah Orne Jewett, W. D. Howells, Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
Frank Norris, Sinclair Lewis; collateral readings.
EN 490 The Literature of the South. (3)
A survey of Southern writers of the United States from colonial to modern times. Collateral
readings.
EN 495 Twentieth-Century Drama. (3)
A study of selected European and American dramas from Ibsen to the present. Collateral readings;
critical essays.
EN 497 Twentieth-Century American Fiction. (3)
A study of representative novels of American writers of the twentieth century. Collateral readings;
critical essays.
EN 498 Twentieth-Century British Fiction. (3)
A study of representative novels of British writers of the twentieth century. Collateral readings;
critical essays.
EN 499 English Capstone Course. (3)
Required of all majors. Prerequisite: senior standing and 24 hours of English, exclusive of 101
and 300.
An integrated study of major literary movements in American, British, and World Literature,
which will place these movements in their historical, political and social contexts. Several
analytical essays will culminate in a senior thesis to be presented to students and faculty.
FLF 101-102 French I-II. (4-4)
Development of the basic language skills: aural/oral comprehension, speaking, reading, and
writing.
FLF 103 Intensive Elementary French. (8)
An intensive language course designed to incorporate the content of both FLF 101 and FLF
102. It includes development of the basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and
writing, and further development of language skills with emphasis on reading and discussion
in French. This course prepares students to enter FLF 201 or FLF 203. This course must be
taken in its entirety; students cannot receive partial credit for either FLF 101 or 102 while
enrolled in this course.
FLF 105 Business French. (3)
Prerequisite: FLF 101 or the consent of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and
Philosophy.
A study of current business vocabulary in Francophone countries and the application of that
vocabulary in an individual project involving correspondence with French-speaking businesses
and organizations. Each project will give students a chance to explore the opportunity of
finding work, study, or travel abroad. This course is open to all students and is not limited to
business students. This course does not meet the language sequence requirement for the core
curriculum.
FLF 201-202 French III-IV. (3-3)
Prerequisite: FLF 102 or two years of high school French.
Further development of language skills with emphasis on reading and discussion in French.
FLF 203 Intensive Intermediate French. (6)
Prerequisite: FLF 102 or 103 or two or more years of high school French.
An intensive language course designed to incorporate the content of both FLF 201 and FLF
202. It continues the work begun in the first year language and includes further development
of language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with emphasis on reading and discussion
in French. This course must be taken in its entirety; students cannot receive partial
credit for either FLF 201 or 202 while enrolled in this course.
FLF 240 French Study Seminar. (3-6)
FLF 251-252 Conversation and Composition. (3-3)
Prerequisite: FLF 202 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and
Philosophy.
Training in current idiomatic French, stressing oral practice and original composition.
FLF 301 Advanced Composition and Conversation. (3)
Prerequisite: FLF 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and
Philosophy.
A facility in both the oral and written use of the language is the object of this course. Library
texts are used.
FLF 302 French Phonetics and Diction. (3)
Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252.
A study of the fundamentals of French pronunciation; phonetic transcription; oral interpretation
of texts in prose and poetry; stress on articulation, rhythm, and intonation.
FLF 311-312 Survey of French Literature. (3-3)
Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
Selected works from the earliest periods to the present day.
FLF 331-332 Seventeenth-Century Literature. (3-3)
Prerequisite: French 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages,
Literature and Philosophy.
A study of the representative works of the Classical Period.
FLF 341-342 Eighteenth-Century Literature. (3-3)
Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
A survey of the tendencies in French literature from the Classical Period to the Romantic
movement.
FLF 351 French Romantic Literature. (3)
Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or the consent of the instructor.
A survey of the movements and tendencies in French literature that later developed into
Romanticism. Reading and discussion of important romantic authors.
FLF 352 French Literature after 1850. (3)
Prerequisite: French 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages,
Literature and Philosophy.
A study of the Realistic and Naturalistic movements and the reading of works of representative
authors of each group.
