Program Highlights
- Deep dives into technology used in business give you the opportunity to become the ‘go to’ person at any job you have that uses Microsoft Office applications, which are used in 83%* of businesses in the US, and millions world wide. *(Source)
- Free Microsoft Office Specialist certification, a globally recognized certification, is offered to all students in our program.
- Classes are taught by instructors who have significant industry experience and have used these applications and skills on the job themselves, so they understand not only software and management skills, but their importance in running a successful business, big or small.
- Instructors genuinely care about all students and work to provide resources to accommodate all types of learning needs and challenges.
- Our degree can be completed 100% online.
Career Outlook
The Business Computer Systems and Management AAS is a broad degree that gives you options. The skills gained through the program are needed in every industry, and in a variety of careers. Learn more on CareerWise.
Potential Job Titles
- Business Systems Analyst
- Computer and Information Systems Manager
- Computer Specialist
- Database Architect
- Programmer Analyst
- Systems Analyst
Where Grads Work
- Allianz Life Insurance
- Ameriprise Financial Services
- Cargill
- Comcast
- Fairview
- Federal Reserve
- Hennepin County
- Medtronic
- Target Corp.
- Wells Fargo
- And more!
Paying For College
NHCC's tuition is among the most affordable in Minnesota.
Financial Aid
- Scholarships are money you don't have to repay
- Grants are money you don't have to repay
- North Star Promise - Free College Tuition for eligible students
Program Roadmaps
Program roadmaps provide students with a guide to understand the recommended course sequence to complete their degree.
Business Computer Systems and Management Curriculum
Course Code | Title | Course Outlines | Goal Areas | Credits |
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ACCT 2111 | Financial Accounting | View-ACCT 2111 | n/a | 4 |
BUS 2200 | Principles of Management | View-BUS 2200 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1101 | Business Computer Systems I | View-CIS 1101 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1220 | Decision Making Excel | View-CIS 1220 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1260 | Business Communications and Technology | View-CIS 1260 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1310 | The Whole Internet | View-CIS 1310 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1700 | Project Management Software Tools | View-CIS 1700 | n/a | 3 |
Course Title: Business Computer Systems I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course develops computer and digital literacy and emphasizes its importance in today's businesses and society. Through hands-on experience students will gain an understanding of computer concepts, capabilities and applications and be able to implement this knowledge in their professional and personal lives. Computer applications covered include word processing, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, databases, windows/operating system, e-mail use and management, folder and file organization and use of the Internet. Computer concepts covered include understanding computers and mobile devices, how a computer works, managing files, computer and mobile device hardware components, digital safety and security, application programs, input and output devices, digital storage options, ethical practices and Internet basics. Hands-on experience will be provided on computers in the Windows environment using the Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Knowledge of the keyboard is recommended for this course. Check with your instructor for the software edition that will be used.
Course Title: Decision Making Excel Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course uses Microsoft Excel as a problem solving tool in analyzing and designing solutions for common business and organizational problems and then using that information to guide decision-making. This course is for anyone who has to analyze, share, chart and manage information to make more informed decisions. Problems are taken from management, accounting and finance, manufacturing and production, sales and marketing and human resources. Beginning to advanced spreadsheet concepts covered include creating, editing, formatting, printing and saving worksheets, creating charts, filtering lists, creating pivot tables, inventing macros, importing data, creating data tables, evaluating and using functions, constructing formulas, integrating worksheet data with other programs and ethical Excel practices. After this course, the student would be prepared to take the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS): Excel Exam. Knowledge of the keyboard is recommended for this course. Check with your instructor for the software edition that will be used.
Course Title: Business Communications and Technology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides students the knowledge to become successful communicators in a business environment through improving and practicing written, oral, face to face, and virtual technology based communication skills, processes, and strategies. This class will incorporate the effective use of Web-based communication, video conferencing, e-mail etiquette, presentation skills, presentation technologies, teleconferencing, and telephone usage. Students will also apply improved verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing, team, conflict, and negotiation skills in organizational situations. This course is for any student wishing to increase their business communication effectiveness in a global and technological business environment.Recommended: Completion of ENGL 1201 College Writing I and CIS 1101 Business Computer Systems I.
Course Title: The Whole Internet Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the Internet. This course is for anyone who wants to use the internet effectively, efficiently and safely, understand the uses of the Internet, create web pages and also increase their confidence and knowledge. Students will learn about the basic technology that supports the internet, effectively use e-mail and other types of communication, explore virtual communities and web tools, use search engines and directories to find information on the internet, evaluate the quality of web resources, locate software, explore e-commerce concepts, learn how to use the internet safely, manage common security threats and create web pages. Students will use e-mail, a class web site, and other web based tools to develop proficiency. The course explores current internet innovations. Previous exposure to the internet is not required.
Course Title: Project Management Software Tools Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides students with an understanding of the technology, concepts and process that supports project management. This course is for anyone who wants to develop project management software application skills in order to be more effective and efficient. Emphasis will be on a practical skill-building approach to project management software, concepts and process so students will apply knowledge to new problems, think critically and creatively, work collaboratively in teams and develop skills that can be applied outside the classroom. This course will include using project management software to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
Course Title: Financial Accounting Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is a study of the accounting principles and concepts used to understand and develop financial statements. Topics include accruals and deferrals, revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, equities, and cash flows. The course will analyze current industry financial statements from the point of view of investors and creditors for profitability, liquidity and risk.
Course Title: Principles of Management Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the functions of management: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. The course explores how each of the management functions are implemented to impact organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Local, national, and global environments are presented as strategic factors to be understood by contemporary managers. The importance of managing competitively and intelligently within a diverse environment is stressed. Situational cases are completed to reinforce decision-making in each of the function areas.
Course Code | Title | Course Outlines | Goal Areas | Credits |
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Program Electives - 18 credits | ||||
ACCT 2112 | Managerial Accounting or | View-ACCT 2112 | n/a | 4 |
BUS 1100 | Introduction to Business or | View-BUS 1100 | n/a | 3 |
BUS 2600 | Principles of Marketing or | View-BUS 2600 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1000 | Computer and Keyboarding Essentials or | View-CIS 1000 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1102 | Business Computer Systems II or | View-CIS 1102 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1200 | Word Processing or | View-CIS 1200 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1210 | Desktop Publishing or | View-CIS 1210 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1230 | Business Presentations: PowerPoint or | View-CIS 1230 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1240 | Information Management: Access or | View-CIS 1240 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1250 | Photoshop Essentials for Business or | View-CIS 1250 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 1400 or | ||||
CIS 2010 | CIS Internship or | View-CIS 2010 | n/a | 3 |
CIS 2310 | Introduction to E-Commerce | View-CIS 2310 | n/a | 3 |
Course Title: Computer and Keyboarding Essentials Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introductory course to introduce students to the use of basic computer skills and to develop mastery of the computer keyboard. This course covers introductory information about computer hardware and software, working with drives, folders and files, and the use of the microcomputer as a productivity tool. Students will learn to type the alphabet, number, and symbol key by touch. Emphasis is on the mastery and the development of speed and accuracy sufficient to make the computer a communication tool. Simple tables, memos, business letters, and reports are covered. Please contact your instructor for the version of software that will be used. NOTE: No Credit will be given if you have previously completed CIS 1000 (Electronic Keyboarding).
Course Title: Introduction to Business Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to provide a broad overview of the functions of the for-profit and non-profit business entity. Business and its environment, organization and management, ownership, finance, production, marketing, human resources, and control systems are reviewed. The course helps students understand the contribution of business to the American economy using current business publications, media, and web resources to focus on applications of current business technologies. Business ethics and teamwork are also examined. This course will enable the student to more intelligently pursue advanced business courses and to choose a business career.
Course Title: Business Computer Systems II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Emphasis is on an in-depth understanding of the Microsoft Office Suite beyond the fundamentals of CIS 1101. Students will develop their skills with exercise-oriented learning by completing advanced training working with spreadsheets, word processing, presentation graphics, and relational databases. Students will complete an integrated application project incorporating several software applications into one final document. Computer concepts covered include communication networks, operating systems, the internet, database management, data security, computer careers, and background to become a productive, knowledgeable computer consumer and professional. Hands-on experience suitable for professional purposes or personal use will be provided on computers in the Windows environment using the advanced features of the Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.If you believe you have computer experience that is equivalent to the prerequisites of this course, CIS 1101, please contact the instructor for permission to register for this class.Check with your instructor for the software edition that will be used.
Course Title: Word Processing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the word processing cycle and how word processing is used in the work place. This course is for anyone who needs to prepare their own business documents. Students will use the Microsoft Office Word application to create and edit business documents, enhance page layout, create tables, create reports, create columns, and create form letters and merge with a mailing list. Other topics covered include: styles, templates, mailing labels, drawing objects, graphics, and WordArt. After this course, the student would be prepared to take the Microsoft Office Certified Application Specialist Exam for Word.Knowledge of the keyboard is recommended for this course. Check with your instructor for the software edition that will be used.
Course Title: Desktop Publishing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to digital page layout using Adobe InDesign, the new emerging standard in page layout software. This course is for anyone who has to prepare professional business publications. Students will learn how to set type and use digital images to produce effective printed business publications including newsletter, advertising flyers, business forms, brochures, manuals, posters, and catalogues . Students will learn how to create and modify pdf files for electronic distribution of publications. Knowledge of the keyboard and Word Processing software is recommended for this course. Software used: Current version of Adobe InDesign
Course Title: Business Presentations: PowerPoint Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to business presentation concepts and applications using the most current PowerPoint software. This course is for anyone who has to or wants to prepare engaging and effective business presentations. Students will plan, organize, prepare and produce professional quality presentations to meet organizational and business needs. Features studied include customizing a presentation, design templates, slide layouts, custom slide animation and transitions, using multimedia, charts and diagrams, integration, and tools for producing multiple outputs including publishing to the web. This course will provide a thorough understanding of PowerPoint's most important tools and features.After this course, the student would be prepared to take the Microsoft Office Specialist Exam for PowerPoint.NOTE: Knowledge of the keyboard is recommended for this course.
Course Title: Information Management: Access Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: In this course students will learn how to plan, design, create, query, create forms and reports, export to and import data from and maintain a database. This course is for anyone who has to make more informed decisions by effectively tracking, reporting, and sharing information. Applications will be taken from a variety of business and organizational scenarios. Students will integrate databases with Excel and Word. Students will learn how databases interact with other applications (including the Internet) and can become the foundation for an e-commerce web site. Students will develop an understanding of how an effective database supports the business decision-making process. After taking this course, the student would be prepared to take the Microsoft Office Specialist Exam for Access. Completion of CIS 1101 or prior database experience is recommended for this course.
Course Title: Photoshop Essentials for Business Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introductory course in business computer graphics. This course is for anyone who has to prepare digital images for business publications for print or for the Web. Students will learn how to use Photoshop's tools to create and enhance digital images. Students will create images from composites as well as separate document objects into layers. Course content will include techniques to retouch photos, i.e. removal of red eye, softening blemishes and imperfections, and elimination of unwanted items from digital photographs. Students will learn how to prepare and save images in different formats for different purposes, such as for use on the Web, in print and in other computer programs.Recommended: Knowledge of the keyboard
Course Title: CIS Internship Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This is a capstone course for students in a Business Computer Systems & Management or Individualized Studies programs. It includes practical, on-the-job training in a business or organizational environment under executive supervision and related learning activities. Internships are arranged on the basis of the student's interests and career goals. Recommend student contact instructor before registering. Recommend: A minimum of 9 credits in CIS, ACCT, or BUS.
Course Title: Managerial Accounting Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Managerial accounting focuses on the three main activities performed by managers: planning, controlling, and decision-making. This course consists of preparing a variety of reports for internal use and analyzing them in the company's decision-making process.Prerequisite: ACCT 2111
Course Title: Introduction to E-Commerce Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the key strategic business and technological elements of electronic commerce. Students will explore the theory, practice and technology of conducting business over the internet and the World Wide Web.This course is for students who want to put their business on the internet, work at companies that want to do business over the internet, want to know more about business and the internet or want to know more about emerging e-commerce technology. Students will focus on applying key concepts through hands-on real world e-commerce planning and web site development. Topics covered include identifying e-commerce opportunities, marketing and selling on the internet, building a web presence, designing a web site, improving efficiency and reducing costs through business-to-business activities, using social networking to connect with customers and suppliers, exploring mobile commerce opportunities, analyzing electronic commerce software, hardware and commerce service providers, investigating electronic payment systems, examining electronic commerce security, thinking globally, scrutinizing legal, ethical and tax issues and planning. Also includes identifying current issues in e-commerce and emerging technology. Experience with programming languages or creating web sites is not required.NOTE: Computer and internet knowledge recommended
Course Title: Principles of Marketing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides a market-oriented perspective to business decision-making. Students will learn how marketers provide value in satisfying customer needs and wants, determine which target markets the organization can best serve, and decide upon appropriate products, services, and programs to serve these markets. Topics include branding and product development, pricing strategies, marketing research, promotion, supply chain management, and service marketing. Current trends and developments in marketing practices are analyzed and strategic marketing ideas are implemented within an ethical framework. Courses Recommended: BUS 1100 Introduction to Business and CIS 1101 Business Computer Systems I
Course Code | Title | Course Outlines | Goal Areas | Credits |
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COMM 1010 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking and | View-COMM 1010 | n/a | 3 |
ECON 1070 | Principles of Microeconomics and | View-ECON 1070 | n/a | 3 |
College Writing I | ||||
ENGL 1200 | Gateway College Writing or | View-ENGL 1200 | n/a | 4 |
ENGL 1201 | College Writing I and | View-ENGL 1201 | n/a | 4 |
Choose 1 MATH Course | ||||
MATH 1140 | Finite Mathematics or | View-MATH 1140 | n/a | 3 |
MATH 1120 | College Algebra or | View-MATH 1120 | n/a | 3 |
MATH 1150 |
Course Title: Fundamentals of Public Speaking Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides instruction and practical experience in the basics of public speaking. This course has a performance component: students are expected to create and deliver informative, persuasive and other types of speeches.
Course Title: Principles of Microeconomics Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers theories of consumer and producer behavior as well as market structure, the role of government in the economy, distribution of income, externalities, and taxes.
Course Title: College Algebra Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This class is designed for people who will benefit from more time and additional support to learn the content. It is designed to be taken at the same time as Math 920: College Algebra Support. This class prepares students for Calculus I (Math 1221) when taken in sequence with Pre-Calculus (Math 1170). Students not planning to take Calculus I may want to consider taking a different math class such as Elementary Statistics (Math 1130), Finite Math (Math 1140), or Survey of Math (Math 1010). Topics include polynomial, rational, inverse, exponential, and logarithmic functions and their applications. Additional topics include systems of non-linear equations, systems of linear equations, and matrices.
Course Title: Finite Mathematics Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed primarily for the non-science major. Several business and financial applications are covered. These applications may include systems of equations, linear programming (maximizing profit, minimizing cost), the interdependence of different sectors in an economy, and interest rates as they pertain to credit cards, short-term loans, and mortgages. Although some computer applications may be included, no prior experience is necessary. Additional topics may include: introductory statistics and probability, combinatorics (the number of ways of arranging objects), game theory, coding, and Markov chains (multi-step games/decisions). Prerequisite: Placement into Math 902 or successful completion of Math 0900 or 0901 or 0980 or 1010 or 1031 or 1130 with grade of C or better.Please Note: If you have taken a 1000 level Math Course (or higher) from another institution, and have submitted your official transcript, please contact the Records and Registration Department in order to register for this course.
Course Title: Gateway College Writing Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 4
Course Description: This class provides extended practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking skills. Students will develop an effective writing process and work to achieve college-level competence in reading and responding to texts, visuals, events, and ideas in a variety of written formats, with an emphasis on the academic essay. Audience awareness, interpretation and analysis, logical reasoning, and persuasive and argumentative skills will be developed. MLA style documentation of primary sources will be included.
Course Title: College Writing I Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 4
Course Description: This class provides extended practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking skills. Students will develop an effective writing process and work to achieve college-level competence in reading and responding to texts, visuals, events, and ideas in a variety of written formats, with an emphasis on the academic essay. Audience awareness, interpretation and analysis, logical reasoning, and persuasive and argumentative skills will be developed. MLA style documentation of primary sources will be included.
MnTC Electives - 7 credits |
15 Credits must be earned at NHCC |
Course Code | Title | Course Outlines | Goal Areas | Credits |
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Course Title: Art History II: 15th Century to Contemporary Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines painting, sculpture and architecture of cultures from the 15th Century to Contemporary. Students will explore the history of the world through visual art and material culture with a global perspective.
Course Title: Anatomy and Physiology I - Perimeter College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Consortium Course through Preimeter College
Course Title: Anatomy and Physiology Lab I - Perimeter College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: Anatomy and Physiology Lab I at Perimeter College
Course Title: Anatomy and Physiology II - Iowa Central Community College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Consortium
Course Title: Abnormal Psychology - Iowa Lakes Community College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Consortium Course - Iowa Lakes Community College
Course Title: Academic Development Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Academic Learning Strategies Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course introduces students to the principles of learning and critical thinking required for academic success. The focus of the course will be the elements of learning related to emotional intelligence including anxiety, attitude, concentration, motivation, and metacognition. The course will provide techniques and strategies to improve self-regulation including time management and avoiding procrastination. The students will be introduced to campus resources that are designed to help students succeed. This course is one of two that students may take.
Course Title: Academic Listening and Speaking Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course concentrates on preparing students for the listening and speaking needed in the American college classroom. You will develop efficient note-taking skills for classroom lectures and skills for giving presentations. An examination of American English as spoken in college classrooms further develops proficiency necessary for successful college work. This course also reviews American English in terms of intonation, rhythm, stress, and emphasis.Prerequisite: Placement test scores or grade of C or better in EAP 0880
Course Title: Academic Reading and Study Skills Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course provides advanced level readers with intensive practice and extensive reading tasks in various writing genres. You will develop and improve reading proficiency, speed, and comprehension, and the ability to make inferences from text. You will also develop advanced vocabulary building strategies using college content reading materials. Active study strategies are among the skills practiced as you progress toward skillful, independent reading. Prerequisite: Placement test scores or grade of C or better in EAP 0830Students who place into EAP 0930 are required to enroll in this course during their first term at NHCC.
Course Title: Academic Writing Skills Development Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course focuses on developing writing process skills and study of various rhetorical patterns. You will engage in concentrated practice to develop paragraphs through multiple drafts, working towards academic essays. You will also continue to strengthen your English language skills.Prerequisite: Placement test scores or grade of C or better in EAP 0860.
Course Title: Accounting Capstone Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This final capstone course in the accounting sequence is designed to extend and integrate your understanding of theoretical and practical issues in accounting, including the analytical and decision making processes for business enterprises. Further development of theoretical and practical issues from prerequisite courses and reinforcement of communication skills (writing, discussion, and presentation) are central elements of this course. This course will provide the student with the ability to enter the job market or transfer to a four year school with a good understanding of the accounting functions of a small business. Prerequisites: ACCT 2111, ACCT 2112 and CIS 1220 (or with instructor approval)
Course Title: Accounting Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Acting for the Camera Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Students will have the opportunity to perform in front of the camera and see themselves as the camera records them, revealing their strengths and challenges. Acting techniques specific to working in film and television will be covered along with methods for auditioning, script analysis, character development, communication and style. How to handle camera and editing equipment is also included.
Course Title: Acting I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course uses lectures, discussions, and interactive exercises to learn, demonstrate, and evaluate the principles of improvisation including basic stage awareness, non-verbal communication, self-awareness, and team work. Students will work in ensemble to understand, evaluate, and use the concepts of objective, intention, and motivation. Written analyses as well as presentations may be used to demonstrate understanding of these skills and concepts.
Course Title: Acting II Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Continued exploration of the intuitive and imaginative techniques from Acting I with added scene work by American and European playwrights. Work begins with but moves away from simple evaluated scenes and includes specific vocal and physical character choices and script analysis. Advanced partnering skills and inside referent works are explored. Exercises are used to create an imaginative relationship to your partner with flexibility and precision. Students will hone ability to assess properties of effective acting using objective criteria in critique sessions. Class also includes lessons on professional etiquette, the business of acting and ensemble building.
Course Title: Acting II: Building Characters Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Students select plays and their characters to research, analyze, evaluate, write about, and present or demonstrate character analysis, posture, movement, non-verbal communication, vocal variety, projection, and personal experience and awareness. Students are encouraged to take TFT 1500 (Acting 1: Improvisations and Foundations) before taking this class.
Course Title: Acute and Complex Care Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 7
Course Description: This course focuses on the nursing care of clients experiencing acute disruptions of health and/or end of life issues. Emphasis is placed on understanding and application of theory and skills required to provide nursing care to clients with complex and/or unstable conditions. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments, and effective, efficient nursing interventions. Knowledge of life span, developmental factors, cultural variables and legal aspects of care guide the ethical decision making in delivery of care.Prerequisites: Completion of NURS 2800, 2820, 2850; SOC 1110Co-requisites: NURS 2920 and 2950Strongly Recommended to be taken prior to or concurrently: PHIL 1020 or 1220
Course Title: Acute and Complex Nursing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: This course focuses on the nursing care of clients experiencing acute disruptions of health. Emphasis is placed on understanding and application of theory, underlying pathophysiology, and skills required to provide nursing care to clients with acute complex and/or unstable conditions. Evidence-informed practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments, and nursing interventions, including nutritional considerations. Knowledge of life span, developmental factors, cultural variables, and legal aspects of care guides ethical decision making in delivery of care. This course coincides with NURS 2901 and NURS 2903
Course Title: Administering the MN State Building Code Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: The role of the building official is a complex one. Key aspects of a building official's job involves: having a solid understanding of codes and standards, an understanding of how to properly administer these codes and standards, along with working with various federal, state, and local agencies in order to provide conditions for a safe built environment. This course will bring together the concepts that the student has collected throughout the BIT curriculum, and apply this knowledge in a comprehensive review of the role of the building official. This course will provide essential background and understanding of how to properly administer the Minnesota State Building Code. This course is recommended for current and future building officials, inspectors, and other interested parties.Prerequisite: BIT 1000, 1100, 1300 and 2020
Course Title: Adult Fitness Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course is designed to explore the five main components of fitness, what it takes to set and work towards an achievable, personal fitness goal/s, and will utilize various fitness and wellness applications and the internet to record fitness endeavors/workouts.
Course Title: Advanced Fitness Assessment & Exercise Prescription Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to expose students to practical application scenarios in which they will conduct risk factor screenings, fitness assessments, and exercise programming (including appropriate progressions, instructions and spotting techniques). The purpose of this course is to facilitate the application of theoretical concepts previously learned; therefore, offering a bridge between theory and practice.Students will also have the opportunity to design, implement, and modify exercise programs for real and/or theoretical clients under direct supervision.
Course Title: Advanced Weight Training Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: Advanced Weight Training is a course designed to further the students knowledge, techniques, and comprehension of advanced principles of weight training. Application of these techniques and principles to promote and maintain fitness for is the primary goal for this course. This course can be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: EXSC 1050 or Instructor Approval
Course Title: Advanced Applied Music Lessons Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is private instruction for advanced students on their instrument (voice, piano, guitar, brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion) with lessons of one hour per week. Students will extend their ability to interpret their musical performance and create artistic expression through solo repertoire performed on their instrument. Students' advanced technical expertise will be incorporated into artistic expression and interpretation of repertoire that challenges their technique and demands artistic finesse and critical analysis. Student must provide their own instrument.This course may be repeated for credit. Special Music Fees apply. Admission to this course is by permission only. PLEASE CONTACT THE INSTRUCTOR FOR PERMISSION TO REGISTER.
Course Title: Advertising and Sales Promotion Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a study of the principles and practices of promotion for the business organization. Students will study the components and the interrelationships of the promotional mix: advertising, sales promotion, personal selling, direct marketing, and public relations. Topics include: an integrated marketing communications strategy, creative techniques of advertising, media strategies, and the evaluation of promotional plans.NOTE: Bus 1600 recommended
Course Title: African American Civil Rights Immersion Experience Goal Areas: 09,05 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course will focus on the African American culture and the Civil Rights Movement through four themes: fragmentation, exclusion, resistance, and community. Particular attention will be given to the diversity of African diasporas within the United States. The African American Civil Rights Immersion Experience is designed to provide an up-close immersive experience of some of the events, places, people and systems throughout the United States that have helped shape and define contemporary African American theories. This course will be framed within the civil rights movement, including its social organization, customs and traditions, religion, and its arts and literature. The course challenges students to utilize and address issues such as political power, economic systems, racism, and activism. This course includes in-class participation and an off campus expedition to historical civil rights sites in the United States.
Course Title: African American Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces the student to the writings of African-Americans from the colonial period to the present and explores the contributions of these writers to American culture, letters, and life. The course may be organized either by historic periods or topically.
Course Title: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Traditional Aikido I Goal Areas: 09,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: Join in an interdisciplinary exploration of the Japanese martial art Aikido through mental and physical practice. Realize how Aikidos unique history, philosophy, and technique can be integrated into everyday living to strengthen mind and body, appreciate nature, respect others, build positive relations, and contribute to society. Definition: Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art. Its system includes hand-to-hand, sword, and staff techniques. Aikido principles are based on harmonizing mind and body with a partners attack. People of all ages, sizes, and abilities can practice it. There are no tournaments or competitions. Its purpose is to build health, respect and responsibility through mental and physical discipline.Note: Aikido is a hands-on martial art and will be instructed and conducted authentically; therefore, bowing, physical contact, and training with the opposite gender are absolute requirements of this course. Additionally, this course is an elective course in Interdisciplinary Studies fulfilling the MnTC Goal Areas 8 & 9. It will not count toward any HEALTH OR PE requirements.
Course Title: The History, Philosophy and Practice of Traditional Aikido II Goal Areas: 08,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a continuation of the interdisciplinary exploration of the Japanese martial art Aikido through mental and physical practice. It will include further study of Aikidos unique history, philosophy, and the next level of techniques, integrating what is learned into everyday living to strengthen mind and body, appreciate nature, respect others, build positive relations, and contribute to society. Definition: Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art. Its system includes hand-to-hand, sword, and staff techniques. Aikido principles are based on harmonizing mind and body with a partners attack. People of all ages, sizes, and abilities can practice it. There are no tournaments or competitions. Its purpose is to build health, respect and responsibility through mental and physical discipline.Note: Aikido is a hands-on martial art and will be instructed and conducted authentically; therefore, bowing, physical contact, and training with the opposite gender are absolute requirements of this course. Additionally, this course is an elective course in Interdisciplinary Studies fulfilling the MnTC Goal Areas 8 & 9. It will not count toward any HEALTH OR PE requirements.
Course Title: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Traditional Aikido III Goal Areas: 08,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a continuation of the interdisciplinary exploration of the Japanese martial art Aikido through mental and physical practice. It will include further study of Aikidos unique history, philosophy, and the next level of technique, integrating what is learned into everyday living to strengthen mind and body, appreciate nature, respect others, build positive relations, and contribute to society. Definition: Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art. Its system includes hand-to-hand, sword, and staff techniques. Aikido principles are based on harmonizing mind and body with a partners attack. People of all ages, sizes, and abilities can practice it. There are no tournaments or competitions. Its purpose is to build sincere people through mental and physical discipline.Note: Aikido is a hands-on martial art and will be instructed and conducted authentically; therefore, bowing, physical contact, and training with the opposite gender are absolute requirements of this course. Additionally, this course is an elective course in Interdisciplinary Studies fulfilling the MnTC Goal Areas 8 & 9. It will not count toward any HEALTH OR PE requirements.
Course Title: Alternative Dispute Resolution Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course introduces students to the understanding of conflict and provides a working knowledge of the major forms of adjudicative and non-adjudicative alternative dispute resolution processes. Students will apply the theory and practice of alternative dispute resolution to their personal as well as their professional lives. Prerequisite: PLeg 1111.
Course Title: American Government and Politics Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a general introduction to American politics with emphasis on the Constitution, citizen participation, elections, and the role of the major governmental institutions - Congress, presidency and judiciary - in the formulation of public policy in the United States.
Course Title: American Indian Literature Goal Areas: 07,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces the students to North American Native American Literature. Readings may include fiction, non-fiction, poetry, songs, mythology, and film from traditional and contemporary authors. Special attention may be given to Native American authors with Minnesota connections, such as Louise Erdrich, David Treuer, and Susan Power.
Course Title: Introduction to Literary Studies: American Short Story Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: The short story is a form that was created and refined by American writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Students will study American short story writers, their stories, and their views of American life.
Course Title: American Cinema Goal Areas: 07,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: American Cinema is a class in which students look at American films that have played a role in American film history from its beginnings to the present. They explore America's filmmaking history and its contributions to American culture, specifically considering the many diverse communities portrayed in these films as well as filmmakers from these often minority communities. These selections include films by or about African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, GLBT Americans, and the contributions of American Women throughout film history. The course consists of viewing, analyzing, discussing and writing about American films as a means of understanding the impact of these works on our diverse American culture.
Course Title: American Indian Cultural Expression Goal Areas: 07,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This American Indian Cultural Expression course will expose students to the broad range of fine arts within the American Indian community. This course will engage students to understand the connections between past events and their influence in American Indian art forms through critical analysis and aesthetic evaluation. Through exploring how art has impacted these living cultures how these vibrant cultures have survived oppression and genocide, and continue to thrive students will gain understanding of Indigenous Peoples strong connection with the fine arts. Students will also learn to articulate the meaning of different Indigenous nations creative expression and interpretive processes, which have been handed down for generations. Students will also explore the art of activism and resistance to colonialism as well as the connections between American Indian artists and the land.
Course Title: American Indian Culture - Indigenous Peoples of Minnesota Goal Areas: 07,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This American Indian cultural course will provide students with an overview, past and present, of the cultures of Indigenous Peoples of Minnesota, including music, dance, art, the oral story telling tradition and the American Indian connection with the environment and other non-human species. Students will also analyze how these vibrant cultures have survived oppression and genocide, and continue to thrive.Through exploring this living culture, students will gain understanding of Indigenous Peoples strong connection with, and stewardship of, the environment, learn about an important aspect of human and global diversity, and our interconnectedness with each other and our environment.
Course Title: Dave Larsen American Indian Immersion Experience Goal Areas: 09,05 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course will focus on the American Indian Civil Rights Movement and the communitys efforts to protect, preserve and assert tribal sovereignty, language, culture, identity and treaty rights with a particular focus on the behaviors, actions and interactions between indigenous and non-indigenous individuals, groups, institutions, and nations. This course is designed to provide an up-close immersive experience of some of the events, places, peoples and systems throughout American Indian Country that have helped shape and define contemporary Indigenous theories. The course challenges participants to utilize and address issues such as sovereignty, colonization, treaty rights, political power, racism, activism, language revitalization, our relationship with this land, and traditional lifeways. This course includes in-class participation and an off campus expedition to American Indian Nations.
Course Title: Work in American Literature Goal Areas: 09,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines American texts by and about workers and those concerned with workers. It focuses on how these texts portray work and the ways that work structures personal and social life, as well as on how these texts address and are formed by historical and political events that shape working conditions. The course may be organized historically or topically.
Course Title: The American Musical Theatre Goal Areas: 07,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: American Musical Theatre is designed to enlighten the learner about the basics of musical theatre production and its genesis as a uniquely American art form. Also, the course will take a close look at the context in which these musicals were created and how they challenged society at that time. In addition, the course will examine the writing of the book, lyrics and music of many shows in an attempt to better analyze and evaluate the content.
Course Title: Analyzing Gender Identities Goal Areas: 09,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course offers students the opportunity to explore the origins of gender identity. We will examine cultural assumptions about gender in the United States. We will also identify political and historical influences on our definitions and expectations about gender.
Course Title: Anatomy and Physiology - Iowa Lake Community College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: consortium credit
Course Title: Art History I: Ancient to Medieval Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines painting, sculpture and architecture of cultures from prehistory to the end of the 14th Century. Students will explore the history of the world through visual art and material culture with a global perspective.
