# CATALOG_COURSES

SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Introduction to Data Structures
COU_NBR: 240
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students learn intermediate object-oriented design, programming, debugging, testing skills, and algorithms in this course via the study of list, stack, queue and tree abstract data types. Other topics include recursion, hashing, sorting, complexity analysis, and documentation. Design, testing, and complexity analysis are emphasized.  Programming intensive.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Algorithms and Data Structures
COU_NBR: 340
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Exploration of the design and implementation of data structures and algorithms fundamental to computer systems and applications and to software engineering.  Topics include trees, graphs, basic analysis of algorithmic complexity, fundamental questions of computability, and introduction to the algorithmic basis of intelligent systems. Programming projects.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Organization of Programming Languages
COU_NBR: 365
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  A comparative study of programming paradigms including structured programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming and logic programming; exploration of programming constructs in terms of data types, control structures, subprograms and parameter passing, nesting and scope, derived data types, input and output, and dynamically varying structures. Also covered are the principles of lexical analysis, parsing, and the implementation of arrays, switch statements, and subprograms. Programming projects.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: U.S. Foreign Relations 1898 to the Present
COU_NBR: 337
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The United States emerged from World War I as the world's economic giant and from World War II as the dominant military power.  Compelled by the Great Depression and Hitler's Germany to assume a role of global leadership, the nation encountered opportunities and challenges as a superpower after 1945.  It helped transform Europe and Japan into economic rivals, waged a costly and dangerous "cold war" with the Soviet Union, fought an inconclusive war in Korea, and suffered defeat in Vietnam.  It acted like a "world policeman" yet could not control events in Latin America, the Middle East or Africa.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Advertising Copywriting, Design and Production
COU_NBR: 348
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In advertising and marketing today copywriting is more important than ever. Effective copy needs to cut through the clutter, whether it's used for ads, social media, web sites, email blasts, video scripts, direct mail or brochures. The focus of this course is learning how to write compelling copy, incorporating positioning, creative briefs, research, features and benefits, creation of an advertising premise and copy organization.  Writers are often expected to do it all, so the course also covers design basics and production terminology and practices. 


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
COU_NBR: 380
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students study the changing faces of some of the United States' closest neighbors, Mexico and the countries of Central America and the Caribbean. Topics may include early American Indian societies, Columbus' discovery and its immediate aftermath, comparisons of the varied colonial experiences and each society's place in the modern world. Economics, social life, values and popular culture are all part of the mix of each country's history and their contemporary identities.


SUBJ: SOWK
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Community Learning Center Seminar
COU_NBR: 381
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Faculty facilitate the learning of small groups of students assigned to the community learning center field practicum.  The field seminar offers students opportunities to integrate social work knowledge, skills and values within a culturally specific context.  The seminar is largely experiential and focuses on helping students apply social work theories to real-world settings.  Within this group process, students develop a learning contract for the field practicum; share knowledge and experiences in the field practicum; and discuss issues and topics in social work identified within the field setting.  Students are expected to share thoughts and feelings on adjusting to a professional role; and they are expected to share their awareness of human diversity as it relates to the social work profession.


SUBJ: STAT
TITLE: Advanced Biostatisics in Health Research
COU_NBR: 621
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is the application of statistical knowledge in reading, evaluating, and utilizing research findings.  Students will know and understand the advanced statistical methods applied in the health sciences, and the students will develop the skills required to critque research, especially nursing research, and to have an understanding of the fundamental requirements of conducting their own research studies.


SUBJ: LIT
TITLE: Working Class Literature
COU_NBR: 345
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Working-class literature is fiction and poetry written by people from working-class backgrounds about working-class life.  This course introduces characteristic themes and techniques in American working-class novels written within the last 100 years, and considers the place of working-class writing within the larger context of American literature and culture.  This literature explores some of the individual and community pressures bearing on working-class lives and generally affirms that, while not conforming to middle-class norms, working people live in ways that have integrity, honor and value.


SUBJ: PHIL
TITLE: Faith and Reason: The Philosophy of Religion
COU_NBR: 308
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  An examination of religious experience from a philosophical perspective.  Questions such as: What must a belief or experience be like to count as religious?  Should we expect religious beliefs to be supported by evidence or reasons or does faith operate in a different way?  Are there good arguments for (or against) the existence of God?  Of miracles?  Of the immortality of the soul?  Do religious accounts of events (of the creation of the world, for example) compete with scientific explanations?  Or do they have a different function and a different kind of grounding?  What relationship does religion have to morality? To politics?


SUBJ: MUSC
TITLE: Music in Society
COU_NBR: 325
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Music 325 will explore the role of music historically and culturally, emphasizing a deeper understanding and appreciation of the context of music through listening.  Discussion of western art music, jazz, popular, and world musics and their impact on society, including major composers, styles, and instruments in both western and non-western traditions.   Students do not need to have a musical background in order to succeed in class, but they must have an interest in the topic and desire to learn.


SUBJ: POL
TITLE: Elections and Political Parties
COU_NBR: 305
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course uses the current campaign as the basis for studying voter behavior, polling, the impact and role of the media, political parties, and general election strategy on behavior.  Special emphasis is placed on the role of race, class and gender in shaping political participation.  Campaign involvement is encouraged.


SUBJ: POL
TITLE: Law and the Legal Process
COU_NBR: 331
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course begins to examine law, both what it is and how it is practiced.  The course focuses on the limits of law, the practice of law, and the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. legal system.  Students analyze these issues in the context of current controversial legal disputes.


SUBJ: POL
TITLE: Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
COU_NBR: 333
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the relationship between the individual and the government.  By studying Supreme Court decisions and various pieces of legislation, freedom of speech, privacy, freedom of the press and discrimination are investigated.  Responses to issues of equality and justice are analyzed.


SUBJ: POL
TITLE: Lobbying: A Citizen's Guide to the Legislative Process
COU_NBR: 342
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course, for the seasoned lobbyist as well as the newcomer, is designed to stimulate people to effectively assert power in the political arena.  The structure and dynamics of Minnesota government and politics are examined.  Students learn how to start with an idea and build a strategy to make that idea into law using the Minnesota Capitol as a laboratory.


SUBJ: POL
TITLE: The Middle East: Conflict and Change
COU_NBR: 323
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed for students who wish to gain an understanding of the key economic, social and cultural roots of the conflicts between nations of the Middle East and between the Middle East and the West.  Focus is on the prospects for peace with particular emphasis on the U.S. role.


SUBJ: SOC
TITLE: Interpersonal and Social Power: A View from Below
COU_NBR: 302
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Power has traditionally been defined from the perspective of those who issue orders.  This course examines power from the vantage point of those expected to follow orders.  A model of empowerment is developed and applied to the interpersonal and social dynamics of domination and subordination with emphasis on gender, class, race and ethnicity.  Novels, movies, autobiographies, simulation games and case studies are used to explore the power dimension in everyday life.


SUBJ: SOC
TITLE: Ethnic Conflict in Global Perspective
COU_NBR: 303
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This is an era characterized by a global resurgence of ethnic identity and a revival of ethnic antagonisms.  This course applies a comparative and historical perspective to the sources and dynamics of ethnic conflict.  The processes of ethnic mobilization and social conflict are explored in case studies both global and domestic.  Films, fiction, memoirs and classroom exercises are used to explore this topic.


SUBJ: SOC
TITLE: Social Movements in Global Perspective
COU_NBR: 304
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course draws on key concepts from social theory to examine select social movements through a global perspective.  Using case studies of movements that focus on such central thems as democracy, human rights, and economic justice, the course will explore how movements begin, the development of ideology and world view, and contrasting approaches to organization, tactics, strategy and leadership.  On a broader level, students will examine the relationship between tradition and change, and movement and counter-movement, in order to evaluate how social movements have influenced-and continue to influence-the world we live in.


SUBJ: WKSP
TITLE: GRE Preparatory Course
COU_NBR: SL05
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SAFS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Special Program/Community
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 7
COU_DESC:
  This standardized test is required for admission at over 2000 graduate schools worldwide. Our fast-paced and exciting GRE Course quickly and efficiently prepares you for the test. Each course is held on the Saturday and Sunday of a single weekend, featuring: 16 hours of live, in-class instruction Instructors who have all scored in the 99th percentile on an actual GRE Pre-course supplements addressing Math and Verbal fundamentals A personal copy of GRE Practicing to Take the General Test, 10th Edition, including over 1000 actual GRE questions Free Email Assistance Program.


SUBJ: WKSP
TITLE: Topics: Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Club
COU_NBR: SG01
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SAFS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Special Program/Community
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 7
COU_DESC:
  Verbal Judo - Verbal judo (also known as tactical communication) is the gentle art of persuasion that redirects behavior with words to generate voluntary compliance. It is a philosophy of how to look creatively at conflict and offers specific, powerful, and usable strategies to resolve tense situations.


SUBJ: HSFS
TITLE: The Family: A Social/Psychological Exploration
COU_NBR: 143
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to the major social and psychological theories employed in studing family processes and in studying how families function in society today.  In addition, the course engages students in an examination of their own families.  Key features of this course are that students do a modified social history and case study of their own families.  Students demonstrate competence by applying the content of the course in their analysis of their own family's social/psychological analysis.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Disability and Career Development Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 398T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course takes a disability studies approach to career development as
  a way of managing the massive unemployment and underemployment problems
  among PWDs (People With Disabilities). That approach focuses on the PWD
  viewpoint in disability theory and career development. Managers and
  helping professionals will receive current legal findings, and
  employers' perspectives on hiring. Other topics will include different
  models of disability; technological and computerized assistance; and
  issues of mild, moderate, and invisible disabilities. 


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Wireless Technologies
COU_NBR: 661
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is a Study of the theory and methodologies used in the construction of wireless networks.  Topics include: Overview of computer networks and wireless systems; cellular concepts and design fundamentals; physical layer fundamentals; data link control protocols; security related concepts including authentication and privacy with message integrity; wireless medium access control (MAC) protocols; radio resource management (power control); resource allocation and call admission control; mobility management; wireless networking; wireless LAN; wireless mobile ad hoc networks and wireless sensor networks.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Negotiation And Mediation Skills
COU_NBR: 332
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on both theoretical and practice aspects of negotiation and mediation which are applicable to both professional and personal situations.  Using lecture, role play, individual and group exercises, students gain the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective negotiators and mediators.  Focus will include conflict resolution styles, verbal and nonverbal communication, attentive listening skills, perception, persuasion, ethics, agreement building and power.  Special emphasis will be placed on mediation as a facilitated negotiation process.  This course meets all Minnesota Supreme Court requirements for certification under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice.  Students who complete this course will be eligible for placement on the state mediation roster as a qualified neutral.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Programming with Objects
COU_NBR: 141
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Structure, design, and implementation of object-oriented computer programs. Topics include objects, classes, GUI, and layout managers. Introduction to containment, inheritance, and polymorphism. Programming projects involving multiple classes. Emphasis on methods, parameter passing, and arrays of objects. Exploration of problem-solving and algorithm-design techniques using pseudocode, Unified Modeling Language (UML) class diagrams, and simple patterns. Design of good test cases and debugging techniques. 


SUBJ: FIN
TITLE: Financial Derivatives
COU_NBR: 496
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The course will focus on financial derivatives, and their applications to the management of investment portfolios and business risk. Emphasis will be placed on the role of derivatives markets in the financial system, the principles of derivative pricing, applications of derivatives in risk management, and some of the main causes of the recent global financial crisis. The course also addresses the rationale for regulation in this market. 


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Exploring Forensic Science
COU_NBR: 367
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will provide the student with a general overview and a better understanding of the wide range of disciplines found within the forensic sciences.  Fundamental topics such as forensic anthropology, forensic entomology, forensic pathology, and forensic accounting will be discussed.  In addition 'traditionally' recognized topics in forensic science such as DNA, Trace Evidence, Impression Evidence, Drugs, and Questioned Documents will be covered.  The course instructor will utilize multi-media in a lecture format, utilizing case-studies, video supplements and expert guest speakers.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: U.S. Economic Life: Working People
COU_NBR: 304
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  What was the role of working people in the development of economic life in the U.S.?  Who were the artisans and small entrepreneurs in the cities and the towns of rural America?  How did slaves, sharecroppers and farmworkers contribute to the settlement of the continent?  Students study what workers did, who they were, including women and people of color, how they contributed economically to society, and how work changed over time.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: U.S. Economic Life: Technology
COU_NBR: 305
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course investigates the changes in American economic life from the late eighteenth century to the present, with a special emphasis on how technological developments have influenced these changes.  Students explore the major technological innovations and their diffusion and impact, the social institutions that influenced and were influenced by these changes, and the ramifications of technological and social change upon the everyday material life of Americans.


SUBJ: WRIT
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Advanced Topics
COU_NBR: 599
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course presents topics of interest to students in the undergraduate and graduate Technical Communication and Professional Writing programs. Topics vary with each offering of this course. Check the class schedule for details about topics and course prerequisites. This course may be taken any number of times for credit as long as the topic is different.


SUBJ: SCRW
TITLE: Film Production and Editing II
COU_NBR: 410
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Through a hands on, learn by doing experience, students will select and rewrite a short screenplay, plan a production, audition actors, work as crew filiming on location, and direct a short narrative digital film as a group project under the mentoring supervision of the instructor.  Each student will edit their own individual version of the project and finish on DVD.  This course offers a complete package overview of writing and making low budget, short narrative digital films.  This course may be taken twice for credit.


SUBJ: ESCI
TITLE: Earth's Climate, Past and Future
COU_NBR: 305
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  A fundamental question surrounds discussion of the current evidence for recent global climate change: to what extent is climate variation a normal feature of earth-system history?  Through a series of investigations using data from a variety of climate archives, this course develops the history of earths climate on a range of time scales.  We will investigate the scientific data used in recognition of multiple controls on climate, including long- and short-term patterns in solar output, plate tectonic and ocean circulation patterns, variations in earths orbit, ocean oscillations, ice sheet dynamics, and biogeochemical cycles.  Having established this background knowledge, students in this course will be well-equipped to analyze the evidence for human-caused climate change.  
  Although this course is intended primarily for non-scientists, it builds on established quantitative skills and basic scientific knowledge of earth systems. 


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Self-actualization and Interpersonal Effectiveness
COU_NBR: 104
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course emphasizes the application of social psychology to human development in the private and professional areas.  It examines the theoretical characteristic of self-actualization and the typical practices people use for actualizing their potential and effectively managing interpersonal relationships in social and professional settings.  It focuses on contemporary behavioral scientists' work to gain theoretical understanding and practical methods for achieving goals in these areas.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Career Planning and Development
COU_NBR: 107
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to help students plan their careers and develop lifelong learning strategies.  Participants assess their interests, skills and aspirations in relation to the world of work.  Topics include needs assessment, methods of achievement and analysis, goal planning, occupational field research, skills identification and strategy development.  Students develop career plans balancing their personal aspirations with reality.


SUBJ: BIOL
TITLE: Invertebrate Biology
COU_NBR: 324
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The biology of invertebrate animals, particularly insects and other terrestrial arthropods: their macroevolutionary history, taxonomy, morphology, physiology, behavior, and ecology.  Topics may include their identification and roles as pollinators, herbivores, predators and disease vectors in natural, agricultural, and urban ecosystems. The course includes an integrated laboratory with field and laboratory activity. Course intended for biology majors. 


SUBJ: WRIT
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Special Topics in International Study
COU_NBR: 599A
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Study Abroad
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: V
COU_DESC:
  This course presents international study opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Check the schedule for offerings. This course may be taken any number of times for credit as long as the topic is different. Depending on the topic offered, this class may count as a major requirement course; otherwise, it is considered an elective.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Teaching Children's Literature in Urban Grades K-6
COU_NBR: 330
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides pre-service Early Childhood and Elementary teachers with the theoretical foundations and practical skills necessary to become reflective professionals who can analyze and select high quality and developmentally appropriate literature for children. Student will develop skills  needed  to guide children's selection of books, understand how to use literature with children,  design age appropriate lessons and activities to stimulate and extend children's literary experiences and reading enjoyment throughout the elementary curriculum for economically, academically, culturally, racially and linguistically diverse children.   Session topics will focus on student motivation, classroom organization , and teaching with children's literature.  Central to all topics is the use /inclusion of literature that is multicultural/multiethnic.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Criminal Justice Response to the Mentally Ill and Other Special Populations
COU_NBR: 665
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will focus on how to manage special populations in the criminal justice system. The types of special populations we will focus on will include the mentally ill, juveniles, the elderly, immigrants, veterans, and the disabled.

  Competence Statement:
  The student will know the vocabulary and concepts related to special populations in the criminal justice system. The student will be able to apply concepts to day-to-day work in criminal justice agencies that work with special populations of offenders and victims.
  Learning Goals:
  The goal of this course is to provide students with the skills and confidence to work with special populations in the criminal justice system, and to develop solutions to problems that arise related to these groups.


SUBJ: NURS
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Applied Pathophysiology
COU_NBR: 410
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces the nursing student to human pathophysiology and disruptions in homeostasis resulting in, or as a result of, alterations in tissue or organ function due to genetic, genomic, cellular, biochemical, structural or environmental causes. Topics focus on select conditions or diseases linked to physiological systems (respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, gastrointestinal, renal, endocrine, immune/inflammatory, hematological, and skeletal/integumentary) that occur throughout the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on integrating pathophysiology, clinical presentation, therapeutic modalities and nursing interventions for effective clinical nursing practice.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Advanced Pathophysiology
COU_NBR: 618
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  Using clinical reasoning students will incorporate principles of advanced pathophysiology to case-based learning across the lifespan. This course builds on concepts from 410 Essential Concepts of Applied Pathophysiology. Competence Statement: Knows the principles of advanced pathophysiology well enough to recognize and predict presence of signs and symptoms related to alterations in normal body functions and to intervene to restore homeostasis.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Advanced Health Assessment
COU_NBR: 617
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on using clinical reasoning. Students will incorporate principles of advanced health assessment to case-based learning across the lifespan. This course builds on NURS 325: Essential Concepts of Health Assessment. Competence Statement: Knows the skills and techniques of advanced health assessment well enough to recognize and predict the presence of signs and symptoms related to alterations in normal body functions.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Advanced Pharmacology
COU_NBR: 619
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  Using clinical reasoning students will incorporate principles of advanced pharmacology to case-based learning across the lifespan. This course builds on concepts from NURS306 Principles of Pharmacology I, NURS404 Principles of Pharmacology II, and NURS405 Principles of Pharmacology III.  Competence Statement: Knows the principles of advanced pharmacology well enough to anticipate therapeutic benefits and potential adverse events of pharmacologic interventions.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Perception
COU_NBR: 391
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to the major concepts and methods used in the study of perception.  Topics include the eye and seeing, spatial vision and pattern perception, depth perception, auditory perception, touch, smell, taste, and knowledge and perception.  Applications of research findings to everyday life are also explored.


