| # | Code | Name | UG | GR | ADC | Subject | Subject Code | Academic Department | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2601 | PHYS255 | Tutoring Physics (SERV-2) In this course, students will gain knowledge of current research that provides information about learning and learning styles. They will learn and demonstrate good pedagogical tools that promote learning in Physics. They will be trained with effective one-on-one teaching methodologies such as Socratic dialogue, concept modeling and scaffolding. They will also be instructed in methods that will help identify common physical misconceptions that cause the learner difficulty with physics. Active tutoring, totaling 15 hours during the semester, will allow the tutors to use the identification tools and instructional methods mastered so that they can become adept at working with all types of learners and subject materials. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2014 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2602 | PHYS265 | Topics in Physics Selected topics presented in a formal classroom setting in specialty areas of physics not covered in regular courses. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2004 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2603 | PHYS295 | Directed Study This course consists of individual or group work adjusted to meet particular needs in Physics. Approval must be secured from the instructor prior to registration. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1980 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 2604 | PHYS295 | Independent Study This course consists of individual or group work adjusted to meet particular needs in Physics. Approval must be secured from the instructor prior to registration. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2605 | PHYS297 | Undergraduate Research in Physics Research under direction of a member of the staff. The topic will be assigned in accordance to the interests and capabilities of the student. It is assumed that the student is familiar with one or more spreadsheets, mathematics manipulation programs, and graphing software packages. May be repeated for up to four hours. Credits: 1 - 2, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1987 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 2606 | PHYS297 | Undergraduate Research in Physics Research under direction of or verified by a member of the staff. The topic will be assigned in accordance to the interests and capabilities of the student. It is assumed that the student is familiar with one or more spreadsheets, mathematics manipulation programs, and graphing software packages. May be repeated for up to four hours. Credits: 0 - 2, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2607 | PHYS305 | Biophysics Physics principles will be used to address a variety of problems that arise in biological systems. Topics may include Brownian motion and diffusion, fluids, self-assembly, molecular machines, membranes and nerve impulses. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2007 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2608 | PHYS307 | Mathematical and Computational Methods for Physical Modeling Students preparing for upper-division physics and engineering classes need to become adept practitioners of mathematical methods, developing an understanding of the most used methods, skill in their theoretical and computational application, and competence in selecting the mathematical and computational methods appropriate to each challenge. In this class students are introduced to a core toolset of mathematical methods employed by professional physicists, including techniques from linear algebra (optimization, eigenvalue problems, solutions in terms of sets of special functions) and calculus (differentiation in applications up to partial differential equations, single- and multi-variable calculus and complex calculus, Fourier and Laplace transforms). Students will apply these methods to representative physics problems including previews of future coursework using spreadsheets, a computer algebra system (such as Mathematica or MATLAB), and will sample the use of computational libraries such as BLAS. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2609 | PHYS310 | Modern Physics The study of landmark experiments which challenged classical physics and the development of modern physics theories: special relativity, atomic theory, quantum theory, statistical mechanics, nuclear and particle physics. Laboratory experience is available in PHYS 325.Three hours lecture each week. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2610 | PHYS310 | Modern Physics The study of landmark experiments which challenged classical physics and the development of modern physics theories: special relativity, atomic theory, quantum theory, statistical mechanics, nuclear and particle physics. Laboratory experience is available in PHYS 325.Three hours lecture each week. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1976 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2611 | PHYS313 | Physical Optics Refraction, reflection, interference, absorption, and polarization of light are discussed from the standpoint of the ray and especially of the wave theories of light. Laboratory experience is available in PHYS 325. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1976 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2612 | PHYS316 | Partial Differential Equations See MATH 316 for course description. This course is cross-listed with MATH 316. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1976 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2613 | PHYS317 | Issues in Physical Science and Religion Scientific method, truth, reality, logic and derivability, authority/inspiration, faith and reason in mathematics and physical sciences. Non-logical factors in acceptance of scientific statements as authoritative. Arguments for the existence of God. Causality, determinism and miracles. Scientific revolutions and paradigm shifts with relation to trends in religion and philosophy. Does not apply to a major in or minor in Physics. This course is cross-listed with PHYS 320, RELT 317, and RELT 320. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1977 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2614 | PHYS320 | Issues in Physical Science and Religion (W) See PHYS 317 for course description. This course is cross-listed with PHYS 317, RELT 317, and RELT 320. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2020 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2615 | PHYS325 | Advanced Physics Laboratory I Laboratory experiments pertinent to areas of physics except electricity and magnetism. Meets once per week. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1975 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 2616 | PHYS325 | Advanced Physics Laboratory I Laboratory experiments pertinent to areas of physics except electricity and magnetism. Meets once per week. