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2016-2017 University Catalog 
    
2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Psychology

  
  • PSY 53500 - Psychology Of Death And Dying


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of psychological research and theory related to death and the dying process. Topics include death concepts, attitudes, and fears, psychosocial predictors of death, effects of death on survivors, psycho-social factors related to individual differences and normative dying behaviors, stages of dying, effects of pain and drugs, and managing the dying process. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 54000 - History Of Psychology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A review of the philosophical, theoretical, and methodological issues that entered into the development of modern psychology. Emphasis is placed on historical themes that continue to be active in the science and profession of psychology. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 55000 - Introduction To Clinical Psychology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The case-study method, including a discussion of the importance of historical information, the contribution of clinical tests to diagnosis, and a general survey of prevention and treatment techniques. Typically offered Summer Fall.
  
  • PSY 55500 - Cognitive Engineering Of Interactive Software


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (IE 55900 ) Theory and applications of software design to improve productivity and job satisfaction on information processing and cognitive tasks in the workplace. Human information processing models and cognitive theories will be used to provide a theoretical basis for how to choose and display information to the user. Other topics include user-friendly displays and empirical approaches to software design. Applications of the design theory are stressed by class projects. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 55600 - Job Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (IE 55600 ) Task analysis, personnel selection and training, job and organizational design, and criteria development and use. Human factors related to job design in order to increase job satisfaction and productivity. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • PSY 56000 - Cognitive Functioning In Older Adults


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides the student with understanding of cognitive functioning in older adults. Although age differences in sensory systems, attention, perception, and memory will be reviewed, the course will focus on higher order cognitive functioning, such as individual and collaborative problem solving, reasoning, decision making, intelligence, creativity, and wisdom. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 56100 - Personality And Social Functioning In Older Adults


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Personality and social behavior of the aged are examined. Emphasis is placed on understanding how stability for certain psychological functions and behaviors is maintained and how change occurs in others. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 57700 - Human Factors In Engineering


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (IE 57700 ) Survey of human factors in engineering, with particular reference to human functions in human-machine systems, and consideration of human abilities and limitations in relation to design of equipment and work environments. Primarily for engineers and other nonpsychology majors. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 58500 - Psychological Foundations Of Consumer Behavior


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of the concepts and methods of psychology as they apply to the study of consumer behavior. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • PSY 59100 - Topics In Psychology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Various topics that may change from semester to semester are presented by faculty in the Department of Psychological Sciences. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 60000 - Statistical Inference


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasis is given to principles underlying both parametric and nonparametric inference. Prerequisite: PSY 50000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 60100 - Correlation And Experimental Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of PSY 60000  with emphasis upon the design and analysis of experiments. Prerequisite: PSY 60000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 60300 - Psychopharmacology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will cover core pharmacology concepts and principles, such as neurotransmitters, receptors, drug classes, and mechanisms of drug action, while highlighting recent findings related to pharmacogenetics and sex/gender differences in psychopharmacology. There will also be a primary focus on drug therapy for major psychiatric disorders including addiction, depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. Prerequisites: (BIOL 56200  and PSY 51200 ) or PSY 61500  or MCMP 57000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 60500 - Applied Multivariate Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of the most frequently employed multivariate research techniques, such as multivariate generalizations of univariate tests and analysis of variance, principal components, canonical analysis, and discriminant analysis. A central theme of the course is the general linear model, both univariate and multivariate. A multipurpose program for this model provides the student with practical experience in conducting multivariate research. Some prior exposure to elementary matrix algebra is recommended. Some prior exposure to elementary matrix algebra is recommended. Prerequisite: PSY 60000 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 60600 - Special Topics In Quantitative Psychology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A seminar covering such topics as linear models, statistical decision making, and multidimensional scaling. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 60700 - Scaling And Measurement


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the theory of measurement and a survey of modern scaling methods (unidimensional and multidimensional, metric and nonmetric) within the framework of the modern theory of measurement. Some prior exposure to elementary matrix and set algebra is recommended. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 60800 - Measurement Theory And The Interpretation Of Data


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The theory of measurement and the development of reliability and the Spearman-Brown equations, true scores and variables, and correction for attenuation. Variance or covariance of combinations of variables. Item analysis and test construction strategies. Reliability and validity of measurements and the influence of measurement error and measurement threats to research design. Prerequisite: PSY 60000 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 61000 - Multivariate Analysis In Organizational Research


