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Course Descriptions

 

International Peace and Conflict Resolution
  

  • IP 578 NGO Management

    This course provides an introduction to the concepts and skills needed to effectively manage non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their international projects. Through discussion, experiential learning and case studies, students learn how to design a mission statement and objectives; a strategic plan; marketing and fundraising strategies. Further, students learn how to manage human resources, external relationships and finances. In addition, students conduct outcomes assessments and evaluations. Students apply theory to practice by exploring the organizational and managerial challenges NGOs face through case study learning. Students also gain hands-on experience while working on projects proposed by the Philadelphia-based American Friends Services Committee (AFSC).
  

  • IP 583 Internship

    (3 credits)
    The professional internship experience is practical training at the graduate level with a practitioner organization in the field. 240 hours of internship are required, over the course of three to four months. The internship offers candidates substantive experience in their chosen areas of specialization. Candidates prepare a learning contract with their supervisors and the IPCR Director in order to determine their learning goals, resources and means of evaluation.
  

  • IP 585 Special Topics IPCR

    Lecture
  

  • IP 589 Independent Study

    This seminar serves to enable M.A. candidates to do significant supervised research in their chosen field of concentration, to interact with fellow can-didates and faculty in a formal setting, and to get feedback on the progress of their research, and to present their final paper.
  

  • IP 598 Capstone

    (3 credits)
    Candidates return to campus in the spring of their second year to complete a culminating activity that bridges coursework, study away and internship experiences. The seminar meets weekly and follows a workshop format. Capstone culminates in a public presentation of the project during the university-wide Capstone week

International Studies
  

  • IS 520 Global Poverty & Inequality

    Debates that surround poverty and inequality are some of the most urgent in our time. This advanced seminar critically analyzes the causes of poverty and inequality and applies this analysis to new approaches to development around the world. Students explore historical efforts to address poverty as well as contemporary texts that offer, cutting edge solutions to development challenges.
  

  • IS 530 Social Life of War: Political, Cultural and Identity Processes in Global Conflict

    This course explores war and violent conflict from a socio-cultural perspective. Not only do war and violent conflict result in humanitarian crises at the social level and atrocities and tragedy at the personal level, but they also fundamentally alter people’s social worlds, life trajectories, imagined communities and understanding of their position in time and space. As economic and political structures become destabilized or changed, war and violent conflict radically rupture social realities in ways that outlive the original conflict. The course explores the ways in which war and violent conflict reshape social structures, create new cultural processes in reaction to altered reality, and reconstitute identities. Students read and discuss ethnographic accounts that show how war and violent conflict are experienced at the personal, cultural and social level. This course enhances and complicates understandings of what conflict is and what it means for people and social groups who are forced to endure it.
  

  • IS 540 Law, Disorder and Globalization

    In the late 20th century, there was a global turn towards criminalization and incarceration as responses to social problems—to “disorder.” While justified by claims about increases in crime, this “penal turn” often precedes such increases, and so cannot be explained by crime rates alone. The politics of crime are a useful way to examine many social and political changes, such as the criminalization of poor and African-American youth and “urban decline” in U.S. inner cities. This course will examine how these politics help construct inequality in the U.S.; we will also consider how they shape international relationships between the U.S., Europe, and nation-states in Latin America and Africa. As part of this, we will examine how criminalization creates social hierarchies, in which some types of people and some nation-states are seen as inherently criminal and disorderly. We will discuss a range of specific cases that allow us to understand the factors that motivate the penal turn, exploring the ways the penal turn has material consequences that encourage future criminalization, such as for-profit prisons.

Mathematics
  

  • ES 503 Meteorology

    Exploration of meteorology as a science, utilizing discussions, laboratories, field trips, guest speakers and films. Focuses on taxonomic classification, field identification, and scientific collecting.

