2021-2022 Humboldt State University Catalog 
    
    May 16, 2024  
2021-2022 Humboldt State University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education & All-University Requirements  

 

Music

  
  • MUS 455 - Secondary Music Methods

    Units: 3

    Music education philosophies, methodologies, history, reform movements, significant leaders. Explores the theoretical basis for teaching music in the secondary schools. Rehearsal strategies for K-12 ensembles, Scheduling issues and curriculum in music education. Connecting music with other disciplines.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: MUS 319  and IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • MUS 480 - Special Topics

    Units: 1-3

    Special topics such as career preparation, technology, performance practices, music history, or music theory.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • MUS 485 - Undergraduate Seminar

    Units: 1-3

    Performance practices, periods, or genre of music history and literature not treated in depth in other offerings.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • MUS 499 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-3

    Methods of research; projects in music and music teaching.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3

Native American Studies

  
  • NAS 104 - Introduction to Native American Studies

    Units: 3

    Origins and development of content/ method in NAS. Contrast the field with adjoining and contributing disciplines (anthropology, history, sociology, and humanities).
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE D: Social Sciences, GE F: Ethnic Studies
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 107 - Introduction to California Indian Peoples & Places

    Units: 3

    Introduction to California Indian tribes and place-based learning exploring contemporary political, social, environmental issues and representations through California Indian perspectives and knowledges. A place-based approach to anti-racist and anti-colonial movements through community-centered learning and a foundational overview of California Indian tribes. Topics can include but are not limited to: Tribal citizenship, Self-determination, Decolonization, Sovereignty, and Settler Colonialism.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE F: Ethnic Studies
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History

    Units: 3

    How U.S. policies governing tribes are shaped by societal views of Indigenous Peoples. Analyze documents following history of federal Indian policy. Interactions among diverse Native, European, African, and Asian Americans. Meets requirement in U.S. history established by California legislature.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: Amer Inst: U.S. History ONLY, DCG: Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 280 - Selected Topics in Native American Studies

    Units: 1-4

    Special topic, current issues in Indian country, or introductory field research.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • NAS 301 - Native American Literature

    Units: 3

    Contemporary. Topics vary from a broad introduction to focus on one of the following genres: poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and native autobiography.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 302 - Oral Literature & Oral Tradition

    Units: 3

    Identify, interpret, and decipher native symbols depicted in tribal myths, legends, songs, art, oratory, poetry, prose.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 306 - Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

    Units: 3

    Traditional cultures, historical development, and contemporary social and political situations.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 307 - Nature & Issues of Genocide

    Units: 3

    Examination of the processes of genocide, historical genocide acts and genocide in the twenty-first century. Emphasis on the genocide of Indigenous Peoples of North America.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    All University Requirements: DCG: Non-Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 320 - Native American Psychology

    Units: 3

    Compare and critique selected philosophical constructs manifested within European and Native American values and experiences.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE F: Ethnic Studies
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 325 - Native Tribes of California

    Units: 3

    Traditional cultures of native peoples: archeology, material culture, social organization, historical interrelationships.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE F: Ethnic Studies
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 331 - Indigenous Natural Resource Management Practices

    Units: 3

    Emphasis on the critical importance of natural resource management in indigenous communities. Comparison of the cultural traditions and beliefs of indigenous people, with those of western science based management. Recommended preparation: NAS 104  and/or NAS 306 .
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 332 - Environmental Justice

    Units: 3

    Issues/ concerns that led to Executive Order 12898 (environmental policies and conflicts between industries and those seeking environmental protection, including Alaska Native villages, “lower 48” tribes, grassroot community organizations).
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 340 - Language and Communication in Native American Communities

    Units: 3

    Native American languages in social, cultural, and historical contexts. Precontact languages; traditional modes of language use; efforts to preserve or revive languages.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE F: Ethnic Studies
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 345 - Native Languages of North America

    Units: 3

    Survey principle languages of northwestern California (Hupa, Karuk, Tolowa, Yurok). No special background required; college-level work in non- English language is helpful.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 361 - Tribal Sovereignty, Tribal Citizens

    Units: 3

    Comprehensive review of NA civics and dual role of tribal citizenship in the US. Topics: tribal governance, tribal justice systems, Indian-White relations, education, religious conflict, community development.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE F: Ethnic Studies
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 362 - Tribal Governance & Leadership

    Units: 3

    Organization and structure. Political, economic, and social constraints.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 364 - Federal Indian Law I

