IAS Course Descriptions
IAS 220 Psychology, Multicultural Narratives, & Religion
Examines contemporary multicultural life narratives that explore diversity in America and the authors' constructions of psychological identity and religious values.
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or 105 or 107.
General Studies: L / HU / C.
IAS 300 Adult Career Development
Analysis of sociological and economic factors of 21st century work environments, integrated with a psychological understanding of adult development.
Prerequisite: ENG 101 (or 105).
General Studies: L / SB.
IAS 305 Work and Identity
This course explores the relationship between work and identity, as well as the search for meaning in work across generations.
General Studies: SB.
IAS 310 Women in Art
Cultural, historical, and social issues relating to the seeming scarcity of women artists and changing social contexts for women artists.
Prerequisite: ENG 101 (or 105).
General Studies: HU
IAS 340 Bioethics
A philosophical exploration of ethical issues in health care delivery and the life sciences.
Cross-listed as PHI 340
General studies: HU
IAS 406 Moral Dilemmas
Philosophical analysis of moral dilemmas arising in professional and public settings. Ethical decision making in business, educational, human service, and scientific communities.
Cross-listed as PHI 406
Prerequisite: ENG 101 (or 105)
General studies: L / HU
IAS 408 Feminist Ethics
A philosophical exploration of the theoretical and practical aspects of ethical issues affecting women from diverse feminist viewpoints.
Cross-listed as PHI 408
General studies: HU
IAS 407 Environmental Philosophy and Policy
Ethical concepts and theories applied to environmental issues: biotic community, biodiversity, eco-feminism, ecology, economics, population, property rights, and wilderness.
Not open to students with credit in PHI 310 (available at ASU Main)
Cross-listed as PHI 407
Prerequisite: ENG 101 (or 105)
General studies: L / HU.
IAS 410 Evolution of Ideas
Investigates ideas (paradigms) and revolutions -(paradigm shifts). Examines several topics from perspectives of science, arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Prerequisite: ENG 101 (or 105)
General studies: L / HU / H
IAS 411 History and Philosophy of Mathematics
Examines nature of mathematics from origins to present, revealed by its history and philosophy. Strong background in mathematics not required.
Cross-listed as MAT 411
General studies: HU / H
IAS 415 Life In The Universe
Examination of the search for life in extreme environments on Earth and in remote locations beyond Earth.
IAS 416 Black Holes and Beyond
Explores developments in understanding nature's most basic force - gravity - from Aristotelian concepts to modern theories of curved space-time.
IAS 420 Multicultural Autobiographies
Examination of the human experience via auto-biographies and personal narratives. Multicultural, literary, and psychological perspectives on individual lives.
Cross-listed as ENG 420
Prerequisite: ENG 101 (or 105)
General studies: L / HU / C
IAS 430 Science and Religion
Examination of evolving relationships between scientific thought and Western and Eastern religious thought. Cosmologies, worldviews, and epistemologies explored.
Prerequisite: ENG 101 (or 105)
General studies: L / HU
IAS 477 World Literature
Introduces students to world literature, mostly outside the United States and England.
Cross-listed as ENG 477.
Prerequisite: ENG 101 (or 105)
General studies: L /HU / G
IAS 484 Internship
Structured practical experience supervised in the field by practitioners with parallel, on-campus seminar held with program faculty.
IAS 499 Individual Research or Creative Project
Application of interdisciplinary methods of inquiry to a problem identified by student and supervised by faculty.
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