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Explores topics related to landscape architecture and design professionals including contracts, RFPs and RFQs, sales and client relations, portfolios, innovative projects and current events.
2 hour Lecture and Discussion
2 credit
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HR 1211 - Honors Colloquium II
Honors Colloquium II
1 Credit
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HR 2111 - Honors Colloquium III
Honors Colloquium III
1 Credit
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HR 2212 - Honors Colloquium IV
Honors Colloquium IV
1 Credit
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HR 3014 - Exploration and Enrichment
Exploration and Enrichment
1 Credit
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HR 11100 - Honors Colloquium I
Honors Colloquium I
1 Credit
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LA 0040 - “A” Day Leadership Laboratory
The student leaders who manage the college146s annual 147A148 Day exposition may earn credit for their management role; 1/2 credit per semester of leadership participation; may be accumulated to a maximum of 4 semester credits. Pass/Fail
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LA 0040 - A-Day Leadership Laboratory
The student leaders who manage the College’s annual “A” Day exposition may earn credit for their management role; 1/2 credit per semester of leadership participation; may be accumulated to a maximum of 4 semester credits.
Graded Pass/Fail
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LA 1015 - Music Appreciation
The music of each period of history is interpreted and analyzed with a view of understanding and appreciating our musical heritage. Illustrations for the works of the great composers are presented to assist in the establishment of criteria for evaluating music.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 1020 - Skills for College Success
The goal of this course is to improve students’ learning abilities and to sharpen the ability to think clearly, logically, critically, and effectively. This course is also an introduction to the ideals and values of the academic community. Students will also learn about the key abilities and dispositions of a liberally educated person. Required for freshmen who entered the college in the fall of 2008 and after.
1 hour Discussion
1 credit
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LA 1032 - American History and Government Since 1877
A survey of political, social, and cultural developments from 1877 to the present.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 1058 - Community Concert Band
This course provides students the opportunity to develop their musical skills through the study and performance of selected works for concert band. Performances are held on campus throughout the school year.
2 rehearsals per week
1 credit per semester
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LA 1059 - Chorale
This course provides students the opportunity to develop their musical skills through the study and singing of selected choral literature from various periods of music history. Performances are held on campus throughout the school year.
2 rehearsals per week
1 credit per semester
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LA 1060 - Introduction to the Fine Arts
This course studies the music of each period of history. Illustrations from the works of the great composers are presented to assist in the establishment of criteria for evaluating the music. One field trip is taken to The Philadelphia Academy of Music for the purpose of studying the orchestra in a rehearsal setting. This course also examines painting, sculpture, and architecture, and architecture in history to increase the student’s ability to interpret and appreciate works of art.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 1112 - Spanish I
A study of basic grammar and vocabulary with oral and written exercises that include conversation and composition.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 1113 - French I
Students develop a skill for recognizing cognate words using idiomatic expressions and acquire a basic vocabulary enabling them to read aloud with understanding, to pronounce accurately, to recognize and use appropriate grammatical structure, and to write and translate sentences for composition.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 1160 - German I
Instruction and practice in understanding and speaking the German language with stress on sentence structure, inflections, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 1212 - Spanish II
A continuation of the study of basic grammar and vocabulary with emphasis on spoken and written Spanish, including the reading of carefully graded Spanish texts.
Prerequisite(s): LA 1112 - Spanish I .
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 1214 - French II
Students will refine skills of vocabulary-building, speaking, reading, and translating.
Prerequisite(s): LA 1113 - French I or equivalent.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 1223 - Campus Leadership Training
This course is designed to provide a framework for developing leadership skills. The training emphasizes: active communication, team building, intervention strategies, decision making, and problem resolution. Students wishing to apply for campus leadership positions including Peer Advisors, Resident Assistants, Diplomats and Student Government leaders are encouraged to take this course. The course is open to second semester freshmen, as well as sophomores and juniors.
1 hour per week
1 credit
Graded Pass/Fail
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LA 1223 - Campus Leadership Training
This course is designed to provide a framework for developing leadership skills. Emphasis includes
active communication, team building, intervention strategies, decision making, and problem
resolution. Students wishing to apply for campus leadership positions including Peer Advisors,
Resident Assistants, Diplomats and Student Government leaders are encouraged to take this
course. The course is open to second semester freshmen, as well as sophomores and juniors.
1 hour per week Pass/Fail.