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 04 ($30), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2617 | PHYS326 | Advanced Physics Laboratory II Laboratory experiments pertinent to electricity and magnetism. Meets once a week. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1975 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 2618 | PHYS326 | Advanced Physics Laboratory II Laboratory experiments pertinent to electricity and magnetism. Meets once a week. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 04 ($30), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2619 | PHYS400 | Physics Portfolio Physics and Biophysics majors prepare for post-graduation career plans by preparing a resume, a portfolio, graduate school applications and/or job search preparations. Independent reading and study in preparation for the Major Field Test in Physics and the GRE (as needed). Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) Future (2025-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Dean, Engineering and Physics Chair, Physics | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Review | |
| 2620 | PHYS400 | Physics Portfolio Each student majoring in Physics may compile a portfolio spanning a minimum of four semesters (typically starting in the sophomore year) consisting of records of participation in professional activities as suggested by departmental faculty and as initiated by the student. Examples of activities include but are not limited to the following: attendance at club meetings, professional film showings, visiting-scientist seminar, and research review sessions, reading of journals and books, participation at professional meetings, preparation for graduate school and for employment, and lists of concepts or new ideas. The portfolio is reviewed at the end of each semester and must meet minimum criteria before the student's registration for this course during the senior year. The grade earned for this credit will depend upon the persistence of the student in participation during his/her stay at Southern Adventist University and during summers, and upon the breadth and depth of the entries, and the extent to which the Department's suggestions are implemented. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1991 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2621 | PHYS411 | Statistical and Thermal Physics A study of the emergence of macroscopic thermodynamic concepts and processes from microscopic physical interactions using the tools of statistical physics. includes thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, and statistical mechanics (quantum and classical). Three hours of lecture each week. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) Future (2025-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Chair, Physics | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Review | |
| 2622 | PHYS411 | Statistical and Thermal Physics A study of the emergence of macroscopic thermodynamic concepts and processes from microscopic physical interactions using the tools of statistical physics. includes thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, and statistical mechanics (quantum and classical). Three hours of lecture each week. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2623 | PHYS411 | Statistical and Thermal Physics A study of the emergence of macroscopic thermodynamic concepts and processes from microscopic physical interactions using the tools of statistical physics. includes thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, and statistical mechanics (quantum and classical). Three hours of lecture each week. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1976 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2624 | PHYS412 | Quantum Mechanics The probabilistic interpretation of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Schrödinger equation, the uncertainty principle, wave packets, the solution of the time-independent Schrödinger equation for one-dimensional potentials and for the hydrogen atom. Operator methods, matrices, angular momentum and spin. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) Future (2025-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Chair, Physics | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Review | |
| 2625 | PHYS412 | Quantum Mechanics The probabilistic interpretation of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Schrödinger equation, the uncertainty principle, wave packets, the solution of the time-independent Schrödinger equation for one-dimensional potentials and for the hydrogen atom. Operator methods, matrices, angular momentum and spin. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2626 | PHYS412 | Quantum Mechanics The probabilistic interpretation of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Schrödinger equation, the uncertainty principle, wave packets, the solution of the time-independent Schrödinger equation for one-dimensional potentials and for the hydrogen atom. Operator methods, matrices, angular momentum and spin. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1976 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2627 | PHYS413 | Analytic Mechanics Classical kinematics and dynamics of single particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies treated using vector calculus and differential equations. Includes oscillations, central forces, non-inertial reference frames, coupled oscillations, and an introduction to the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations. Special functions, vector theorems, transforms, tensors and computational methods are introduced as needed. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2628 | PHYS413 | Analytic Mechanics Classical kinematics and dynamics of single particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies treated using vector calculus and differential equations. Includes oscillations, central forces, non-inertial reference frames, coupled oscillations, and an introduction to the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations. Special functions, vector theorems, transforms, tensors and computational methods are introduced as needed. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1988 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2629 | PHYS414 | Electrodynamics I Analysis of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields and potentials, both in vacuum and matter, leading to an understanding of Maxwell's equations. Differential equations associated with common electrostatic and magnetostatic situations and various methods of solution introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) Future (2025-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Chair, Physics | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Review | |
