May 20, 2024  
2012-13 NSU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2012-13 NSU Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 
  
  • P ED 1341 - Soccer and Intermediate Volleyball

    1 Hours. Designed to give fundamental skill instruction and practice in beginning soccer techniques, and more advanced skills and play in intermediate volleyball. Course may be repeated for credit with a change in sub-title.
  
  • P ED 1551 - Combative Sports

    1-2 Hours. Activities for the general service program designed to introduce students to the basic fundamentals of sports involving combative techniques. Activities offered under this area would include, but not be limited to: Fencing, Karate, and Wrestling.
  
  • P ED 1611 - Beginning Bowling

    1 Hours. Designed to provide instruction in the fundamentals and techniques of bowling for beginners. Rules, etiquette, and scoring will be covered as well as various types of competitive leagues and tournaments.
  
  • P ED 1621 - Advanced Bowling

    1 Hours. For students who have had beginning bowling or students who have previously bowled in leagues and have already mastered the basic fundamentals of bowling. Women students should have a 125 average and men students a 140 average.
  
  • P ED 1701 - Dance Activities

    1-2 Hours. Instruction in basics of dance, including folk, social, modern, and square dance.
  
  • P ED 1721 - Modern Dancing I

    1 Hours. Designed to give students instruction and practice in the natural movements of the dance. Develop an understanding of the origin and development of modern dance.
  
  • P ED 1731 - Modern Dancing II

    1 Hours. Continuation of Physical Education 1721. Emphasis on advanced techniques and skills of modern dance.
  
  • P ED 1741 - Folk Dance

    1 Hours. Knowledge of skill in representative folk dances from various countries which include the Scandinavian countries, the British Isles, the European countries, the Latin American countries, and the United States. Emphasis on mastery of dance steps, formations, positions, and terminology.
  
  • P ED 1811 - Beginning Golf

    1 Hours. A general service activity course that teaches fundamental theory, strokes, and strategies.
  
  • P ED 2022 - Theory of Coaching

    2 Hours. The philosophy of coaching with emphasis on fundamentals, individual offense, team offense, defense, and game strategy. May be repeated with different sport emphasis.
  
  • P ED 2202 - Foundation of Physical Education

    2 Hours. A lecture and laboratory course for the orientation of physical education majors and minors. Also, a study of the history and principles of physical education.
  
  • P ED 2221 - Techniques of Teaching Team Sports

    1 Hours. This course emphasized the technical aspect of teaching team sports. Developmental skills, class organization and evaluation are discussed.
  
  • P ED 2231 - Lifetime Leisure and Outdoor Education

    1 Hours. Introduction to teaching adventure / outdoor recreational activities and assessment strategies for K-12.
  
  • P ED 2241 - Techniques of Teaching Gymnastics and Tumbling

    1 Hours. This course emphasizes the technical aspects of fitness, fundamental and locomotor skill development through teaching gymnastics. Methods of traditional, developmental and educational gymnastics will be introduced. All students will be provided the opportunity to work with children teaching the three methods as part of a service learning project.
  
  • P ED 2251 - Lifetime Fitness

    1 Hours. This course will address basic skills and methods for assessing, designing, and teaching fitness activities for K-12.
  
  • P ED 2431 - Recreational Activities – Golf

    1 Hours. Designed to provide instruction in the techniques of golf for beginners. Putting, chipping, iron play, wood play, rules, and etiquette are covered in addition to playing a few rounds of golf.
  
  • P ED 2512 - Motor Learning

    2 Hours. Concepts and applications of motor skill development dealing with attention, memory, knowledge of results, transfer, practice and motivation.
  
  • P ED 2552 - Sports Officiating

    2 Hours. Organization and administration of intramural sports, knowledge, and interpretation of sports rules and techniques of officiating.
  
  • P ED 2562 - Sports Officiating II

    2 Hours. Advanced course in sports officiating designed for students who desire to officiate interschool athletics. Course covers officiating mechanics and game rules for football, basketball, baseball, and softball.
  
  • P ED 3112 - Materials and Methods in Dance

    2 Hours. Practice and methods in presenting types of dances for elementary and secondary schools.
  
  • P ED 3401 - Honors Research I

    1 Hours. Topic identification and literature review for scholarly activity. Prerequisite: Honors student, Junior standing or above
  
  • P ED 3402 - Honors Research II

    2 Hours. Research and development of scholarly activity. Prerequisite: Honors student, Junior standing or above.
  
  • P ED 4222 - Physical Examination and Measurements

    2 Hours. Designed for physical education majors and minors and involves the use of various techniques in testing and measuring physical fitness. Prerequisite: P ED 2202.
  
