PHOT 3599 Independent Study (1–12) Independent study involves research work on a specialized subject or project, artistic work, or study of an interdisciplinary nature. In contrast to a practicum, the emphasis in an independent study is usually an individual pursuit of a specific content area. Requires the filing of official form and permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit if content differs. PHOT 4000 Photo Workshop (3–6) Specific topics are offered on a rotating basis. Recent offerings have included large format photography, the toy camera, image/text and study trips to places like New York City and Tuscany. May be repeated for credit if content differs. Prerequisite: May vary with topic. Introduces the study of contemporary politics, focusing on understanding current events or enduring themes (power, war, justice, etc.) of politics. Students practice oral skills or writing skills needed to effectively engage in political discourse and communication. May be repeated for credit if content differs. POLT 1000 Topics in Politics (3)
PHIL 2320 Contemporary Moral Problems (3) Examines the opposing positions typically taken in discussions of contemporary moral problems, such as euthanasia, the death penalty, pornography, animal rights, and world hunger. The focus is on developing and critically analyzing reasons used to support a moral position. GCP Coding: (SSHB) (ETH) This course considers how one ought to live, given what we know (and are learning) about ourselves in the physical and natural world. Students explore the values, rights, responsibilities, and obligations relevant to environmental problems such as climate change, air pollution, waste disposal, land degradation, water depletion and pollution, threats to biodiversity, and population growth. GCP Coding: (PNW) (ETH) PHIL 2360 Environmental Ethics (3) PHIL 2525 The Scientific Revolution and The Enlightenment (3) An introductory survey of the main ideas of leading Western thinkers from the 17th to the 19th centuries—an era of profound intellectual, scientific, religious, and philosophical change. This period offered discoveries that went smaller, larger, and farther than humans had ever experienced before. As a result, intellectuals confronted questions about the role of experience in knowledge, about what things are, about our place in things, and about the limits of what we might know or say. Emphasis on the historical development of philosophical positions, especially the articulation of views in reaction to the ideas of others, the interactions between "philosophy" and "science," the development and consequences of the mechanical philosophy, and the veil of perception. GCP Coding: (ROC) (CRI) PHOT 1010 Digital Basic Photography (3) This course covers basic concepts and practice of digital photography, including understanding and use of the camera, lenses, and other basic photographic equipment. The course will address aesthetic principles as they relate to composition, space, exposure, light and color. Technological requirements of digital formats will be addressed, such as formats and resolution. Basic digital manipulations of images will be taught in preparation for creating a photo portfolio of images. This course may not count toward the BA in photography electives. GCP Coding: (ARTS) (OCOM)
PHOT 2000 Photo II (3) Continues development of
PBRL 4300 Crisis Communications and Issues Management (3) Students learn techniques for identifying the stages of crisis communications for an organization starting with the process of issues identification and management and continuing through the creation of strategies and tactics necessary to retain and enhance organizational name equity with key stakeholders before, during and after an image crisis hits the organization. The student's ability to integrate social media and media relations tactics is demonstrated with the creation of a final crisis plan for an organization of the student's choice. Prerequisite: PBRL 1010. PHIL 2000 Making Decisions (4) There are significant tensions between how we ought to decide (or how decision theory tells us we ought to decide) and how we in fact decide. This course reviews ideal methods for decision making, ways that decision makers habitually fall short of the ideals, and how decision theory can be applied in ordinary life to make more rational decisions and achieve better outcomes. Topics include mental and social impediments to good decision making, probabilities, risk, games, and bargaining. GCP Coding: (QL) (OCOM)
photographic vision from PHOT 1000 Photo I as it moves the student into a digital environment. The course will involve a complete digital workflow, from capture with a DSLR camera to adjustment and correction in Photoshop to output for both print and web. Additional topics covered will include color theory, file format, color space and color management. Prerequisite: PHOT 1000 or PHOT 1010 or equivalent course in basic darkroom photography. Traces the evolution of photography from the nineteenth into the twenty- first century. GCP Coding: (ARTS) (WCOM) PHOT 2500 Photojournalism (3) Students combine practical assignments in newspaper and magazine photography with critical analysis of how photographs produce outstanding news and feature stories. Prerequisite: PHOT 2000 or PHOT 1010. PHOT 2040 History of Photography (3) PHOT 3120 Studio Photography and Lighting (3) Students learn techniques of medium format and 4 x 5 view camera photography and lighting and how to use studio lighting systems to produce commercial work. Prerequisite: PHOT 2000. PHOT 3190 Digital Photographic Imaging (3) Students learn the theoretical and practical aspects of photographic digital imaging. Students develop a theoretical understanding of this technology and learn to apply these principles using Adobe Photoshop. Students learn to control, modify, and manipulate digital photographic images for both corrective and creative purposes. PHOT 3195 Digital Photo Imaging II (3) Students learn intermediate and advanced concepts and methods of working with photographic imagery in creative, efficient, and innovative ways via Adobe Photoshop. Additional peripheral software and hardware are discussed as well. Mastery of these methods, tools, and topics is expressed in successful completion of interactive tutorials and personal projects. Prerequisite: PHOT 3190.
POLT 1050 Introduction to International Relations (3) This course examines how state and non-state actors confront
PHIL 2080 Topics in Philosophy (3)
Study of text or topic in a special area of philosophy. Contents and methodology on an introductory level. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
contemporary global problems. It also introduces students to the subfields of international relations: international security, international political economy, foreign policy, international relations theory, international organizations, and international law. Cross-listed with INTL 1050. GCP Coding: (GLBL) (CRI) POLT 1060 Introduction to American Politics (3) Presents the basic concepts, structures, and functions of the United States political system and an analysis of the role of individuals in the practice of American politics. GCP Coding: (SSHB) (CRI) POLT 1070 Introduction to Political Theory (3 ) Introduces philosophical issues and concepts of political thought from antiquity to the present through examination, from different perspectives, of democracy, sovereignty and authority, justice, liberty, and the relationship between the individual and the state. Cross-listed with PHIL 2300. GCP Coding: (ROC) (CRI)
PHIL 2110 Introduction to Ethics (3)
A topical introduction to ethics. Topics to be covered may include: the nature of ethical reasoning, duty, and obligation; excuses, mitigating circumstances, and personal responsibility; conflicts between obligations and between duty and self- interest; conflict between personal and community moral standards; and the objectivity or subjectivity of values. Replaces BUSN 2110. GCP Coding: (ROC) (ETH) PHIL 2300 Social and Political Philosophy (3) Introduces philosophical issues and concepts of political thought from antiquity to the present day through examination, from different perspectives, of democracy, sovereignty and authority, justice, liberty, and the relationship between the individual and the state. Cross-listed with POLT 1070. GCP Coding: (ROC) (CRI)
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