| 2630 | PHYS414 | Electrodynamics I Analysis of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields and potentials, both in vacuum and matter, leading to an understanding of Maxwell's equations. Differential equations associated with common electrostatic and magnetostatic situations and various methods of solution introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2631 | PHYS414 | Electrodynamics I Analysis of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields and potentials, both in vacuum and matter, leading to an understanding of Maxwell's equations. Differential equations associated with common electrostatic and magnetostatic situations and various methods of solution introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1988 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2632 | PHYS415 | Electrodynamics II The treatment of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields is extended to the full classical electrodynamic theory as summarized in Maxwell's equations, and the consequent prediction of electromagnetic waves. Relativistic and tensor formations are introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2633 | PHYS415 | Electrodynamics II The treatment of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields is extended to the full classical electrodynamic theory as summarized in Maxwell's equations, and the consequent prediction of electromagnetic waves. Relativistic and tensor formations are introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1988 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2634 | PHYS418 | Advanced Quantum Mechanics Builds on the foundation developed in PHYS 412. Time-independent perturbation theory; corrections to the hydrogen-atom treatment; Scattering theory; quantum statistics; variation techniques for small atoms and molecules, other atoms and the periodic table; emission and absorption of radiation from atoms. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2635 | PHYS418 | Advanced Quantum Mechanics Builds on the foundation developed in PHYS 412. Time-independent perturbation theory; corrections to the hydrogen-atom treatment; Scattering theory; quantum statistics; variation techniques for small atoms and molecules, other atoms and the periodic table; emission and absorption of radiation from atoms. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2636 | PHYS418 | Advanced Quantum Mechanics I Builds on the foundation developed in PHYS 412. Time-independent perturbation theory; corrections to the hydrogen-atom treatment; Scattering theory; quantum statistics; variation techniques for small atoms and molecules, other atoms and the periodic table; emission and absorption of radiation from atoms. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1976 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 2637 | PHYS465 | Topics in Physics Selected topics presented in a formal classroom setting in specialty areas of physics not covered in regular courses. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) Future (2025-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Chair, Physics | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Review | |
| 2638 | PHYS465 | Topics in Physics Selected topics presented in a formal classroom setting in specialty areas of physics not covered in regular courses. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2006 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2639 | PHYS480 | Scientific Writing and Presentation (W) An introduction to effective practices in planning, writing, and revising scientific communications. Practical skills in using state-of-the art tools to prepare publication-ready scientific figures and articles. Students will produce both a scientific article and an oral presentation. Before enrolling in this course, students will have done some original scientific research, either in the Department or taking advantage of paid research opportunities at other universities and national laboratories during the summer, attested by PHYS 297/PHYS 497. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) Future (2025-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Chair, Physics | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Review | |
| 2640 | PHYS480 | Scientific Writing and Presentation (W) An introduction to effective practices in planning, writing, and revising scientific communications. Practical skills in using state-of-the art tools to prepare publication-ready scientific figures and articles. Students will produce both a scientific article and an oral presentation. Before enrolling in this course, students will have done some original scientific research. PHYS 295/PHYS 495 and PHYS 297/PHYS 497 exist to fulfill this requirement and students should also plan to take advantage of paid research opportunities at other universities and national laboratories during the summer before the senior year. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1979 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 2641 | PHYS480 | Scientific Writing and Presentation (W) An introduction to effective practices in planning, writing, and revising scientific communications. Practical skills in using state-of-the art tools to prepare publication-ready scientific figures and articles. Students will produce both a scientific article and an oral presentation. Before enrolling in this course, students will have done some original scientific research, either in the Department or taking advantage of paid research opportunities at other universities and national laboratories during the summer, attested by PHYS 297/PHYS 497. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2642 | PHYS495 | Directed Study See PHYS 295 for course description. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1979 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 2643 | PHYS495 | Independent Study This course consists of individual or group work adjusted to meet particular needs in Physics. Approval must be secured from the instructor prior to registration. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) Future (2025-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Chair, Physics | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Review | |
| 2644 | PHYS495 | Independent Study This course consists of individual or group work adjusted to meet particular needs in Physics. Approval must be secured from the instructor prior to registration. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2645 | PHYS497 | Advanced Undergraduate Research in Physics Research under direction of or verified by a member of the staff. The topic will be assigned in accordance to the interests and capabilities of the student. It is assumed that the student is familiar with one or more spreadsheets, mathematics manipulation programs, and graphing software packages. May be repeated for up to four hours. Credits: 0 - 2, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) Future (2025-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Chair, Physics | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Review | |