  • P ED 4232 - Motor Skill Development of the Young Child

    2 Hours. Physiological and motor development of young children, 3-7, with activities teachers can use to promote psychomotor skill development through body mechanics, gymnastics and practice in various types of rhythmic exercises and movements.
  
  • P ED 4312 - Organization and Administration of Physical Education, Health and Human Performance

    2 Hours. Designed to provide basic understanding of programs in physical education, and health related fields. Prerequisite: P ED 2202.
  
  • P ED 4342 - Organization and Management of Intramurals

    2 Hours. Intramural programs; evaluation of activities; organization and administration of various types of intramural programs.
  
  • P ED 4401 - Honors Research IV

    1 Hours. All enrolled students will present their scholarly activity.  All other students are expected to attend. Prerequisite: Honors students, P ED 4402
  
  • P ED 4402 - Honors Research III

    2 Hours. Completion of honors thesis, artistic composition or other scholarly activity. Prerequisite: Honor student, Senior standing, P ED 3402.
  
  • P ED 4452 - Curriculum Development in Physical Education

    2 Hours. The content and process of K-12 physical education curriculum development for the public schools.
  
  • P ED 4513 - Elementary School Programs in Physical Education

    3 Hours. Designed for prospective teachers to implement philosophical and educational principles in teaching along with practical experiences in theory of selected activities in physical education for elementary school children.
  
  • P ED 4612 - Secondary Physical Education

    2 Hours. Practical experience in, and theoretical study of, selected activities and techniques in teaching secondary physical education. Prerequisite: P ED 2202.
  
  • P ED 4662 - Teaching Adapted Physical Education

    2 Hours. Principles and practice of physical education for exceptional or atypical students. Course will include techniques for accommodating these students in the physical education program.
  
  • P ED 4712 - Scientific Principles of Coaching

    2 Hours. The purpose of the course is to relate the laws of physics to the fundamental techniques of sports, so that coaches may learn the proper ways an activity may be performed. Prerequisite: P ED 2202.
  
  • P ED 4720 - Athletic Coaching Clinic

    1-3 Hours. Designed to teach the latest techniques and innovations in the following competitive athletic sports: Baseball, Football, Gymnastics, Soccer, Wrestling, Softball, and Volleyball. Course may be repeated for credit with a change in sub-title.
  
  • P ED 4740 - Seminars in Health, Physical Education, and Safety

    1-4 Hours. Current and pertinent problems in health, physical education, and safety. Prerequisite: undergraduate students must be majors in Health, Physical Education, and Safety.
  
  • P ED 4741 - Seminar: CPR Training

    1 Hours. A course designed to teach basic CPR techniques.
  
  • P ED 4750 - Directed Readings in Health, Physical Education, and Safety

    1-4 Hours. Individual study or class instruction on special problems in Health, Physical Education, and Safety not usually presented in other course offerings. Prerequisite: undergraduate students must be majors in Health, Physical Education and Safety.
  
  • P ED 4810 - Practicum

    1-3 Hours. Individual practicum experience in physical education.
  
  • PHIL 1013 - Introduction to Philosophy #

    3 Hours. Brief survey of basic philosophical problems which have faced mankind throughout the ages.
  
  • PHIL 1023 - Introduction to Logic #

    3 Hours. Principles of formal and symbolic reasoning as related to value and knowledge theories.
  
  • PHIL 2013 - History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy #

    3 Hours. Historical survey of Greek, Roman, and Medieval Philosophers.
  
  • PHIL 2023 - History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy #

    3 Hours. Historical survey of major philosophical thinkers from Renaissance to modern.
  
  • PHIL 3013 - Introduction to Aesthetics and Ethics #

    3 Hours. Logical investigation of fundamental principles underlying man’s ability to make meaningful judgments about truth, beauty, God, and morality.
  
  • PHIL 3103 - Introduction to Metaphysics #

    3 Hours. Systematic and logical introduction to necessary correlations of man’s life and thought which transcends the phenomenal and empirical order of nature’s events.
  
