May 10, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION]

Course Descriptions


Many course descriptions include a designation of Term(s) Offered: with one or more of the following: Fall, Spring, Summer. This indicates the term(s) in which the course is typically offered and is intended to aid students in planning their programs of study. Departments reserve the right to change the term(s) in which a course is offered.

 

Nutrition

  
  
  
  
  
  
  • NUTR 481 - Nutritional Education, Counseling and Theory


    Credits: 3

    This course focuses on the acquisition of nutrition counseling knowledge and the development of interpersonal skills that would enhance the translation of nutrition knowledge into healthy food choices. Employing a problem- solving model, the course covers counseling strategies and techniques, interviewing methods, psychological theories, life span and cross-cultural considerations for counseling, emotional factors of nutrition, eating disorders, ethics, and professional aspects of practice. Students will be challenged to apply and think critically about different counseling techniques and situations. Appropriate educational materials and documentation methods will be evaluated and developed as needed.

    Prerequisite(s): PSY 201 , NUTR 396  and NUTR 397 , or consent of instructor.  Students must be admitted to the dietetics program to enroll in this course.

    Term(s) Offered: Spring


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  • NUTR 496 - Leadership and Professional Issues in Food and Nutrition


    Credits: 3

    This course will explore current political, regulatory, ethical, training, quality improvement, management, and other important related issues facing food and nutrition professionals. Students will use their educational foundation to investigate, identify, and suggest alternative methods of resolving these problems. The course will examine the leadership roles of food and nutrition professionals. Students will apply this knowledge by investigating current controversial issues in food and nutrition and will develop solutions to these problems.

    USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 , NUTR 285  and junior or senior standing.

    Term(s) Offered: Spring


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Occupational Therapy Assistant

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • OTA 397 - Technical Fieldwork A


    Credits: 3

    While working with persons having various levels of psychosocial, sensorimotor, and cognitive performance components, students have opportunities for synthesis, the integration and application of knowledge gained throughout their educational experiences which include general education/liberal arts courses as well as the sequence of occupational therapy coursework. Students will examine the interplay among occupational performance areas, components, and contexts; develop and expand a repertoire of occupational therapy treatment interventions; and employ clinical reasoning and reflective practice skills. Fieldwork A, a Level II internship of at least eight weeks (full-time) in duration, must vary from Fieldwork B to reflect a difference in ages across the lifespan of persons requiring occupational therapy services, in the setting with regard to chronic conditions (long-term versus short-term), and in facility type (institutional versus community-based).

    Prerequisite(s): completion of OTA 297  & OTA 298 .

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • OTA 398 - Technical Fieldwork B


    Credits: 3

    While working with persons having various levels of psychosocial, sensorimotor, and cognitive performance components, students have opportunities for synthesis, the integration and application of knowledge gained throughout their educational experiences which include general education/liberal arts courses as well as the sequence of occupational therapy coursework. Students will examine the interplay among occupational performance areas, components, and contexts, develop and expand a repertoire of occupational therapy treatment interventions, and employ clinical reasoning and reflective practice skills. Fieldwork B, a Level II internship of at least eight weeks (full-time) in duration, must vary from Fieldwork A to reflect a difference in ages across the lifespan of persons requiring occupational therapy services, in the setting with regard to chronicity (long-term versus short-term disability/disease process), and in facility type (institutional versus community-based).

    Prerequisite(s): completion of OTA 397 .

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer


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Philosophy

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • PHIL 366 - Environmental Ethics


    Credits: 3

    This course examines the history and nature of how human relationships to ecosystems create moral obligations to act responsibly with respect to future generations of humans, non-human animals, and the ecosystems of the planet itself. It analyzes the historical roots of current environmental problems as well as more recent theories of environmental ethics such as land ethic, ecofeminism, and deep ecology. Topics may include, but are not limited to: global warming, overpopulation, endangered species, sustainable agricultural practices, genetic engineering, and corporate accountability.

    USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global.

    Term(s) Offered: Every other year


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Physical Education Teaching

  
  
  
  

Physics

  
  • PHYS 101 - Introduction to the Physical Sciences


    Credits: 3

    Lectures and demonstrations of physics at a primarily conceptual level. Basic problem solving and the scientific method are introduced. Topics covered include Newton’s Laws, energy, momentum, light, electricity, magnetism, thermodynamics, fluids, and selected topics from modern physics.

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry; Natural Science (BA and BS).

    Lecture-Lab (ex: 3-1 means 3 hrs lecture and 1 hr lab): (3-0)
    This course is part of the Core Transfer Library (CTL).
    Indiana Statewide Common Course #: IPS 1750.
    Indiana Statewide Transfer General Education Core: Meets IN Statewide Core.
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • PHYS 205 - Intermediate Physics I


    Credits: 5

    An initial study of the phenomena and concepts of classical and modern physics in the areas of mechanics including energy and momentum principles, and heat and thermodynamics, with applications involving elementary calculus. An integrated laboratory serves to develop associated skills in measurement. Required of biophysics majors, minors, physics teaching majors, and engineering students.

    USI Core 39: Natural Science with Lab (BA and BS).

    Co-Requisite(s) (must be taken at same time as): PHYS 205L .

    Prereq (may be taken concurrently): MATH 230  

    Lecture-Lab (ex: 3-1 means 3 hrs lecture and 1 hr lab): (4-2)
    This course is part of the Core Transfer Library (CTL).
    Indiana Statewide Common Course #: IPS 1753.
    Indiana Statewide Transfer General Education Core: Meets IN Statewide Core.
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • PHYS 355 - Computational Physics


    Credits: 3

    The use of computers in physics has grown enormously over the past few decades, to the point where computers play a central role in virtually every new physics discovery. From particle physics and astrophysics to quantum computing and biophysics, calculations on computers have become one of the most indispensable tools of scientists today.

    Physics 355 will provide an introduction to the solution of physics problems using computers. Assuming no previous programming experience, the course will introduce the basic indeas and programming skills of computational physics and help develop skills to solve problems in all areas of physics.

    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 206  and MATH 366  

    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered


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  • PHYS 401 - Physics and Human Thought


    Credits: 3

    The course will cover some of the important ideas in physics and their relationship to other areas of human thought, e.g. philosophy, literature, and art. These relationships will be made through readings from works that have a direct connection to physics. The emphasis will be on learning the physical principles and their significance. The physical theories that will be covered include Newton’s laws, energy conservation, the second law of thermodynamics, special relativity, and quantum mechanics. These theories will be framed in the context of the times in which they developed. The course will involve both the solving of “traditional physics problems” and the writing of essays relating the ideas developed in the problems to a wider context.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 111  or equivalent and PHYS 101  or equivalent.

    Lecture-Lab (ex: 3-1 means 3 hrs lecture and 1 hr lab): (3-0)
    Term(s) Offered: On demand


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  • PHYS 491 - Physics Senior Thesis


    Credits: 2-3

    Physics majors in this course will work under the direction of a faculty member on a research topic of their own choosing.  Students will plan and carry out independent research that will culminate in both a written thesis and a formal presentation of their work (either a talk or poster at an approved meeting or a local/departmental colloquium).  This course will focus on experimental, theoretical, or computational techniques particular to the chosen problem/subject of the research as well as effective science communication (both written and oral).  This course is for senior level physics majors.

    USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 , Physics major with senior standing or consent of instructor

    Term(s) Offered: Spring


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Political Science

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 

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