Course Title: Anthropology of Religion Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course involves the study and comparison of religious institutions from a wide variety of cultures. We will consider the wonderful array of beliefs and practices of humanity. We will consider religion, magic, and witchcraft, and how these cultural constructions shed light on the societies in which they were created. Through seminar-style discussions of a variety of essays on religion and some videos, students will engage with the material on a deeper level than they normally would in a lecture format. Throughout the course, students will learn about the development of a wide variety of religious group identities, and their changing meanings across a wide range of cultures, and periods of history. They will learn about the dynamics of social stratification that religious groups experience today. Students will study the diversity of religion, and the racism and bigotry that often plagues peoples ideas and behavior towards other religious groups. This material will bring to light the institutional exclusion and discrimination that certain groups have endured. Through the consideration and discussion of numerous religious groups of America and beyond, students will learn the role(s) that these groups have played in our culture, and contributions they have made. Through presenting their two research projects to the class, students will exercise communication skills that involve great tact in discussing religious practices in a neutral and objective manner. We will practice those skills every class, in our seminar discussions of the reading. These discussions will get directly at the disparate explanatory systems offered by world religions, compare them, and critique the various views. In these ways, students will be using the method and data that anthropologists employ in the investigation of religion.
Course Title: Anthropology Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Applied Music: Percussion Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is private instruction on percussion instruments (e.g., drums, xylophone, marimba, or tympani) lessons of 1/2 hour per week (during fall and spring semesters). Students will expand upon their technique and skills, extending their technical ability and style interpretation through repertoire from various cultures and historical periods. Students will extend their ability to interpret their musical performance and create artistic expression through solo repertoire performed on the instrument. Student must provide their own instrument.This course may be repeated for credit. Special Music Fees apply.
Course Title: Applied Music: Woodwinds Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is private instruction on a woodwind instrument (saxophone, flute, clarinet, oboe or bassoon) lessons of 1/2 hour per week (during fall and spring semesters). Students will expand upon their technique and skills, extending their technical ability and style interpretation through repertoire from various cultures and historical periods. Students will extend their ability to interpret their musical performance and create artistic expression through solo repertoire performed on the instrument. Student must provide their own instrument.This course may be repeated for credit. Special Music Fees apply.
Course Title: Applied Music: Brass Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is private instruction on a brass instrument (e.g., trumpet, trombone, French horn, baritone, tuba) lessons of 1/2 hour per week (during fall and spring semesters). Students will expand upon their technique and skills, extending their technical ability and style interpretation through repertoire from various cultures and historical periods. Students will extend their ability to interpret their musical performance and create artistic expression through solo repertoire performed on the instrument. Student must provide their own instrument.This course may be repeated for credit. Special Music Fees apply.
Course Title: Applied Music: Guitar Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is open to all students and consists of private guitar instruction lessons of 1/2 hour per week (during fall and spring semesters). Students, beginners through advanced, can, in consultation instructor, pick areas of focus depending on their tastes and needs. These may include: guitar technique (i.e. chords, scales finger-picking) theory, reading, ear-training, analysis, improvisation, repertoire development and interpretation. This course may be repeated for credit. Special Music Fees apply.Student must provide their own guitar (preferably acoustic) in good playing condition.
Course Title: Applied Music: Strings Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is private instruction on a stringed instrument (violin, viola, cello, bass) lessons of 1/2 hour per week (during fall and spring semesters). Students will expand upon basic technique and skills, extending their technical ability and style interpretation through repertoire from various cultures and historical periods. Students will extend their ability to interpret their musical performance and create artistic expression through solo repertoire performed on the instrument. Student must provide their own instrument.This course may be repeated for credit. Special Music Fees apply.
Course Title: Applied Pathophysiology for Nursing II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course will facilitate ongoing critical thinking and analysis of pathophysiological concepts. Emphasis will be on interpretation and prioritization of data resulting from environmental, genetic, and stress-related maladaptations. This course complements the selected topics addressed in Acute & Complex Care to provide a comprehensive understanding of disease processes.Prerequisites: NURS 2800, NURS 2820, NURS 2850; SOC 1110 Co-requisites: NURS 2900 and NURS 2950Strongly Recommended to be taken prior to or concurrently: PHIL 1020 or PHIL 1220
Course Title: Applied Music: Piano Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is private piano instruction with lessons of 1/2 hour per week (during fall and spring semesters). Students will expand upon basic piano technique and skills and will extend their technical ability and style interpretation skill through piano repertoire from various cultures and historical periods. Students will extend their ability to interpret and create artistic expression through piano literature and performance. This course may be repeated for credit. Special Music Fees apply.
Course Title: Applied Music: Voice Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is private voice instruction with lessons of one-half hour per week. Students will expand upon basic vocal technique and skills and will extend their technical ability and style interpretation skill through vocal repertoire from various cultures and historical periods. Students will extend their ability to interpret and create artistic expression through song. This course may be repeated for credit. Special Music Fees apply. MUSC 1600 Class Voice strongly recommended before taking this course.
Course Title: Applied Chemistry Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: The course provides the student with experience in the clinical chemistry laboratory as well as study in the theory and principles involved. Prerequisite: Completion of MLT Didactic Courses
Course Title: Applied Coagulation Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed to give the student clinical experience in the area of coagulation.Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program; Completion of MLT Didactic courses
Course Title: Applied Hematology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is designed to give the student clinical experience in the area of hematology and body fluids.Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program. Completion of MLT Didactic Courses
Course Title: Applied History Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a writing-intensive research methods course that incorporates a service-learning component. Students will learn how to use and interpret various historical sources, such as archival material, oral history, photographs and video. Students will also learn how to use and interpret secondary source materials. The goal of the course is for the students to produce a publishable-quality research paper on a topic related to local history, with an emphasis on the relationship between local history and larger historical developments at the state, national, and/or global level. Prerequisite: Any 1000 level history class; English 1201-1202 Sequence
Course Title: Applied Immunohematology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is the application of immunohematology policies and procedures in the clinical transfusion service setting. Students will perform pretransfusion compatibility testing in accordance with the American Association of Blood Bank Standards. Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program; Completion of MLT Didactic Courses
Course Title: Applied Microbiology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: The course is designed to give the student clinical experience in the area of microbiology. Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program; Completion of MLT Didactic Courses
Course Title: Applied Pathophysiology for Nursing I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course introduces a holistic perspective of pathophysiological processes and the disruption in normal body function. Emphasis will be on objective and subjective manifestations of common chronic health problems resulting from environmental, genetic, and stress-related maladaptations to provide a foundation for nursing care. This course complements selected topics addressed in Chronicity and End of Life to provide a comprehensive understanding of disease processes. Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program, BIOL 2112, NURS 2700 or 2720, and NURS 2750Co-requisites: NURS 2800 and 2820Strongly Recommended to be taken prior to or concurrently: SOC 1110
Course Title: Applied Phlebotomy Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: The course provides the student with experience in phlebotomy skills.Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program; Completion of MLT Didactic Courses
Course Title: Applied Statistics Goal Areas: 04,02 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course provides students with practical statistical tools for analyzing a variety of data. Students will learn how to choose which statistical test to implement, how to apply computer software to conduct tests, and how to interpret the statistical results. Topics include discussion of frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and variation, exploratory data analysis, probability, hypothesis testing and inferences about proportions and means (one and two populations), analysis of variance, correlation, linear regression, and nonparametric statistics. Prerequisites: College math placement above Math 1150 or successful completion of Math 1150 or higher with grade of C or better.
Course Title: Applied Urinalysis Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed to give the student clinical experience in the area of urinalysis. Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program; Completion of MLT Didactic Courses
Course Title: Arab Cultures Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course discusses the history and culture of the Arab world, examining various aspects of this rich and venerable civilization, the importance attached to education, the achievements of Arab science and also the internal conflicts, wide-spread poverty, and the role of women. This course is also an introduction to how the religion of Islam created a far-flung Arab Muslim world that embraces lands reaching from the shores of the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, and examines how social institutions and culture are intertwined with politics and economics. This course is taught in English; no previous knowledge of Arabic language is required.
Course Title: Arabic Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: The Archaeology of Ancient Europe Goal Areas: 10,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: Anthropology is concerned with the many ways that humans have adapted to their physical and social environments, including the systems of meaning and social organization that they use, as well as the historical development of those adaptions. There are a number of subfields within Anthropology in America: (Archaeology, Physical Anthropology, Linguistics, and applied Anthropology), and this course focuses on the remote past of Europe before the advent of writing (history), as revealed through archaeological research. We will focus primarily on Termperate Europe (north of the Alps), but to do so we will repeatedly run into the sophisticated cultures of the Mediterranean Basin. Evidence will be considered starting with the first people in Europe, through millennia of hunting and gathering, and then then the broad changes that occurred with the advent of agriculture and metal use, and the increasing societal complexity, ending with the coming of the Romans who brought civilization to their northern neighbors.
Course Title: Architectural History Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is a survey of the history of architecture from pre-history to the present day. The student will gain knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of architecture from around the world, the ideas and intentions which motivated builders, as well as terminology related to architectural design and construction.
Course Title: Argumentation and Public Advocacy Goal Areas: 01,02 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is intended to develop critical and analytical skills for creating persuasive messages to audiences in formal, oppositional settings. Students will discuss and apply various communication strategies to evaluate the effectiveness of evidence, gain experience in a more formal debate setting, and evaluate and craft arguments ethically and responsibly. These assignments will prepare students for debate in a range of contexts, from interpersonal and small group settings to larger discussions of public and social policy in American culture. Prerequisite: COMM 1010
Course Title: Art and Design Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Art Appreciation Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: The course introduces students to the basic concepts of visual art objects, focusing on the terminology needed to describe and analyze artworks. Fundamental design elements are emphasized to further the development of visual literacy. The understanding of the basic structures of architecture, painting, drawing, and sculpture will be developed. Modes of art analysis are discussed and demonstrated. The general history of art is presented and explained, with attention to the transmission and exchange of world cultures through visual art. This course is presented through lecture and discussion.
Course Title: American Sign Language I (ASL I) Goal Areas: 08 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course teaches the basics for communication with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing individuals. The course includes receptive and expressive finger-spelling, signing, conversational behaviors, and various aspects of Deaf Culture.
Course Title: American Sign Language II (ASL II) Goal Areas: 08 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is a continuation of ASL 1101. The student's signing and fingerspelling will be increased to improve their signing skills.Prerequisite: ASL 1101
Course Title: Intermediate American Sign Language (ASL III) Goal Areas: 08 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course gives students an opportunity to practice their signing skills while increasing their knowledge of various vocabularies, using appropriate body language and facial expression. The course also will prepare students to read signers and will introduce more complex ASL structures. Prerequisite: ASL 1102
Course Title: Intermediate American Sign Language (ASL IV) Goal Areas: 08 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course gives students an opportunity to increase their listening and signing skills in depth. Students will meet Deaf people in a field trip setting to expose them to the Deaf world. Students may do observations with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people approximately three times.Prerequisite: ASL 2201
Course Title: Astronomy Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course takes a big picture look at the universe as a whole. Topics include history of astronomy, origin and features of the planets and the Solar System, the lives and deaths of stars, cosmology and the fate of the universe. It also covers recent discoveries and current topics in astronomy. The laboratory component provides a variety of methods to more fully investigate the process of astronomy. The course meets requirements as a natural sciences lab course under Goal Area 3 of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum. (3 hours lecture/week, 2 hours lab/week)
Course Title: Astronomy Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course takes a big picture look at the universe as a whole. Topics include history of astronomy, origin and features of the planets and the Solar System, the lives and deaths of stars, cosmology and the fate of the universe. It also covers recent discoveries and current topics in astronomy. The laboratory component provides a variety of methods to more fully investigate the process of astronomy. The course meets requirements as a natural sciences lab course under Goal Area 3 of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum. (3 hours lecture/week, 2 hours lab/week)
Course Title: Auto CAD - University of Minnesota Twin Cities Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: Consortium Credit
Course Title: Badminton Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: Badminton is a beginning level course designed for those who have little to no experience playing. This course will include the instruction and the practice of fundamental skills through drills and game play. Rules, terminology, and strategy are included.
Course Title: Basic Counseling Skills Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Introduces basic counseling and interviewing skills. Students will learn and apply skills that range from basic attending and listening skills to chart documentation and treatment planning.
Course Title: Basketball Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course provides instruction and practice in skills of basketball through drills and game play. Rules, terminology, and strategy are included.
Course Title: Beginning Arabic II Goal Areas: 08 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is the second of two-course series to fulfill the needs of our students as well as our community. It is designed for non-native beginners to learn formal Arabic also known as Modern Standard Arabic.Prerequisite: Arbc 1101
Course Title: Beginning Spanish I Goal Areas: 08 Credits: 5
Course Description: Designed for the student with little or no previous experience with languages, this course stresses correct pronunciation, aural comprehension, basic structure, and a practical reading knowledge of Spanish.
Course Title: Beginning Spanish II Goal Areas: 08 Credits: 5
Course Description: Continuing the activities and skill development from Span 1101, this course will emphasize basic proficiency reinforcing the student's knowledge and awareness of appropriate language use in a variety of situations.Prerequisite: Span 1101 or equivalent recommended
Course Title: Bicycling Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed to examine outdoor bicycling for both leisure and exercise. It will introduce students to basic bicycling skills, maintenance, and safety. An emphasis will be placed on increasing cardiovascular endurance as well as bicycling as a lifetime activity. NOTE: Students will be expected to participate in bicycling (outdoor) each week, and will be required to log daily rides through the Polar Beat smart phone app. Access to a bicycle, helmet, and heart rate monitor are required for this course.
Course Title: Biology of Women Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to allow students to explore the biological aspects of being female throughout her life cycle from sex cell formation through menopause and aging. Students will also gain an historical perspective of women over the ages including women in science, will be introduced to the nature of science and the scientific method, study the biology of gender differences, gain a multicultural perspective of women's health issues as well as a comprehensive study of female and male reproductive biology. Topics that will be covered include sex cell formation, genetic inheritance, gene expression, sex determination, pregnancy and birth as well as other health issues such pre-menstrual syndrome, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, and cancer. This course includes a lab-like experience. The course is open to both male and female students.Prerequisite: ENGL 0990 or a 78 on the Accuplacer Reading Comprehension
Course Title: Biology I Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course focuses on the concepts of biological chemistry, cell structure and function, cellular metabolism, molecular genetics and heredity reproduction and development. The course is intended for allied health majors and others not requiring a majors-level introductory biology. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab).
Course Title: Biology of Women with a Lab Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is designed to allow students to explore the biological aspects of being female throughout her life cycle from sex cell formation through menopause and aging. Students will also gain an historical perspective of women over the ages including women in science, will be introduced to the nature of science and the scientific method, study the biology of gender differences, gain a multicultural perspective of women's health issues as well as a comprehensive study of female and male reproductive biology. Topics that will be covered include sex cell formation, genetic inheritance, gene expression, sex determination, pregnancy and birth as well as other health issues such pre-menstrual syndrome, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, and cancer. The course is open to both male and female students. (3 hours lecture/2 hours lab)NOTE: This course has a lab component that incorporates active learning in a lab setting to support classroom material.Prerequisite: ENGL 0990 or a 78 on the Accuplacer Reading Comprehension
Course Title: Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Black Deaf Culture and History Goal Areas: 07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This online course provides students with an understanding of the Black History & Culture of Black Deaf people. Students will learn about Black Deaf & Hard of Hearing people in the Black Deaf Community in all areas of the United States and how the culture has progressed since in 1800s.
Course Title: Building Inspection Internship Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: Supervised work experience in a municipal building inspection department provides a variety of experiences for people new to the field.Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Course Title: Building Organization and Technology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the varied technology that comprise buildings and an exploration into the sequential process of building construction. Theories of building types, functional organizations, and material applications are presented. This course also includes the identification of historic basis for, and comparison between, basic building materials and construction methods. The importance of building assembly sequences also is presented.
Course Title: Boundary Waters Field Geology Goal Areas: 10,03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This lecture, lab & field-based course is designed for people interested in learning about basic principles of astronomy, geology, and meteorology in an applied setting. This course will be offered as a component of our Outdoor Education Program, usually during summer session. Topics include: rock and mineral identification, geologic history of the area, geologic time, plate tectonics, topographic maps, surficial processes, physical processes of weather and astronomical features. Students will participate in an 8-9 day mandatory field trip to BWCA-Quetico Wilderness Area.
Course Title: Bowling Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course includes instruction and practice in skills of bowling through drills and play. Rules, terminology, and scoring are included. Classes meet at bowling lanes. Additional fee charged for use of bowling lanes.
Course Title: Bridge to College Algebra Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is designed for students who have successfully completed Math 900 and wish to prepare for Math 1150. Topics covered include linear equations and inequalities, integer and rational exponents, polynomial algebra, polynomial factoring, rational expression algebra, complex numbers, and quadratic equations. This course emphasizes the acquisition of by-hand skill. Credit does not apply to a degree.
Course Title: Brief Calculus - Grand Canyon University Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Consortium Credit
Course Title: Business Communications and Technology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides students the knowledge to become successful communicators in a business environment through improving and practicing written, oral, face to face, and virtual technology based communication skills, processes, and strategies. This class will incorporate the effective use of Web-based communication, video conferencing, e-mail etiquette, presentation skills, presentation technologies, teleconferencing, and telephone usage. Students will also apply improved verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing, team, conflict, and negotiation skills in organizational situations. This course is for any student wishing to increase their business communication effectiveness in a global and technological business environment.Recommended: Completion of ENGL 1201 College Writing I and CIS 1101 Business Computer Systems I.
Course Title: Business Computer Systems I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course develops computer and digital literacy and emphasizes its importance in today's businesses and society. Through hands-on experience students will gain an understanding of computer concepts, capabilities and applications and be able to implement this knowledge in their professional and personal lives. Computer applications covered include word processing, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, databases, windows/operating system, e-mail use and management, folder and file organization and use of the Internet. Computer concepts covered include understanding computers and mobile devices, how a computer works, managing files, computer and mobile device hardware components, digital safety and security, application programs, input and output devices, digital storage options, ethical practices and Internet basics. Hands-on experience will be provided on computers in the Windows environment using the Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Knowledge of the keyboard is recommended for this course. Check with your instructor for the software edition that will be used.
Course Title: Business Computer Systems II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Emphasis is on an in-depth understanding of the Microsoft Office Suite beyond the fundamentals of CIS 1101. Students will develop their skills with exercise-oriented learning by completing advanced training working with spreadsheets, word processing, presentation graphics, and relational databases. Students will complete an integrated application project incorporating several software applications into one final document. Computer concepts covered include communication networks, operating systems, the internet, database management, data security, computer careers, and background to become a productive, knowledgeable computer consumer and professional. Hands-on experience suitable for professional purposes or personal use will be provided on computers in the Windows environment using the advanced features of the Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.If you believe you have computer experience that is equivalent to the prerequisites of this course, CIS 1101, please contact the instructor for permission to register for this class.Check with your instructor for the software edition that will be used.
Course Title: Business Mathematics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides the students with essential mathematical concepts and practical business applications of pricing, discounts, commission, simple and compound interest, installment buying, consumer credit, depreciation, taxes, simple business statistics, and other business finance situations. Problem-solving skills are developed. Computational math skills are needed.
Course Title: Business Presentations: PowerPoint Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to business presentation concepts and applications using the most current PowerPoint software. This course is for anyone who has to or wants to prepare engaging and effective business presentations. Students will plan, organize, prepare and produce professional quality presentations to meet organizational and business needs. Features studied include customizing a presentation, design templates, slide layouts, custom slide animation and transitions, using multimedia, charts and diagrams, integration, and tools for producing multiple outputs including publishing to the web. This course will provide a thorough understanding of PowerPoint's most important tools and features.After this course, the student would be prepared to take the Microsoft Office Specialist Exam for PowerPoint.NOTE: Knowledge of the keyboard is recommended for this course.
Course Title: Business Statistics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is designed primarily for the business major. This course will introduce you to business statistics, or the application of statistics in the workplace. In this course, you will learn how to apply statistical tools to analyze data, draw conclusions, and make predictions of the future. The course will begin with data distributions, followed by probability analysis, sampling, and finally hypothesis testing. This course is mathematically intensive, and much of what you learn here will deal with things you encounter every day. This course also makes use of spreadsheets, an important tool for working with and making sense of numerical data.
Course Title: Business/Marketing/Retailing Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Calculus and Analytic Geometry - Wstern Technical College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: Consortium Agreement
Course Title: Calculus I Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is a thorough treatment of differentiation and an introduction to integration. Topics include the definition of derivative, limits and continuity, differentiation, applications of the derivative, definite and indefinite integrals, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, techniques of integration, and applications of integration.Prerequisites: College math placement level or successful completion of Math 1170 or Math 1180 with grade of C or better
Course Title: Calculus II Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is the second course in single variable calculus. We continue the study of integral calculus with techniques of integration, improper integrals, numerical integration, and applications of integration. Infinite sequences and series are introduced and studied in detail, including convergence testing and power series. The course includes the study of parametric equations and polar coordinates and an introduction to differential equations.
Course Title: Calculus III Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 5
Course Description: Topics in this course include solid analytic geometry, vectors in space, scalar and vector products, vector functions and derivatives/integrals, multi-variable functions, partial derivatives, alternative coordinate systems, and double and triple integrals. The geometry of space curves, line and surface integrals, cural and gradient divergence, and Stokes' theorem are also included. Emphasis will be on learning relevant mathematical methods.Prerequisites: Successful completion of Math 1222 with a grade of C or better
Course Title: Calculus Survey Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course in differential and integral calculus is designed for those students who require only one semester of calculus. The emphasis is on methods and applications of calculus rather than on theory, with the applications primarily from business. Students who wish to take more than one semester of calculus should enroll in Math 1221.Prerequisites: College math placement level or successful completion of Math 1150 or Math 1180 with grade of C or better
Course Title: Career Exploration and Planning Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to empower students with career decision-making skills that can be used their entire lifetime. Students will explore personal interests, values, skills, and personality styles as they apply to a career, changing careers, and academic degrees. A variety of career and personality inventories will be used to engage students in the decision making process. Current issues and trends in the workforce related to hiring and job opportunities will be evaluated. Students will explore the job search process and develop effective techniques in preparing a resume and cover letter. Students will also develop networking skills and interviewing techniques to prepare for the eventual job search and/or transfer to a four year college or university. Note: No credit will be given for this course if student has completed ADEV/BUS 1000.
Course Title: CC: Irish Politics I - Arcadia University Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: consortium credit
Course Title: Ceramics I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Ceramics is an introductory studio course that presents students with a fundamental understanding of the hand building and wheel throwing processes in clay. This course will focus on a creative and imaginative approach to solving visual problems in clay. Ceramics will introduce all methods of forming clay including pinch, throwing, coil and slab building.
Course Title: Ceramics II Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Ceramics II is an advanced studio course that presents students with an in-depth understanding of the hand building and wheel throwing processes in clay. This course emphasizes student's development of a personal creative style taking an imaginative approach to solving visual problems in clay. Ceramics ll will introduce all methods of forming clay combining pinch, throwing, coil and slab building with comprehensive glazing techniques.Prerequisite: Art 1361
Course Title: Chamber Singers Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is a select auditioned group of singers which will perform a wide spectrum of choral repertoire from Madrigals to Vocal Jazz. Auditions will be held early fall semester for the yearly commitment. May be repeated for credit.Strongly recommended to take Concert Choir concurrently
Course Title: College Chemistry - Western Technical College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: Consortium Credits
Course Title: Chemistry and Society Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 4
Course Description: This is a basic introduction to chemistry in the everyday world, with emphasis on the role that chemistry plays in personal and professional lives. It is intended for anyone seeking to become a better informed citizen of our technological society. Basic chemical principles will be introduced and their impact on society will be discussed. The course enables students to use concepts of chemistry to think critically about current issues in science and technology. No background in Chemistry or other Natural Sciences is presumed; a strong background in math is not required. Heavy use of the internet for research and communication will be an important component of this course. This course is recommended for non-science majors looking to fulfill the science course with lab component. (3 hours lecture / 3 hours lab)
Course Title: Chemistry for Healthcare Professionals Goal Areas: 10,03 Credits: 3
Course Description: This is a one-term laboratory chemistry course (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) designed for non-science majors primarily in healthcare programs. We will learn about basic concepts in Chemistry, including atomic theory, stoichiometric relationships, and kinetic molecular theory, and use our understanding to think critically about current environmental issues in science. These concepts will also be applied to the health field. We will also explore the role chemistry plays in our personal and professional lives. During the lab portion, we will observe and collect data, relate it to the knowledge gained from lecture, prepare ourselves for relevant interpretation of the laboratory results and the application to personal experiences. (e.g., why it is important that healthcare professionals understand the role partial pressures play in blood pH.) This course is not recommended for students who wish to continue to take more chemistry courses. This course is not a substitute for Chemistry 1010 which is a 4-credit course.
Course Title: Chemistry I - Iowa Lakes Consortium Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Consortium Chemistry
Course Title: Chemistry Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Child Development Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on psychological, intellectual, and physical development from the prenatal period through adolescence. Topics include general theoretical approaches and research methods in studying child and adolescent development, birth and the newborn child, and development in the following areas: prenatal, physical, perceptual, cognitive, intellectual, language, personality, social and atypical.Completion of General Psychology is helpful prior to taking this course.
Course Title: Children's Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: In this course, students will have the pleasure of reading, discussing and evaluating children's literature ranging from the picture book to the young adult novel. Students will explore the history of children's literature, critical responses to it and its specific role for children and adults. Students will examine works from the genre that might include picture books, chapter books, folktales, fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, poetry and nonfiction with an emphasis on how the genre and its themes have evolved over time, paying particular attention to how those themes address the role of children in society. This course will appeal to students, parents and educators.
Course Title: Chronic and Palliative Care Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 7
Course Description: This course focuses on the nursing care of clients experiencing chronic illness and/or end of life. Emphasis is placed on understanding the lived experience of clients and families. Ethical issues related to advocacy, self-determination, and autonomy are explored. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments and management of care of clients experiencing concurrent illnesses/co-morbidities.Prerequisites: BIOL 2112, NURS 2700 or 2720, and NURS 2750Co-requisites: NURS 2850 and 2820Strongly Recommended to be taken prior to or concurrently: SOC 1110
Course Title: Chronic and Palliative Nursing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course focuses on the nursing care of clients experiencing chronic illness and/or end of life to foster an understanding of the lived experience of clients and families. Emphasis is placed on the underlying pathophysiology of common chronic health problems to provide a foundation for nursing care. Ethical issues related to advocacy, self- determination, and autonomy are explored. Evidence-informed practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments and management of care, including nutritional considerations, for clients experiencing concurrent chronic illnesses/co-morbidities.
Course Title: Circuit Analysis Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course explores direct-current and alternating circuits. Topics include Kirchhoff's Laws; mesh and nodal analysis; Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems; RL, RC, and RLC circuits; sinusoidal steady state analysis of AC circuits; operational amplifiers. A laboratory component is included.
Course Title: CC: City Life Divisions and Diversity - Aradia University Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: consortium credit
Course Title: Class Guitar I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is open to all students. It is designed for beginners or for guitar students wishing to fill in gaps in their knowledge from previous musical experience. It covers basic guitar techniques and musicianship skills used in a variety of different styles of music. Students will also study different types of written musical notation. It also introduces improvisation and song writing. Student must provide their own guitar (preferably acoustic) in good playing condition.
Course Title: Class Piano I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course offers basic piano instruction and technique for the student with no previous training in piano. Students will learn basic piano techniques and skills and be introduced to different playing styles. Students will be introduced to music and history of different cultures as related to the piano.
Course Title: Class Piano II Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 2
Course Description: The purpose of the course is to build upon skills and musicianship begun in Class Piano I, allowing the student to continue gaining a better understanding of playing the piano and a greater appreciation of music in general. Both technique and musicianship will be addressed. Scales and/or exercises and music theory will be part of every class lesson. To be successful in this class, the student should have completed MUSC 1801 Class Piano I or be at the equivalent skill level.
Course Title: Class Voice Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is devoted to basic vocal techniques and skills. Students will learn different styles of song from various cultures and historical periods and will learn to evaluate the fundamentals of the creative process as expressed through vocal performance. This course is open to non-music majors.
Course Title: Clinical Chemistry Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course introduces the basic principles, procedures, and correlations of the clinical chemistry laboratory. The theory of basic laboratory instrumentation and procedures will be discussed and practiced. Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program; MLT 1000 and 1200 and Chem 1062.
Course Title: Clinical Hematology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: The course will include development, normal and abnormal characteristics of the cellular elements of the blood; the basic techniques and instrumentation utilized in the hematology laboratory; the theory and techniques of coagulation studies; and the clinical correlation of all procedures. This course will include development, normal and abnormal characteristics of the cellular elements of blood; the basic techniques and instrumentation utilized in the hematology laboratory; the theory and techniques of coagulation studies; and the clinical correlation of all procedures.Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program MLT 1000, 1100 and 1200
Course Title: Clinical II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course provides students opportunity to practice safe, effective, and holistic nursing care in the clinical setting. Students will complete 120 hours of experiential learning applying newly acquired critical thinking and nursing skills in the care planning of clients with chronic conditions. Emphasis will be placed on therapeutic communication and collaboration with interprofessional teams to improve patient outcomes. This course coincides with NURS 2801 and NURS 2802.
Course Title: Clinical Immunohematology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will include principles of immunohematology and transfusion service procedures, including blood typing, antibody screening, compatibility testing, antibody identification, problem resolution, hemolytic disease of the newborn, and transfusion therapy. (two hours lecture, three hours lab) Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program; MLT 1250 and MLT 2050.
Course Title: Clinical Immunology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course introduces students to the basic elements of the immune system and provides for application of the principles of immunology to immunologic techniques utilized in the clinical laboratory.Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program; MLT 1000 Clinical Laboratory Basics
Course Title: Clinical Laboratory Instrumentation Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course will introduce the student to the basic operation and associated functions related to selected laboratory instruments and equipment. Students will learn and practice pipetting, laboratory mathematics, microscopy, dilutions, and quality control. The course will run the second half of the fall semester and will meet once a week for 2 hours.
Course Title: Clinical Laboratory Basics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course will introduce the student to the general role of the healthcare provider as well as the specific role of the Medical Laboratory Technician. Students will learn about and practice infection control and safety, medical terminology, healthcare ethics, venipuncture technique, specimen processing, and quality assurance. The course will run the first half of the fall semester and will meet once a week for 2 hours.
Course Title: Clinical Microbiology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course covers the isolation, identification, and significance of clinically associate bacteria, mycobacteria, fungi, and parasites.Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT Program and Biol 1001 or Biol 1101
Course Title: Clinical Urinalysis/Body Fluids Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course will include lab skills such as pipetting, microscopy and centrifugation; review of the anatomy and physiology of the kidney, role of the kidney in disease; physical, chemical and microscopic properties of urine; and clinical correlation of lab results. Other body fluids and seminal fluid analysis will be reviewed in the lecture portion and laboratory portion.Prerequisite: Admission to the MLT programStrongly Recommended: BIOL 1001 and BIOL 1120
Course Title: College Algebra and Pre-Calculus Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is a very accelerated combination of Math 1150 and 1170 in one semester. It is recommended for strong students or can be used also as a refresher course for students who have successfully completed those two courses in the past. Topics include polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric functions, vectors, conic sections, and sequences and series. Additional topics may include polar coordinates or parametric equations.
Course Title: College Algebra Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This class prepares students for Calculus I (Math 1221) when taken in sequence with Pre-Calculus (Math 1170). Students not planning to take Calculus I may want to consider taking a different math class such as Elementary Statistics (Math 1130), Finite Math (Math 1140), or Survey of Math (Math 1010). Topics include polynomial, rational, inverse, exponential, and logarithmic functions and their applications. Additional topics include systems of non-linear equations, systems of linear equations, and matrices.
Course Title: College Algebra Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This class is designed for people who will benefit from more time and additional support to learn the content. It is designed to be taken at the same time as Math 920: College Algebra Support. This class prepares students for Calculus I (Math 1221) when taken in sequence with Pre-Calculus (Math 1170). Students not planning to take Calculus I may want to consider taking a different math class such as Elementary Statistics (Math 1130), Finite Math (Math 1140), or Survey of Math (Math 1010). Topics include polynomial, rational, inverse, exponential, and logarithmic functions and their applications. Additional topics include systems of non-linear equations, systems of linear equations, and matrices.
Course Title: College AlgebraI - St Paul College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Consortium Credit
Course Title: College Algebra Support Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course focuses on the skills and concepts needed to be successful in College Algebra. It is designed to be taken at the same time as Math 1120: Gateway College Algebra and will provide extra support on challenging topics.
