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Course Descriptions

Course Description Notes

Northern Kentucky University has established abbreviations for its various disciplines. These abbreviations, which are printed next to the name of each discipline in the following course descriptions, should be used in preparing course schedules and at other times when referring to specific courses.

Following course titles in parenthesis is the number of semester hours of credit in the course. Listed below the course title are the number of classroom and lab/studio hours in the course, course prerequisites and co-requisites, and the semesters in which the course is taught.

Many courses satisfy NKU general education requirements under guidelines of the Kentucky Transfer Policy. If a particular course is approved for general education credit, a two-letter general education category designation follows the course title. The category for which the course is approved is listed in full beneath the course description. The general education category designations are:

OC – Oral Communication
WC – Written Communication
AH – Arts and Humanities
QR – Quantitative Reasoning
NS – Natural Sciences
SB – Social and Behavioral Sciences

Please refer to the General Education section of this catalog for complete information.

The university reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses of instruction at any time.
 

Organizational Leadership
  

  • LDR 381 Organizational Ethics and Decision Making (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course encourages analysis of the fundamental role of ethics in leadership and decision making. The ethical challenges confronted by leaders and the influence of personal values are examined. The course emphasizes personal ethical development including self-awareness, ethical decision making skills, and understanding diverse perspectives and group decision making.
    Repeatable: No
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  • LDR 382 Organizational Theory and Change (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Contemporary theory on the leadership of organizational change, including best practices for implementing change, and assuring that change will be successful.
    Repeatable: No
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  • LDR 385 Teamwork in Organizations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course focuses on the dynamics of teamwork. Roles and qualities of team leaders and team players will be discussed, along with attributes and behavior of teams. Special focus will be placed on problem solving in a team environment, diverse teams, and virtual teamwork.
    Repeatable: No
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  • LDR 394 Special Topics in Leadership (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Specialized topics of current interest to students of leadership and the organizational leadership community. Topics for current offerings are listed in the Schedule of Classes. May repeat up to 12 hours if topics differ.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

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  • LDR 396 Leadership Practicum (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Restricted to Organizational Leadership Majors and Department permission required.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Supervised application-based work experience related to the Leadership major. Educational component coordinated among organization, student, and faculty. Minimum of 20 hours on the job per week for three credit hours.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

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  • LDR 399 Independent Study: Organizational Leadership (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Department Permit.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Individualized study of a special topic under supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • LDR 460 Leading in Diverse and Global Contexts (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course will explore leading in both diverse and global environments. Students will gain appreciation for the importance of understanding both domestic diversity and global experiences and viewpoints. This course looks at the multitudes of issues involved in leading in these dynamic contexts by examining concepts such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, ability, gender, identity, prejudice and privilege, worldview, and holism. Upon completion of this course, students will understand issues of intercultural leadership and communication and build their capacities and skills for leading in diverse and global contexts.
    Repeatable: No
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  • LDR 480 Organizational Leadership Capstone (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing; restricted to Organizational Leadership majors.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course is the culminating learning experience for the organizational leadership program. Students investigate and analyze current trends and research in leadership and organizational dynamics to refine their understanding of leadership for today’s organizations and to prepare to adapt for the future. Critical and creative thinking skills will be emphasized, in addition to lifelong learning and development for leaders and the role of learning, creativity, innovation, and change in the development and sustainability of organizations.
    Repeatable: No
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  • LDR 495 Study Abroad in Org Leadership (1-15 credits)

    Hours: 1-15 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Department Permit.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An opportunity for students to engage in one or more officially- sponsored and/or program-approved Organizational Leadership courses abroad, ranging from one week to an entire semester. Program permission is required. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

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Philosophy
  

  • PHI 110 Philosophy, Individuals and Society - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    In Philosophy, Individuals and Society students explore a variety of philosophical views about the nature of individuals, social structures and the relationships between them. Students will critically examine different philosophical perspectives and theories that arise from questions about human nature, personal identity, free will and moral responsibility, the nature of mind, and the ethical, social and political dimensions of human existence.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Individual and Society
  