SUBJ: CHEM
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Chemistry Internship
COU_NBR: 350I
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: SDIS/Priors/Internships
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 6
COU_DESC:
  Students obtain internships in selected areas of study to gain deeper understand of knowledge, skills and the context of a given field. Site supervisors give guidance and direction to customized internship projects. Faculty members serve as liaisons between the internship sites and the university, providing information to students and potential supervisors and supervising the learning experience. Students should contact the Institute for Community Engagement and Scholarship (ICES) at Metropolitan State University for more information. 


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: Writing about Place
COU_NBR: 532
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores questions such as, How does place shape a writer's voice? How do writers see nature in urban environments? Students use memory, imagination, research, experience and analysis to write about places important to them. Students work toward achieving advanced skills in creative nonfiction, an individual written voice, and a thoughtful approach to place and environment. Prerequisites: a 300-level Writing course or instructor's consent. 


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: Writing about Place
COU_NBR: 532G
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores questions such as, How does place shape you and how do you shape place?  How do we see nature in urban environments? How is place ironic or ridiculous? Students use memory, imagination, research, experience and analysis to write about places important to them. Students work toward achieving advanced skills in creative nonfiction, an individual written voice, and a thoughtful approach to place, nature and environment.


SUBJ: BIOL
TITLE: Biology of Women
COU_NBR: 106
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is an introduction to the health and biology of women, focusing on the major health and disease concerns for women (heart disease, stroke, cancer, osteoporosis, menstruation, pregnancy, infertility) and the biological systems involved (cardiovascular, neurological, skeletal, endocrine, and reproductive etc.). No dissection is required. Lab included. Intended for general education students and students needing a one-semester introduction to human biology or the biology of women.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Disability and Career Development Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 395T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course takes a disability studies approach to career development as a way of managing the massive unemployment and underemployment problems among PWDs (people with disabilities). That approach focuses on the PWD viewpoint in disability theory and career development. Managers and helping professionals receive current legal findings and employers' perspectives on hiring. Other topics include different models of disability, technological and computerized assistance, and issues of mild, moderate, and invisible disabilities.


SUBJ: SOWK
TITLE: Comparative Racial/Ethnic Analysis II
COU_NBR: 542
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course, taken at the beginning of a social work student's senior year, expands the structural framework for comparative racial/ethnic analysis learned in SOWK 370 Comparative Racial/Ethnic Analysis I.  Students examine the strengths and limitations of a major social work intervention theory and develop strategies for combining theoretical and practical approaches to respond to real-world situations, settings, clients and cultures within communities of color and other populations at risk.


SUBJ: SOWK
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Social Work Capstone Seminar
COU_NBR: 582
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students examine the field practicum experience in a mainstream agency, applying theories they have acquired throughout the program.  Students write a major integrating paper on generalist multicultural social work practice.  Note:  Should be taken along with SOWK 552 Community Research and Advocacy.


SUBJ: SSCI
TITLE: Social Science Capstone: Thesis Seminar
COU_NBR: 451
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Social scientists investigate the patterns of human interactions and then seek to interpret, explain and communicate human behavior.  This seminar is designed to provide a final, integrating experience for students with a social science major.  Seminar participants complete a senior project that demonstrates an ability to design a study, collect new or existing data, analyze those findings and communicate the results.


SUBJ: PHIL
TITLE: Multicultural Introduction to Philosophy
COU_NBR: 100
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Have you ever wondered how people from different cultures think about important life questions differently from one country or culture to the next?  How do different cultures understand life's meaning?  How do different cultures understand the nature of death?  How do people in different cultures make sense of their place in the world?  How do they see their moral responsibilities to one another?  Through philosophical readings from a wide variety of cultures, this course explores these and other questions of inter-cultural philosophical significance.  You will leave the course with a greater understanding of how people from a variety of cultures attempt to answer these important life questions.


SUBJ: LAWE
TITLE: Patrol Operations
COU_NBR: 230
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the patrol function in police agencies. It focuses on research regarding techniques for effective patrol. In addition, the course analyzes the myths and realities associated with patrol operations.


SUBJ: MGMT
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Management Topics
COU_NBR: 350
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The focus and topic of this course change from semester to semester.  The topics presented are focused on timely learning opportunities or are designed to take advantage of the availability of community resources in management and/or business administration.  Topics are listed in the Class Schedule.


SUBJ: ACCT
TITLE: Financial Statement Analysis
COU_NBR: 515G
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides an in-depth study of the concepts and applications of financial statement analysis including the supply of and demand for accounting information in financial markets and the uses of accounting information in performance evaluation, investment and credit decisions.


SUBJ: PRSP
TITLE: Creative Learning Strategies Workshop
COU_NBR: 001
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CIS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This free, one-session informational workshop introduces students to forms of creative learning.  Facilitators provide both an overview of creative learning strategies and the role they can play in your education, as well as "break-out" sessions during which students can develop specific learning goals to be achieved through student-designed independent study, prior learning assessment or theory seminar strategies.  Students may attend one or more of the "break-out" sessions offered after the overview.


SUBJ: HUM
TITLE: Myth
COU_NBR: 321
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Myths and myth cycles have had a deep and pervasive influence on literature and culture, and thus on everyday life.  This course examines the nature of myth and the modes of belief that have sustained it within various traditions, the myths themselves, their expression in literature from ancient to modern times, and theories of interpretation.  The selection varies among Greek, Roman, Mesopotamian, Celtic and Germanic myth traditions, along with comparative material from other world traditions.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Career and Life Planning for Women
COU_NBR: 108
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course seeks to help women maximize their potential career choices and take control of their lives.  The objectives include helping each woman identify and understand her own values, interests and abilities; becoming familiar with and applying theories of career development and adult development as they pertain to women; using an effective decision-making process; and developing a personal career and life plan, and determining strategies to implement, review and revise the plan.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Introduction to Diversity and Ethics in Psychology
COU_NBR: 212
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this course students explore questions related to psychology's response to diversity and ethical principles, including:  How has psychology dealt with issues of culture, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation and ableism?  How has this influenced basic theories in psychology?  How does this affect specific groups or individuals in areas of research, assessment and therapeutic practice?  What are the ethical standards that guide, and the ethical dilemmas that currently face, the field of psychology?  How do issues of diversity and ethical principles influence and intersect with each other?  Students are asked to think critically about the societal and individual effects inherent in the information covered in this course.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Abnormal Psychology
COU_NBR: 300
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores the nature and causes of abnormal behavior and the terminology used in describing and discussing abnormal behavior.  Students study the major categories used to classify abnormal behavior and the diagnostic criteria involved.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Adolescent Psychology
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the theory and developmental processes of adolescence, including viewpoints of adolescence, self and adolescent identity, biological influences, thinking and intelligence, and development of moral values and adolescent pathologies.  Students learn to identify and describe these variables as interactive in the developmental process.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Artificial Intelligence
COU_NBR: 303
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar investigates current and past work in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Definitions of intelligence are considered, and mechanisms and performance of AI applications systems are studied.  Comparisons are made to human intelligence as the class evaluates achievements in the AI application areas of problem solving, expert systems, neural networks, natural language processing, speech recognition, machine vision, machine learning and robotics.  The philosophy of consciousness in intelligent systems is also explored.  A field trip is taken to the University of Minnesota's AI lab and computer demonstrations and videotapes are shown.  Students can choose to write a critical paper or develop and test a toy AI system.  English language competence is required for this class.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Battered Women: An Historical and Social Perspective
COU_NBR: 304
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores the emergence of battered women as a social issue.  It reviews the historical and social roots of violence, theories of wife-battering causes, and related research and statistics.  The historical and current roles of the social service and legal systems are discussed, including the growth and role of grassroots services such as shelters, safe homes and hotlines.  The class includes presentations from community resource people and identifies advocacy and helping approaches. Overlap: PSYC 304T Violence Against Women Theory Seminar.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Behavior Disorders in Children
COU_NBR: 305
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on common behavior and emotional problems of children and youth, with less emphasis on adolescence.  Topics include dependency, anxiety, control issues, motivation, aggression and social behavior.  The course balances theory and practice related to behavioral disorders with the focus on practical solutions.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychology and Education of the Gifted
COU_NBR: 392
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This independent study provides an introduction to terminology, theories and research findings related to the development and education of gifted individuals.  Topics include the origins, identification and characteristics of giftedness and the relationships of social beliefs, and child-rearing and educational practices leading to the development of talent.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Special Education Overview
COU_NBR: 393
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This class focuses on the potential for change and growth for exceptional individuals rather than the limitation imposed by handicapping conditions.  It also examines the development of special education for individuals categorized as learning disabled, emotionally, physically or intellectually handicapped, disadvantaged or gifted.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities
COU_NBR: 394
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This independent study covers current trends and practices used in vocational rehabilitation of persons with physical and/or mental disability.  Students review various physical and mental disabilities, implications for treatment and rehabilitation, and the services and organizations serving persons with disabilities.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Developmental Disabilities: Issues, Concepts and Problem Solving
COU_NBR: 397
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course gives an overview of issues and concepts of developmental disabilities.  We will explore the cognitive and behavioral science evidence that helps us to better understand developmental disabilities, as well as the psychological, and cultural contexts that are experienced by individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.  Through readings, lectures, discussions, activities and assignments, we will explore evidenced-based practices and psychological theory and research.  Topics of developmental disability across the life span will include, but not limited to: etiology, diagnoses, risk factors, prevention, integration of individuals with specific types of developmental disabilities, family and community support.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Child Psychology Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 308T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar, for parents, teachers, community volunteers and others who have worked extensively with children, explores theories that have contributed to the process of developing normal, healthy children.  The information targets emotional rather than physical health.  Lectures and discussion relate specific theories of Erik Erickson, Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, B.F. Skinner and others to examples of children's behavior and parental responses.  Prerequisite: Obtain and complete diagnostic test/or essay from the Teaching Center.  Overlap: PSYC 308 Child Psychology and Psyc 102 Dynamics of Parent Child Relationships.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Victimization Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 333T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar discusses students' experiences working with victims, connecting theory to those experiences.  Students learn the theory surrounding post-traumatic stress disorder, applying it to different victim scenarios.  Students also study secondary victimization--for example, a rape victim's husband--and they learn the different ways human service professionals become secondary victims.  Prerequisite: Obtain and complete diagnostic test/or essay from the Teaching Center.  Overlap: PSYC 333 Psychology of Victims.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Applied Psychology Research Internship
COU_NBR: 399
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This internship is for students interested in doing research in community agencies or other settings which meet requirements for the psychology major; or in working as assistants in the Saint Paul Campus Psychology Lab.  Special topics or internships settings are in the Class Schedule.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychology Internship Group Meetings
COU_NBR: 010
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  These meetings are required as part of the individual psychology internship experience.  Meetings help students plan their internships and gain from their experiences by reflecting on their learning.  Note:  These meetings are required as part of the individual psychology internship experience.  The two meetings help students plan their internships and gain from their experiences by reflecting on their learning.


SUBJ: IMDA
TITLE: Creativity
COU_NBR: 352
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar examines the nature of creativity within the framework of an open studio space, focusing on the individual and collective strategies and approaches to creating experimental intermedia art works designed specifically for the studio space.  Note:  This course may be taken up to three times for credit.


SUBJ: IMDA
TITLE: Collaboration
COU_NBR: 430
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the nature of collaboration in the arts in various experimental intermedia settings and situations.  Students form collaborative projects in which the dynamics of creative decision making are applied to experimental art making.  Note:  This course may be taken up to three times for credit.


SUBJ: ARTS
TITLE: Painting
COU_NBR: 307
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores principles and practices related to color, shading, volume, perspective and composition.  Class discussion and projects include color, theory application techniques, artists and movements of the past and contemporary trends in painting.  Students complete original paintings using acrylics.


SUBJ: LAWE
TITLE: Applied Police Research
COU_NBR: 653
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Using both a theoretical and practical framework, students will identify a critical issue facing law enforcement. The student will research the critical issues, identifying alternatives and solutions. This course is a student designed research project to meet the special needs of the students, their agency, and/or the law enforcement profession.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Information Technology for K-12 Education
COU_NBR: 383
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is an introduction to the use of information technology (IT) devices and applications to promote teaching and learning in k-12 educational settings for students with and without disabilities. Teacher candidates will learn primary tools and software applications to promote teacher productivity and integration of IT to promote curriculum, instruction, assessment, and family/educator communication. In addition to instruction and productivity for k-12 general education settings, the course will include introduction to accessibility issues and the "digital divide" that impact urban learners and educators. Students in this course will demonstrate their competence using technology by developing an electronic, standards-based portfolio.


SUBJ: DSCI
TITLE: Advanced Topics in Operations Management
COU_NBR: 535
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to introduce students to advanced topics in operations management, project management, and managerial decision making and problem solving methods.  Prerequisite:  Senior standing.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Coaching Psychology
COU_NBR: 395
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This class introduces students to the theory and application of the art of motivating, nurturing and leading groups and individuals to achieving goals. Students gain an understanding that the theories and practical uses of sports psychological principles are relevant and can be applied in a variety of settings including the corporate arena, athletic field and educational environment. Students develop and experiment with leadership and team-building strategies assisting them in developing effective people-management skills.


SUBJ: ARTS
TITLE: Exhibition Practices: Group Internship
COU_NBR: 302
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This internship is designed to give students an opportunity to learn about the basic functions and day to day operations of an educational art gallery.  Students will assist in the installation and dismantling of various exhibitions, featuring numerous forms of art.  In doing so, students will gather practical knowledge about handling and lighting artwork, creating didactics, generating and distributing publicity, working with artists and creating corresponding programming.  This knowledge should qualify a student to apply for entry level positions at other exhibition facilities, create groundwork for additional coursework in Museum Studies, and/or prepare students to mount exhibitions of their own in a professional manner.
  Variable meeting times.  Contact instructor for details prior to registering. S/N grading only.


SUBJ: BIOL
TITLE: General Biology I
COU_NBR: 111
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The first semester of the comprehensive first year course in biology. Covers the biochemistry and inner workings of cells, energy metabolism, genetics, cellular physiology, population genetics and evolutionary pattern and process. Laboratory topics include use of the microscope, biochemistry, cell structure and function, genetics, and evolution. Intended for students who are pursuing, or considering, the major in biology or life sciences teaching.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Citizenship: Community Involvement
COU_NBR: 350
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The purpose of this course is to educate and encourage the development of globally competent citizens and leaders. The course is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be engaged, responsible, and effective members of a globally interdependent society. Most importantly, students will be asked to think deeply about their world (including its future, current issues, its impact on their local area, and our personal responsibility as global citizens).


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: Gender in Early Modern Europe
COU_NBR: 357
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores gender in early modern Europe with an emphasis on women, both ordinary and elite. With lives and experiences as diverse as the Europe in which they lived, women in the period from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century were not only daughters, wives and mothers, but also prophets, witches, writers, artists, artisans, queens and courtesans. Applying gender analysis to early modern European society allows for better understanding of how people both shape and are shaped by the time and place in which they live.


SUBJ: CHEM
TITLE: Seminars in Chemistry
COU_NBR: 469
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course develops critical analysis of primary scientific presentations by utilizing the many scientific seminar presentations offered in the Twin Cities Area.  These presentations include those given by educational institutions such as Metropolitan State University and the University of Minnesota or public seminars given by area industrial speakers.  The student chooses eight one-hour seminars to attend; for one presenter, the student conducts further analysis and writes a 5-7 page paper demonstrating how the currently presented research integrates with the presenters past work or the surrounding research community.  This course can, with instructor permission, be taken more than once for credit.  This course cannot be used to fulfill the General Education Goal III Natural Science requirement.  This course may be used to fulfill the upper division credits for the Chemistry minor.  


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Positive Psychology
COU_NBR: 347
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Historically, as a discipline, psychology focuses on decreasing maladaptive emotions and behaviors. As a complement to this focus, Positive Psychology seeks to identify and enhance the human strengths and virtues that make life worth living and allow individuals and communities to thrive. This research-based course will address the differences and assumptions inherent in this approach.  In particular, the course will serve as an introduction to the study of positive emotions, positive character traits, and positive institutions.  A distinction among the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life is drawn.  Topics may include happiness, hope, flow, gratitude, mindfulness, etc.


SUBJ: HSA
TITLE: Technology Application in Human Services
COU_NBR: 366
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the role of technology within the context of nonprofit human service organizations.  Topics include the use of technology tools in meeting mission driven objectives as they relate to service to consumers as well as program and administrative management.  Students will identify major and emerging issues and trends; explore best practices when identifying applications; develop technology communication skills; and examine the human impact of technology tool use on administration, direct service providers and consumers. 