Course Title: College Composition - University of North Dakota Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Consortium Credit
Course Title: College Reading and Studying Skills Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course focuses on the college textbook reading, language and study skills you will need in your content-area courses. You will study content-course readings and complete tests and assignments typical of those you will complete in college courses.Placement test scores or grade of C or better in EAP 0860, EAP 0880 and EAP 0930
Course Title: College Vocabulary Development Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: In this course you will become familiar with the most frequently used words in academic texts. You will strengthen the vocabulary you need for college-level writing, reading, listening, and speaking by studying word families from the Academic Word List. Prerequisites: Placement test scores or grade of C or better in EAP 0830 and EAP 0860.
Course Title: College Writing I Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 4
Course Description: This class provides extended practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking skills. Students will develop an effective writing process and work to achieve college-level competence in reading and responding to texts, visuals, events, and ideas in a variety of written formats, with an emphasis on the academic essay. Audience awareness, interpretation and analysis, logical reasoning, and persuasive and argumentative skills will be developed. MLA style documentation of primary sources will be included.
Course Title: College Writing I: Workshop Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This composition course is a supportive class to be taken concurrently with English 1200, College Writing I. It focuses on the processes and strategies of essay writing from first thoughts through revision to the final, edited college-level essay in a very small group and individualized setting. The course goal is success in the attached, co-requisite section of English 1200, College Writing I.
Course Title: College Writing II Goal Areas: 02,01 Credits: 2
Course Description: This class focuses on the research process, textual analysis of primary and secondary sources, rhetorical strategies for argument and persuasion, and successful integration of sources into a longer academic paper utilizing MLA (or other, as appropriate) documentation format. The class may be disciplinary, interdisciplinary, or topical in content.
Course Title: College Writing II with Workshop Goal Areas: 01,02 Credits: 2
Course Description: This class focuses on the research process, textual analysis of primary and secondary sources, rhetorical strategies for argument and persuasion, and successful integration of sources into a longer academic paper utilizing MLA (or other, as appropriate) documentation format. The class may be disciplinary, interdisciplinary, or topical in content.
Course Title: College Writing II: Workshop Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is a supportive class to be taken concurrently with English 1203, College Writing II. It focuses on the processes and strategies of argumentative research writing from exploration and curiosity to primary and secondary research to early drafts through extensive revisions and expansion to the final college-level term paper in a very individualized, small-group setting. It may also assist students who need a more intensive review of MLA format and citations (or other citation format, as appropriate) than English 1202 alone provides. The course goal is success in the attached, co-requisite section of English 1203, College Writing II.
Course Title: College Writing Skills Development Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: In this course, you will develop academic essay writing and advanced English language skills. This course emphasizes writing as a process, as well as development of analytical reading and critical thinking skills.Prerequisite: Placement test scores or grade of C or better in EAP 0900, 0930, 0960 and 0980
Course Title: Colonial History of the Americas Goal Areas: 08,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines the human migratory phase that led to the initial peopling of the Americas beginning ca. 35,000 BCE; it explores the first colonial period that began ca. 7500 BCE with the rise of domesticated agriculture and the consequent establishment of major civilizations in South America, Meso-America, and North America; and it covers the second colonial period initiated by the arrival of the Spanish in 1492 and that began drawing to a conclusion in the late eighteenth century. Study of the second colonial period includes the colonization of North America, Central America, The Caribbean, and South America by six European empires: the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Russian, and English.
Course Title: Commercial Plan Review and Field Inspections Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Emphasizes techniques for plan review and field inspections on commercial, industrial, multi-story buildings, and multi-family structures in accordance with the International Building Code (IBC). Discussion topics shall include, but not be limited to, occupancy classification, allowable area, types of construction, fire resistive construction, fire protection requirements, building systems and exiting.Prerequisites: BIT 1050 and 1150
Course Title: Communication Studies Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Communications Capstone Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: The communication capstone course is intended for students who want to engage in a professional application of communication skills gained from their prior coursework. This could range from social media internships, public speaking events, communication campaign work, or other projects within the scope of communication studies.Students must take one COMM course and have instructor permission.
Course Title: Community Corrections Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course studies the purposes and goals of community-based corrections and explores alternatives to incarceration in centralized penal institutions. Addresses issues related to diversion programs, the management of offenders in community settings and re-entry programs. Examines the role of community corrections and restorative justice practices within the broader correctional system. Offers students insights into the daily experiences of those working in the field of community corrections.
Course Title: Community Jazz Ensemble Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course is an instrumental performance ensemble that plays a variety of jazz literature. Enrollment is open to all students who are able to read written musical notation for their instrument. Ensemble is open to all students. Students should provide their own instrument. This group meets once per week.
Course Title: Community Organizing I Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: The focus of this course will be developing leadership skills through community organizing and empowering students to make lasting changes at the college, in their own communities and the world.Students will examine past and present social movements with a special focus on organizing in communities of color. This course will also explore the contemporary meanings of community in the United States. Students will learn to identify the leader within by examining the relationship between community and citizenship. This course will also focus on issues of diversity and sustainable communities with the practical application of active leadership techniques and creative organizing on our campus.This could include aspects of the annual Earth Week Program such as Marketing, PR, Event Planning, Budgeting, Community Partnerships, Cross Campus and Cross cultural collaborations, and curriculum integration.
Course Title: Computer Applications in the Legal Profession Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course presents a study of the computer software commonly used in legal organizations, including programs in word processing, spreadsheets, database management systems, timekeeping and billing, case management and docket control, litigation support, presentation graphics, and electronic mail. Students will also study legal ethics as applied to the use of computer technology in the law office. CIS 1000 or knowledge of keyboard recommended. Prerequisite: PLeg 1111
Course Title: Comparative Politics Goal Areas: 05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines and compares the organization and politics of modern governments around the world. Countries studied exemplify larger course themes of political institutions, political culture, elections, public policy, democratization, economic development, and comparative methodology.
Course Title: Computer and Keyboarding Essentials Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introductory course to introduce students to the use of basic computer skills and to develop mastery of the computer keyboard. This course covers introductory information about computer hardware and software, working with drives, folders and files, and the use of the microcomputer as a productivity tool. Students will learn to type the alphabet, number, and symbol key by touch. Emphasis is on the mastery and the development of speed and accuracy sufficient to make the computer a communication tool. Simple tables, memos, business letters, and reports are covered. Please contact your instructor for the version of software that will be used. NOTE: No Credit will be given if you have previously completed CIS 1000 (Electronic Keyboarding).
Course Title: Computer Architecture Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: As an introduction to computer organization and structure, this course includes beginning machine and assembly language programming. Topics to be covered include logic gates and Boolean algebra, basic elements of computing devices, basic components of a computer, data representation and number systems, micro operations, microprogramming, and input-output programming.
Course Title: Computer Basics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The students will get hands-on experience with an operating environment (the current version of Microsoft Windows) and Windows-based applications which include spreadsheets, word processors and presentation packages. The course enables students to use computers to process information and communicate using e-mail and World Wide Web.
Course Title: Computer Information Systems Mgmt Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Computer Science Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: The course introduces fundamental concepts of computer programming using a block programming language and a graphical development environment. A number of mathematical concepts used in office, game, mobile and scientific programming are introduced and illustrated with computer graphics. The students will advance their computational thinking abilities, as they develop algorithms and arrange data for solving problems.
Course Title: Computer Security Basics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This class examines the issues surrounding computer security in today's highly technological world. The course is designed to provide an overview of security problems: technical issues and the principles associated with databases, networks, administrative controls, privacy, operating systems and programming. The knowledge gained from this course will allow programmers, instructional designers, information technology specialists and managers to better understand a variety of issues surrounding secure computing. It is preferred that students have proficient computer skills.
Course Title: Computerized Accounting with QuickBooks Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides a hands-on approach to learning how current (on the market) computerized accounting systems are used and installed. The following modules are covered: general ledger, financial statements, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchasing, inventory and payroll. Note: Knowledge of accounting debits and credits and CIS 1101 or computer experience is recommended.Prerequisite: Acct 2111
Course Title: Conceptual Physics Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is a combined lecture and laboratory course designed for people who want to learn about the fundamental laws and principles that form the basis of the working of the physical universe. This course helps the student understand and appreciate how and why a wide range of common and everyday physical phenomena occur. Topics include: laws of motion, work, energy, momentum, fluids, heat, vibration, wave motion, electricity, magnetism, and light. Some algebra is used in the presentation, so a mathematical preparation equivalent to Math 0902 is recommended. (3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab)
Course Title: Conceptual Physics Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is a combined lecture and laboratory course designed for people who want to learn about the fundamental laws and principles that form the basis of the working of the physical universe. This course helps the student understand and appreciate how and why a wide range of common and everyday physical phenomena occur. Topics include: laws of motion, work, energy, momentum, fluids, heat, vibration, wave motion, electricity, magnetism, and light. Some algebra is used in the presentation, so a mathematical preparation equivalent to Math 0902 is recommended. (3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab)
Course Title: Concepts of Addiction Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course discusses chemical use, misuse, abuse, and dependence. The focus of this class is the role of biopsychosocial factors in the development and progression of addiction. The content of this class will also include information regarding intervention, assessment, and treatment.
Course Title: Concepts of Group Fitness Instruction Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills in group fitness instruction, as well as preparation for a national certification exam in group fitness instruction. Topics include guidelines for instructing safe, effective, and purposeful exercise, essentials of the instructorparticipant relationship, the principles of motivation to encourage adherence in the group fitness setting, effective instructor to participant communication techniques, methods for enhancing group leadership, and the group fitness instructors (GFIs) professional role.
Course Title: Concepts of Training Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will allow students to research, explore, discuss, and compare different training strategies based on empirical research that are designed to improve health, wellness, and performance, and to modify lifestyle behaviors. Students will comprehend how and when to apply each training method upon distinguishing individual needs and wants of different persons while adhering to current training guidelines, principles of training, and current accepted Exercise Science training theories.In order to sit for the NASM-CPT exam, it is strongly recommended that students register for both 2010 and 2100 at the same time.
Course Title: Concert Choir Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course includes the study and performance of choral repertoire. Through active learning students will participate in collaborative artistic study culminating in choral performance of works from a variety of cultures and historical periods. The day section of choir meets twice per week and the night section of choir meets once per week. May be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Construction Management Internship Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Provides the student an opportunity to observe and participate in all aspects of construction management that are typically encountered in the construction workplace.
Course Title: Construction Technology Field Experience II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is an intermediate introduction to the application of techniques necessary to construct buildings and structure. Course learning objectives will be covered in the context of a specific construction craft and will be completed during the construction of an actual industry project.It is strongly recommended that the following course(s) be taken prior to or concurrent with this course:CMSV1600 Construction Technology II
Course Title: Construction Technology Field Experience III Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is an intermediate introduction to the application of techniques necessary to construct buildings and structure. Course learning objectives will be covered in the context of a specific construction craft and will be completed during the construction of an actual industry project.It is strongly recommended that the following course(s) be taken prior to or concurrent with this course:CMSV1700 Construction Technology
Course Title: Construction Technology III Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is an advanced review and application of techniques necessary to construct buildings and structure. Course learning objectives will be covered in the context of a specific construction craft.It is strongly recommended that the following course(s) be taken prior to or concurrent with this course:CMSV1650 Construction Technology Field Experience II
Course Title: Foundations of Construction Codes and Inspections Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the field of building inspection and construction codes. Provides an introduction to the field of building inspection and construction codes. The student will learn about the history of codes, what codes and standards are and how they are developed, along with receiving an introduction to plan reading, field inspections, department administrations, plumbing, mechanical systems and information on the industry and types of positions that work in a building department. This course is intended to provide a student with a broad overview of the building inspection industry and construction codes.
Course Title: Construction Management Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Students in this course examine estimating, purchasing, bidding, scheduling, coordinating, expediting, and supervising work and dealing with public agencies, the design professions, suppliers, and subcontractors as these activities relate to the operation of a building contracting company.
Course Title: Construction Professionalism Seminar Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is designed to be an introduction to careers in the construction industry. It will be an exploration of the breadth and depth of construction opportunities and the diversity of the occupational career pathways open to students. The differences between residential, commercial, civil, industrial, and specialty construction will be explored as well as exposure to the different occupation opportunities as a tradesperson, project manager, staff management specialist, design professional and business owner. Industry standards and expectations will be part of the course, and at its completion students will have had the opportunity to complete course work to receive an OSHA 10 hour training certification.
Course Title: Construction Quality Assurance and Quality Control Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Students will be introduced to QA/QC and the concept of Construction Quality Management in the residential, commercial and civil construction industries. It will emphasize QA/QC in civil construction and focus on the types of materials, construction methods and quality control necessary for building road, bridges, underground utilities and other types of civil construction projects. Students will have the option to obtain a Minnesota Department of Transportation Concrete Field 1 certification as part of this course. Prerequisite: CMSV 2100 Concrete and Soil Technology
Course Title: Construction Technology Field Experience Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the application of techniques necessary to construct buildings and structure. Course learning objectives will be covered in the context of a specific construction craft and will be completed during the construction of an actual industry project.It is strongly recommended that the following course(s) be taken prior to or concurrent with this course:CMSV1500 Construction Technology
Course Title: Constitutional Law Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will acquaint students with the content of the United States Constitution and its amendments; its interpretations within political, social, and historical contexts; and will examine the reasoning process in major judicial decisions.Prerequisite: Soc 1710 or PolS 1100
Course Title: Construction Estimating Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course explores the basic techniques and guidelines of estimating. The student will develop skills to prepare cost estimates considering the important aspects of material takeoffs, labor, equipment, and time. Practical, step-by-step cost estimating procedures will be applied to an actual building project.
Course Title: Construction Graphics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Study of graphic solutions to problems conditioned by traditional and emerging construction document standards. Students will produce construction graphics using computer-assisted processes. The principles of construction graphics are applied to the visualization, communication, and graphical analysis of problems.
Course Title: Construction Mgmt/Supervision Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Construction Scheduling Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course explores the basic techniques and guidelines of the critical path method (CPM), and the precedence diagramming method (PDM) scheduling. The student will develop skills to prepare construction schedules by considering the important aspects labor, equipment, and time cost scheduling. Practical step-by-step scheduling techniques will be applied to an actual construction project.
Course Title: Construction Technology II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is an intermediate review and application of techniques necessary to construct buildings and structure. Course learning objectives will be covered in the context of a specific construction craft.It is strongly recommended that the following course(s) be taken prior to or concurrent with this course:CMSV1550 Construction Technology Field Experience I
Course Title: Construction Technology I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the technical mastery of the constructing of buildings and structure. Course learning objectives will be covered in the context of a specific construction craft.
Course Title: Consumer Behavior Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is an in-depth study of how and why people buy and gain an understanding of the factors influencing a purchase decision and how marketing research can enhance decision-making in this area. Topics include social structures and their effect on consumer purchase behavior, individual adoption and resistance behavior, and marketing efforts based on consumer research. Marketing research procedures, methods, and information sources are identified and evaluated. The ability to perform basic marketing research is emphasized.
Course Title: Consumer Behavior Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the world of consumer behavior. Consumer behavior borrows from several social sciences to explain behavior in the marketplace. In this course, students will explore how perceptions, learning, memory, personality, and attitudes influence consumption behavior, how consumption shifts during ones life cycle, and how strong cultural and subcultural influences are on consumers.
Course Title: Consumer Health Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines current consumer health issues in society. Class content will include the examination of health care products, the food and drug industry, and our ability to create a safe living environment. This course will also include plans of action that we, as a society, can take to become better health consumers.
Course Title: CC: Issues in Contemporay Irish Society II - Aracadia University Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: consortium credit
Course Title: CC: Issues in Contemporary Irish Society I - Aracadia University Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: consortium credit
Course Title: Contracts and Business Organizations Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course presents a study of contracts, sales of goods, products liability, secured transactions, creditor rights, consumer protection and bankruptcy. The students also study basic principles of employment law. This course also presents a study of business entities, including sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, and other business entities. Students will learn the fundamental principles of law applicable to each entity type and how to prepare documents necessary to the organization and operation of each. In addition, this course examines the ethical considerations relating to business law practice. Prerequisite: PLeg 1111
Course Title: Creative Cloud Essentials Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: An introduction to creating art, designing for print and audience interactivity using Adobe Creative Cloud and/or relevant digital tools from other developers. Students will learn how to use Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and either Dreamweaver or other interactive design software to produce creative graphic projects intended for consumption on paper or screens. Students will learn to use Photoshop to improve digital photos and create original artwork, Illustrator to create original vector-based artwork, and InDesign for page layout and preparation of artwork for personal or commercial printing. They will learn how to use software to engage an audience with interactivity on a screen about a topic of choice.This course is for: beginning artists, freelance artists, professional fine artists, graphic designers, writers, self-employed or small business owners, communication specialists, marketing specialists, and anyone with an interest in learning more about art, graphic design, and Adobe Creative Cloud.Basic computer skills are necessary for success in this class.
Course Title: Undergraduate Research - Creative Work Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: Students will be engaged in the production of an original creative work under the guidance of the faculty member. The creative work will: use discipline-appropriate methods, be ambitious in scope, have a reasonable chance of completion within the agreed-upon timeframe, and require use of advanced concepts and technique. The result should be of a quality suitable for presentation, production, or publication. This course may be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Creative Writing Capstone Project Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is intended for students who are in the Creative Writing AFA program and within a semester of completion. This capstone experience will focus on the writing and revision of a demonstrative portfolio of writing within a single genre, multiple genres, or blended genres (poetry, fiction, scriptwriting, and/or creative nonfiction). Students will work individually with faculty to develop and polish their writing for publication submission and movement toward further study and/or career options.Prerequisite: Engl 1900 Introduction to Creative Writing
Course Title: Criminal Law and Procedure Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course presents a study of the substantive and procedural aspects of criminal law and the role of the paralegal working in the area of criminal defense or criminal prosecution. Students will study the general principles of criminal liability, analysis of particular crimes, parties to crimes, and the substantive defense to crimes. Constitutional safeguards and procedures from arrest through trial, sentencing, punishment, and appeal are also studied. This course also examines the ethical considerations relating to criminal law and procedure.Prerequisite: PLEG 1111Please Note: All Paralegal program and course prerequisites are enforced. This course may not be used as a substitute for SOC 1710 in any NHCC programs which include SOC 1710 as a required course.
Course Title: Crisis Assessment and Intervention Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Presents basic concepts of crisis assessment, intervention, and referral. The application of strategies and techniques with a discussion of intervention, assessment, and referral models is included. An overview of interventions for specific crisis will be reviewed. An assessment model for making appropriate referrals is presented.
Course Title: Object Oriented Programming (CS1) Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Students will learn object-oriented programming while creating algorithms.The basic principles of software engineering are emphasized. By doing their own Java projects, students will developproblem-solving skills and gain experience in detecting and correcting software errors.Procedures, recursion, and iteration will be presented in the development of algorithms. Inheritance and polymorphism are studied. The use of abstraction will be emphasized throughout the course.
Course Title: CTD Course 101 Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: A course giving step by step instructions on how to set up ISRS.
Course Title: Current Environmental Issues Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 4
Course Description: Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course examines various aspects of natural and human-made ecosystems, human's intervention, and the subsequent impact on society and nature. It emphasizes current problems, values, and projection for the future. The lab involves internet exercises, videos, group discussion, individual and group projects, field trips and other outdoor activities. (3 hours lecture, 4 hours lab)Prerequisite: ENGL 0990 or a 78 on the Accuplacer Reading Comprehension
Course Title: Current Health Issues and Human Behavior Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Current Health Issues and Human Behavior is a course which will examine how biological, psychological, and social factors work together to explain health and illness. This course will focus on current health models, such as the biopsychosocial model, that help explain why some people become ill and others do not. This class has an integrative health approach in treating the whole person who may have disease and illness caused by genetic factors and/or environmental factors. Another very important aspect of this course will be to interpret and discuss the various theories of change in human behavior and how they relate to health. After participating and completing coursework, students should understand the (positive and negative) contributing roles that psychological and social factors have on biological processes in the body.
Course Title: D2L Tutor Training Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course was created so that a D2L Training course will show in Navigate so that students can schedule D2L training with our Tutoring Center.
Course Title: Data Science I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course introduces students to the rapidly growing field of Data Science. Students will learn the concepts and tools used to analyze data sets and make informed business and/or research decisions. Students will use various software, including databases, to gather, organize and visualize data for analysis.
Course Title: Data Science II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Provide students further exposure to the growing field of Data Science. Building upon the topics in Data Science I, students will learn about machine learning techniques, ways to deal with networked systems and extremely large data sets, and methods for improving the performance of computerized statistical models.
Course Title: Data Structures and Algorithms (CS2) Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course continues using abstract data types and the concepts presented in CSci 2001 and introduces stacks, queues, linked lists, and trees. This course also covers advanced programming topics of recursion, sorting methods, and complexity measures. This is an object-oriented programming course.
Course Title: Data Handling, Math, Statistics - Study Abroad Ireland Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Study abroad in Ireland.
Course Title: Database Modeling and Design Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course covers relational databases from conceptual design to implementation. The course will include logical and physical design, normalization, as well as the definition of tables and keys. The use of Structured Query Language (SQL) for data retrieval and manipulation will be emphasized.
Course Title: Deaf Culture Goal Areas: 07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This class provides students with an understanding of the History and Culture of Deaf People. Students will learn about Deaf and Hard of hearing people in the Deaf Community in all areas of the United States and how the culture has progressed since the 1800's.
Course Title: Decision Making Excel Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course uses Microsoft Excel as a problem solving tool in analyzing and designing solutions for common business and organizational problems and then using that information to guide decision-making. This course is for anyone who has to analyze, share, chart and manage information to make more informed decisions. Problems are taken from management, accounting and finance, manufacturing and production, sales and marketing and human resources. Beginning to advanced spreadsheet concepts covered include creating, editing, formatting, printing and saving worksheets, creating charts, filtering lists, creating pivot tables, inventing macros, importing data, creating data tables, evaluating and using functions, constructing formulas, integrating worksheet data with other programs and ethical Excel practices. After this course, the student would be prepared to take the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS): Excel Exam. Knowledge of the keyboard is recommended for this course. Check with your instructor for the software edition that will be used.
Course Title: DEI Internship Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This is an experiential course for studying Diversity Equity & Inclusion individualized study programs, or study geared toward a DEI certificate. It includes practical, on-the-job training in business infusion of DEI principles.
Course Title: Design for Theatre Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an examination of how theatre design (set, costume, properties, and lighting) are used to support the production of a play. The elements of design- line, texture, color, and form- are explored as they have been and are currently used by designers and directors for theatrical productions. Students analyze dramatic literature and create design projects.
Course Title: Desktop Publishing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to digital page layout using Adobe InDesign, the new emerging standard in page layout software. This course is for anyone who has to prepare professional business publications. Students will learn how to set type and use digital images to produce effective printed business publications including newsletter, advertising flyers, business forms, brochures, manuals, posters, and catalogues . Students will learn how to create and modify pdf files for electronic distribution of publications. Knowledge of the keyboard and Word Processing software is recommended for this course. Software used: Current version of Adobe InDesign
Course Title: Developmental Psychology - Iowa Lake CCC Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: consortium credit
Course Title: Differential Equations Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 4
Course Description: The content of this course covers first and second ordinary differential equations with applications, higher order linear equations, constant coefficients, differential operators, variation of parameters, power series methods, Laplace transforms, and solving systems of differential equations. The student will also be introduced to numerical methods for solving differential equations.
Course Title: Foundation of Digital Imaging Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Introduction to the technical and aesthetic practices of computer-generated Art as a creative fine arts tool. Student projects explore creative and technical aspects of digital imaging, symbolism and visual content incorporating computer software programs including, but not limited to, Photoshop and Lightroom. Topics included are digital image manipulation, scanning, image composition and inkjet printing. Development of critique and related vocabulary.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Digital Marketing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will focus on the introduction and insights to a breadth of core and emerging digital channels and disciplines, including search engine optimization, website analytics, search and display ads, email marketing, social media, and social listening/monitoring.Designed to get students to think like a digital marketing professional, Fundamentals of Digital Marketing will help students establish habits for keeping up to date on emerging digital technologies relevant to business and to marketing, tie the use of digital marketing activities to business objectives, and identify and design data sources that allow students to track performance for digital marketing activities.Students will complete the course with a comprehensive knowledge of and experience with how to develop an integrated digital marketing strategy.
Course Title: Digital Photography Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: A logical sequence to Art 1101 or 1140, this class emphasizes the computer as a digital darkroom to create photographic images through the traditional camera or a digital camera. ): Course content includes an overview of basic photographic techniques and a rigorous examination of Adobe Photoshop through assignments and personal exploration, class critiques and artist presentations, to help student understanding of photographic art. Students must have their own digital or analog camera.
Course Title: Digital Video Production Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces basic video production concepts and techniques with an emphasis on using the elements of motion and sound as creative artistic tools. Students will critically analyze video in terms of genre, context, meaning, visual language and form and then produce and edit their own short projects that explore creative and experimental applications of the medium rather than the traditional mass communication form. Students are encouraged to use their own computer for editing if possible. Basic knowledge of the computer is helpful.
Course Title: Digital Video Production Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces basic video production concepts and techniques with an emphasis on using the elements of motion and sound as creative artistic tools. Students will critically analyze video in terms of genre, context, meaning, visual language and form and then produce and edit their own short projects that explore creative and experimental applications of the medium rather than the traditional mass communication form. Students are encouraged to use their own computer for editing if possible. Basic knowledge of the computer is helpful.
Course Title: Disc Golf Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: Disc Golf is designed for both the beginning player and those that are more advanced. The course will cover the concepts of game play, the history of the game, rules of the game, ethics, basic strategies, as well as course locations and components.
Course Title: Discrete Mathematical Structures Goal Areas: 02,04 Credits: 4
Course Description: The course covers mathematical topics essential for work in computer science. Topics include: number bases, mathematical induction, sets, relations, functions, congruence, recursion, combinations and permutations, probability, graphs, trees, logic, Boolean algebra, and proof techniques. Computing related problems and examples are integrated throughout the course. Prerequisites: MATH 1150 College Algebra (Minimum grade: 1.67 GPA Equivalent) Or A score of 79 or higher on the College Level Math (0167) placement test Or An ACT math score of 26 or higher
Course Title: Discrete Mathematical Structures Goal Areas: 02,04 Credits: 4
Course Description: The course covers mathematical topics essential for work in computer science. Topics include: number bases, mathematical induction, sets, relations, functions, congruence, recursion, combinations and permutations, probability, graphs, trees, logic, Boolean algebra, and proof techniques. Computing related problems and examples are integrated throughout the course. Prerequisites: MATH 1150 College Algebra (Minimum grade: 1.67 GPA Equivalent) Or A score of 79 or higher on the College Level Math (0167) placement test Or An ACT math score of 26 or higher.Recommended: Any CSCI course numbered 1030 or above (Minimum grade: 1.67 GPA Equivalent)
Course Title: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion class is designed for participants to increase their knowledge and skills necessary to apply strategies for enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in their professional practices and personal lives. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Curriculum will address foundational concepts such as social determinants of health, education and introduction to the penal system. Strategies for recognizing unconscious bias, cultural competency, intersectionality, and gender equality will be explored. Upon completion of the class, learners should be able to apply strategies to counteract racism within education and business, create an affirming environment, implement a diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plan.
Course Title: Drawing I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces basic drawing concepts such as line, value, gesture, proportion, composition, and space; and techniques using traditional and contemporary drawing media. A variety of subjects from still life, architectural forms, nature and the human figure are used as inspiration for the student's drawings. Students will also be introduced to the art of important artists who have used drawing successfully in their work.
Course Title: Drawing II Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course continues the study of drawing concepts using various media to explore color, the human figure, and representational as well as non-representational subject matter. Personal expression is emphasized. Students will examine the art of important artists who have used drawing successfully in their work. Prerequisite: Art 1401
Course Title: Drugs and Health Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines how drugs will relate with and affect holistic health, with a focus on the physiological, sociological and psychological effects these drugs may have on an individual and their relationships. The emphasis of this course is on the basic tools and information needed to understand and interact with individuals who may have problems with chemicals. It is designed to provide current information regarding the various drugs in society today.
Course Title: Dynamics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Dynamics is the study of motion and the effect of forces on bodies in motion. This course will cover the kinematics and kinetics of particles, of systems of particles, and of rigid bodies in the plane; application of work-energy and impulse-momentum methods; introduction to mechanical vibrations.
Course Title: Ear Training and Sight Singing I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is the first of a four-semester series of courses that trains students to read music immediately and accurately at sight and to recognize and play sound patterns, intervals, and rhythms. Students will learn to take musical dictation, sing melodies, rhythm patterns and intervals at sight, and play patterns, rhythms, and intervals on the keyboard without hesitation. While this course is open to all, to be successful in this course, entering students must have a solid knowledge of note names, scale patterns and note rhythms such as that learned in MUSC 1200 Fundamentals of Music. This course is required for AFA music majors.
Course Title: Ear Training and Sight Singing II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is the second of a four-semester series of courses that trains students to read music immediately and accurately at sight and to recognize and play sound patterns, intervals, and rhythms. Students will learn to take musical dictation, sing melodies, rhythm patterns and intervals at sight, and play patterns, rhythms, and intervals on the keyboard without hesitation. This course is required for AFA music majors.
Course Title: Ear Training and Sight Singing III Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is the third of a four-semester series of courses that trains students to read music immediately and accurately at sight and to recognize and play sound patterns, intervals, and rhythms. Students will learn to take musical dictation, sing melodies, rhythm patterns and intervals at sight, and play patterns, rhythms, and intervals on the keyboard without hesitation. This course is required for AFA music majors.
Course Title: Ear Training and Sight Singing IV Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is the final of a four-semester series of courses that trains students to read music immediately and accurately at sight and to recognize and play sound patterns, intervals, and rhythms. Students will learn to take musical dictation, sing melodies, rhythm patterns and intervals at sight, and play patterns, rhythms, and intervals on the keyboard without hesitation. This course is required for AFA music majors.
Course Title: Ecology of Aquatic Environments - Study Abroad Ireland Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Study abroad in Ireland.
Course Title: Economics of Crime Goal Areas: 09,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers economics theories of crime and justice. Crime topics include: illegal drug markets, violent crime, nonviolent crime, and international crime. Economic theories and concepts such as rationality, efficiency, supply, and demand are used. The course includes international and historical comparisons of enforcement techniques from both an economic efficiency framework and an ethical perspective.
Course Title: Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Effective Student Learning Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: During this four-week course, you will learn strategies and skills to use online tools, ways to engage with your instructor, how to balance your personal and academic responsibilities, and give yourself short-term rewards to maintain long-term motivation to fulfill your academic goals.
Course Title: Effective Supervision Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the skills necessary to be successful when supervising and collaborating with others. Students will apply and develop skills in management functions, decision making, time management, communications, conflict resolution, leadership, quality improvement, motivation and personnel development.BUS 1100 or BUS 1110 or business background recommended
Course Title: Elementary Statistics Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introductory course in descriptive statistics, probability, random variables, and inferential statistics. Topics include exploratory data analysis, measures of central tendency and variation, linear regression, binomial and normal distributions, the central limit theorem, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for one population and two populations. Additional topics may include basic probability, conditional probability, Bayes Theorem, analysis of variance, and chi-squared tests.
Course Title: Emergency Medical Responder Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The course provides training in emergency medical care for persons who are apt to be responding to accidents. The course emphasizes the development of skills in patient assessment and emergency medical procedures. The goal is to prepare you for work in the emergency medical arena as a first responder. The course will provide you with the information needed to make competent decisions regarding medical and trauma patients.
Course Title: Employment Search for Paralegals Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course presents a study of the skills and tools needed for locating paralegal employment opportunities. Students will study employment opportunities in both legal and non-legal settings. Students will study attitudes and work habits for a more successful career. Students will learn to prepare a professional resume and conduct an interview. Prerequisite: PLeg 1111
Course Title: Engineering Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: English Composition II - Clinton Community College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: consortium credit
Course Title: English Language Skills Development Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is for students who want to improve their formal English language skills in writing and grammar. Emphasis is on learning and using grammatical structures to strengthen and develop English literacy skills for college success. You will practice writing to build fluency and grammatically correct sentences. You will also engage in writing as a regular academic activity and learn strategies to continue your language development.Prerequisite: Placement test scores
Course Title: English Language for Academic Purposes Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: English Pronunciation Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is for people who desire to speak English more clearly and with greater effectiveness. We will concentrate on addressing your pronunciation concerns and accent needs. This class will give you strategies that will help you to communicate in various situations, including your workplace.Prerequisite: Placement Test Scores
Course Title: English Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Engineering Graphics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed for people interested in mechanical, civil and aerospace engineering and the Bachelor of Construction Management degree. The student will learn to make AUTOCAD drawings in a Windows environment. The topics that will be covered include: drawing, editing, pan, zoom, view, laying, plotting, dimensioning, blocks, inquiry, purge, DXF, ZIP, UNZIP, XREF, and work in three dimensions.NOTE: Students who do not have access outside of class to computer hardware capable of running AutoCAD can access the program in the computer lab outside of class time.
