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Nursing NOTE: All courses with the NUR prefix require admission to the RN-BSN program as a prerequisite.
	• NUR 405 - Advanced Nursing Management and Leadership
	• NUR 410 - Community Health and Diverse Populations
	• NUR 411 - Community Health and Diverse Populations Practicum
	• NUR 440 - Nursing Senior Capstone
	• NUR 441 - Nursing Senior Capstone Practicum
	• NUR 445 - Population and Community Based Nursing
	• NUR 451 - Professional Nursing Capstone
	• NUR 455 - Nursing Leadership Immerision
Physics
	• PHA 201 - College Physics I
	• PHA 202 - College Physics II
	• PHA 203 - College Physics Laboratory I
	• PHA 204 - College Physics Laboratory II
	• PHA 251 - Physics I
	• PHA 252 - Physics II
Philosophy
	• PHL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy
	• PHL 102 - Introduction to Ethics
	• PHL 250 - Visionary Thinkers
	• PHL 290 - Special Topics in Philosophy
	• PHL 340 - Environmental Ethics
	• PHL 350 - Social and Political Philosophy
	• PHL 360 - Biomedical Ethics
	• PHL 470 - Independent Study in Philosophy
	• PHL 490 - Advanced Topics in Philosophy
Political Science
	• POS 201 - American Government - National
	• POS 202 - American Government - State and Local
	• POS 305 - American Constitutional History
	• POS 310 - Michigan Government and Politics
	• POS 316 - Modern Russia
	• POS 317 - American Foreign Policy in the 20TH Century
	• POS 320 - The Legislative Branch: The Working Congress
	• POS 321 - The Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court, Law and the Legal Process
	• POS 330 - Public Administration, the Courts, Law Enforcement and the Police
	• POS 418 - Independent Study
Psychology
	• PSY 150 - Psychology of Everyday Life
	• PSY 201 - Introduction to Psychology
	• PSY 214 - Development Across the Lifespan
	• PSY 220 - Cinematic Portrayal of Psychology
	• PSY 225 - Cross-Cultural Psychology
	• PSY 240 - Psychology of Incarceration
	• PSY 255 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology
	• PSY 260 - Special Topics in Psychology
	• PSY 261 - Critical Thinking in Psychology
	• PSY 270 - Social Psychology
	• PSY 290 - Statistics for Psychology
	• PSY 291 - Research Methods and Design
	• PSY 305 - Cognition
	• PSY 306 - Learning and Behavior
	• PSY 309 - Psychosocial Aspects of Gender
	• PSY 319 - Personality Theories
	• PSY 325 - Abnormal Psychology
	• PSY 345 - Introduction to Neuroscience
	• PSY 346 - Biopsychology
	• PSY 375 - Evolutionary Psychology
	• PSY 403 - Psychology Practicum
	• PSY 418 - Independent Study: Readings
	• PSY 419 - Independent Research
	• PSY 420 - Counseling and Psychotherapy
	• PSY 430 - Health Psychology
	• PSY 450 - Special Topics in Psychology
	• PSY 475 - Psychological Disorders of Childhood
	• PSY 480 - Advanced Statistics
	• PSY 490 - Senior Seminar in Psychology
Religion
	• REL 101 - Religion, Culture and Society
	• REL 201 - Myth, Symbol and Meaning
	• REL 210 - Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
	• REL 211 - Literature of the New Testament
	• REL 220 - Turning Points in Christian History
	• REL 260 - World Religions
	• REL 265 - Earth-Based Religions and Spirituality
	• REL 290 - Special Topics in Religious Studies
	• REL 306 - Religions and Social Order/Disorder
	• REL 330 - Gender, Sexuality and Religion
	• REL 360 - Islamic Tradition
	• REL 470 - Independent Study
	• REL 490 - Advanced Topics in Religious Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
	• SA 160 - Introduction to Gerontology
	• SA 200 - Introduction to Theory in Sociology/Anthropology
	• SA 201 - Myth, Symbol and Meaning
	• SA 203 - Childhood and Culture
	• SA 210 - Poverty
	• SA 250 - Special Topics in Sociology/Anthropology
	• SA 255 - The Civil Rights Movement
	• SA 260 - Gerontology: Issues in Aging
	• SA 290 - Statistics for the Social Sciences
	• SA 291 - Research Methods and Design
	• SA 300 - Conflict and Cooperation
	• SA 302 - Topics in Inequality: Race and Ethnicity
	• SA 303 - Topics in Inequality: Gender
	• SA 304 - Sport, Culture and Society
	• SA 305 - People, Resources and the World
	• SA 306 - Religions and Social Order/Disorder
	• SA 307 - Biocultural Ecology
	• SA 309 - Psychosocial Aspects of Gender
	• SA 310 - Generations: Aging In America
	• SA 311 - Uncloseting America
	• SA 312 - Family Dynamics
	• SA 331 - Social Work Counseling
	• SA 332 - Case Management
	• SA 333 - Social Work Policy
	• SA 340 - Application of Sociological and Anthropological Theory

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