    Lecture
  

  • ES 505 Earth Science

    Introduction to physical geology. Emphasizes processes involved in rock formation and alteration of the lithosphere. Includes actions of wind, water, chemical substances and living organisms during weathering and erosion. Also stresses the role of plate tectonics on continental and ocean basin evolution and human impact on mineral resources. Requires laboratory activities and some Saturday field trips. (old #405)

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  • MA 95 Pre-Algebra (Math Skills)

    This course helps students to prepare for MA 100 This course is geared both to the individual needing a review of basic skills and those attempting to overcome math anxiety. Topics include operations on whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, rat
  

  • MA 100 Elementary/Intermediate Algebra

    This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts and processes of Elementary and Intermediate Algebra, with an emphasis on problem-solving. This course is geared both to the individual needing a review of algebra and those attempting to overc
  

  • MA 110 Pre-Calculus Mathematics

    This course is an introduction to basic mathematical ideas and techniques centered on the function concepts. Includes relations and functions in general, algebraic functions, trigonometric functions, exponential and logarithmic functions.
  

  • MA 117 Mathematical Concepts I

    This course is an introduction to mathematical reasoning and problem solving. The course emphasizes writing, individual and group investigations, and the use of relevant technology. Content focuses on number theory, college geometry, and the concept of
  

  • MA 118 Mathematical Concepts II

    This course is a continuation of . Further development of mathematical reasoning and problem solving. The course emphasizes writing, individual and group investigations, and the use of r
  

  • MA 141 Elementary Statistics

    This course is an introduction to basic statistical techniques and their applications to the sciences, social sciences and business administration. It includes the collection and presentation of data, measures of central tendency and variability, proba
  

  • MA 143 Business Math

    This course will provide an introduction to the mathematics necessary for a business student to pursue quantitatively oriented business courses including accounting, economics, marketing, finance and operations research. In addition this course will pr
  

  • MA 201 Calculus I

    This introduction to basic calculus presents limits, continuity, the derivative, the definite and indefinite integral, applications.
  

  • MA 201 Calculus I

    This introduction to basic calculus includes limits, continuity, the derivative, the definite and indefinite integral, applications.

    Prerequisite: MA 110 or placement exam.

    Lecture
  

  • MA 202 Calculus II

    This continuation of investigates further techniques of one-variable calculus, including techniques of integration, and infinite series.
  

  • MA 202 Calculus II

    This continuation of MA 201 investigates further techniques of one-variable calculus, including techniques of integration, and infinite series.

    Prerequisite: MA 201.

    Lecture
  

  • MA 203 Calculus III

    This continuation of includes multi-variable calculus and applications.
  

  • MA 203 Calculus III
  

  • MA 207 Applied Calculus I

    Not regularly offered.
  

  • MA 208 Applied Calculus II

    Not regularly offered.
  

  • MA 221 Linear Algebra

    This intensive study of linear algebra includes essentials of finite-dimensional vector-spaces, linear transformation, matrix algebra, systems of linear equations, and determinants.
  

  • MA 221 Linear Algebra
  

  • MA 225 Writing Mathematics: A Transition to Higher Mathematics

    This is the Computer Science and Mathematics Department’s research writing (RW) course. Intended for second-semester sophomores, it focuses on helping students gain facility with the two major types of mathematical writing: clear, concise proofs writte
  

  • MA 226 Writing Mathematics: An Abbreviated Transition to Higher Mathematics

    MA226 is an abbreviated version of . It is intended for second-semester sophomores and it focuses on helping students gain facility with the two major types of mathematical writing: clea
  

  • MA 230 Discrete Structures

    This introduction to discrete mathematical structures with applications in computer science includes basic set algebra, functions, Boolean algebra, propositional logic, graph theory and trees.
  

  • MA 242 Intermediate Statistics

    This in-depth examination of statistical concepts includes multiple correlation and regression, analysis of variance, non-parametric statistics, and sampling designs. It provides experience in working with computer packages in statistics.
  

  • MA 302 Introduction to Analysis

    This course is an introduction to the language, fundamental concepts and standard theorems of real analysis.
  

