Sep 27, 2024  
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Course Descriptions


 

Operations Management and Information Systems

  
  • OMIS 379 - Business Applications of Geographic Information Systems


    Examination of leveraging an organization’s spatial data to analyze and solve business problems. Extensive computer laboratory work designing business geographic services using commercially available software.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: GEOG 256, or UBUS 310 and OMIS 351, or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 400 - International Study in Operations and Information Management


    Short-term study abroad experience to study significant concepts and problems of operations and information management in the international environment. Analysis of global operational issues through visitation and study of foreign organizations under the supervision of a department faculty member.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 421 - Simulation Modeling of Business Processes


    Study of discrete-event simulation modeling in the business environment. Topics include problem formulation, data collection and analysis, model development, model verification and validation, model experimentation and optimization, output analysis, and implementation of simulation results. Extensive laboratory experience with current simulation languages and simulators.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310 and OMIS 351, or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 425 - Integrated Information Technologies in Business


    Examination of client/server concepts, components, and operation as related to the business environment. Topics include major business operating system platforms, relational database designs, structured query language (SQL), trends in database products and applications, and local and wide-area networking technologies used in business. Not recommended for operations and information management majors in the information systems area of study.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 351 or ACCY 310, or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 439 - Inventory Management


    Detailed examination of the materials management issues facing production/inventory control managers. Topics include independent inventory systems, economic order quantities, purchasing, aggregate inventory management, with emphasis on dependent demand systems, MRP (Materials Requirements Planning) principles, modules, and system details including implementation issues.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 327, or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 440 - Capacity Planning and Scheduling


    Detailed examination of the capacity planning and operational scheduling issues in manufacturing environments. Topics include capacity planning factors, bills of capacity, rough cut capacity planning, loading, capacity requirements planning (CRP), finite operational scheduling, mass production manufacturing, database requirements, and relevant computer systems including shop floor control/production reporting systems.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: OMIS 340 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 442 - Process and Quality Improvement


    Detailed examination of the issues, techniques, and methodologies for improving processes and controlling quality in manufacturing and service organizations. Topics include the history of process and quality improvement, quality culture, customer-driven quality, six sigma methods, tools for process improvement, statistical process control, and building and sustaining performance excellence.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 443 - Continuous Improvement Systems


    Continuous improvement in both service and manufacturing firms with the focus on managerial problem solving and emphasis on philosophies and methodologies in experimental design. Topics include the Shewhart Cycle, Deming, fractional factorials, Taguchi designs, EVOP, and response surfaces.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 327, or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 444 - Manufacturing Technology Management


    Detailed investigation of the quantitative issues related to the planning, control, and design of manufacturing and supply chain systems. Topics include materials management, capacity planning, and resource and product scheduling.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310 or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 449 - Business Application Development


    Study of operating systems for various business computing environments. Comparison of micro, mini, and mainframe operating systems is presented for the purpose of selecting an appropriate environment and configuration. Laboratory experience with business operating systems.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 351, OMIS 352, or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 450 - Service Operations


    Analysis of the application of operations management concepts to service organizations. Strategic and tactical issues of managing service organizations such as: airline, financial, retail, health care, hotel/resort, and restaurant service delivery systems, will be examined. Topics include service strategy, globalization of services, quality, location selection, layout design, and capacity management as applied to service environments.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 452 - Database Management for Business


    Comparison of database management packages for business computers with laboratory exercises that deal with the development of business applications. Practical experience with the most current database management packages.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310 and OMIS 351, or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 455 - Enterprise Resource Planning


    In-depth analysis of current business enterprise systems; their system components, database, information requirements, and system interfaces. Commercial software used to illustrate the concepts presented.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CRQ: OMIS 452.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 458 - Internship in Operations and Information Management


    Full-time work for a semester or a summer as an intern in the operations or information systems function of an organization under the supervision of the department internship coordinator. A permanent full-time or part-time position will not be considered an internship. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 327, operations and information management major, and consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.