Course Title: Entrepreneurship Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: In this course you will learn the process of launching a new business venture from an original or innovative idea. The focus will be on the stages of development of the new venture including research, planning, feasibility analysis, capitalization and management. Students will learn how to use resources to start and operate a small business. BUS 1200/2200: Principles of Management, BUS 1600/2600: Principles of Marketing and ACCT 2111: Financial Accounting are recommended to be taken before taking Entrepreneurship.
Course Title: Environmental Philosophy Goal Areas: 10,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Environmental Philosophy is concerned with developing rational and moral theories of dealing with our environmental concerns and discussing ways of putting them into practice. Using a variety of specific philosophical perspectives, we will examine the effects of population growth, ecosystem destruction, species extinction, pollution, climate change, resource extraction, agriculture, etc. on humans and the environment. We will develop ways of understanding relationships between humans and the environment and ways of acting on our responsibilities to the natural world and its inhabitants.
Course Title: Environmental Health Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The purpose of this class is to inform the student about the key areas of environmental health and instill awareness about the crucial role of the environment in the health of the planet and all living organisms. It is designed to promote awareness of the environmental influences on health.
Course Title: Environmental Justice and Nature Immersion Experience Goal Areas: 10,07 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course, a collaborative partnership with YMCA Camp Northern Lights, will focus on environmental justice and equity, access, and inclusion in nature and outdoor spaces movements in Minnesota, the US, and beyond. Students will explore these communities efforts to protect and preserve our natural spaces for current and future generations, while also breaking down barriers to ensure equitable access, participation, and inclusion of all cultural and ethnic groups. The course will have a particular focus on contemporary environmental justice issues, such as water quality, proposed pipelines through Minnesota tribal lands, food insecurity, and access for BIPOC and other marginalized groups to nature and outdoor spaces. This course is designed to provide a hands-on immersive experience that will expose students to the events, places, peoples, systems and organizations throughout Minnesota that have helped shape current environmental justice policies, action, and activism, as well as connections with national and international environmental justice organizations, such as Wild Path Farm, the Sierra Club, Honor the Earth, the Sierra Leone Foundation for a New Democracy, Friends of the Boundary Waters, MN350, and the Three Rivers Park District. The course challenges participants to assess and critique issues such as political power, racism, colonization and segregation, activism, access to resources, and our relationship with this land through diverse cultural lenses. Students will be encouraged to explore these issues through their own cultural heritage, while being exposed to the beliefs, traditions, and value systems of others. This course includes 8 weeks of in-class participation and an off-campus expedition to YMCA Camp Northern Lights, a wilderness camp in Northern Minnesota, where students will be immersed in nature for 5 days.
Course Title: Essentials of Exercise Science Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides an in-depth look into topics such as the acute and chronic physiological and psychological responses to exercise, exercise anatomy, exercise metabolism, and how the nervous, skeletal, muscular and endocrine systems respond during exercise. (3 hours lecture)Prerequisite: Placement into Engl 1201It is strongly recommended that students in the Personal Training Certificate program take EXSC 2010 and EXSC 2100 at the same time in order to sit for the NASM-CPT exam.
Course Title: Ethics Goal Areas: 06,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to both the methods and issues connected with thinking about morality and ethical systems. Moral skepticism will also be examined. The aim of this class is to allow students to be more aware of their own ethical modes of thinking and the diversity of ways morality enters into human lives.
Course Title: Ethics in Organizations Goal Areas: 09,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Foundational theories of moral evaluation and organizational principles will first be introduced. The course will encourage assessment, analysis, and argument regarding the substantial ethical issues facing modern-day institutions. These organizations may include the fields of education, corporations and non-profits, health care, politics, marketing, the media, and others. The obligations of their members and administrators to those impacted, (students, customers, patients), as well as social responsibility to the community will be questioned. A citizens rights focus will be utilized to explore questions of justice and equality within these organizations. Additional organizational issues, such as mission, messaging, organizational culture, and the impact of cultural diversity will be considered. The challenges of personal integrity and opportunities of leadership will also be closely examined, utilizing ancient philosophical literature from Aristotle to modern day thinkers. Using classic philosophical methods to question the practices and policies of contemporary organizations, we will place a strong emphasis on ethical analysis.
Course Title: Art Museum Tour: European Art Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course consists of tours to various cultural centers to experience a variety of art exhibits, lectures,demonstrations and facilities. The content of this course centers on historical and contemporary European Art. Students will need to provide their own transportation to Twin Cities area museums or galleries.
Course Title: Exercise Science Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Families in Crisis Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course analyzes the dimensions and dynamics of family dysfunctions. Topics may include, domestic abuse, child abuse and protection, vulnerable adults, peace officer response to crime victims, Americans with Disabilities Act as it relates to peace officers, mental health, poverty, homelessness, and the substance abuse as related to family issues. Prerequisite: Soc 1110
Course Title: Family Functions and Interactions Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The course offers an introduction to family systems theory, normal and problematic family systems and family functioning concepts. The impact and effects of family on individual development is also explored. Students will examine family violence including the impact of chemical dependency, social and the psychological roots of violence.
Course Title: Family Law Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course presents a study of the processes and procedures undertaken in a family law practice. Students will study the procedures applicable to marriage dissolution and learn to prepare the legal documents associated with such procedures. Students will also study other substantive family law topics such as marriage and premarital agreements, child custody and support, domestic abuse, and adoption. In addition, this course examines the ethical considerations relating to a family law practice. Prerequisite: PLeg 1111
Course Title: Fantasy Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to fantasy as a literary genre. It will expose students to various types of fantasy stories (such as high fantasy, sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, and/or fantasy horror). It will also address how fantasy literature can reflect or comment on issues in the real world, including how various forms of bigotry can be challenged or normalized by fantasy texts.
Course Title: The NHCC Filmmaking Project: Capstone Class Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The North Star Film Project: Capstone Class (TFT 2110) is an academic class in which film degree candidates shoot the short films they wrote in the Introduction to Screenwriting class. Students meet at least one hour per week in a laboratory format and produce their short films, learning to plan, rewrite, cast, shoot, edit, and mix their films into finished products, ready for viewing. Students in this class may have already participated in the North Star Film Project: Student Activity Class (TFT 1110). Students in the Student Activity Class (TFT 1110) function as actors and crew for those in the Capstone Class. Students in the AA Film Emphasis degree program should have done the following before taking this class:- a completed short film script from the Introduction to Screenwriting class (TFT 1280); - completed the Digital Video class (TFT1270); and. - completed the Fundamentals of Directing class, (TFT 2010).
Course Title: Financial Statement Analysis Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course provides students with an understanding of financial statements for decision-making about cash flow, capital project investments, and management of a business organization. The course provides a conceptual understanding of financial data reported in various financial statements and of ratio analysis that can be used as analytical tools to interpret and obtain an understanding of the business and financial health of corporations. In addition, students will carry out a comparison of two corporations involved in similar businesses. Recommended: An accounting course or some knowledge of accounting.
Course Title: Financial Accounting Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is a study of the accounting principles and concepts used to understand and develop financial statements. Topics include accruals and deferrals, revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, equities, and cash flows. The course will analyze current industry financial statements from the point of view of investors and creditors for profitability, liquidity and risk.
Course Title: Fingerspelling and Numbers Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Fingerspelling and Numbers course provides students the fundamentals to learn basic letters, words, and numbers in American Sign Language. This course will prepare students to communicate with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people on a basic level. Practice time in class will allow students to easily increase their speed signing.
Course Title: Finite Mathematics Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed primarily for the non-science major. Several business and financial applications are covered. These applications may include systems of equations, linear programming (maximizing profit, minimizing cost), the interdependence of different sectors in an economy, and interest rates as they pertain to credit cards, short-term loans, and mortgages. Although some computer applications may be included, no prior experience is necessary. Additional topics may include: introductory statistics and probability, combinatorics (the number of ways of arranging objects), game theory, coding, and Markov chains (multi-step games/decisions). Prerequisite: Placement into Math 902 or successful completion of Math 0900 or 0901 or 0980 or 1010 or 1031 or 1130 with grade of C or better.Please Note: If you have taken a 1000 level Math Course (or higher) from another institution, and have submitted your official transcript, please contact the Records and Registration Department in order to register for this course.
Course Title: First Year Experience: How to College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course provides students with academic and social interactions in order to make a successful transition through college. Students are introduced to a variety of topics critical to academic success. The course empowers students to be actively engaged in their learning by understanding the culture of college, analyzing current beliefs about college, and creating a learning plan that incorporates the use of study skills that will foster success.
Course Title: Fitness Walking Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is designed to examine walking as a means of improving fitness and promoting it as a lifelong activity. The American College of Sports Medicines (ACSM) physical activity guidelines will provide a framework for class requirements as well as aid in developing fitness goals that emphasize cardiovascular health. NOTE: Students will be expected to participate in fitness walking, and will be required to log daily walks through the Polar Beat smart phone app/website.
Course Title: Food Ethics Goal Areas: 10,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course takes an in-depth look at food, which is both very familiar and necessary for our existence. We already think about food in terms of what we like, what we can afford, and how much of it we should consume. But here we will make an ethical examination of all things related to food, exploring what we are eating, where it comes from, how we grow and process it, and how it is distributed and regulated. Several areas of consideration concern the environment, from growing methods, animal production, and waste processing to the impact of this activity on natural habitats and native lands. And we will look at the commercial aspect of food production, such as the creation of genetically modified food, and how food is transported, manu-factured, packaged, priced, and marketed. Well analyze the role of govern-ment in areas such as policy-making, food regulation, and consumer safety. In all of these areas, well address the important ethical questions: Are we creating harm by our acts of food production and the demands of our eating habits? Do we have a duty to assure that marginalized populations and those suffering from food insecurity have fair access to and ability to procure safe, healthful, real food? Should our government be accountable for providing food education to its citizens? And what of our personal accountability as consumers of food are there any moral imperatives we should follow? As each of us, both culturally and individually have a relationship with food, these are matters of significance. Can we show that it is more noble to choose organic produce? Does a vegetarian diet address the ethical concerns around eating animals to a proper extent? And what is the value of being truly aware of the impacts of food production, both locally and globally? Discussion topics could also branch out in the direction of the medias impact on perceived body image, the phenomenon of food obsession, the growing world-wide obesity problem, etc. This course will be focused on the critical evaluation of these issues to determine where moral issues present themselves and to work through how we might address those in our role as responsible citizens. We can consider how local groups address food insecurity in our community by community gardens, food banks, and community meals. We will be mindful of the diverse perspectives on food various world cultures hold in their lives. Considering the social, environmental, cultural, and ethical impacts of our food choices will help us understand how they may express our moral values.
Course Title: Foundations and Theory in Health Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Foundations and theory in Health is a course which will examine how biological, psychological, and social factors work together to explain health and illness. This course will focus on current health behavior theories and models which are used to change human behavior and how they relate to health.
Course Title: Foundations of Exercise Science Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the professional practice and disciplinary dimensions of exercise science. Students will examine concepts including professionalism, ethics, certification and licensure, employment opportunities and scientific foundations of the various sub-disciplines within the exercise science field.
Course Title: Foundations of Cryptography Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This is a foundational course in cryptography covering systems of secure communication relevant to the field of Cyber Security and to Computer Science in general. Topics include theories and applications of encryption of both historical and modern methods, and techniques for creating systems of secure communication. Programming is undertaken to encode and decode information using industry standard cryptographic algorithms. The C programming language is emphasized due to its ubiquity in both the field of applied cryptography and in operating systems. While this is not a course to study techniques for breaking cryptographic systems (cryptanalysis), considerations are given to the probability that weaknesses in a cryptographic cipher can be exploited and that data confidentiality, integrity, and availability can be potentially lost.
Course Title: Foundations of Racial Justice Goal Areas: 07 Credits: 3
Course Description: What is the social construction of race? When did it start? What is racism? What is racial justice? This course introduces students to the core concepts of Racial Justice by examining the social construction of race and systems of oppression. Systems examined may include, but is not limited to education, healthcare, housing, etc. From a justice and advocacy perspective, we will explore how the social construction of race has led to oppression of various identity groups and how individuals and groups in society can strive to be anti-racists.
Course Title: Foundations in Teaching Literacy Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the literacy needs and development of today's children. The course provides background on how literacy develops and places emphasis on the stages of literacy development. It presents both the theories and strategies that are needed in order to fully understand emerging readers and writers and how learners can be empowered in today's classrooms to function competently as literate adults in the twenty-first century. As part of the course requirement, this course requires at least 10 hours of experience (e.g., service learning hours, volunteer hours, etc.) in the K-12 setting outside of class meeting time. Formerly Titled: Language and Learning
Course Title: Fundamentals of Public Speaking Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides instruction and practical experience in the basics of public speaking. This course has a performance component: students are expected to create and deliver informative, persuasive and other types of speeches.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Music Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This general course in music fundamentals includes basic theory, sight singing, piano keyboard, creative activity, and student demonstration. Through the understanding and application of the elements of music, students will be able to distinguish cultural styles and genres.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Boxing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course focuses on boxing skill and techniques. Students will be introduced to punching, boxers stance, footwork, balance and stance in movement, training, safety practices, and the health and physical benefits associated with boxing. The class will utilize heavy bags, speed bags, as well as other sport-specific equipment. Methodology, strategy, and self-defense applications will also be included. Excessive force, violence, or aggression are not required or expected and will not be tolerated. All skill levels welcome.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Color Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: The course teaches fundamental color theory by introducing the physical, perceptual, and artistic aspects of color. The dimensions of color are explored through theory and practice using paint and colored papers. Students also are introduced to the theories of the physiology and the psychology of color reception, cultural taste and preferences as they relate to color choices, and the color usage of well known artists, of art movements, and of different world cultures.Strongly recommend taking Drawing I before this course.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Directing Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Fundamentals of Directing is open to any student who is interested in learning the basic skills necessary to become adept at directing. The student will learn about the wide variety of responsibilities a director assumes, as well as the range of knowledge every director needs to possess in order to communicate a story effectively on stage or screen. The course will cover the function of the director, script analysis, groundplan and blocking, working with the actor, creating a unified whole, and working collaboratively with a production team. In addition, the course will cover some of the similarities and differences between directing for the stage, film, and television. For students in careers outside the performing arts, this course offers opportunities to gain a deeper appreciation of the process of directing, increase personal self-confidence, and improve communication skills in a team setting. Pre-requisites: TFT 1500 or TFT 1540 or TFT 1210 or TFT 1250 or instructor permission.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Nursing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Course Descriptioniii This course introduces the student to the role of the professional nurse. The emphasis on health promotion across the lifespan includes learning about self-health, as well as holistic client health practices. Students learn to access and apply research evidence to guide safe preventative care. The student will incorporate communication and growth and development theory in a caring and culturally sensitive manner. Within the context of clinical judgement, populations studied will include children, adults, older adults, and the family experiencing a normal pregnancy. Students explore how culture, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and nutrition influence the health of the person. This course coincides with NURS 2701 and NURS 2703.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Promotion Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a study of the principles and practices of promotion for a business organization. Students will study the components and the interrelationships of the promotional mix: advertising, sales promotion, personal selling, direct marketing, and public relations. Topics include: an integrated marketing communications strategy, creative techniques of advertising, media strategies, and the evaluation of promotional plans. Students will complete the course with a comprehensive knowledge of and experience with how to develop an integrated promotional strategy.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Structured Query Language (SQL) Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The goal of this course is to teach students how to design, build and use databases utilizing Microsoft SQL Server. The students will also learn to enter and retrieve information. They will learn SQL commands and query creation, including complex multi-table joins, and display and analyze query results. Students will design their own databases and deploy them on Microsoft SQL Server.Possessing skills in performing common Windows tasks working with applications, or taking CSci 1000, is highly recommended.
Course Title: Garage Band Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 2
Course Description: Ensemble course devoted to various musical styles found in contemporary rock and hip-hop (punk/blues/metal/rap/etc). Open to all majors, Garage Band (as in, start a band that plays blues/rock/metal/punk type music). Students can play any instrument, but bass/drums/electric guitar would be the focus. Coach to play cover songs and develop basic songwriting skills. Already established bands welcome to register.
Course Title: Gateway College Writing Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 4
Course Description: This class provides extended practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking skills. Students will develop an effective writing process and work to achieve college-level competence in reading and responding to texts, visuals, events, and ideas in a variety of written formats, with an emphasis on the academic essay. Audience awareness, interpretation and analysis, logical reasoning, and persuasive and argumentative skills will be developed. MLA style documentation of primary sources will be included.
Course Title: Gateway Composition Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This composition course is for students who need a more intensive review of standard American written English (grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure) than English 1201 alone provides. The course also introduces the processes and strategies of essay writing from first thoughts through revision to the final, edited college-level essay.Prerequisite: College required assessment for placement OR prior successful completion of English 0900
Course Title: General Psychology Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides an overview of topics in psychology. Topics may include history of psychology, research methods, physiological psychology, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning, memory, motivation and emotion, personality, stress and coping, abnormal behavior, therapy, and social psychology. Students are strongly encouraged to check with an advisor to determine if this is the appropriate course for their degree/program. You must meet perquisites or obtain instructor permission to take this course.
Course Title: General Ecology Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: We will examine the interrelationships of organisms and their environments, emphasizing the historic development of fundamental principles at the levels of individuals, population, community, and ecosystem through examination of theoretical and empirical findings. Skills of professional biologists will be practiced, such as reading primary literature, designing/carrying out experiments, and evaluating qualitative and quantitative data. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: BIOL 1102, and placement above MATH 1150 or successful completion of MATH 1150 or higher, with a C or better.
Course Title: General Physics I Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 5
Course Description: This is the first course of a two-semester sequence for any student needing a physics course that includes applications of calculus. Topics include kinematics, dynamics, conservation of energy and momentum, rotational motion, static equilibrium, gravitation, periodic motion and thermal physics. Optional topics are fluids and thermodynamics. The course meets requirements for students majoring in engineering, mathematics, computer science or any of the physical sciences. (4 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory) Prerequisite: Math 1221 or consent of instructor.
Course Title: General Physics II Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is a continuation of PHYS 1601. Topics include electricity, magnetism, DC and AC circuits, wave motion, electromagnetic waves, and optics. Optional topics include modern physics. The course meets requirements for students majoring in engineering, mathematics, computer science or any of the physical sciences. (4 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory). Prerequisites: PHYS 1601; MATH 1222 or consent of instructor
Course Title: General Psychology - Iowa Lakes Community College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Consortium credit
Course Title: Genetics Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: We will examine the organization, storage, maintenance, transfer, and expression of genetic information. Molecular data and Mendelian principles will be applied to understand genetics at the molecular, cellular, organismal, and population levels. Skills of professional biologists will be practiced, such as reading primary literature, designing/carrying out experiments, and evaluating qualitative and quantitative data. Prerequisite: BIOL 1101 or BIOL 1001, and BIOL 1102, and MATH 1150, with a C or better in each. Co-enrollment in BIOL 1102 can be considered with instructor permission. 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
Course Title: Geography Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Interdisciplinary Studies Topic Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Global Environmental Field Geology Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 4
Course Description: An introduction to environmental geology with emphasis on the impact that globalization has on the environments and on geologic resources of various regions of the world, including the United States. Students will examine the geologic development of a particular region and how various cultures and societies approach environmental and geologic resource management problems. Students will explore their own community for the presence of globalization and they will travel to the country or region of study to meet with environmental experts and to observe first-hand the issues covered in this course.
Course Title: Global Environment Field Biology Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course will introduce students to the ecology and environmental issues of various locations abroad, and present them within the context of the social, cultural and political conditions of that country or region. Students will examine how various cultures and societies approach ecological and environmental problems. The impact of globalization on these issues will be a major focus of the course. Students will travel to the country or region of study to examine first-hand the issues covered in the course.
Course Title: Global Feminism Goal Areas: 08,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to issues related to feminism around the world. We will analyze gender inequality cross-culturally. We will also examine efforts to accomplish social justice for women and girls worldwide.
Course Title: Global Health Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines the historical context of global health and emerging global health priorities, including infectious diseases, poverty, health inequity, health care systems and major global initiatives for disease prevention and health promotion.
Course Title: Global Justice, Peace and Conflict Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course acquaints the student with the major philosophical and ethical dilemmas arising from conflicts within and between societies, with an effort to promote critical awareness and communication around peace and global justice. From a range of philosophical perspectives, students will consider global conflicts, such as those arising from war, nationalism, immigration, environmental crises, discrimination, terrorism, and global poverty. Students will seek to understand such concepts as justice, tolerance, self-determination, equality, fairness, and governance, in an effort to draw conclusions about causes of and solutions to global crises. Students will consider personal and societal strategies for conflict resolution and nonviolent change.
Course Title: Global Literary Perspectives Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: Students will interpret world literature and film (either in translation or originally written in English) that present culturally diverse voices and viewpoints. Special attention will be given to colonial and postcolonial literatures that reflect the immigrant communities of Twin Cities college campuses, such as Egyptian, Finnish, Ethiopian, Hmong, Icelandic, Iranian, Korean, Liberian, Mexican, Norwegian, Russian, Somali, Swedish, and Vietnamese.
Course Title: Advanced Graphic Design I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a study of Graphic Design theory and applications. Students explore the creative process in the development of visual communication and its relationship to creating graphic design ideas. The visual language of design is explored as students design a variety of projects through application of computer graphics and use of software. Students will be taught to understand the techniques and theories of graphic design for design projects, make appropriate creative choices in design and execution of graphic design projects using the design principles presented in this course, demonstrate facility with and appropriate use of graphic design software packages used in this course, evaluate and analyze design projects from the several perspectives including design principles, audience, intent, appropriateness of media choice for the project, and skill of execution using media, generate manageable and appropriate graphic design project solutions from among a large set of possible variables and strategies, and exercise self-motivation and creative problem-solving in addressing design challenges, time constraints, and media limitations of graphic design project management. Prerequisites: Art 1301, Art 1340 and Art 2901.
Course Title: Advanced Graphic Design II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an advanced studio course in graphic design. The content and scope of the projects will helpstudents to understand the nature of the graphic design industry as well as the research and content knowledge necessary to achieve professional design solutions. Students will assemble a portfolio necessary for success in the field of professional design. Students will demonstrate and incorporate the techniques and theories of visual design, visual language and graphic design principles in design projects, critically and competently evaluate and analyze design projects, use computer software and hardware effectively to design and develop design projects.
Course Title: Graphic Design Internship Experience Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course facilitates an internship experience between a student, an engaged employer, and provides accountability for both to assess the status of an internship when it is happening. 50-150+ aggregate hours of dedicated, graphic design-specific work with an engaged employer to be completed within a reasonable time-line. Internships may begin and end during any month of the calendar year. Credits will correspond with the aggregate hours of work designated per internship: 50 hours of aggregate work = 1 credit, 100 hours of aggregate work = 2 credits, 150 or more hours of aggregate work = 3 credits. Participating employers must be substantial, preexisting organizations with an organizational purpose/need for graphic design work, and a work culture or mentorship potential that can offer appropriate duties to an intern. Each employer will by nature have differing specific circumstances.
Course Title: Graphic Design Tools I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the use and function of industry-standard graphic design software applications Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign. Students will learn to effectively use the essential techniques, tools, and principles of each application by emulating a professional approach to design projects. Students will apply problem solving techniques to design projects that simulate real-world design challenges faced in todays graphic design industry.
Course Title: Graphic Design Tools II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a continuation of Graphic Design Tools I. Advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop® (color photo manipulation), Adobe Illustrator® (drawing and design) and Adobe InDesign® (page design and layout) are introduced, as well as concepts of design and production workflow.
Course Title: Graphic Novels Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to the diverse body of literature known as graphic novels. While emphasis will be placed on works that are specifically considered graphic novels, it may also include the study of other comics-strips and books that have significantly contributed to the development of the form. Students can expect to be exposed not only to a wide range of graphic novel types, such as autobiography, journalism, history, humor, dramatic fiction, manga, and superheroes, but also to a deeper understanding of the methods of telling stories that are unique to comics.
Course Title: Group Processes Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Focuses on the development of communication skills and self-awareness important in the roles of group membership and leadership. Provides an understanding of the evolution and function of therapeutic groups. Emphasizes the development of knowledge and skills.Prerequisites: HSER 1100, HSER 1200 and HSER 1400
Course Title: Health Assessment for Nursing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The emphasis of this course is on performing a holistic health assessment to provide person-centered care. The focus will be recognizing expected findings across the lifespan. Within the context of health assessment, populations studied will include children, adults, older adults, and the family experiencing a normal pregnancy. Students explore how culture, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and nutrition influence the health of the person. Strategies to conduct sensitive conversations along with utilizing a variety of data gathering techniques will be covered. Further emphasis is placed on electronic communication technology and informatics used to gather data and provide care. This course coincides with NURS2702 and NURS 2703.
Course Title: Health Care Core Complete Curriculum Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course includes all of the following courses: HCCC 1010-Awareness and Sensitivity to Client Needs, HCCC 1020-Behaviors for Success in Healthcare Settings, HCCC 1030-Managing Information in Healthcare Settings, HCCC 1040-Survey of Ethics in Healthcare Settings, HCCC 1050-Legal Issues in Healthcare, HCCC 1060-Respecting Client and Staff Diversity and HCCC 1070-Healthcare Safety and Standard Precautions. Together, the modules provide foundational concepts to prepare students to start on an educational pathway and an understanding of healthcare.
Course Title: Health Care Ethics Goal Areas: 06,09,02 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course looks at the underlying assumptions that affect beliefs, practices, and policies in contemporary health care.Emphasis will be placed on understanding of the ethical principles and theories related to health care. A wide variety of health care issues and the challenges they present will be studied. Critical thinking skills will be emphasized in determining the best course of action for making ethical decisions in the health care field.
Course Title: Health Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Health Terminology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This is a course for all health professionals to become familiar with, and knowledgeable in, the workings of the human body. They will learn correct terms and terminology as it applies to each human body system.
Course Title: Healthy Sexuality Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Healthy Sexuality will examine how the dimensions of wellness--physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, environmental and occupational-- influence our sexual health. It is also the intention of this class to show how healthy expressions of sexuality can improve one's overall wellness.
Course Title: Hiking Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the outdoor leisure sport of hiking. Students will have the opportunity to explore a number of different parks and experience recreational hiking, either in groups or solo. Instruction includes hiking basics, first aid on the trail, trail navigation, and preparation for a days hiking experience.
Course Title: History of United States Through 1877 Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the major cultural, social, and political issues in United States history from the revolutionary period through Reconstruction. We look at the ideas that led to the revolution, how the thirteen colonies assembled themselves into a republic, the consequences of slave culture to the course of American history, and the promises and failures of Reconstruction. The student will come to understand the multiple and inter-related forces relevant to the early years of the republic.
Course Title: History of Western Civilization 1550 to Present Goal Areas: 02,08,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: Western civilization refers to the cultures and traditions today most associated with Europe and the United States, but which emerged in what is now Iraq and spread both east and west. In this course, we will look at how West became associated with Europe and the United States as West was continually redefined as Europeans encountered others (both peacefully and violently) around the globe. We will examine the emergence of core cultural traditions associated with the West, such as nationalism, democracy, capitalism, and racism.
Course Title: History of Western Civilization Pre 1550 Goal Areas: 08,02,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: Western civilization refers to the cultures and traditions today most associated with Europe and the United States, but which emerged in modern-day Iraq and spread both east and west. In this course, we will examine a variety of civilizations that developed and were influenced by cultures centered on the Mediterranean, such as the ancient Hittites, the Roman Empire, and the Islamic world. We will consider the ways these diverse civilizations interacted with their neighbors, ruled their territory, and understood the world they lived in.
Course Title: Historical Geology Goal Areas: 10,03 Credits: 4
Course Description: A temporal survey of the development of Earth as we know it today, and the evolution of life as deciphered from the sedimentary rock and fossil record. By using the process of science to examine how the Earth and life have changed through the geologic past we can begin to get a glimpse into the effect which humans may have on it now and in the future. Topics include: principles of geology, sedimentary rocks, fossil identification and classification, plate tectonics, sea level change, geologic time, topographic and geologic maps, evolution of life, climate change, hominid development and mass extinctions. Course is open to all students. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) 4 credits
Course Title: Historical Geology Goal Areas: 10,03 Credits: 4
Course Description: A temporal survey of the development of Earth as we know it today, and the evolution of life as deciphered from the sedimentary rock and fossil record. By using the process of science to examine how the Earth and life have changed through the geologic past we can begin to get a glimpse into the effect which humans may have on it now and in the future. Topics include: principles of geology, sedimentary rocks, fossil identification and classification, plate tectonics, sea level change, geologic time, topographic and geologic maps, evolution of life, climate change, hominid development and mass extinctions.
Course Title: History and Popular Culture Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course uses popular culture entertainment to introduce historical research methods and examine questions of ethical use of history. We will look at how history is portrayed and presented in diverse forms of popular culture entertainment, such as film, novels, comics, etc. We will also look at how popular culture reflects the social and cultural values of the audience it entertains. As we examine the ways history is leveraged as a source of entertainment, each student will develop their own views on what is considered ethical use of history, and what is considered abuse of history.Students need to students complete a 1000-level history course prior to enrolling in this course.
Course Title: History of Music I: Medieval Through Classical Eras Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a historical survey primarily of music rooted in the European tradition. The timeframe of study will focus on eras referred to as the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods with some references to the roots of western music in ancient cultures. Music will be studied from the viewpoints of musical styles, genres, performance practices, as well as cultural and historical contexts of those eras.
Course Title: History of Music II: Romantic Era to the 21st Century Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a historical survey primarily of music rooted in the European traditions. The timeframe of study will focus on eras referred to as the Romantic and late Romantic periods through the 20th century. Music will be studied from the viewpoints of musical styles, genres, performance practices, as well as cultural and historical contexts of those eras.
Course Title: History Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Health Promotion and the Role of the Professional Nurse Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 9
Course Description: This course introduces the student to the role of the professional nurse. The emphasis on health promotion across the lifespan includes learning about self-health, as well as holistic client health practices. Students learn to access and apply research evidence to guide safe preventative care. The student will incorporate communication and growth and development theory in a caring and culturally sensitive manner. The student will work as an ethical member of multi-disciplinary teams giving and receiving feedback about performance and use reflective thinking about their practice. Within the context of the nursing process, populations studied will include children, adults, older adults and the family experiencing a normal pregnancy. Prerequisites: Admission to Nursing program, BIOL 2100, BIOL 2111, PSYC 1250 and COMM 1110 Co-requisite: NURS 2750Strongly Recommended to be taken prior to or concurrently: BIOL 2112
Course Title: Hmong American Literature Goal Areas: 07,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Hmong American Literature explores the works of Hmong writers as represented in the novel, nonfiction, short stories, poetry, drama/film, and Paj Ntaub (stories recorded in tapestry). To a more limited extent, characterizations of Hmong in works by non-Hmong authors may be considered, as well as relevant works by Laotian American and Asian American writers.
Course Title: Honors Capstone Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: The Honors Capstone course provides a culminating experience of a student's academic life. Students develop and implement a project that integrates their undergraduate experiences while helping them to prepare for their intended career paths. Students will work with two (Honors and High Honors) or three (Highest Honors) faculty to develop an integrative project that incorporates two (Honors and High Honors) or three subjects (Highest Honors) the student has studied over the course of their college career. Projects must demonstrate student competency in each of the four NHCC Essential Learning Outcomes (ELOs) as well as student ability to establish short- and long-term goals. Approval of the Honors Program and instructor permission.
Course Title: Honors Seminar Goal Areas: 02 Credits: 1
Course Description: The Honors Seminar is an in-depth exploration of a specific topic using various avenues or techniques of inquiry. The topics will cover a wide variety of issues based on faculty expertise and interest.Students must be members of the Honors Program, members of Phi Theta Kappa, have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5, or have instructor permission.
