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Course ID	Course
PHIL 675	PHIL 675 Metaphilosophy Course Credits: 3 This course examines the character of Philosophy as an academic discipline, with particular attention to the kinds of claims that are central to its inquiry, such as Logic, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, and Aesthetics. The feasibility of the claim that Philosophy is an objective discipline, and that its contributions are as significant as the factual matters handled in any social or natural science, are examined. Various subfields within Philosophy are given special attention, including Ethics, Logic, Epistemology, and Metaphysics.
PHSC 101	PHSC 101 Planetary Health & Sustainability I Course Credits: 3 Offers an interdisciplinary overview of planetary health and sustainability (PHS) through a three-part framework of economic, environmental, and socio-cultural factors. Students will explore basic PHS concepts; examine intersections between Christian theology, Indigenous ways of knowing, and sustainability; and engage a variety of disciplinary and pedagogical perspectives to develop a holistic approach to PHS. Prerequisite(s): None.
PHYS 111	PHYS 111 Fundamentals of Physics I Course Credits: 3 Students investigate physical reality employing basic principles of Newtonian mechanics which allow the description and explanation of motion: three-dimensional kinematics, dynamics of particles and rigid bodies including work, energy, momentum, rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, and fluids. Prerequisite(s): Physics 12 Co-requisite(s): MATH 123
PHYS 112	PHYS 112 Fundamentals of Physics II Course Credits: 3 The basic principles of classical electromagnetism and waves: mechanical waves, Coulomb's law, electric fields, Gauss's law, Faraday's law, AC circuits, electromagnetic waves, geometrical optics. Prerequisite(s): MATH 123, PHYS 111
PHYS 210	PHYS 210 Conceptual Modern Physics Course Credits: 3 A survey of the development of scientific theories, emphasizing the ideas that emerged in physics in the twentieth century. The course is designed so that general audience students become engaged with the conceptual aspects of topics in relativity and quantum mechanics. Prerequisite(s): Second-year standing NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
PHYS 215	PHYS 215 Stellar & Galactic Astronomy Course Credits: 3 An introduction to stellar and galactic astronomy, and to the tools and techniques of astronomy. Discussion of the types of stars and their formation, energy production, and end states; the nature of nebulae, star clusters, black holes, galaxies, and quasars; modern cosmology; astrobiology. Several daytime and night-time observation sessions are undertaken. Historical, philosophical, and Christian theological perspectives are considered. Prerequisite(s): Second-year standing NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
PHYS 220	PHYS 220 Mechanics Course Credits: 3 Topics in classical mechanics, including particle motion in three dimensions, noninertial reference frames, central forces, rigid body motion, Lagrange's equation of motion, and Hamilton's variational principle Prerequisite(s): MATH 223; PHYS 111 NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
PHYS 230	PHYS 230 Electricity & Magnetism Course Credits: 3 Electric fields and potentials of static charge distributions, currents, magnetic fields and the vector potential, electromagnetic induction, electric and magnetic energy, electromagnetic properties of matter. Prerequisite(s): MATH 223; PHYS 112 NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
PHYS 240	PHYS 240 Physical Chemistry Course Credits: 3 Introduction to thermodynamics as applied to chemical reactions. The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, free energy and equilibria, phase equilibria and electro-chemistry. Cross-listed: CHEM 240 Prerequisite(s): One of CHEM 103 or 111 with CHEM 198 lab; and one of CHEM 104 or 112 with CHEM 199 lab NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.

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