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LA 1225 - Critical Thinking
The goal of this course is to sharpen ability to think clearly, logically, critically, and effectively. Thinking effectively is also necessary to communicate effectively, solve problems and to make the best choices. This course is designed to increase and focus your thinking abilities by using a variety of methods - lectures, class discussions, readings, written assignments, problem-solving activities, and examinations. Success in the course depends on the student’s willingness to commit to developing the thinking potential that he or she possesses. May be required for transfer students who entered the college in the fall of 2008 and after.
1 hour Lecture
1 credit
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LA 1261 - German II
Instruction and practice in understanding and speaking the German language with increasing emphasis on reading and writing the language.
Prerequisite(s): LA 1160 - German I or Equivalent.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion per week
3 credits
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LA 2005 - Speech
Experience is stressed in preparation, delivery, and criticism of speeches on a variety of topics. Speeches include personal experiences, manuscript readings, demonstration, informative, and persuasive with a goal of attaining extemporaneous skill in delivery.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 2012 - Introduction to Sociology
This course covers the nature and functioning of human culture, with special attention to the problems of modern Western society. The course centers upon the interaction of individual persons and the social groups in which they have membership.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 2036 - Introduction to Psychology
A study of the general subject matter in the field, including child psychology, heredity and environment, individual differences, the nervous system, personal adjustment, human development, intelligence, mental processes, and abnormal behavior. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 2042 - Introduction to Philosophy
This course is a historical approach to Western philosophy. Major figures from the Greeks to contemporary philosophers are treated.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 2045 - World Civilization I
This course will cover the history of world civilization up to 1500. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be expected to be able to identify major issues in the historical development of major regions of the globe, including but not limited to Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Additionally, students will develop their abilities in critical reasoning, research, and presentation of material. - 3 Hours Lecture.
Prerequisite(s): Take EN-1101 EN-1201
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 2050 - World Civilization II
This course will cover the modern history of world civilization from 1500 to the present. It will address the general political, socio-economic, and cultural transformations that have shaped the globe. The course will be divided chronologically and regionally with emphasis upon the interactions between the western and non-western societies in the context of the global history. In addition to analyzing the textual and material evidence available in these regions from the past, key themes and concepts that determine the current development of world affairs also will be introduced. - 3 Hours Lecture.
Prerequisite(s): Take EN-1101 EN-1201
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 2138 - History of Western Civilization I
A survey of the developments of western societies and ideologies from the origins of civilization in the ancient Near East to the mid-seventeenth century.
Prerequisite(s):
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3 credits
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LA 2224 - Pennsylvania History and Government
Surveys political, social and cultural developments in the Commonwealth from Penn’s Charter until the present day, with special consideration of the role of Bucks County. Students will be required to participate in fieldwork at Delaware Valley College’s Roth Farm and Living Museum.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 2225 - African American History
This course is a survey of African-American history from its colonial beginnings to the present day. We will study and analyze such topics as the African origins and cultural traditions of African-Americans, the “Middle Passage,” the development of plantation slavery, the impact of the American Revolution on African-American life, and the emancipation of slavery in the post-Revolutionary North and the subsequent development of free black communities. Additionally, we will address and explore antebellum slave culture and slave resistance in the South, the abolitionist movement, and African-American political and military participation during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Finally, this course will provide a framework for understanding the modern African-American experience by looking at African-American history from the late 19th century to the current day, by examining the advent of the Jim Crow South, African-American northern and southern laborers during the industrial revolution, “The Great Migration,” the early to mid-twentieth century fight for political, economic, and civil rights (AKA the Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois debates), the Harlem Renaissance, and the modern Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. Other significant themes, such as analyzing African-American history during WWI, WWII and Vietnam will also be explored, as will major issues confronting African-Americans and African-American communities from the 1970’s to the present day, including urbanization, housing, voting rights, economics, politics and culture. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 2228 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology
This course will introduce students to the discipline of ethnomusicology. The course will focus on issues related to how and why people make music and what these musical traditions can teach us about a society. Students will be introduced to tools used in ethnographic research and will conduct fieldwork assignments where they are given the opportunity to apply these principles - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 2229 - Gender and Society
Working critically, collaboratively and with a feminist lens, we will study how gender impacts our lives, and how it relates to social inequalities. This course emphasizes the ways in which gender has been produced in historically and culturally specific ways that lead to specific outcomes at the structural level of society, as well as through every day social interactions. We will learn to recognize and critique the binary and ahistorical conception of gender, and we will also study resistances to gendering. We begin with a micro perspective on the social construction of gender in our own lives, and we will then broaden our investigation of gender constructions both historically and in the contemporary period. We will cover gender constructions in the context of histories of science, the invention of the modern nation-state; nationalism, colonialism and imperialism to war, displacement and poverty up through contemporary processes of globalization, and, most importantly, media representations. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 2375 - Personality Theories
