2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog

Jul 01, 2024

2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

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	PHIL 253 - Environmental Ethics 3 credits Description Discussion and ethical consideration of such issues as animal liberation, respect for nature, the land ethic, ecological feminism, social ecology and Christian ecology, and practical applications regarding vegetarianism, global warming, radical environmental actions, and economic growth versus environmental quality. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 302 - Medical Ethics 3 credits Description Basic problems and theories in medical ethics and bioethics, including issues such as abortion, euthanasia, confidentiality, criteria for personhood and death, the rights and duties of patients and health care providers, and the role of value judgments in medicine. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 303 - Ethics and Animals 3 credits Description Basic problems and theories related to the moral status of animals and actions and policies which involve them, including issues such as criteria for personhood; speciesism; the nature of interests and rights; and the use of animals for food, research, and other purposes. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Ethics and Social Responsibility] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 306 - Business Ethics 3 credits Description Analysis of basic issues and perspectives in business ethics. Topics include: the relation of ethics to the law, economic justice, moral foundations of business systems, moral relativism and the multinational corporation, employee rights, the ethics of advertising, the environment, affirmative action, sexual harassment, diversity, and corporate social responsibility, among other topics. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 313 - Philosophy of Religion 3 credits Description Basic problems and philosophically significant theories of religion, including such problems as the relation of faith and reason, the existence of God, and the meaning of religious language. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Upper-Division Integrative Electives] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 316 - Political Philosophy 3 credits Description Selected problems and theories in political philosophy. Readings will be taken from classical and contemporary sources, e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Machiavelli, Marx, Rawls, and Nozick, among others. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 321 - Philosophy and Literature 3 credits Description Examination of literary and artistic responses to the issues that shape public life locally and globally. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Literary Studies] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 323 - Philosophy of Psychology 3 credits Description Alternative theories of the nature of the mind and mental processes. An introduction through classical and contemporary texts to the problems of dualism, materialism, consciousness, personhood, and intentionality. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 325 - Philosophy of Law 3 credits Description Analysis of the basic theories of law including natural law theory, legal positivism, and legal realism. Philosophers to be discussed include Aquinas, Austin, Hart, and Dworkin, among others. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 330 - Ancient Philosophy 3 credits Description The beginning of Greek philosophy as scientific speculation or religious development. The culmination of ancient philosophy in Plato and Aristotle. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 333 - Medieval Philosophy 3 credits Description Development of philosophy in the Middle Ages, including Augustine and Aquinas. Prerequisites PHIL 330 Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 335 - Modern Philosophy I 3 credits Description Development of rationalism and empiricism in the early modern period, including Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 339 - Eastern Philosophy 3 credits Description Study and discussion of Oriental thought, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 343 - Existentialism 3 credits Description Discussion and analysis of the main philosophers in the existentialist tradition including readings from philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Camus, Sartre, Heidegger, and others. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 344 - Analytic Philosophy 3 credits Description Major philosophers in the twentieth century development of philosophical analysis, such as Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, and Quine. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 401 - Ethical Theory 3 credits Description Concentrated studies in selected ethical theories. Problems may include the possibility and nature of ethical knowledge, the meaning of “right’’ and “good,’’ and the logic of ethical discourse. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 404 - Aesthetic Theory 3 credits Description Examination of the concepts involved in the interpretation and evaluation of works of art. The nature of aesthetic experience, the definition of art, creativity, and the value of art. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 405 - Symbolic Logic 3 credits Description An examination of several important branches of modern logic, including truth-functional logic and quantificational logic. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 409 - Philosophy of Science 3 credits Description A philosophic examination of science, including such topics as causation, law, hypothesis, measurement, induction, and confirmation. Prerequisites one philosophy course or consent of the instructor. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 418 - Metaphysics 3 credits Description Alternative theories of the nature of reality and their component topics, such as mind and matter, substance, causality, universals, space and time, freedom and necessity, and related questions about the function and possibility of such theories. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 420 - Theory of Knowledge 3 credits Description Alternative theories of the origin, nature, and possibility of knowledge. An introduction through classical and contemporary texts to the problems of perception, experience, reasoning, logical inference, a priori knowledge, testability, and presupposition. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 424 - Minds, Machines, and Cognition 3 credits Description An in-depth survey of the emerging field of cognitive science and artificial intelligence with an emphasis on topics such as mental representation, the computational approach to the mind, and visual perception. The course examines answers to questions such as “Could a machine think or be conscious?” and “Can the human mind be understood as an information processing computer?” Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 425 - Bioethics of Genome Science 3 credits Description After acquiring a basic understanding of principles commonly used in bioethics, students will consider such questions as: Should genes for human diseases be patented? Should human cloning be banned? Should information from genetic testing be available to employers and insurers? Should parents always be told of genetic testing availability? Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 430 - Seminar 3 credits Description An intensive study of a problem, philosopher, period, or movement. Repeatable May be repeated for credit with a change in course content. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHIL 490 - Independent Study of Philosophy 1-3 credits Description Arranged literature and consultation on philosophic topics. Repeatable May be repeated for credit with a change in the independent study project. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 101 - Introduction to the Physical Sciences 3 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description A conceptual introduction to the physical sciences and the process of scientific inquiry. Note Open to all students except those majoring in a physical science. This course is designed to be taken concurrently with Physics 101L. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Science with Laboratory] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 101L - Introduction to the Physical Sciences Laboratory 1 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description Explores scientific methods and fundamental concepts in the physical sciences with inquiry-based laboratory activities. Co-requisites PHYS 101 Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Science with Laboratory] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 105 - General Physics I 3 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description An algebra-based introduction to physics with applications to other scientific disciplines. Topics include vectors, Newton’s laws of motion in one and two dimensions, work and energy, momentum and collisions, and wave motion. Prerequisites MATH 115 or MET 215 or MAPLE TA score of 21; concurrent enrollment in PHYS 105L. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 105L - General Physics I Laboratory 1 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description The laboratory component of PHYS 105. Students will enroll in a 2 hour laboratory class. Prerequisites Must be taken concurrently with PHYS 105. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 106 - General Physics II 3 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description The course is the sequential continuation of 105. The topics include electricity and magnetism, optics, relativity, and atomic and nuclear physics. Prerequisites PHYS 105 and 105L. Co-requisites Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in PHYS 106L. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 106L - General Physics II Laboratory 1 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description The laboratory component of PHYS 106. Students will enroll in a two hour laboratory class. Prerequisites Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in PHYS 106. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 115 - University Physics I 4 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description Mechanics, wave motion, and sound, with applications involving elementary calculus. Prerequisites Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in PHYS 115L and MATH 131. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 115L - University Physics I Laboratory 1 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description The laboratory component of PHYS 115. Prerequisites Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in PHYS 115. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 116 - University Physics II 4 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description A continuation of PHYS 115 with focus on electricity, magnetism and electromagnetic waves. Prerequisites PHYS 115; successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in PHYS 116L and MATH 132. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 116L - University Physics II Laboratory 1 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description The laboratory component of PHYS 116. Prerequisites Concurrent enrollment in PHYS 116. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 199 - Honors Summer Seminar for High School Students 2 credits Description A seminar for high school juniors only, featuring intensive summer study in a number of physics topics of high current interest. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 202 - Honors in Modern Science 3 credits Description Enrollment is limited to students invited to participate by the University Honors Committee. The course concerns itself with many of the most recent developments in all the sciences, from astronomy through zoology. The course also emphasizes large areas of controversy not only within the scientific community but also between science and other groups. The student is exposed to different modes of thought, and the relation of scientific ideas to general intellectual activity is stressed. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 215 - Modern Physics I 3 credits Description An introduction to twentieth century physics, including the special theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, and atomic physics. Prerequisites PHYS 116. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 215L - Modern Physics I Laboratory 1 credits Description In this course students will conduct laboratory investigations in relativity, atomic physics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, and optics. Co-requisites PHYS 215 Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 216 - Modern Physics II 3 credits Description The study of modern physics is continued in this course with introductions to statistical, solid state, laser, and nuclear physics. Prerequisites PHYS 215 Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 216L - Modern Physics II Laboratory 1 credits Description Laboratory experiences build on those in 215L and explore the topics discussed in 216. Co-requisites PHYS 216 Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 309 - Statics 3 credits Description The course is primarily for students intending further study in civil or mechanical engineering. Topics include the analysis of two and three dimensional force systems and the application of equilibrium principles to simple trusses, frames, and machines. Additional topics chosen from: distributed forces, hydrostatics, centroids, friction, and virtual work. Prerequisites MATH 131 and PHYS 105/PHYS 205. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 310 - Analytical Mechanics 3 credits Description Newtonian mechanics, involving selected topics in particle and rigid-body dynamics. Vector calculus is used, where applicable, for conciseness and clarity. Problem applications are stressed. Prerequisites PHYS 116; MATH 132. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 311 - Analytical Mechanics II 3 credits Description A continuation of 310. This course will culminate in the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods of mechanics. Prerequisites PHYS 310 Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 315 - Advanced Laboratory I 1 credits Description Advanced experiments in atomic, nuclear physics, solid state physics, and optics. Prerequisites PHYS 216L. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 316 - Advanced Laboratory II 1 credits Description A continuation of PHYS 315. Prerequisites PHYS 315. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 321 - Mathematical Methods for Physics I 2 credits Description An introduction to mathematical physics. Topics include partial differentiation, multiple integrals, special coordinates, and vector calculus in three dimensions. Prerequisites PHYS 116 and MATH 132. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 322 - Mathematical Methods for Physics II 2 credits Description A continuation of Physics 321. Topics include Fourier series, Fourier transforms, complex numbers, ordinary differential equations, matrices, and linear algebra. Prerequisites PHYS 321. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 341 - Electricity and Magnetism 3 credits Description Topics covered are electrostatics, electrical potential, electric fields around conductors, electric fields in matter, fields of moving charges, magnetic fields. Prerequisites PHYS 215, PHYS 321. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 342 - Electricity and Magnetism II 3 credits Description A continuation of 341 that takes up Maxwell’s equations, the propagation of electromagnetic waves, and elementary radiation. Prerequisites PHYS 341 Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 355 - Introduction to Mathematical Physics 3 credits Description An introduction to the algebra and calculus of vectors in three dimensions, including products, differential operations, integral theorems, and special coordinates. Some methods of data analysis are included. Prerequisites PHYS 116; successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 231. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 356 - Computational Physics 3 credits Description Modern science relies on computers to solve problems and advance understanding of complex physical systems. This course provides an experiential introduction to numerical algorithms, simulation, data analysis, and the use of common scientific software. Prerequisites PHYS 116; CS 256. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 360 - General Astronomy 3 credits Description Introduction to the basic concepts in astronomy. Both the solar system and stellar astronomy are covered. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Integrative Upper-Division Electives] Cross-listed (Also listed as ENVI 360.) Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 399 - Introduction to Research Techniques in Physics 1-3 credits Description This course is designed to introduce students to techniques of laboratory and literature research. Projects must be arranged individually with faculty members. Participation in departmental colloquia and seminars is required. Repeatable up to 4 credits. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 405 - Senior Seminar in Physics 1 credits Description A culminating experience in physics. The course includes a significant independent literature research project on a specific and focused sub-discipline within the physical sciences. The course requires the student to give multiple presentations on this topic progressing in focus and scientific depth, culminating with a formal presentation on the current state-of-the-art of the sub-discipline. Leading scientific journals and faculty at Indiana State University will be used as resources. Attendance at departmental seminars is required. Prerequisites Senior standing (more than 93 total credits earned). Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 420 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 3 credits Description The laws of thermodynamics and their practical applications: work, heat, entropy, enthalpy, partition function; heat engines and refrigerators; Planck’s radiation law. Prerequisites PHYS 216 and 322. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 423 - Fundamentals of Light and its Applications to Photography 3 credits Description A lecture course emphasizing fundamental optical principles of photography such as reflection, absorption, refraction, polarization, color, interference, and photochemical effects. Cross-listed (Also listed as Science Education 423.) Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 440 - Musical Acoustics 3 credits Description Primarily for music majors and others with a strong interest in music. The physical basis of the characteristics of the various musical instruments and the human voice. A consideration of electronics in sound amplification, recording, reproduction, and synthesis. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 460 - Optics 3 credits Description The theory of geometrical, wave, and quantum optics with selected applications, such as ray tracing, interferometry, spectrometry, lasers, and holograms. Prerequisites PHYS 116; MATH 132. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 465 - Introduction to Astrophysics 3 credits Description A quantitative survey of topics in astrophysics, which typically include celestial mechanics, radiation, stellar physics, galaxies, gravity, and cosmology. Prerequisites PHYS 310, 355. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 469 - Topics in Physics 1-3 credits Description The study of a selected topic in physics. Repeatable for credit when the topic is different. Note Specific course title will be listed when course is scheduled. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 476H - Honors in Physics 1-3 credits Description The department encourages students in the University Honors Program and students whose physics grade index is 3.50 or above to engage in independent research. The object of this research is to develop the student’s initiative and creativity. Prerequisite: consent of the Department of Physics Chairperson. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 493 - Nuclear Physics 3 credits Description Nuclear reactions, quantum properties, nuclear radiations, radiation detection, instrumentation, statistics in nuclear processes, neutron physics, nuclear structure, and elementary particles. Prerequisites PHYS 215 and concurrent enrollment in 473. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 497 - Quantum Mechanics 3 credits Description An introduction to measurements, the uncertainty principle, solutions to Schrodinger’s equation, operators, perturbation theory, the harmonic oscillator, angular momentum, and the hydrogen atom. Prerequisites PHYS 216, 322 Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PHYS 499 - Introduction to Research in Physics 1-4 credits Description This course consists of an original investigative project directed by a faculty member, culminating with a formal presentation and written report. Topic and credits must be arranged in advance. Participation in departmental seminars and colloquia is required. Prerequisites CHEM 351 or CHEM 321 Repeatable Once for credit. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PKG 180 - Introduction to Packaging Design 3 credits Description An introduction to the profession of packaging with an emphasis on packaging design. Includes a study of materials used in packaging and an introduction to the purposes and requirements of packaging. Laboratory activities include CAD design of package components. Prerequisites working knowledge of a CAD program, or consent of instructor. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PKG 280 - Packaging Materials and Testing I 3 credits Description An introductory study of packaging materials with emphasis on analysis and evaluation of paper, paperboard, corrugated, and other natural materials. Includes fabrication of packages and the associated equipment and test instruments. Note Laboratory activities include fabrication and package testing. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PKG 380 - Packaging Materials and Testing II 3 credits Description An advanced course in packaging materials including a study of physical properties and material applications. Specific emphasis is placed upon plastics and other synthetic materials. Includes glass and metal, films, foils, sheet materials, and cushion materials. Laboratory analysis, application of scientific procedures, and use of test instruments are required. Prerequisites PKG 280, or consent of instructor. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PKG 381 - Environmental Issues in Packaging: Foundational Studies in Ethics and Social Responsibiity 3 credits Description The course investigates the impact of political climates, cultural norms, and other situations on the way environmental issues are viewed around the world. Emphasis is placed on ethical decision-making, personal responsibility, and the sociological impacts of choices made. Prerequisites Junior standing or consent of instructor. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Ethics and Social Responsibility] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PKG 482 - Package Development and Analysis 3 credits Description A practical course in the development process of packaging systems that satisfy the needs of the product, manufacturing, marketing, sales, warehousing, distribution, safety, and consumer needs and desires. Laboratory experiences in package design and construction in relation to constraints and limitations of a variety of products. Prerequisites PKG 380, or consent of instructor. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PKG 484 - Distribution Packaging Design, Analysis and Testing 3 credits Description An advanced study of packaging and shipping of goods in multiple quantities and for industrial applications. Includes distribution package design, use of special equipment in handling, storage and staging, docks and warehouse operation, and laboratory tests of environmental conditioning, compression, impact, shock, and vibration. Prerequisites PKG 380, or consent of instructor. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PKG 486 - Packaging Machinery Systems 3 credits Description An advanced study of packaging machines, line operations, controls, maintenance, process analysis, selection and procurement, and return on investment. Includes analysis and problem solving. Laboratory activity includes development of a packaging line layout for a product. Prerequisites PKG 380, or consent of instructor. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PKG 489 - Packaging Industry Projects 3 credits Description Live industry projects will allow students to gain experience designing, developing, evaluating, and testing packaging systems for real products. Students will work directly with partner companies to come up with optimal packaging systems. Prerequisites Senior standing and PKG 380, PKG 482, and PKG 484, or consent of instructor. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PORT 101 - Elementary Portuguese I 3 credits Description Introduction to Portuguese culture and language. Culture, lifestyle and customs of Portuguese-language speakers. Fundamentals of language (pronunciation, intonation and grammatical structures), with development of communicative skills in a cultural context. Includes open-hour laboratory. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Non-native Language] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PORT 102 - Elementary Portuguese II 3 credits Description Continuation of Portuguese 101. Includes open-hour laboratory. Prerequisites PORT 101 or equivalent Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Non-native Language] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 105 - Issues of Our Times 3 credits Description Examination of selected controversial issues, emphasizing those of a multicultural nature (that is, related to such matters as race, ethnicity, religion, language, gender, age, and/or class) throughout the world, including the United States. This course is conducted in a democratic spirit, allowing all sides of issues to be aired and involving much oral participation by the students as well as structured written exercises while de-emphasizing lectures and tests. Note Does not count toward a major in political science. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Global Perspectives and Cultural Diversity] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 107 - Leadership, Ethics, and Democracy 3 credits Description This course examines ethical perspectives about why individuals might or might not be obligated to engage in activities with the explicit purpose of benefiting people other than themselves through the political process. The class examines what categories of people might do, based on social class, race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. It also focuses on issues prevalent in the media and on the agenda of the government at the time of the class, and challenges students to decide what actions they should take regarding these issues, and then take such actions. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Ethics and Social Responsibility] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 130 - Introduction to Political Science 3 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description Core concepts—e.g. power, influence, authority, values, justice, the state, democracy, and authoritarianism—relevant to thinking critically about both normative and empirical questions central to human life. As one of the foundational courses in the social and behavioral sciences, this course is designed to provide understanding and skills useful both in other classwork and in daily life. Student participation is emphasized and the lecture approach generally avoided. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Social or Behavioral Sciences] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 199 - Honors Summer Seminar for High School Students 2 credits Description Problems of public policy analyzed, discussed, and debated. Note Open to high school students on the completion of their junior year by application only. