SUBJECT: UFO / PARANORMAL COURSES                            FILE: UFO3261







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            UFO / PARANORMAL UNIVERSITY COURSES
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�                  DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY                    �
�                Cleveland, Mississippi 38733                �
�                 In state: 1-800-468-6378                   �
�                      (601) 846-4250                        �
�                                                            �
�Ever since 1984, Dr. James A. Scarborough (Mississippi MUFON�
�State Director) has been teaching a course at Delta State   �
�University titled "Science and Pseudoscience", in which half�
�of the semester is spent on UFOs and extraterrestrial life, �
�and the other half on various paranormal phenomena, such as �
�ESP, out-of-body experiences, the near-death-experience,    �
�etc.                                                        �
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�The course is offered every semester to classes of 45-50    �
�students.                                                   �
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�Here is an abbreviated syllabus:                            �
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�    Course Designation: Phy123 SCIENCE & PSEUDOSCIENCE      �
�                     (3 hours credit)                       �
�                                                            �
�Application of the scientific method to popular paranormal  �
�topics such as ESP, UFOs, astrology, and psychic phenomena. �
�               General elective credit only.                �
�                                                            �
�             INSTRUCTOR: Dr. J.A. Scarborough               �
�                Office Number: Walters 180i                 �
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�GENERAL COURSE OBJECTIVES                                   �
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�This course is designed to emphasize logical, scientific    �
�methods as applied to claims of paranormal experiences.     �
�Accordingly, we will stress the applications of logic and   �
�the testing of both perceptions and hypotheses in examining �
�these claims.                                               �
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�SUBJECT MATTER                                              �
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�During the semester, we will focus our attention primarily  �
�on the questions of UFOs/extraterrestrial life and          �
�spirit/ghost phenomena.  We will also investigate various   �
�other psychic phenomena, such as ESP, the Near-Death-       �
�Experience (NDE), reincarnation, astrology, and related     �
�ideas.                                                      �
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�PRESENTATION METHODS                                        �
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�The subjects will be presented from the positions of both   �
�believers and non-believers in the topic at hand.  Such     �
�evidence as can be found will be presented in favor of, and �
�against, each position.  It will be the responsibility of   �
�the student to apply critical reasoning and unemotional     �
�judgment to each topic.                                     �
�                                                            �
�Videotapes and films will be used.  When possible, persons  �
�who have seen a UFO, or who have experienced near-death or  �
�other unusual phenomena, will visit the class and tell their�
�experiences.                                                �
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�EVALUATION AND GRADING                                      �
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�There will be two tests and a comprehensive final exam.     �
�Tests will be in short-answer format as far as possible.    �
�However, there will necessarily be discussion questions in  �
�which the student will be expected to analyze the case for  �
�or against a particular claim and to present a reasonable   �
�basis for his position.                                     �
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�For further information, contact the above address.         �
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