A review of the major theories of personality development and personality functioning. In addition to covering the details of each theory, the implications and applications of each theory are considered. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 2450 - Life Span Development
This course focuses on physical, cognitive, social, personality and moral development over the lifespan. Students will be introduced to human development concepts, issues and theory with emphasis on inter-
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036
3 Credits
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LA 2575 - Intro to Counseling Theories
This course serves as a general introduction to the primary theoretical perspectives that guide the works of counseling psychologists. It introduces students to the process of counseling and psychotherapy. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 2620 - Multicultural Issues in Psychology
This course will impart a basic understanding of psychological concepts about identity and culture and how they affect interactions with others. The course focuses on a multicultural perspective for understanding and working with diverse populations, and will examine theoretical and research literature concerning gender, race/ethnicity, relation, etc. in the provision of psychological services. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3008 - Student Government
Students receive 1/2 credit on a pass/fail basis for active participation in the activities of student government. They include, but are not limited to, maintaining an office for a class year or on Student Government itself, serving on committees like SAC, being an officer in a club and representing that club in Student Government. A short paper is required each semester for students in the Student Government Board who desire credit. To receive credit, students must sign up for it at the Registrar’s Office.
1/2 credit
Graded Pass/Fail
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LA 3022 - Acting I
This course provides students with a safe and respectful atmosphere in which to explore the actor’s craft. The student not only learns how to act but how to use acting in common situations.
3 hours Lecture and Laboratory
3 credits
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LA 3024 - Acting II
This course prepares the student for specific roles. The actors will be matched to parts for which they seem most suitable and will learn how to break down a role emotionally and physically. By the end of the course they will prepared to begin rehearsals for a production.
Prerequisite(s): LA 3022 - Acting I or equivalent experience.
3 hours Lecture and Laboratory
3 credits
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LA 3025 - Acting III
This course leads the actor through the production process. There is a step by step plan in which the actor is moved from rehearsal through performance in some of America’s great plays. The plays will be chosen to suit the student’s abilities.
Prerequisite(s): LA 3024 - Acting II .
3 hours Lecture and Laboratory
3 credits
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LA 3031 - American History and Government to 1877
A survey of political, social, and cultural developments from colonial times through the period of Reconstruction.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 3034 - Adolescent Psychology
This course studies the development and behavior of adolescents with a focus on understanding the adolescent in terms of family, peers, school, culture and the community at large. Identity development, delinquency and sexuality will all be examined with an emphasis on how to provide services to the adolescent in need. Prerequisite: LA-2036 Introduction to Psychology or Permission of Instructor. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3039 - Policy Studies Methods
This course provides an overview of the study of public policy by exploring different approaches to policy analysis. Students will gain an understanding of how policy research is conducted as well as how policy recommendations are formulated. Emphasis is on qualitative analytical methods. Students will conduct their own primary source-based research and present their findings to the class. -3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3040 - Introduction to Public History
This class will introduce students to the field of public history, and many of its core components, including examining how public historians: administer and/or construct educational exhibits for historic houses, museums, or sites; write up proposals to nominate sites to receive either state markers or national registry of historic places designations (or are involved in the process of creating other monuments or memorials dedicated to historic figures, significant locales or buildings, and important events); create walking tours of historic sites (that may or may not include adding historic signage) and/or creating digital links for the public’s ability to access history; become involved in the process of policy decisions that affect a community, such as issues surrounding historic preservation or rural and urban development. -3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3040 - Introduction to Public History
This class will introduce students to the field of public history, and many of its core components, including examining how public historians: administer and/or construct educational exhibits for historic houses, museums, or sites; write up proposals to nominate sites to receive either state markers or national registry of historic places designations (or are involved in the process of creating other monuments or memorials dedicated to historic figures, significant locales or buildings, and important events); create walking tours of historic sites (that may or may not include adding historic signage) and/or creating digital links for the public’s ability to access history; become involved in the process of policy decisions that affect a community, such as issues surrounding historic preservation or rural and urban development. -3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3055 - Substance Use and Abuse
An introduction to the elementary dynamics of sub- stance use, abuse, dependency and treatment. The course is designed to facilitate the acquisition and retention of information needed by the prospective professional in the field of alcohol and drug abuse treatment. Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology. Suggested Prerequisite: Biological Science I. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036 and BY-1116
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3101 - Cultural Anthropology
This course examines the origins of human culture, with emphasis upon cultural and social organization, the impact and influence of cultural change upon such organization, and the traditions, rituals and relationships that define human civilization.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 3110 - Introduction to Public Policy
This course provides an overview of the subject of policy study and policy analysis.