    Units: 4

    Unique federal/ tribal legal and historical relationship. Scope and authority of tribal governments as modified through contact with the federal government. Federal legislation and Supreme Court decisions regarding Indians and tribes.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • NAS 365 - Federal Indian Law II

    Units: 4

    Continues NAS 364 . Tribal jurisdiction in Indian country. Tribal/state conflicts over jurisdiction. Special topics.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: NAS 364  recommended.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • NAS 366 - Tribal Water Rights

    Units: 4

    Federal/ state water laws and Indian treaties; water problems on Western reservations as classic examples.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • NAS 392 - Indigenous Identities in Film

    Units: 3

    Examines historical/contemporary constructions of Indigenous identities in film. Explores world views and representations of Indigenous peoples/ communities through film and their effects on the dominant society’s perception of Indigenous peoples.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 468 - Tribal Justice Systems

    Units: 3

    Examines the creation and maintenance of the legal relationships between Indigenous nations and their citizens. Focusing on tribal courts, policing, informal and formal mechanisms of conflict resolution and social control.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 480 - Selected Topics in Native American Studies

    Units: 1-4

    Special topic, problem area, or field research. Rep with different topics.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-4
  
  • NAS 491 - Mentoring

    Units: 1-2

    Advanced majors gain experience as teaching assistants working with a diverse body of students.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: NAS 104 , NAS 200 , junior standing or above, and IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 1-2
  
  • NAS 492 - Native American Studies Capstone Experience

    Units: 3

    Capstone experience for NAS majors. Students to apply knowledge of NAS to practical problems. course will entail either group or individual projects.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: NAS 104 , NAS 200 , NAS 364 , Native American Studies major with junior standing or greater.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NAS 499 - Directed Research

    Units: 1-3

    Take only one NAS 499 class per semester and four NAS 499 classes per academic career at HSU. Both provisions subject to petition.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: Instructor Approval Required. Advanced students only.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • NAS 690 - Thesis

    Units: 1-3

    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: advanced to candidacy.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • NAS 699 - Independent Study

    Units: 1-3

    Division: Graduate
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3

Natural Resources

  
  • NR 480 - Selected Topics

    Units: 1-3

    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3

Nursing

  
  • NRSG 348 - Development for Professional Practice

    Units: 3

    This course is designed for RN-BSN students. This course focuses on socialization and development into professional nursing roles including the nurse as professional, advocate, leader, provider and coordinator/collaborator of care. The course also focuses on the nursing process using an eclectic theoretical model and discussion of selected issues in professional practice. Students are expected to utilize critical thinking skills to address the concepts of this course.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: nursing major, junior standing or above. Co-requisite: NRSG 390 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NRSG 350 - Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice

    Units: 3

    This course builds upon the student’s prior knowledge of disease processes throughout the lifespan including cellular function and integrative body functions. The course focuses on the pathophysiologic rationale for nursing interventions.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: nursing majors, junior standing or above. Co-requisite: NRSG 372 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NRSG 372 - Health Assessment & Promotion Across the Lifespan

    Units: 3

    Introduces principles related to conducting a complete health assessment. Concepts include: history taking, physical examination, diagnostic testing, health promotion and patient education.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: nursing majors, junior standing or above. Co-requisite: NRSG 350 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NRSG 390 - Nursing Informatics & Information Literacy & Competency

    Units: 3

    Introduction to nursing information literacy and information science and information systems. Research skills to strengthen evidence-based practice for consumer-centered computer-supported care.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: nursing majors, junior standing or above. Co-requisite: NRSG 348 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NRSG 460 - Nursing Leadership & Management Dynamics

    Units: 3

    Review and analysis of the principles related to organizational theory, socioeconomic political trends and healthcare delivery systems. This course focuses on leading and managing comprehensive care coordination in at-risk, rural, and/or vulnerable populations.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: NRSG 348 , NRSG 350 , NRSG 372 , NRSG 390 , nursing majors, junior standing or above. Co-requisite: HED 451 , NRSG 490 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NRSG 470 - Community/Public Health Nursing

    Units: 3

    Apply a synthesis of nursing theories and public health science to assessment and health promotion in at risk and vulnerable communities and aggregates.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: NRSG 348 , NRSG 350 , NRSG 372 , NRSG 390 , nursing majors, junior standing or above. Co-requisite: NRSG 471 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • NRSG 471 - Community/Public Health Nursing Lab

    Units: 3

    Apply nursing and public health interventions aimed at health promotion and disease/ injury prevention in at-risk, rural, and indigenous communities, aggregates, families and individuals.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: NRSG 348 , NRSG 350 , NRSG 372 , NRSG 390 . Co-requisite: NRSG 470 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Tutorial hrs TBD