SUBJ: IDST
TITLE: Perspectives on Community Development
COU_NBR: 343
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CIS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This class will examine theories and models of community development, and introduce students to the realities of community development work.  The course explores the history of the community development field from its origins in the late 19th-century urbanization through present innovations fueled by grassroots, foundations and public policy initiatives. The lens of movement and industry approaches will be a key analytical tool. Three traditions in the fieldcommunity building, community organizing, and community developmentwill be critically examined and compared, including exploring the dynamic relationship between these three traditions.  Special attention will be given to community development challenges facing traditionally disenfranchised communities, including factors of race, class and gender. The class will emphasize both a theoretical understanding of community dynamics, ad an introduction to practical skills used by people working in the community development field.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Criminal Justice Capstone
COU_NBR: 490
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Using both a theoretical and practical framework, this experience is designed to help students integrate and synthesize their undergraduate experiences. An applied project demonstrates discipline mastery of a subject and serves as a vehicle for future work and study in the criminal justice field. Note: This course should be taken the semester the student graduates.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Constitutional Law
COU_NBR: 210
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides an overview and critical examination of constitutional law as it relates to criminal justice issues.  A historical overview of the U.S. Constitution is covered along with how the Constitution works in the legal system including the role of the Supreme Court and constitutional interpretation.   The first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and fourteenth amendments are emphasized.  The course also examines how the Constitution protects the rights of those charged as well as the rights of law-abiding citizens.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Organization and Administration in Criminal Justice
COU_NBR: 345
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the operation of criminal justice organizations and provides students with a conceptual foundation to explore the workings of the criminal justice system.  Emphasis is placed on understanding internal and external influences on the operations of criminal justice agencies including the people, practices and events that shape criminal justice administration.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Child Psychology
COU_NBR: 308
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides an overview of the science of child psychology.  Major theories and research related to a child's perceptual, motor, emotional, social and cognitive development are reviewed, and their practical applications are explored.  Overlap: PSYC 308T Child Psychology Theory Seminar.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Cognitive Psychology
COU_NBR: 309
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers topics that span the full range of specializations within the field of cognitive psychology; such as attention, learning, memory, thinking and problem solving, decision making, language, intelligence and creativity.  Applications of this information to education, business and mental health are provided.  This course is well-suited to students interested in education, as well as psychology, and is often preparation for graduate study in psychology or education.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Family Systems
COU_NBR: 313
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this course, students learn how family life affects individuals by examining the current theories and research on family systems.  Learning strategies include role-playing demonstrations.  Evaluation is based in part on individually-designed projects on the family of origin.
   Recommended: An introductory sociology or psychology course.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Adult Learning
COU_NBR: 315
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This class examines adults in transition, practical applications of individual differences in learning styles and research on adult learners.  Topics include assessing adult learning needs and motivation, adult development, models for adult learning, and program development and evaluation.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Holistic Health
COU_NBR: 316
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this course, students work on a definition of holistic health, learn about mental health and stress management, study nutrition standards, develop physical fitness plans, explore spirituality's effect on health, and consider responsibility for environmental health. Students also learn criteria to judge the effectiveness of different health care approaches and evaluate a variety of health care practitioners.  The course requires exploring information through written bibliographies, reading, writing major papers and interviewing.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: The Impact of Technology on Human and Organizational Behavior
COU_NBR: 319
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The impact of technology on human and organizational behavior is examined within the context of adult development and learning theory.  Topics include challenges that technologies have created for managers, employees and individual consumers; motivating individual and organizational change; and technology's effect on mental health.  Students complete individual projects on topics of personal interest or design action plans applicable to the workplace.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Individual Differences
COU_NBR: 320
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines factors which determine or affect individual and group differences.  More specifically, it examines theoretical and philosophical foundations, research methods, measurement of human traits, roles of heredity and environment as determinants of human variation, social implications, and practical applications of this knowledge.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: The Nature of Creativity: A Psychological Perspective
COU_NBR: 323
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines creativity's role in the therapeutic process.  Writings by psychologists and artists are explored to help students better understand psychological creativity.  The class studies questions such as: how is art therapeutic? and, how does the therapeutic process help one see and live life more creatively?


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Practical Behavior Analysis and Modification
COU_NBR: 324
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students in this course examine the potential problems and ethical decision making in the applied behavior analysis field.  Topics include the field's learning principles, history, ethical considerations, the behavioral model (identification of target behaviors, behavior measurement, intervention techniques and evaluation) and implementation strategies in a variety of contexts including clinical settings.  Students also review recently published literature describing behavior analysis research.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychoanalysis and Other Dynamic Theories
COU_NBR: 325
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the history, theoretical structure and therapeutic intervention of psychoanalysis and other major dynamic theories.  It includes works of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler and the major neo-Freudian (dynamic) theorists.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Chemical Dependency Concepts
COU_NBR: 300
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to be an overview of the practice of Alcohol and Drug Counseling.  It covers the main theories or models which explain what chemical dependency is.  It also provides a survey of the practice of alcohol and drug counseling, including history, licensure requirements, 12 core functions, continuum of services, culture, evidence-based practices, laws, ethics and professionalism.  An orientation to the Alcohol and Drug major will also be provided.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Chemical Dependency and the Family
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to teach students to understand the family dynamics of the person who is chemically dependent and to learn skills which will help them to work with these families at a beginning level.  Course topics include family relationships and chemical dependency, and treatment theories and counseling techniques for individuals and their family members.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Chemical Dependency Assessment and Diagnosis
COU_NBR: 302
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to teach students the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully perform assessment interviews and diagnosis of substance use problems.  Students will learn about: the qualities of good assessment, motivational interviewing skills, the interview process, screening tools, "Rule 25", "DSM IV", placement and treatment planning.  This course meets the required 30 hours of class-room training to be a "Rule 25" assessor.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Use and Abuse of Drugs: An Introduction
COU_NBR: 100
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers fundamental physiological, psychological, and sociological aspects of use and abuse of psychoactive drugs.  Drug categories covered are: narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, alcohol, marijuana and inhalants.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Cultural Aspects of Chemical Dependency
COU_NBR: 303
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to help students understand the cultural dynamics of chemical dependency counseling for diverse groups.  It explores the relationship between cultural identity and the knowledge, and skills for addressing counseling issues for each cultural group.  It also provides students with information on the history, cultural uniqueness, and counseling issues for the following cultural groups: African-Americans, Latin Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, European Americans, Gay Lesbian Bi-Sexual and Transgender, Woman and Feminism, and Men.


SUBJ: THEA
TITLE: Voice: Speaking from Experience
COU_NBR: 331
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this course, students who wish to use their voices more expressively work through a variety of methods from relaxation and breathing exercises to personal storytelling and the practice and analysis of poetry, prose and drama.  Students work to develop resonance, range, support and to relearn effective habits of vocal expression.


SUBJ: THEA
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Performance Events
COU_NBR: 459
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This class will focus on the generation of work in collaboration with others.  Students will explore ways in which storytelling, interview, news, memoir and movement might be developed for the stage. Through the actual participation in this process, students will acquire a basic understanding of theatrical concepts including, writing for the spoken word, monologue, point of view, and the improvisation of a theatrical portrait.  Students who have the time may also wish to be involved to some degree, in the current university theater production.  Note: This course may be taken twice for variable credits up to eight credits over time.


SUBJ: HSCO
TITLE: Institutional Corrections: History and Future Trends
COU_NBR: 325
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers strategies and practices that have had an impact on the development of the U.S. correctional system.  The specific course content includes the historical development of corrections, past and current correctional programs relating to the control of criminal behavior, the influence of politics and the news media on corrections, and the examination of current major issues with a focus on future trends in corrections.


SUBJ: HSCO
TITLE: Rehabilitation of the Public Offender
COU_NBR: 332
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This class reviews major issues related to the rehabilitation of public offenders and introduces the evidence in support of the major correlates of a criminal history and the major risk/need factors predictive of criminal futures. Topics include understanding, exploring antisocial cognition and antisocial associates; consideration of the social contexts of school/work, family/marital, and leisure/recreation; substance abuse and criminal behavior; use of community resources. The class includes field visits. 


SUBJ: BIOL
TITLE: General Biology II
COU_NBR: 112
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The second semester of the comprehensive first year course in biology. Covers the evolution and diversity of life, plant biology, animal biology and ecology. Lab activities include use of the microscope, examination of organisms, and experiments in plant physiology and ecology; may include animal dissection. Intended for biology and life sciences teaching majors.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Connections: Introduction to Communication Studies
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is only for students who are majoring in professional communication.  Students learn the careers, major disciplines, communication principles, work habits and the mindset required to obtain positions and succeed in the communication field.  Students are also exposed to current topics and issues in communication practice.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Economic Research and Forecasting
COU_NBR: 497
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course prepares students for the task of analyzing primary and secondary economic data in order to assist decision makers in profit, nonprofit and public organizations. It also provides an introduction to econometrics: regression models, serial correlation, forecasting, simultaneous equation estimation, model building, time series and simulations. Students work on a major project during the course.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Understanding and Using the Internet Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 125T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the following topics: how the Internet works (at a beginning level), social implications of the Internet, and the practical aspects of electronic mail, list services, discussion boards, file transfer, information browsing and searching, and the first generation of web design and implementation. This is a lab-based course. 


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Computer Security
COU_NBR: 382
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces computer security aspects of computer systems. The course presents a current technical look at computer system strengths and vulnerabilities, and techniques to effectively protect these assets. Topics include security threats, security management, operating systems, network firewall and security measures.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Telecommunications Economics and Policy
COU_NBR: 498
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers a range of telecommunication applications and explores how those technologies are impacting the business enterprise.  It addresses the legal impact of various telecommunication services on day-to-day business operations and analyzes the productivity and revenue-enhancement potential available to business.  The course also addresses the issues of creating mass customization for end users.  This course is targeted at students who are working business managers with a need to understand the impact of the new and emerging telecommunications services and how they can be harnessed to add value to business operations.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Nursing Leadership/Management Practicum
COU_NBR: 670P
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This practicum focuses on the development of the nurse leader/manager through the application of nursing and leadership/management theory and research in the delivery of health care.  Population health improvement is addressed.  Learning needs are identified and personal objectives are negotiated with a mentor, emphasizing preparation for advanced leadership and management responsibilities.  Practicum seminars focus on current nursing leadership/management issues in a variety of health care environments.  This practicum experience includes a minimum of 200 hours.


SUBJ: PHYS
TITLE: Introduction to Astronomy
COU_NBR: 101
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the evolution of the universe and the movements within the solar system and life cycles of stars. It is designed for students with a natural interest and fascination for planets, stars, and the universe. The class has access to a large telescope, a planetarium and color slides of recent space probes. Also, it explores special topics of interest including supernovas, quasars, gas giant planets and other wonders of the unfolding universe. Lab included. Intended for general education students and students majoring in Life Sciences Teaching. 


SUBJ: FIN
TITLE: Corporate Finance
COU_NBR: 392
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course (formerly designated FIN 590) builds on work done in FIN 390 Principles of Finance to develop understanding of corporate financial decision making. Topics include cost of capital, capital structure policy, dividend policy, options, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, and leasing.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Community Psychology
COU_NBR: 363
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course surveys the principles and applications of community psychology, emphasizing person-environment interactions and societal/cultural impacts upon individual and community functioning.  Attention is given to community-based interventions that facilitate individual and community competence and empowerment, prevent disorder, and promote health and social change.  Students select and research an issue of their choice (such as, mental illness, violence, alcohol or substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, discrimination) utilizing a community psychology lens.


SUBJ: SOWK
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Social Research
COU_NBR: 351
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The social work program research curriculum emphasizes applying research findings to social work interventions, assessing the effectiveness of programs and policies, and assessing one's own practice at all levels.  Special attention is paid to students' developing competence in comparative racial/ethnic analysis and in gender and class awareness.  Social Research is the first of a two-course research sequence in the Social Work program curriculum and is taken at the end of the first year of the program.  Students learn a range of social research theories and methods and then have the opportunity to apply them to social work practice.  They apply research findings to a real-world situation either by implementing a single system research design or by conducting a program or policy evaluation.  Prerequisite: Admission to social work major.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Leadership and Management in Nursing
COU_NBR: 465
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  Modeling and Role-Modeling is used in this course to expand and enhance leadership/management content in order to promote collaborative, effective client-centered care.  Theory and concepts related to leadership, motivation, change and conflict as well as organizational and managerial theory and processes are discussed.


SUBJ: NURS
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Special Topics in Nursing
COU_NBR: 499
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This independent study is designed for transfer students whose course or courses from another college or university fulfills some but not all of the requirements of a Metropolitan State undergraduate nursing course.  The student and faculty evaluator negotiate the number of credits to be completed and the specific course objectives and requirements to be satisfied.  Through guided study, the student completes these requirements.


SUBJ: RELS
TITLE: Race and Religion
COU_NBR: 333
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Does religious belief matter in our daily lives?  Can religious teachings and values be applied universally or must the history of the people be taken into consideration?  This course explores these questions in the lives of American racial and ethnic groups.  It examines the role and function of religious belief in their struggle for survival and liberation.  Topics of discussion include the concepts of identity, selfhood, community, spirituality, social responsibility, salvation and freedom.  Certain religious traditions, for example, African American, American Indian and Asian American, are discussed in the light of histories of these groups.


SUBJ: PFIN
TITLE: Personal Finance and Investing
COU_NBR: 101
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  People make financial decisions daily and, with increasing frequency, decisions affecting their long-term financial well-being.  This course provides an introduction to the world of personal investing and finance including the formulation of intelligent and practical investment and personal financial plans.


SUBJ: ACCT
TITLE: Accounting Information Systems
COU_NBR: 340
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides a conceptual framework to stress the responsibility of accountant, auditor and manager for the design, operation and control of the accounting information system and the needs of information users within an organization.  Traditional accounting transaction cycles are organized around events-based information technology.  Students learn how the accounting information system records, classifies and aggregates economic events.


SUBJ: FIN
TITLE: Investments and Portfolio Analysis
COU_NBR: 511
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the risk of, and return on, financial securities and the fundamental concepts of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) as they relate to diversification and asset allocation within portfolios of financial and other assets.  Topics include security markets, equity and fixed income securities, derivatives, portfolio management, and portfolio management performance evaluation.


SUBJ: SOWK
TITLE: Social Work Practice II
COU_NBR: 522
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course emphasizes the theories and skills necessary for social workers to practice effectively at the community and governmental levels and professional ethics and legal responsibilities in individual and family work.  Using a case study approach, students apply change and comparative analysis theories in multicultural community projects and in the state legislature.  Students also critique psychosocial assessments and interventions of simulated case studies using social work ethics and legal responsibilities as a guide.


SUBJ: SOWK
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Social Work Senior Practicum
COU_NBR: 591
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Social work majors are involved in supervised social work practice in the Twin Cities for 20 hours weekly during the last semester of their senior year.  Faculty assign students to an agency or setting based on students needs and interests, and the capacity of the agency or setting to meet those needs.  Students practice social work in at least two of the following categories: individuals, families, groups, organizations or communities.  Master's-prepared community social workers supervise the students' practica.  Students are expected to contribute their knowledge of social work practice with people of color, acquired through their junior year social work curriculum to enrich the agency or setting and its services.  Prerequisites:  Completion of all major requirements.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychological Testing
COU_NBR: 327
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques involved in selecting, administering, scoring and interpreting psychological tests.  Validity, reliability, standardization, norms and ethical issues are covered in the measurement of intellect, aptitude, achievement, interest and personality.  Learning strategies include test demonstrations.  Students take, score (where possible) and interpret several different tests.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychology of African Americans
COU_NBR: 328
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course investigates the African-American experience from a social psychological perspective.  The course gives students insights on one of the largest racial cultural groups in the United States, and the impact of African Americans on the American social system.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychology of Humor
COU_NBR: 329
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course begins with an exploration of theories about what makes people laugh and why.  Students develop insight into their own sense of humor and how they use humor on a personal as well as an interpersonal level.  It explores humor development across the life span, along with the importance of play in human life and examines the lives of several humorists from the perspective of the course content.  The course also looks at how humor promotes physical, psychological and spiritual health, the relationship between humor and creativity, and the effective and appropriate use of humor in psychotherapy.  Throughout the course, humor is viewed and understood as a source of personal power.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychology of Learning: Contemporary Theories and Applications
COU_NBR: 330
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to the history of learning theories, and the development of current theories of learning such as classical conditioning, operant conditioning and observational learning.  An emphasis is on the basic methods of inquiry, as well as on applications of learning theories to areas such as education, business and behavioral change.  This course is well-suited to students interested in education, as well as psychology, and is often preparation for graduate study in psychology and education.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychology of Men
COU_NBR: 331
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course, developed for men and women interested in understanding the male experience and their own personal journeys, explores the male experience amid the cross-currents of change in contemporary American society and related implications for counseling.  It takes into account the feminist critique and moves toward a new understanding of today's masculinity.  The course covers issues of power, dominance, nurturance, aggression, competition and emotional expression.  Students gain a perspective of the historical, biological, anthropological, sociological and psychological theories of sex-role development and the politics surrounding it and how both men and women have been affected by the imposition of limiting roles and expectations.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychology of Victims
COU_NBR: 333
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course defines the psychosocial dynamics of victimology, identifies the psychological stages of victimization, and defines relationship dynamics between the victim and the victimizer.  It describes the concepts of secondary victimization, stress response syndrome, and anomie and victimization.  Students examine the roles of women and human service professionals as victims in a class discussion format.  Overlap: PSYC 333T Victimization Theory Seminar.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychology of Women
COU_NBR: 335
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the biological perspectives, cultural variations, psychological sex differences, history of oppression and ethnic diversity explaining the female experience.  It is interdisciplinary and includes ideas from biology, sociology, economics, communications and selected traditional psychological theories.  The course helps students understand how imposed and real differences between men and women have affected the mental behavioral characteristics of women.  It is useful for those who counsel, advise, teach, supervise or work closely with women.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Social Psychology
COU_NBR: 336
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this course, students learn social psychological theories and concepts.  They also learn how to understand the research methods on which these theories are based.  This knowledge includes an awareness and respect for the diversity of human experience, the importance of social influence on individual behavior, the social significance of groups, and the nature of social change.


SUBJ: HSCO
TITLE: Selected Topics in Corrections
COU_NBR: 336
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This independent study gives students an opportunity to select and study a specific criminal justice area such as juvenile or adult court services or institutional or community corrections.  Students work with the instructor to identify the topics and assignments specific to their interest.