3 Credits
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LA 3131 - Social Science Research Method
3 Hours, 3 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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LA 3132 - Comparative Politics
This course offers a comparative analysis of European, African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American political systems.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 3139 - Introduction to Research
This course is designed to introduce students to the requirements, philosophy, and methods of scientific research. Topics will include: experimental design, scientific methods, grants and funding, communications, searching methodology, ethics, selecting a graduate program, dissection and analysis of research papers, research style, and the administration of research projects.
3 hrs per week
3 credits
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LA 3151 - Studio Art I
Studio Art I is an elementary course in which the student is given the opportunity to find her/himself and the medium through which she/he wants to work. Studio Art II requires the student to express the self through the medium suggested by the instructor. Each course is a prerequisite for the following one.
2 hours Lecture and Practicum
2 credits
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LA 3240 - Political and Cultural Geography
The significance of contemporary world patterns of nations is considered through the interaction of their physical, economic, political, and cultural aspects, with an emphasis upon the interplay between population, migration patterns, language, religion, and political developments.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 3241 - Invention and Technology in America
Examines the influence of agricultural, mechanical, technological, and scientific change upon the United States from colonial times to the present. Students will be required to participate in fieldwork at Delaware Valley College’s Roth Farm and Living Museum.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 3251 - Studio Art II
Studio Art I is an elementary course in which the student is given the opportunity to find her/himself and the medium through which she/he wants to work. Studio Art II requires the student to express the self through the medium suggested by the instructor. Each course is a prerequisite for the following one.
2 hours Lecture and Practicum
2 credits
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LA 3380 - Intro to Counseling Techniques
This course includes information relating to stages in the counseling process, interviewing skills, counsel- ing objectives, and appropriate strategies. Students actively learn various counseling techniques using the mediums of role playing, peer critiques, videotaping, and discussions. Ethical considerations are empha- sized. Prerequisites: Introduction to Psychology and Introduction to Counseling Theories. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036 and LA-2575
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3390 - Measurement and Assessment in Psychology
This course involves discussion of the theory and application of psychological tests of intellectual functioning, achievement, aptitude, interests, attitudes and personality. Multiple testing contexts are discussed, including educational and psychological research, counseling and guidance, and private industry. Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3465 - Methods of Psychological Research
This course examines research methods used to study human behavior. Research design, including experi- mental, correction and survey methods are examined. Course topics include: the design of psychological experiments, data collection, data analysis and inter- pretation and preparing a research report. Students use SPSS statistic software to conduct literature reviews, analyze data, and write research reports in the labo- ratory. Prerequisites: Introduction to Psychology and Statistics for Science, or Permission of Instructor. 3 hours Lecture and 3 hours Lab - 4 credits
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036 and MP-3231
3 Hours Lecture, 3 Hours Lab
4 Credits
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LA 3680 - History & Systems of Psychology
A study of the history of psychology, including early and modern schools of thought, important trends, famous psychologists, as well as recent developments in the field. Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits.
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3750 - Child Development
This course involves theory and research on psychological development from conception to adolescence. Physical, cognitive, social and emotional changes will be studied. Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology or Permission of instructor. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4014 - Abnormal Psychology
This study of abnormal psychology in American society, including its occurrence, condition, and treatment, emphasizes the maintenance of good mental health. Topics include mood disorders, substance abuse, brain disorders and dream analysis. Prerequisite: LA-2036 Introduction to Psychology. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4037 - Non-Western Societies
Non-Western Societies surveys the non-Western cultures and histories of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and their nineteenth and twentieth century interactions with the outside world. This course will explore pre-modern origins and enduring traditions of each region, address various independence movements of the twentieth century, and discuss examples of contact with the West, conflicts arising over US-Soviet Cold War competition, terrorism, and the recent challenges to the emerging global economy.