FLF 361-362 French Literature since Naturalism. (3-3)
Prerequisite: FLF 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
A survey of the development of literature in French during the twentieth century. Includes a
study of the works of representative writers of the more modern groups.
FL 410 Methods and Materials in Secondary Language. (3)
Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education. Required of all students seeking teacher certification
in foreign languages at the secondary level.
This course emphasizes selection and application of teaching materials, methods and techniques
of delivery, course objectives, and evaluation. Students will prepare practical teaching material in
their major language. This course does not count toward a major or minor in languages.
FLS 101-102 Spanish I-II. (4-4)
Fall-Spring sequence.
Development of the basic language skills: aural/oral communication, speaking, reading, and
writing.
FLS 103 Intensive Elementary Spanish. (8)
An intensive language course designed to incorporate the content of both FLS 101 and FLS
102. It includes development of the basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and
writing, and further development of language skills with emphasis on reading and discussion
in Spanish. This course prepares students to enter FLS 201 or FLS 203. This course must be
taken in its entirety; students cannot receive partial credit for either FLS 101 or 102 while
enrolled in this course.
FLS 201 Spanish III. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 102 or two years of high school Spanish.
Review of Spanish grammar and systematic development of vocabulary and listening, speaking,
reading and writing skills.
FLS 202 Spanish IV. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 201.
This course is a continuation of Spanish III. Review of Spanish grammar and systematic development
of vocabulary and listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
FLS 203 Intensive Intermediate Spanish. (6)
Prerequisite: FLS 102 or 103 or two or more years of high school Spanish.
An intensive language course designed to incorporate the content of both FLS 201 and FLS
202. It continues the work begun in first year language and includes further development of
language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with emphasis on reading and discussion
in Spanish. This course must be taken in its entirety; students cannot receive partial
credit for either FLS 201 or 202 while enrolled in this course.
FLS 240 Spanish Study Seminar. (3-6)
FLS 251 Conversation and Composition I. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 202 or the permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and
Philosophy.
Advanced instruction in all aspects of modern Spanish with the emphasis divided between
conversation and composition skills and including the skills of reading and listening comprehension.
FLS 252 Conversation and Composition II. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 251 or the permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and
Philosophy.
This course is a continuation of FLS 251. Advanced instruction in all aspects of modern
Spanish beyond Conversation and Composition I with the emphasis divided between conversation
and composition skills and including the skills of reading and listening comprehension.
FLS 301 Advanced Conversation and Syntax I. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and
Philosophy.
The review and analysis of the more sophisticated grammatical structures of the Spanish language.
This course includes intensive practice with the skills of speaking, writing and reading
and listening comprehension.
FLS 302 Advanced Conversation and Syntax II. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 301 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature and
Philosophy.
A continuation of FLS 301. The review and analysis of the more sophisticated grammatical
structures of the Spanish language. This course includes intensive practice with the skills of
speaking, writing and reading and listening comprehension.
FLS 311 Survey of Spanish Literature I. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
A study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of Spanish
literature through the mid eighteenth century.
FLS 312 Survey of Spanish Literature II. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
A study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of Spanish
literature from the eighteenth century to modern times.
FLS 331-332 The Drama of the Golden Age. (3-3)
Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
A study of the important dramatic authors of the Golden Age-Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina,
Juan Ruiz de Alarcon, and Calderon de la Barc-and of other representative writers.
FLS 333 Cervantes. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
Cervantes and his age, with special study of the Quijote and of the Novelas Ejemplares.
FLS 352 The Nineteenth-Century Regional Novel. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
Development of the novel of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as it interprets the
life of Spain. Intensive study of representative regional novels.
FLS 361-362 Contemporary Spanish Literature. (3-3)
Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
A survey of Spanish Literature of the twentieth century. The first semester includes the work of
those writers designated as the "Generation of '98"; the second semester is a study of the "Generation of '27" and representative post-Civil War writers.
FLS 381 Spanish-American Literature I. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
A study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of Spanish-
American literature from colonialism to Modernismo.