SUBJ: HSFS
TITLE: Family: Racial, Gender and Class Dimensions
COU_NBR: 338
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course familiarizes students with the diversity that exists in families.  It is intended for students who want to gain a better understanding of the family, and for students specializing in psychology or human services related fields.  Structural inequalities in society based on wealth, race/ethnicity and gender are presented as key determinants in the diversity of family forms and in differing experiences within families.


SUBJ: HSFS
TITLE: Issues and Actions in Family Policy
COU_NBR: 339
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course considers the impact of public choices on life within families.  It is generally offered during the state legislative session in order to give students opportunity to participate in the legislative process.  The policy issues covered vary from year to year.  Topics may cover competing rights of children and parents, culturally-specific/friendly family policy, international family policy comparisons, and other family policy issues.


SUBJ: HSFS
TITLE: Work and Family
COU_NBR: 341
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Until recently, the worlds of family and work were seen as separate spheres.  Today, people are aware of the many possible relationships between work and family in society.  This course examines the challenges, issues and problems associated with a variety of contemporary work-family patterns including single-provider, dual-provider and single-parent families, and families who own their own businesses.


SUBJ: HSFS
TITLE: Children in U.S. Society
COU_NBR: 342
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This interdisciplinary course explores historical and contemporary aspects of children's status and roles in family and society, adults' relationships and functions in relation to children, and public policy affecting children in twentieth-century United States.  Community and experience-based learning, including a student-designed project, augment class lectures and discussion.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Human Services and Diversity
COU_NBR: 395
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course emphasizes understanding of the diversity experience, including exploring discrimination toward persons with disabilities, racism (including institutional racism), sexism, and ageism as they affect life changes, lifestyles and psychosocial development.  It examines assumptions, myths, beliefs and biases that block effective relationships between professionals and consumers.  Human services principles, values and practice skills that promote successful working relationships are identified.  Self-assessment is encouraged and opportunities for application of learning are provided.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Counseling Theories and Techniques
COU_NBR: 344
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces counseling theories and techniques, including existential, client-centered, Gestalt, psychoanalytic, Adlerian, behavioral, transactional analysis, rational-emotive reality, and eclectic counseling/therapy.  Learning strategies include interviews with counselors and role-playing exercises.  Evaluation is based in part on an interview with an active counselor, take-home test and final paper.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Counseling and Interviewing Skills
COU_NBR: 346
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to basic counseling skills.  As such, it is designed to help students develop essential helping skills needed for client engagement, follow-through, completion and overall therapeutic effectiveness.  Specific skills and techniques covered include; developing rapport, building empathy and listening, encouraging trust, self-disclosure, immediacy, questioning & evoking, addressing discrepancies, etc. This course is highly experiential in its format.  Students will participate in classroom exercises, real plays, and video-taping of counseling skills.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Group Counseling
COU_NBR: 348
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course teaches the dynamics of group counseling.  Students learn the skills of group counseling in a classroom and Training group experience.    Topics include: stages of group, group rules and goals, group leader skills, and types of groups.  Students learn writing and charting skills necessary to document client progress. Emphasis is on interaction among group members, the counselors role in group facilitating, and techniques to help group members learn to view their own behavior for self-awareness and self-disclosure.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Issues in Adolescent Counseling
COU_NBR: 350
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course develops a number of theoretical approaches for working with youth.  Issues raised are appropriate for counseling in individual and family settings.  Concepts include the nature and meaning of adolescence, youth culture, youth alienation, sex roles, conflict and the generation gap.


SUBJ: LIT
TITLE: Black Women Writers
COU_NBR: 362
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Through novels, speeches, essays and poetry, this course explores the experience of black women writers in America from an historical perspective.  Students learn techniques for critical reading and explore issues related to culture, gender, race and identity.


SUBJ: ETHS
TITLE: American Indian Literature
COU_NBR: 336
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to the literary styles of Native American authors and the cultural systems from which they draw.  The course surveys traditional foundations of various types of native literature through sound, music, natural cycles, spirituality and mystic symbols.  (Also listed as Lit 363 American Indian Literature.)


SUBJ: BIOL
TITLE: Introduction to the Life Sciences
COU_NBR: 101
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is an introduction to the study of living things. Topics covered include: cell biology, evolution, use of the microscope, and the diversity of life. Lab included. Intended for students preparing for BIOL 111 General Biology and students seeking a general education science course with lab. First day attendance required except by instructor permission.


SUBJ: BIOL
TITLE: Seminars in Biology
COU_NBR: 469
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course takes advantage of the many scientific seminar presentations offered in the Twin Cities Area by educational institutions such as Metropolitan State University and the University of Minnesota and by non-profit organizations such as the Minnesota Native Plant Society and the St. Paul Audubon Society etc. Each student chooses ten one-hour seminars to attend. This course can, with instructor permission, be taken more than once for credit.  Intended for biology majors in their junior or senior year.


SUBJ: GEOL
TITLE: Introduction to Earth Sciences
COU_NBR: 110
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is an introduction to geology, meteorology and astronomy. Topics include measurement and the scientific method, rocks and minerals, weathering and erosion, earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, geologic time and the history of the Earth, structure and composition of the atmosphere, weather patterns, climate, a history of modern astronomy, the solar system, light and the sun, and stars beyond our solar system. Check the Class Schedule for the dates and times of required field trips. Includes Lab.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Cryptography and Computer Security
COU_NBR: 682
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will discuss a broad range of computer security issues related to cryptography and networks.  Students will study the design and use of cryptographic systems and analyze cryptanalytic attacks.  A history of cryptographic systems and the mathematics behind them will be covered as well.  Techniques of network security, including cryptographic techniques, will be covered.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Managerial Communication
COU_NBR: 610A
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Special Program/Community
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 7
COU_DESC:
  This is the recommended first graduate course in the master's program.  It acquaints participants with the written assignments and oral presentations required in the master's program.  It focuses on dyadic and small group communication models, various models and strategies for communication in different types of organizations, the nature of listening, negotiation and conflict resolution, task-oriented group communication processes, teambuilding and leadership, persuasion, and the nature of evidence.  The course improves your ability to use appropriate communication devices and strategies in achieving organizational objectives, and sharpens your written and oral communication skills.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Understanding and Using the Internet
COU_NBR: 125
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the following topics: how the Internet works (at a beginning level), social implications of the Internet, and the practical aspects of electronic mail, list services, discussion boards, file transfer, information browsing and searching, and the first generation of web design and implementation. This is a lab-based course.


SUBJ: MDST
TITLE: Online Education and Training
COU_NBR: 583
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to provide information and experience integrating media into training and education with an emphasis on instructional design, online communities, and online collaboration.  Students learn concepts and techniques to enable them to analyze various online learners and learning situations and to choose appropriate approaches.


SUBJ: MGMT
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Practical Research Methods for Managers
COU_NBR: 600
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides students with practical knowledge needed to conduct research in business and non-profit areas.  Major topics covered include research design, data collection and analyses, research proposal and research report.  Students will gain practical experience by applying the procedures and techniques learned in this class to the area of their interest including marketing, finance, management, and operations in business and non-profit organizations.  This course must be taken during the first semester of MBA and MPNA studies.


SUBJ: MATH
TITLE: Introduction to Analysis
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This is an introductory course in real analysis.  Starting with a rigorous look at the laws of logic and how these laws are used in structuring mathematical arguments, this course develops the topological structure of real numbers.  Topics include limits, sequences,  series and continuity. The main goal of the course is to teach students how to read and write mathematical proofs.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Individual Rights and Public Discourse
COU_NBR: 320
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to introduce students to their First Amendment rights to freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and freedom to petition.  It will also explore citizens' corresponding responsibilities and our frequent disagreements over these rights and responsibilities.  Through course assignments students will develop a greater capacity to engage in civic activities by understanding the First Amendment, being able to more fully articulate their personal view of their First Amendment rights and responsibilities, refining their research and analysis skills, and developing their expertise in oral argumentation.  Note:  Communication 320 is required for all public relations majors.


SUBJ: LIT
TITLE: Legends of King Arthur
COU_NBR: 374
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Recent popular interest in Arthurian literature and cinema offers a chance to incorporate methods of literary study in a form that interests both literature majors and non-majors.  A historicist approach to Arthurian legend allows students to examine a number of current theoretical concerns such as changing gender roles and relationships, growth of historical consciousness, and issues of colonization and national identity.  Moreover, the inclusion of Arthurian films based on some of the assigned texts provides a basis for discussing questions of genre and of modern uses of older material.


SUBJ: CFS
TITLE: Computer and Operating Systems Fundamentals I
COU_NBR: 262
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the fundamental concepts of a single user operating system. The topics discussed in the course are the basic concepts of computer organization and architecture, memory management, process handling, disk and file management and control, and peripherals operation. Students also have the opportunities to learn the techniques and procedures of system installation, configuration, administration, and trouble shooting. The operating systems illustrated in the course are MS Windows and/or Mac OS X.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Introduction to Criminal Justice
COU_NBR: 101
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  As an introduction to the field of criminal justice, this course provides students with a brief but comprehensive overview of criminal justice institutions in American society.  Students learn about the role of the criminal justice system in maintaining social order.  The course also examines the duties and functions of criminal justice practitioners, including police officers, prosecutors, judges and correctional officials from the initial violation of the criminal law, to the punishment and release of convicted offenders.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Applied Criminology
COU_NBR: 320
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course applies criminological theories, demographics and specific crimes to the working world of criminal justice practitioners. Relevant issues relating to crime and criminal justice will be examined. Students will also be exposed to the myths relating to crime and criminal justice. A special emphasis will be placed on the role of race, class, culture and gender differences as this relates to the criminal justice systems response to crime in the community.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Juvenile Justice
COU_NBR: 302
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course presents a juvenile justice system overview, with emphasis on Minnesota Rules of Juvenile Court Procedure.  The historical and philosophical development of the juvenile justice system is discussed, along with a comparative analysis of U.S. juvenile and adult criminal justice systems.  Students learn about resources available to criminal justice practitioners and addresses the specific needs of juveniles in crisis.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Working with Children in the Middle Years
COU_NBR: 339
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the social-learning approach and corresponding set of techniques for teaching and modifying individual behavior in group settings where the opportunity for individual attention is limited.  Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of individual differences among children, including ethnic and gender differences.  It is designed for individuals who have an interest in and/or responsibility for working with children, ages two-12, in group settings such as school-age child care and schools.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Advanced Abnormal Psychology
COU_NBR: 400
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines selected areas of psychopathology in greater depth.  Topics stimulating controversy or special interests in the professional literature are discussed. Attention is given to differential diagnosis.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: History and Systems of Psychology
COU_NBR: 405
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This advanced psychology course is designed as a capstone course for students with a degree plan focus in psychology.  In it, students review historical trends, individuals, and the political and social influences which have influenced psychology as a science and profession in twentieth-century America.  Note:  Students should plan to take this course near the end of their degree plan.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Introduction to Clinical Psychology
COU_NBR: 406
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course gives students an introduction to the formal assessment and diagnostic procedures used in hospitals and other healthcare settings.  It reviews the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-IV and discusses the implications for therapy of differing diagnoses with similar symptoms.  This course is recommended for students considering graduate study in psychology, counseling and related human service areas.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Counseling Women
COU_NBR: 411
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course offers a clinical focus on women's experiences, offering concepts and methods useful in helping women in a variety of settings.  It defines feminist therapy and explores an empowerment model for working with various clinical problems women (and helping persons) face.  It explores areas such as eating disorders, incest, other family victimization, diagnoses most frequently assigned to women (for example depression, borderline personality disorder, multiple personality disorder and codependency), addiction and other issues.  This course is designed for students engaged in, or preparing for, helping professions addressing the physical and/or mental health care of women.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: The American Male
COU_NBR: 381
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This independent study looks at traditional patterns of male socialization in the United States and their effect on men's personal well-being, health, relationships and roles in business, family and society.  Topics include the historical genesis of male socialization in American culture, stages of male development, men's reactions to the feminist movement, work as a primary focus of male identity, men and competition, homophobia--(men's fear of men), men and violence, and options for new male roles.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Community Services for the Mentally Retarded
COU_NBR: 382
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This independent study encourages students to review the spectrum of community services available to mentally retarded citizens and their families.  Students learn how to locate, use and evaluate a specific recreational, diagnostic, residential, educational and/or family support service.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Education Futures
COU_NBR: 384
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  What is the role of the future in educational psychology and educational thought and teaching?  In this independent study, students study topics related to education in the twenty-first century; alternative learning environments, modes and strategies; the current status of lifelong-learning philosophy, theories and methods in the United States and abroad; and futurist technology and research methods.  Students learn techniques for futuristic/creative thinking about relationships and systems, and develop skills to assist them in resolving cultural, linguistic and other barriers to effective education and learning.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Educational Psychology
COU_NBR: 385
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces psychological perspective to teaching and learning in classroom contexts through an overview of theories, principles, issues, and related research in educational psychology. Through readings, lectures, discussions, videos, activities and assignments, we will explore thinking, learning and memory in both classroom and daily life situations. Topics include, but not limited to: child and adolescent development, research in educational psychology, cognitive process and motivation, information processing, assessment of student learning, classroom management, and instructional strategies in education.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Crisis Intervention Skills and Strategies
COU_NBR: 351
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to teach the crisis intervention concepts and counseling skills used in helping individuals in crisis situations, including batterings, sexual assaults, suicide attempts, drug overdoses, psychiatric emergencies and family crises.  The course includes role-playing exercises.  Evaluations are based in part on performance and growth in the role-playing segments.  Overlap:  HSER 360 Crisis Intervention Theory Seminar.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Social Casework Methods
COU_NBR: 353
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course familiarizes students with social casework practices.  It focuses on the process of engagement (intake) assessment and contracting with diverse systems in an urban environment.  Emphasis is on the beginning skills in interviewing, assessment and treatment planning, including advocacy and referral.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Ethical Issues in Human Services
COU_NBR: 354
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students confront complex ethical and moral issues in their professional and personal lives.  In this course, students study and apply the cultural, social, legal, economic, theological and philosophical bases for making such decisions.  Each student learns to articulate coherent arguments involving at least two divergent views of many current ethical issues confronted in human services today.  Students select, research and present an individual project on a major ethical issue relevant to their professional interests in human services.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Human Services Capstone Seminar
COU_NBR: 455
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course comes at the end of the student's senior course work in human services.  Students complete a human services portfolio assignment demonstrating what they have learned in human services over the period of time while studying in this program.  This assignment helps students to reflect on their academic course of study (both theoretical and practical) and how it applies to the professional practice of human services.  The written portfolio provides evidence of competence and is a way for students to demonstrate readiness for graduation and work as Human Services professionals.  In order to complete the portfolio assignment students must complete at least ten (10) hours of community service in a Human Services Agency with a Human Services professional.  The course culminates with students giving presentations on the agency studied and written about in their portfolio.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Violence: Origins and Explanations
COU_NBR: 300
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: NULL
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines causes and underlying factors that account for violence in American Society.  Students examine the extent, causes and challenges of violence in today's society.  For those students who work in the human services field, this course prepares them to identify and critique methods and strategies for addressing violence.  It may be taken alone or as the first of three core courses required for the community violence prevention minor.  Prerequisite:  Courses in psychology or sociology.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Violence: Individual, Community and Global Responses
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: NULL
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course addresses how violence is responded to at various levels.  It examines the role and development of personal skills and involvement in addressing violence, community intervention resources, systems responses such as punishment and rehabilitation in violence prevention, social change movement responses to violence, and international violence and the growth of human rights movements.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Cross-cultural Counseling
COU_NBR: 358
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This independent study covers the various concepts involved in counseling racial/ethnic minority persons.  The major areas included are differences in culture-bound values, language differences, stereotyping and client resistance.  In addition, students have an opportunity to assess the presence, absence, or levels of biases they have toward racial/ethnic minority persons.


SUBJ: HSA
TITLE: Development, Marketing and Grant Writing
COU_NBR: 363
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers funding development principles, supporting marketing strategies and grantsmanship principles essential to the nonprofit sector.  It stresses skills used to seek funding sources and to plan, negotiate, and manage grants and development projects.  Evaluation is based in part on a major funding project researched and presented by the student.


SUBJ: HSA
TITLE: Program Evaluation
COU_NBR: 369
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to appropriately identify, collect, analyze and report evaluative information to be used in making decisions about, and changes in, programs.  Topics include approaches to program evaluation, the process of planning and conducting an evaluation, basic principles and practices of designing evaluation instruments, and methods for interpreting and presenting data with an emphasis on providing relevant information to decision makers.  This course is appropriate for anyone in business, public, nonprofit or human services administration who is responsible for making decisions about service programs or for conducting evaluations.


SUBJ: HSA
TITLE: Supervision in Human Services
COU_NBR: 370
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on supervision principles, concepts and theories, including how to be a facilitating supervisor and assist others in their professional growth.  Emphasis is on understanding how supervisors can teach counseling theories and techniques to those they supervise, as an integral part of the supervisory process.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Introduction to Human Services: History and Trends
COU_NBR: 355
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the historical and progressive development of the human services field, as well as the present trends and professional issues, including theoretical approaches to human services work, practical skills, human services delivery systems, human services work in a pluralistic society, and using research in human services work. 


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Grants in Community-based Practice
COU_NBR: 620
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will provide an in-depth study and practice of effective grant writing principles.  Students will gain an understanding of how to evaluate grant funding opportunities, how to partner with communities and collaborating agencies in the grant proposal process, how to assemble the grant proposal team and garner necessary resources, and how to prepare an effective proposal.  This course will offer an opportunity for students to evaluate grant-funding opportunities and develop an actual grant proposal.


SUBJ: INFS
TITLE: Information Issues:
COU_NBR: 518G
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course addresses issues of information access and cybrethics. These issues can include access vs. privacy or secrecy; security; the fair and unfair uses of intellectual property; free speech vs. civil rights; censorship; public policy; and the corporate bottom line, the question of who pays for what in the transmission of information and entertainment. Note: This course is about information issues and is not a technology skills building course. This is a 4 credit course and it is assumed that students are familiar with utilizing online databases for research.