  • PHYS 1115 - General Physics I #

    5 Hours. First course in college physics introducing concepts in mechanics, heat, and sound. Prerequisite: Math 1513 or higher or high school equivalent. No credit for both Phys 1115 and 2115. No credit for physics majors.
  
  • PHYS 1215 - General Physics II #

    5 Hours. Second course in college physics introducing concepts of electricity, magnetism, and optics. Prerequisite: PHYS 1115 or 2115, or high school equivalent. No credit for both Phys 1215 and 2215. No credit for physics majors.
  
  • PHYS 2115 - Engineering Physics I #

    5 Hours. First course in college physics for physics majors, math majors, chemistry majors, and pre-engineering students introducing concepts in mechanics, heat, and sound. Prerequisite: Math 2614 or concurrent enrollment.
  
  • PHYS 2215 - Engineering Physics II #

    5 Hours. A continuation of Physics 2115, introducing concepts in electricity, magnetism, and optics. Prerequisite: PHYS 2115.
  
  • PHYS 3164 - Physics for Life Sciences I

    4 Hours. An introduction to the fundamental concepts, principles, approaches and techniques of physics, with the emphasis on their applications to the life sciences.  Part I focuses on Newtonian mechanics, fluid mechanics, and wave in physics.  Their applications in elasticity and viscoelasticity in biomaterials, structure and molecular dynamics in proteins, centrifugation, diffusion in cell, atomic force microscopy, cell membrane dynamics, blood and other complex fluid and so on are discussed.  A small project will be assigned to students involving reading research papers, solving life science problems in real world, and writing a project report. Laboratory required.
  
  • PHYS 3264 - Physics for Life Sciences II

    4 Hours. An introduction to the fundamental concepts, laws, and approaches of physics, with the emphasis on their applications to the life sciences.  Part II focuses on thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and optics in physics.  Their applications in membrane transport, electrophoresis, electric properties of neurons, membrane channel, nuclear magnetic resonance, electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Computed Tomography (CT) and so on are discussed.  A small project will be assigned to students involving reading research papers, solving life science problems in real world, and writing a project report.  Laboratory required.
  
  • PHYS 3613 - Optics #

    3 Hours. Geometrical and physical optics; thick lenses, group and phase velocities, dispersion, polarization, interference, Fraunhofer diffraction and Fresnel diffraction. Prerequisite: PHYS 1215 or PHYS 2215, and MATH 2614.
  
  • PHYS 3713 - Electronics #

    3 Hours. Introduction to amplifiers, semiconductor devices, transducers, waveform generators, operational amplifiers, digital electronics and instrument analysis. Prerequisite: PHYS 1215 or PHYS 2215.
  
  • PHYS 4103 - Mathematical and Computational Physics#

    3 Hours. A survey of mathematical and computational techniques used in physics and engineering and their applications to physical systems. Prerequisite: Math 4113 and six hours of upper level physics.
  
  • PHYS 4114 - Electricity and Magnetism (Field Theory) #

    4 Hours. A lecture course in field theory: including electrostatic field, electric potential, properties of dielectrics, magnetic force on moving charges, magnetic field in free space due to currents, magnetic properties of materials, ferro-magnetic materials, and Maxwell theory and vector analysis. Prerequisite: PHYS 2215, and MATH 4113.
  
  • PHYS 4213 - Atomic Physics #

    3 Hours. An analytical study of atoms, molecules, and nuclei, using the methods of quantum mechanics. Prerequisite: PHYS 2215, and MATH 2624.
  
  • PHYS 4322 - Special Problems in Physics Education

    2 Hours. Current practices in physics instruction including lecture, laboratory, and demonstration methods. No major or minor credit toward the Bachelor of Science degree.
  
  • PHYS 4350 - Special Topics in Physics #

    1-6 Hours. Selected study (theoretical or experimental) in Physics. Prerequisite: 16 hours physics. By arrangement. Course may be repeated with a change in subject matter for a maximum of 6 hours.
  
  • PHYS 4351 - Physics Seminar

    1 Hours. Directed study of scientific literature. Students will be required to make an oral presentation of their findings. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
  
  • PHYS 4503 - Advanced Physics Laboratory #

    3 Hours. Laboratory experiments on mechanics, heat, electricity, magnetism, optics, and quantum theory. Students will do a guided library search and design these experiments to prescribed specifications.
  