  • PHI 110H Philosophy, Individuals and Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    In Philosophy, Individuals and Society students explore a variety of philosophical views about the nature of individuals, social structures and the relationships between them. Students will critically examine different philosophical perspectives and theories that arise from questions about human nature, personal identity, free will and moral responsibility, the nature of mind, and the ethical, social and political dimensions of human existence.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Individual and Society
  

  • PHI 165 Introduction to Logic (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Methods and principles used to distinguish valid from invalid forms of argumentation in deductive and inductive reasoning; syllogisms, dilemmas, truth tables, and the scientific method.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHI 181 Philosophers, Cultures and Creativity - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Exploration of significant philosophers, their methods of inquiry and philosophical texts and their impact on various cultures in terms of science, ethics, politics, art and theology as well as how these areas influenced and shaped philosophical thinking, other individuals and cultures as well.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Culture and Creativity
  

  • PHI 200 Ethics - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This course is a philosophical examination of pluralistic viewpoints on individual and social ethical responsibilities in the global world. The development of a rational approach to ethical inquiry; Alternative ethical systems may be evaluated along with a number of other ethical issues relating to social, political, legal, or religious matters.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Global Viewpoints
  

  • PHI 210 Information Ethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Ethical issues faced by computing professionals including those related to computing in the workplace, security, crime, privacy, property rights, risk, liability, and the internet.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit
  

  • PHI 220 Health Care Ethics - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Ethical decision making and problems of contemporary health care in multicultural perspectives; abortion, euthanasia, population and behavior control; informed consent and counseling; professional codes and personal freedom; mental health and personal autonomy; justice and equality in health care; ethical conflicts in health service work; death and dying.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Global Viewpoints
  

