2009-11 Marian University Course Catalog, fall 2010 edition

completion of this course prepares students to enroll in 498.
(SEM)
PSY 498
Directed Research II:
Research Project 2 credits
Prerequisites: 497 and/or instructor permission. Students
complete the research project they began in 497 by gathering
and analyzing data according to their proposal and reporting
their findings with an APA-style manuscript and a formal
presentation. Papers deemed to be of sufficient quality by
the faculty sponsor may be presented at a regional research
conference. (SEM)
PSY 499
Independent Study 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: Junior or senior psychology major or minors
and permission. Guided readings and a literature review are
required on a psychological topic negotiated with the
supervising faculty member. (SEM)
SCI 101
Earth Sciences 4 credits
This course is an introduction to the earth sciences of
geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. The lab
portion includes recognition and basic experimentation using
science inquiry skills and methods. Three lecture hours and
two lab hours per week. This course partially satisfies the
general education requirement in the scientific and
quantitative understanding category. (FAL)
SCI 102
Life Sciences 4 credits
This course is an introduction to the life sciences of biology,
ecology, and environmental systems. The
lab portion includes recognition and basic experimentation
using science inquiry skills and methods. Three lecture hours
and two lab hours per week. This course partially satisfies the
general education requirement in the scientific and
quantitative understanding category. (SPR)
SCI 103
Physical Sciences 3 credits
This course is an introduction to the physical sciences of
chemistry and physics for non-science majors, focusing on the
physical laws related to motion, matter and energy,
electricity, electromagnetic waves, and basic concepts of
chemistry. This course partially satisfies the general
education requirement in the scientific and quantitative
understanding category. (SPR)
SCI 104
Physical Sciences Lab 1 credit
Corequisite: 103. This lab portion of Physical Sciences
involves the conduct of multiple experiments that illustrate
the principles that are basic to physical science. Two lab
hours per week. Taken in conjunction with SCI 103, this
course partially satisfies the lab portion of the general
education requirement in the scientific and quantitative
reasoning category. (SPR)
SCI 301
Science and Health for
the Elementary Teacher 3 credits
This course explores science and health topics found in the
elementary curriculum, including earth science—dinosaurs,
volcanoes, earthquakes, weather, and astronomy; life
science—Project Learning Tree, Project Wild, ecology, life
cycles; health—body systems, nutrition, substance abuse,
AIDS, sex education; and physical science—matter, atoms,
electricity, magnets, energy, and machines. Lectures, handson
laboratory experiences, and field work are included to
acquaint the students with methods and techniques of
science and health instruction. (SPR)
SOC 100
Experiential Learning:
Community Service 1-2 credits
Volunteer experience appropriate to the student’s interest at
an approved site under the supervision of a field supervisor
and monitored by a faculty member. Credit may apply toward
the 128-credit degree total, but does not satisfy credits
toward major, minor, or general education requirements.
Department permission and coordination with the faculty
experiential learning coordinator is required. May enroll for
one or two credits. Enhancement courses, such as SOC 100,
may be repeated for credit, with a maximum of 12 credits
earned toward a bachelor degree or six credits toward an
associate degree. Graded S/U. (SEM)
SOC 101
Introduction to Sociology 3 credits
Introduction to the foundations of a science of society,
evolution of social theory, group processes, the resulting
social institutions and their effects on social behavior. This
course partially satisfies the general education requirement
in the individual and social understanding category. (SEM)
SOC 145
Introduction to Social Justice 3 credits
An analysis of the origins of American social policy and
legislation; the nature and goals of social justice; and the
relationships among values, ideology, power, inequality,
priorities in policy formation, and social change. (SPR)
SOC 175
Introduction to Anthropology 3 credits
This course is a comprehensive introduction to anthropology
that emphasizes the integration of the different fields of
physical anthropology, archaeology, linguistics and cultural
anthropology. The aim is to provide a sampling of
anthropological research into human evolution and human
cultures from the remote past to the present. This course
125