  • POLS 1113 - American Federal Government #

    3 Hours. A study of the principles, structure, processes and functions of the United States federal government.
  
  • POLS 2313 - Introduction to International Relations #

    3 Hours. Development of the state system; an analysis of contemporary foreign policies, particularly of the major powers; the role of the United Nations and other international organizations; the behavior of states in their relationships with each other.
  
  • POLS 2353 - Introduction to Comparative Politics #

    3 Hours. An introduction to the histories, institutions and processes of varying types of contemporary political systems. The course is designed to develop an appreciation and understanding of the issues of politics in the environments of selected nation-states in Europe, Asia, South America, and other regions.
  
  • POLS 2613 - Introduction to Public Administration #

    3 Hours. An introduction to Public Administration. The course will examine the role of administration in the public sector. It will explore the various trends in American public administrations, examine the problems in public organizations, and look at the different techniques of public management.
  
  • POLS 2713 - Introduction to State and Local Government #

    3 Hours. Organization, structure, functions, and administration of state and local governments.
  
  • POLS 2813 - Introduction to Political Theory #

    3 Hours. An examination of  Political philosophies ranging from Plato to the present.
  
  • POLS 3003 - Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature #

    3 Hours. Designed to provide practical experience in the legislative/governmental process. Graded Pass/Fail.
  
  • POLS 3011 - Model United Nations

    1 Hours. Designed to provide practical experience in the affairs of world governments, international organizations, and international relations. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 hours. Graded Pass/Fail.
  
  • POLS 3083 - Scope and Methods of Political Science #

    3 Hours. An analysis of political science as an academic discipline, with special emphasis upon research methods, approaches, bibliography, and contemporary trends.
  
  • POLS 3401 - Honors Research I

    1 Hours. Topic identification and literature review for scholarly activity. Prerequisite: Honors student, Junior standing or above.
  
  • POLS 3402 - Honors Research II

    2 Hours. Research and development of scholarly activity. Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.  POLS 3401
  
  • POLS 3513 - Legislative Process #

    3 Hours. A general study of the legislative process in Congress with special attention to the role of interest groups, constituency, and party in the formation of public policy.
  
  • POLS 3543 - American Presidency #

    3 Hours. An analysis of the relationships of the three branches of the national government with special emphasis on the presidency.
  
  • POLS 3573 - American Judicial Process #

    3 Hours. The function and role of the Federal court system with emphasis on decision making, the judges, and the administration of the courts. Primary focus on the Federal judiciary with attention given, for comparative purposes, to the state system
  
  • POLS 3743 - Municipal Government #

    3 Hours. City governments, their relations to the state and national governments, the rights and liabilities of municipal corporations, city political parties and pressure groups, the forms of municipal governments.
  
  • POLS 4001 - Workshop #

    1 Hours. A concentrated study on a particular aspect of contemporary political problems. The problem studied may be in domestic politics or in international and world politics. May be repeated with different topics to a maximum of 6 hours credit.
  
  • POLS 4002 - Workshop #

    2 Hours. A concentrated study on a particular aspect of contemporary political problems.  The problem studied may be in domestic politics or in international and world politics. May be repeated with different topics to a maximum of 6 hours credit.
  
  • POLS 4003 - Workshop #

    3 Hours. A concentrated study on a particular aspect of contemporary political problems.  The problem studied may be in domestic politics or in international and world politics. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours credit.
  
  • POLS 4011 - Independent Studies #

    1 Hours. For students interested in pursuing either a research or reading project; the content will vary with the needs and interests of those who enroll. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 hours credit.
  
  • POLS 4012 - Independent Studies #

    2 Hours. For students interested in pursuing either a research or reading project; the content will vary with the needs and interests of those who enroll.  May be repeated to a maximum of 3 hours credit.
  
  • POLS 4013 - Independent Studies #

    3 Hours. For students interested in pursuing either a research or reading project; the content will vary with the needs and interests of those who enroll.  May be repeated to a maximum of 3 hours credit.
  
  • POLS 4153 - Regional Politics #

    3 Hours. Course will analyze the politics of selected world regions, focusing on domestic political issues of individual countries and their relations with countries within that region. The regions examined will vary. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of six hours credit.
  
  • POLS 4163 - Political Development #

    3 Hours. Examines the varied issues of political, economic, and social change in “developed” and “developing” regions of the world. The primary focus of study is on the issues surrounding democracy and democratization.
  