  • PHI 265 Logic - QR (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAHD 092  or MAHD 095  or MAHD 099  or placement.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    An introduction to the methods of formal deductive logic, with an examination of its relationship to areas such as mathematics, computer science, and legal reasoning. Students will learn the language and rules of formal logic, as well as techniques of formal proof.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Mathematics
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  • PHI 280 History of Classical and Medieval Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Western philosophical tradition from the Greeks to the 15th century; birth of scientific explanations; the role of reason; impact of Christianity; influence of seminal thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Atomists, Augustine, and Aquinas on political, ethical, religious, and other ideas.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHI 285 History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Western philosophical tradition from the 15th to the 20th century; rise of rationalism, dualism, empiricism, idealism, skepticism, and utilitarianism, and the modern reactions to them, such as positivism, dialectical materialism, existentialism, and feminism; figures such as Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Hume, Mill, Kant, Hegel, and others.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHI 302 Research Ethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Ethical, legal, and public policy issues stemming from scientific research, including medical, psychological, and sociological; topics may include animal and human experimentation, informed consent, privacy, confidentiality, government regulations, freedom of inquiry and censorship, the moral responsibility of scientists, and research integrity.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 304 Zen (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Spring only
    The course offers foundational and developmental exposure to the fundamental and essential teachings of Zen from the stand point of both philosophy and religion as well as a non-sectarian practice in mindfulness training.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 305 Existentialism (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Meaning, freedom, responsibility, communication, creativity, and value in the works of thinkers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, DeBeauvoir, and others; critique of traditional notions of mind versus body, reason, truth, self-identity, language, and time.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 306 Philosophy and Science (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Philosophical issues in science; the nature of scientific explanation; science and pseudoscience; growth of scientific knowledge; Kuhn, Popper, Feyerabend, and others.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 307 Business Ethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Codes by which businesses and individuals in business act; problems that can develop concerning ethical issues; corporate personhood; corporate, employer, employee, and consumer rights and responsibilities.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 309 Global Ethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed to introduce college students to a variety of approaches to building a more ethical world. We will see how ethicists from many cultures do ethics from their unique cultural perspective. These cultures will include: African, Islamic, Feminist, Buddhist, Native American, Chinese, and Indian Hindu. We will explore most of the following issues: Human Rights, Environmental Responsibility, Hunger and Poverty, War and Violence, Sexism, Racism, AIDS, Abortion, and Euthanasia.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 311 Philosophy of Woman (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Ideas of and about women in the history of philosophy; perennial issues that have emerged from classical times to the present.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 312 Eastern Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Fall only
    Philosophical foundations of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Hinduism, including perspectives on self, reality, community, language, truth, enlightenment, embodiment, reason, emotion, and art; contrast with western perspectives; meditation and applied meditative practices.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 315 Knowledge and Reality (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Spring only
    Differing views on the nature of knowledge and reality, e.g., analytic, idealist, realist, materialist, existentialist, mystical, intuitionist, and emotivist; relevance of these theories to one’s personal philosophy of life and actions; nature of language, perception, intellection, time, matter, mind, God, freedom, truth, reason, emotion.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 320 Social and Political Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Nature and purposes of the state, grounds of political obligation, freedom and its limitations, human rights, social justice, and selected contemporary issues.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 323 Peace and War (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Philosophical study of main issues related to the ideas and realities of war and peace. Topics will include beliefs and theories about peace and war, the causes of violence and war, war and morality, alternatives to violence and war, peace ideas and proposals, applications to current world conditions.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 324 Africana Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Examination of philosophical ideas in relation to people of African descent. Topics include Africana conceptions of reality, time and space; Africana epistemological and logical systems of reasoning; Africa morality. Contrast will be made with Western philosophy. Other topics may include Africana-centered social, political and cultural issues such as slavery, colonialism, racialism and Africana identity.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 330 Philosophy and Law (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Major philosophical issues in law; theories of the nature and purposes of law, legal enforcement of community standards, strict liability, human rights, civil disobedience, theories of punishment, and legal ethics.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 335 Great Traditions in Ethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In-depth study of the major sources of western moral philosophy; representative selections from philosophers of classical times to the present (e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Kant, Bentham, Mill, Marx, Dewey, and Sartre).
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 340 Neuroethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Explores the relationship between neuroscience (and possibly other social and cognitive sciences) and the philosophical study of morality. Topics could include the implications of neuroscience for understanding moral judgment, moral emotions, free will and moral responsibility, the concept of a person, and moral character. Other topics might include ethical issues surrounding the practice and application of neuroscience in social, legal and clinical contexts.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 345 Philosophy of Mind (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed to examine issues and themes in contemporary philosophy of mind; the relationships among the mind, brain and world; problems concerning intentionality, subjectivity, consciousness, qualia, mental representation, mental causation; and the intersection of psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence with philosophy.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • PHI 348 Darwin and Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In this course we examine neo-Darwinian views on evolution and natural selection. We consider several attempts to use evolutionary principles to provide naturalistic explanations for important features of human existence, like the nature of thought, morality, freewill, creativity and the effects of culture.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 350 Philosophy of Religion (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Issues in religious philosophy, including the relation between faith and reason, the nature of religious experience, arguments for the existence of God, the problem of evil, and immortality.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 355 Socrates and Plato (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of two major formative persons in the development of Western thought and culture. Socrates’ life, trial, death, thought, and significance. Plato on the good, justice, education, knowledge, and reality; the Platonic tradition.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 357 Kant and Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of the work of Immanuel Kant and some of the subsequent philosophical views he influenced, including possibly the contributions of Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. Critical examination of ideas regarding knowledge, reality and value through careful readings of both primary and secondary texts.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHI 360 Environmental Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In-depth examination in environmental philosophy, including areas such as environmental feminism, animal rights, technology and human nature, environmental justice, or religion and ecology.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • PHI 375 Ethical Theory (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Fall only
    An examination of traditional and contemporary normative theories, such as utilitarian ethics, virtue ethics, natural and moral rights theories, Kantian ethics, contractarian ethics and care ethics. The focus may also include metaethical analysis concerning the nature of morality, such as moral cognitivism and moral realism.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • PHI 394 Topics: Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In-depth examination of a major figure, issue, or school in philosophy. Topic will be announced in Schedule of Classes. May be repeated as topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • PHI 396 Internship: Applied Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 5 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours in philosophy and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Supervised readings and research carried out in conjunction with practicum, internship, or job in student’s primary area of interest; focus upon philosophical and ethical issues of the work experience.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

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  • PHI 494 Seminar: Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours in philosophy.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Examination of a selected problem or tradition in philosophy. Offered according to demand and interest of students at discretion of philosophy faculty. May be repeated when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • PHI 499 Independent Study in Philosophy (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours in philosophy and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised readings and study of some philosophical work, problem, or tradition. May be repeated as topics vary, but no more than twice.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