SUBJ: FIN
TITLE: Principles of Finance
COU_NBR: 390
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces the application to financial decision-making of mathematics, statistics, economic theory, and accounting procedures. The two central ideas are time value of money and the relationship between expected return and risk, and how these ideas are used to value bonds, stocks, and other financial securities, and to make capital investment decisions.


SUBJ: PRSP
TITLE: Perspectives: Educational Philosophy and Planning
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CIS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course considers, from a multidisciplinary perspective, the questions "What is an educated person? What character traits mark an educated person? And how does becoming educated impact one's personal, family and social life?" While it is a required course for all students who plan to complete an Individualized B.A., it is also a helpful course for students in any of the other colleges who are not sure about their major focus. The course helps students develop their own individualized degree plans or program outlines by providing time to reflect on what they want to learn and the best way to learn it. Students assess their own academic strengths and weaknesses and meet resource people from around the university who challenge them to think about education in a broad and liberating manner. While most students often focus first on their vocational goals in higher education, this course challenges students to think also about their community involvement and lifelong learning needs.
   


SUBJ: SOWK
TITLE: Introduction to Social Work
COU_NBR: 109
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students are introduced to the social work profession and the social welfare issues that it addresses.  They learn about the history, values, theories and practices of social work which enables them to interact with social work professionals and to make an informed decision regarding their entry into social work.  This course (or its equivalent) is a prerequisite to enter into the social work major and is open to all interested students.


SUBJ: SOWK
TITLE: Social Work Practice I
COU_NBR: 321
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines frameworks for social work practice, social work values and ethics, ethnic competence in multicultural contexts and the professional relationship skills required for effective beginning social work practice.  The stages of the problem solving process are examined in detail with emphasis on working at all levels of client systems:  individuals and families; groups; and communities and organizations.  An understanding of theories of culture and of multicultural interventions is emphasized.  Prerequisite:  Admission to social work major.


SUBJ: SOWK
TITLE: Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
COU_NBR: 331
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this first of a two-semester sequence, students begin the study of human behavior and development throughout the life cycle.  Biological and psychological variables are identified with special emphasis on the important factors of human diversity.  Students apply a specific behavior theory to a racial/ethnic population and then critique its usefulness.  Prerequisite: Admission to social work major.


SUBJ: SOWK
TITLE: Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
COU_NBR: 332
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students continue the study of human behavior and development throughout the life cycle.  The course emphasizes ecological and theoretical perspectives for social work practice with culturally diverse populations and includes study of human behavior and development in middle and later adulthood.  Students deepen their understanding of human diversity by examining ethnocentrism and racism, gender roles and sexism, and sexual orientation.  Students apply the ecological model to better understand how social structures influence persons from diverse populations.  Students demonstrate an in-depth understanding of their own racial ethnic group and another, drawing on literature, history, philosophy, religion and the arts to augment their social science-based cultural analysis.


SUBJ: SOWK
TITLE: Social Welfare History and Policy
COU_NBR: 360
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students acquire a critical understanding of the historic development of social welfare policy within the social work profession.  They analyze social welfare policy, paying special attention to implications for communities of color and the role of social work professionals.  Students learn the historic roots of social welfare policy and the social work profession and address the European dominance and the gendered development of the profession.  They learn two approaches for analyzing social welfare policies and then learn to apply one to an issue that especially concerns communities of color.  Students also explore a range of approaches to affect policy change, stressing the historic role of women and people of color as change agents.  Prerequisite: Admission to social work major.


SUBJ: CJS
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Criminal Justice Practicum
COU_NBR: 377
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This field practicum involves the student in the day-to-day function of a criminal justice agency.  It is designed to provide students with an opportunity to translate the theoretically-oriented classroom experience into practical application.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Historical and Cultural Foundations of Urban Education
COU_NBR: 430
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores historical, cultural, sociological and philosophical foundations of urban education in the United States. Students gain understanding of the contributions and lifestyles of various racial, cultural and economic groups in our society, including Minnesota-based American Indians. Core concepts include democracy and education, educational equity for all students and historical as well as contemporary relationships between school and society. Emphasis is on issues of power and the educational segregation and attempted deculturalization of historically marginalized groups. Resilience and persistent struggles for equal educational opportunity in the face of oppression are also emphasized from diverse cultural perspectives. Philosophical, legal, cultural and ethical perspectives about education are explored as teacher candidates develop critical awareness of issues and develop their own philosophies of education. The community is a resource for cross-cultural inquiry and learning about the educational strengths and challenges faced by diverse groups living in urban areas.  Field experience hours are part of the course requirements.


SUBJ: SOWK
TITLE: Analysis Application of Social Work Knowledge and Skills
COU_NBR: 583
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Social workers review in a structured supportive environment the knowledge and skills necessary to provide a safe level of practice in accord with the Minnesota State Board of Social Work requirements for B.S.W. level licensure.  Prerequisite:  B.S.W. degree or senior status in social work major.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Chemical Dependency and Native Americans
COU_NBR: 304
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides a basic understanding of the unique cultural, historic and legal status of the American Indian.  Topics covered include; population demographics; the shifting public policies toward American Indians; the historic rise of chemical dependency among American Indians bio-psycho-social and economic needs and resources of the American Indian.  This course focuses on culture, history and related chemical dependency issues from the American Indian perspective.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Senior Seminar: Alcohol and Drug Counseling
COU_NBR: 450
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is the culminating experience for seniors, who are majoring in alcohol and drug counseling.  In this course students reflect on their academic course of study and demonstrate the relationship between what they have learned and how they apply this to the professional practice of alcohol and drug counseling.  In addition, students analyze and explore agency management systems which complement their practice of alcohol and drug counseling.  This course is a combination of Senior Seminar in Alcohol and Drug Counseling and the Human Services Capstone.  Prerequisite:  Completion of at least 28 credits in the alcohol and drug counseling major, must have been completed or is currently or enrolled in an internship.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: The American Presidents
COU_NBR: 313
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The president of the United States is the most powerful political leader in the world.  And yet Americans know astonishingly little about the person they elect to the highest office in the land, and even less about past presidents-who they were, what they did, how they helped shape the history of the United States and the world.  At the same time, paradoxically, the genre of presidential biography is an extremely popular one with the reading public.  This independent study is a critical and analytical exploration of the history of America's past leaders.  Periodically historians are surveyed to determine how they "rank" the American presidents.  Among the issues considered are why presidents have been ranked as they have, and whether these rankings reflect reasonable judgments of their accomplishments in office.  As students read about these men-for that is what they always have been-they should what constitutes political success, and why people remember some presidents as "great," and others as failures.  Also to be considered is the issue of "character."


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Early Childhood Programs: Management Principles and Applications
COU_NBR: 350T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar has been developed for individuals who have experience managing early childhood programs.  The seminar identifies and evaluates critical success factors leading to effective managerial performance in the roles of planner, decision maker, organizer, leader and motivator.  Lecture, discussion and readings examine current management theory and practices and apply them to early childhood programs.


SUBJ: BIOL
TITLE: Evolution
COU_NBR: 312
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the science of evolutionary biology, including population genetics, microevolution, speciation, phylogenetics and macroevolution. The content and methods of modern research in evolutionary biology are emphasized; student read primary source scientific literature. Lab activities include field investigations, lab experiments, and computer modeling. Intended for biology and life sciences teaching majors.


SUBJ: HSA
TITLE: Human Services Administration
COU_NBR: 362
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course, designed for those planning careers in human services administration, provides insight into some of the common problems and concerns of management in a human services agency.  Students use actual case studies to focus on examples of organizational planning, community relations, the decision-making process and personnel management.  Overlap: HSA 360 Health Care Management and Supervision I and HSA 362T Human Service Administration Theory Seminar.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Nursing Science
COU_NBR: 601
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course identifies philosophies of science and the processes involved in conceptual and critical thinking.  Concepts, theories and models that inform advanced nursing practice are systematically examined and evaluated.  Selected nursing theories are analyzed and critiqued using theory formation criteria.  Students discuss application of nursing science and conceptual models to their selected clinical areas of focus.  Students are expected to critically articulate the use of theory-based practice in advanced nursing roles.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Foundations of Integrative Care
COU_NBR: 603
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the exploration of scientific approaches to healing using biochemical and energetic models.  Students examine variables that contribute to treatment decisions, client self-care knowledge, evidence regarding efficacy of treatment modalities, and mutual treatment goals.  Strategies are explored for utilizing an Integrative Care model in advanced nursing practice.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Health Policy and Leadership
COU_NBR: 605
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the social, cultural, economic, and political variables that influence the development of health policy and the strategies that can be used to develop or revise health policy. Students study the present U.S health system to determine ways in which it may be modified to enhance population health and better meet the needs of underserved populations. 

  Competence Statement: Knows principles and concepts related to leadership and health policy well enough to demonstrate leadership in improving the delivery of health care to diverse populations


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Family Health Nursing
COU_NBR: 607
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on family nursing. Major theoretical foundations are presented including family systems, development, structure-function, and stress. Issues related to contemporary families are explored including gay and lesbian families, responses to grief and loss, family violence, and socio-cultural influences. The clinical decision making skills of assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation are applied to families experiencing a transition or a chronic health problem. Students will work with a family whose cultural, racial, or lifestyle background is different from their own. Graduate students will evaluate the effectiveness of family nursing interventions.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Epidemiology
COU_NBR: 608
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the principles of epidemiology as a basis for advanced nursing practice with populations at risk.  Students gain an understanding of epidemiology as the science of public health and community health nursing by examining the range of health problems and diseases affecting diverse cultures, races and ethnic groups.  Upon completion of the course, students can apply the fundamentals of epidemiology to the structuring of health promotion interventions for high-risk groups.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Geriatric Nursing
COU_NBR: 614
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on issues related to the provision of holistic nursing care to the aging population. Emphasis is placed on health promotion, chronicity, and cultural aspects of aging, and end-of-life care.  Current theories of aging are examined. Graduate students will further analyze issues related to geriatrics in their advanced nursing practice specialty.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Program Design and Community Intervention
COU_NBR: 670
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is intended to enhance both practical and theoretical skills in program design and community intervention. Participants will examine the elements of design and practice from a 'bottom-up' lens, a community intervention practitioner lens, and from a broader socio-political lens. Fieldwork is incorporated into the course to nurture all participants' capacities as reflective practitioners.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Community Health Nursing Practicum
COU_NBR: 456P
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  The clinical experience in this course focuses on application of concepts of community health nursing in diverse community settings, emphasizing primary prevention, health promotion and cultural competence within the holistic framework.  Students must register concurrently for NURS 456 Community Health Nursing.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting: Early Childhood
COU_NBR: 110
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: NULL
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to take students through a widely-used evidence-based parenting program with the dual purpose of providing students with parenting skills for their own families and to evaluate the program in the context of research on parent-child relationships. 


SUBJ: HRM
TITLE: Advanced Research and Practice for Professional Career Development
COU_NBR: 605
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: NULL
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students in this course will examine the relationship between theory, practice, research, action and  professional development roles and responsibilities of the scholar-practitioner in engaged scholarship.  Students will develop professional skills in research critique, peer-review, scholarly presentation and participate in a multi-university professional development graduate cohort.  Students will develop acute research evaluation skills through review and critique of peer-papers, presentations, symposium and other professional development sessions.  The role of professionalism and professional organizations with regard to engaged scholarship will be explored along with the social nature of the career development process.  This course is offered in association and partnership with the annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management.  


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Research Methods
COU_NBR: 312
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to scientific research methods in psychology, emphasizing the experimental method.  Topics include developing research questions, reviewing background information, deciding on appropriate methodology, and collecting and interpreting data.  This course prepares students to think critically about psychological claims and is generally required preparation for graduate study.  This course includes assignments in the Psychology Laboratory.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Internet Application Development
COU_NBR: 325
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on how to design and establish information services over the Internet from the server side. Topics include advanced concepts and issues on Internet architecture, server-side design strategies, current technologies and Internet security. Through labs and programming projects, students learn how to use current scripting and markup languages to build nontrivial state-of-the-art applications.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Project Management
COU_NBR: 620
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on developing the skills needed to become a successful project manager and project team member.  Topics covered include all aspects of project management from project initiation issues and project planning to scheduling, implementation, monitoring progress and controlling to achieve desired project results.  Also, included are project management techniques such as PERT, CPM and project evaluation methods using appropriate software programs.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Java for Transfer Students
COU_NBR: 180
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This accelerated programming and design course covers the material in both ICS 140 Programming Fundamentals and ICS 141 Programming with Objects during a single semester.  It is designed for students who have experience programming in C, C++, or C#, but who need to learn the Java language.  See the descriptions of ICS 140 and ICS 141 for a list of topics covered.   Majors can substitute this course for ICS 141 Programming with Objects. Credit is not given for more than one of ICS 141 Programming with Objects, or ICS 180 Java for Transfer Students.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Web Design and Implementation
COU_NBR: 225
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on how to design and implement information services over the Internet from the client side. The course focuses on both usability and client-side scripting. Topics include the principles, strategies and policies of web page design, including the rules of good interface design, human factors, ethical concerns and information security. Through labs and programming projects, students also learn how to use current scripting and markup languages and how to employ state-of-the-art tools to embed interactive pages into Web-based applications.


SUBJ: THEA
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Playwriting II
COU_NBR: 587
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  From the well-made play to theater with a social conscience, this course uses a workshop approach to further explore and challenge the playwright's "voice" through a professional process of discussion, analysis, work with a director and rewriting.  Students may explore a variety of subjects and styles or expand upon projects in progress.  This class may be taken as an independent study with instructor's consent.


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: Technical Communication Capstone
COU_NBR: 683
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to enable graduate students in technical communication to effectively review, synthesize and demonstrate the skills and theories they have learned during their master's coursework.  It is also designed to be a "culminating experience in which students are expected to integrate special studies with the major, and extend, critique, and apply knowledge gained in their major" (Wagenaar, 1993).  Students should have completed all of their coursework before embarking on this course.


SUBJ: ETHS
TITLE: Applied Research for Social Change
COU_NBR: 400
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students learn about community research by participating in individualized classroom learning and working on research projects within communities of color.  This course is appropriate for students who want a hands-on multicultural research experience to learn basic research skills or to enhance existing ones.


SUBJ: HUM
TITLE: Folklore
COU_NBR: 326
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Folklore was and is part of everyone's everyday experience.  This course examines the nature of folklore; the study, analysis and interpretation of folklore; various folk traditions; and real-life examples and uses of folk-lore.  While emphasizing traditions of the United States, the course also presents aspects of folklore of other selected regions.


SUBJ: BIOL
TITLE: Ecosystem and Global Ecology
COU_NBR: 320
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers ecosystem theory, nutrient cycling, energy flow, and related global environmental topics including acid rain, greenhouse effect, climate change and mercury pollution. The content and methods of modern ecosystems research are emphasized. Lab activities may include field investigations, lab experiments, and computer modeling. Intended for biology and life sciences teaching majors and other qualified students. 


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Early Childhood Programs: Regulatory/Financial/Facility Management
COU_NBR: 351T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This theory seminar is designed for administrators of early childhood programs.  Students review major historical events and discuss current trends in the development of regulations and standards for early childhood programs including licensing regulations, accreditation standards, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated reporter regulations, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, and Child Custody regulations.  Students examine the elements of a business plan and budget including accounting, fund-raising and computer application.  Students also evaluate the design and maintenance of the physical facility of an early childhood program.


SUBJ: PHIL
TITLE: Introduction to Symbolic Logic
COU_NBR: 204
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Symbolic logic uses formal methods in order to study the properties of arguments in a precise and rigorous manner.  In this course, we learn about both the propositional calculus, which deals with the logical relations that hold among whole propositions, and the predicate calculus, a system which allows more precise analysis of linguistic structure.  The course will focus on both translation of natural languages into symbolic form, and proofs using natural deduction.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: The Changing Workplace
COU_NBR: 399T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The world of work is dynamic, multifaceted and is characterized by ongoing change.  Students in this theory seminar gain a better understanding of the workplace and have the chance to explore their own unique work roles as they relate to human services, training and adult development issues.  In particular, students meet the following learning objectives: understand the dynamics between work, family and community; gain awareness of workplace issues and resources in the media, including the Internet; identify historical and current trends in the area of work and career development; understand and analyze training programs that address workplace issues and the impact on the employees-as it relates to human services; assess and analyze the changing work/family patterns on gender roles; understand the changing demographics in terms of race, class, ethnicity, gender, disability and other underserved populations; and the implications of all of these in the workplace.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Adult Development and Lifelong Learning
COU_NBR: 302
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines adults in transition in the broad context of "the learning society" and explores practical applications of individual differences in learning styles and research on adult learners.  Students complete individual study projects which may relate to their personal development or to their professional development particularly as it applies to the workplace.  Periodically, focus or topic courses are offered for students with specific interests.  See PSYC 319 The Impact of Technology on Human and Organizational Behavior and PSYC 342 Adult Development and Lifelong Learning II:  Continuing Education and Training.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Managerial Communications
COU_NBR: 610
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course acquaints participants with the written assignments and oral presentations required in the master's program.  It focuses on dyadic and small group communication models, various models and strategies for communication in different types of organizations, the nature of listening, negotiation and conflict resolution, task-oriented group communication processes, teambuilding and leadership, persuasion, and the nature of evidence.  The course improves your ability to use appropriate communication devices and strategies in achieving organizational objectives, and sharpens your written and oral communication skills.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Fundamentals of Information Technology in Organizations - Skills
COU_NBR: 100B
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This two credit course is designed for students who have taken the MIS 100 (formerly MISD 100) waiver exam and who successfully completed only the concepts portion, but not the skills portion.  This course focuses on creating computer literate users who can better communicate with the technical people in their organization.  It covers computer skills that introduce students to word processing, graphics, database, spread sheet, business presentation and Internet microcomputer applications.  An e-mail account is required before registration.  This course, taken with MIS 100A, fulfills the MIS 100 requirement.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Fundamentals of Information Technology in Organizations-Concepts
COU_NBR: 100A
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This two credit course is designed for students who have taken the MIS 100 (formerly MISD 100) waiver exam and who successfully completed only the skills portion, but not the concepts portion.  This course focuses on creating computer literate users who can better communicate with the technical people in their organization.  It covers computer concepts pertaining to hardware, software, networks, internet and programming.  This course is delivered in a lecture format.  An e-mail account is required before registration. This course, taken with MIS 100B, fulfills the MIS 100 requirement.