Course Title: History of Rock and Roll Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course may include but is not limited to early American music, jazz, American musical theater, pop, rock, and rap. The history of popular music in Western Culture will be presented. Students will learn to identify the music styles contained under the broad umbrella of Rock 'n Roll. Students will also learn about the historical, social, cultural and political influences on popular music.
Course Title: Human Anatomy and Physiology II Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is the second course of a two-course sequence. This course offers students a comprehensive study of the structure and function of the human body in a classroom and laboratory setting. Topics include the anatomy and physiology of the following organ systems: circulatory, non-specific and specific defenses, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive and early development. Strongly recommend college level reading abilities, a working knowledge of elementary algebra and a medical terminology course. Utilization of preserved specimens in the laboratory is a required part of the course. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) Prerequisite: Biol 2111 with a grade of C or better.
Course Title: Human Anatomy and Physiology I Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is the first course of a two-course sequence. The course offers students a comprehensive study of the structure and function of the human body in a classroom and laboratory setting. Topics include anatomical terminology, homeostasis, cell structure and function, histology, as well as the anatomy and physiology of the following organ systems; integumentary, skeletal, articular, muscular, nervous, special senses and endocrine. Utilization of preserved specimens in the laboratory is a required part of the course. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) Strongly recommend college level reading abilities, a working knowledge of elementary algebra and a medical terminology course. Prerequisite: Biol 1001 or 1101 with grade of C or better. Recommendations for student success in this class include: a prior course in medical terminology, college level reading and basic algebra skills
Course Title: Human Anatomy and Physiology - Iowa Lakes CC Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: consortium credit
Course Title: Human Anatomy and Physiology - Iowa Lakes Community College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Consortium Credit
Course Title: Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 - Iowa Lakes Community College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Consortium Credit
Course Title: Human Biology Series Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course provides students with an Intensive overview of sophisticated, timely topics in biology related to the human condition. This course is intended for general audiences. The overview will include development of scientific background for understanding the topic historical perspective, significance of the issue in both a societal and a scientific context, and exploration of the scientific processes related to the topic. These courses include a variety of topics of interest to any student. Topics have included: Bioethics, Biology of Alcoholism, Biology of HIV, Biology of Viruses, Emerging Diseases, and other current topics pertaining to human biology. This course fulfills the lab-like experience requirement for MnTC Goal area 3. Check web site for each semester's topics. This course is open to all students.Prerequisite: ENGL 0990 or a 78 on the Accuplacer Reading Comprehension
Course Title: Human Biology Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 3
Course Description: This introductory level course provides students with a one semester overview of the structure and function of the human body. The course is open to all students: however, it does not fulfill the human anatomy and physiology requirement for those who are planning to pursue a career in the health sciences. This course fulfills the lab-like experience requirements for MnTC Goal Area 3.
Course Title: Human Biology with a Lab Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This introductory level course provides students with a one semester overview of the structure and function of the human body. The course is open to all students: however, it does not fulfill the human anatomy and physiology requirement for those who are planning to pursue a career in the health sciences. This course has a laboratory experience and fulfills the requirements for MnTC Goal Area 3. (3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab)
Course Title: Human Communication Theory Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 3
Course Description: This introductory course examines a selection of theories of human communication. The emphasis of the course will be to provide students with the ability to understand theorizing in general and then to apply this understanding to particular theories. Students will be challenged to explore different types, contexts, and aspects of human communication as they relate to their own lives. Course content will include theory relating to the communicator, the message, the relationships, the media and theculture.
Course Title: Introduction to Human Genetics and Origins Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course in an introduction to human genetics and origins including evolution and ancestry. Students are introduced to cell biology, inheritance, epigenetics, DNA, chromosomes, mutations, population genetics, genetics of health and behavior, genomics and genetic technologies. Students will use the process of scientific inquiry to analyze personal genetic data from direct-to-consumer DNA testing in a guided independent project. Testing with a direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing company will be done at the start of the course, or students may opt-out and use available genomes. Students who have previously tested with a DTC company should consult with the instructor. This course is suitable for both biology majors and non-majors. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab)Prerequisite: ENGL 0990 or a 78 on the Accuplacer Reading Comprehension
Course Title: Human Geography Goal Areas: 08,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: Human Geography is concerned with how human interactions shape material and cultural landscapes. It broadly examines the great diversity of human organization and experience in different countries through a variety of perspectives. Essential to this examination is a comparative review of the contemporary geographies of race, language, political ideologies (including religion), public policy, ecology, economic activity, natural resources, settlements, and demographics.
Course Title: Human Relations & Professional Skills Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the skills necessary to be successful and effective in the workplace. In addition to effectively contributing to a team while working with a diverse population, topics include: understanding human behavior, personal qualities of success, emotional intelligence, communication, workplace etiquette, conflict resolution, self-esteem, and goal setting.
Course Title: Human Services Seminar Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: The course provides an opportunity for human services students to create and implement projects for the development of personal knowledge and skill using a seminar approach. Students should be aware that a Minnesota Department of Human Services background study and fingerprinting is required. Co-requisite required: HSER 2101 Human Services Internship.
Course Title: Human Services Internship Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a capstone off-campus experiential-learning component for the Human Services program. Students will spend 120 hours at a human services internship site to have the opportunity to gain experience, enhance their knowledge and further develop skills learned in the program. Students should be aware that a Minnesota Department of Human Services background study and fingerprinting is required. Permission is required from instructor to register.
Course Title: Current Human Services Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines current topics and issues specific to the field of Human Services. Students will take an active role in the research and presentation of topics in the course.
Course Title: Human Sexuality Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: An overview of past and current research on human sexuality. The course will address: the human sexual response; models and sources of arousal; cultural influences on human sexual behavior and sexual diversity; emotional aspects of sexuality and sexual dysfunction; sexual communication, intimacy, dependency and jealousy; sexual exploration and courting behavior across the life span; atypical behavior, commercialized sex, and sexual coercion. Prerequisite: Psyc 1150
Course Title: Human Trafficking Goal Areas: 08,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will explore human trafficking within the context of social justice, human rights, and feminist perspectives. We will analyze the behavior of traffickers and the ways this crime affects our global economy. We will examine criminal justice, vulnerabilities of victims and types of trafficking and how communities are responding to this activity. Students will gain an overall understanding of modern-day slavery and the issues we face regarding this crime.
Course Title: Illustration Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to illustrating for major areas of the commercial illustration marketplace. Students will be encouraged to develop illustrative skills that can be applied to design. Through creative problem solving and research, students will learn to develop and refine imagery for specific audiences.
Course Title: Immigration and Society Goal Areas: 07,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on immigration and its relations to the society with a U.S. focus. We will learn about human migration and immigrant adaptation. We will discuss the history and the current state of immigration in the United States. We will analyze how immigration is connected to politics, the economy, and the other dimensions of society, including race and ethnicity. This course will not substitute for the PLEG 1610 (Immigration Law elective in the Paralegal A.S./Certificate.)
Course Title: Immigration Law Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Immigration Law aims to: (1) Introduce students to U.S. immigration law as an important and dynamic body of administrative policies and regulations with broad social, economic, and political impact; (2) Present an overview of substantive immigration law and its processes and procedures for those seeking to enter and remain in the United States as nonimmigrants and immigrants, including employment and family-based processes, waivers, humanitarian relief such as DACA, U visas for victims of crime, and asylum, defenses to deportation, and U.S. citizenship; and (3) Address the role, responsibilities, and ethics of paralegals within the field, with a focus on the practical skills needed to be successful, including client interviewing, case management and communication, factual and legal research, and case preparation (including writing cover and support letters, drafting forms, and collecting supporting evidence).
Course Title: Individualized Studies Development Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course will assist students in developing their individualized studies degree plan while focusing on the central question of what does it mean to be an educated person. Upon completion of the course, students will have a completed Degree Plan. This course is by permission only and can only be registered upon after acceptance into the Individualized Studies Program.
Course Title: Information Management: Access Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: In this course students will learn how to plan, design, create, query, create forms and reports, export to and import data from and maintain a database. This course is for anyone who has to make more informed decisions by effectively tracking, reporting, and sharing information. Applications will be taken from a variety of business and organizational scenarios. Students will integrate databases with Excel and Word. Students will learn how databases interact with other applications (including the Internet) and can become the foundation for an e-commerce web site. Students will develop an understanding of how an effective database supports the business decision-making process. After taking this course, the student would be prepared to take the Microsoft Office Specialist Exam for Access. Completion of CIS 1101 or prior database experience is recommended for this course.
Course Title: Instrumental Jazz Ensemble Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is an instrumental performance ensemble that plays a variety of jazz literature. Enrollment is open to all students who are able to read written musical notation for their instrument. Ensemble is open to all students. Students should provide their own instrument. This group meets once per week. May be repeated for credit.NOTE: Student should be able to minimally play instrument at a High School level
Course Title: Introduction to Criminal Justice Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the history, organization, and function of the criminal justice system in the United States. Topics include foundations of crime and justice, victimization, crime statistics and the extent of crime, police issues, court systems, corrections, and future trends. Note: Sociology 1110 recommended prior to taking this course.
Course Title: Introduction to Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology Goal Areas: 08,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines the nature of culture by studying the forms of conventional behavior (language, ideology, social organization, and technology) and their material manifestations. It also seeks to explain the variation in cultures of representative ethnic groups and societies of present and recent past in terms of ecological adaptation and cultural evolution.
Course Title: Introduction to Engineering and Design Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed for people interested in learning about the engineering profession. It provides an overview of the engineering disciplines. A project-based approach will be used to give experience in skills, tools, and problem-solving methods associated with completing engineering design solutions.
Course Title: Intro to Anthropology: Physical Anthropology, Archaeology & Prehistory Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course studies the relationship of prehistoric physical and cultural origins and development of humankind to the establishment of the first civilizations of the Old and New worlds. It examines the archaeological evidence for the theory of bio-cultural evolution, which helps to explain both the prehistoric developments and much of the cultural variation that is in the world today. The course does include a lab-like experience.
Course Title: Introduction to Programming in Java (CS0) Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the Java programming language and its foundational topics. In this course students will explore fundamental programming and computing concepts with a focus on problem solving, algorithm development and implementation. Topics included are: data types and memory concepts, arithmetic operators and mathematical expressions, conditional statements, repetition, arrays, methods and the basics of object-orientation.
Course Title: Intellectual Property Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course presents a study of the major areas of intellectual property law in the United States: trademarks, copyrights, patents and trade secrets. Students will study relevant statutes and case law, as well as the key policy considerations in the subject area. This course also examines the ethical issues relating to intellectual property law. Prerequisite: PLeg 1111
Course Title: Intercultural Communication Goal Areas: 08,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: The influence of culture is an especially important and sensitive issue facing us today. A person's culture strongly influences his/her identity, beliefs, expectations, and communication style. This course explores communication across culture as defined by nationality, gender, and ethnicity while concentrating on effective use of communication in all of these areas.
Course Title: Intercultural Communication - University of Phoenix Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: consortium credit
Course Title: Interdisciplinary Applications in Data Science Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course provides a flexible in-depth review of interdisciplinary applications in Data Science. The curriculum has students independently explore and apply methods of Data Science in a real-world context related to their career interests.
Course Title: Intermediate Arabic I Goal Areas: 08 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course continues the development of the multiple language skills introduced in the beginning sequence. The student is introduced to the literature and culture of Arabic speaking nations.Prerequisite: Arbc 1102 or equivalent
Course Title: Intermediate Boxing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course builds upon existing boxing skills and techniques. Students will further advance and develop their striking and defensive skills, advanced footwork, balance, body awareness, safety practices, and overall efficiency in boxing. The class will utilize heavy bags, reflex bags, as well as other sport-specific equipment. Students will also review boxing techniques and strategies utilized by former and modern day athletes/coaches. Methodology, strategy, and self-defense applications will continue to be included. Excessive force, violence, or aggression are not required, expected, or allowed and will not be tolerated.
Course Title: Intermediate Spanish I Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 5
Course Description: This course continues the development of the multiple language skills introduced in the beginning sequence. The student is introduced to the literature and culture of Spain and Spanish America. Prerequisite: Span 1102 or equivalent recommended
Course Title: Intermediate Spanish II Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 5
Course Description: This course continues the development of multiple language skills with the opportunity to improve reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension, with emphasis on developing skills in conversation and in expanding vocabulary. The student will also have a more extensive exposure to the literature and culture through readings and films.Prerequisite: Span 2201 or equivalent recommended
Course Title: CIS Internship Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This is a capstone course for students in a Business Computer Systems & Management or Individualized Studies programs. It includes practical, on-the-job training in a business or organizational environment under executive supervision and related learning activities. Internships are arranged on the basis of the student's interests and career goals. Recommend student contact instructor before registering. Recommend: A minimum of 9 credits in CIS, ACCT, or BUS.
Course Title: Internship Business Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This is a capstone course for students in a business program including: Accounting, Business Computer Systems and Management, Marketing, Management or Retailing. It includes practical, on-the-job training in a business or organizational environment under executive supervision and related learning activities. Internships are arranged on the basis of the student's interests and career goals. Please contact the instructor for permission to register for this class.
Course Title: Internship Computer Science Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The main objective of this course is to provide practical training and real work experience for the students. Often, it will include productive work contribution, and prospective employee evaluation for the employer. It can lead to increased college-industry interaction for the department and the college. Completion of this class will better prepare the student for multiple activities in a workplace. It should reflect positively on the students resume (employers view internship experiences positively.) Internship is an excellent opportunity for a student to affirm career interests. These opportunities can also provide the credentials needed for full-time positions. Internships and co-ops provide opportunities to network with professionals; strengthen confidence, maturity, and professionalism; establish professional references. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the computer science program, completion or concurrent enrollment in CSci 2002, a B average in all CSci courses
Course Title: Introduction to Business Finance Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the world of finance. Concepts covered include financial management, financial implications of different forms of business organization, understanding and analyzing financial statements and various ratios. Additional topics studied include security markets, interest rates, taxes, risk analysis, time value of money, and the basics of bonds and stocks valuation. Maximizing company value through capital budgeting and selection of appropriate capital structure also are considered. The subject of risk and return, how funds are acquired in the financial markets and how different investment criteria are used to evaluate potential investment opportunities are also examined. Recommended: An accounting course or relevant background.
Course Title: Introduction to Corrections Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines corrections as a major component of the criminal justice system in the United States. Topics may include programs, practices and critical issues. Prerequisite: Soc 1710 or Consent of Instructor
Course Title: Introduction to E-Commerce Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the key strategic business and technological elements of electronic commerce. Students will explore the theory, practice and technology of conducting business over the internet and the World Wide Web.This course is for students who want to put their business on the internet, work at companies that want to do business over the internet, want to know more about business and the internet or want to know more about emerging e-commerce technology. Students will focus on applying key concepts through hands-on real world e-commerce planning and web site development. Topics covered include identifying e-commerce opportunities, marketing and selling on the internet, building a web presence, designing a web site, improving efficiency and reducing costs through business-to-business activities, using social networking to connect with customers and suppliers, exploring mobile commerce opportunities, analyzing electronic commerce software, hardware and commerce service providers, investigating electronic payment systems, examining electronic commerce security, thinking globally, scrutinizing legal, ethical and tax issues and planning. Also includes identifying current issues in e-commerce and emerging technology. Experience with programming languages or creating web sites is not required.NOTE: Computer and internet knowledge recommended
Course Title: Introduction to Camping Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is designed to prepare the student enrolled in the Outdoor Education Program for an extended outdoor trip. Special attention will be paid to water purification, hypothermia, wilderness etiquette, and the principles of minimal impact camping. The course culminates with a camping trip in the wilderness.
Course Title: Introduction to Chemistry Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 4
Course Description: An introduction to the basic concepts of Chemistry along with mathematical application, which include the atomic theory, periodic trends, stoichiometric relationships, kinetic-molecular theory, molecular structure, heat transfer, and chemical properties as related to the gas and liquid and solid phases. Additionally, this course will explore the role that chemistry plays in our personal and professional lives. This course enables students to think critically about current environmental issues in science. The lab portion contains experiments that includes observation, data collection and analysis, and mathematical applications that support the concepts being studied in class. The course is designed for non-science majors or students who have not completed chemistry in high school in order to prepare them to take Chem 1061 or courses in various health programs.Prerequisite: Math 0900 or Math 0980 with a grade of 'C' or better.
Course Title: Introduction to Creative Writing Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This class is designed for students who want to try creative writing, perhaps for the first time, and learn more about the creative process. No previous creative writing experience is necessary. Coursework will include reading, writing, and discussion of both student and professional work in at least three of the following genres: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction (or memoir), and drama. The focus of the class, students' creative work, will be presented and critiqued in a workshop environment.
Course Title: Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the foundations of Gender and Women Studies by examining the diversity of women's experiences throughout history and across cultures, races, ethnic groups and religions. From a social science/humanities perspective, we will explore how factors such as gender, gender identity and sexuality have been shaped by Western society.
Course Title: Introduction to Health Communication Goal Areas: 01,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This introductory course is intended to develop critical and analytical skills for understanding human communication in the health care industry. Students will discuss and apply various communication strategies in a variety of contexts, including patient care, between healthcare professionals, and with a larger public in the form of healthcare advocacy campaigns. The impact of cultural diversity and ethics in decision-making will be examined in the context of healthcare professions.
Course Title: Introduction to Human Services and Social Work Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the field of Human Services and the profession of Social Work. Course describes history, worker roles, and current career trends in the field. Students are required to participate in hands-on experience through service learning.
Course Title: Introduction to Internet Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course develops a basic understanding of the Internet and the World Wide Web using a popular browser such asInternet Explorer. Students will search the web; download, save and print web pages; learn and use search tools to find information quickly; create a favorite or bookmark and organize their favorite web sites; learn about communication on the Internet using email, accessing newsgroups and chat rooms; learn how to email attachments and download files from their email; and discuss personal security on the Internet. Hands-on exercises will give students the opportunity to apply these concepts. This course will give students an introduction to the capabilities of the Internet.Knowledge of the keyboard is recommended for this course.
Course Title: Introduction to Logic Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: Investigation of the principles of deductive and inductive reasoning. The course includes Aristotelian logic, propositional and symbolic logic, validity, invalidity, and proofs. Since this course can be taken to fulfill the Mathematical-Logical Reasoning general education requirement, students should expect a Math-like course, with exercises, and exams.
Course Title: Introduction to Philosophy Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to philosophical inquiry and major problems philosophers think about (including the nature of existence and the difficulty of saying whether any knowledge is certain). Students will be encouraged to question their basic beliefs and recognize their philosophical assumptions. No definite conclusions will be reached.
Course Title: Introduction to Digital Logic Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This is an introduction to digital logic design. Topics include Boolean algebra fundamentals; Karnaugh mapping; elements of digital building blocks such as gates, flip-flops, shift registers, memories, etc.; analysis and design of combinational-logic circuit and sequential-logic circuits.
Course Title: Introduction to Education Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course will familiarize students will the historical, philosophical, and social foundations of education. The course will be of particular interest to those students who are exploring teaching as a career or to those who currently work in classroom settings. The class is designed to provide glimpses into a variety of aspects of teaching, to promote discussion and reflection. The major course topics will guide students in exploring the influences of history and society on teaching and learning. Students will also learn a variety of creative instructional student engagement strategies. As part of the course requirement, this course requires at least 10 hours of experience (e.g., service-learning hours, volunteer hours, etc.) in the K-12 setting during the current semester and outside of class meeting time.
Course Title: Introduction to Environmental Science Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the interdisciplinary nature of environmental science by including the biological, geological, and physical-chemical of the discipline. It provides a case-study based examination of the intersection of science, policy, economics, society, culture and diversity as they relate to today's environmental problems. Students will use the process of science to understand global environments and the human impacts on them by the application of primary literature, graphical skills and lab-like data analyses.
Course Title: Introduction to Ethnic Studies Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This introductory course in Ethnic Studies will examine race and ethnicity in the United States. We will analyze racism and whiteness. We will question the ways that our concepts of different races have been influenced by family, the media, and education. Focus will be on the ways our ideas and beliefs about ethnicity have been shaped by issues such as slavery, colonization, occupation, migration, and immigration.
Course Title: Introduction to Film Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the history and techniques of entertaining and communicating ideas through motion pictures. The course consists of viewing, analyzing, discussing and writing about films as a means of understanding visual communication and developing greater visual literacy.
Course Title: Introduction to Linux Operating System Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course introduces Linux, a popular open-source operating system and a variety of Unix. Topics include installing and using Linux, the architecture of Linux, using the command-line shell, the file system, common utilities (including text editors), and the basics of shell scripting. As a component of Cyber Security certificate, this course addresses the security matters of user login authentication, file and program permissions, computer networking, and network protocols. Hands-on work with Linux is a central part of this class. Some experience in computer programming is recommended.
Course Title: Introduction to Literary Studies Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to introduce students to a variety of literatures and to means to credibly examine that literature. It thus includes literary terms, critical approaches and their application to literature.
Course Title: Introduction to Mass Communication Goal Areas: 01,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This introductory course is intended to develop critical and analytical skills for understanding mass media; for recognizing messages, making deliberate choices about them, and evaluating the effects of these messages in both an individual and societal context. Students will examine the history, evolution, and societal impact of a wide variety of media, including print, film, and social media and will develop skills to make informed, ethical evaluations of the mediated messages they receive.
Course Title: Introduction to Physical Sciences Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: In this course, students will explore the basics of chemistry and physics by examining such concepts as understanding and measuring matter; atoms, elements, compounds and mixtures; physical and chemical properties of matter; states of matter; chemistry fundamentals, the periodic table; bonding and types of compounds; mixtures and solutions; chemical reactions; properties and sources of energy; heat; electricity, circuits, and power; properties of sound & light; the behavior of sound & light; forces and motion; work and simple machines. This course is intended for students who wish to complete a science course with a lab. It is not a prerequisite for any science or health programs. This course may not be used as a substitute for a chemistry course or a physics course. Math 0901 (Intro to Algebra) or basic math skills are highly recommended.
Course Title: Introduction to Physical Sciences Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: In this course, students will explore the basics of chemistry and physics by examining such concepts as understanding and measuring matter; atoms, elements, compounds and mixtures; physical and chemical properties of matter; states of matter; chemistry fundamentals, the periodic table; bonding and types of compounds; mixtures and solutions; chemical reactions; properties and sources of energy; heat; electricity, circuits, and power; properties of sound & light; the behavior of sound & light; forces and motion; work and simple machines. This course is intended for students who wish to complete a science course with a lab. It is not a prerequisite for any science or health programs. This course may not be used as a substitute for a chemistry course or a physics course. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab)Math 0901 (Intro to Algebra) or basic math skills are highly recommended.
Course Title: Introduction to Political Science Goal Areas: 09,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides an overview of major topics, approaches, and methods in the study of political science. Students are introduced to key terms and concepts, quantitative and qualitative research methods, core political institutions and behavior, as well as the discipline subfields of American government, comparative politics, world politics, and political theory.
Course Title: Introduction to Public Relations and Strategic Communication Goal Areas: 01,09,02 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines the principles, evolution, practice, and ethics of strategic communication and public relations. Student will learn to analyze and critique different public relations and strategic communication campaigns across different contexts, cultures, and communities. Students will engage in the campaign creation process through research, message and narrative creation, and evaluation of strategic communication.
Course Title: Introduction to Psychology - Southwestern CC Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Consortium Credit
Course Title: Introduction to Psychology Goal Areas: 09,05 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course provides an in-depth introduction to psychology. Topics may include history of psychology; research methods; physiological psychology; sensation and perception; consciousness; learning; memory; cognition; motivation; emotion; personality; stress, health and coping; abnormal behavior, therapy; social psychology; human development; sexuality; and gender. Students are strongly encouraged to check with an advisor to determine if this is the appropriate course for their degree/program. You must meet perquisites or obtain instructor permission to take this course.
Course Title: Introduction to Public Administration Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a general introduction to the field of public administration. Topics covered include public management and leadership, organization theory and behavior, federalism and intergovernmental relationships, public policy decision-making, public budgeting and fiscal policy, human resources management, and bureaucratic ethics and accountability. Students will be encouraged to connect political, economic and social contexts to pressing community problems and their solutions.
Course Title: Introduction to Screenwriting Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to screenwriting, dealing with the basics of drama, story, character, structure, dialogue, and meaning. It explores these elements with writing exercises that develop skills in plotting, exposition, suspense, and action. It focuses on visual storytelling, helping students to discover observable actions and images that can convey ideas effectively, while constantly emphasizing how well-developed characters' needs and wants drive the structure and conflict of an engaging story. It is intended to acquaint students with the craft of screenwriting; to be a beginning course in the field that will help prepare students for further work.
Course Title: Introduction to Special Education Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Students will be introduced to the field of special education. This course addresses specialized instruction designed to meet the needs of exceptional students. Course content will include an overview of legal mandates, varied evidence-based instructional practices including writing individualized education plans (IEP), collaborative approaches used by child study teams, and cultural implications to consider in the field of special education. Ten hours of field experience are required.
Course Title: Introduction to Television Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to television's history, development, emerging technologies, influence, and future. It explores digital convergence as well as programming, distribution, regulation, and audience, constantly emphasizing the effect of money on this pervasive medium. Both television shows and movies about television will help illuminate the course content.
Course Title: Introduction to Theatre Goal Areas: 07,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Students become involved in a play's production while they explore the roots of the theater as a reflection of culture and community. Students investigate major theatrical historical periods and personalities, work on self-selected crews, analyze dramatic literature for meaning and production considerations, and may create and perform their own scenarios as a means of understanding the transformation of theater from page to stage.
Course Title: Introduction to Arabic Goal Areas: 08 Credits: 4
Course Description: Designed for the student with little or no previous experience with a second language, this course gives students the opportunity to learn basic communication needs in Arabic. The four language skills of reading, listening, writing, and speaking will be implemented and practiced. The class begins with learning the Alphabet and progresses into learning reading elementary level Arabic, writing simple sentences, speaking basic and introductory idioms. Listening drills and exercises are employed in the class. Students will also learn basic grammar and its applicability, especially in writing.The course also introduces students to the culture of the Arabic-speaking people. Some aspects of Arab heritage, traditions, and customs will be highlighted and explained.
Course Title: Introduction to Biology - Iowa Lakes Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Consortium
Course Title: Introduction to Business Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to provide a broad overview of the functions of the for-profit and non-profit business entity. Business and its environment, organization and management, ownership, finance, production, marketing, human resources, and control systems are reviewed. The course helps students understand the contribution of business to the American economy using current business publications, media, and web resources to focus on applications of current business technologies. Business ethics and teamwork are also examined. This course will enable the student to more intelligently pursue advanced business courses and to choose a business career.
Course Title: Introduction to Education Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will familiarize students will the historical, philosophical, and social foundations of education. The course will be of particular interest to those students who are exploring teaching as a career or to those who currently work in classroom settings. The class is designed to provide glimpses into a variety of aspects of teaching, to promote discussion, and to encourage self-exploration. The major course topics will guide students in exploring the influences of history and society on teaching, learning, and schooling and how these influences impact what is done in classrooms today. As part of the course requirement, this course requires at least 10 hours of experience (e.g., service learning hours, volunteer hours, etc.) in the K-12 setting outside of class meeting time.
Course Title: Introduction to Health Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to various public and community health services, the history of community and public health and the role and functions of health programs and their relationships between holistic health aspects. This course will explore the knowledge, skills and competencies of health educators in various community settings, occupations and careers.
Course Title: Introduction to Mindfullness Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: Students will develop an understanding of the current research on Mindfulness and Meditation practices. The focus of this class will be to train students to enter a calm and centered state of awareness through working with the body, breath and mind.
Course Title: Introduction to Networking Protocols and Analysis Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This class examines the basic principles of networking, transitioning from Transmission Control Protocol, User Datagram Protocol, Internet Control Message Protocol, and Internet Protocol (TCP, UDP, ICMP, and IP), network architecture, and the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model into network defense. Networks are essential for organizational success, and cybersecurity professionals must understand network processes, protocols, and administration. This course will focus on developing skills in creating network architecture, network administration, network analysis, and how to apply this knowledge to improve the network security posture through defense in depth.
Course Title: Introduction to Sociology Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a study of social and cultural aspects of human behavior. Topics include society and culture, roles and norms, groups and organizations, deviance, inequality, social and cultural change, and research methods.
Course Title: Investments Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a practical introduction to investments for the individual investor. The course focuses on stocks, bonds, mutual funds, REITs, annuities and other investment alternatives. Emphasis is placed on how to determine the value of stocks and bonds. The course will impart knowledge of practical value to anyone interested in becoming actively involved in managing personal investments. The main goals of the course are to provide understanding of the essential features of various investment instruments, their risk-reward relationships, for whom and under what circumstances the instrument is appropriate and how the market operates for buying and selling the various investment instruments.
Course Title: General Chemistry I - Iowa Lakes Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: Consortium with Iowa Lakes General Chemistry I
Course Title: CC: Irish Politics II - Aracdia University Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: consortium credit
Course Title: Irish Studies - Study Abroad Ireland Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Study abroad in Ireland
Course Title: Introduction to Japanese Culture Goal Areas: 10,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to and interdisciplinary exploration of Japanese culture. Through the study of Japanese humanities and fine arts, people and the environment, students will identify what makes Japanese Culture so unique and how the Japanese Mind/Spirit (nihon no kokoro) and their connection to the environment and other non-human species has shaped Japanese society from days of old to the present.
Course Title: Japanese Literature Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to Japanese literature in translation. The reading may be organized either by historic periods or topically. The selected texts may come from various time periods. The reading may include oral traditions, mythology, spiritual texts, historical documents, poetry, song lyrics, theatrical plays, novels, short stories, or manga. This course may address issues of historical context, gender, class, and race as a way of understanding Japanese literature.
Course Title: Japanese Literature Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to Japanese literature in translation. The reading may be organized either by historic periods or topically. The selected texts may come from various time periods. The reading may include oral traditions, mythology, spiritual texts, historical documents, poetry, song lyrics, theatrical plays, novels, short stories, or manga. This course may address issues of historical context, gender, class, and race as a way of understanding Japanese literature.
Course Title: Job Searching Strategies Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed to empower students with the skills and resources necessary to find a job. Current issues and trends in the workforce related to hiring and job opportunities will be evaluated. Students will explore the job search process and develop effective techniques in preparing a resume and cover letter. Students will also develop networking skills and interviewing techniques to prepare for the eventual job search. Note: No credit will be given for this course if student has completed ADEV/BUS 1010.
Course Title: Jogging/Running Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed to examine jogging/running as a means of improving cardiovascular fitness and promoting it as a lifelong activity. The American College of Sports Medicines (ACSM) physical activity guidelines will provide a framework for class requirements as well as aid in developing fitness goals that emphasize cardiovascular health.NOTE: Students will be expected to participate in running/jogging every week, and should be able to physically handle the nature of the activity
Course Title: Introduction to Journalism Goal Areas: 09,01 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to writing in standard journalism modes, which may include news, features, editorials, sports, reviews, and blogs. Contemporary practices, issues, and ethics of the profession are also covered.
Course Title: Juvenile Justice Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course analyzes the juvenile justice system and its historical and philosophical development, including theories of social causes and effects of delinquency. Students will learn strategies for working with juveniles and for preventing and investigating delinquency. The course provides a working knowledge of Minnesota statutes pertaining to juveniles through the study of case law, report writing, skills exercises, and simulation.
Course Title: Introduction to Kayaking and Canoeing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed for the beginner in both kayaking and canoeing. Students will learn how to get in and out of the kayak, wet entry, basic paddling strokes, and safety on the water for flat water kayaking. The canoeing portion covers safety, and proper steering paddling techniques. The course also includes a half day canoe trip and a half day kayak lake tour for skill application.