    Credits: 3-6
  
  • OMIS 460 - Business Computing Environments and Networks


    Survey of various methodologies and techniques utilized in interfacing telecommunication systems within the business environment, along with the consideration of issues related to the management of these telecommunications systems.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310 and OMIS 351.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 462 - Business Systems Analysis, Design, and Development


    In-depth study of the concepts, methods, and tools used for business system development and project management. Topics include project design and estimating, the system development life cycle, change management, and quality assurance.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: OMIS 352 and OMIS 452.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 465 - Procurement


    In-depth study of the concepts, methods, and responsibilities of the purchasing function for manufacturing and service organizations. Topics include purchasing strategy and policies, price/cost analysis, supplier selection and evaluation, bidding and negotiation, materials management, and value analysis.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 327, or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 471 - Business Forecasting


    Principles, techniques, and applications for forecasting for business and industry. Topics include simple and multiple regression models, Box-Jenkins models, and exponential smoothing models.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: OMIS 327, UBUS 310, or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 475 - Internet and Web Computing Technologies


    Overview of electronic business technology including use of information technology tools to design and develop business-to-business applications. Impact of information technology design on electronic business strategy, planning, implementation, and operation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: OMIS 452.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 478 - Supply Chain Systems


    Intensive examination of decision systems for supply chain management. Supply chain strategy, supply chain analysis, and cross-functional solutions to supply chain problems. Emphasis on selection and use of information systems and decision models, and effective presentation of results.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: UBUS 310.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 480 - Seminar in Supply Chain Management


    Study of current and future developments, trends, and technologies in supply chain management. Contemporary readings, presentations, and projects used to define modern supply chain management practice and thought.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: OMIS 340 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 485 - Current Topics in Operations Management and Information Systems


    Instruction focused on current topics within the operations, logistics, or information systems area.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • OMIS 495 - Independent Study in Operations and Information Management


    Studies conducted through readings or projects in specialized topics of operations and information management.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: OMIS 327, UBUS 311, senior standing, operations and information management major, and consent of department.

    Credits: 1-3
  
  • OMIS 498 - Business Analysis Capstone


    In-depth investigation of the major issues, problems, and solution methodologies of the operations and information management disciplines. Emphasis on case analyses that focus on the integration of operations and information management in a global competitive environment.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: OMIS 327, OMIS 352, OMIS 442, OMIS 452, and final semester of senior year.

    Credits: 3

Philosophy

  
  • PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy


    Investigation of enduring and fundamental questions about ourselves, the world, and our place in the world, such as: What am I? Do I have a mind or soul that is somehow separate from my body? How should I live? Do I have free will? Does God exist? What is knowledge? What is truth? What is beauty?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 105 - Logic and Critical Reasoning


    Introduction to basic principles of rational argument evaluation in everyday life. Topics include deductive reasoning, the logic of truth functions and categorical statements, informal fallacies, inductive reasoning, causal inference, and the nature of evidence and proof. Emphasis on sharpening students’ abilities to evaluate arguments. Students may not receive credit for both PHIL 103 and PHIL 105.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 205 - Symbolic Logic


    Introduction to formal logic, including propositional and quantificational logic. Emphasis on formal and semantic proof techniques and their applications to deductive reasoning in natural language. Students may not receive credit for both PHIL 205 and PHIL 302.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 231 - Contemporary Moral Issues


    Consideration of a number of major moral issues such as abortion, animal ethics, capital punishment, civil disobedience, economic justice, environmental ethics, euthanasia, human rights, nationalism, racial or sexual discrimination, sexual conduct, terrorism, and war.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 301 - Junior Writing Seminar


    Study of one major philosophical problem in a seminar setting. Includes intensive instruction in writing in the discipline, which aims to develop skill in presenting and critically evaluating arguments.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Philosophy major and consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 311 - Knowledge and Justification


    Introduction to epistemology, addressing such questions as: What is knowledge? What is justified belief? How are the two related? What is evidence, and how should it inform our beliefs? What are the scope and limits of human knowledge? Can we know anything at all? If so, how should we respond to skeptical arguments intended to show that we cannot?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 312 - Introduction to Metaphysics