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Units: 3
  
  • NRSG 490 - Introduction to Nursing Research

    Units: 3

    This course is designed to introduce registered nurses to the research process and to research concepts applicable to clinical practice; reading, analyzing and critiquing research; and the development of skills in writing professional nursing papers. This is a writing intensive course.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: NRSG 348 , NRSG 350 , NRSG 372 , NRSG 390 . Co-requisite: HED 451 , NRSG 460 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3

Oceanography

  
  • OCN 109 - General Oceanography

    Units: 3

    Extent of the oceans; chemical nature of sea water; causes/effects of currents, tides, and waves; animal and plant life in the sea; features of the ocean floor.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: OCN 109L .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE B1: Physical Science
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • OCN 109L - General Oceanography Laboratory

    Units: 1

    Introductory laboratory activities to develop understanding of fundamental concepts from geological, chemical, physical, and biological oceanography and the inter-relationship between those concepts.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: OCN 109  (C).
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE B3: Laboratory Activity
    Weekly: Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • OCN 260 - Sampling Techniques & Field Studies

    Units: 1

    Introductory course for majors. Biological, chemical, geological, and physical oceanographic methods of sampling and analysis. Shipboard procedures and navigation.
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: OCN 109  (if taken prior to fall 2015) or OCN 109  and OCN 109 L.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • OCN 301 - Marine Ecosystems - Human Impact

    Units: 3

    Relationships and interaction between humans and marine life. Living organisms: in history and legend, as food, and as industrial resource. Problems and aesthetic aspects of marine organisms.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: OCN 109  (if taken prior to fall 2015) or OCN 109  and OCN 109 L.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area B: Math & Science
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Second Lecture 1 hr.

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Units: 3
  
  • OCN 304 - Resources of the Sea

    Units: 3

    Non-Living resources of the ocean floor and water; distribution, origin, and exploitation of minerals; energy production from the ocean; environmental and political problems of ocean exploitation.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area B: Math & Science
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Second Lecture 1 hr.

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Units: 3
  
  • OCN 310 - Biological Oceanography

    Units: 4

    Physical, chemical, and biological factors characterizing the marine environment, including factors controlling plant and animal populations. Methods of sampling identification and analysis.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105  and either OCN 109  (if taken prior to fall 2015) or OCN 109  and OCN 109 L.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • OCN 320 - Physical Oceanography

    Units: 4

    Physical properties and processes in seas: theory of distribution of variables; current determination; waves and tides.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: (OCN 109  (if taken prior to fall 2015) or OCN 109  and OCN 109L  and (MATH 110  or MATH 215 ) and (PHYX 107  (C) or PHYX 210  (C) or PHYX 211  (C)).
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • OCN 330 - Chemical Oceanography

    Units: 4

    Composition of seawater. Distribution and cycling of important major and minor chemical species throughout the oceans. Marine analytical chemistry.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: (OCN 109  (if taken prior to fall 2015) or OCN 109  and OCN 109L  and CHEM 110 , or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • OCN 340 - Geological Oceanography

    Units: 4

    Classification/ origin of major topographic features on ocean floor. First order plate tectonic theory. Recent marine sediments and sedimentary processes.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: (OCN 109  (if taken prior to fall 2015) or OCN 109  and OCN 109L , GEOL 109 , MATH 101T  or MATH 102 ; or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • OCN 370 - Library Research & Report Writing Seminar

    Units: 2

    Access oceanographic literature and write reports.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • OCN 410 - Zooplankton Ecology

    Units: 3

    Identification, distribution, abundance, adaptations, and life histories of animals in the plankton. Techniques in field/lab studies.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: (OCN 109  (if taken prior to fall 2015) or OCN 109  and OCN 109L , and (OCN 310  or ZOOL 314 ); or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • OCN 420 - Oceans & Climate

    Units: 3

    Examines the role that oceans play in mediating global climate. Detailed exploration of ocean carbon cycle, consequences of climate change on ocean ecosystems, ocean-related climate feedback loops, and predictions of oceans of the future.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: CHEM 107  or CHEM 109 , MATH 105  or MATH 109 , (OCN 109  (if taken prior to fall 2015) or OCN 109  and OCN 109L , PHYX 107  or PHYX 109 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • OCN 485 - Undergraduate Seminar

    Units: 1

    Study literature to prepare oral scientific reports.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: senior standing and at least one of the following: OCN 310 , OCN 320 , OCN 330 , OCN 340 , or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 1 hr.