Course Title: Kinesiology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Course Content includes study of human movement and the muscular system. Skeletal and major muscular systems will be studied in detail in order to better understand how human movement is produced. Students will anatomically analyze movements and be introduced to the concepts of biomechanics. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) Prerequisites: EXSC 2010 - Essentials of Exercise Science (Minimum grade: 1.67 GPA Equivalent)
Course Title: Large Instrumental Ensemble Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is an instrumental performance ensemble that plays a variety of musical literature. Enrollment is open to all students who are able to minimally play their instrument at a High School level. The ensemble is open to all students who meet this criterion. Students should provide their own instrument. Percussionists should provide their own sticks/mallets. This group meets once/week.May be repeated for credit.NOTE: Student should be able to minimally play instrument at a High School levelNOTE: Student should be able to minimally play their instrument at a High School level
Course Title: Introduction to Law and Paralegal Studies Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the paralegal profession, including the nature of paralegal work, job requirements and opportunities. Students will study the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct and the ethical standards applicable to paralegals. The students will learn about the American legal system, including sources of law, court systems and procedures. The students will study the relationship between state and federal laws and procedure and alternative dispute resolution. Students will also study the substantive areas of torts and criminal law.PSEO students may not register for this course until they have completed all general education courses required for the Paralegal A.S. degree.
Course Title: Leadership and Teamwork Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides students with an understanding of the nature of leadership and teams. This course is for anyone who is a leader or wants to be a leader and wants to develop teamwork skills. Emphasis will be on a practical skill-building approach to leadership and teamwork so students develop skills that can be applied outside of the classroom. This course will include the nature and importance of leadership, characteristics of leaders, leadership styles, developing teams, managing virtual teams, ethics and social responsibility, communication, conflict resolution, and culturally diverse aspects of leadership.
Course Title: Leadership through Social Change Goal Areas: 10,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: Building on the foundational local work of GCST 1320, this project and research based course will focus on further developing leadership skills and community connections at a local, national and global level to create student change agents. This course provides essential information for grassroots organizing and coalition building, and incorporates research on successful models locally and globally that have supported oppressed populations to create social and environmental change. Students will understand the importance of power theory and dynamics and then identify a local or global issue, creating strategies for collective action and developing and implementing these strategies into practice. Formerly: Community Organizing IIThrough analysis of media, culture, government policies, social movements, systemic racism and marginalization of groups, and participating in practical social change activities, students will learn to explore and synthesize multiple points of view and individual and collective responsibilities to create a more just, ethical and sustainable future. Activities could include research projects on campus, with City of Brooklyn Park, and other area, national and international organizations, data collection and analysis, research papers, presentations, creation of documentaries
Course Title: Learners with Diverse Needs and Exceptionalities Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course examines principles of educational psychology and the impact these principles have on teacher beliefs and instructional practice. Connections between child and adolescent cognitive, social/emotional, and moral development and principles of effective teaching are addressed. Relevant federal and state laws are discussed within the context of classroom instruction. Finally, students learn major characteristics of the exceptional learner and demonstrate alternative approaches in instruction to provide the least restrictive environment for learners with exceptional needs.
Course Title: Academic Learning Strategies II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course provides an overview of efficient study habits and is intended for students who wish to improve their academic study skills. This course is a follow up from ADEV 1051 where students learn about emotional intelligence, anxiety, and motivation. This course, 1052, emphasizes study strategies that will assist students in making a smooth transition to college level study. Topics include: active listening and effective notetaking, test preparation and test taking strategies, memory and concentration skills, and creating effective study tools.
Course Title: Legal Research and Writing II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a continuation of Legal Research & Writing 1. This course focuses on primary sources other than case law such as constitutional law, statutory law, administrative law, and court rules. The student will also study secondary sources. This course provides the student with additional experience in the advancement of analytical writing skills for use in the preparation of legal memoranda. Blue Book citations relative to sources studied will be emphasized. The student will also gain additional experience with computer assisted legal research.
Course Title: Legal Research and Writing I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course presents a study of methods of legal research related primarily to case law, which include the use of digests, encyclopedias, reporter systems, and practice manuals. The students will gain an understanding of law libraries and will be introduced to computer assisted legal research. Students will learn analytical writing skills for use in preparation of legal memoranda. Use of Blue Book citation methods will be emphasized.
Course Title: Legal Aspects of Construction Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Students will study the basic principles of law and its impacts on the business of construction contracting. Topics will include contracts, property law, mechanics liens, drafting a bid, ethics, employment issues, wage laws and hiring practices in both a union and a non-union work setting. The focus of the course is on construction contracting businesses, their employees and customers.
Course Title: Legal Environment of Business Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Students will study the basic principles of law and the societal forces which influence the development of these principles. Topics include legal procedure, court structure, ethics, international law, constitutional law, administrative law, contracts, sales, torts, business entities, business regulation, and consumer protection. The focus of the course is on business entities, their employees and customers.
Course Title: Legal Studies Seminar and Internship Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The course is designed to ready the student for transition from the classroom to the work place, emphasizing practical skill development and additional development of the student's organizational, communication and critical analysis skills. This is also a course designed to measure the student's learning and mastery of the program's goals and objectives. The course is designed with in-class and out of class internship experiences. Through in-class discussions and exercises, the student develops the basic skills necessary for the paralegal work setting. The student gains actual work experience under the supervision of an attorney or experienced paralegal in day-to-day, on-site office work completed at an internship site. The student must complete 150 hours of work at the internship site, which may be a private or public law office, corporate or government legal department, or other appropriate law-related setting or complete the alternative legal practicum coursework. Prerequisites: PLeg 2211
Course Title: Legal and Administrative Aspects of Construction Codes Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Provides students with foundational concepts of modern administrative government, legal responsibilities in building inspection, inspector's authority, courtroom procedures, building inspection liability, the application of legal rules pertaining to public negligence, governmental liability and ethics. Current issues in the industry will be discussed and integrated into the course as appropriate. The course will provide students with an understanding of public administration as it relates to a code official. Prerequisites: BIT 1050 and BIT 1150
Course Title: Life Cycle Nutrition Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will examine the nutritional needs and recommendations at each major phase of the life cycle from pregnancy to older adults. Students will also explore factors that affect nutritional status in learning to assess appropriate educational materials, dietary interventions, and community nutrition programs.
Course Title: Life Science Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: The course introduces the breadth of biology from the principles of chemistry to ecology. The production and utilization of biological energy is explored at the cellular and organism level. The principles of inheritance and cellular reproduction are explored at the molecular, cellular level and organism levels. The unity and diversity of life and life processes is emphasized. The laboratory focuses on the techniques required to discover biological principles. Activities are hands-on.(3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab).
Course Title: Life Span Developmental Psychology Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 4
Course Description: Life Span Developmental Psychology examines continuity and change across the life span. The course examines the biological, cognitive, and social development of humans from conception through death. Topics will explore maturation, human growth experiences, transitions, and the various stages of psychological and physical development as key components influencing human behaviors. You must meet perquisites or obtain instructor permission to take this course.
Course Title: Lifespan Development Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Consortium Credit
Course Title: Linear Algebra Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course includes vectors and vector spaces, matrices, matrix algebra, linear systems of equations, determinants, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Students will also be expected to construct proofs relating to linear dependence and/or independence, the span of a set of vectors, and whether a set of vectors satisfies the vector space axioms.
Course Title: Listening and Speaking for College Success Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This class focuses on the development of note-taking skills through the presentation of college-success content material in the form of lectures and student presentations. You will research student success topics and make formal presentations to the class. The course also reviews tone, register, rhythm, stress, reduction and emphasis as critical elements in delivering a speech.Prerequisite: Placement test scores or grade of C or better in EAP 0830, 0860, 0880, 0980.
Course Title: Listening and Speaking Skill Development Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course will focus on developing your academic listening and speaking skills in English. During this semester you will work on building the note-taking, presentation, and discussion skills you will need to study successfully at the college level.Prerequisite: Placement test scores
Course Title: Undergraduate Research - Literature Review Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: Students will be engaged in the investigation of the state of a specific scholarly question under the guidance of a faculty member. Research projects will focus on using discipline-appropriate resources and literature to understand the origins and development of a particular scholarly topic within the context of the relevant discipline(s), significant approaches to the topic, and current avenues that are being used to develop the topic. This course may be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Litigation I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is the first part of a two-part Litigation course. This course presents a study of the processes and procedures undertaken in litigation and the role of the paralegal in a litigation practice. Students will study the requirements and applications of the Rules of Civil Procedure and the general rules of practice in District Court. Students will also study the various methods of alternative dispute resolution and their application to a litigation practice. Students will learn to prepare the documents essential to a litigation practice, such as complaints, discovery requests and discovery responses. This course also examines the ethical considerations relating to litigation.Prerequisite: PLeg 1111
Course Title: Litigation II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is the second part of a two part Litigation course. This course presents a study of the processes and procedures undertaken in litigation and the role of the paralegal in a litigation practice. Students will study the requirements and applications of the Rules of Civil Procedure and the general rules of practice in District Court. Students will also study the various methods of alternative dispute resolution and their application to a litigation practice. Students will draft litigation documents and learn the role of the paralegal before, during and after trial. This course includes a study of the rules of evidence, and tips for preserving and protecting evidence in civil and criminal trials. Students will learn methods of investigation and fact gathering. In addition, this course also examines the ethical considerations related to evidence and the trial process. Prerequisite: PLeg 1411
Course Title: Magazine Workshop Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 2
Course Description: This workshop offers students the opportunity to gain practical editorial experience by working on the college literary/arts magazine. As members of the editorial staff, students will solicit, select, and edit stories, essays and poems for publication. May be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Managerial Accounting Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Managerial accounting focuses on the three main activities performed by managers: planning, controlling, and decision-making. This course consists of preparing a variety of reports for internal use and analyzing them in the company's decision-making process.Prerequisite: ACCT 2111
Course Title: Marketing Capstone Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course serves as the capstone for the Marketing Specialist Associates of Applied Science Degree. Students will integrate the concepts, techniques, and knowledge within marketing into a strategic marketing plan for an existing company. The strategic plan will be submitted and presented at the end of the course.
Course Title: Mass Incarceration Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines the practices of incarceration in the United States from a feminist perspective. We will discuss the history, the politics, the economics and the ethics of incarceration. We will also review the ways the U.S. is different from other countries when it comes to imprisonment.
Course Title: Math 115 - Illinois Central College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Consortium Course through Illinois Central College
Course Title: Math for Elementary Education II Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This is the second of a two-course sequence designed for prospective elementary education majors. Students will develop a deep understanding of elementary mathematics and the ability to effectively communicate mathematical ideas. The course focuses on heuristics for mathematical problem solving and reasoning in the contexts of geometry, measurement, probability, and statistics. Prerequisites: Successful completion of Math 1031 with grade of C or better.
Course Title: Math for Elementary Education I Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This is the first of a two-course sequence designed for prospective elementary education majors. Students will develop a deep understanding of elementary mathematics and the ability to effectively communicate mathematical ideas. The course focuses on heuristics for mathematical problem solving in the contexts of place value and number systems; operations with whole numbers, integers, fractions, and decimals; and rates, ratios, proportions, and percentages.
Course Title: Math Foundations Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course prepares students for Math 0900, Mathematical Literacy. Students will improve their number sense and skills with whole numbers, integers, fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals including calculations without calculators. Other topics will include place-value and order, rounding and estimation, and order of operations, all with a focus on integers, fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals, one-step application problems, and an introduction to percent. Additional course content includes math specific study skills and math success strategies. Credit does not apply to a degree and is not eligible for Financial Aid.
Course Title: Mathematical Literacy Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: In this course, students will develop the necessary mathematical reasoning skills to succeed in a wide variety of college-level courses, including Math 1010, 1031, 1130, 1140 and other courses outside the math department. Students will solve realistic, interesting problems incorporating numeracy, proportional reasoning, algebraic reasoning, and functions. Students will be expected to use mathematical terminology appropriately in written communication.Additional coursework may be required for students pursuing a STEM degree.Prerequisites: Placement test or successful completion of Math 0800 or Math 0801
Course Title: Mathematics Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Mathematics Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Mechanical and Electrical Systems Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course will prepare students to identify, analyze, and evaluate all aspects of building mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. The students will explore a variety of systems found typical in both residential and commercial buildings and will have the opportunity to gain detailed knowledge on how systems are designed, constructed, and perform. This course is designed for construction managers, project superintendants, code officials, and other construction related industry professionals.
Course Title: Mechanics of Materials Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the linear stress-strain behavior of engineering materials. Topics will include stresses due to uniaxial loading, bending and torsion; stress transformations, beam deflections, indeterminate structures, column buckling, stress analysis of structural and machine elements.
Course Title: Medical Lab Technician Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Medical Terminology I - Basics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the Greek and Latin derivatives used to form medical terminology. Students will learn how to build and analyze medical terms. Emphasis will be placed on proper spelling, definition, usage, and pronunciation of medical terms. Other topics include: prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, introduction to basic biology, and introduction to body systems.
Course Title: Medical Terminology II - Application Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is a continuation of Biol 1230 Medical Terminology I - Basic. The focus is on applying proper medical terminology in reading medical reports, case histories and using the medical dictionary. Prerequisite: Biol 1230
Course Title: Mental Disorders Through the Life Span Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The course introduces an overview of the range of mental disorders throughout the lifespan including those impacting children and the elderly. Students will learn to identify signs and symptoms of each disorder in addition to learning basic skills and therapeutic treatments that effectively help individuals who have mental disorders. Recommendation of completion of or concurrent enrollment in PSYC 1160.
Course Title: Meteorology Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is designed for people who desire to learn about the weather. This course helps the student learn to observe and interpret the sky, to read weather maps, and to understand the sequence of meteorological phenomena. The topics to be covered include: air temperature, humidity, condensation, clouds, air pressure, wind, atmospheric circulation, weather forecasting, computer modeling, thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes. (3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab)
Course Title: Meteorology Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is designed for people who desire to learn about the weather. This course helps the student learn to observe and interpret the sky, to read weather maps, and to understand the sequence of meteorological phenomena. The topics to be covered include: air temperature, humidity, condensation, clouds, air pressure, wind, atmospheric circulation, weather forecasting, computer modeling, thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes. (3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab)
Course Title: Microbiology - Eastern Iowa Community College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Consortium Credits
Course Title: Microbiology Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is a study of bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa, infection, immunity, human diseases and microbiology of food and water. Laboratory exercises stress detection, isolation and control of microorganisms. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) Prerequisite: Biol 1001 or 1101 with grade of C or better
Course Title: Microbiology - Study Abroad Ireland Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Study abroad in Ireland
Course Title: Microbiology - Iowa Lakes Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Consortium Credit - Microbiology
Course Title: Minnesota Field Geology Series: Volcanic, Plutonic and Metamorphic Geology Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 2
Course Description: Come explore the oldest rocks in Minnesota! This course will examine the earliest geologic history of Minnesota, which includes greenstone belts, iron ore deposits, and flood and pillow basalts. Topics include: geologic time, plate tectonics, rock cycle, rock classification and identification. Mid-continental rift, intrusive and extrusive igneous processes and products, metamorphism and mineral resources, and topographic map usage. This course is a field experience including observations, hypothesis, predictions, and evaluation of scientific data and results. Three-day field trip around Minnesota is mandatory. Course is open to all students.
Course Title: Minnesota Field Geology Series: Volcanic, Plutonic and Metamorphic Geology Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 2
Course Description: Come explore the oldest rocks in Minnesota! This course will examine the earliest geologic history of Minnesota, which includes greenstone belts, iron ore deposits, and flood and pillow basalts. Topics include: geologic time, plate tectonics, rock cycle, rock classification and identification, Mid-continental rift, intrusive and extrusive igneous processes and products, metamorphism and mineral resources, and topographic map usage. This course is a field experience including observations, hypothesis, predictions, and evaluation of scientific data and results. Three-day field trip around Minnesota is mandatory. Course is open to all students.
Course Title: Minnesota's Natural History Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is a team-taught, field-based introduction to the flora, fauna, ecology, and geologic development of Minnesota. A series of in-class sessions will prepare students for recognition and identification of plants, animals, habitats, and geologic features and for the integration of these biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems. This course will include an examination of natural resource issues and policies in the context of Minnesota's politics and economy. Two weekend field trips are mandatory. These field trips will begin on Friday afternoon and end on Sunday afternoon or early evening. This course fulfills lab requirement for Goal Area 3. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab)
Course Title: Modern American Literature Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to selected American writers of the twentieth and/or twenty-first centuries and their works. The course may be organized either by historic periods or topically.
Course Title: Movement and Voice Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Students will learn and incorporate a movement vocabulary and relaxed vocal projection through a series of group projects throughout the semester. Emphasis is placed on utilization of learned techniques to create character, heightened response to others on stage and to enhance stage presence.
Course Title: Multicultural Psychology Goal Areas: 08,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to diversity and multiculturalism within psychology. Students will have a broad understanding of extant research on diversity from a wide variety of perspectives including international perspectives. Topics covered include: culture and identity, group behavior, stereotyping and prejudice, cross-cultural research, and international research. COMM 1310 is highly recommended before taking this course. Prerequisite: Psyc 1150 or Psyc 1160 or consent of instructor
Course Title: Multicultural Awareness in Human Services Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This class examines attitudes and enhances knowledge and skills that are necessary to work effectively with culturally diverse populations in the human services field. Students will explore their own and other's cultural identities, values, attitudes, and behaviors. Adjusting services to the multicultural needs of individuals who are served will be emphasized.Recommended completion of, or concurrent enrollment in EAP 1260: College Writing Skills Development plus EAP 1230: College Reading and Study Skills or above with a grade of C or better
Course Title: Multicultural Education Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to help current and future educators acquire the knowledge and skills needed to become effective practitioners in culturally, racially, and linguistically, and gender diverse classrooms and schools. Students will engage in activities and actions that develop teacher identity and criticality. They will demonstrate instructional approaches that build community and inspire and engage diverse learners. As part of the course requirement, this course requires at least 10 hours of experience (e.g., service-learning hours, volunteer hours, etc.) in the K-12 setting outside of class meeting time.
Course Title: Music Appreciation Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This general cultural course is designed to develop an understanding and enjoyment of music. It includes a study of music in western civilization. In addition some world music topics will be addressed. Emphasis is upon class listening supplemented by historical background. Live concert attendance may be required.
Course Title: Music Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Music Theory I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is the first of a four semester series of courses that study the theoretical and structural basis of music. Among the major topics covered in Music Theory I and Music Theory II are: notation, intervals, rhythm, scale patterns, melodic forms, harmonic conventions, four-part chorale structure, formal structure (binary, ternary). While this course is open to all, to be successful in this course, entering students must have a solid knowledge of note names, scale patterns and note rhythms such as that learned in MUSC 1200 Fundamentals of Music. This course is required for AFA music majors.
Course Title: Music Theory II Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: A continuation of Music Theory I, this course is the second of a four-semester series of courses that study the theoretical and structural basis of music. Among the major topics covered in Music Theory I and Music Theory II are: notation, intervals, rhythm, scale patterns, melodic forms, harmonic conventions, four-part chorale structure, formal structure (binary, ternary). This course is required for AFA music majors.
Course Title: Music Theory III Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: A continuation of Music Theory I & II, this course is the third of a four-semester series of courses that study the theoretical and structural basis of music. Among the major topics covered in Music Theory III and Music Theory IV are: Sixth, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth chords and their variants; counterpoint (two-voice), formal structures (fugue, sonata allegro, rondo, variation); pre-20th century tonality and 20th century atonality; music composition not based in tonal sound. This course is required for AFA music majors.
Course Title: Music Theory IV Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: A continuation of Music Theory III, this course is the final in four-semester series of courses that study the theoretical and structural basis of music. Among the major topics covered in Music Theory III and Music Theory IV are: Sixth, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth chords and their variants; counterpoint (two-voice), formal structures (fugue, sonata allegro, rondo, variation); pre-20th century tonality and 20th century atonality; music composition not based in tonal sound. This course is required for AFA music majors.
Course Title: Music Tour Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course consists of a series of concert or music experiences in the Twin Cities area or another cultural center, e.g. New York, Washington, D.C., to experience a variety of musical performances, lectures, demonstrations, and facilities. Students will study and experience the components that go into live music performances. In addition to live performances, students may tour architecture, museums and galleries to better analyze and understand the background against which the musical performances take place. Special fees may be applied. This course may be repeated for credit.Students will need to provide their own transportation to area concerts, museums or other venues.
Course Title: Music in World Cultures Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course teaches music primarily from non-Eurocentric cultures which may include but is not limited to Indian, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, African, Native American, and African American. Through their studies of the diversity of world music, students will develop a broader understanding and appreciation of other cultures.
Course Title: Mystery and Detective Fiction Goal Areas: 09,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to mystery and detective fiction as a literary genre and as popular literature, examining the conventions of suspense writing, possibly including hook, twist, red herring, back story, sub-plot, procedural, clues, and the ethical concerns of investigative methods and civic life. Discussion of various sub-genre styles will engage students in critical thinking applied to historical era, culturally diverse contexts, and gender roles in mystery writing.
Course Title: Natural Science Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Nature in Literature Goal Areas: 06,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course surveys literature that examines the relation between human beings and the natural world. The primary consideration of this course is how a literary idea of nature has been affected and effected by variations in culture, namely, changes in politics, economics, and technology that in diverse historical contexts have created conflicts between ecological and human interests. Ultimately, this study leads to considering how the green language created by the writers under study has contributed to an eco-critical ethic that allows examination of current ecological sensibilities and the language that represents them.
Course Title: The NHCC Filmmaking Project: Student Activity Class Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: The North Star Film Project (TFT 1110) is a student activity class in which students will meet at least one hour per week in a laboratory format to produce short films from scripts written in the NHCC Introduction to Screenwriting each spring. Participating students learn about planning, rewriting, shooting, editing, and mixing a film into a finished product, ready for viewing. Students in this class may repeat it for credit, and may also participate in the Capstone version of the class for 3 credits once they have completed the prerequisites for that version of the class (TFT 2110).
Course Title: Nursing Summer Clinical Internship Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This elective clinical internship course provides learning opportunities to apply nursing theory to nursing practice. The focus will be on gaining depth of understanding of the role of the registered nurse as well as strengthening nursing skills in the clinical setting. Students will be precepted by nurses in the clinical practice setting and by nursing faculty. Prerequisite: Successful completion of 3rd and 4th semester nursing courses: NURS 2700 or 2720, NURS 2750, NURS 2800, NURS 2820, NURS 2850 with a grade of C or better in each course.
Course Title: Transition to the Role of the Professional Nurse Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is designed to expand the knowledge and skills of the LPN as they transition to the professional role within nursing. Emphasis is placed on health promotion through the lifespan and incorporates theories related to evidence-based practice, quality and safety, communication, collaboration, clinical decision-making/reasoning, informatics, assessment, caring, and health- illness continuum.Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program: LPN-Mobility Option, BIOL 2100, BIOL 2111, PSYC 1250, and COMM 1110. Co-requisite: NURS 2750Strongly Recommended to be taken prior to or concurrently: BIOL 2112 concurrently
Course Title: Nursing Clinical 1 Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the clinical application of nursing care principles for the beginning professional nursing student. The course focuses on safety, therapeutic communication, organization, documentation, and person-centered care. The Clinical Judgement Model will be used in caring for persons across the lifespan in simulation and clinical settings. The student will work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team giving and receiving feedback about their performance and use reflective thinking about their practice. Professionalism and dependability are emphasized. This course coincides with NURS 2701 and NURS 2702.
Course Title: Nursing Clinical III Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course provides students opportunity to practice safe, effective, and holistic nursing care in the clinical setting. Students will complete 120 hours of experiential learning applying newly acquired critical thinking and clinical reasoning alongside nursing skills in the care of clients with acute complex and unstable conditions. Emphasis will be placed on fine-tuning written and oral communication, priority setting, decision making, and clinical judgement in collaboration with interprofessional teams to improve patient outcomes. This course coincides with NURS 2901 and NURS 2902.
Course Title: Nursing Leadership Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course focuses on prioritization, delegation, and supervision of nursing care of clients across the lifespan. Healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environment issues are analyzed. Emphasis is on planning, collaborating and coordinating care for individuals and groups across various healthcare settings. Experiential learning includes the application of nursing leadership concepts.
Course Title: Nursing Leadership I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on prioritization, delegation, and supervision of nursing care of clients across the lifespan. Healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environment issues are analyzed. Emphasis is on planning, collaborating and coordinating care for individuals and groups across the care continuum.Prerequisites: NURS 2800, NURS 2820, NURS 2850 and SOC 1110 Co-requisites: NURS 2900 and NURS 2920Strongly Recommended to be taken prior to or concurrently: PHIL 1020 or PHIL 1220
Course Title: Nursing Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Nutrition - Clinton Community College Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Consortium Credit
Course Title: Nutrition Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to the fundamental truths of nutrition principles, health promotion and disease prevention throughout life.   Topics include, in part, the study of carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, and minerals and their function and role in healthy living.  It will provide introductory nutritional information for career paths in nursing and other similar fields of study.
Course Title: Nutrition Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Consortium Credit
Course Title: Nutrition and the Role of the Professional Nurse Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course introduces the student to the role of the nurse in promoting and supporting nutritional health. Emphasis is on the role nutrition plays in health promotion/prevention of illness, recovery from acute illness and/or management of chronic illness. Students learn to access evidence to support healthy nutritional choices that reduce risk factors for disease and/or illness across the lifespan. Students explore how culture, ethnicity, socio-economic status, nutritional trends and controversies, and integrative therapies influence the nutritional health of the client. Prerequisites: Admission to Nursing program, BIOL 2100, BIOL 2111, PSYC 1250, and COMM 1110Co-requisites: NURS 2700 or NURS 2720Strongly Recommended to be taken prior to or concurrently: BIOL 2112
Course Title: Oceanography Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an interdisciplinary survey of the biological, chemical, physical and geologic processes at work in the worlds oceans. Using the process of science learners will examine the interplay between these processes and the implications of these interactions for life on Earth, the Earths climate and marine environments. Topics may include waves, tides, seafloor sediments, marine biology, seawater chemistry, plate tectonics, ocean currents, El niño, productivity and dead zones, sea level change, coastal processes and effects of mans influence on oceans. Course is open to all students. 3 Credits (3 hours lecture)
Course Title: Oceanography Goal Areas: 10,03 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an interdisciplinary survey of the biological, chemical, physical and geologic processes at work in the worlds oceans. Learners will practice making observations, forming scientific questions and posing hypotheses as they explore the interplay between these processes and the implications of these interactions for life on Earth, the Earths climate and marine environments. Topics may include waves, tides, seafloor sediments, marine biology, seawater chemistry, plate tectonics, ocean currents, El niño, productivity and dead zones, sea level change, coastal processes and effects of mans influence on oceans.
Course Title: Operations Management Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the foundations of the operations function in both manufacturing and services. The course will analyze operations from both the strategic and operational perspectives and highlight the competitive advantages that operations can provide for the organization. The emphasis is on decision making (to include business ethics) in areas such as: facility requirements and utilization, control and coordination of resource inputs and outputs, types of transformation/conversion processes, and performance measurements. Diverse activities, such as determining the size and type of production process, purchasing the appropriate raw materials, planning and scheduling the flow of materials and the nature and content of inventories, assuring product quality, and deciding on the production hardware and how it gets used will be the primary content areas of this class. NOTE: Students are strongly encouraged to first take Introduction to Management BUS 1200.
Course Title: Organic Chemistry I Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is a study of the covalent molecules associated with carbon, emphasizing the mechanism of the reactions and the stereochemistry of aliphatic, alicyclic, and olefinic molecules. Functional groups that will be studied include the saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers and halides. The laboratory portion of the course includes a thorough study of the basic techniques for the isolation and purification of molecules isolated from natural products and from reaction mixtures. (4 hours lecture, 4 hours lab) Prerequisite: Chem 1062
Course Title: Organic Chemistry II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is a study of the mechanism of reactions of, and the structure of, all of the carbonyl compounds and their derivatives, and of the carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, heterocyclics, other natural products sequence reactions, unknown identification and original literature preparations. Spectroscopic analysis will be utilized throughout these experiments. (4 hours lecture, 4 hours lab)Prerequisite: Chem 2061
Course Title: Undergraduate Research - Original Research Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: Students will be engaged in an original research project under the guidance of the faculty member. Research projects will: have clearly communicated purposes and objectives, have well-defined discipline-appropriate methods, be ambitious in scope, have a reasonable chance of completion within the agreed-upon timeframe, require use of discipline-appropriate scholarly literature, require use of advanced concepts, build upon current scholarly understanding, and result in work suitable for conference presentation or publication. This course may be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Outdoor Experiential Program Leadership Goal Areas: 09 Credits: 4
Course Description: Building on the foundational work of GCST 1970, this project-based course, a collaboration with YMCA Camp Northern Lights, focuses on developing culturally relevant facilitation and leadership skills through participation and engagement in an outdoor, nature-based experiential learning program. This 5-day outdoor, experiential program will take place at YMCA Camp Northern Lights, Baker Reserve, or a similar outdoor learning facility. Students will explore and critique both the theory and application of experiential learning models through an indigenous lens, such as Kolbs learning cycle, and outdoor program principles such as Challenge by Choice, Leave No Trace and Zero Waste, as they plan, organize and implement all aspects of the GCST 1970 immersion program, including relationship-building with student participants, community partners and community members, including local tribal nations such as Bois Forte, developing their relationship with and connection to outdoor spaces, exploring environmental justice issues through diverse cultural lenses and indigenous world views, marketing and PR for the program and program-related events, culturally relevant and appropriate outdoor programming, and the grant-writing and reporting process. Students will understand the power dynamics that have created the outdoor adventure gap for BIPOC people in Minnesota and beyond and, through real-world problem-solving, project-based research and hands-on learning, will design and implement strategies for eliminating this gap.
Course Title: Outdoor Activity Sampler Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course provides skill, instruction, and experience related to numerous outdoor activities. Activities may include any or all of the following: canoeing, kayaking, orienteering, rock climbing, adventure ropes course, hiking, camping, natures edibles, and/or outdoor cooking. Students are exposed to a variety of skills so they have the opportunity to pursue interests beyond this course and throughout their lives. This course concludes with a weekend trip.
Course Title: Painting I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the basic skills and techniques of painting. The study of paint and materials, the use of color in painting and the development of ideas are important elements in this class. Exploration of realism, abstraction and contemporary painting are all important aspects of Painting I. Recommended: Art 1340.
Course Title: Painting II Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Using advanced painting techniques, this course emphasizes student's development of a personal style. Prerequisite: Art 2611
Course Title: Paralegal Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Patrol Operations Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Adev needed
Course Title: Personal and Community Health Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Personal and Community Health addresses itself to the needs and issues of the individual as related to current health matters in today's society.  Our life style and modern society both contribute and detract from the holistic health concept.  This  class will assist the student in developing a plan for achieving and maintaining his/her personal health.
Course Title: Personal Financial Planning Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed for personal financial planning. The topics in the course include goal setting, financial aspects of career planning, budgeting, credit cards, debt and money management strategies, types of savings, retirement plans, investments and tax strategies, insurance, factors that affect the home and car buying versus leasing, fundamentals of investments and various investment options. In addition, basics of estate planning for a lifetime of creating wealth will also be covered. BUS 1400 recommended.
Course Title: Personal Story Telling Goal Areas: 07 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course exposes students to the genre of personal storytelling. It is designed to help students tell their own stories for personal empowerment. It will introduce students to key academic storytelling frameworks and storytelling methodologies. The course uses the self as the source material, creating and developing stories based on personal memories, culture and family background in order to tell effective personal stories. In addition, students will have the opportunity to engage in self-exploration and self-reflection through the development and telling of their own cultural and personal stories, and through listening to others.
Course Title: Personality Psychology Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides a review of the major theories of personality which typically include the psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic and trait approaches.Prerequisite: Psyc 1150 or Psyc 1160 or consent of instructor
Course Title: Pharmacology and the Role of the Professional Nurse Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces theoretical concepts that enable students to provide safe and effective care related to pharmaceuticals and natural products to diverse clients across the lifespan. A framework is presented for approaching the study of pharmacotherapeutics including pharmaceutical research and regulation, quality and safety, major drug classifications, and clinical management. Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program, BIOL 2112, NURS 2700 or 2720, and NURS 2750Co-requisites: NURS 2800 and 2850Strongly Recommended to be taken prior to or concurrently: SOC 1110
Course Title: Pharmacology for Nursing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces theoretical concepts that enable students to provide safe and effective care related to pharmaceuticals and natural products to diverse clients across the lifespan. A framework is presented for approaching the study of pharmacotherapeutics including pharmaceutical research and regulation, quality and safety, major drug classifications, and clinical management.
Course Title: Philosophy of Religion Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will examine some of the basic questions in the field of philosophy of religion: Does God exist? Can God's existence or nonexistence be rationally proven? Can people be religious in light of the discoveries of science? What does it mean to be religious or nonreligious? Students will be encouraged to draw from their own experience and beliefs to critically think about the issues in this class.