    Introduction to philosophical problems about the nature of reality, addressing such questions as: Do human beings possess immaterial minds, or are they purely physical beings? Do human beings have free will? Is everything fated to occur exactly as it does? What is it for one event to cause another? Does anything ever happen by chance? Are wholes anything more than the sum of their parts? What are the fundamental constituents of reality?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 321 - Ancient Philosophy


    Examination of selected writings in Ancient Philosophy, drawing especially on the work of the pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, the Epicureans, and the Skeptics.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 322 - Modern Philosophy


    Examination of selected writings of major philosophers from the 16 th to the 18 th Century, drawing especially on the work of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 331 - Ethics


    Introduction to philosophical ethics focusing on theories of morality and virtue and addressing such questions as the following: Are there objective moral truths? If so, how can we know them? How can we evaluate competing moral theories? Why should we be moral?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 335 - Environmental Ethics


    Investigation of moral issues involving the environment. Topics may include the nature and extent of our duties regarding the environment, duties to future generations, biocentric ethics, ecofeminism, the value of ecosystems, the moral status of animals, and animal experimentation.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 336 - Biomedical Ethics


    Examination of ethical issues in health care, addressing such questions as: Is it ever appropriate for doctors to help patients die? Should there be limits on genetic manipulation or cloning? Should society provide health care for its citizens? What guidelines should govern animal and human medical research? Should doctors ever deceive patients to protect them from harm? Under what conditions is consent to medical treatment valid?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 337 - Business Ethics


    Investigation of moral and ethical issues that arise in the context of business practices, addressing questions such as: To what extent should considerations other than profits determine business decisions? Who should be held responsible when corporations act immorally or break the law? What rights and obligations do employees and employers have with respect to one another? What obligations, if any, do businesses have to their consumers or to the general public?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 342 - Philosophy of the Arts


    Critical study of theories of art and related problems. Consideration of such topics as the structure of aesthetic experience, the meaning of works of art, the forms and elements of expression in the various arts, and the principles of art and literary criticism.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 351 - Social and Political Philosophy


    Introduction to some of the central debates in social and political philosophy, addressing such questions as: What, if anything, justifies state authority? Should the state attempt to promote equality among its citizens? Do rights of individuals or minority groups restrict the legitimate activity of the state? Can the welfare state be justified? What standards of justice ought to govern interactions between states?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 353 - Philosophy of Law


    Survey of philosophical problems in the law, addressing such questions as: What is the relationship between law and morality? What makes a particular law valid or authoritative? What sorts of behavior can the state legitimately regulate? What standards should judges use when interpreting or applying the law? What, if anything, justifies punishing those who break the law, and what forms of punishment are most appropriate?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 355 - Feminism and Philosophy


    Introduction to feminist challenges to traditional philosophy, addressing such questions as: Do women approach philosophical problems differently than men? What, if anything, is the philosophical significance of the centuries-long exclusion of women from philosophical scholarship? Do women bring a unique perspective to philosophical questions? What difference can women make to the practice of philosophy?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 360 - Philosophy of Science


    Introduction to the philosophy of science, addressing such questions as: What are the methods distinctive of science? Are scientific methods more likely to lead to true theories than, say, crystal-ball-gazing? When scientists choose between rival theories, is the choice wholly rational or partly a matter of subjective taste? Are our best scientific theories approximately true descriptions of reality or merely instruments for making predictions?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 363 - Philosophy of Mind


    Introduction to philosophical problems about the mind, addressing such questions as: What is the relation between the mind and the brain? Is the mind-brain relation perhaps incomprehensible by the human mind? What can neuroscience and psychology tell us about the nature of mind? Is there a subjective quality to our experience that cannot be explained by objective scientific theories? Designed for students interested in psychology and cognitive science as well as for students interested in philosophy.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 370 - Philosophy of Religion


    Philosophical examination of religion, addressing such questions as: Does God exist? Is the world’s order and regularity a reason to think so? Is the amount and variety of evil in the world a reason to think not? What is religion? Can it be reconciled with science? Are faith and reason compatible?