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  • PHI 594 Topics: Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In-depth examination of a selected topic in philosophy. May be repeated as topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • PHI 599 Independent Study: Philosophy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of philosophy or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised readings and study of a selected study in philosophy. May be repeated as topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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Physical Education
  

  • PHE 104 Badminton (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Development of skills, knowledge, strategies, and attitudes in the sport of badminton.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 108 Aerobic Conditioning (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    This is a physical activity course designed to prepare, motivate, and engage students in various low to medium impact aerobic exercises. Aerobic conditioning is structured to increase cardiovascular fitness through safe and specific body conditioning exercises.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 109 Strength Training (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This is a physical activity course designed to introduce students to strength training as a lifelong activity. Proper techniques and training principles will be taught using different types of resistance training.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 110 Golf (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Development of skills, knowledge, strategies, and attitudes in specific golf activities.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 111 Yoga (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This is a physical activity course designed to familiarize students with the basic postures and breathing techniques of Hatha yoga, including slow stretching and toning activities designed to help release stress while elongating muscles.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 112 Snow Skiing - Snow Boarding (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    This is a physical activity course designed to instruct students in the fundamentals of snow skiing and snow boarding. The class is conducted at a local snow skiing facility. Students are charged an additional fee that includes rental of ski equipment and use of facilities.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 114 Karate (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Development of skills, knowledge, strategies, and attitudes in the sport of karate.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 118 Swimming (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Development of skills, knowledge, strategies, and attitudes in specific swimming activities.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 120 Tennis (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Development of skills, knowledge, strategies, and attitudes in specific tennis activities.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 122 Volleyball (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Development of skills, knowledge, strategies, and attitudes in the sport of volleyball.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 210 Intermediate Golf (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Refinement of skills, knowledge, strategies, and rules related to intermediate level performance of activities. For students already skilled at the Intermediate level in the activity.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 214 Intermediate Karate (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Refinement of skills, knowledge, strategies, and rules related to intermediate level performance of activities. For students already skilled at the Intermediate level in the activity.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 218 Intermediate Swimming (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Refinement of skills, knowledge, strategies, and rules related to intermediate level performance of activities. For students already skilled at the Intermediate level in the activity.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 220 Intermediate Tennis (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Refinement of skills, knowledge, strategies, and rules related to intermediate level performance of activities. For students already skilled at the Intermediate level in the activity.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 5
  

  • PHE 230 Motor Skill and Fitness Activities for Children (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Development of skills, knowledge, and strategies in activities developmentally appropriate for elementary physical education programs; movement concepts, fundamental motor skills, body management, rhythmic activities and dance, game skills, and physical fitness concepts and development activities.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHE 231 Dance and Rhythmic Activities (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    The focus of this course is to develop an appreciation for the value and benefits for the inclusion of dance and rhythmic activities in the P-12 physical education curriculum, and how to plan, demonstrate, teach, and assess a variety of appropriate dance forms in the elementary, middle grades, and high school physical education programs.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHE 234 Team Sports (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    An introduction to the performance and application of skills, knowledge, strategies, tactics, and rules of a variety of team sports (basketball, volleyball, soccer, touch football, lacrosse, ultimate frisbee and strategies to teach these sports using the sport education and tactical game approaches in middle & high school physical education or community programs.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHE 235 Individual and Dual Sports (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    An introduction to the knowledge, skills, rules, tactics, and strategies to successfully play a variety of sports (badminton, tennis, golf, Frisbee golf, track & field, bowling, and adventure education activities) strategies to teach and coach these sports & activities in middle school and high school physical education programs, and community sports programs.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHE 250 Physical Education for Elementary Teachers (2 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDU 104 .
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Content and skills for developing, implementing, and evaluating physical education in the P-5 classroom.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHE 299 Special Topics in Physical Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): sophomore standing and/or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Directed readings, independent research, or other areas of specific or individual academic interest. Not intended to substitute for any course offered on a regular basis. Written agreement between faculty and student must be submitted to department chair within first two weeks of semester; elements of agreement to include purpose, objective, instructional activities, time frame, and evaluation procedure.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 2