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 201 - Introduction to American Politics 3 credits Link (This course is part of the “Transfer Indiana” [TransferIN] initiative. For additional information, link to www.transferin.net/ctl.) Description An introduction to national government and politics in the United States, emphasizing the basic institutions of the American federal system, the basic political behavior of the American people, and the public policy-making process at the national level. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 211 - Legal Research 3 credits Description Introduction to legal research. Required course in the major. Students will learn to work with traditional print sources and electronic sources of legal research. Students will research and defend a proposed case in a trial setting to be judged and graded by members of the local bar. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 245 - Political Inquiry 3 credits Description Introduction to political analysis and methodology. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 271 - Introduction to International Relations 3 credits Description Analysis of the political interaction of states, emphasizing both the anarchical tendency resulting from the absence of an effective overall government and the forces and institutions which help to lessen this tendency. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 280 - Introduction to Comparative Politics 3 credits Description Theoretical problems of comparative politics and examination of the institutions, behavior, and problems of selected political systems. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 305 - State and Local Government 3 credits Description Framework of government at the state and local levels in the United States; importance of state and local communities for fundamental problems of American society. Prerequisites Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of the instructor. Foundational Studies Credit [FS 2010: Social or Behavioral Studies] Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 308 - The Judicial Process 3 credits Description A citizen’s survey of the nature, function, and characteristic procedures of Anglo-American courts of law. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 315 - Working in Politics 3 credits Description An introduction to the skills and background knowledge useful for working in the political arena. The course emphasizes hands-on knowledge and interactions with people working in such positions. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 317 - American Constitutional Law I: An Introduction 3 credits Description Legal and contextual aspects of representative leading cases from all major domains of constitutional law. Skills in case analysis and criticism are emphasized. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 319 - Survey of Political Thought 3 credits Description A general introductory survey of major political thinkers. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 330 - Introduction to Public Administration 3 credits Description An overview of public organizations and their managerial dimensions. These may include an analysis of political environment, organizational structure, personnel systems, budgeting, public relations, and program evaluation. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 360 - American Foreign Policy 3 credits Description The politics of American foreign policy formulation and implementation. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 372 - Conflict and Cooperation in International Politics 3 credits Description This course examines why both conflict and cooperation can occur between countries, and uses case studies and simulation exercises to enhance student understanding of the theoretical arguments. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 400A-L - Topics in American Government and Politics 3 credits Description An examination of selected topics and problems in American government and politics. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 404 - Indiana Politics 3 credits Description State and local government in Indiana, with emphasis on the development of the political culture and the interrelation of politics, structure, and policy making. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 409 - The United States Congress 3 credits Description Congressional elections, constituencies, legislative, and party organization; rules and procedures as relevant to public policy outcomes; congressional decision-making and public policy. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 410 - Campaigns and Elections 3 credits Description This course examines arguments and evidence about why elections turn out the way they do as well as how people in the mass public behave in elections. Typically offered in the fall of even-numbered years so the course material can be applied to that year’s election campaign. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 414 - The American Presidency 3 credits Description The constitutional, political, and administrative responsibilities of America’s chief executive and related agencies. Impact of media on political leadership. Also some attention to state/local chief executives. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 418 - American Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 3 credits Description This course is designed to familiarize students with civil rights and civil liberties protected within the American constitutional tradition. It is not a constitutional law course, although students read case law; nor, is it a course on the Supreme Court, although students examine the role of the court in resolving disputes over rights. It is a course about politics; how a free society governs and controls itself. Prerequisites PSCI 308 or 317 or the consent of instructor. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 419 - Law and American Society 3 credits Description Advanced introduction to the study of law as political and cultural practice. Overview of classical and contemporary socio-legal theories and perspectives. Law is treated as a political practice and cultural forum from multiple disciplinary standpoints, including an examination of how law and a range of legal institutions embody and constitute political, cultural, economic, and social forces. Prerequisites PSCI 201 or equivalent. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule
	PSCI 421 - Topics in Legal Studies 3 credits Description An examination of selected topics, issues, and problems in the field of legal studies. Repeatable The course may be repeated up to 9 credits with different topics. Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature. Click here for the Summer 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule Click here for the Spring 2025 Class Schedule Click here for the Summer 2025 Class Schedule

