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Gwynedd Mercy University 2026-2027 University Catalog
OSC-620
OT Adults and Older Adults w / Neuro Dys
This course is designed to provide students with the therapeutic reasoning to evaluate and treat adults and older adults with occupational performance deficits resulting from neurological illnesses and impairments. Building on theories and concepts from prior coursework, students will learn to assess, remediate, habilitate, and
rehabilitate, deficits impacting occupational performance and participation.
3.00
OSC-620L
OT Adult / Older Adults w / Neuro Dys Lab
Lab that integrates assessment and treatment of neurological deficits impacting occupational performance and participation.
OSC-621
Case-Based Learning Across the Lifespan
This course is designed to assist the student as they transition to practice, which includes concentrated work on case studies across the lifespan from a wide array of practice areas. This course aids the student in recognizing and meeting the expectations and requirements of Level II Fieldwork and focused concentration for the NBCOT
examination for the occupational therapist.
2.00
OSC-701
Fieldwork Level IIB
A twelve-week fieldwork experience designed to promote clinical reasoning and reflective practice to gain the
skills as a generalist therapist in a selected practice area.
5.00
OSC-702
Career Success and Meaningful Life
This course supports students’ transition to professional practice through NBCOT exam planning, professional identity development, and career planning. Students develop a résumé and e-portfolio while reflecting on
strategies for building a meaningful and sustainable career in occupational therapy.
2.00
PHL-100
The Human Condition
This course offers a systematic introduction to some central concerns of men and women both as individual persons and as social beings. It considers our complex nature, the many activities in which we engage and the
problem of our destiny, especially in relation to God and nature.
3.00
PHL-2000
Encountering Ethics
This course analyzes moral problems and evaluates their possible solutions in light of ethical theories.
3.00
PHL-201
Ancient Philosophy
This course examines the emergence of Greco-Roman philosophy. It can cover the Pre- Socratic thinkers, the founders of Greek philosophy such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and the Roman philosophers and ancient Neo Platonists.
3.00
PHL-202
Medieval Philosophy
This course examines the philosophical contributions made by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scholastics and their ancient predecessors. The discussion focuses on the preoccupations traditionally associated with the medieval thinkers, e. g., God, Divine revelation, the relationship between faith and reason, the problem of evil, and the respective provinces of philosophy and theology.
3.00
PHL-207
19th Century Continental Philosophy
This course covers the key thinkers associated with German Idealism and Romanticism and their reception. Philosophers covered my include Schiller, Fichte, Schelling, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Kierkegaard or Nietzsche.
3.00
PHL-211
Existence and Love
This course focuses on the internal relation between love and meaning in human existence. It explores this major philosophical theme in Platonism, existentialism, or other traditions.
3.00
PHL-225
Philosophy of Film
This course addresses issues relating to the philosophy of film and film theory. Topics include theories of film evaluation, definitions of film, and emotional responses to motion pictures, using film to illustrate philosophy, films as thought experiments, and using movies to make substantive philosophical claims.
3.00
PHL-231
Philosophy of Law
A philosophical inquiry into the nature of law and legal systems. An examination of the philosophical elements of law and the connections between these elements and criminal justice policy and practice. By reading works from classical and modern authors, students analyze notions such as legal obedience, human rights, responsibility,
personal liberty, punishment, a just( or unjust) constitution, just laws, and the relation between law and morality. 3.00
PHL-234
Philosophy of Globalization
This course surveys some global problems: hunger, depletion or inequitable distribution of resources, violence. It
identifies the ethical values involved and provides a philosophical consideration of some possible solutions.
3.00
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