Prerequisite(s): and one of the following: LA 1032 - American History and Government Since 1877 , , , or
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 4038 - Cultural Enrichment
Students are required to attend or participate in 14 cultural events, including concerts and recitals, lectures presented by distinguished authors, visits to museums, art galleries and shows, and theater presentations from among which the student must select a variety. Required for students who entered the College prior to the fall of 2008.
1 credit
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LA 4040 - Developmental Disabilities
This course provides an overview of developmental disabilities, delays, and disorders from a life-span per- spective. Topics include individual progress, services, and policies with attention to both family support and school-based principles of inclusion for youth. The course includes observation of youth with developmental disabilities. Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4042 - Introduction to Museums: History andyPractice
Through readings, written assignments, discussions involving museum professionals (directors, curators, designers, conservators, and educators from museums in the greater Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia area), and trips to such places, students will gain an understanding of the museum as critically important institutions that both preserve and interpret the past. Finally, the class that will also provide students with insight into how to evaluate programming, exhibits and collections, as well as to construct a sample exhibit of their own. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4043 - Memories, Histories, and Identities
This course serves as a requirement for students in the Public History specialization. Through discourse analysis of memoirs, films, museums and public monuments and memorials, this course aims to better understand the complex relationship among the formations of identities, remembering/forgetting and historical writing. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4045 - Seminar (Counseling Psychology)
Under faculty direction, students explore topics in psychology. This tutorial approach culminates in the preparation of a paper of considerable length with an oral defense/presentation.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 4110 - Critical Issues in World History
Examines global problems in historical perspective across time - war, terrorism, and the threat of war; cultural, racial, ideological, religious, gender, and economic struggles; and the search for peace and order.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 4111 - International Political Economy
This course analyzes the development, processes, and institutions of the global political economy, with an emphasis upon the politics and diplomacy of international trade and finance.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 4112 - Senior Seminar for Secondary Education
Under faculty direction, students explore topics in any of the following fields: American History, European History, World History, or the History of Science/Agriculture/Technology. This tutorial approach culminates in the preparation of a paper of considerable length with an oral defense/presentation.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 4115 - Critical Issues in European History
The course will examine the conceptions of modernity in historical perspectives across time and space, and the fundamental themes and current theories dominating the organizations and interpretations of the European history in modern age. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4116 - Critical Issues in American History
Critical Issues in American History allows students to explore important topics and themes in American History in greater detail. The course may be repeated for credit when the content varies. This specific course examines the Civil War, paying attention to the causes of the conflict, the conduct of the war itself, and the impact of the war upon American society. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4127 - United States Foreign Policy
The history of American foreign relations concerns, power, profit, security, politics, and ideology. This offering of U.S. diplomatic history, covering selected topics from 1775 to the present, will explore competing interpretations of America’s hot and cold wars, periods of peace, isolation, and intervention.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 4203 - Social Psychology and Human Interaction
The scientific studies of how people interact, communicate, influence, interpret and relate to one another. The courses focuses on the way an individual relates to groups as well as on how various groups affect the individual. Topics include prejudice, groupthink, attitude inoculation, polarization, eyewitness testimony, altruism, aggression, bargaining, mediation, arbitration, and conciliation. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4224 - Cultural Minorities
The social institutions of selected racial, ethnic and religious minorities, as well as the institutional, demographic and social/psychological aspects of inter-group relations, are reviewed.
Prerequisite(s): LA 2012 - Introduction to Sociology .
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 4228 - The American Family
This course traces a history and background of American family patterns that includes the structure, functions, and values of the contemporary family. It also deals with the factors that may result in the disorganization of the family.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 4243 - Ethics
An introduction to classical and modern logic; major concerns and approaches to ethics are considered, with emphasis on modern ethical problems.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 4372 - Couples and Family Counseling
Couples and Family Counseling This course is designed to introduce systems theories that are utilized in couples and family counseling. Topics include family development, and the issues, concepts and interventions associated with major family therapy models. Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4583 - Intro to Behavior Modification
An introduction to the concepts, theories and appli- cations of learning theory and behaviorism as they are applied to a variety of treatment condi- tions and applications in a variety of settings, with special emphasis on school settings. Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4892 - Childhood Psychopathology
This course explores the biological, psychological and social/cultural factors in the etiology, course and treatment of childhood disorders. Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology. Suggested Prerequisite: Abnormal Psychology. 3 hours Lecture and Discussion - 3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Take LA-2036
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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SR 4041 - Student Research
This course is designed for students of all majors who are of sophomore status and above with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 and who have a serious desire and potential to undertake a research project. After obtaining the approval of a faculty mentor, students intending to register for Student Research will need to submit a 1-2 page proposal to the Student Research Committee for approval. Proposals should include an abstract, project timeline, budget, and any funding requests. For registration in the fall semester, a proposal should be submitted no later than April 20 and for registration in the spring semester, a proposal should be submitted no later than Nov. 20. Once approved, registration is through the student’s departmental chair. Students, mentors and committee members will meet throughout the semester, with student presentations at the end of the semester.
