| TCOM 2130 | LECT | Business Communication | 2 | Techniques and practices in business writing and oral communication including communicating through letters, memoranda, reports; and effective speaking, interviewing, and conference skills. In addition this course will make extensive use of computer-based presentation programs. This is a foundational course in the major. |
| CHEM 2500 | LECT | Advanced Skills for Chemistry | 4 | This course is designed to be a bridge between the workplace and an upper level chemistry course. The focus of the course will be to review the main chemistry problem solving techniques from General Chemistry. The problem types that will be addressed with topics such as: mole/mass relationships, balancing equations, gas law calculations, energy/frequency relationships, solution concetrations, kinetics, equilibrium calculations, titrations, free energy relationships, electrochemistry, and isomerism in organic compounds. |
| PHIL 2730 | LECT | Biomedical Moral Dilemmas | 2 | A study of the philosophical and theological foundations of biomedical ethics and their application to specific issues such as abortion, euthanasia, organ transplants, and genetic engineering. Cases are examined and discussed. |
| CHEM 3000 | LAB | Analytical Chemistry I Lab | 0 | |
| CHEM 3000 | LECT | Analytical Chemistry I | 4 | Theory and methods of volumetric and gravimetric analysis with an introduction to instrumental methods of analysis. Two hours of lecture, six hours of laboratory each week. |
| LIBS 3000 | LECT | The Quest for Self-Knowledge | 4 | Following Socrates' dictum, "Know thyself," this course examines self-knowledge and the place of the individual in the western tradition from the classical period to the present with reference to literary, historical, psychological, and theological perspectives. Topics for discussion will include the limitations of self-knowledge, knowledge of the "other," and the individual freedom. |
| LIBS 3400 | LECT | The Quest for Community and an Ordered Society | 4 | Following John Donne's assertion that "no man is an island," this course examines what it means to live in community and society in the western traditions from the classical period to the present. Topics for discussion will include the uses and misuses of power and authority, the relationship of the individual to society, political economy, the place of minority communities in society, alienation and community, and cultural diversity. |
| LIBS 3600 | LECT | The Quest for Stewardship and Ethical Responsibility | 4 | An examination of the Judeo-Christian understanding of humans made in the image of God as it pertains to the stewardship of the earth and its resources, and human responsibility for ethical decision-making. This course challenges students to explore their responsibilities as moral agents in work and society committed to the ends of peace and justice. Topics of discussion will include human rights, social needs and human responsibility, ethical formation, and the relationship of the individual to society in ethical decision-making. |
| CHEM 3800 | Internship | 0 | Unpaid field experience related to the student's academic and life goals. Supervision must be provided by a faculty member and a practicing professional at the placement site. Junior or senior standing, departmental approval, pre-internship orientation, a reading plan, work plan, journal and evaluation are required. Final grade will be Pass or Fail. One semester hour credit per fifty hours at the work site. | |
| CHEM 3830 | Cooperative Education | 0 | Paid work experience directly related to the student's academic studies and life goals. Supervision must be provided by a faculty member and a practicing professional at the placement site. Junior or senior standing: 2.5 minimum GPA, departmental approval, co-op orientation, learning contract (including reading and writing assignments), and evaluation are required. One semester hour credit per 50 hours at the work site. | |
| CHEM 4000 | LAB | Physical Chemistry Lab | 0 | |
| CHEM 4000 | LECT | Physical Chemistry | 5 | Theoretical principles of gases, liquids, solids, atomic and molecular structure, elementary thermodynamics and thermo-chemistry, solutions, reaction kinetics, chemical equilibria, phase rule, colloidal systems, catalysis, electrochemistry, photochemistry, and radiochemistry. Three hours of lecture, six hours of labaratory. |
| LIBS 4000 | LECT | The Quest for Career and Vocation | 4 | The capstone course designed to examine the meaning and purpose of work and career, and the examination of vocation defined by Fredrick Buechner as "the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." Topics for discussion will include the meaning of fulfillment, balancing family and career, spirituality of work, and community service. |