FLS 382 Spanish-American Literature II. (3)
Prerequisite: FLS 202 or 252 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages, Literature
and Philosophy.
A study in chronological order of selected works representative of different periods of Spanish-
American literature from Modernismo to modern times.
FLS 388-389 Literature of the Native Peoples of America. (3-3) A study of the literature and culture of the native peoples of the Americas. The first half covers the time prior to the arrival of the Spaniards to the seventeenth century. The second half covers the period from the eighteenth century to the present.
FLS 398 Special Topics. (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of FLS 202 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages,
Literature and Philosophy.
Special topics in Spanish culture and Spanish language theory
FLS 399 Special Topics. (3)
Prerequisite: completion of FLS 202 or permission of the Department Chair of Languages,
Literature and Philosophy.
Special topics in Spanish literature.
FL 410 Methods and Materials in Secondary Language. (3)
Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education. Required of all students seeking teacher certification
in foreign languages at the secondary level.
This course emphasizes selection and application of teaching materials, methods and techniques
of delivery, course objectives, and evaluation. Students will prepare practical teaching material in
their major language. This course does not count toward a major or minor in languages.
PHL 201 Introduction to Philosophy. (3)
An introduction to the language, methods, major types, basic world views, and principal
problems of philosophy.
PHL 202 Aesthetics. (3)
A study of the philosophical issues involved in the experience, the values, and the criticism
of the arts. Student projects: investigation of specific problems and proposed solutions chosen
from any of the arts.
PHL 204 Ethics. (3)
A study of representative ethical theories from classical to modern times with emphasis on the
application of these theories to current ethical problems.
PHL 205 Logic. (3)
The principles of logic, including a study of argumentation and the common fallacies of reasoning.
PHL 206 Sport Ethics. (3)
This course introduces basic ethical theories and principles and then focuses upon their application
to a variety of problems encountered in sports activities. The course deals with issues
that arise most often when sport is viewed as a profession. However, since sport is so important
in our society (for both competitor and spectator), one would not have to be professionally
involved in sport to benefit from this course.
PHL 301 Ancient and Medieval Philosophy. (3)
A historical survey of the development of philosophy from the first philosophers of Greece
through the medieval period. Major emphasis will be on the writings of Plato, Aristotle,
Augustine, and Aquinas.
PHL 302 Modern Philosophy. (3)
A historical survey of the development of philosophy since the Medieval period. Selected
readings from the great modern thinkers.
PHL 304 Philosophy of Religion. (3)
A study of the rational justification of religious beliefs with an emphasis on the traditional
arguments for and against the existence of God.
PHL 305 Nursing Ethics. (3)
Prerequisite: Not open to first-year students.
This course is designed for students pursuing a professional career in various fields of nursing.
Through classroom lecture, discussion, and case analysis exercises, students develop skills at
recognizing, analyzing, and resolving ethical dilemmas that are a part of every-day nursing
practice.
PHL 306 Business Ethics. (3)
Not open to first-year students.
A philosophical investigation of how to analyze ethical problems and implement ethical decisions
in the various fields of business.
PHL 307 Medical Ethics. (3)
Not open to first-year students.
A philosophical study of situations requiring ethical decision- making in the area of medicine.
PHL 450 Special Topics in Philosophy. (3)
Course may be taken for credit twice; credit may not exceed 6 hours.
PHL/POL 451 Political and Social Philosophy. (3)
A study of alternative philosophical systems as they interpret such concepts as liberty, authority,
justice, and law in human societies and politics.
PHL 465 Contemporary Ethical Problems. (3)
A study in some detail of various ethical problems encountered in professional settings. Focus
upon problematic situations requiring decisions by professional people.
WS 200 Introduction to Womens Studies. (3)
An introduction to basic concepts and interdisciplinary perspectives in women's studies scholarship.
This course will foster a critical analysis of the social and structural factors which shape
women's lives and an appreciation for the diversity of women's experiences.