SUBJ: RELS
TITLE: Women and Religion
COU_NBR: 377
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Does religion view women positively?  Do certain religious teachings impact the quality of women's lives and their role and status at home and in society?  From a religious viewpoint, how can women and men work together toward change for the betterment of society.  This course examines religious teachings and treatment of women as well as the role of religion in women's struggle for social change.  Topics include analyses of women's structural and personal oppression; critique of the role of gender, race, class and other diversity issues as they impact religious doctrines; and religious teachings about women and women's spirituality.  This course may at times approach its subject matter in terms of a particular religious tradition, such as, Christianity or Buddhism, or it may be taught from a comparative religious perspective.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: Historical Interpretation
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  What is history? It is often said that history should be objective, that it should provide just the facts, that it should bring people a sense of the past "as it really was." Those who study and write history professionally tend to view these demands as extremely naive. It is a fact that historians have produced radically different interpretations of particular events or developments in the past. The dominant interpretations of important events have changed greatly over time. The study of these changes is called historiography. Through the readings in this course, students confront such interpretive discrepancies and changes with respect to several important historical developments, which occurred in different parts of the world and in different eras.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: World War II: A Global History
COU_NBR: 398
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course offers students an overview of the World War II (1937-1945), emphasizing social and political history.  This war was truly a global experience, and the European and Pacific theaters of the war are integrated into a world history perspective. Students learn about the causes and effects of the war, and come to understand the national, regional and global transformations that occurred during the course of the war itself.  Military history is not emphasized, although some material in this vein is integrated into the larger perspective that students gain through a variety of reading and writing assignments.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Primary Care Nursing III: Children and Family Health
COU_NBR: 642
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the primary care of infants, children, and adolescents experiencing developmental, acute and chronic health concerns within the family context.  Student will gain knowledge of the etiology, differential diagnoses, clinical findings, and management of connom conditions affecting these age groups.  Content includes age-appropriate health promotion activities.  This course is a requirement for students in the FNP program.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Adult and Older Adult Clinical Practicum
COU_NBR: 641P
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This clinical practicum focuses on the continued development of history taking and physical examination skills.  Seminars focus on the advancement of differential diagnostic and critical thinking skills through case study examination, documentation review, and discussion.  Students integrate knowledge of family, culture, holism, community, and caring as they plan holistic care for clients in clinical settings.  Issues that arise from the clinical setting regarding advanced practice nursing roles will be addressed.  This course includes a minimum of 200 clinical hours.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Children and Family Health Clinical Practicum
COU_NBR: 642P
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This clinical practicum focuses on adept history taking and physical examination skills for clients across the lifespan with an emphasis on pediatric populations.  Seminars focus on the advancement of differential diagnostic and critical thinking skills through case study examination, documentation review, and discussion.  Students integrate knowledge of family, culture, holism, community, and caring as they plan holistic care for clients in clinical settings.  Issues that arise from the clinical setting regarding advanced practice nursing roles will be addressed.  This course includes a minimum of 200 clinical hours.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Advanced Practice Nursing: Management of Complex Illness
COU_NBR: 643
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on developing advanced skills in primary care management of adult and older adult clients with complex, multi-symptom illnesses.  Etiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnoses, and management issues are addressed.  The primary care provider's role as case manager of the person with complex, debilitating illnesses will be addressed.  This course is a requirement for students in the ANP program.


SUBJ: THEA
TITLE: Playwriting I
COU_NBR: 400
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Writing for the spoken word and for acting demands different skills than writing for the page.  Develop your ear, your signature of voice, your sense of subtext.  Through a variety of approaches, from improvisation to creative autobiography, students explore character, conflict and drama as metaphor.  Writers with material they would like to explore or adapt for the stage are welcome.  Expect to complete at least one short play.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Media Relations
COU_NBR: 385
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  One strategic approach for public relations practitioners is to establish relationships with key stakeholders using mass communication media.  Through course projects, students explore the building of working partnerships with the journalism community along with the range of media outlets available.  Students also explore preparing members of their organizations to deal with the media.


SUBJ: DBA
TITLE: Advanced Methodology
COU_NBR: 711
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: NULL
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Doctor of Nursing Practice
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: J
COU_DESC:
  DBA 711 Advanced Methodologies is an extension of DBA 705 Introduction to Research Inquiry, and covers research methodology at a deeper level.  In this course students will gain practical experience by applying the procedures and techniques of various research methodologies, using both instructor-provided and student-generated data.  Students will learn methodological techniques that require the collection, and analysis of data and reporting of results via such methods as bivariate, and multivariate data analysis, as well qualitative research methods to a lesser degree. 


SUBJ: SOC
TITLE: Race and Ethnicity: Sociological Perspectives
COU_NBR: 305
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course uses comparative methods to explore the sociological significance of race and ethnicity in the United States.  Theories of ethnic stratification are assessed, and students evaluate the causes and consequences of prejudice, discrimination and institutional subordination.  Through the social history of a variety of ethnic groups, students examine patterns of migration and settlement, community and family life, gender and class, and cultural values and norms.


SUBJ: SOC
TITLE: Deviance and Social Control
COU_NBR: 306
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Who determines what is "normal" in society?  What is the difference between deviance and social rebellion?  How is labeling linked to discrimination and discrediting rather than helping and healing?  This course examines the role of professionals and social institutions responsible for creating and enforcing public and private codes of behavior.  Sexual orientation, mental illness and gender stereotypes are examples examined.  Those who resist conforming to those codes are also studied.  Students analyze theories, read criticism, view films and evaluate other forms of interdisciplinary documentation.


SUBJ: ACCT
TITLE: Financial Accounting
COU_NBR: 210
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course in financial accounting acquaints students with the "language of business" and the concepts and practices of accounting in order to understand, interpret, and analyze the financial accounting reports of economic entities.  Topics include:  economic context of accounting; introduction to basic financial statements with emphasis on the statement of cash flows;  measurement fundamentals; analysis of financial statements; cash; receivables; inventories; investments in equity and debt securities including Consolidations; long-lived assets; current and long-term liabilities; stockholders' equity; and time value of money concepts and computations for decision making: international accounting practices are incorporated into every topic.  This is not a bookkeeping course.


SUBJ: ACCT
TITLE: Strategic Management Accounting
COU_NBR: 320
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides an introduction to the role of financial and nonfinancial information for planning and control decisions, emphasizing the strategic role of the management accountant in the organization.  It emphasizes strategy and the application of concepts and practices of management accounting on economic and noneconomic decisions.  Topics include:  cost behavior and estimation; cost analysis for planning and control decisions including value chain analysis, target costing, quality costs, customer value measurement systems, and benchmarking; cross-functional teams; activity-based management; and capital budgeting.


SUBJ: ACCT
TITLE: Financial Reporting
COU_NBR: 310
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This first course in a two-course financial reporting sequence provides for the preparation and understanding of financial information.  Topics include:  financial accounting theory and practice; official pronouncements of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and conceptual statements; financial statement preparation and analysis; revenue and expense recognition; accounting for assets and current liabilities; noncurrent liabilities and stockholder equity; and financial statement disclosures.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology
COU_NBR: 343
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course reviews current information on the clinical use of psychoactive medication.  The course focuses on standard clinical psychopharmacology, applications of psychoactive medication, and relative merits of medication vs. psychotherapy rather than on illicit drugs.  This course examines several classes of therapeutic drugs, such as neuroleptics, antidepressants, tranquilizers and hypnotics, their mechanisms of action and side effects, and research/experimental issues.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Art Therapy Overview
COU_NBR: 501
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides an overview of art therapy theories and techniques with a variety of populations.  Students personally experience art therapy through class exercises, assignments and journaling.  This course is suitable for people who wish to explore the art therapy field or who wish to experience it on a more personal level.  Recommended:  Psyc 300 Abnormal Psychology or Psyc 397 Developmental Disabilities:  Issues, Concepts and Problem Solving.  Overlap:  PSYC 302 Adult Development and Lifelong Learning.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Economics of the Environment
COU_NBR: 311
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores the economic aspects of environmental issues and regulations.  Current incentives to degrade or preserve the environment are presented and the impact of present policies on those incentives are established.  The tools of economic analysis are used to evaluate problems and suggest solutions.


SUBJ: PHIL
TITLE: Philosophy of Religion
COU_NBR: 106
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  What do people mean when they talk about God? What is worship or veneration and what is an appropriate object of worship? What is the relationship between belief in God and evidence or argument? How can one live with and respect others whose religious beliefs differ in fundamental and ways from one's own?  Is it reasonable or practicable to insist that there is or must not be a relation between religion and government?  What relationship does religion have to morality? How can one worship a God who allows the innocent to suffer? This course examines a selection from among these provocative questions with the aid and materials drawn largely from monotheistic religions.


SUBJ: LIT
TITLE: American Nature Writers
COU_NBR: 349
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course familiarizes students with characteristic works of nature writing by U.S. authors.  While the course touches on fiction and poetry, emphasis is on major authors, themes and issues in creative nonfiction about the natural world from the beginnings of European settlement to the present.  Topics covered include changes over time in American thinking and writing about nature; primitivism and the pastoral; the aesthetics of nature and nature writing; nature writing and spirituality, Romanticism, Modernism, and the natural world; anthrocentrism and biocentrism; ecofeminism; creation of point of view in description and nonfiction narrative;  authorial tone and credibility; and the "prophetic tradition" in American nature writing.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Voice and Data Communications
COU_NBR: 461
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course emphasizes the technical underpinnings of voice and data communication systems including engineering specifications, architectures, protocols and capacities. Relevant system design, development and operational considerations associated with deploying these communication systems are discussed.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Multimedia Design and Programming
COU_NBR: 321
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course studies the principles and practices of multimedia design and production.  Students learn about planning, organizing and managing a multimedia production.  The class works through various stages of production using several multimedia authoring tools including:  screen layout and interface design; creation and modification of graphic elements; project layout, design and navigation; scripting (programming).


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Database Management Systems Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 311T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Covers concepts and methods in the definition, creation and management of databases. Emphasis is placed on usage of appropriate methods and tools to design and implement databases to meet identified business needs. Topics include conceptual, logical and physical database design theories and techniques, such as use of Entity Relationship diagrams, query tools and SQL; evaluation of database management systems; responsibilities of data and database administrators; database integrity, security and privacy; and current and emerging trends. Database management systems such as MySQL are used in the course. Overlap: ICS 311 Database Management Systems. 


SUBJ: ETHS
TITLE: Environmental Justice and Public Policy
COU_NBR: 304
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This class focuses on the history and background of the social and environmental issues confronting racial and ethnic communities in the United States.  Students learn about the practice and politics of ecological inequality, community initiatives which have developed to combat such inequality, and how environmental justice has emerged as a viable and powerful political movement.  This course is useful to students interested in environment and public policy as well as racial and ethnic studies.


SUBJ: ETHS
TITLE: Politics of Mixed Racial Identity
COU_NBR: 306
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the phenomenon of mixed race descent in the United States.  For comparative purposes, the course also explores the topic in relation to other nations.  Included in the course are historical perspectives, and exploration of the psychology, sociology and literature associated with mixed race descent.


SUBJ: ETHS
TITLE: Topics in Contemporary Native North America
COU_NBR: 332
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines significant and current issues in Native America.  Drawing across disciplines and tribal communities, the course interweaves the following topics:  tribal sovereignty; federal, tribal, and state relationships; economic development; language preservations; education; health disparities and health promotion; ethnic identity; urban experiences, and Native American media and art.  This class presents Indigenous peoples as modern peoples, not as images from the past.


SUBJ: MDST
TITLE: Writing for Television
COU_NBR: 560
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the techniques of writing for television with an emphasis on examining the professional writing environment on a television program, the history and trends involved in television writing and creating professional quality scripts. Students should consult the Class Schedule for particular topics and descriptions which include situation comedy, drama and newswriting.  Familiarity with script software and full attendance required.


SUBJ: BIOL
TITLE: Biology of Cancer
COU_NBR: 406
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Covers the genetic, physiological, and molecular principles underlying the causes and treatments of cancer. Course focuses on the regulatory pathways and their genetic flaws that govern cell proliferation, angiogenesis, malignancy and metastasis. Intended for biology majors in their senior year.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Employee Communication
COU_NBR: 383
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to the many forms of employee communication created by public relations practitioners.  Through the use of case studies students gain practical experience creating employee communications and come to appreciate its vital role in attaining the strategic goals of public relations programming.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Advanced Interpersonal Communication
COU_NBR: 431
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In both personal and professional spheres, interpersonal communication is the primary means through which relationships are developed, maintained, repaired, and dissolved.  Effective interpersonal communication is widely recognized as the cornerstone of successful friendships, marriages, and families.  Due to the importance of interpersonal communication, scholars in positivist/post-positivist, constructivist, and critical approaches have proposed theories and conducted research.  This course explores and evaluates these theories.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: Problems of Contemporary Europe in Historical Perspective
COU_NBR: 355
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  What is Europe?  Who is a European?  Why is there conflict in the Balkans?  Have democracy and capitalism failed in Russia?  Using the lens provided by the past, these and other serious problems facing Europeans today are examined in an effort to understand the causes and consequences of issues that have importance not only within Europe, but also within the world community.


SUBJ: LIT
TITLE: Hemingway and Friends
COU_NBR: 347
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course acquaints students with major works of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald and introduces other writers of that era who were significant in their lives and work.  Discussion of Hemingway and Fitzgerald focuses on major literary influences, characteristic themes and techniques in their work, links between their lives and their fiction, response to their work by their contemporary critics and the general public, and late twentieth century reevaluations of their work.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Early Childhood Programs: Advocacy and Communications
COU_NBR: 352T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This theory seminar is designed for teachers, administrators and advocates of early childhood programs.  Students explore personal, public policy and private-sector advocacy.  The structure of the state and federal government and the role and regulatory processes of the legislative branch are reviewed.  Students discuss political activities and nonlegislative opportunities for making public policy at the state and local levels including organizing a grassroots network.  Students identify organizational resources and explore various means of communication including tips for communicating with legislators and using the media effectively.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Early Childhood Development within a Social/Cultural and Historical Context
COU_NBR: 356
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores the social, cultural, and historical contexts which impact child development.  Students learn how children have been perceived during historical periods as well as the roles that children play in a variety of cultures.  Emphasis is on racism, classism, sexism, ethnocentrism, ableism and heterosexism.  Strategies for reducing the negative impact on children's lives and promoting healthy development of children within the social-political context are explored.  The roles of parents, family and the community are considered as they relate to current policies affecting the needs of young children.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Positive Behavior Guidance
COU_NBR: 359
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course addresses the developmentally appropriate strategies to support learning of socially appropriate classroom behaviors for young children.  Strategies examined for the course support social development, personal values and citizenship.  The developmental and philosophical rationale for selection of behavior guidance strategies and practices are the foundational focus of the course.  Students address the differences between discipline, classroom management and positive behavior guidance with particular focus on the cultural and contextual experiences of children in urban communities.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Principles of Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood
COU_NBR: 415
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines principles of teaching that can be derived from psychological theories and research, including behavioral, cognitive and social cognitive theories. Students plan and implement appropriate instructional practices based on knowledge of individual children, home culture, the urban community, curriculum goals and content.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Comparative Study of Early Childhood Program Models
COU_NBR: 416
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on a comparative study of traditional, current and culturally-based program models designed for children from birth through eight years of age.   Students are introduced to early childhood program models including Reggio Emilia, Head Start, Montessori, cognitively-oriented preschools (High Scope), behavioral approaches to learning (Portage, Distar),even start, early childhood family education, and school readiness.


SUBJ: RELS
TITLE: Introduction to Religious Studies
COU_NBR: 301T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines various interpretations and comparative understanding of the definition of religion from perspectives of sociologist, anthropologist, psychologist and theologians.  The course also explores theoretical concepts and approaches to major categories and themes in the study of religion.  The main purpose of the course is to introduce students to key concepts and categories in the field of religious studies and how they influence their understanding of religious belief and experience.  Overlap:  RELS 301 Introduction to Religious Studies.


SUBJ: SOC
TITLE: Contemporary Sociology
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces and explores the sociological perspective.  The central theme of the course is what C. Wright Mills called the sociological imagination which enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society.  Students explore how they are embedded in ever widening social circles that range from local to global. The focus is on how social forces such as culture, race and ethnicity, nationality, religion, social class, and gender contribute to the shaping of societies and the course of their histories. Students use conceptual tools drawn from sociology to analyze a range of contemporary social issues. 


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Quality Improvement in Organizations
COU_NBR: 640
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines organizational excellence and continuous improvement of quality from the managerial perspective.  Topics include customer focus and satisfaction, the role of leadership, strategic planning, management by fact, human resource development and management, process design and improvement, and their impact on business/organizational results.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Cyber Ethics
COU_NBR: 694
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  With Information Technology playing an ever greater role in organizations, and the widespread availability of technology with the ability to collect and create information on everyone, many new ethical issues have been created.  This course will frame many current ethic issues in IT and help the student develop methods of analyzing and dealing with these issues in real world situations.  Topics may include issues such as privacy, copyright and intellectual property, employee monitoring approaches, multinational information flows, corporate intelligence and others.  Hacking, computer security, viruses and other acts of destruction will be reviewed from an ethical perspective.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Integrative Capstone Project
COU_NBR: 699
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Two cohorts per term will be formed to do systems projects, one of which will be Web-based.  Twin Cities organizations will be solicited for systems development or other related projects.  Resident faculty will oversee teams.  Group project and individual reports will be created.  Clients' perceptions will be determined.  This experience will give the students many networking opportunities in addition to the critical opportunity to apply what they have learned in a rigorous way.  Theory and practice will merge to meet the fast-paced requirements of a real world IS environment.  When the cohort successfully completes its project, its members will have valuable experiences to draw on for years to come.  