Course Title: Philosophy Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Phlebotomy Practicum Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: In this course, you will apply the phlebotomy skills learned to the healthcare setting. You will be in a hospital or clinic setting and will perform the tasks of a phlebotomist including blood draws, special collections, and specimen processing as well as interact with patients and members of the healthcare team.
Course Title: Phlebotomy Technology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: In this course, you will learn about the role of the phlebotomist in healthcare and learn the skills necessary to obtain a job as phlebotomist. You will learn about the healthcare setting including basic medical terminology and human anatomy as it applies to the phlebotomist role. You will learn about and practice infection control and safety, healthcare ethics, blood collection procedures, special collection procedures, specimen processing, point-of-care testing, and quality assurance. This course will prepare you to perform the duties of a phlebotomist in a hospital and/or clinic setting.
Course Title: Photography I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introduction to the fundamentals of black and white photography. Both technical and creative skills are developed in the use of the camera, exposing and developing film, enlarging and finishing the black and white photograph. Class critiques help articulate individual visual growth while artist presentations and field trips to galleries and museums help acquaint students with significant photographers. Students use film-based cameras with adjustable shutter speed and f-stop. A limited number of cameras are available for rental.
Course Title: Photography II Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is for students with a basic background in camera operations and darkroom procedures. There is a greater emphasis on the photograph as a fine print, the student's personal growth and perceptions in the medium. Class time will include discussions, slide shows and guest lectures. Students must have a film-based camera with adjustable shutter speed and f-stop. Course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Art 1101
Course Title: Photoshop Essentials for Business Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introductory course in business computer graphics. This course is for anyone who has to prepare digital images for business publications for print or for the Web. Students will learn how to use Photoshop's tools to create and enhance digital images. Students will create images from composites as well as separate document objects into layers. Course content will include techniques to retouch photos, i.e. removal of red eye, softening blemishes and imperfections, and elimination of unwanted items from digital photographs. Students will learn how to prepare and save images in different formats for different purposes, such as for use on the Web, in print and in other computer programs.Recommended: Knowledge of the keyboard
Course Title: Physics 1302 - University of Minnesota Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: No description.
Course Title: Physical Fitness Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed to provide cardiovascular and strength enhancement through participation in an aerobic super circuit program. Selected strength training and cardiovascular equipment will be utilized. A pre-assessment of ones current level of fitness will aid in the ability to set goals, and a post-assessment will determine improvement/s, as well as areas needing continued emphasis. Healthy lifestyle information will also be presented in order to make fitness and wellness a lifelong goal. This course can be repeated for credit. Note: MANDATORY 2 hour orientation is required on the first day of class.
Course Title: Physical Fitness Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is designed to provide cardiovascular and strength enhancement through participation in an aerobic super circuit program. Selected strength training and cardiovascular equipment will be utilized as well as personalized heart rate zones and monitoring. A pre-assessment of ones current level of fitness will aid in the ability to set goals, and a post-assessment will determine improvement/s, as well as areas needing continued emphasis. Healthy lifestyle information will also be presented in order to make fitness and wellness a lifelong goal. This course can be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Physical Geography Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide an introduction to the physical processes that are at work at all times on the surface of the earth. This course provides an introduction to the processes that influence the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. Topics covered include earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, blizzards, winds, precipitation, the Hydrological Cycle, vegetation and soil. This course includes a basic understanding of how these systems interact and how the physical landscape interacts with the human landscape. Included in this will be discussions about environmental concerns such as acid precipitation, ozone depletion, soil degradation, desertification and rainforest destruction. This course includes lab-like coursework/exams that will enhance a student's ability to make observations, form questions, pose hypotheses, make predictions and critically evaluate scientific data and results.
Course Title: Physical Geology Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: A course examining the earths formation, composition, structure and natural systems. Using the process of science, learners will explore the earths internal and external processes and how they shape the surface of the earth. Topics include: geologic time, plate tectonics, rock and mineral identification, introduction to topographic and geologic maps, surficial processes, climate change and environmental concerns. Course is open to all students. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) 4 Credits.
Course Title: Physical Geology Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: A course examining the earths formation, composition, structure and natural systems. Learners will practice making observations, forming scientific questions and posing hypotheses as they explore the earths internal and external processes and how they shape the surface of the earth. Topics include: geologic time, plate tectonics, rock and mineral identification, introduction to topographic and geologic maps, surficial processes, climate change and environmental concerns. Course is open to all students. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) 4 Credits.
Course Title: Physics Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: In this class, we will introduce topics in astronomy and apply physical laws to them. Topics include orbits, planets, light, relativity, stars, black holes, galaxies, and cosmology. For example, once black holes are introduced, you will be able to relate their mass to their Schwarzschild radii and how the of time changes near them. Once fusion is introduced, you'll be able to determine the energy given off by different fusion reactions and relate them to the luminosities of stars. For orbits, we will use computer simulations to study the effect of different arrangements and conditions.A previous class in physics or astronomy is strongly recommended. This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Preparation Workshop Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This workshop will help develop a plan of action to determine if Credit for Prior Learning is an option for the degree-seeking student. After completing this workshop, the student will know if they have the necessary components and knowledge to move forward to earn credit alternatively.
Course Title: Plan Reading - University of Minnesota Twin Cities Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: Consortium Course
Course Title: Play Analysis Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce the student to a variety of plays that will be read and analyzed for content, meaning, structure, genre and historical context. Focus will include looking at the script as a blueprint for theatrical production from several different points of view, as well as analyzing the text utilizing various techniques and methodologies.
Course Title: Playwriting Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of writing theatrical plays. They will be expected to work on several creative projects throughout the semester and to participate in workshops in which they will discuss and critique one another's work. Students may also be asked to complete other writing exercises and to analyze a selection of plays to gain a better understanding of the art of playwriting.
Course Title: Playwriting Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of writing theatrical plays. They will be expected to work on several creative projects throughout the semester and to participate in workshops in which they will discuss and critique one another's work. Students may also be asked to complete other writing exercises and to analyze a selection of plays to gain a better understanding of the art of play wrighting. Prerequisites: Engl 1900
Course Title: Police and Community Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course addresses the affective-oriented aspects of contemporary law enforcement. Topics include crime prevention, police community relations, ethical decision-making, cultural diversity, bias-motivated crimes, domestic abuse, problem solving, volunteerism, and interpersonal communications. Note: SOC 1110, Introduction to Sociology, recommended before taking this class.
Course Title: Policy Discussions in Public Administration Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course exposes students to practical theories of local government policy development, community capacity, the economics of public investment of resources, and the ethics of public engagement and decision-making. Special attention will be given to racial equity and wealth creation activities in communities of color, capacity building and economic investment in emerging communities, establishing the appropriate balance between neighborhood and downtown redevelopment, and emerging public policy issues. Emphasis will be placed on the use of case studies to show the application of real-life public administration situations.
Course Title: Political Philosophy Goal Areas: 06,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: In this course we will examine issues in political philosophy through discussion of a range of primary western and non-western historical texts from ancient, medieval, and modern political writers. In the process of this examination of the historical development of political philosophy, a variety of topics will be explored such as: diverse theories of human nature and their implications for the role of government, the dynamics of power, the ideals of duty, justice, liberty and equality, and justifications for private property, profit, and civil disobedience.
Course Title: Political Science Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Prior Learning Portfolio Development Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course will assist students in assessing what they have learned, whether some of that learning may be appropriate for assessment of college credit, and how to go about earning that credit. This course will allow students to begin the development of a portfolio for assessment of credit by a faculty member.
Course Title: Practical Applications of Traditional Aikido Goal Areas: 09,07 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course uses Traditional Aikido (a Japanese martial art) in order to help the student gain skills both on and off the mat, applying them to his or her profession and daily life. The student will research, study, and practice real-life scenarios and situations of de-escalation, protection, compliance, and restraint- maximizing safety, focus, awareness, and control. Aikido is a life-giving tool. This class appeals to the beginner and experienced Aikido student. It is ideal for Criminal Justice, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Military, and Security jobs as well as other service professions. *Note: This course is an elective course in Global and Cultural Studies fulfilling the MnTC Goal Areas 7 & 8. It will not count toward any HEALTH OR PE requirements.
Course Title: Pre College Algebra Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is a thorough treatment of the algebra necessary for success in college-level math classes. Topics covered include linear equations, quadratic equations, functions, graphing, rational expressions, polynomials, inequalities, radicals, complex numbers, and systems of equations. Additional topics may include exponential and logarithmic functions and their graphs. This course emphasizes applications of all topics and the acquisition of by-hand skill. Credit does not apply to a degree. A student who earns an A or B in this class can petition for permission to use it as a prerequisite for Math 1180.
Course Title: Pre-Calculus Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 4
Course Description: This is a comprehensive course in trigonometry and extended topics in algebra. Topics include trigonometric functions and their graphs, inverse trigonometric functions and their graphs, trigonometric identities and equations, applications of trigonometry, conic sections, the binomial theorem, and sequences and series. Additional topics may include mathematical induction, combinations and permutations, and systems of nonlinear equations.Prerequisites: College math placement level or successful completion of Math 1150 with grade of C or better
Course Title: Principles of Chemistry I Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is a study of the basic concepts of Chemistry, with an emphasis on atomic theory, stoichiometric relationships, kinetic-molecular theory, molecular structure, and chemical bonding as related to the gas and liquid and solid phases. The lab portion with experiments includes observation, data collection, and mathematical applications that support the concepts being studied in class. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) Placement in this class will be determined by student college assessment score and/or successful completion of Math 1150 with a grade of C or better.
Course Title: Principles of Chemistry II Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: A continuation of CHEM 1061, this course emphasizes chemical equilibrium, solution chemistry, acid-base chemistry, precipitation reactions, complex ion formation, oxidation-reduction, and electrochemical reactions. The laboratory portion includes experimental applications of the lecture topics: determination of cation and anion (qualitative) content of unknown mixture, kinetics, acid-base equilibria, solubility, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and an introduction to nuclear chemistry. CHEM 1061 is required for this course. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab)
Course Title: Principles of Interpersonal Communication Goal Areas: 01,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This introductory course looks at communication in one-to-one relationships in friendships, families, the workplace, and elsewhere. Students will be challenged to discover and assess their own communication strengths and weaknesses as they define and discuss what it means to be a competent interpersonal communicator. Course content includes both theory and practice (skill development).
Course Title: Principles of Macroeconomics Goal Areas: 05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers mainstream theories, the economy's recent performance, national income and output levels, money and the banking system, inflation and unemployment, fiscal and monetary policies, economic growth, and international trade.
Course Title: Principles of Microeconomics Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers theories of consumer and producer behavior as well as market structure, the role of government in the economy, distribution of income, externalities, and taxes.
Course Title: Principles of Social Psychology Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course analyzes how individual's thoughts, feelings and actions are influenced by others. Topics include perception, attraction, altruism, aggression, attitudes, leadership, conformity and obedience, persuasion and propaganda and the self-concept.Prerequisite: Soc 1110
Course Title: Principles of Social Psychology Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course analyzes how individual's thoughts, feelings and actions are influenced by others. Topics include perception, attraction, altruism, aggression, attitudes, leadership, conformity and obedience, stereotyping and prejudice, persuasion and propaganda and the self-concept. Prerequisite: Soc 1110 or Psyc 1160 or Permission from Instructor
Course Title: Principles of Biology I Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This is the first course in a two-semester biology sequence. This course introduces students to the concepts of cell structure and function, cellular metabolism, heredity and genetics. This course is intended for students for biological and physical science majors or those planning to enter a professional program. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) Strongly Suggested Prerequisite: CHEM 1061 or Concurrent Registration with CHEM 1061
Course Title: Principles of Biology II Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: Principles of Biology II is a continuation of Principles of Biology I, and covers fundamental concepts of biology at the organismal level and above. Evolution, principles of ecology, and a survey of biodiversity are the major foci of this course. Students apply these concepts in rigorous laboratory exercises. This course, coupled with Biology I, prepares students for further, advanced studies in the biological sciences. Completion of both courses is a prerequisite for many upper-division biology courses. Audience: Biological and physical science majors or those planning to enter a professional program.
Course Title: Principles of Management Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the functions of management: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. The course explores how each of the management functions are implemented to impact organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Local, national, and global environments are presented as strategic factors to be understood by contemporary managers. The importance of managing competitively and intelligently within a diverse environment is stressed. Situational cases are completed to reinforce decision-making in each of the function areas.
Course Title: Principles of Marketing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides a market-oriented perspective to business decision-making. Students will learn how marketers provide value in satisfying customer needs and wants, determine which target markets the organization can best serve, and decide upon appropriate products, services, and programs to serve these markets. Topics include branding and product development, pricing strategies, marketing research, promotion, supply chain management, and service marketing. Current trends and developments in marketing practices are analyzed and strategic marketing ideas are implemented within an ethical framework. Courses Recommended: BUS 1100 Introduction to Business and CIS 1101 Business Computer Systems I
Course Title: Principles of Physics I Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: An algebra-based course for students needing a fuller introduction to physics than would be found in a general education/survey course. Topics include straight-line and circular motion, Newtons Laws, torque & static equilibrium, conservation of energy, fluids, thermal physics & thermodynamics, periodic motion. Optional topics are free energy. Applications will be drawn from several areas, including (but not limited to) those appropriate to the biological/medical/health career fields. Concepts of right-triangle trigonometry will be introduced as needed.(3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab). Prerequisite: Completion of either MATH 1150 or MATH 1180 with a C or better OR eligibility for either MATH 1170 or MATH 1221 through College math placement score OR consent of the instructor.
Course Title: Principles of Physics II Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: An algebra-based course for students needing a fuller introduction to physics than would be found in a general education/survey course. Topics include: wave motion, sound, optics, electricity, DC circuits, magnetism, interactions between radiation & matter. Optional topics are feedback processes. Applications will be drawn from several areas, including (but not limited to) those appropriate to the biological/medical/health career fields. This course may be taken before or after PHYS 1201. Concepts of motion, energy, and right-triangle trigonometry will be introduced as needed. (4 hours lecture, 2 hours lab). Prerequisite: Completion of either MATH 1150 or MATH 1180 with a C or better OR eligibility for either MATH 1170 or MATH 1221 through College math placement score OR consent of the instructor.
Course Title: Professional Sales and Management Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the principles and practices of professional selling and sales management. Topics will include the steps of the sale; customer service; principles, issues and problems associated with managing a sales force; and ethics in selling. Problem solving techniques, monitoring of sales performance and sales simulations are examined. Bus 1600 recommended
Course Title: Probability and Statistics Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 4
Course Description: This is a calculus-based first course in the study of probability and statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics and statistical graphs, probability theories, random variables (discrete, continuous, and joint), statistical intervals, hypothesis testing, two-sample inference, and regression (linear and multiple). Additional topics may include analysis of categorical data, analysis of variance, control charts, and Bayesian method.
Course Title: Informal Reasoning for Problem Solving Goal Areas: 09,02 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course studies methods of problem solving, utilizing principles that distinguish good reasoning from poor reasoning. Students will evaluate claims and arguments in natural language, applying the concepts of validity, truth, induction, deduction, and relevance. Students will develop clear thinking, and recognize, criticize and avoid common fallacies. Conceptual analysis will be applied to areas of practical reasoning, to human values, to develop science and media literacy, and to further student self-awareness.
Course Title: Professional Writing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course offers students the opportunity to improve their writing skills and adapt them for professional communication. Students will focus on assessing purpose, audience, credibility, style, clarity/correctness, and format to determine appropriate approaches to a range of written and electronic communication, including memos, letters, employment documents, and proposals/reports.
Course Title: Programming for Internet Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the practical aspects of a programming language used for development of advanced Internet applications which include: on-line animation and interactivity, feedback, and browser control enhancements. The actual language used (JavaScript, Perl, or Java) will be chosen by the instructor. The course also includes a brief introduction to advanced HTML and SCS, uploading the site to a Web server and promoting it.Prerequisite: CSci 1000 or 1010 or 1020 or CIS 1101 or 1102
Course Title: Programming in C# for .NET Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to object-oriented programming using the C# programming language. The majority of the course will be on the semantics of the C# language, a major component of Microsoft .NET development environment. Topics include: Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment, selected value and reference types, control structures, operators and expressions, methods, classes, and inheritance. Completion of this class will prepare the student for advanced topics in C#. Prerequisite: Math 1150 with a grade of C or better
Course Title: Programming in C/C++ Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course introduces the C/C++ programming language and its foundational topics. In this course students will explore fundamental programming and computing concepts with a focus on problem solving, algorithm development and implementation. Topics included are: data types and memory concepts, arithmetic operators and mathematical expressions, conditional statements, repetition, arrays, functions, procedure and the basics of object-orientation.
Course Title: Programming in Python Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: The course will introduce the Python Programming language in terms familiar to students experienced with writing simple, yet complete, programs in other languages. Additionally, the course will focus on utilities and features considered strengths in Python. This includes interfaces to specialized libraries and databases. Prerequisites: CSCI 1120 or CSCI 1130 or CSCI 1150 or CSCI 2001 or CSCI 2400
Course Title: Introduction to Computer Programming with Games Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This is an introductory computer programming course. The students will engage in hands-on implementation of games and simulations in a graphics-enhanced development environment. The students will learn how to transform game scenarios into algorithms and programs, create user interfaces, and incorporate multimedia. Basic computer skills are necessary for success in this class.
Course Title: Project Management Software Tools Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides students with an understanding of the technology, concepts and process that supports project management. This course is for anyone who wants to develop project management software application skills in order to be more effective and efficient. Emphasis will be on a practical skill-building approach to project management software, concepts and process so students will apply knowledge to new problems, think critically and creatively, work collaboratively in teams and develop skills that can be applied outside the classroom. This course will include using project management software to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
Course Title: Property Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course presents a study of personal and real property.  Students study landlord and tenant law, real estate conveyance, real estate financing, foreclosure and mechanic's liens.  Students will learn to prepare deeds and other real estate documents, and the documents used in mortgage foreclosure and mechanic's lien foreclosure. The general concepts of legal descriptions, Torrens and Abstract titles, and contract for deed procedures are covered.  In addition, this course examines the ethical considerations related to a property law practice.Prerequisite: PLeg 1111
Course Title: Psychology of Gender Goal Areas: 07,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: Psychology of Gender includes the theory and research relating to sexuality, gender roles and sexual orientation.
Course Title: Psychological Disorders Goal Areas: 05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the origin, classification, and treatment of psychological disorders. Topics include historical and research issues, adjustment reactions to stress, neuroses, personality disorders, psychoses, types of psychotherapy, legal and ethical issues. Formerly Titled: Abnormal PsychologyPrerequisite: Psyc 1150 or Psyc 1160 or consent of instructor
Course Title: Psychology of Adjustment Goal Areas: 07,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an in-depth look at the processes of normal human adjustment and their application in the student's life adjustment. A component of the course is diversity and dealing with diversity, specifically the development and changing group identities in the U. S.; an examination of the individual and institutional processes of unequal power between groups; an examination of the students' attitudes, behavior and beliefs about diversity, stereotyping, prejudice, bias and racism and bigotry; and experience in developing the necessary communication skills for living and working in a diverse society. Other topics may include goal setting and change processes, self-awareness and identity, physical and psychological health, stress and coping, interpersonal relationships and communication, emotions and motivation, social interactions, psychological growth and development, meaning and values, and decision making.
Course Title: Psychology of Aging Goal Areas: 05,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: As a psychological journey through the stages of adulthood, this course covers the biological, psychological, and socio-emotional changes from early adulthood to the time of dying and death. Topics include, but are not limited to: theories of adult development, research methods, identity, relationships, cognitive and biological changes associated with aging, grief and loss, and death and dying. Student participation in research, service learning, and/or campus activities is expected in this class.
Course Title: Psychology Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Psychology, Race, and Law Goal Areas: 09,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will examine the interaction between psychology, the legal system and race. Topics we will explore include but are not limited to include eyewitness memory, the insanity defense, involuntary civil commitment, forensic evaluation in cases of child sexual abuse, false confessions, profiling, and child custody determinations. The class addresses various controversies in the law, including jury selection, jury decision-making, police interrogations and confessions, use of lie-detector tests, eyewitness testimony, repressed and recovered memories, and the role of psychologists as expert witnesses. We will survey real-world examples of what may be current at the time. These real-world examples will describe scenarios and cases that illustrate or explain an important legal concept or psychological principle covered in the chapter or section being discussed in class. This course provides a strong foundation of understanding for individuals interested in Forensic Psychology, Criminal Justice and Law.
Course Title: Public Finance and Budgeting Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides students with an understanding of the public finance and budgeting processes used in the allocation of public resources to meet public interests. Topics include the political environment, government expenditures, revenues, taxation, budgetary process theories and techniques, and the relation of government finance to the economy.
Course Title: Public Policy Analysis Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides students with an understanding of the public policy analysis process. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand the effective use of policy analysis methods and techniques to determine the effectiveness of public programs. Students will be able to identify and define public problems, identify and evaluate policy solutions, and make educated recommendations to policymakers. Emphasis will be placed on real-life public policy failures and successes, and the benefits of partnership between public sectors and private sectors.
Course Title: Publication Design Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course introduces the history and techniques of publication design and production and advances the students skills in on-paper publication layout and page design. Concepts in multi-page media formats such as magazines and books are studied through lectures, presentations and studio projects. Printing technology is explored from design to production, as well as budgeting and the economics of book production. Through experimentation and group discussions, students will learn to conceptualize visual ideas and refine their design concepts professionally and appropriately for these media formats to produce Under Construction, an actual book.
Course Title: Race in America Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course investigates the role played by race in the shaping of United States history. We examine the concept of race and the historical relationships in America between those of African, Asian, European, and Native descents. We will examine Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement and current racial issues. The goal is to broaden student understanding of United States history by a focused study of its multi-faceted racial relationships throughout the centuries.
Course Title: Reading Texts Critically Goal Areas: 02 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will focus on developing critical literacy and critical thinking strategies necessary for dealing efficiently and effectively with different kinds of college reading assignments. This course lays the foundation for other courses which students will need to use critical thinking.
Course Title: College Reading and Learning Strategies II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: The academic focus of this course is the introduction of critical literacy skills. Students enrolled in this course are offered extended practice with various literary and informational texts. Students will be expected to produce written products that demonstrate their comprehension of these texts. Students who successfully complete this course will have acquired learning strategies for comprehending and studying a variety of college-level materials. Credit does not apply to a degree. Placement in this class will be determined by student's reading assessment score and/or successful completion of ADev 0951.Prerequisite: For Nursing program students, ADEV 0951 with a grade of B better OR equivalent reading assessment test score. For non-nursing program students, ADEV 0951 with a grade of C or better OR equivalent reading assessment test score.
Course Title: College Reading and Learning Strategies I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: This course prepares students for success in future college coursework. This course emphasizes learning strategies to improve comprehension and understanding of how various texts are organized. This course requires students to examine their existing learning strategies and introduces students to learning practices, processes, techniques and/or strategies necessary for college success, such as prereading, underlining and annotating, and/or developing study aids. Credit does not apply to a degree. Placement in this class is determined by student's score on the reading assessment test.Students who place into ADEV 0951 are required to enroll in the full reading sequence (ADEV 0951 and ADEV 0952) during the first two terms at NHCC.Students who place into ADEV 0951 are required to enroll in this course during their first term at NHCC.
Course Title: Introduction to Literary Studies: Reading Plays Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a survey of drama as literature; plays will be read as literary texts, not as the grounds for specific performances or performance practices. Through their engagements with the dramatic literature in this course, students will be introduced to a diversity of dramatic styles and themes. Attention will also be devoted to the social and cultural contexts in which the plays were written and in which they are read. Course materials may be organized either historically or topically.
Course Title: Introduction to Literary Studies: Reading Poetry Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a study of poetry: the reading and analysis of poetic works from a variety of time periods and cultures. Important figures, poetic traditions and movements, formal techniques, and other methods of evoking mood and meaning will be explored through discussion and in both written and oral projects throughout the semester.
Course Title: Reading Skills Development Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: In this course you will work on strengthening your reading and study strategies, developing your reading vocabulary, and improving your test-taking strategies. You will have the opportunity in this class to develop your reading speed and comprehension of a variety of written materials. This course will help prepare you for the academic skills you will need to succeed in college.
Course Title: Undergraduate Research - Research Assistant Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: Students will assist in an ongoing scholarly research project under the guidance of a faculty member. Students will learn data-collection and/or analysis using discipline-appropriate methods that contribute to the objectives of the research project. This course may be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Residential Plan Review and Field Inspections Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Emphasizes techniques for plan review and field inspections on single family dwellings, townhomes, and accessory structures associated with dwellings, in accordance with the current International Residential Code (IRC). Students will learn about egress components, basic fire and life safety, building construction techniques, building components and systems, and other requirements related to residential dwellings.Prerequisite: BIT 1050
Course Title: Responsive Web Design Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course will prepare students to design web pages that will respond to the media or device on which they are viewed. This course will focus on HTML5, some JavaScript and CSS media queries. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in CSci 1020
Course Title: Rock Climbing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: Rock Climbing is a beginning-level class. It is designed to introduce the basics of indoor top-rope climbing to students. Students will learn knot tying, belaying, climbing commands, and gear management. Students will also learn the skills necessary in order to maximize their climbing performance by learning balance, footwork and body position. Emphasis will be placed on making climbing a safe and enjoyable activity. (Additional fee for this course)
Course Title: Rocky Mountain Field Study Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course is designed for people interested in learning about basic principles of astronomy, geology, and meteorology in an applied setting. This course is offered as a component of our Outdoor Education Program, usually during summer session. Classes meet on campus for several weeks followed by 7-10 days in the Rocky Mountains and surrounding areas. Topics include: rock and mineral identification, geologic history of the area, geologic time, plate tectonics, topographic maps, surficial processes, physical processes of weather and astronomical features.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Sales and Service Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces the principles and practices of professional selling. Topics will include the steps of the sale, identifying buying motives and customer needs, customer service principles, sales strategies, ethics in selling, and cultivating repeat business through service. Problem solving techniques, monitoring of sales performance, and sales simulations are examined.
Course Title: Science of Disaster Workshop I Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 1
Course Description: These courses examine the scientific mechanisms and basis of hazards that are of local, regional, national and global concern for public health, safety and environmental impact. Scientific background of distributions, risks, and case histories for each major hazard will be presented. Topics are divided as follows: 1010 Disasters related to the Lithosphere (rigid portion of earth's surface); 1020 Disasters related to the Hydrosphere (water) and Atmosphere (air); 1030 Disasters related to the Biosphere (realm where life exists), including those societally-induced. This course includes a lab-like experience. Take-home final exam and/or paper/projects required.
Course Title: Science of Disaster Workshop II Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 1
Course Description: These courses examine the scientific mechanisms and basis of hazards that are of local, regional, national and global concern for public health, safety and environmental impact. Scientific background of distributions, risks, and case histories for each major hazard will be presented. Topics are divided as follows: 1010 Disasters related to the Lithosphere (rigid portion of earth's surface); 1020 Disasters related to the Hydrosphere (water) and Atmosphere (air); 1030 Disasters related to the Biosphere (realm where life exists), including those societally-induced. This course includes a lab-like experience. Take-home final exam and/or paper/projects required.
Course Title: Science of Disaster Workshop III Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 1
Course Description: These courses examine the scientific mechanisms and basis of hazards that are of local, regional, national and global concern for public health, safety and environmental impact. Scientific background of distributions, risks, and case histories for each major hazard will be presented. Topics are divided as follows: 1010 Disasters related to the Lithosphere (rigid portion of earth's surface); 1020 Disasters related to the Hydrosphere (water) and Atmosphere (air); 1030 Disasters related to the Biosphere (realm where life exists), including those societally-induced. This course includes a lab-like experience. Take-home final exam and/or paper/projects required.
Course Title: Science and Practice of Strength and Conditioning Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course equips students with the knowledge and skills necessary to work with athletes in the strength and conditioning profession. The course integrates theoretical knowledge with practical application ensuring students not only comprehend the science behind athletic performance, but also gain hands-on coaching skills necessary to be effective in the field. Students will gain proficiency in advanced movements, design sport and position specific training programs, utilize cutting-edge sport science tools, and coach various speed, agility, and quickness techniques. *Note: This course is intended for students pursuing the Personal Training certificate.
Course Title: Shakespeare's Plays Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course studies some of the major plays of William Shakespeare (which may include histories, comedies, tragedies, and romances), analyzing the plays from the standpoint of literary interpretation, focusing on poetic style and literary techniques.
Course Title: Small Business Income Taxes Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course will assist the student in understanding corporation and personal (Schedule C) tax requirements. It will also show students what they must do to prepare and maintain tax information for the year end business income tax statements.Prerequisite: Acct 2111
Course Title: Small Business Payroll Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: Students taking this course will prepare and analyze payroll transactions, federal/state payroll tax reports.Prerequisite: Acct 2111
Course Title: Small Group Communication Goal Areas: 07,01 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines communication in small groups. Students will participate in and analyze how small groups function, how leadership roles evolve, how decisions are made and how conflicts can be resolved. Students will work in small groups, complete group projects, and analyze group interaction.
Course Title: Small Group Performance Ensemble Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is a small ensemble performance opportunity. An ensemble work may be made up of strings, percussion, winds, guitars, voice, or any instrumental grouping that may be possible depending on need and interest. Depending on their primary instrument, a student will be placed in a section of this course that corresponds to their instrument. The ensemble will play a variety of composed and/or improvised literature. Primarily for AFA music students, the course is open to all who have the ability to read musical notation and perform competently. However, permission for placement into the course is required. Music faculty must be consulted for placement in the appropriate section. Weekly rehearsals and end-of-semester performance is required. Additional rehearsals may be required. May be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Soccer Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course includes instruction and practice in skills of soccer through drills and game play. Rules, terminology, and strategy also are studied.
Course Title: Socio-Cultural Aspects of Nutriton Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Students in this course will explore nutrition in the context of culture looking at common dishes, special occasion foods, and cultural foods with therapeutic uses. Students will examine how cultural values, health beliefs, economic status, and learned food practices shape the development of meal patterns, eating customs, and the nutritional status of ethnic, religious, and regional groups. Students will also be given the opportunity to prepare and taste cultural foods, like amaranth, epozote, plantains, miso, and mung beans from the various regions studied.
Course Title: Social Inequality Goal Areas: 07,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course considers the social history, current conditions, and future prospects of minority groups in the United States. Topics include racism, sexism, prejudice, discrimination, affirmative action, and other related issues and social policies. Prerequisite: Soc 1110
Course Title: Social Problems/Deviance Goal Areas: 09,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines issues and concerns in the modern world such as population, global warming, the environment, natural resources, terrorism, poverty, racism, sexism, mental illness, drug abuse, crime, sexual assault, prostitution and suicide. Social policies designed to deal with those issues are also considered. Prerequisite: Soc 1110
Course Title: Sociology Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Soils and Concrete Technology Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course familiarizes students with the history and fundamentals of concrete, admixtures, soils and aggregates. The student will understand the interactions of concrete, weather, and soil conditions; the proper placement of concrete; bearing capacity of soils; and the basic principles of concrete and soil inspection.
Course Title: Solar System Lab Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 1
Course Description: An optional course laboratory course designed to complement The Solar System lecture class. It will involve investigation of the process of astronomy through the analysis of astronomical data. Computer simulation software, internet exercises, videos and observational sessions may be used within the course. (2 hrs/week)Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in Phys/NSci 1060 AND Math 0902 or equivalent. If taking this course concurrently with PHYS 1060, you must obtain instructor permission and complete appropriate paperwork for pre-requisite override.
Course Title: Songwriting Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course will introduce and develop a variety of creative writing skills and tools specific to functional music writing, unity, and prosody. It will also offer exercise in common elements of lyric writing, short form composing, and exploration of creative practice in an encouraging environment. No previous songwriting or performing experience is necessary, though performing experience and/or playing an accompanying instrument (such as piano, guitar, ukulele, or digital audio workstation) would be advantageous for success. First-year music theory and/or ear training coursework would be advantageous to enrollees.
Course Title: Spanish 1101- Beginning Spanish I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: Study Abroad
Course Title: Spanish and Latin American Culture Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the civilization and culture of Spain and Spanish America, with particular emphasis on comparative cultures, modern trends, the ancient Indian civilizations and African-Spanish-American influences. The course is taught in English; no previous knowledge of Spanish is required.