  • MA 315 Theory of Computation

    In this introduction to the theoretical basis of computing, topics include: a review of graph theory; network models; grammars, languages and automata; Turing machines; computability.
  

  • MA 322 Abstract Algebra I

    This course focuses primarily on group theory but also includes an introduction to rings and fields.
  

  • MA 330 Graph Theory and Combinatorics

    Graph theory topics include planar graphs, Euler and Hamiltonian circuits, graph coloring, trees, depth-first and breadth-first search, network algorithms. Combinatorial topics include arrangements and selections, generating functions, recurrence relat
  

  • MA 331 Modern College Geometry

    This is an examination of selected topics from Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry and projective geometry. It will introduce current software.
  

  • MA 332 Topics in Geometry

    Not regularly scheduled.
  

  • MA 341 Probability

    This is a study of combinatorics, discrete and continuous random variables of one and two dimensions, expectations, commonly used probability models, and normal approximation.
  

  • MA 342 Mathematical Statistics I

    This is a study of sampling theory, sampling distribution, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, linear regression and related topics.
  

  • MA 343 Mathematical Statistics II

    This continuation of includes regression models, time series, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). It employs the SAS programming language.
  

  • MA 352 Differential Equations

    This in-depth examination of theory and methods of solution of differential equations includes computer utilization and applications.
  

  • MA 356 Numerical Analysis

    This course is a mathematical analysis of interpolation procedures, polynomial approximations, numerical differentiation and integration. It includes their applications to computers. Not regularly scheduled.
  

  • MA 361 The Mathematical Theory of Interest

    This course uses a problem-solving approach to introduce students to the mathematical theory and practice of interest. Much of the class time is spent solving problems similar in scope and level of difficulty to those in the actuarial exam on Mathemati
  

  • MA 362 Derivatives Markets

    This is an introduction to the mathematics and finance necessary to understand financial derivatives.
  

  • MA 385 Special Topics

    A course in special topics will be offered periodically. Topics will vary.
  

  • MA 388 Actuarial Seminar

    The purpose of this course is to develop knowledge of the fundamental tools for assessing risk. The application of these tools to problems encountered in actuarial science is emphasized. A thorough command of calculus and probability topics is assumed.
  

  • MA 389 Independent Study

    In this individualized study in a selected area, suggested topics include real variable (construction of the real numbers, metric spaces, properties of Reimann and Lebesque integrals), topology (introduction to the theory of topological spaces), advanc
  

  • MA 402 Advanced Calculus

    This course is an introduction to the language, fundamental concepts and standard theorems of analysis.

    Prerequisite: MA 203 and MA 221.
  

  • MA 403 Topics in Analysis

    This in-depth study of selected topics in real or complex analysis proceeds on the assumption that a more advanced and deeper understanding of mathematics can be both useful and interesting to teachers and students who are not research mathematicians. It features self-contained presentations, using concrete models for abstract concepts. For example, Fourier analysis is presented based upon the vibrations of musical strings. It focuses on the needs of secondary school mathematics teachers.

    Prerequisite: MA 402 .
  

  • MA 422 Abstract Algebra

    This introduction to groups with emphasis on developments leading to factor groups and group homeomorphisms includes introductory study of rings and fields. 

    Prerequisite: MA 221; or permission of instructor.
  

  • MA 423 Number Theory

    Individualized study in a selected area. Suggested topics include real variable (construction of the real numbers, metric spaces, properties of Reimann and Lebesque integrals), topology (introduction to the theory of topological spaces).

    Prerequisite: senior standing and permission of the department chair.
  

  • MA 425 Introduction to Number Theory

    This survey of topics in the theory of numbers includes divisibility, Euclidean algorithm, linear Diophantine equations, congruencies, number theoretic functions, primitive roots, quadratic residues and special topics such ad Fibonacci numbers, cycle graphs and continued fractions.