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Introduction to Intercultural Communication
COU_NBR: 233
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This introductory course explores definitions of intercultural communication, traditional spheres of influence that shapes intercultural encounters globally and locally, and skills that can assist students to improve intercultural communication.  Students experience intercultural communication situations and episodes in class and in the community.  Skill building for interculturally sensitive communication in a variety of settings including work, family, and daily encounters are discussed and analyzed.  Current events involving the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota are explored for students' responses and recommendations for improved communication strategies.


SUBJ: HSFS
TITLE: Selected Topics in Family Assistance
COU_NBR: 399
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The topics covered in the different sections of this course vary from semester to semester.  The focus of each section is on the concerns as well as the supports needed by selected types of family arrangements.  The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the specific, respective issues of different family configurations as well as to allow students to critique appropriate strategies for helping and empowering them.  Possible topics include: working with foster families, working with GLBT families, working with grand-parent-headed families, working with teen families, working with homeless families, working with families of offenders working with bi-racial families and so on.  Students should consult the Class Schedule for family types featured each semester.   Note:  This course may be taken four times for credit as long as the topic is different.


SUBJ: PHYS
TITLE: General Physics I - Algebra Based
COU_NBR: 111
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Physics investigates concepts of energy involved in everyday life.  General Physics is designed for students interested in science and technology related careers and majors.  It is taught at the algebra/trigonometry level and it incorporates conceptual understanding, laboratory work, and mathematical problem solving.  General Physics I covers motion, heat, and wave motion.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: International and Comparative Economics
COU_NBR: 314
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course analyzes selected issues and problems in international trade and also studies how various countries approach basic economic policy questions.  Topics include:  the theory of comparative advantage, barriers to trade such as tariffs and quotas, exchange rates, balance of payments, organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, and an analysis of current issues in American trade policy.  The course concludes with an analysis of the economic policies of major trading partners:  Japan, China and the European Union with some attention to other capitalist and noncapitalist economies.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Economics of Diversity
COU_NBR: 315
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course uses various techniques to examine issues and problems relevant to the themes of race, ethnicity, gender, preference and class.  Topics include:  how race, ethnicity and gender arise in economics and how they relate to the labor market; the impact of national economic policies on diverse groups; the economics of discrimination; and questions related to domestic partner issues.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Labor Economics
COU_NBR: 313
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course assesses the role of labor as a production factor in the economy, as well as the factors affecting the supply of, and demand for, labor.  Topics include:  determinants of labor supply and demand; analysis of labor markets; theories of wages and employment; income and wage inequality among occupations, industries and regions; the role of labor unions and collective bargaining as they affect supply and demand conditions; and the relationships among wages, inflation, unemployment and government policies.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Intermediate Macroeconomics
COU_NBR: 351
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Topics covered in this course include:  measuring economic performance; the determination of income and expenditures; the role of government in influencing general equilibrium and economic fluctuations; the development of stabilization policies; and the operations of financial markets.  The analytical approaches are more advanced than those in ECON 201 Macroeconomics.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Intermediate Microeconomics
COU_NBR: 352
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the analysis of consumption behavior and demand using the theory of utility and indifference, the theory of production and costs, and analysis of the firm and industries under the four market structures.  Factor pricing and general equilibrium using comparative static analysis techniques are also covered.  Selected topics include:  market failure, price ceilings and floors under different market structures, subsidies, regulations, price discrimination, and consumer and producer surplus.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Health Economics
COU_NBR: 316
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course applies microeconomics principles to the health care services field.  The role of consumer choice and firm behavior are examined in the markets for health insurance and health care.  An understanding of the role of public and private financing and delivery systems is developed.  The tools and techniques of economics are employed to facilitate policy, analytic and management decisions in the health care field.  Students participate in an interactive computer simulation to design a national health care system.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Money, Banking and Financial Institutions
COU_NBR: 420
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed for business and economics students interested in acquiring a broader view of the financial system and its markets.  The material is divided into three sections:  historical, theoretical and institutional.  The historical section covers the evolution of money, money creation, inflation, the economy, and the development of banking.  The theoretical part covers methods to trace the impact of money on the economy including classical, Keynesian, monetarist and rational expectation approaches.  The institutional portion deals with financial intermediaries and financial instruments.


SUBJ: ACCT
TITLE: Auditing
COU_NBR: 512
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The audit of corporate financial statements by the independent registered accountant using generally accepted auditing standards of the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board for publicly traded corporations is the focus of this course. A risk based approach us used with emphasis on both auditing concepts and audit programs.


SUBJ: THEA
TITLE: Advanced Acting
COU_NBR: 445
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Art is in the becoming." In this class students move beyond a basic understanding of acting and toward a more complete connection between the role and the actor. A continuation of THEA 345 Acting III, students work further to develop the ability to sustain focus of attention, to concentrate energy and to deepen their understanding of character motivation and subtext. Students may have the opportunity to audition for directing class projects which rehearse outside of class time. This class may be taken twice for credit.


SUBJ: THEA
TITLE: Directing and Creating Theater
COU_NBR: 540
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Learn to analyze script, work with actors, construct a prompt book, and use the director's tools to elevate the written script to dramatic action. Students initially explore the possibilities of realistic drama with the option in the second half, to move on to original creations, collaborations or other styles of theater. All work is under the guidance of a director, toward the evolution of the specific theater piece. This class may be taken twice for credit.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Macroeconomics
COU_NBR: 201
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the economy as a whole and studies how government can affect the economy.  After starting with principles of markets, the price system and supply and demand, the course covers national income accounting, business cycles, inflation, unemployment, fiscal policy, monetary policy and the Federal Reserve System, different approaches to economic growth, and the foundations of international trade.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Microeconomics
COU_NBR: 202
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the interactions between the consumer and the producer.  It begins with the theory of markets, supply and demand, and the price system.  Then it covers demand elasticity, the costs of production including the various factor inputs, the four major market structures (pure competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly and monopoly), and ways to increase the competition in markets.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Professional Negotiations
COU_NBR: 656
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course helps students to understand the roles of negotiations in purchasing goods and services to support manufacturing operations.  Topics include how to establish negotiations objectives, how to analyze and to use various negotiating strategies and tactics, how to negotiate in line with legal and ethical considerations, and how to evaluate the effectiveness of negotiating policies, procedures and personnel.


SUBJ: IBUS
TITLE: International Political Economy
COU_NBR: 312
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides an overview of the geopolitical and historical frameworks that directly or indirectly affect day-to-day operations and management decision making of companies doing business in an increasingly global context.  Topics include: perspectives on IPE theories; international trade, finance and monetary systems; global security issues; state-market tensions; the role of multinational corporations; the IPE of economics development and of resource accessibility; and selected global problems.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Pharmacology of Drugs Abuse
COU_NBR: 200
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to acquaint the student with physiological, psychological, and sociological aspects of commonly abused psychoactive drugs and their effects.  Topics covered for each category of psychoactive drug include:  general information, incidence and prevalence, mechanism of action, specific psychological and physical effects, and treatment approaches.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Organizational Development and Change
COU_NBR: 389
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides an overview of organization development principles necessary for any type of organization to effectively cope and react to inevitable change that will impact organizational effectiveness and survival. Addresses the theory and practice or organizational development including: initial diagnosis, entry, contracting, data collection, data analysis, action planning, approaches to implementing planned change, and evaluation of planned change effectiveness. Today, every manager, at any level, must be capable of dealing with certain change in a proactive manner.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Staff Training and Adult Development
COU_NBR: 394
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students in this course focus on staff development and training techniques, and examine their roles and functions within nonprofit and public/governmental organizations.  Attention is given to the identification of training needs, strategies for meeting those needs, information on adult learning, the use of evaluations, and the overall purpose of staff development and training within an organization.  Students develop a hypothetical staff development program as a major project.  Recommended: Some preparation in psychology.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Language and Communication Development in Early Childhood Education
COU_NBR: 417
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides students with foundational knowledge of the development of the communication skills in young children from birth through age eight.  Topics include: hearing and speaking, speech and language development, vision and visual motor skills, and emergent literacy and small motor skills development.  The process of learning more than one language is addressed as well as strategies for working with children for whom English is not the first language.  The application of knowledge in the areas of assessment, individualization and referral are addressed and practiced.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Early Childhood Studies Internship
COU_NBR: 418
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This internship is for students interested in working with young children.  Students apply their knowledge and skills within an urban community-based program, school, or agency serving young children from birth through age eight.  The site is chosen to meet individual student learning goals.  Students are required to complete observations, plan activities and facilitate children's learning.  Note:  This course is reserved for Early Childhood Studies students.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Supply Chain Information Systems
COU_NBR: 653
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the use of information technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the corporate supply chain. Topics covered include key information technologies in supply chain management: Collaborative Planning Forecasting & Replenishment, Electronic Procurement, Inventory management technology (including auto-identification for inventory such as Bar Codes and RFID tags), Labor Management and Manufacturing Execution systems along with Shipping/Transportation Management & Asset Maintenance technologies. Hands-on exercises with actual ERP software will be used as well. Prerequisite: MIS 600.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: ERP and Applications
COU_NBR: 654
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Introduction to Enterprise Resource Planning systems, the ERP life cycle, the pros and cons of ERP systems, and highlights of ERP's role in an e-commerce system.  This course also highlights ERP risk - the factors that go into success or failure for ERP implementations.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Database and Client/Server Systems
COU_NBR: 657
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Databases represent not only data storage, but critical organizational assets. MIS professionals must not only understand the basics of database management and relational design, but must also know how to leverage these assets for competitive advantage.  This course covers database design and implementation and creation of information and standards.  Client/Server technology represents an important part of modern database applications.  It allows the firm to implement database applications as efficiently as possible in networked environments.  Competence in the application, development, evaluation, management and use of corporate and external databases, including client/server technologies are skills needed by all business people.  More importantly it is critical to MIS professionals given the vast array of options and new tools available.  Topics in distributed database management including transaction management, concurrency control, deadlocks, replicated database management, query processing reliability, and surveys of commercial systems and research prototypes will be reviewed.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Knowledge Management
COU_NBR: 673
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to define the role of Knowledge Management (KM) in organizations, various components needed to manage knowledge in an organization, leadership skills required to lead a KM initiative, evaluation of existing KM tools and systems, the difference between KM and data management, content management, and information retrieval.  It gives special attention to management information systems theories in the organizational setting including: transaction processing, operational reporting, decision support systems and executive information systems.  It also includes all phases of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) as well as system maintenance strategies and planning.  It emphasizes the human aspects of change management, training and implementation.  The course includes case analysis from texts and real world examples.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Process Analysis and Design
COU_NBR: 683
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course was created to give students a thorough look at the discipline of process analysis and design, workflow analysis and process reengineering.  It uses a highly visual approach to both designing and communications process analysis.  Students will learn to properly analyze, design and build the main visualizations for process analysis including flowcharts, data flow diagrams, entity relationship diagrams and others as tools for communicating management designs.  


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Risk Analysis in Information Technology
COU_NBR: 675
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Any IT development project contains significant risks.  However, keeping the status quo is also risky in rapidly changing technological and competitive environments.  This course is designed to familiarize the student with risk analysis concepts derived from many sources including actuarial and statistical studies, insurance and risk analysis, software quality assurance methodologies, management and audit trails and many others.  Student will learn to assess the risk in an information systems portfilio and develop strategies for managing the many risk types discussed: Prerequisites: MIS 600.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Database Management Systems
COU_NBR: 311
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Covers concepts and methods in the definition, creation and management of databases. Emphasis is placed on usage of appropriate methods and tools to design and implement databases to meet identified business needs. Topics include conceptual, logical and physical database design theories and techniques, such as use of Entity Relationship diagrams, query tools and SQL; responsibilities of data and database administrators; database integrity, security and privacy; and current and emerging trends. Use of database management systems such as MySQL. Coverage of HCI (Human Computer Interaction) topics.  Development of GUI front ends to databases with application of HCI principles to provide a high level usability experience.  Overlap: ICS 311T Database Management Systems.


SUBJ: DSCI
TITLE: Design for Six Sigma
COU_NBR: 601
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Special Program/Community
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 7
COU_DESC:
  This course does an in-depth analysis of statistical process control, the development of six sigma methodology, experiment design validation, quality management tools and quality system regulations.


SUBJ: PRSP
TITLE: The American Legal System
COU_NBR: 370
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CIS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  A William Mitchell College of Law course, this course covers some basic elements that make up the American legal system, starting with the way lawyers think (in tandem with the PRSP 371 Legal Reasoning and Writing).  The course describes the process of law, and goes into units which cover the basic application and interpretation of law.  These units focus on examples and applications in two areas of law - torts and criminal law.  Students are given a mix of case law and statutory law, and are shown how the law is applied in factual, hypothetical situations.  The classroom instruction is given as a standard law school presentation.  The final exam tests students in the same way law students are tested, by applying law to hypothetical fact situations.


SUBJ: PRSP
TITLE: Legal Reasoning and Writing
COU_NBR: 371
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CIS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  A William Mitchell College of Law course, this course covers basic legal reasoning, the logical process used in legal thought and analysis.  This course includes some basic writing and exercises to demonstrate new analytical skills.  This course is a preview of the legal writing program that most law students must take in their first year. Corequisite: PRSP 370 The American Legal System.


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: Advanced Editing
COU_NBR: 571
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this course, students hone and refine editing skills on a variety of documents. Topics include electronic editing, using online styles, using electronic resources in editing, dynamics of the editor-writer relationship, writing headlines and captions, and editing information graphics. Class exercises cover grammar, punctuation, and usage issues. All students complete an individual project. 


SUBJ: RELS
TITLE: Introduction to Religious Studies
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines various interpretations and comparative understanding of the definition of religion from perspectives of sociologist, anthropologist, psychologist and theologians.  The course also explores theoretical concepts and approaches to major categories and themes in the study of religion.  The main purpose of the course is to introduce students to key concepts and categories in the field of religious studies and how they influence their understanding of religious belief and experience.


SUBJ: ACCT
TITLE: Business Taxation
COU_NBR: 530
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on identifying issues that affect the taxation of businesses.  Ten Chapters are covered:  foundation of taxation, including types of taxes, structure of the income tax, taxpayers, and general concepts of income and deduction; business income and expenses; taxation of property transactions; and overview of corporations, S corporations, partnerships, and entity choice.  Planning options are emphasized.


SUBJ: HRM
TITLE: Human Resource Management: A Strategic Framework
COU_NBR: 310
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Consistent with current management thought this course examines the importance of human capital in organizations. Human Resource Management theories, trends, policies and practices are studied from a strategic management, decision-making perspective covering staffing compensation, employee development, employee relations, labor relations and related areas. A case study approach is used and outside research is required.


SUBJ: HRM
TITLE: Personnel and Industrial Psychology
COU_NBR: 330
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on principles and techniques of personnel and industrial psychology and applications of scientific psychology to business and industrial settings.  Topics include:  psychology as a science and professional practice issues; employee selection, psychological testing, performance appraisal, and training and development; leadership in organizations; motivation, job satisfaction and job involvement; organizational structure; work conditions, engineering psychology, employee safety and health, and work stress; and consumer psychology.  This course is appropriate for general management, business administration and psychology students in addition to human resource management professionals.


SUBJ: BLAW
TITLE: Business Law: UCC and Contracts
COU_NBR: 310
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course reviews the purposes, philosophies and organization of the U.S. legal system.  It provides an intensive study of the law which governs contracts for services, real estate, employment, insurance, trademark, patents and copyrights.  Topics covered include legally binding contract requirements (offer and acceptance, legality of subject matter, capacity of parties and contractual consideration); circumstances which require a contract to be in writing; defenses for avoiding contractual liability; and legal remedies for breach of contract.  It also focuses on the articles of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), which govern the rights and obligations of parties to transactions involving the sale of goods (Article II), commercial paper such as checks, notes and drafts (Article II), and financing arrangements in which one party gives another a security interest in property (Article IX) and the effects of federal bankruptcy laws on these transactions.