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is an advanced doctoral-level statistics course that examines the application of multivariate methods to the analyses of organizational data. Topics include: matrix algebra, the general linear model, multivariate analysis of variance, canonical correlation, discriminant function analysis, and factor/component analysis. Prerequisite: Grade of B or higher in (PSY 60000  and PSY 60100 ) or (STAT 51200  and STAT 51400 ) or (HDFS 68500  and PSY 63100 ). Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 61101 - Multilevel Theory, Measurement And Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide doctoral students with an introductory treatment of multilevel theory building and testing. Issues to be discussed include: multilevel theory building, composition and compilation models, aggregation, aggregation bias, the role of within-group agreement in multilevel modeling, cross-level inference, cross-level interactions, and hierarchical linear modeling. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 61401 - Special Topics In Ingestive Behavior


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (NUTR 61600 ) Explore, in -depth, important and current issues in ingestive behavior: enhance critical thinking skill; and acquire professional skills (e.g., organizational, interpersonal) and develop rapport with scholars in the field. Typically offered in even ending years. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 61500 - Introduction To Behavioral Neuroscience


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of the integrated neurosciences for nonconcentrators emphasizing human physiological psychology. Neural processes of sensory and motor function, arousal and sleep, motivation, learning and memory, language function, and personality disorders will be presented with selected coverage of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and neuroendocrinology. Both normal and pathological functions will be covered. Not intended for students in the neurobiology program. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 61801 - Ingestive Behavior Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. (NUTR 61700 ) Fosters an exchange of ideas and promotes greater familiarity among individuals from different laboratories and departments with interests related to ingestive behavior, and gives students opportunities to build their communication skills and lead/mediate discussions at a high scholarly level. Typically offered in alternate years. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • PSY 61900 - Sensory Coding Mechanisms


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Psychobiology of coding of sense information in the nervous system. Intensive treatment of several topics including: structural and functional characteristics of neural coding units, types of neural codes, transducer properties, adaptation, lateral inhibition, feature analysis, central control, and effects of early experience. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 62200 - Animal Learning


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of the methods, problems, and research in Pavlovian, instrumental, and operant conditioning. Current issues and attempts at theoretical integration are highlighted. Emphasis is also given to the empirical and conceptual foundations underlying the present views on the mechanisms governing learned behavior. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 62400 - Human Learning And Memory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Selected survey of important problems in the encoding, storage, and retrieval of laboratory and naturalistic events. Prerequisite: Coursework in Human Development, Family Studies and related services. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 62500 - Complex Cognitive Processes


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Surveys research and theory concerned with the nature of the “higher-order” mental processes, including decision making, categorization, problem solving, and language. Fundamental questions regarding the nature of the representations that underlie conceptual and linguistic behavior will be addressed. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 62700 - Advanced Topics In Visual Perception


    Credit Hours: 3.00. All important aspects of visual perception are covered: neurophysiology and neuroanatomy, psychophysics, color, perceptual organization, size, shape, depth, motion, and binocular disparity. Emphasis is on mathematical and computational models and on experimental verification of the models. Course work in Mathematics; including matrix algebra, calculus, probability, and elementary geometry. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 62800 - Perceptual Processes


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an advanced introduction to the psychology of perception. The course emphasizes visual and auditory perception, reviewing basic concepts, methodologies, research findings, and theoretical approaches. Theories of direct perception, constructivist perception, and computational vision are discussed in detail. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 63000 - Stereotyping And Prejudice


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an in-depth examination of issues related to stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. After a general introduction and historical overview, students will be exposed to a detailed study of the social psychological foundations of stereotyping and prejudice to include their impact and reduction strategies. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 63100 - Multiple Regression Analysis For The Behavioral Sciences


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This “data analytic” course provides an examination of the conceptual underpinnings and advanced application of multiple regression analyses to psychological data. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 63300 - Seminar In Experimental Psychology


    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Critical analysis of current problems in experimental psychology. Emphasis upon reviewing literature, preparing and presenting papers. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • PSY 63400 - Evolutionary Determinants Of Cognition


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores the developing literature on evolutionary determinants of cognition. Students will be exposed to the methodology of evolutionary analyses, its applications in empirical domains, as well as the major criticisms that surround the enterprise. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 63600 - Self And Identity


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar explores many issues related to the self from a social psychological perspective. The goal is to develop a better understanding of theory and research dealing with various aspects of the self. To accomplish this goal, students will learn to critically analyze research papers addressing self-related material. Department permission required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 63700 - Human Information Processing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course develops the methodological tools required for an information processing approach to human behavior. These techniques are applied to such topics as reaction time, signal detection, attention, and skilled behavior, with emphasis upon unifying empirical findings. Prerequisite: PSY 60000 , PSY 60100 . Typically offered Fall.
  