    Prerequisite: Two courses in Calculus; or permission of the instructor.
  

  • MA 430 Graph Theory and Combinatorics

    Graph theory topics include planar graphs, Euler and Hamiltonian circuits, graph coloring, trees, depth-first and breadth-first search, and network algorithms. Combinatorial topics include arrangements and selections, generating functions, recurrence relations, pigeon-hole principle, and inclusion-exclusion. This course includes applications to computer science and business.

    Prerequisite: MA 221 and MA 203.
  

  • MA 431 Modern College Geometry

    This examination of selected topics from Euclidean geometry and projective geometry introduces current software.

    Prerequisite: Calculus II; or permission of the instructor.
  

  • MA 441 Probability

    This course is a study of discrete combinatorics, discrete and continuous random variables of one and two dimensions, expectations, commonly used probability models and normal approximation.

    Corequisite: MA 203.
  

  • MA 442 Mathematical Statistics I

    This is a study of probability theory, sampling theory, sampling distribution, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing and related topics.

    Prerequisite: Courses equivalent to Arcadia courses MA 441  and MA 203.
  

  • MA 443 Mathematical Statistics II

    This course includes analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, multiple regression, multivariate methods. It employs the use of computers to analyze large sets of data. SAS programming language to analyze large sets of data.

    Prerequisite: MA 442 .
  

  • MA 452 Differential Equations

    This course is an in-depth examination of theory and methods of solution of differential equations. It includes computer utilization and applications.

    Prerequisite: MA 203.
  

  • MA 456 Numerical Analysis

    Mathematical analysis of interpolation procedures, polynomial approximations, numerical differentiation and integration. Includes their applications to computers.

    Prerequisite: Calculus III and proficiency in a high-level programming language.
  

  • MA 460 Topics in Group Theory

    Investigation of groups and their properties. Emphasizes applications of group theory as illustrated by work with crystal structures, group designs, symmetrics both in art and nature and the work of M.C. Escher. Features classroom application of an abstract topic through student and instructor examples.
  

  • MA 461 History of Mathematics

    This historical development of the major ideas in mathematics begins with the Greek mathematicians and continues until the beginnings of the Calculus and group theory. It emphasizes the lives, times and contributions of the leading mathematicians in this 2000-year period. It stresses the contribution of problems unsolved and solved to further development of mathematical thought.
  

  • MA 501 Survey of Math I

    In-depth examination of theory and methods of solution of differential equations. Includes computer utilization and applications.

    Prerequisite: MA203.
  

  • MA 502 Survey of Math II

    Historical development of the major ideas in mathematics, beginning with the Greek mathematicians and continuing until the beginnings of the Calculus and group theory. Emphasizes the lives, times and contributions of the leading mathematicians in this 2000-year period. Stresses the contribution of problems unsolved and solved to further development of mathematical thought.
  

  • MA 503 Applied Calculus II
  

  • MA 505 Probability and Statistics

    Mathematical analysis of interpolation procedures, polynomial approximations, numerical differentiation and integration. Includes their applications to computers.

    Prerequisite: MA203, CS201; or permission from the instructor.
  

  • PH 201 Physics I
  

  • PH 224 Astronomy

    Fundamentals, history, and frontiers of astronomy.  Planets, exobiology, structure and dynamics of stars, galaxies, the universe, and cosmology.  Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly.

     

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Music
  

  • MU 401 Music with Computers

    This seminar in the science of the study of music. offers a chronological approach to history, literature and materials of music with special emphasis on research techniques, bibliography, reference materials and developing scholarly writings.

    Prerequisite: One course each in music and literature.
  

  • MU 403 Music in the Baroque Era

    This is a comprehensive period course to further the understanding of significant developments in music during the Baroque period (1600–1750). It emphasizes composers, literature, styles and analysis of selected works.
  

  • MU 406 Chamber Music

    This is a chronological survey of chamber music from the origins to the present day. It emphasizes composers, works, stylistic tendencies, forms, analysis and performance considerations.
  