Contact hours dependent on number of credits registered for this course
1-3 credits
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GB 5010 - Essentials of Economics
This course will cover the basic concepts of macroeconomics, microeconomics, and money and banking. Topics included are supply and demand, national income accounting, international trade policy, critical economic indicators, price elasticity, market structures, monetary and fiscal policy, theories of interest rate determination, globalization of monetary policy, foreign exchange markets, and budget deficits and public debt.
1.5 Credits
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GB 5020 - Accounting for Decision Makers
This course presents accounting as an information development and communication function that supports decision-making by managers, owners, creditors, and others. Topics included are: the conceptual framework of financial accounting, statements of financial position, income and cash flows, asset and liability measurement, concepts of income, the accounting process, taxation, cost classifications, determining the cost of products and services, cost-volume-profit analysis, and budgeting.
Prerequisite(s): Take GB-5095
1.5 Credits
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GB 5030 - Managerial Finance
This course will examine basic financial management issues faced by business decision makers and will build the essential analytical skills necessary for dealing with such problems. Topical coverage will include present value, cost of capital, capital budgeting, capital asset management, fundamentals of portfolio management, and capital asset pricing.
Prerequisite(s): Take GB-5095
1.5 Credits
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GB 5040 - Quantitative Skills
The quantitative skills course examinies essential topics of differential calculus and basic statistics that are applied to quantitative coursework in an MBA program. Among the topics covered are differential topics such as the ability to differentiate functions using the power, product, quotient, and chain rules. The differential calculus is applied to determine optimal solutions to case problems. Topics in statistics include a variety of descriptive and inferential statistics and probabiity applications encountered in business decision-making. The inferential statistics topics include: estimation, hypothesis testing using z and t tests, chi-square goodness-of-fit, ANOVA, regression, and applications using control charts. Students who benefit most from this course are those who have been away from quantitative courses for a period of time and whose calculus and statistics skills need to be refreshed. Students with very weak backgrounds are likely to be better served by enrolling in selected undergradu…
1.5 Credits
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GB 5050 - Marketing Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
1.5 Credits
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GB 5060 - Management Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 5070 - Business Law Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 5080 - Business Ethics Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 5090 - International Business Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 5095 - Information Systems Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 6010 - Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers
A study of interpretation and the use of accounting data for management planning, decision making and control. Topics include product costing, cost allocation, budgeting, variance analysis and performance evaluation methods.
3 credits
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GB 6020 - Advanced Computer Applications
Applications of computer technology to business problems. Advanced applications with statistical software packages, spreadsheets, database management. Topics include programming languages, algorithm development and societal impact. The course will fully integrate the use of statistical software with statistical analysis.
3 credits
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GB 6030 - Financial Management
Examine the fundamental principles of corporate financial management and capital markets. Topics include asset pricing methods, risk management, equity financing, debt financing, dividend policy and the relationship of finance with other functions within the firm, including practical and theoretical methods of financial analysis as part of a system of management decision.
3 credits
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GB 6040 - Marketing Management
A study on business-to-business buyer behavior, marketing segmentation and selection, product planning, pricing, distribution, promotion, buyer-seller interaction, negotiations, competitive bidding, and ethical issues.
3 credits
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GB 6050 - Managerial Economics
Examine the influence of government and other factors on the business environment. Study models of aggregate supply and demand theories of consumption and investment, money supply and demand, inflation, rational expectations, stabilization policy, financial markets and international finance.
3 credits
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GB 6060 - Human Resources Management
This course identifies the role of the human resource manager. The course examines, from a strategic approach, how the human resource functions interact with the EEO laws, job analysis, competency models, recruiting, selection, training, performance appraisal and management, job design, compensation, benefits, and labor relations. The intent of this course is to enable the student to apply human resources management techniques to the business industry.
3 credits
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