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Units: 1
  
  • OCN 495 - Field Cruise I

    Units: 3

    Develop a research proposal. Conduct research on extended cruise. Use oceanographic techniques and theory on-board ship.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: oceanography major with junior standing or greater.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Laboratory 9 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • OCN 496 - Field Cruise II

    Units: 2

    Process oceanographic samples and analyze research data. Prepare a final cruise report.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: OCN 495 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 2
  
  • OCN 499 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-2

    Original research on assigned topic. Lab work, field work, or literature surveys.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: senior oceanography major and IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-2

Philosophy

  
  • PHIL 100 - Logic

    Units: 3

    Study of correct reasoning. Sentential logic, informal fallacies, and certain paradigms of inductive reasoning. Nature of language, artificial and natural.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE A3: Critical Thinking
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 104 - Asian Philosophy

    Units: 3

    Critically and constructively evaluate principal philosophies of China and India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism. Compare/contrast with Western philosophical orientations. Asian thought as creative proving ground for multiculturalism.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE C2: Humanities
    All University Requirements: DCG: Non-Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 106 - Moral Controversies

    Units: 3

    Major moral theories applied to contemporary issues, such as: environmental ethics, abortion, discrimination, world hunger, the death penalty, euthanasia, homosexuality, and same-sex marriage.
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE C2: Humanities
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 107 - Introduction to Philosophy

    Units: 3

    Questions such as: What is knowledge? Is morality objective? Does God exist? What is beauty? Is there free will?
    Division: Lower Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE C2: Humanities
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 180 - Special Topics in Philosophy

    Units: 1

    New courses. Guided study.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 1 hr.

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Units: 1
  
  • PHIL 198 - Supplemental Instruction in Logic

    Units: 1

    Collaborative work for students enrolled in PHIL 100  (Logic).
    Division: Lower Division
    Requisites: Co-requisite: PHIL 100 .
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PHIL 301 - Reflections on the Arts

    Units: 3

    Theories of art as they emphasize or suppress one or more dimensions of artistic creation and aesthetic experience: form, feeling, realism, fantasy. Judgments of taste, style, and excellence.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 302 - Environmental Ethics

    Units: 3

    Critique approaches to relationship between human beings and the environment.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    Sustainability: Sustainability Focused
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 303 - Theories of Ethics

    Units: 3

    Ethical theories of Western philosophical tradition: Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Mill. Contemporary metaethical concerns of definition and justification.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 304 - Philosophy of Sex & Love

    Units: 3

    Analysis of metaphysical and moral issues relating to sex and love, such as: What is love? What sexual activities are natural, moral, perversions? Friendship, adultery, pornography, prostitution, homosexuality, and same-sex marriage.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 306 - Race, Racism & Philosophy

    Units: 3

    A philosophical study of the conceptual, metaphysical, moral, and social political issues surrounding race and racism.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities
    All University Requirements: DCG: Domestic
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 307 - Philosophy of Law

    Units: 3

    Analyze various philosophical perspectives regarding topics such as: the nature of law and legal reasoning, the relationship between morality and law, theories of punishment, civil disobedience, and other relevant topics.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities, GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 309B - Perspectives: Humanities/Science/ Social Science

    Units: 3

    Critique perspectives, modes of inquiry, and products of the humanities, biological and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and their relationships.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    General Education: GE UD Area B: Math & Science, GE UD Area C: Art & Humanities, GE UD Area D: Social Sciences
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 341 - Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle

    Units: 3

    Critique emergence of Western philosophical inquiry. Interrelatedness of nature and human nature. Origins of world views from pre-Socratics through Plato and Aristotle.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Sustainability: Sustainability Related
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 342 - Descartes, Locke, Hume

    Units: 3

    Traces the development of the methodologies, epistemologies, and metaphysics of the most influential thinkers of the Rationalist and Empiricist traditions during the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 343 - Kant & the 19th Century

    Units: 3

    Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and two or more major thinkers from the 19th century, such as: Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, James, Dewey.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 345 - Philosophies of China

    Units: 3

    Classic texts in Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and I Ching. Focus on unifying concepts amid differences. Compare to Western philosophies. China encountering multiculturalism from within and without.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 346 - Philosophies of India

    Units: 3

    Classic themes of Indian philosophy. Selections from Rig Veda, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita, Buddhism, and Shankara. Compare to Western philosophies. India encountering multiculturalism from within and without.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 349 - Latin American Philosophy

    Units: 3

    Surveys the historical development of philosophy in Latin America from the Pre-Colonial period to the present.  Topics may include its development and uniqueness, and its relationship to colonialism and identity.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 355 - Existentialism