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 380 - Philosophical Ideas in Literature


    Relationships between literature and philosophy, accompanied by analysis of selected classics of world literature having philosophical importance. Emphasis on the various means whereby philosophical ideas are embodied in literary compositions.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 390 - Topics in Philosophy


    Topics vary and may include science fiction and philosophy, philosophical aspects of emerging technologies, and philosophical aspects of sex, love, and gender. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 402 - Philosophy of Logic


    Consideration of various philosophical issues concerning logic and its applications, for example, the nature of validity, theories of truth, paradoxes of reasoning, and classical versus non-standard logics.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: PHIL 205 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 403 - Philosophy of Mathematics


    Study of the nature of mathematics based on a philosophical examination of its fundamental subject-matter, concepts and methods.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 404 - Philosophy of Language


    Study of philosophical problems concerning language, including issues of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and hermeneutics. Topics may include meaning, communication, reference, logical form, modalities, tenses, metaphor, indexical terms, indirect discourse, anaphora, theories of truth, and semantic paradoxes.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: PHIL 205 and 3 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level, or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 405 - Intermediate Logic


    Review of symbolic logic including propositional logic, quantification theory, relations, and identity. Additional topics in formal logic and the philosophy of logic selected by the instructor such as proof theory, modal logic, theory of types, formal semantics and the relation between the formal and the informal understanding of validity.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: PHIL 205 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 406 - Advanced Logic


    Topics selected from major results of metalogic, including basic proof theory and model theory, soundness, completeness, the Löwenheim-Skolem theorem, computability, Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, and Church’s theorem.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: PHIL 405 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 410 - Topics in Metaphysics or Epistemology


    Intensive study of a major theory or issue in metaphysics or epistemology. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 420 - Topics in the History of Philosophy


    May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 421 - Major Philosophers


    Intensive study of a single figure in the history of philosophy such as Plato, Aristotle, Hume, or Kant. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 423 - Medieval Philosophy


    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level including PHIL 321 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 427 - 19th Century Philosophy


    Examination of selected writings by 19th century philosophers, such as Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, Kierkegaard, Mill, and Nietzsche. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level including PHIL 322 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 428 - 20th Century Phenomenology


    Examination of selected writings by philosophers in the phenomenological tradition, such as Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level including PHIL 322 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 429 - 20th Century Analytic Philosophy


    Examination of selected writings by philosophers in the analytic tradition, such as Moore, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap, Ryle, and Quine.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level including PHIL 322 or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 430 - Topics in Ethics


    Intensive study of a major theory, issue, or movement in ethics. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 442 - Theories of Value


    Study of the major theories of value, of kinds of values, and of the relations between value and such related notions as desire, practical reason, experience, and moral obligation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 450 - Topics in Social and Political Philosophy


    Intensive study of a major theory, issue, or movement in social and political philosophy. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 461 - Metaphysics of Science


    Examination of ontological issues within the sciences. Topics may include properties and other ontological categories, reduction and emergence, laws of nature, essentialism, and realism.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 464 - Philosophy of Physics


    Survey of philosophical problems specific to physics. Topics may include the nature of space and time in relativity theories; probability and irreversibility in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; locality, causality, and objectivity in quantum theory; ontology, and attitudes toward infinities in quantum field theory. Presupposes neither technical knowledge of physical theories nor advanced competence in mathematics.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 470 - Topics in Philosophy of Religion


    Detailed analysis of one or more key issues in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion, or in important recent theories of the nature and function of religion. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 482 - American Philosophy


    Study of some of the major traditions and thinkers in American philosophy. Readings may include selections from Edwards, Jefferson, Emerson, Peirce, James, Royce, Dewey, and more recent figures.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 490 - Topics in Philosophy


    Intensive study of one major philosophical problem or position. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: 6 semester hours of philosophy at the 300 level or consent of department.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHIL 491 - Directed Readings


    Enrollment contingent on a student’s proposed course of study and the approval of it by the faculty member selected to supervise the student’s reading. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours toward any one degree provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Consent of department.

    Credits: 1-4
  
  • PHIL 495 - Senior Capstone


    Completion of additional advanced work, including a substantial philosophical essay, in a concurrent 400-level course of the student’s choice.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Philosophy major, senior standing, PHIL 301 with a grade of C or better, and consent of department. CRQ: A 400-level philosophy course other than PHIL 405 and PHIL 406.

