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3001PHYS316Partial 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3002PHYS317Issues 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3003PHYS320Issues 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3004PHYS325Advanced 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3005PHYS325Advanced 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)PHYSPhysics and EngineeringActive
3006PHYS326Advanced 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3007PHYS326Advanced 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)PHYSPhysics and EngineeringActive
3008PHYS400Physics 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSApplied TechnologyActive
3009PHYS400Physics 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)    
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3010PHYS411Statistical 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSApplied TechnologyActive
3011PHYS411Statistical 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3012PHYS411Statistical 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 (2026 — Indefinite)     Future (2026-01-01)
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3013PHYS411Statistical 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 - 2026)    
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3014PHYS412Quantum 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSApplied TechnologyActive
3015PHYS412Quantum 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3016PHYS412Quantum 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)    
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3017PHYS413Analytic 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3018PHYS413Analytic 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3019PHYS414Electrodynamics 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSApplied TechnologyActive
3020PHYS414Electrodynamics 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)    
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3021PHYS414Electrodynamics 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3022PHYS415Electrodynamics 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3023PHYS415Electrodynamics 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3024PHYS418Advanced 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3025PHYS418Advanced 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)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3026PHYS418Advanced 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)PHYSPhysics and EngineeringActive
3027PHYS465Topics 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSApplied TechnologyActive
3028PHYS465Topics 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)    
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3029PHYS480Scientific 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSApplied TechnologyActive
3030PHYS480Scientific 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)    
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3031PHYS480Scientific 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)PHYSPhysics and EngineeringActive
3032PHYS495Directed Study
See PHYS 295 for course description.

Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1979 - 2023)     Discontinued (2022-01-01)
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSPhysics and EngineeringActive
3033PHYS495Independent 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSApplied TechnologyActive
3034PHYS495Independent 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)    
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3035PHYS497Advanced 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSApplied TechnologyActive
3036PHYS497Advanced 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)    
✔️Physics (PHYS)PHYSSchool of Engineering and PhysicsActive
3037PHYS497Undergraduate 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)PHYSPhysics and EngineeringActive
3038PLSC103Trial 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3039PLSC111Moot 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 repeated for up to four hours of credit.

Credits: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite)    
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3040PLSC121Tennessee 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: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite)    
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3041PLSC210Introduction 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3042PLSC210Introduction 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3043PLSC224Principles 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3044PLSC254American 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3045PLSC254American 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3046PLSC254American 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3047PLSC254American 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)    
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3048PLSC260Comparative 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3049PLSC260Comparative 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3050PLSC265Topics 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3051PLSC291Political 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3052PLSC291Political 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3053PLSC292Political 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3054PLSC292Political 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3055PLSC295Directed 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3056PLSC295Independent 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3057PLSC310Moot 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3058PLSC310Moot 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3059PLSC311Moot 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 repeated for up to four hours of credit.

Credits: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite)    
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3060PLSC320Tennessee 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 - 2025)     Discontinued (2024-01-01)
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3061PLSC320Tennessee 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3062PLSC321Tennessee 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: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite)    
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3063PLSC322Modern 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3064PLSC330Introduction 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3065PLSC331Model United Nations
This course provides students with an applied introduction to international diplomacy and multilateral negotiation through participation in Model United Nations (MUN). It trains students to think critically about global governance while developing essential professional skills in negotiation, research, public speaking, and coalition building. By simulating real UN bodies, students gain firsthand insight into the complexities of diplomacy and the competing interests that shape international policy. Students will learn about the United Nations' operations, practice formal debate and resolution writing, and represent assigned countries in simulations addressing pressing global issues, including climate change, human rights, development, and security. Can be repeated for up to four credits.

Credits: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2026 — Indefinite)     Future (2026-01-01)
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3066PLSC340Modern 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3067PLSC345Middle 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3068PLSC345Modern 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3069PLSC353From 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3070PLSC356Race, 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3071PLSC356Race, 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3072PLSC357Modern 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3073PLSC372Modern 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3074PLSC379American 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3075PLSC379American 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3076PLSC388Contemporary 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3077PLSC388Modern 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3078PLSC410Environmental Politics (SERV-2)
This course equips students to understand the political forces behind environmental outcomes and prepares them to critically evaluate competing policy approaches. Students examine how political choices drive environmental degradation and protection, how global inequality affects who bears environmental costs, and how competing visions of justice and sustainability inform policy responses. Through comparative case studies, this course highlights the political struggles that define climate change, energy transitions, and international cooperation. It bridges political theory, public policy, and international cooperation to address one of the most urgent challenges of our era: how societies can balance economic development, ecological integrity, and social equity.

Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2026 — Indefinite)     Future (2026-01-01)
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3079PLSC420Terrorism and Political Violence
This course examines the causes, strategies, and consequences of terrorism as a form of political violence. It will explore how non-state actors use terrorism, how states respond, and the ethical, legal, and political debates surrounding terrorism. Through theoretical readings, case studies, and simulations, students will critically engage with terrorism as a global and domestic phenomenon.

Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2026 — Indefinite)     Future (2026-01-01)
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3080PLSC430Modern 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3081PLSC450Legal 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3082PLSC465Topics in Political Science
See HIST 465 for course description.

Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1980 — Indefinite)    
✔️Political Science (PLSC)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3083PLSC471Western 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3084PLSC472Western 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3085PLSC490Oral 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3086PLSC490Oral 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3087PLSC491Political 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3088PLSC491Political 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3089PLSC495Directed 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3090PLSC495Independent 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3091PLSC497Research 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3092PLSC497Research 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3093PLSC498Senior 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)PLSCHistory and Political StudiesActive
3094PREL235Public 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)PRELSchool of Journalism and CommunicationActive
3095PREL246Fundamentals 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)PRELSchool of Journalism and CommunicationActive
3096PREL265Topics 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)PRELSchool of Journalism and CommunicationActive
3097PREL291Practicum
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)PRELSchool of Journalism and CommunicationActive
3098PREL291Practicum
Supervised work experience in public relations, advertising, or sales. At least 90 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 (1998 - 2024)     Discontinued (2023-01-01)
✔️Public Relations (PREL)PRELSchool of Journalism and CommunicationActive
3099PREL295Directed Study
For students who want to do independent research and writing in a specialized area of public relations, advertising or marketing. Directed study topics will be selected with guidance from the instructor who will serve as a consultant to the student in carrying out the project.

Credits: 1 - 4, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1986 - 2023)     Discontinued (2022-01-01)
✔️Public Relations (PREL)PRELSchool of Journalism and CommunicationActive
3100PREL295Independent Study
For students who want to do independent research and writing in a specialized area of public relations, advertising or marketing. Independent study topics will be selected with guidance from the instructor who will serve as a consultant to the student in carrying out the project.

Credits: 1 - 4, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE

Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite)    
✔️Public Relations (PREL)PRELSchool of Journalism and CommunicationActive