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  • PHE 310 Fitness Education for Children and Youth (3 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    An introduction to developmentally appropriate content, concepts, motivational strategies, teaching and assessment practices and strategies, and physical activities to be used to encourage children and adolescents to regularly participate in physical activity and to achieve and maintain a health level of fitness in school and community programs.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHE 318 Lifeguarding (2 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Swimming proficiency test given during first class meeting.
    Taught: Spring only
    Knowledge and skills designed to save own life or life of another person in event of aquatic emergency; CPR (enhanced first aid instruction) for the professional rescuer. American Red Cross certification awarded to students meeting requirements.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHE 319 Water Safety Instructor (3 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Must pass American Red Cross Level 4 swimming skills test.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Knowledge, skills, and methodology necessary to teach swimming and water safety skills. American Red Cross Certification for water safety instructor, and first aid/CPR awarded to those students who meet requirements.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHE 390 Practicum in Recreational Leadership (3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    The focus of this course is to provide students with supervised practical experiences in which they will work in recreational programs on and off campus. Students will gain an understanding and experience how a recreation center functions and how programs are planned, organized, publicized, and implemented.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

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  • PHE 470 Teaching Methods for Physical Education (4 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDU 311 , KIN 200 , KIN 330 , PHE 230 , PHE 231 , PHE 234 , PHE 235 , PHE 310 .
    Co-requisite(s): PHE 491 .
    Taught: Spring only
    Development of Knowledge, teaching skills and strategies necessary for effective teaching in physical education P-12, and Kentucky Initial Teacher Standards.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHE 490 Field Experiences in Elementary Physical Education (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): PHE 470 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Field experiences of supervised practice teaching in an elementary school setting.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHE 491 Field Experiences in Middle School and Secondary Physical Education (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Supervised practice teaching experience in a middle school and/or high school setting. Integrated with methods course.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHE 492 Internship in Recreation Leader (12 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 12 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): PHE 390 .
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    The focus of this internship is for students to gain professional experience in a supervised recreational setting in the community to prepare for work in a professional setting. Students will work with the program supervisor to determine the type of setting that will best prepare him/her for their professional goals.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

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  • PHE 494 Special Topics in Physical Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, winter, spring and summer
    This is a special topics course of a current interest/issue in the field of physical education.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15
  

  • PHE 499 Special Topics in Physical Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Directed readings, independent research, or other areas of specific or individual academic interest. Not intended to substitute for any course offered on a regular basis. Written agreement between faculty and student must be submitted to department chair within first two weeks of semester; elements of agreement to include purpose, objective, instructional activities, time frame, and evaluation procedure.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

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  • PHE 500 Adapted Physical Education (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): KIN 330 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Adaptation of physical education programs for temporarily or permanently handicapped persons.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHE 599 Selected Problems in Physical Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individual or group study of a topic of current interest in physical education. Topic selected by student with approval of instructor.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

Physics
  

  • PHY 100 Science, Engineering, and Design (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Course designed for students who wish to pursue a course of study in a field of science or pre-engineering at NKU. Topics will include career information, career and college success skills, and an introduction to design.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHY 101 Einstein 101 - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MAHD 099  or placement.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to concepts in modern physics by studying the work and life of Albert Einstein. Theories to be covered include special and general relativity, photoelectric effect, quantum mechanics, and Brownian motion. Assumes knowledge of elementary algebra and graphing techniques.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Natural Science
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  • PHY 110 Introduction to Physics with Laboratory - SL (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MAHD 099  or placement.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Conceptual physics for nonscience majors. Using guided inquiry activities to teach basic principles and their applications. Topics chosen from among: nature of physics as a science, mechanics, wave motion, light, heat, electricity, and the atom. Assumes knowledge of elementary algebra.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Natural Science
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  • PHY 150 Current Topics in Physics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Directed projects, readings, and discussion for students interested in physics as a major or a minor. Does not meet general education requirement in natural sciences.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHY 161 Circuit Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MAHD 099  or ACT Math 22 or higher.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Basic laws and theories, voltages, current, power, and resistance; resistive circuits in direct current circuits; analysis and applications. Mesh and node equations used in circuit analysis. Same as EGT 161 .
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 211 General Physics with Laboratory I - SL (5 credits)