    Units: 3

    Principal existential philosophers of 19th and 20th centuries, such as Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Sartre, Marcel, Buber.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 371 - Contemporary Social & Political Philosophy

    Units: 3

    A critical study of the main contemporary Western theories of the ideal state and how these theories deal with such core political values as justice, liberty, equality, and community.
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 391 - Seminar in Philosophy

    Units: 1-3

    Intensive study of a philosophical movement, philosophical problem, writings of a philosopher, or a subdiscipline (for example, philosophy of mind). Elective credit for philosophy majors requires prior Department approval required.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • PHIL 415 - Symbolic Logic

    Units: 3

    Quantifiable logic, including logic of relations; properties of axiomatic systems; many-valued logic; modal logic and its extensions.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: PHIL 100  or IA.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 420 - Contemporary Epistemology & Metaphysics

    Units: 3

    What exists? What are the basic categories of being? What does it mean to know? Are there different kinds or sources of knowing? Recommended preparation: PHIL 100 .
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 425 - Philosophy of Science

    Units: 3

    Critical examination of aims, assumptions, and norms of science. Nature of satisfactory explanations, nature of theories and their criteria of acceptability. Study of scientific progress, limits of science, reasoning in science & scientific method. Recommended preparation: PHIL 100 .
    Division: Upper Division
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 480 - Special Topics in Philosophy

    Units: 1-3

    Topics vary.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • PHIL 485 - Seminar in Philosophy

    Units: 3

    Intensive study of a philosophical movement, philosophical problem, writings of a philosopher, or a subdiscipline (for example, philosophy of mind).
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • PHIL 499 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-2

    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Supervision hrs TBD

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Units: 1-2
  
  • PHIL 680 - Special Topics

    Units: 1-3

    Intensive study in selected philosophers and/or topics.
    Division: Graduate
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3

Physical Education

Students injured while participating in a physical education or recreation administration class are not covered by any university insurance policy. Student are responsible for obtaining their own coverage through a private insurance agency or through the insurance plan of the Associated Students. Students with disabilities are welcome in all physical education activity courses.

Additional aquatic offerings found under Recreation Administration.

  
  • PE 112 - Aikido, Beginning

    Units: 1

    Nonaggressive yet highly effective form of self-defense. Learn respect for self/others in a setting of diligent, cooperative training.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 113 - Archery, Beginning

    Units: 1

    Open to all ability levels. Beginners taught bow and arrow techniques. Intermediate/advanced archers provided target time.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 114 - Badminton, Beginning

    Units: 1

    Skills, rules, strategies. Serves, smashes, drops, clears, nets, backhands, forehands, footwork, singles and doubles strategies.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 116 - Basketball

    Units: 1

    Beginning skills and knowledge for playing organized basketball. Skill development drills; game situations.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 118 - Bowling

    Units: 1

    Fundamentals: scoring, etiquette, footwork.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 119 - Fitness Fusion

    Units: 1

    Safe impact aerobic and strength exercise, a combination of the most popular fitness methods including rhythmic movement, functional fitness, strength/core training, yoga, and barefoot training.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 125 - Fencing, Beginning

    Units: 1

    Fundamental techniques and principles of the art of personal combat with the sword. Emphasis on building a strong foundation of basic defensive skills, using the foil as a training tool for the early 19th century dueling sword.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 138 - Self Defense

    Units: 1

    Mental self-defense: awareness, avoidance. Physical options against attack. Overview of martial arts.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 140 - Tai Chi Chuan, Beginning

    Units: 1

    Yang style short form. Emphases: precise movement, body dynamics.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 141 - Soccer, Beginning

    Units: 1

    Skills, strategies, tactics.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 144 - Stretch & Relaxation Techniques

    Units: 1

    Loosen up, stretch out, and practice relaxation techniques.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 146 - Fitness Swimming, Beginning

    Units: 1

    Cardiovascular swimming instruction and workouts for those with basic ability. Self-paced, aerobic lap swims with stroke instruction.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 151 - Ultimate Frisbee, Beginning

    Units: 1

    Disc throwing techniques; fundamentals of the game of ultimate. Develop game strategy through drills and playing.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 157 - Weight Training, Individual, Beginning

    Units: 1

    No scheduled hours; individualized weight program during open hours.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.

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Units: 1
  
  • PE 158 - Strength Fitness

    Units: 2

    Principles of weight training. Establish strength and conditioning foundation. Two additional hours TBA.
    Division: Lower Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
    Weekly: Activity 4 hrs.

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Units: 2
 

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