  • PSY 63900 - Seminar In Cognition


    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Analysis of current research findings in cognitive psychology. Emphasis is upon design of experiments and theoretical unification of existing data. Prerequisite: PSY 60000 , PSY 60100 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 64000 - Survey Of Social Psychology I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An extensive survey of methods, research, and theory in social psychology. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • PSY 64200 - Social Influence


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Students are immersed into the exciting sub-field of social psychology: social influence through lively discussions and readings on the subject. Students will evaluate what is meant by social influence, what it includes, what it doesn’t include, as well as current trends in social influence. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 64300 - Attitudes And Attitude Change


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Considers relation of attitudes to beliefs and to behaviors. Surveys major theories of attitude formation and change as well as empirical research related to these theories. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 64400 - Close Relationships


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Acquaints participants with the major social psychological approaches to the study of close, interpersonal relationships, including evolutionary, attachment, and interdependence perspectives. Methodological and data analytic issues relevant to relationships research also are examined. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 64500 - Social Cognition


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Cognitive approaches to social psychology. Topics to be covered include attribution theory, impression formation, stereotype formation, perceptual salience, memory for persons and interpersonal events, and the processing of emotionally significant information. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 64600 - Seminar In Social-Personality Psychology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A seminar covering a special topic in personality or social psychology. Specific topic varies from seminar to seminar. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 64700 - Group Processes And Performance


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides a survey of research concerning small group interaction and performance. Covers topics such as group problem-solving, group decision-making, group polarization, and group structure. Will also discuss group interaction and communication patterns. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 64900 - Social Psychology Of Health


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A seminar covering an assortment of social psychological topics with health emphases, including theories of health behavior and behavioral prediction, habits, safer sexual behavior, inhibition, relational factors in health, and measurement issues relevant to the scientific study of health. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 65100 - Development In Infancy And Childhood


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical review of physical-motor, cognitive, and social development with special emphasis on infancy and early childhood. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 65300 - Social Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of major theories and current research on the development of social behavior and personality. Parent-child relationships, peer relations, aggressive and prosocial behavior, sex typing, self-concepts, moral reasoning, social cognition, and other topics are considered. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 65500 - Cognitive Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An analysis of research findings and current theories relevant to the development of cognitive processes. Emphasis is placed upon the changing characteristics of some fundamental cognitive processes. Special attention is given to verbal behavior and language. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 66400 - Research Methods In Clinical Psychology I


    Credit Hours: 2.00. A review of scientific and correlational research methods appropriate for clinical psychologists. Topics include philosophy of science, ethical issues in research with human subjects, hypothesis formulation, measurement, correlational and manipulational designs, and the analysis and interpretation of data. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours at the lower division undergraduate level in Mathematics, or Statistics, 6 credit hours in Clinical Psychology. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • PSY 66700 - Clinical Assessment I


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Presentation of general assessment principles and methods. Supervised practice in general diagnostic and treatment procedures as applied to both children and adults. Emphasis is placed on laboratory practice in the administration and interpretation of intelligence tests; behavioral observation techniques and operant remediation procedures. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • PSY 66800 - Clinical Assessment II


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Presentation of methods of clinical assessment including structured and unstructured personality tests, physiological recording, behavioral observation, and interview techniques. Emphasis is placed on laboratory practice in the administration and interpretation of personality tests and training in the basic clinical interview techniques. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 66900 - Prosocial Behavior


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide a broad and rigorous, graduate-level overview of contemporary scientific research on prosocial processes from the perspective of personality and social psychology. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall, Spring.
  
  • PSY 67000 - Principles And Techniques Of Psychotherapy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Discussion and elaboration of the main theories and techniques of psychotherapy, the application of these techniques to the change of behavior, and the analysis of clinical cases for therapy planning. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 67300 - Psychology Of Behavior Disorders


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced abnormal psychology. Consideration will be given to research and theory of psychopathology. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • PSY 67800 - Seminar In Clinical Psychology


