Timeroom: January 2025

Durham Health & Human Services :: Nursing

NURS 894 (03) - Special Topics

Spc Top/Basic Dysrhythmia

Online Course Delivery Method: Online Synchronous

Credits: 1.0
Term: January 2025 - January Term - online (12/27/2024 - 01/18/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 15
CRN: 30097

Formal course given on selected topics or special interest subjects. Several topics may be taught in one year or semester. May be repeated. Special fee on some sections.

Cross listed with : NURS 794.01

Only listed majors in section: NURSING DIRENT

Instructors: Eileen Hollis

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
12/27/2024	1/18/2025	R	3:10pm - 6:00pm	ONLINE

Durham Health & Human Services :: Occupational Therapy

OT 792 (01) - Level I Fieldwork

Level I Fieldwork

Credits: 1.0
Term: January 2025 - Full Term (12/27/2024 - 01/18/2025)
Grade Mode: Credit/Fail Grading

Class Size: 47
CRN: 30064

Provides occupational therapy students an opportunity to experience occupational therapy in a clinical setting. Students attend a seminar prior to beginning their placement. The Level I placement is scheduled between the fall and spring semesters of the senior year. During fieldwork, students observe an occupational therapist as well as participate in the planning and implementing of the occupational therapy assessment or intervention process for a client.

Instructors: Haley Matuszek

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
12/27/2024	1/18/2025		Hours Arranged	TBA

Durham Health & Human Services :: Occupational Therapy

OT 892 (01) - Level I Fieldwork

Level I Fieldwork

Credits: 1.0
Term: January 2025 - Full Term (12/27/2024 - 01/18/2025)
Grade Mode: Graduate Credit/Fail grading

Class Size: 11
CRN: 30035

During a two-week fieldwork, students observe an occupational therapist and participate in the planning and implementation of the occupational therapy evaluation and intervention process for a client. The Level I Fieldwork placement is scheduled between fall and spring of their first graduate year.

Only listed majors in section: OCC THERAPY

Instructors: Haley Matuszek

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
12/27/2024	1/18/2025		Hours Arranged	TBA

Durham Health & Human Services :: Outdoor Education

OUT 515 (01) - History of Outdoor Pursuits in North America

Hist of Outdoor Pursuits in NA

Online Course Delivery Method: Online Asynchronous

Credits: 4.0
Term: January 2025 - January Term - online (12/27/2024 - 01/18/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 30025

Voluntary pursuits in the outdoors have defined American culture since the early 17th century. Over the past 400 years, activities in outdoor recreation an education have reflected Americans' spiritual aspirations, imperial ambitions, social concerns, and demographic changes. This course will give students the opportunity to learn how Americans' experiences in the outdoors have influenced and been influenced by major historical developments of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th, and early 21st centuries. This course is cross-listed with RMP 515.

Equivalent(s): KIN 515, RMP 515

Attributes: Historical Perspectives(Disc)

Instructors: Nathan Fitch

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
12/27/2024	1/18/2025		Hours Arranged	ONLINE

Durham Liberal Arts :: Philosophy

PHIL 424 (01) - The Future of Humanity: Science, Technology, and Society

Future of Humanity

Online Course Delivery Method: Online Asynchronous

Credits: 4.0
Term: January 2025 - January Term - online (12/27/2024 - 01/18/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 30015

Consideration of the impacts of science and technology on humanity from a philosophical perspective. Topics often include genetic engineering, automated labor, advanced weaponry, artificial intelligence, social media and data extraction, space exploration, alien contact, virtual realities, transhumanism, and the future of humanity as an interplanetary species.

Equivalent(s): PHIL 424H

Attributes: Environment,Tech&Society(Disc)

Instructors: Nicholas Smith

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
12/27/2024	1/18/2025		Hours Arranged	ONLINE

Durham Liberal Arts :: Philosophy

PHIL 435 (01) - Human Nature and Evolution

Human Nature and Evolution

Online Course Delivery Method: Online Asynchronous

Credits: 4.0
Term: January 2025 - January Term - online (12/27/2024 - 01/18/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 30127

Philosophy of biology and the evolutionary process. Readings of scientists and philosophers' commentary on scientists. Examination of the differences between scientific debate and philosophic debate. Philosophical study of scientific theory stressing humans' place in the natural world and the ethical implication of humans as natural beings in the evolutionary process.

Equivalent(s): PHIL 435H

Attributes: Environment,Tech&Society(Disc)

Instructors: Subrena Smith

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
12/27/2024	1/18/2025		Hours Arranged	ONLINE

Durham Engineering&Physical Sciences :: Physics

PHYS 795 (01) - Independent Study

Independent Study

Credits: 1.0 to 8.0
Term: January 2025 - January Term - on campus (01/02/2025 - 01/18/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 30104

Individual project under direction of a faculty adviser.

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: Dawn Meredith

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/2/2025	1/18/2025		Hours Arranged	TBA

Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 401 (01) - Politics and Society

Politics and Society

Online Course Delivery Method: Online Asynchronous

Credits: 4.0
Term: January 2025 - January Term - online (12/27/2024 - 01/18/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 30131

Introduces the nature of politics and political institutions. Emphasizes political behavior and continuing issues of modern politics, such as power, authority, legitimacy, freedom, and order.

Equivalent(s): POLT 401H

Attributes: Humanities(Disc)

Instructors: Marla Brettschneider

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
12/27/2024	1/18/2025		Hours Arranged	ONLINE

Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 403 (01) - United States in World Affairs

United States in World Affairs

Online Course Delivery Method: Online Asynchronous

Credits: 4.0
Term: January 2025 - January Term - online (12/27/2024 - 01/18/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 30071

Introduces students to key concepts, actors, and events in U.S. foreign policy. After examining the early foundations of American foreign policy, this course concentrates on the United States' international engagement from the Cold War to the present. Students develop the analytical skills they need to form their own opinions on contemporary issues in U.S. foreign policy, and defend these opinions articulately based on a solid knowledge of historic and current events.

Equivalent(s): POLT 403H, POLT 403W

Attributes: Historical Perspectives(Disc)

Instructors: Elizabeth Carter

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
12/27/2024	1/18/2025		Hours Arranged	ONLINE

Durham Graduate School :: Public Policy

PPOL 950 (01) - Washington DC Colloquium

Washington DC Colloquium

Credits: 3.0
Term: January 2025 - January Term - on campus (01/02/2025 - 01/18/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 30031

This intensive January-Term course focuses on practical skill building and experiential learning related to policy-making. The goals are: (i) familiarize students with public policy institutions and career paths across multiple sectors (e.g., government, non-profit organizations, think-tanks, research institutes, organizations that do international work); (ii) connect students to working professionals for networking and career-building opportunities; (iii) provide opportunities to interact with and question Washington, DC professionals, beginning to socialize students as public policy professionals.

Only listed majors in section: COM DEV PLC PRT, GLB CON HMN SEC, PUBLIC ADMIN, PUBLIC ADMIN EX, PUBLIC POLCY AN, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC POLICYLW

Instructors: Stephen Bird

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/2/2025	1/18/2025		Hours Arranged	TBA