  • POLS 4183 - Political Propaganda #

    3 Hours. A study of political propaganda and methods of political persuasion throughout history, with special emphasis on wartime propaganda and the use of modern technology in various means of political persuasion.
  
  • POLS 4213 - Political Parties #

    3 Hours. A survey of the origin and development of political parties in the United States; the nature and role of political parties in a democracy; an analysis of contemporary issues and party policies.
  
  • POLS 4233 - Interest Groups in U.S. Politics #

    3 Hours. An analysis of interest groups, their organizational structure, and their relation to our political system and to the public interest.
  
  • POLS 4253 - Public Opinion and Political Behavior #

    3 Hours. Theories of public opinion and propaganda; the formation, management, and measurement of political attitudes; behavior of men and groups in politics.
  
  • POLS 4263 - Politics and the American Indian #

    3 Hours. An analysis of United States Indian treaty relations and the fulfillment of treaty obligations; American Indian involvement in American political processes; Contemporary Indian protest movements from the perspective of the legitimacy of American political remedies to solve Indian grievances.
  
  • POLS 4273 - Black Politics #

    3 Hours. Analysis of the Black in the American political process; interest groups in Black politics; Black leadership; the political goals of the Black in America; the Black in Congress and in the local government.
  
  • POLS 4283 - Campaigns and Elections #

    3 Hours. An examination of the past and present roles and significance of campaigns, elections, and electoral politics in the American political process.
  
  • POLS 4293 - Politics and the Media #

    3 Hours. Examines the role and impact of the media in influencing the political process and policy decisions in the American political process.
  
  • POLS 4303 - World Politics #

    3 Hours. This is an advanced course in international relations that approaches the subject from a problem-based perspective.  Students are presented with puzzles in world politics and led through analytical procedures to “solve” those problems. Prerequisite: Juniors and Seniors only.  POLS 2313 Intro to International Relations.
  
  • POLS 4313 - International Relations Theory #

    3 Hours. This course provides an overview of the principal concepts, issues, questions, problems, and analytical approaches relating to contemporary international relations theory. Particular attention will be given to the history of international relations theory, the scope and methods of international relations as a subfield of political science, the levels of analysis problem, systems theory, balance of power theory, liberalism, realism, neo-realism and neoclassical realist theory.
  
  • POLS 4343 - International Organizations #

    3 Hours. This is an introductory course in international organizations and their roles in global governance.  This course will explore the historical, theoretical, structural, and political foundations of international institutions and regimes, as well as specific activities of international organizations,  initiatives by IOs to mitigate conflict, alleviate poverty, decrease inequality, promote human rights and environmental responsibility both within countries and within the global community will be explored.  Prerequisite: POLS 2313  International Relations, or POLS 2353 Comparative Politics 
  
  • POLS 4353 - International Political Economy #

    3 Hours. The course studies the politics of international economic relationships, summarizing the major theoretical and analytical frameworks in International Political Economy and identifying current debates.  Current perspectives, historical background, production, international money and finance, trade, development, and globalization are covered. Prerequisite: Junior and Seniors only.  POLS 2313 Intro to International Relations and ECON 2313 Macroeconomics or ECON 2213 Microeconomics
  
  • POLS 4363 - War and Justice#

    3 Hours. The course examines political realism, political idealism and a well-defined set of normative issues and moral problems related to the ideas of the just war and justice- in-war.
  
  • POLS 4401 - Honors Research IV

    1 Hours. All enrolled students will present their scholarly activity.  All other students are expected to attend. Prerequisite: Honors student.  POLS 4402
  
  • POLS 4402 - Honors Research III

    2 Hours. Completion of honors thesis, artistic composition or other scholarly activity. Prerequisite: Honors student, Senior standing.   POLS 3402
  
  • POLS 4413 - American Foreign Policy #

    3 Hours. Analysis of foreign policy-making concentrating on the major issues of the post-1945 period. Earlier periods highlighted to identify trends in policy and policy-making. Particular emphasis on the crucial role of national perception in international affairs.
  
  • POLS 4533 - Contemporary Political Theory #

    3 Hours. A description and analysis of democracy, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, communism, and fascism.
  
  • POLS 4543 - Political Philosophy and the Law #

    3 Hours. An examination of the legal norms and philosophical values that have historically been used to regulate the social and political community.
 

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