Course Syllabi

Introduction to basic aspects and techniques of technical and multi-terrain rescue. CR/NC

Instruction and practice for the novice in the skills and understanding of resistance training.

Study of leisure services in public, commercial and independent sectors, with emphasis placed on the urban setting.

Instruction and application of various (sport
specific) methods used to increase strength and
improve the physical condition of the college
athlete in their second year of training.

This class will provide instruction and practice
in the skills and understanding of conditioning
and agility training for the second year college
athlete.

Development of skills to design, plan, implement, and manage various recreation programs and services utilizing a variety of community resources.

Roles and Methods of leadership in leisure service settings to include theories and models of leader- ship, group dynamics, participant motivation, and communication.

Advanced scuba techniques; successful completion will lead to PADI Advanced Open Water certification.

Application of the skills and understanding developed in Beginning and Intermediate Resistance Training in a resistance program designed for maximum muscular endurance, strength, and power and hypertrophy gains.

Students will engage in the sport of soccer in a format designed to create competitive play more so than recreational.

This course examines the central issues and literature in philosophy. Subjects will include, but are not limited to: God and human nature, mind and free will, knowledge and reality, ethics and the good life, justice and the ideal state. The emphasis is primarily placed on the Western philosophical tradition

Logic is the systematic study of arguments. This course has a dual emphasis: (1) informal logic and (2) formal logic. Informal logic is concerned with fallacies as they occur in everyday discourse. Formal logic attempts to grasp the underlying mathematical structure of reason. The study of logic is intended to empower one to think clearly and concisely.

Explores the nature and development of moral philosophy from the ancient Greeks to the present day. The major systems of ethics are presented and then applied in various ways to a range of contemporary moral issues and dilemmas. The course is designed to enhance students sophistication in thinking about difficult moral and social questions.

A philosophical investigation into the nature of scientific inquiry and methodology: Topics include the definition of science, the realist/antirealist debate, the limits of science, the relationship between science and religion, and the nature, formation, use, and confirmation of scientific laws and theories.

Philosophical examination of moral problems that arise in relation to medicine and health care. Topics include end of life, reproduction, patient's rights, and justice in the distribution of health care.

This course is a critical examination of religious claims and phenomena. Topics include, but are not limited to: the nature and existence of God; the epistemology of religious belief; the possibility of miracles, life after death, and mystical experience; as well as the interrelationship between ethics, values, and religion.

Examines the contributions made by ancient Greek and Roman thinkers to the western philosophical and scientific tradition. A broad range of topics will be covered including: the universe, law, justice, knowledge, virtue, happiness, death, and god. Emphasis will be placed on the writings and thought of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

Examines competing conceptions of the just and ideal state, the nature civic virtue, the foundations of state authority, the relationship between economic and political systems, especially insofar as these systems either conduce to or resist the disenfranchisement among members of social groups, as well as what principles are needed to bring about social justice, uphold equality, and respect human rights. Emphasis will be placed on the analysis of influential texts taken from both classical and modern works of political and social philosophy.

Introduction to motion and interactions that change motion; introduction to mechanical energy, momentum, fluids, thermodynamics, and waves.

Introduction to electricity and magnetism, optics, and modern physics.