    Hours: 4 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MAT 119  or a minimal math ACT score of 25 or equivalent placement.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Noncalculus introduction to classical physics using guided inquiry activities. Topics include kinematics, forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion, circular motion, work and energy, momentum, rotational motion, static equilibrium, and fluids. Assumes knowledge of algebra and basic trigonometry.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Natural Science
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  • PHY 213 General Physics with Laboratory II (5 credits)

    Hours: 4 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 211 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Noncalculus introduction to classical physics using guided inquiry activities. Continuation of PHY 211 . Topics include oscillations, waves and sound, electric forces and fields, DC circuits, magnetic forces and fields, AC circuits, geometrical optics, and physical optics.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 220 University Physics with Laboratory I - SL (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: MAT 129  or MAT 227  or math ACT of 25 or higher.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Calculus-based introduction to classical physics using guided inquiry activities. Topics include techniques for data analysis, kinematics, forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion, circular motion, work and energy, momentum, rotational motion, static equilibrium.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Natural Science
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  • PHY 222 University Physics with Laboratory II (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in PHY 220 .
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: MAT 229  or MAT 228 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Calculus-based introduction to classical electromagnetic theory using guided inquiry activities. Topics include electric forces and fields, DC circuits, magnetic forces and fields, AC circuits.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 224 University Physics with Laboratory III (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MAT 129  and “C-” or better in PHY 220 .
    Taught: Spring only
    Calculus-based introduction to classical physics using guided inquiry activities. Topics include oscillations, waves, sound, geometrical optics, physical optics, fluids, and thermodynamics.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 292 Research Experience in Physics (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department chair.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Original research work directed by one or more members of the physics faculty. May be taken more than once. Pass/fail grade only.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 0.5

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  • PHY 294 Topics: Physics (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department chair.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Special topics in physics.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

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  • PHY 300 Intermediate Physics Laboratory (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 361 .
    Taught: Fall only
    A selection of experiments in classical and modern physics. Topics include but are not limited to properties of light, quantization of charge, and atomic structure.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • PHY 301 Advanced Physics Laboratory (2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 300 .
    Taught: Spring only
    A selection of advanced experiments in classical and modern physics. Topics are selected from thermodynamic properties of matter, nuclear structure, particle physics, and advanced optics.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 305 Statics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MAT 228  or MAT 229 , and C- or better in PHY 211  or PHY 220 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Force on bodies at rest; vector algebra; force systems; equivalent force systems; distributed forces; internal forces; principles of equilibrium; application to trusses, frames, and beams; friction.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 310 Dynamics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in PHY 220 .
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: MAT 325 .
    Taught: Spring only
    Particle dynamics in one, two, and three dimensions; applications of mathematics to mechanical systems; theory of small oscillations; rigid- body dynamics.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 315 Introduction to Astrophysics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MAT 129  or MAT 227 , and C- or better in PHY 213  or PHY 222 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Quantitative application of physical principles to subjects of astronomical interest, such as the interaction of radiation with matter, analysis of stellar atmospheres, origin and evolution of the elements, and cosmology. Same as AST 315 .
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 320 Physical Optics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MAT 228  or MAT 229 , and C- or better in PHY 224 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Nature of light; interference; diffraction; polarization.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 330 Mathematical Physics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 325 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Fourier series; orthogonal expansions; eigenvalue problems; boundary value problems in ordinary and partial differential equations. Same as MAT 330 .
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 360 Thermodynamics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in PHY 224 .
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: MAT 329 .
    Taught: Spring only
    The laws of thermodynamics applied to closed systems, open systems, power cycles, and refrigeration cycles; extensive use of tables and graphs of thermodynamic properties.
    Repeatable: No
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  • PHY 361 Modern Physics I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MAT 129  or MAT 227 , and C- or better in PHY 213  or PHY 224 .
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 300 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Introduction to concepts of modern physics; relativity, quantization of charge, black-body radiation, photoelectric effect, X-ray and Compton scattering, atomic models of Rutherford and Bohr, wave properties of matter, the Schrodinger equation, and atomic physics.
    Repeatable: No
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