Course Title: Spanish 1101- Beginning Spanish I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: no description - consortium credit
Course Title: Spanish 1390 - Field Study Spanish/Latin American Civilization Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: No description.
Course Title: Spanish for Health Care Workers Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed for students in medical and health care areas who want to develop fundamental skills in conversational Spanish as related to their daily activities. The course activities are divided into two major sections: First, basic language skills that are taught using the textbook, An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers; Second, the creation and practice of dialogs related to specific nursing tasks (e.g., assessing medical history, assessing health risks, teaching breast self exams, making appointments, etc.). This course is not a Spanish language class per se, but it is designed to teach health care students how to do specific tasks in Spanish. As such, there is no specific Spanish prerequisite to be enrolled in this course. All non-native speakers of Spanish at any level are encouraged to enroll in this course. Students who are interested in acquiring Spanish language in general are invited to enroll in traditional Spanish courses.
Course Title: Spanish Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Earth and Environmental Science: Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Essentials of Sport & Exercise Nutrition Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course presents the scientific basis for sports nutrition building upon basic nutritional concepts. Students will review, describe, and interpret the macronutrient needs and recommendations for athletic performance (this would include pre-, during, and post-exercise fueling), energy expenditure during resistance and cardiovascular exercise, the diet during training, the timing and composition of the pre- , during, and post- competition fueling, the use of nutritional supplements, and the special needs of various athletic groups. The course provides practical and scientifically based information for those entering the exercise science field as well as the competitive athlete and people of all ages wishing to incorporate nutrition into an active lifestyle.Prerequisite: HLTH 1070 with a recommended grade of C or better
Course Title: Spreadsheets Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course introduces students to the problem solving capabilities of Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet software. Students will plan and format spreadsheets and analyze data. Topics covered include worksheet formatting; charting data; and using formulas and functions to perform calculations and analyze data. Hand on exercise will give the opportunity to apply these concepts. Knowledge of the keyboard is recommended for this course. Microsoft Office Excel will be used. Check with your instructor for the software edition that will be used.
Course Title: Summer Scholars Academy FYE Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: Skills, support and exploration for success in college.
Course Title: Summer Scholars Academy Math Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: In this 16-hour mini-course you will learn, refresh and practice skills required to be a successful college student
Course Title: Stage Combat I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Stage Combat I is an introductory course in the Stage Combat Program, and will focus on unarmed (hand to hand fighting) and armed (found objects, knives, etc.) stage combat. The program conforms to the guidelines put forth by the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD). Telling a story effectively through the use of disciplined and safe stage combat will be stressed, as well as instruction in the history, type and use of various weapons. Students in the performing arts will gain self-confidence in their ability to fulfill the needs of any script calling for stage or screen violence. Students not in the performing arts will gain a firsthand appreciation of the skills necessary to make stage and screen violence look real.
Course Title: Stage Combat II Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Stage Combat II is the follow-up course to Stage Combat I in the Stage Combat Program. The primary focus of this course will be on performance. The skills learned in Stage Combat I will be reviewed and refined, then applied to the performance of choreographed staged fights within the context of a scene. Students will assign emotional value to the physical circumstances of the scene and act out the intentions of the character. This program conforms to the guidelines put forth by the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD), which contains 90 hours of required instruction. Students in the performing arts will gain self-confidence in their ability to fulfill the needs of any script calling for stage or screen violence. Students not in the performing arts will gain a firsthand appreciation of the skills necessary to make stage and screen violence look real.
Course Title: Stagecraft Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces the student to the elements of theatrical design and its implementation for a stage production. The student will gain practical experience and a working knowledge of set construction techniques, and lighting and sound equipment and their use. Safety standards will be emphasized, as well as competencies in utilizing various power and hand tools. Students will work on construction and operating crews in support of college theatre productions.
Course Title: Stars and the Universe Lab Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 1
Course Description: An optional course laboratory course designed to complement the Concepts of Stars and the Universe lecture class, It will involve investigation of the process of astronomy through the analysis of astronomical data. Computer simulation software, Internet exercises, videotapes and observational sessions may be used within the course. (2 hrs/week)Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in Phys/NSci 1070 AND Math 0902 or equivalent. If taking this course concurrently with PHYS 1070, you must obtain instructor permission and complete appropriate paperwork for pre-requisite override.
Course Title: Concepts of the Stars and Universe Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to astronomy with an emphasis on stars and galaxies. Topics include understanding the Sun as a star; revealing the messages hidden in starlight; stellar birth, maturation, and death; black holes, white dwarfs, pulsars, quasars, and supernova explosions; the Milky Way and other galaxies; the origin and the fate of the universe. Current topics and discoveries from stellar astronomy and cosmology are also discussed. This course includes a lab-like experience. (3 hours lecture; meets MnTC Goal Area 3 requirements)
Course Title: Concepts of the Stars and Universe Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to astronomy with an emphasis on stars and galaxies. Topics include understanding the Sun as a star; revealing the messages hidden in starlight; stellar birth, maturation, and death; black holes, white dwarfs, pulsars, quasars, and supernova explosions; the Milky Way and other galaxies; the origin and the fate of the universe. Current topics and discoveries from stellar astronomy and cosmology are also discussed. This course includes a lab-like experience. (3 hours lecture; meets MnTC Goal Area 3 requirements)
Course Title: State and Local Politics Goal Areas: 09,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course studies the operation and structure of state governments including executive, legislative, judicial functions as well as elections and policy formation, with an emphasis on Minnesota.
Course Title: Statics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines systems held in static equilibrium. Topics include vector algebra, equivalent systems of forces, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, moments, center of mass, centroids, analysis of structural and machine elements, distributed loads, friction.
Course Title: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Goal Areas: 02,05 Credits: 4
Course Description: Students use basic mathematical and computerized procedures to analyze data in the behavioral sciences. Students use statistical software (e.g., SPSS, R, PSPP) to conduct descriptive and inferential data analyses. Students choose and apply statistical procedures to help to answer psychological and behavioral scientific research questions. Students read, interpret, and write APA-style Results sections for behavioral science research.
Course Title: Stress Management Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: Stress is one of the most commonly referred to, but least understood, of all health problems. This class is designed to examine the differences between stress and personal challenges with an emphasis on the importance of the role of perception in distinguishing between the two. This course will also examine the many common sources of stress for most people and practice strategies for managing these stressors. The students will also discover how to control their stress instead of letting their stress control them.
Course Title: Studio Art Workshop Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: The 1-credit Studio Art Workshop is a basic studio course that presents to art and non-art students the fundamentals required to complete projects in a particular art medium or art application process. The class covers fundamental technical use as well as incorporating personal aesthetics into ones output in the medium. NOTE: The particular medium covered in a given semester will be noted on the semester class schedule but will not show up in the student transcript. Students desiring to transfer this course may need to obtain a copy of the course syllabus to show the particular medium emphasized in a given semester.This course is repeatable for credit.
Course Title: Studio Arts Capstone Practicum Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is intended for students who have completed a significant portion of coursework in the Studio Arts AFA program and are within a semester of completion. It is a capstone experience in which students will refine their skills in portfolio building, artistic presentation in the professional arts world, resume building, critique skills, exhibition preparation, and use of web resources for artists' representation. Students will work closely with faculty to integrate concepts learned throughout their program into a final portfolio of work in preparation for continued study or work. Prerequisites: Art 1301, Art 1310, Art 1340, and Art 1401
Course Title: Survey of American Literature I Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide students with a chronological overview of American literature, including major writers, literary developments (e.g. sentimentalism, gothic fiction, romanticism, transcendentalism) and key historical and social contexts, from the pre-colonial period to 1860.
Course Title: Survey of American Literature II Goal Areas: 07,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide students with a chronological overview of American literature, including major writers, literary movements (e.g. local color, realism, naturalism, modernism, and post-modernism) and social and historical contexts, from 1860 to the present.
Course Title: Survey of Mathematics Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: Designed for the liberal arts student, this course explores the diversity of math and is focused on developing quantitative skill and reasoning ability. Topics are chosen by the instructor and may include but are not limited to: logic, problem solving, and data analysis, mathematics of social choice, geometry, financial mathematics, infinity, topology, and probability.Prerequisites: College math placement level or successful completion of Math 0900 or 0902 or 0980 or 1031 or 1130 or 1140 with grade of C or better.Please Note: If you have taken a 1000 level Math Course (or higher) from another institution, and have submitted your official transcript, please contact the Records and Registration Department in order to register for this course.
Course Title: Survey American Literature I - University of Minnesota Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: no description - consortium credit
Course Title: Survey of British Literature I Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the literature of Great Britain with its historical background from its beginnings to 1785. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Donne, and Swift, among others, are studied in this course.
Course Title: Survey of British Literature II Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the literature of Great Britain with its historical background from 1785 through the 20th century. The literature of the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods are studied in this course.
Course Title: Tactical Strength and Conditioning Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is designed specifically for the tactical athlete (military, law enforcement, fire and rescue, protective services, first responders, and other emergency services). The tactical strength and conditioning course is designed to increase the performance, readiness, and longevity of tactical athletes while decreasing the likelihood of fitness and job related injuries by utilizing proven training methods and team training.
Course Title: Technical Writing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course further develops writing skills as applied to technical subjects for a specialized or lay audience. Credit does not apply to the 40 MnTC (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum) credits required in the A.A. (Associate of Arts).
Course Title: Technology in Education Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a hands-on instructional technology course designed for future teachers. Learn how to produce quality videos, podcasts, webinars, and other multimedia presentations. Use Google classroom, Zoom, and other virtual classroom apps for instruction. Expand your knowledge about digital accessibility for the American Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance.
Course Title: The Solar System Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to astronomy with emphasis on our Solar System. Topics include the origin, structure, and history of the Solar System; the properties of light; the function and use of telescopes, understanding the processes that have shaped the planets, their moons and ring systems; comets, asteroids and other space debris. Recent discoveries and current topics from the exploration of the Solar System are also discussed. This course includes a lab-like experience. (3 hours lecture; satisfies MnTC Goal Area 3)
Course Title: The Solar System Goal Areas: 03 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to astronomy with emphasis on our Solar System. Topics include the origin, structure, and history of the Solar System; the properties of light; the function and use of telescopes, understanding the processes that have shaped the planets, their moons and ring systems; comets, asteroids and other space debris. Recent discoveries and current topics from the exploration of the Solar System are also discussed. This course includes a lab-like experience. (3 hours lecture; satisfies MnTC Goal Area 3)
Course Title: Theatre Practicum: Performance Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1-3
Course Description: In this class, students choose a particular area of practicum study such as acting, directing, assisting a director, working on a technical crew assignment, or another major responsibility. Students research, analyze and participate in some aspect of a North Hennepin production. This course may be repeated for credit.Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Course Title: Theater, Film, and Television Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Theatre in the Twin Cities Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Students attend performances of plays in order to understand the elements of theatrical and dramatic production. Students develop criteria for the evaluation of productions as they explore the complexities of theatre and its reflection of society. They also examine their own biases and value systems and how they affect their evaluation processes regarding artistic, societal, and personal points of view.
Course Title: Theatre Practicum: Technical Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 0
Course Description: In this class, students choose a particular area of practicum study such as directing, assisting a director, working on a technical crew assignment, or another major responsibility. Students research, analyze and participate in some aspect of a North Hennepin production. This course may be repeated for credit. Consent of Instructor required.Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Course Title: Theatre Appreciation Field Trip Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1-3
Course Description: This class gives students an opportunity to attend theatre productions and explore back-stage theatre operations. Students will learn the components of dramatic production and establish a basis for evaluation of a production. May be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Theories of Race and Ethnicity Goal Areas: 09,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the complexity of race and ethnicity as both conceptual terms and lived experiences. We will look at multiple definitions of race and ethnicity that have been developed over time, and we will also explore how race intersects with other forms of identity (cultural affiliation, gender, class, and sexuality). This course places a particular emphasis on power, structures, and ideas of cultural superiority, inequality, and racism, as well as how these ideas continue to marginalize significant portions of the population. Students will learn about the connections between race, ethnicity, labor, and power structures, such as colonial, economic, state bureaucracy, and legal systems. Students will learn about the unique contributions and social and cultural developments of ethnic groups in the United States. The course will also introduce students to key academic frameworks and critical race theories.
Course Title: Thermodynamics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will cover basic laws of thermodynamics; energy transfer processes; conservation of mass and energy; entropy balance; thermal properties of materials; equations of state; reversible and irreversible processes and cycles. Also includes applications to engineering systems.
Course Title: Three Dimensional Design Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: As an introduction to the basic language of three-dimensional design, this course includes constructive, additive, subtractive and substitution techniques using traditional and contemporary media. Various methods of presentation are explored ranging from small freestanding works to site-specific models and proposals.
Course Title: Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 0
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: Torts & Personal Injury Law Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the procedural and substantive law of torts and personal injury, including negligence, insurance, strict liability, products liability, and intentional torts. Students will prepare documents used in both a plaintiff and defense personal injury practice.
Course Title: Transition from Practical to Professional Nursing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 5
Course Description: This course is designed to expand the knowledge and skills of the LPN as they transition to the professional role within nursing. Emphasis is placed on health promotion through the lifespan and incorporates theories related to evidence-based practice, quality and safety, communication, collaboration, clinical decision-making/reasoning, informatics, assessment, caring, and health-illness continuum. Students explore how culture, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and nutrition influence the health of the person. Strategies to conduct sensitive conversations along with utilizing a variety of data gathering techniques will be covered. Further emphasis is placed on electronic communication technology and informatics used to gather data and provide care.
Course Title: Two Dimensional Design I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces a visual vocabulary and tools essential for all flat design and space, and investigates basic principles related to composition, pattern making, illusory space, and self expression. Various techniques and materials are explored including paint, pencil, pen, brush, and pastels. This course also introduces students to artists and design elements from a variety of cultures. Strongly recommend taking Drawing I before this course.
Course Title: Two Dimensional Design II Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course expands the study of flat design with emphasis on solving design problems. Students will be engaged in the more complicated tasks of integrating contrasting elements such as nonobjective and objective shapes, naturalism and idealism, shape and mass. Personal expression, design development and visual thinking as well as specialized techniques and materials are included. Design from different cultures and different artists will be discussed.Prerequisite: Art 1301
Course Title: Typography Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course explores basic concepts of typography including: history, anatomy and mechanics, copyfitting, legibility, syntax, and communication within the context of process-oriented, problem-solving projects. Students will learn the effective use, importance and impact of typography in graphic design. This is an advanced course in the techniques of typography for graphic design. Students work on projects that involve complex visual ideas and are encouraged to develop a personal style in their visual communication. Students will demonstrate and incorporate the techniques and theories of typographic design in design projects, develop skill in typographic design and proficiency using computer graphics in design projects, critically and competently evaluate and analyze design projects that incorporate typographic elements, and creatively solve typographic design problems.
Course Title: U.S. Labor History Goal Areas: 09,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the major changes in the nature of work, the workforce, and the institutions involved in the labor history of the United States, and it addresses the social, economic, and political aspects of labor history in both a U.S. and a global context. This course is intended as a general elective or required for Construction Technology AS or A.A.S. degree.
Course Title: History of the United States Since 1877 Goal Areas: 07,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the major social and cultural issues in United This course focuses on the major cultural, social and political issues in United States history from the late nineteenth century Gilded Age through the end of the twentieth century. We look at the influence of the industrial revolution, the impact of increasing levels of European and Asian immigration, the rise of organized labor, the Great Depression, the Cold War, the impact of United States foreign policy, and countercultural movements. The student will gain insight into the aspects that are most crucial for a solid understanding of the nation's history.
Course Title: United States Geography Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is concerned with the physical and cultural landscapes that shape the United States. It broadly examines U.S. land settlement history, agriculture, natural resources, economic activity, demographics, regionalism, urbanism, and urban/rural dichotomies. Essential to this examination is a comparative review of the contemporary American geographies of politics, community, opportunity, poverty and displacement, race and ethnicity, immigration, resource management, economic activity, and public policy.
Course Title: US Latinx and Latin American Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to the genres, traditions, and themes that characterize Latinx literatures. Emphasis will be placed on the distinctions and similarities that have shaped the experiences and the cultural imagination among different Latinx communities in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Genres include, but are not limited to, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and film.
Course Title: US Latinx and Latin American Literature Goal Areas: 07,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to the genres, traditions, and themes that characterize Latinx literatures. Emphasis will be placed on the distinctions and similarities that have shaped the experiences and the cultural imagination among different Latinx communities in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Genres include, but are not limited to, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and film.
Course Title: Utopian/Dystopian Literature Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the literature of utopias and dystopias, literary works about imaginary places, whose intention is to explore alternative models of political, cultural, and societal structures. Utopian/dystopian literatures seek to challenge existing ideas about governments, social communities, and constructions of human identity, but they also offer new, sometimes radical and transformative ideas regarding the reformation of existing human societies.
Course Title: Video Game Entertainment Goal Areas: 06,01 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will examine the development of the video game industry and research on social effects of video game play. Issues discussed include video game violence, effects of gender and cultural representation, visual messages in gaming, pro-social relationships, and emerging technologies in gaming.
Course Title: Video Game Music Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will examine the evolution of music in video games, beginning with the earliest use of sound in games such as PAC Man and Space Invaders and progressing to the more complex soundtracks of modern day titles such as Halo & The Legend of Zelda. Students will follow the artistic & technological advances of this unique media form, gaining a greater understanding of how music helps shape the overall gaming experience.
Course Title: Volleyball Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed to teach the beginning volleyball student the basic skills and fundamentals of the game. Through consistent participation and effort, the student will learn the rules of the game, have a basic understanding of the game, and be able to play the game at a beginning or intermediate level. Methods of communication and strategies are included.
Course Title: Web Design I Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course explores the foundations of interactive design for the (world-wide) web. Using industry-relevant tools, students will learn the fundamentals of designing and building a website. Students will be introduced to the concepts of user interface (UI) design, user experience (UX), and front-end development. Experience with digital photography and image editing (Photoshop) is suggested. Students will demonstrate and incorporate the techniques and theories of web design in design projects, build websites incorporating appropriate file formats, file sizes, functionality, site plan and organizational concepts, develop skill in web design and proficiency using the tools of web design software in design projects, critically and competently evaluate and analyze web projects, creatively solve web design problems and work on a web portfolio.
Course Title: Web Design II Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This is the second of two courses focusing on graphic design for the internet (world-wide web) and/or interactivity. This course explores advanced concepts from a graphic designer's perspective. Students will adapt graphic design and illustration to web design using current web design and animation software/technologies. Students will explore web user interface (UI) topics, user experience (UX) topics, web animation techniques, integration of video and sound, and the use of type design in web applications. Students will explore prototyping a web site and working with a developer/programmer. Understand and incorporate the techniques and theories of graphic design, web design and animation projects. Critically and competently evaluate and analyze advanced web design projects. Creatively solve web design problems. Develop skill in project design and computer graphic proficiency using current web technologies.
Course Title: Beginning Web Page Programming Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: Students learn practical techniques and principles of Website authoring; create multimedia-enhanced commercial, entertainment or educational sites; and plan site maintenance, promotion and implementation of user feedback. Prerequisite: Some experience with Microsoft Windows
Course Title: Web Programming in ASP.NET Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 4
Course Description: ASP.NET is a technology for creating web-based programs and services. This course introduces ASP.NET on the foundation of the prerequisite courses that taught the fundamentals of .NET framework, C# programming language, SQL Server database, and the primary development environment Microsoft Visual Studio.The main goal of this course is to teach the basics of creating and deploying Web applications utilizing ASP.NET technology. Besides using the C# programming language, the students will learn the commonly used ASP.NET controls included in Microsoft Visual Studio. The course includes the techniques of reading the data from a SQL Server database into a Web application and displaying it on a web page, as well as modifying and amending the database content.Prerequisites: CSci 1150 and CSci 1040
Course Title: Web Tools Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: This class focuses on exploring, evaluating and learning how to use the latest tools and applications on the Internet. You will explore your interests and build a portfolio to demonstrate what you can do using innovative web based tools.Some of the tools and applications may include:Marketing and Business, Professional Networking, Virtual Environments, Bookmarking, Social Networks, Multimedia, Photos and Digital Images, Employment and Jobs, Collaboration, Video-Sharing Sites, Podcasts, Wikis, Blogs, Content Aggregation and Management, Organization, Games and Entertainment and more.This course is for anyone who wants to increase their internet skills and knowledge and understand current web tools.Some knowledge of the internet is required such as ability to use email and search engines. If you need more internet knowledge before taking this class, CIS 1310 The Whole Internet is recommended.The course may be modified as class needs dictate and to incorporate current events.
Course Title: Weight Training Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course will introduce students to strength training for the development of lifelong physical fitness. Students will develop the basic principles of designing and participating in a safe and effective resistance training program.
Course Title: Wellness Coaching and Behavior Change Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 2
Course Description: The course will provide students with key tools for promoting behavior change and creating a foundation for a healthy lifestyle. Concepts essential to understanding the psychological and behavioral aspects of wellbeing will be explored. Applications are made to future exercise science professionals in aiding oneself and others in the movement towards wellness. Students will learn strategies, such as motivational interviewing, decisional balance, operant conditioning, and appreciative inquiry, in order to aide oneself and clients through the stages of change and healthier habits.
Course Title: Wellness Coaching Theory and Practice Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines health and wellness coaching techniques with an emphasis on the practical application of evidence-based interventions, current practices, and skills used to promote healthy lifestyle changes. Students will gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess a clients lifestyle behaviors and then support them through behavior change. This course is designed to prepare students for national certification in health and wellness coaching.
Course Title: Wellness for Life Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to investigate the implications of exercise, diet, nutrition, stress, and physical activity in the total health, wellness, and fitness of the individual.
Course Title: Wellness for Life Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to investigate the implications of exercise, diet, nutrition, stress, and physical activity in the total health, wellness, and fitness of the individual.
Course Title: The Whole Internet Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the Internet. This course is for anyone who wants to use the internet effectively, efficiently and safely, understand the uses of the Internet, create web pages and also increase their confidence and knowledge. Students will learn about the basic technology that supports the internet, effectively use e-mail and other types of communication, explore virtual communities and web tools, use search engines and directories to find information on the internet, evaluate the quality of web resources, locate software, explore e-commerce concepts, learn how to use the internet safely, manage common security threats and create web pages. Students will use e-mail, a class web site, and other web based tools to develop proficiency. The course explores current internet innovations. Previous exposure to the internet is not required.
Course Title: Wilderness Navigation Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course provides skill, instruction, and experience related to the use of map and compass for off-trail wilderness navigation and problem solving. Navigation techniques will be taught and advanced through practical application. This course concludes with a weekend trip.
Course Title: Wills, Trusts and Estate Administration Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course presents a study of estate administration, including the preparation and use of wills and trusts as estate planning tools. Students will study powers of attorney and the use of health care directives for disability planning. The students will learn the fundamental principles of probate law and how to prepare documents used in probate procedures. Students will also learn about the impact of estate taxes on estate planning. In addition, this course examines the ethical considerations relating to estate planning, wills and trusts. Prerequisite: PLeg 1111
Course Title: Women and Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course explores women as characters in and writers of literature, including fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry. The course may also address issues of historical context, gender, class and race as a way of understanding women in literature.
Course Title: Women and War Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course investigates the experiences of women in war. We will discuss the ways women have exercised agency in unequal power structures during times of war. We will examine the ways women have been excluded and marginalized in written history regarding war and military conflict.
Course Title: Word Processing Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the word processing cycle and how word processing is used in the work place. This course is for anyone who needs to prepare their own business documents. Students will use the Microsoft Office Word application to create and edit business documents, enhance page layout, create tables, create reports, create columns, and create form letters and merge with a mailing list. Other topics covered include: styles, templates, mailing labels, drawing objects, graphics, and WordArt. After this course, the student would be prepared to take the Microsoft Office Certified Application Specialist Exam for Word.Knowledge of the keyboard is recommended for this course. Check with your instructor for the software edition that will be used.
Course Title: Art Museum Tour: World Art Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course consists of tours to various cultural centers to experience a variety of art exhibits, lectures, demonstrations and facilities. The content of this course centers on historical and contemporary African, Asian, and Indigenous Art. Students will need to provide their own transportation to Twin Cities area museums or galleries.
Course Title: World Cinema Goal Areas: 08,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: World Cinema is a class in which students look at films from around the world. They explore various non-English-speaking countries' contributions to filmmaking and world culture that have been made by these countries' films. They look at two films from each country studied: one that exemplifies the historical/cultural concept that is associated with that country's films and one contemporary film from that country. The course consists of viewing, analyzing, discussing and writing about films from other cultures films as a means of understanding the impact of these works on our own as well as other cultures.
Course Title: World Geography Goal Areas: 05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: World Geography is concerned with how domestic and international capital shapes the physical and cultural landscapes of different regions and countries. It broadly examines the great diversity of human economic activities that have given rise to global cultures of agriculture, natural resource production, manufacturing, transportation, development (including education, welfare, and healthcare), shopping and services, and tourism. Essential to this examination is a comparative review of the contemporary geographies of globalization, finance, immigration, poverty and displacement, or any aspect of nature or human behavior that gives an insightful understanding of each region or country in a world made for money.
Course Title: World History: 1300 to Present Goal Areas: 05,08,02 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines world history from the 14th century CE to the present. By looking at history from a global and comparative lens, students will develop both a complex understanding of the variety of cultural, political, social, economic, and religious systems that prevailed in different world regions at different times and an appreciation of the universal elements of human societies and the patterns of development and change. We will look at the construction of new empires of land, labor, and commerce, and the revolutions of the Modern era. We will consider the changing nature of political authority, social organization, systems of production and exchange, and religious beliefs and practices. Students will gain a deeper appreciation of the ongoing formation of historical knowledge and direct experience with the interpretation of primary historical sources.
Course Title: World History: Origins to 1300 Goal Areas: 08,02,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines world history from human origins to end of the 13th century CE. By looking at history from a global and comparative lens, students will develop both a complex understanding of the variety of cultural, political, social, economic, and religious systems that prevailed in different world regions at different times and an appreciation of the universal elements of human societies and the patterns of development and change. We will look at world history from early human migrations, through the development of agriculture and pastoralism, to the construction of states and empires in Afro-Eurasia, the Americas, and the Trans-Pacific. We will consider the changing nature of political authority, social organization, systems of production and exchange, and religious beliefs and practices. Students will gain a deeper appreciation of the ongoing formation of historical knowledge and direct experience with the interpretation of primary historical sources.
Course Title: World Politics Goal Areas: 08,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a general introduction to international relations with emphasis on great power politics, international organizations, security studies, international political economy, and global environmental politics.
Course Title: World Regional History Goal Areas: 08,05 Credits: 3
Course Description: Each semester this course is devoted to the history of a specific world region, and the region will change from semester to semester. The goal is to provide the student with the opportunity for an in-depth study of specific societies and specific cultures from around the world. The course may be repeated for credit under a different subtitle as the subject matter changes.
Course Title: Comparative World Religions Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is designed to expose students to the fascinating world religions that have evolved throughout human history. It will look at what factors draw human beings to establish religious institutions and communities, and what inspires individuals to adopt a spiritual identity and life practice, (or to veer away from them). It will examine significant influences and commonalities in indigenous and native religions around the world, then focus on the history and development of widely-practiced religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Central stories, religious texts, and ethical systems within these religions will be studied. Less-practiced religions and variations in practice and belief within specific religions will also be considered. Particular attention will be brought to how various religious beliefs and practices are expressed. Important objectives of this course are increasing awareness of diverse faith systems, globally as well as locally, to gain further understanding of their world views and examine how these impact their followers reactions to contemporary political and societal issues.
Course Title: Writing Creative Non-Fiction and Memoir Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course offers beginning instruction in the art of writing creative non-fiction, which includes the personal essay, literary journalism, and other hybrid forms, as well as memoir writing. Students will read and analyze the work of professional writers, explore a variety of techniques for discovering material and topics, and experience workshop peer review of their work.
Course Title: Writing Poetry Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Beginning instruction in the art of poetry. Exploring techniques for generating material, engaging in writing exercises both in and out of class, and discussing examples of contemporary poetry are important aspects of this class. Students will draft a collection of poems and critique others' work in a writing workshop environment.
Course Title: Writing Stories Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course offers beginning instruction in the art of writing fiction. Exploring techniques for generating material, engaging in writing exercises, and critically examining contemporary short fiction are important aspects of this course. Students will develop a portfolio of their writing and will critique others' work in a writing workshop environment.
Course Title: Writing Workshop Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed for people interested in more intensive work with creative writing projects. The emphasis could range from poetry to story or nonfiction writing.
Course Title: Writing: From Structure to Style Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the structure of language as well how its rules and applications affect written communication and authorial choices in professional and academic settings. The course further intends to create confidence in written and oral expression, to support students in business, graphic arts, paralegal, and other programs.
Course Title: Worldwide Fitness and Wellness Trends Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is designed to explore the constantly evolving field of Exercise Science. In the rise and fall of fitness trends, students must be equipped with basic scientific understanding in exercise theories to discern between trends, fads, safe, and harmful methods for physical training. This course seeks to empower students with the knowledge in exercise science and wellness to improve their lives and of those around them.
Course Title: Yoga Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1
Course Description: The focus of yoga will be on the physical dimension. We will stress exercise, movements, and poses which will enhance overall mobility, flexibility, balance, and muscle training. Yoga will train used, underused, and opposing muscles which may improve one's physical quality of life. Yoga instruction will introduce the mental aspect as well. We will begin to develop, practice, and train the relationship between mind and body in order to improve the body's mental and physical communication. This course can be repeated for credit.
Total Credits Required | 60 |
2024-2025
The Business Computer Systems and Management program is designed for students interested in immediate employment or enhancing current career skills. The program is designed for students interested in a business management background with an opportunity to concentrate on utilizing the computer in managerial decision making. Careers exist in administration, management, sales, marketing, or technology departments of a business or organization. This degree combines essential knowledge of business and advanced technology skills using the latest computer technology and software programs. The courses from this program are delivered in the classroom and/or online.
Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World, focused by:
- Effective use of up to date technology and computer applications.
- Develop management and business principles, advanced technical and communication skills along with critical, independent and creative problem solving skills.
Intellectual and Practical Skills, focused by:
- Competent use of digital resources to access and evaluate information using current technology to perform basic business tasks.
- Demonstrate global thinking, working in teams, applying knowledge and focusing on hands on real world situations.
- Develop teamwork, and critical and creative thinking practices to become more effective, efficient and productive.
Personal and Social Responsibility and Engagement, focused by:
- Collaborate as a member of a team solving diverse and complex problems common in business today.
- Develop ethical practices in using technology.
Integrative and Applied Learning, including:
- Integrate computer technology as it relates to a career in a variety of business career pathways.
Upon completion of the program the student will be prepared for entry level work in the business, computer, or management field.
Courses in this degree may transfer to four year colleges. Consult with an advisor for further information.
Program roadmaps provide students with a guide to understand the recommended course sequence to complete their degree.
Information on careers, including career descriptions, salary data, and employment outlook is available on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website and O*Net Online website.
If you are planning on transferring to another institution, follow the guidelines available on our transfer resources web page to help you plan the process: Transfer Information
The Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree is intended for those students who plan to use the competence gained through their degree for immediate employment or enhancing current career skills. The A.A.S. degree includes a minimum of 20 semester credits in general education selected from at least three of the ten goal areas of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC). The MnTC courses within the A.A.S. programs transfer to any Minnesota State College or University. Many of the A.A.S. degree programs have articulation agreements with four year institutions for transfer of the program.
A student shall:
- Earn a minimum of 6071 semester credits as required in the program with a grade point average of 2.00 (C) or above in courses taken at North Hennepin Community College. Specific programs may have additional requirements or a higher minimum grade point average.
- Earn a minimum of 15 semester credits at North Hennepin Community College.
- Earn 20 credits in at least 3 MnTC goal areas
Completion of an A.A.S. degree fulfills the Goal Area 2 requirement of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC).
Developmental Courses
Some students may need preparatory course(s) in Math and/or English. Courses numbered below 1000 will not apply toward a degree.
Equal Opportunity Employer and Disability Access Information
North Hennepin Community College is a member of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and an equal opportunity employer and educator. This document is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities by calling 7634930555 or through the Minnesota Relay Service at 18006273529.
North Hennepin Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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