    Credits: 1

Physical Education

  
  • KNPE 101# - Practicum in Physical Education


    Experimental courses designed to meet current needs of students. Activities may change each semester.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Courses marked with the symbol # involve risk or safety factors. The department reserves the right to deny admission to or continuation of enrollment in these courses to any student who is deemed a risk factor to others or to himself or herself.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 102 - Physical Fitness


    Concepts and application of exercise and nutrition toward health-related fitness: body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular strength, and endurance.

    Credits: 2
  
  • KNPE 104 - Weight Training and Conditioning


    Fundamental skills and techniques of weight training.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 105 - Advanced Weight Training


    Advanced skills and techniques of weight training.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: KNPE 104.

    Credits: 2
  
  • KNPE 106 - Yoga


    Elementary and intermediate yoga postures and exercises.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 109 - Jogging


    Techniques, principles, and practice in jogging.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 110 - Relaxation


    Concepts and application of self-controlled muscular relaxation with emphasis on freedom from stress and anxiety.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 112 - Archery I


    Fundamental skills and techniques of archery.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 113 - Badminton I


    Introduction to basic badminton skills and game play.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 114 - Badminton II


    Continuation of the knowledges and skills of badminton with consideration of relevant kinesiological and physiological factors.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: KNPE 113.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 117 - Bowling I


    Fundamental skills and techniques of bowling.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 118 - Bowling II


    Continuation of KNPE 117 with emphasis on the refinement of skills and an introduction to league bowling. Students should be able to demonstrate a 110 minimum bowling average at the beginning of the class.

    Credits: 2
  
  • KNPE 119 - Golf I


    Introduction to golf with emphasis on fundamental skills, techniques, and strategy.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 120 - Golf II


    Continuation of golf knowledges and techniques. Emphasis on consistent performance based on application of relevant kinesiological factors.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: KNPE 119.

    Credits: 2
  
  • KNPE 122 - Racquetball


    Fundamental skills, techniques, and strategies of racquetball. Eye protection required while on court.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 123 - Tennis I


    Introduction to techniques and strategy of beginning tennis.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 124 - Tennis II


    Continuation of techniques and strategy of tennis with consideration of kinesiological and physiological aspects.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: KNPE 123.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 131 - Aikido


    Skills, techniques, and strategy of aikido.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 132 - Judo


    Skills, techniques, and strategy of judo.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 133 - Karate


    Skills, techniques, and strategy of karate.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 138 - Basketball I


    Introduction to basketball including fundamental rules, techniques, and strategy.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 139 - Basketball II


    Continuation of techniques and strategy of basketball with consideration of kinesiological and physiological factors.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: KNPE 138.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 141 - Flag Football


    Fundamental skills, techniques, and strategy of flag football.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 142 - Soccer


    Fundamental skills, techniques, and strategy of soccer.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 143 - Softball


    Fundamental skills and strategy of softball.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 145 - Volleyball I


    Introduction to volleyball skills, techniques, and strategy.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 146 - Volleyball II


    Continuation of skills, techniques, and strategy of volleyball, including consideration of basic physiological, kinesiological, and biomechanical principles.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: KNPE 145.

    Credits: 2
  
  • KNPE 168 - Learn to Swim


    Water adjustment skills, basic strokes, and water entry techniques for the nonswimmer.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 169 - Swimming I


    Basic water adjustment skills, strokes, and diving for the beginner.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 170 - Swimming II


    Intermediate swimming. Includes strokes, dives, safety skills.

    Credits: 1
  
  • KNPE 174# - Skin and Scuba Diving


    Development of skill and knowledge leading to PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) open-water diver certification.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: University medical clearance and consent of department. Courses marked with the symbol # involve risk or safety factors. The department reserves the right to deny admission to or continuation of enrollment in these courses to any student who is deemed a risk factor to others or to himself or herself.

    Credits: 2
  
  • KNPE 177 - Swimming Conditioning


    Concepts of physical fitness and their application through aquatic exercise programs.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    PRQ: Ability to swim in deep water.

    Credits: 2
 

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