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Music
HLM 100 Introduction to Music [3]
Designed primarily for students with no previous formal training
of music to prepare a foundation for intelligent and appreciative
listening. Elements of musical form and style, with relevant historical
background, are presented.
Philosophy
PHI 110 Introduction to History of Western Philosophy [3]
An introduction to philosophical inquiry into the questions that
have perennially engaged philosophical thought, through discussion
and the writings of philosophers whose thinking illuminates
those questions, such as the nature of reality; the limits of human
knowledge; and the significance of social, moral, aesthetic, and
religious experience.
Physics
PHY 101 Mechanics, Heat, and the Body [4]
This course deals with basic physical principles and illustrates their
application to the function of various systems of the human body.
Emphasis is placed on force, work, temperature, and heat within the
context of skeletal/muscular and temperature-regulatory systems.
Prerequisite: High school algebra. Laboratory fee.
PHY 102 Electricity and the Body [4]
This course is intended to satisfy the needs of students majoring in
allied health programs and students needing a laboratory science
course for the general education requirements. The topics include
electric charge, current, voltage, capacitance, instruments, circuits,
and electromagnetism. Specific examples include nerve conduction
and electric shock. Prerequisite: Ability to use algebra on a high
school level. Laboratory fee.
PHY 112 Calculus-Based Physics I [4]
This is the first part of a three-semester course in introductory
physics intended for students majoring in the physical sciences
or in engineering. The subject matter is the study of Newtonian
mechanics. Prerequisite: M 144 (may be taken concurrently).
Laboratory fee.
PHY 113 Calculus-Based Physics II [4]
This is the second part of the three-semester sequence described
in PHY 112. The subject matter includes the study of fluids, heat,
mechanical waves, and optics. Laboratory fee.
PHY 120 Algebra-Based Physics I [4]
This is the first semester of a two-semester course in introductory
physics intended for students majoring in the life sciences or
technology programs, or preparing for professional schools. The
topics include Newtonian mechanics, fluid mechanics, and heat.
Prerequisites: Two years of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
Laboratory fee.
PHY 121 Algebra-Based Physics II [4]
This is the sequel to PHY 120. The topics include wave motion,
acoustics, optics, electricity, magnetism, physics of the atom, and
physics of the nucleus. Prerequisite: PHY 120. Laboratory fee.
PHY 130 Astronomy [4]
An introduction to our current understanding of the universe,
including topics such as the formation of our solar system, tides,
eclipses, the nature of light, birth and death of stars, black holes,
and the fate of our sun and universe. Laboratory sessions are of two
types: observational experiments dealing with the nighttime sky and
quantitative experiments involving the collection and analysis of data.
Laboratory fee.
PHY 135 Descriptive Geology [4]
Surface features of the earth, their origin; vulcanism, earthquakes;
metamorphoses; mountains, origin, types, and distribution of
mineral deposits; Connecticut geology. Two Saturday field trips
scheduled. Laboratory fee.
Politics and Government
POL 110 Power and Politics in America [3]
This survey course provides the foundation for understanding
American government as it exists at the beginning of the 21st
century. It deals with the organic background and contemporary
reality of our federal republic governed under a written constitution.
The established structures of government—Congress, president,
bureaucracy, and courts—are studied, together with the less formal
political structures, such as public opinion, parties, pressure groups,
media, and voting—all of which act to grant our government the
authority to act. The policies emerging from the systematic interplay
of forces from within the government itself, from the states and the
people of the nation, and from other nations of the world are studied
and evaluated. This course fulfills a general education requirement.
POL 120 Comparative Politics [3]
Introduction to the tools, major approaches, and goals of comparative
political analysis. Consideration of value orientations and biases, and
survey of issues of comparative politics, including development (or
change), violence, stability, integration.
POL 130 International Relations [3]
This course is a broad introduction and overview to international
politics. It provides students with tools for analyzing actors,
structures, and processes in international relations while investigating
a wide range of issues in contemporary world politics—power, armed
conflict, political economy, development, and the global environment.
POL 200W Politics [3]
An introduction to the basic concepts and methods of studying
politics. Students are introduced to the broad study of politics by
focusing on four areas: power, conflict, justice, and institutions,
investigating them through a variety of approaches at the
international, national, and local levels. (Writing-intensive course)
Prerequisite(s): POL 110 or POL 120 or POL 130.
Premedical Studies
PPS 100 Premedical Professions Studies I [1]
Students study the health-care team and the role of various
professions in health and disease. This problem-oriented course
allows students to develop a working understanding of the education
requirements and work environment for various medical professions.
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