| 2646 | PHYS497 | Advanced Undergraduate Research in Physics Research under direction of or verified by a member of the staff. The topic will be assigned in accordance to the interests and capabilities of the student. It is assumed that the student is familiar with one or more spreadsheets, mathematics manipulation programs, and graphing software packages. May be repeated for up to four hours. Credits: 0 - 2, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 2647 | PHYS497 | Undergraduate Research in Physics See PHYS 297 for course description. Credits: 1 - 2, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1986 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 2648 | PLSC103 | Trial Advocacy Basics See BUAD 103 for course description. Pass/Fail. This course is cross-listed with BUAD 103. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2649 | PLSC210 | Introduction to Careers in Law, Politics and Development This course is intended to introduce majors and minors in Political Science and International Development to professionals and opportunities in their field. It will involve guest speakers, field trips, and general reading regarding best practices for gaining employment. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2650 | PLSC210 | Introduction to Careers in Law, Politics and Development This course is intended to introduce majors and minors in Political Science and International Development to professionals and opportunities in their field. It will involve guest speakers, field trips, and general reading regarding best practices for gaining employment. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2651 | PLSC224 | Principles of Macroeconomics See ECON 224 for course description. This course is cross-listed with ECON 224, School of Business. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1995 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2652 | PLSC254 | American National and State Government An examination of the operation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government of the national, state, and local levels. The evolution and current state of the three branches of government through US history and the ways society historically and currently interacts with the government is also described. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) Future (2025-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Records Office Final Approval, Records Office | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Review | |
| 2653 | PLSC254 | American National and State Government An examination of the operation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government of the national, state, and local levels. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1975 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2654 | PLSC254 | American National and State Government An examination of the operation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government of the national, state, and local levels. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2655 | PLSC254 | American National and State Government An examination of the operation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government of the national, state, and local levels. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2656 | PLSC260 | Comparative Politics This course will be an introduction to comparative politics around the world. Some of those countries to be studied have been and are expected to remain semi-permanent fixtures in the political discussion; China, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Africa, India, Iran, and Russia, for example. Others will be selected based on events at the time the course is taught. The Arab Spring, for example, will have been discussed. Elements of domestic politics that will be included will be political and democratic reform, voting rights, civil rights and liberties, party politics, and minority politics. Obviously all aspects cannot be considered over the course of one semester, therefore, issues that are relevant to the students when the course is taught will be incorporated into the syllabus. Because it is impossible to dig deep into several of these political systems in only one semester, by the end of the course students should have a basic understanding of the domestic politics of democratic process and authoritarian power around the world, and how politics, culture, religion, and the economy all play a part in shaping this process. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2017 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2657 | PLSC260 | Comparative Politics This course will be an introduction to comparative politics around the world. Some of those countries to be studied have been and are expected to remain semi-permanent fixtures in the political discussion; China, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Africa, India, Iran, and Russia, for example. Others will be selected based on events at the time the course is taught. The Arab Spring, for example, will have been discussed. Elements of domestic politics that will be included will be political and democratic reform, voting rights, civil rights and liberties, party politics, and minority politics. Obviously all aspects cannot be considered over the course of one semester, therefore, issues that are relevant to the students when the course is taught will be incorporated into the syllabus. Because it is impossible to dig deep into several of these political systems in only one semester, by the end of the course students should have a basic understanding of the domestic politics of democratic process and authoritarian power around the world, and how politics, culture, religion, and the economy all play a part in shaping this process. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2658 | PLSC265 | Topics in Political Science Selected topics in political science presented in classroom setting. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2011 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2659 | PLSC291 | Political Science Practicum Supervised work experience in a state legislative, congressional, or other governmental office. A minimum of 50 clock hours is required with an additional 50 clock hours for each credit hour beyond one credit (e.g., 0 credits = 50 clock hours, 1 credit = 50 clock hours, 2 credits = 100 clock hours, etc.). Pass/Fail. Credits: 0 - 6, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2660 | PLSC291 | Political Science Practicum Supervised work experience in a state legislative, congressional, or other governmental office. A minimum of 50 clock hours for each hour of credit is required. Credits: 0 - 6, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2006 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2661 | PLSC292 | Political Science Internship This course allows students to gain academic credit from work that relates to their discipline. In conjunction with their advisor, they should find an opportunity for legal, non-profit, government, or political experience that allows them to integrate their academic knowledge with professional experience. Pass/Fail. Credits: 9 - 12, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2662 | PLSC292 | Political Science Internship This course allows students to gain academic credit from work that relates to their discipline. In conjunction with their advisor, they should find an opportunity for legal, non-profit, government, or political experience that allows them to integrate their academic knowledge with professional experience. Credits: 9 - 12, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2663 | PLSC295 | Directed Study A course emphasizing individual directed study. The instructor to whom a student is assigned will determine whether credit is upper or lower division. This course also includes credit offered by the History Department on directed study tours. Writing emphasis credit for PLSC 495 only. Approval of the department is required prior to registration. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1997 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2664 | PLSC295 | Independent Study A course emphasizing individual study. The instructor to whom a student is assigned will determine whether credit is upper or lower division. This course also includes credit offered by the History Department on independent study tours. Writing emphasis credit for PLSC 495 only. Approval of the department is required prior to registration. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2665 | PLSC310 | Moot Court Students conduct research of legal controversies, prepare briefs, and argue cases before a mock judicial panel as part of the Tennessee Intercollegiate Legislative Society AMC3 Experience. Pass/Fail. May be repreated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 11 ($240), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2666 | PLSC310 | Moot Court Students conduct research of legal controversies, prepare briefs, and argue cases before a mock judicial panel as part of the Tennessee Intercollegiate Legislative Society AMC3 Experience. Pass/Fail. May be repreated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 06 ($90), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2667 | PLSC320 | Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Students work through content and activities on legislative procedures designed to prepare them to participate in the annual Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL). Pass/Fail. May be repeated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 11 ($240), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2668 | PLSC320 | Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Students work through content and activities on legislative procedures designed to prepare them to participate in the annual Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL). Pass/Fail. May be repeated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 06 ($90), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2669 | PLSC322 | Modern Latin America This course covers the region from Mexico to Brazil to Chile that some call “Latin America.” Examines the revolutionary nineteenth century to the present day. Particular emphasis on race and religion, including the Catholic presence, evolution of Pentecostal and other Protestant communities, and Afro-Caribbean religious practice. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2670 | PLSC330 | Introduction to United States Constitutional Law An introduction to the law of the United States Constitution, including the evolution of constitutional principles, methods of constitutional interpretation and analysis, and basic doctrines concerning the structure of government and the protection of individual rights Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2671 | PLSC340 | Modern East Asia This course covers the period from the late nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. Particular emphasis on cultural, geopolitical, and economic interactions between Japan, China, and the Koreas. Students will gain fluency in broader themes of imperialism, modernization, nationalism, and gender. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2672 | PLSC345 | Middle Eastern Politics and History (W) See HIST 345 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 345. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2004 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2673 | PLSC345 | Modern Middle East (W) See HIST 345 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 345. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2674 | PLSC353 | From Colony to Nation (W) A study of the colonial phase of American history with particular emphasis on the political texts of the age. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1992 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2675 | PLSC356 | Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in American History (W) See HIST 356 for course description. This course is cross-listed with This course is cross-listed with HIST 356. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1988 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2676 | PLSC356 | Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in American History (W) See HIST 356 for course description. This course is cross-listed with This course is cross-listed with HIST 356. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2677 | PLSC357 | Modern America (W) A study of Twentieth-century political developments in the United States, focusing especially on the presidency, Supreme Court, and foreign affairs. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1989 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2678 | PLSC372 | Modern China See HIST 372 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 372. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2015 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2679 | PLSC379 | American Foreign Policy See HIST 379 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 379. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2015 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2680 | PLSC379 | American Foreign Policy This course will examine American foreign policy from the late 1800s to the present. Major themes of American foreign policy and diplomacy will be engaged. This will begin with American public diplomacy in the late 1800s, will continue through both world wars, shifting strategies during the Cold War, in the post-Cold War, and post-9/11. This course is cross-listed with HIST 379. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2681 | PLSC388 | Contemporary Europe (W) See HIST 388 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 388. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2000 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2682 | PLSC388 | Modern Europe (W) See HIST 388 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 388. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2683 | PLSC430 | Modern Africa (W) This course connects the region’s modern history with its contemporary politics with particular attention to patterns of colonialism, independence, post-independence systems of governance, policymaking, and domestic political institutions. Case studies are used to illustrate these patterns and to better understand the nuances driving political developments across Africa today. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2684 | PLSC450 | Legal Writing and Research Students will learn the basic skills necessary for using legal resources using online digital research tools, commonly used in the practice of law. Students will also learn the basic Bluebook citation method. Students will learn the process of legal analysis, incorporating the results of their legal research into case briefs, appellate briefs and legal memoranda. The course presents the student with techniques for effective writing in the legal memoranda. The course presents the student with techniques for effective writing in the legal environment. The student will be required to argue their appellate brief before a local attorney as part of this class. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2020 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2685 | PLSC465 | Topics in Political Science See HIST 465 for course description. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1980 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2686 | PLSC471 | Western Political Thought through the Renaissance (W) See HIST 471 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 471. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1992 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2687 | PLSC472 | Western Political Thought since the Renaissance (W) See HIST 472 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 472. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1992 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2688 | PLSC490 | Oral Exam Independent study and reading in preparation for the one-hour oral exam taken the third week of the fall semester in the senior year. Students will read the assigned books, compose a departmental resume, and develop answers to thematic questions and political definitions in order to discuss them with faculty. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2019 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2689 | PLSC490 | Oral Exam Independent study and reading in preparation for the one-hour oral exam taken the third week of the fall semester in the senior year. Students will read the assigned books, compose a departmental resume, and develop answers to thematic questions and political definitions in order to discuss them with faculty. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2690 | PLSC491 | Political Science Practicum Supervised work experience in a state legislative, congressional, or other governmental office. A minimum of 50 clock hours is required with an additional 50 clock hours for each credit hour beyond one credit (e.g., 0 credits = 50 clock hours, 1 credit = 50 clock hours, 2 credits = 100 clock hours, etc.). Pass/Fail. Credits: 0 - 6, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2691 | PLSC491 | Political Science Practicum See PLSC 291 for course description. Credits: 0 - 6, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2004 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2692 | PLSC495 | Directed Study See PLSC 295 for course description Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1997 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2693 | PLSC495 | Independent Study A course emphasizing individual study. The instructor to whom a student is assigned will determine whether credit is upper or lower division. This course also includes credit offered by the History Department on independent study tours. Writing emphasis credit for PLSC 495 only. Approval of the department is required prior to registration. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2694 | PLSC497 | Research Methods This course trains students to conduct their own research on a political science topic of their choice. By the end of the semester, students will have crafted research designs useful for future publications or writing samples for employment or graduate applications. While the research project will consume much of our class time, professionalization topics will also be discussed. Credits: 3, Lab Fee 10 ($210), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2695 | PLSC497 | Research Methods This course trains students to conduct their own research on a political science topic of their choice. By the end of the semester, students will have crafted research designs useful for future publications or writing samples for employment or graduate applications. While the research project will consume much of our class time, professionalization topics will also be discussed. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2696 | PLSC498 | Senior Capstone This class meets bi-weekly during the fall semester of the senior year. It includes the senior retreat, a professional conference, attendance at career fairs and mentoring regarding getting jobs, going to graduate school, and spiritual discipleship for emerging adults. Credits: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 02 ($15), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2020 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 2697 | PREL235 | Public Relations Principles and Theory Basic public relations principles, philosophy, and theory as they relate to the historical development and contemporary practice of public relations; analysis of the role of public relations in business, industry, and nonprofit organizations, and of the functions and responsibilities of the public relations practitioner. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate ✔️ Adult Degree Completion (2000 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 2698 | PREL246 | Fundamentals of Advertising This course is designed to give the student a thorough overview of the business of advertising. Principal topics considered include advertising theories, the relationship between marketing and advertising, Integrated Marketing Communication, media planning, and advertising research. The course also includes an introduction to creative direction, copywriting, advertising research, and the process of planning and preparing advertisements. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2019 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 2699 | PREL265 | Topics in Public Relations Selected topics in public relations and related areas presented in a classroom setting. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2002 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 2700 | PREL291 | Practicum Supervised work experience in public relations, advertising, or sales. At least 50 clock hours of work experience are required for each semester hour of credit. Procedures and guidelines are available from the school. Retroactive credit is not available. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active |