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PHIL 253 - Environmental Ethics

PHIL 302 - Medical Ethics

PHIL 303 - Ethics and Animals

PHIL 306 - Business Ethics

PHIL 313 - Philosophy of Religion

PHIL 316 - Political Philosophy

PHIL 321 - Philosophy and Literature

PHIL 323 - Philosophy of Psychology

PHIL 325 - Philosophy of Law

PHIL 330 - Ancient Philosophy

PHIL 333 - Medieval Philosophy

PHIL 335 - Modern Philosophy I

PHIL 339 - Eastern Philosophy

PHIL 343 - Existentialism

PHIL 344 - Analytic Philosophy

PHIL 401 - Ethical Theory

PHIL 404 - Aesthetic Theory

PHIL 405 - Symbolic Logic

PHIL 409 - Philosophy of Science

PHIL 418 - Metaphysics

PHIL 420 - Theory of Knowledge

PHIL 424 - Minds, Machines, and Cognition

PHIL 425 - Bioethics of Genome Science

PHIL 430 - Seminar

PHIL 490 - Independent Study of Philosophy

PHYS 101 - Introduction to the Physical Sciences

PHYS 101L - Introduction to the Physical Sciences Laboratory

PHYS 105 - General Physics I

PHYS 105L - General Physics I Laboratory

PHYS 106 - General Physics II

PHYS 106L - General Physics II Laboratory

PHYS 115 - University Physics I

PHYS 115L - University Physics I Laboratory

PHYS 116 - University Physics II

PHYS 116L - University Physics II Laboratory

PHYS 199 - Honors Summer Seminar for High School Students

PHYS 202 - Honors in Modern Science

PHYS 215 - Modern Physics I

PHYS 215L - Modern Physics I Laboratory

PHYS 216 - Modern Physics II

PHYS 216L - Modern Physics II Laboratory

PHYS 309 - Statics

PHYS 310 - Analytical Mechanics

PHYS 311 - Analytical Mechanics II

PHYS 315 - Advanced Laboratory I

PHYS 316 - Advanced Laboratory II

PHYS 321 - Mathematical Methods for Physics I

PHYS 322 - Mathematical Methods for Physics II

PHYS 341 - Electricity and Magnetism

PHYS 342 - Electricity and Magnetism II

PHYS 355 - Introduction to Mathematical Physics

PHYS 356 - Computational Physics

PHYS 360 - General Astronomy

PHYS 399 - Introduction to Research Techniques in Physics

PHYS 405 - Senior Seminar in Physics

PHYS 420 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

PHYS 423 - Fundamentals of Light and its Applications to Photography

PHYS 440 - Musical Acoustics

PHYS 460 - Optics

PHYS 465 - Introduction to Astrophysics

PHYS 469 - Topics in Physics

PHYS 476H - Honors in Physics

PHYS 493 - Nuclear Physics

PHYS 497 - Quantum Mechanics