  • MU 407 Survey of Opera

    This is a brief history of the development of the opera from the 16th century to the present. It surveys the music and plots of standard operas. It includes detailed study and recognition of musical themes as related to the characters and the plot.
  

  • MU 408 20th Century Music

    This is a detailed study of the composers, trends, styles and techniques in music beginning with the breakaway from Romanticism through the present day. It considers various philosophies, aesthetics and media.
  

  • MU 409 Symphonic Literature and Analysis

    This comprehensive study of composers and masterworks in the symphonic idiom from the 18th century to the present day emphasizes literature, style, structure and analysis.
  

  • MU 410 Survey of Music in America

    This is a comprehensive survey of music in America from primitive music through the present day. It emphasizes the contributions of American composers, performers, conductors, musicologists and educators. It focuses on significant literature and social, economic and nationalist causes affecting musical trends.
  

  • MU 420 Music by Women Composers

    An upper-level course on the history of women composers. This course is offered for all students. An historical and analytical survey of western music through works composed by women with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries starting with the Middle Ages to the Present. By the end of the semester, it is the hope of the instructor that students will have a grasp of music history, music vocabulary, elements of music including: melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, and form, knowledge of women composers, and prospective on gender and music. Students listen to music, participate in class discussions and listen to lectures. Students are graded on class attendance and participation, quizzes, projects, and a final paper
  

  • MU 426 Practical Comprehensive Theory

    This review of theory, harmony and counterpoint with emphasis on materials, techniques and pedagogy includes practical application and analysis combined with evaluation of contemporary techniques.
  

  • MU 441 Swing and the Big Bands

    This is a comprehensive study of the Swing Era and the Big Bands from the roaring twenties, through the great depression and World War II, with an emphasis on the music and those who created it, against the background of the social economic and political aspects of the times, and the technological developments that contributed to the spread of the art form.
  

  • MU 474 Music in the Classical Period

    This study of 18th century styles, composers and masterworks stresses the techniques of listening and evaluation.
  

  • MU 475 Modern Arranging Seminar I

    This is a comprehensive study and practical application of existing and original materials for various kinds of professional and school performing organizations. The course is designed to acquaint students with the art of arranging in order to enhance their skills and perspective in the creative utilization of functional materials for practical use.

    Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of music theory and harmony; MU 101 and MU 102 or the equivalent.
  

  • MU 476 Seminar in Composition I

    This is a seminar in creative work in the various techniques, devices, and methods of organization employed in the art of composition. The course is designed to acquaint the students with the various organizational styles of composing music, with the general objective of having them develop choices of their own in order to establish unique compositional languages.

    Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of music theory and harmony, MU 101 and MU 102 or the equivalent; basic music history and literature.
  

  • MU 480 English Hand Bells

    Lecture
  

  • MU 485 Special Topics in Music
  

  • MU 689 Independent Research

    Independent project in an area of individual special interest.

    Prerequisite: Two graduate courses in music at Arcadia University and approval of the Department Chair. Not open to Special Status students.

Physician Assistant
  

  • PA 504 Evidence-Based Practice

    (2 credits)
    This course reviews how to conduct a medical literature review with application to the practice of evidence-based medicine. Lecture and discussion include the basics of clinical research study designs, epidemiology, clinical testing parameters, and inferential and clinical statistics.
  

  • PA 509A Professional Practice I

    (1 credit)
    This is the first course in a three part seminar series. It begins with presentations on the U.S. Health Care System, providing a broad overview of its major components. This course also serves as a lead-in to discussion of the role of the PA and their participation in this system.
  

  • PA 509B Professional Practice II

    (1 credit)
    This is the second course in a three part seminar series that began with presentations on the U.S. Health Care System and provides a broad overview of how health care is delivered. This course also serves as a lead-in to a discussion on ethical practices and the role of the PA in the health care system.
  