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Discussion of special topics in clinical psychology. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 67900 - Practicum In Clinical Psychology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. This is a practicum in clinical psychology, whereby students see individuals for therapy. These cases are supervised by faculty in clinical psychology. This is a requirement for the graduate program, and students must do both adult and child practicum. Students enrolled in this program must register for this course a minimum of four times. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing and Psychology majors only. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • PSY 68000 - Survey Of Industrial/Organizational Psychology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This two-semester sequence extensively surveys the various areas of industrial/organizational psychology. The first semester surveys those topics generally classified as dealing with industrial psychology (e.g., selection, placement, training, performance appraisal), and the second semester surveys organizational psychology topics (e.g., job satisfaction, motivation, leadership, decision making, role making). Course provides a critical and up-to-date review of recent and classical research in these areas. Prerequisite: Any undergraduate Statistics course and any undergraduate Social Science Research Methods course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • PSY 68100 - Seminar In Research Methodologies Of Industrial/Organizational Psychology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive analysis of application of various research and statistical methods to the study of human behavior in organizational settings. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 68200 - Advanced Seminar In Industrial Organizational Psychology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Special topics in industrial and organizational psychology are offered on a two-year rotating basis. The special topics are: work motivation, leadership, advanced selection and placement, and performance appraisal. One topic will be treated each semester. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 68300 - Seminar In Industrial/Organizational Psychology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics vary. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 69000 - Individual Research In Psychology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Involvement in research design, execution, and analysis under the guidance of a faculty member. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • PSY 69100 - Readings In Psychology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. In-depth reading into specific topic area in psychology, under the guidance of a faculty member. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • PSY 69200 - Special Topics In Psychology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Various topics which may change from semester to semester are presented by faculty in the Department of Psychological Sciences. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • PSY 69600 - Seminar In Neurobiology, Endocrinology, And Behavior


    Credit Hours: 1.00. An examination of advanced research findings in the interdisciplinary areas of neurobiology, endocrinology, and behavior by means of colloquium presentations by outside speakers and students. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 69700 - Clinical Psychology Internship


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Clinical psychology internship. Open only to Clinical Psychology students in approved internship facilities. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • PSY 69800 - Research MS Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • PSY 69900 - Research PhD Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Recreation Leadership

  
  • RECR 10000 - Leisure And Recreation In Contemporary Society


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Overview of the functional roles of leisure and recreation in cultural contexts. Evaluation of leisure behavior in Western society; the Protestant work ethic; utilitarianism; class-based variations; social, economic, and psychological perspectives in leisure and recreation activity. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Religious Studies

  
  • REL 20000 - Introduction To The Study Of Religion


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will introduce students to the academic study of religion through an exploration of various methodologies available for a critical, reflective investigation of the study of religion. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 20100 - Interpretation Of The New Testament


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An investigation of the religious content of the Christian Scriptures in light of the historical, social, and intellectual contexts out of which they emerged. Other canons and extra-canonical interpretations of the New Testament will also be investigated. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 20200 - Interpretation Of The Old Testament


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An investigation of the religious content of documents Christian call the “Old Testament” in light of the historical, social, and intellectual contexts out of which they arose. The student will be introduced to problems and methods in their interpretation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 20300 - Theology Of Paul


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A critical examination of the Pauline and Deutero-Pauline epistles, the book of Acts, and other first century texts associated with Paul of Tarsus. Students will be introduced to problems and methods in the interpretation of ancient texts. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 20400 - Introduction To Christian Theology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an introductory survey of the goals and aims of theology in the Christian tradition. Focus is on the content of Christian theology, its methodological presuppositions and principles of development. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 23000 - Religions Of The East


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (PHIL 33000) A study of the history, teaching, and present institutions of the religions of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan. This will include Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, and Zoroastrianism. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 23100 - Religions Of The West


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (PHIL 33100) A comparative study of the origins, institutions, and theologies of the three major Western religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 25000 - A History Of The Christian Afterlife


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An exploration of the ways Christians have envisioned the afterlife, including New Testament descriptions. Apocryphal notions, Patristic conceptions, mystical and 19th century descriptions of heaven as sexual union, and 20th century understandings of the afterlife as a “process of education”. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 31700 - Ancient Judaism And Early Christianity


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a study of the emergence of Judaism and the rise of Christianity out of roots in the history of ancient Israel. This will include noticing the effects of Greek culture, evidence of anti-Semitism and admiration of the Jews, conversion in a setting of religious pluralism, and the development of Jewish and Christian self-definition in this climate. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • REL 31800 - The Bible And Its Early Interpreters


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will start with observation of the development of early themes in later parts of the Hebrew Bible and proceed to the on-going influence of these themes in Jewish literature outside the Hebrew canon (apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, targums, midrash, Josephus, Philo, and other Hellenistic Jewish authors), as well as in pagan literature of this era and in early Christian literature, particularly the New Testament. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 35000 - History Of Christian Theology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the development of Christian theology in light of the opposing philosophical ideas and movements that challenged it. Specifically, the development of theology will be understood in light of Western conceptions of science. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 35100 - Christian Mysticism


