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CHE 405 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (3crs.)
Monday, Wednesday 11-12:15pm
Dr. Norm Duffy
An advanced topics lecture course in inorganic chem.(Prerequisite is CHE-401)
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CHE 415 Advanced Organic Chemistry (3crs.)
Tuesday, Thursday 9:25am – 10:40am
Dr. Mary Railing
An advanced topics lecture course in organic possibly including synthesis, structure elucidation, physicalorganic. Specific topics to be decided with students. (Prerequisite is CHE-222).
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CSC 161 Internet Search Methods and Tactics (3crs)
Monday, Friday 9:00 - 9:50; Lab (2hr) TBA
Instructor: Ben Hitt, Ph.D.
NTTC classroom to be announced
The Internet can be described at the same time as the greatest repository of information ever
imagined and as a junkyard of worthless drivel beyond imagination. The challenge to student,
teacher and researcher alike is gleaning meaningful information out of a morass of meaningless
text. This course instructs participants on how to fully use the Google search engine. Those who
become proficient with Google can transfer that proficiency to other search engines such as Yahoo,
Ask, etc. Furthermore, the course introduces participants to information sources beyond those
indexed by readily accessible search engines.
This course is open to anyone, with no prerequisites except an interest in and need to deal with the
massive amounts of information available. It should appeal especially to students (or instructors) in
Computer Science, Communications, Business, or any other area with an interest in research
methods. The course will meet in the NTTC classroom.
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HIS 222 China Since 1800 (3crs)
Tuesday, Thursday 9:25-10:40am
Dr. Joe Laker
Done in 3 parts: Traditional Chinese society and how it disintegrates due to Western influence 1800-1912; the
Republican (Nationalist) Era - 1912-1949; the Communist Regime - 1949 to Present.
I will use Jonathan Spence book To Change China and a book for each of the three separate aspects of the
course. Students will write an extended review of a Chinese work of fiction and report to the class about it.
Students will also have several internet sites to expect and evaluate.
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HIS 310 Eastern Europe Since Napoleon (3crs)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-10:50am
Dr. John Cox
How do Poles survive the ambitions of their bigger neighbors, Germany and Russia? How did the Hungarians
preserve their identity within the Austrian Empire? How do you tell a Czech from a Slovak? What's the
difference between Baltic and Balkan? For discussions of these and other electrifying topics (eroticism under
Stalin, refugees after World War II, and what Europeans really thought of Napoleon), try this course! HIS 310,
which has not been taught since 1999, includes two fabulous novels and a memoir but no Albanians! (Inside
joke for frequent students of Dr. Cox.)
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HIS 384/RST 384 Islamic Societies (3crs)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11-11:50am
Dr. John Cox and Dr. Kris Willumsen
In this team-taught course, students will encounter the salient points of Islamic theology and religious practice.
These include: monotheism, revelation, social responsibility, worship and mysticism, and the Sharia or law.
Key political institutions, cultural, and historical developments will also be examined. These include: the
spread of Islam, the creation of new empires and states, interaction between Muslim and Christian cultures,
and art and architecture. Assigned readings range from Islamic theology and spirituality, the history of the
Middle East (esp. Arab and Ottoman societies), to a Lebanese novel.
This course counts for the RST upper-level core or for a non-western requirement for HIST majors.
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PSY 226 Organizational Behavior (3 crs)
[cross-listed with MGT 226 Organizational Behavior]
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-10:50am
Dr. Debra Hull
This course surveys individual and group behavior in work settings, covering topics such as motivation,
leadership, teamwork, and occupational health. The goal is to help make organizations and the individuals who
work in them more effective. The course will have a large experiential component.
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PSY 315 Test and Measurements (3 crs)
Monday, Wednesday 3-4:15pm
Dr. Julie Osland
Tests and Measurements in an upper-level psychology course. The purpose of the course is twofold. First, the
course will introduce you to the key concepts necessary for understanding psychological and educational
testing so that you can be an informed consumer as either a taker or administrator of tests. Second, the course
will introduce you to important tests in areas such as personality, ability, and intelligence.
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PSY 350 Health Psychology (4 crs)
Monday, Wednesday 1-2:40pm
Dr. Michael Kirkpatrick
An investigation of social and behavioral factors that promote health, as well as those contributing to illness
and behaviors related to illness. Research methods within this developing field are stressed. Students will
develop projects with emphasis on 1) using applied behavior analysis to modifying health, sport, and fitness
behaviors in individuals (single subject and small-n designs), 2) assessing the effects of imagery and meditation
on physiology and performance, 3) reviewing specialized literatures in areas of interest to students who may
later (or concurrently) pursue directed research in behavioral health topics.
Prerequisites: PSY 110, Research methods (PSY-211), and Statistics (PSY-115)
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PSY 300-02 Directed Research (2 crs)
Days and times are TBA
Under the direction of Dr. Kirkpatrick, students design and carry out empirical research in health psychology.
This course will dovetail with health psychology this term (although each stands alone), exploring applications
of applied behavior analysis in health, sport, and fitness. Some research topics currently under investigation in
the lab include measurement of imagery and self-talk as covert behaviors and their effects on overt (actual)
performance, evaluation of changes in perceived exertion with reinforcement contingencies, learning to
discriminate heart rate and other somatic events via contingent feedback, and the use of simple acoustic cues to
shape topographically complex behavior. Contact the instructor for a list of ongoing projects. Ambitious
students are also invited to develop their own topics tangential to these themes (these should be discussed prior
to enrolling to determine their appropriateness to the setting).
Prerequisite: PSY-211 or permission of the instructor.
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PWR 254 Flash Web Animation (3crs.)
Tuesday, Thursday 1:35-2:50pm
Instructor: Mr. Richard Cain
Emphasis on designing, authoring, and managing more sophisticated websites focusing on animation
principles, site architecture, navigation schemes, and high interactivity. Students will make extensive use of
vector animation and authoring technologies such as Flash and ActionScript. Course will include the
documented development and design of several multimedia web products. Writing and graphic design intensive.
Prerequisites: none.
RST 361-02 Buddhism (3crs)
Monday 6-9pm
Instructor: Dr. Kristopher Willumsen
This introductory course in Buddhism will explore the world view and beliefs of the major schools of
Buddhism. While attention will be given to Buddhist doctrines and to the historical spread of Buddhism from
India to Japan, and increasingly on to Europe and America, the goal of the course is a personal appreciation of
this religious tradition gained by reading classic statements, examining art, film, and architecture, and by
testing several meditation practices.
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RST 211 The Catholic Vision (3 crs)
Tuesday, Thursday 3:00-4:15pm
Instructor: Dr. David Hammond
This course serves as an orientation to the minor. The course identifies what is distinctive about the Catholic
vision and so will examine such fundamental issues as: the principle of sacramentality, the relationship of the
person to the common good, the centrality of morality, the relationship of faith and reason, as well as a
philosophy of the human person before God. This course is comprised of material drawn from the humanities,
the natural and social sciences and theology.
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