  • PA 509C Professional Practice III

    (1 credit)
    This is the third course in a three part seminar series that began with presentations on the US Health Care System and provides a broad overview of how health care is delivered. This course also serves as a lead-in to a discussion on ethical practices and the role of the PA in the health care system.
  

  • PA 510 Medical Interview and Counseling Skills

    (2 credits)
    This course provides direction on the general approach to the patient with special attention to providing culturally competent care. Instruction is provided on how to elicit and document a complete history and how to offer basic counseling to patients.
  

  • PA 514 Physical Diagnosis I

    (5 credits)
    This course includes lectures, demonstrations, and practical exercises in the principles of medical history-taking and an introduction to the medical physical examination. Simulated patient encounters in small groups help reinforce medical knowledge, history taking and physical examination techniques.
  

  • PA 517 Human Gross Anatomy

    (5 credits)
    Gross human anatomy instruction consists of lectures, demonstrations, and virtual cadaver dissection to identify and understand the interrelationships and clinical relevance of gross structures of the body. Also includes small group training in radiographic anatomy and histology.
  

  • PA 522 Biomedical Science

    (3 credits)
    The course provides a systematic organ-based review of the more important infectious disease agents and the principles and techniques employed in their laboratory diagnosis. The course also explores the components and response of the immune system in mounting defense against common pathogens. Relevant pharmacotherapy and preventative measures such as immunization will be discussed. In addition, the important components genetics and genetically inherited conditions will be explored.
  

  • PA 524 Mechanisms of Disease

    (6 credits)
    Lectures and conferences cover the function of cells, tissues, organs, and systems of the human body and the pathogenesis of common human illnesses.
  

  • PA 526A Pharmacology and Therapeutics I

    (1 credit)
    This course is delivered in an asynchronous format and covers chemical concepts fundamental to understanding how pharmacotherapeutic agents exert their effects, to include physiologic and pharmacologic receptors, dose-response relationships and the pharmacokinetics of drug absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and excretion. Further discussion is on the autonomic nervous system and drugs that affect it. 
  

  • PA 526B Pharmacology and Therapeutics II

    (3 credits)
    This course is delivered in an asynchronous format and covers the pharmacology of drugs commonly used for the treatment and management of disease states. Course topics are aligned with the Medicine course lecture sequence.
  

  • PA 526C Pharmacology and Therapeutics III

    (3 credits)
    This course is delivered in an asynchronous format and is a continuation of Pharmacology and Therapeutics II. Course topics are aligned with the Medicine II course lecture sequence.
  

  • PA 528 Behavioral Health

    (3 credits)
    This course provides an overview of behavioral health conditions commonly encountered in medical practice as well as various treatment modalities. Evaluation and management of the psychiatric patient is explored in both the primary care and emergent settings.
  

  • PA 530 Physical Diagnosis II

    (3 credits)
    A continuation of PA 514 , this course consists of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on practical instruction in the process and techniques of physical examination, including adults, children, obstetric, gynecologic and geriatric patients. Simulated patient encounters in small groups help reinforce medical knowledge, history taking and physical examination techniques.
  

  • PA 532A Diagnostics and Clinical Procedures I

    (3 credits)
    Lectures and demonstrations provide a systematic presentation of the common clinical modalities used in the diagnosis of disease. The course includes instruction in laboratory medicine, diagnostic imaging and electrocardiography.
  

  • PA 532B Diagnostics and Clinical Procedures II

    (3 credits)
    The technique of diagnostic and clinical procedural skills are reviewed through lecture, small group instruction and workshop participation. Instructional tools used include live clinical models and simulation. The course includes instruction in radiology, clinical skills and CPR/ACLS.
  

  • PA 536A Medicine I

    (8 credits)
    This is the first of two Medicine courses. This course is divided into modules related to body systems. Each module typically begins with a brief review of related anatomy and physiology followed by a discussion of pathophysiology, symptoms and signs, diagnostic testing, and therapeutic management of specific conditions.
 

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