Radford University Undergraduate Catalog, 2011-2012

Project and the topic to be explored will be determined
by student and faculty member with
whom student works.
NUTR 498. Independent Study. (1-3)
Investigation by the student in areas of interest
under the direction of an advisor. See p. 53.
PEACE STUDIES
PEAC 200. Introduction to Peace
Studies. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Overview of the main issues and various disciplinary
approaches to the study of conflict,
conflict management, and world security; introduction
to alternative paradigms for conflict
management and resolution; introduction to a
variety of world order systems. This course has
been approved for Core Curriculum credit in
Global Perspectives.
PEAC 487. Peace Studies Seminar. (3)
Three hours seminar.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, and
for non-minors, permission of instructor.
Concentrates on a theme or themes specific to
Peace Studies depending on the instructor(s).
Course is cross-disciplinary and team taught. A
major research paper relating to the topical interests
of each student is required.
PEAC 489. Peace Studies. (3)
Three hours research.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and approval of
thesis proposal by PEAC Committee.
Students research and write a senior thesis appropriate
to the topical focus of their program of
study, supervised by an interdisciplinary committee
which may be chaired in the students’
major departments.
PEAC 498. Independent Study. (1-6)
One to six hours of independent study.
Prerequisites: PEAC 200 and permission of the
PEAC Committee.
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PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 111. Introduction: Knowledge,
Reality, and the Human Condition. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Introduces students to philosophy through an
examination of fundamental questions about the
nature of reality, the possibility of knowledge,
and the human search for meaning. By reading
and discussing the work of several major philosophers,
students learn to engage in careful
and critical reflection on their own lives and on
what it means to be a human being. This course
has been approved for Core Curriculum credit
in Humanities.
PHIL 112. Introduction: Ethics and
Society. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Introduces students to philosophy through the
study of ethics. Readings from major philosophers
focus questions about value in human life and actions.
Topics covered may include the nature of
ethical reasoning and moral obligation, the value
of morality to the individual and society, how ethics
helps us understand our place in the universe,
and how ethical ideas clarify moral problems facing
society. This course has been approved for
Core Curriculum credit in Humanities.
PHIL 113. Introduction: Reasoning and
Argument. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Introduces students to basic principles of reasoning
and argumentation. Students learn to
distinguish between valid and invalid reasoning,
to recognize patterns of deductive and inductive
arguments, to understand the way evidence is
used in reasoning, to construct deductive proofs,
and to evaluate the soundness of arguments both
in everyday contexts and in writings of some
major philosophers.
PHIL 114. Introduction: The Origins of
Western Philosophy. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Introduces students to philosophy by tracing the
development of the discipline from its origins
in ancient Greece to the decline of the ancient
world in the 4th and 5th centuries CE. Through