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A critical, historical examination of the development of Christian mystical thought, beginning with its earliest intimations in the Hebrew Scriptures, the thought of Plato and Aristotle and continuing through Patristic, Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation, Counter-Reformation and Modern periods to the present. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 45000 - Christian Ethics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course explores the historical development of Christian moral theology, from pre-Christian times to the present. It includes a study of Biblical moral conceptions, patristic, medieval, Enlightenment, modern, and contemporary understandings of Christian ethics. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 45100 - Christology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course examines the historical development of Christological doctrine in the Christian faith from the age of the New Testament to the late 20th/early 21st century, paying special attention to the New Testament and conciliar formulations. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • REL 45200 - Systematic Theology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the nature, tasks, and methods of what Christians have called “systematic theology”, historically conceived through an exploration of the writings of figures such as Augustine, Aquinas, Melancthon, John Calvin, Barth, and Paul Tillich. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

Russian

  
  • RUSS 10100 - Russian Level I


    Credit Hours: 4.00. A beginning course in standard Russian. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • RUSS 10200 - Russian Level II


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Continuation of RUSS 10100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • RUSS 11100 - Conversation Supplement To Russian Level I


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Basic development of intonation patterns, formulas for question and response in a variety of situations. Activization of basic Russian vocabulary and grammar. May be taken concurrently with RUSS 10100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • RUSS 11200 - Conversation Supplement To Russian Level II


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Guided practice in conversation based on vocabulary and grammar learned in RUSS 10200 . May be taken concurrently with RUSS 10200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • RUSS 20100 - Russian Level III


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Readings from the works of nineteenth-century and contemporary Russian writers; practice in speaking and writing Russian. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • RUSS 20200 - Russian Level IV


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Continuation of RUSS 20100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • RUSS 21100 - Conversation Supplement To Russian Level III


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Guided practice in conversation based on vocabulary, grammar, and readings covered in RUSS 20100 . May be taken concurrently with RUSS 20100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • RUSS 21200 - Conversation Supplement To Russian Level IV


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Guided practice in conversation, based on vocabulary, grammar, and readings covered in RUSS 20200 . May be taken concurrently with RUSS 20200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • RUSS 29800 - Special Topics In Russian


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Studies of particular aspects of Russian (e.g. culture, civilization, linguistics, literature, film, etc.) by examining varied selection of works. Readings, discussion, and papers in English. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • RUSS 30100 - Russian Level V


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continued development of Russian speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities, using material dealing primarily with everyday life and civilization in the Soviet Union from a variety of sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, TV, recent literature, etc.). Conducted primarily in Russian. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • RUSS 30200 - Russian Level VI


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Further work to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities in Russian, on the basis of materials dealing with the ideas and events that have shaped present-day Russia and the Soviet Union. Conducted primarily in Russian. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • RUSS 33000 - Russian And East European Cinema


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Viewing and analysis of significant Russian and East European films. Evolution of the Russian and East European cinema, its place in world cinema, and its relation to cultural, political, and social trends. Cinematic adaptation of literary and theatrical works. Knowledge of Russian or East European languages not required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • RUSS 34100 - Russian Literature In The Nineteenth Century


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Selected Russian poetry, prose, and drama from the Kievan period to 1900 in historical and cultural context. Students will write critical essays on literary topics. Conducted largely in Russian. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • RUSS 34200 - Revolution, Repression, Renewal: Soviet Literature And Beyond


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Selected Russian poetry, prose, and drama of the 20th century in historical and cultural context. Students will read and discuss major authors and texts and will write critical essays on literary topics. Conducted largely in Russian. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • RUSS 36100 - The Structure Of Russian I: Sound System And Sentence Structure


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course treats the sound system and sentence structure of Russian, dealing with the structural pattern on various levels (phonetic, phonemic, syntactic) and with problems of pronunciation and word order. One weekly class is devoted to practical phonetics and intonation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • RUSS 36200 - The Structure Of Russian II: Wordforms And Word Formation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will present a systematic study of Russian morphology, dealing both with the various categories of inflected words (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs) and with word formation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • RUSS 38000 - Russian Culture And Civilization I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course traces the intellectual and cultural development of Russia, starting with the founding of the Kievan state and continuing to the last days of the Russian Empire. No knowledge of Russian is required. Typically offered Fall, Spring.
  
  • RUSS 38100 - Russian Culture And Civilization II


    Credit hours: 3.00. This course traces the intellectual and cultural development of Russia from the revolutionary period to the present. No knowledge of Russian is required. Typically offered Fall, Spring.
  
  • RUSS 39900 - Special Study Abroad Credit In Russian


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. This course number is for assignment after the fact of credits in Russian earned while enrolled at a foreign university on a Study Abroad program which cannot be appropriately accommodated under an established Purdue course number. It is not for use for courses offered at or conducted by Purdue. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
 

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