SUBJ: BLAW
TITLE: Legal Environment of Organizations
COU_NBR: 320
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The behavior of organizations and people in organizations is influenced in a variety of ways by the Constitution, state and federal legislation, regulations by all levels of government, by judicial opinions and by ethical considerations.  This course explores selected aspects of the legal environment, including antitrust and fair trade laws, the law of contracts, laws and regulations concerning the workplace and workplace behavior, environmental protections, and ethical standards.  Issues relating to franchising and trading in securities are also addressed within the context of the law and ethics.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Staff Training and Adult Development Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 394T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students in this theory seminar focus on staff development and training techniques, and examine their roles and functions within nonprofit and public/governmental organizations.  Attention is given to the identification of training needs, strategies for meeting those needs, information on adult learning, the use of evaluations, and the overall purpose of staff development and training within an organization.  Students develop a hypothetical staff development program as a major project.  Prerequisite: Obtain and complete diagnostic test/or essay from the Teaching Center.  Overlap: HSTD 394 Staff Training and Development.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Assessment of Learning and Teaching in Urban Grades 5-12
COU_NBR: 300
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on assessment as a learning tool to guide the planning, development and implementation of curriculum and instruction. Theories and research related to principles of learning, motivation and multiple intelligences are explored. Practical experience designing short- and long-term learning outcomes and various types of assessment is offered. Topics include standards-based instruction, formative and summative assessment, standardized testing, validity, reliability, bias, rubrics, portfolio-based assessment, performance-based assessment, and communicating with families. State and national standards and performance criteria for the evaluation of teaching are also explored. Clinical field experience hours are part of the course requirements.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities in Urban 5-12 Classrooms
COU_NBR: 310
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is an overview of the role of subject area teachers in assessing, accommodating, and supporting the education of diverse students with disabilities and other special needs in urban grades 5-12 classrooms. The course will address what teachers should know about exceptional learners, including students with disabilities and students with special gifts and talents. The responsibilities of general education teachers in service to students with special needs who are included in the mainstreamed classroom will also be examined, and practice will be provided for developing lesson plans and assessments that meet the needs of students with exceptionalities. Special education law and collaboration with special education staff will be discussed in the context of reviewing current research, issues and best practices for pre- and post-special education service needs of exceptional learners in urban public schools. Clinical field experience hours are part of the course requirements.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Literacy Education in Urban Schools
COU_NBR: 400
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the many aspects of literacy which arise in urban secondary classrooms. Through course readings, presentations, discussions, and applied written and oral exercises, students explore ways to teach a variety of materials to diverse middle and high school students whose reading and developmental levels vary widely. Students explore techniques of how to encourage learners both to engage with reading and writing and to assume responsibility for literacy learning. Through instructional techniques and integrated learning models which focus on various content areas, the information learned in this course prepares the teachers to assist struggling readers and writers.  Clinical field experience hours are part of the course requirements.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Career Pathing
COU_NBR: 397
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Career Pathing is a computer-enhanced independent study and is intended for students who know their own career goals, but want to enhance their knowledge of career development and how to use this information.  The content covers career development theory and applications and topics relevant to adult career planning.  Those adult career-planning topics include cultural diversity, dynamics of layoffs, career change and reentry of workers.  The student-designed term project is intended to help students in their own work settings.  Career Pathing is ideal for managers trying to help their employees; the independent study is also useful to counselors, other human services workers those needing career planning knowledge for their clients, and adult learners wanting to enhance their knowledge and credentials.  Overlap:  HSTD 397T Career Pathing Theory Seminar


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Advanced Data Mining Tools
COU_NBR: 686
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The course gives students an opportunity to start with several Business Problems which require Data Mining techniques like classification, estimation, clustering. Students are supposed to research on Data Mining vendors/tools to find Strengths & Weaknesses for selected Data Mining tools Students are supposed to use 5 groups of Data Mining tools selection criteria: Hardware/OS/Networking, Data reparation/Manipulation, User Interface/Model Output, Algorithms & Manageability, Support/Documentation/Training.   The course gives students an opportunity to exercise advanced Data Exploration and Mining software (developed by Synera Systems, Inc.) to analyze Retail Customer Behavior.  Students are supposed to use a macro language to document Data Quality problems. Introduction to E-Customer Behavior is also a part of this course.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Electronic Government
COU_NBR: 695
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The purpose of this course is to describe the growth of E-Government, typical phases of development, and strategies for planning and managing E-Government initiatives.  Topics include both the challenges to E-Government such as data privacy and the "digital divide", as will as the best practices, success stories and breakthrough innovations in public sector service delivery.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Introduction to Human Services: History and Trends
COU_NBR: 355T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar is open to students with significant work, volunteer or professional, experience in the human service field.  The seminar is designed to examine various developments, trends, research and theoretical approaches to human service work and to have students relate these to their own experience.  Prerequisite:  Students must obtain and complete diagnostic test from the Teaching Center.  Overlap:  HSER 255/355 Introduction to Human Services:  History and Trends.


SUBJ: IBUS
TITLE: International Business Environment and Operations
COU_NBR: 311
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course addresses the major features of the global business environment (economic, cultural, legal and political) and the international business theory and practice needed to operate and compete successfully in the global economy.  Case studies focus on key decision areas in international management, marketing, purchasing, finance and production. 


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: 1000 Words or Less
COU_NBR: 358
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Writing Short Creative Works is a multi-genre workshop designed for creative writers who wish to work exclusively on very short pieces.  Students will deepen their knowledge of the general craft of writing, expand their personal writing horizons by writing outside familiar genres, and work intensively on drafting and revising short works.  The range of writings possible in this class include poems, prose poems, personal essays, sudden fiction, humor writing, short-short memoirs and creative non-fiction, and other genre-defying work. This course may be repeated for credit.


SUBJ: EDU
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Special Topics in Education
COU_NBR: 499
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course presents topics of interest for undergraduate students in the Urban Teacher Program. Topics vary with each offering of this course.  Check the class schedule for details about topics and course prerequisites.  This course may be taken any number of times for credit as long as the topic is different.  Depending on the topic offered, this class may count as a major requirement course; otherwise, it is considered an elective.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: E-Commerce and Customer Relationship Management
COU_NBR: 690
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This graduate seminar course will review the essential infrastructure and transaction components of electronic commerce.  It will also examine in detail the evolving panorama of business strategy for business-to-consumer electronic commerce.  In that context of strategy for electronic commerce two issues in particular will be examined: (a) achieving synergy of e-commerce with "brick and mortar" business operations & (b) the increasingly significant and evolving role of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems.  Also examined will be the unique challenges of project management for electronic commerce development efforts that require heavy outsourcing and multiple partnerships with external vendors: Web developers, databases specialists, ASPs, & media specialists.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: M-Commerce: Extending the Enterprise
COU_NBR: 691
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will cover a range of mobile and wireless applications and explore how those technologies are impacting the business enterprise.  It will address the impact of various wireless and mobile services on day-to-day business operations and analyze the productivity and revenue-enhancement potential available to business.  The course will also address the issue of creating mass customization for end users.  This course is targeted at students who are working business managers with a need to understand the impact of the new and emerging mobile telecommunications services and how they can be harnessed to add value to business operations.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Working with Diverse Communities
COU_NBR: 562G
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  These seminars are open to current students as well as professionals who work or plan to work with diverse communities. Each seminar is focused on one specific issue in a community. The seminars provide opportunities for concentrated learning of issues and culturally specific knowledge relevant to working in diverse communities.


SUBJ: IBUS
TITLE: Developing International Markets
COU_NBR: 680
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to the concepts and disciplines of international marketing. Students develop an understanding of the international environment and its impact on marketing. Topics include social and cultural influences; political, legal and financial considerations; exporting and importing; organizational alternatives; information sources; market-entry strategies; pricing and distribution; sales and communications practices; counter trade; and other current international marketing issues. Major geographic marketing areas are discussed.


SUBJ: DSCI
TITLE: Project Risk Management
COU_NBR: 630
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides a comprehensive study of project risk management, including concepts, methodologies, and applications. It includes systematic approaches to risk identification, risk modeling, risk impact assessment, respond planning, and documentation. Decision science methods such as System Dynamics, Monte Carlo Simulation, Decision Analysis, Probability Analysis, Analytic Hierarchy Process, and Scenario Analysis will be utilized in risk assessment. Use of computer software in risk analysis will also be emphasized.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Mental Health and the Law
COU_NBR: 508
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course addresses some of the major issues arising from the interaction of law and the mental health system.  Following a legal system overview, topics include civil commitment, the right to treatment and to refuse treatment, legal and policy issues affecting the community mental health system, mental health considerations in the criminal justice process, and malpractice and other legal concerns affecting mental health professional practice.


SUBJ: PSYC
TITLE: Studies in Art Therapy
COU_NBR: 594
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This independent study is designed to meet a student's individual needs in the art therapy field.  A student may begin or continue a study of art therapy through reading and/or practical experience such as fieldwork, focusing on a particular population, age level or setting of the student's choice in consultation with instructor.


SUBJ: BLAW
TITLE: Marketing and Advertising Law
COU_NBR: 430
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course addresses the laws that regularly affect day-to-day marketing and advertising practices.  Topics include the cases, statutes and regulatory agencies that create liability for advertising copy and layout, and those dealing with acquiring and protecting trade names, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, copyrights and patents, and the laws which define and create liability for unfair competitive practices.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Introduction to Business
COU_NBR: 100
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course acquaints students with the American business system. Students learn about the environment of business including the economic, political/legal, socio/demographic, global, technological, and competitive aspects and how they impact organizations.  In addition, the various functional areas of business are examined (marketing, management and finance).  Students also consider the critical issues that face most contemporary business organizations (ethical/social issues, cultural diversity and global considerations).


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Management Principles and Practices
COU_NBR: 310
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the historical and philosophical roots of management as well as current management theory and practices.  The critical success factors leading to effective performance in the roles of planner, decision maker, organizer, leader, motivator, controller and manager of a diverse workforce in a changing environment are identified and evaluated.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Organizational Behavior
COU_NBR: 320
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the behavior of individuals and groups within diverse organizations and on organizational structure and processes.  Topics include motivation, group development and dynamics, teamwork, communication, organizational structure, job design, stress, power, politics, conflict, and organizational culture.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Managing Quality
COU_NBR: 340
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines several frameworks to the management of organizational excellence, including Deming Juran the Baldrige Award, ISO and Six Sigma.  Topics include customer focus, leadership, management by fact, strategic planning, human resources, continuous improvement of processes and business results.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Managing a Diverse Workforce
COU_NBR: 360
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on policies and practices for effectively managing a diverse workforce in private, public and nonprofit organizations.  The current context, legal environment and historical development of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and diversity are addressed.  Students gain theoretical and practical knowledge to understand beliefs, attitudes, biases, and prejudices to more effectively manage differences in order to enhance organization productivity.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Case Studies in Strategic Management
COU_NBR: 499
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This advanced course uses the case study approach to develop systems and techniques for analyzing the internal strengths and weaknesses of diverse organizations and the external environments in which they operate.  Students craft strategies and develop implementation plans that apply organizational resources to opportunities and threats in its external environment.  This course should be taken during the last semester of a student's program.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Human Services Organization Consulting Approaches and Techniques
COU_NBR: 498T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This theory seminar enables students to apply the five phases of organization consulting, including organization problem identification, contracting, data collection, delivery and feedback evaluation to the design of a custom design consultation project.  This course is highly interactive.  


SUBJ: LIT
TITLE: Literary Analysis
COU_NBR: 300
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course reviews key ideas from Literature 100 and introduces fundamentals of current literary theory.  Students solidify their understanding of terms and concepts important to the study of literature; practice techniques of analyzing and interpreting poetry, prose and drama; and learn basic theoretical principles that explain how literary texts can be linked to issues in a culturally diverse community.  This course is intended especially for students in the urban education program, but it is open to anyone prepared for upper-division study in literature.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Family Health Nursing
COU_NBR: 407
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on family nursing.  Major theoretical foundations are presented including family systems, development, structure function and stress.  Issues related to contemporary families are explored including gay and lesbian families, responses to grief and loss, family violence, and sociocultural influences.  The clinical decision making skills of assessment, diagnosis, intervention and evaluation are applied to families experiencing a transition or a chronic health problem.  Students work with a family whose cultural, racial or lifestyle background is different from their own.  Graduate students evaluate the effectiveness of family nursing interventions.  Graduate students will evaluate the effectiveness of family nursing intervention.  Note:  This course may be taken for graduate credits as NURS 607.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: The Changing Workplace
COU_NBR: 399
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This independent study is designed for students who intend to enter human services and/or training and development professions.  The content focuses on issues and trends impacting the ever-changing world of work.  Topics include, but are not limited to, historical and current issues in the areas of work and career development, underserved populations, and work-balance challenges.


SUBJ: IBUS
TITLE: International Political Economy
COU_NBR: 612
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  To increase your knowledge of the ideas, questions, issues and problems studied in international political economy (IPE) in theory and practice. In order to help understand our daily lives in a new era of globalization, an appreciation of the theories, institutions, and relationships found in IPE is fundamental, whether for the business manager, the government policymaker or the private citizen.  Topics will include: Basic history, philosophy and theoretical underpinnings of modern IPE; relationships that tie nations and citizens together (i.e. production and trade; monetary linkages; debt connections; security structures; roles of knowledge and technology); application to specific topics and problems in today's IPE (e.g. the EU; NAFTA; Japan; economies in transition; LDCs; the nature of TNEs, the IPE of OPEC), and to debate the IPE of global problems (e.g. the environment, food crises) and future IPE scenarios.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: U.S. Legal History: A Survey
COU_NBR: 348
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is a survey of U.S. legal history from the colonial origins of the U.S. Constitution to the "rights revolution" of the 1960s and 1970s and the "revival" of conservative constitutionalism in the 1970s and 1980s. The course will emphasize the tension between two ideological perspectives on the role of government. Should government function primarily to ensure collective rights and provide social control or to protect individual rights and liberties?  These two perspectives on the function of government are evident in the shaping of law and public policy over the course of U.S. history. Students will learn how the concepts of individualism, rights, and equality have changed over time and how collective behavior and social movements have recast constitutional principles and judicial practices. We will explore these concepts and developments through consideration of the following subjects: commerce and the industrial state, civil rights and civil liberties, women and citizenship, and liberal versus conservative constitutionalism.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Effects of Drugs on Learning
COU_NBR: 202
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides prospective teachers with an overview of the licit and illicit drugs used by children and adolescents.  The course develops awareness of what teachers should know about commonly prescribed medications intended to help students remain in the instructional setting and be productive learners.  The course also emphasizes awareness of child and adolescent drug abuse and addiction, along with responsibilities and strategies for intervention on behalf of students' wellness.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Adolescent Chemical Dependency Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 308T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar is open to students with experience in adolescent chemical dependency.  The seminar examines theoretical components of adolescent chemical dependency, such as the epidemiology, theories/models of addiction, treatment approaches, professional literature, and practice issues important to the understanding of adolescent chemical dependency.  Prerequisite:  Obtain and complete a diagnostic test from the Teaching Center.  Overlap:  HSCD 308  Adolescent Chemical Dependency (FDIS).


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Career Pathing Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 397T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Career Pathing is a computer enhanced course, and is intended for students who know their own career goals, but want to enhance their knowledge of career development and how to use this information.  The course content covers career development theory and applications, and topics relevant to adult career planning.  Those adult career-planning topics include: cultural diversity, dynamics of layoffs, career change and reentry of workers.  The student-designed term project is intended to help students in their own work settings.  Career Pathing is ideal for managers trying to help their employees; the course is also useful to counselors and other human services workers and for those needing career planning knowledge for their clients, and adult learners wanting to enhance their knowledge and credentials.  Overlap:  HSTD 397 Career Pathing.


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: Advanced Writing
COU_NBR: 531G
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the theory and practice of writing across genres.  The course examines what genre is and why its an important concept for those who seek flexibility and versatility as writers.  Students create a complex project of some length that incorporates a variety of genres to communicate a message.  In addition, the course focuses on prose style, including practice in imitation, use of rhetorical devices, sentence and paragraph variety, and many other topics.  Additional assignments may include a multimedia project or another shorter piece that incorporates diverse genres or media.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Ethical Dimensions for Nursing Practice
COU_NBR: 402
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the theory and skills that prepare nurses to be competent participants of a moral community.  Content includes analysis and application of several conceptualizations of ethical behavior, examination of the roots of ethical behavior, clarification of values, ethical decision making, collaboration with others to determine ethical standards, and evaluation of an ethic of care in nursing practice.  Students explore caring and justice within health care.  Graduate students further examine the ethical dimensions related to advanced nursing roles.  Note:  This course may be taken for graduate credits as NURS 602.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Intensive Practicum I
COU_NBR: 400P
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  A clinical course which focuses on the application and integration of healthcare and nursing concepts, assessment skills and interventions necessary to provide basic safe and effective holistic nursing care to adults with acute, chronic, and traumatic conditions. Emphasis is placed on the examination of dynamic interrelationships between professional practice and the health and wellbeing of diverse persons and populations. Clinical experiences will occur on adult medical-surgical units with a focus on clinical decision-making and fundamental nursing skills.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Comprehensive Care Seminar
COU_NBR: 696
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This seminar course provides a foundation to the role transition from student to professional nurse.  Emphasis is placed on synthesizing theories, principles, concepts and skills from nursing and other disciplines as a basis for implementing holistic nursing care directed toward healing in the human health experience.  Students demonstrate integration of theoretical knowledge and clinical decision making in simulated complex clinical experiences and presentations.
  Competence Statement: Knows the art and science of the nursing discipline well enough to make the clinical judgments that ensure the provision of safe, holistic care required of an entry-level professional nurse.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Professional Negotiations
COU_NBR: 456
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course helps students understand the role of negotiations in purchasing goods and services to support manufacturing operations and service. Topics include: establishing negotiation objectives, analyzing and using various negotiating strategies and tactics, negotiating legally and ethically, and evaluating the effectiveness of negotiating policies, procedures and human resources.


SUBJ: FIN
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Current Topics in Finance
COU_NBR: 565
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course applies the theory and practice of contemporary finance. We will  apply the broad concepts of risk management, ratio analysis, capital budgeting, return and risk, and asset valuation. Our goal will be to understand how these concepts work in real-life business situations. Topics will vary from term to term.


SUBJ: PHIL
TITLE: Ethics Beyond Borders
COU_NBR: 352
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course offers an introduction to the philosophical issues raised by political and economic relations in the global system.  Classes typically deal with challenges such as just distribution of goods and services; the morality of war; the complexity of  humanitarian intervention; recognition across national boundaries; and environmental justice.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Purchasing Management
COU_NBR: 650
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the activities undertaken by purchasing personnel to achieve the objectives of their organization.  The topics covered include value analysis, vendor analysis and certification, negotiations and contracting, logistics and inventory control, and the legal and ethical considerations in professional purchasing.  These topics are relevant for organizations in the public and non-profit sectors of the economy as well as to private-sector organizations.


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: Writing Social Commentary
COU_NBR: 343
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Beyond memoir and creative nonfiction lies the dangerous world of social and political commentary, a genre based on personal experience, intelligent surveillance of the political milieu and the skill of provocative writing. This class explores the process involved in the creation of the social-political essay and commentary.


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: Environmental Communication
COU_NBR: 575
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on environmental communication which encompasses a multidisciplinary viewpoint. The course helps students understand how environmental issues and conflicts develop, the values underlying the perspectives on these issues, how these values are presented, and the scientific and technical information involved in understanding environmental communication.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Mentoring Children in the Urban Community
COU_NBR: 400
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This group internship offers students an opportunity to learn via  guided experience principles for effective mentoring of school-aged children living in an urban environment.  The internship is offered in two-semester blocks in order to accommodate the p-12 school year.  Students are expected to register for two consecutive semesters for two credits each semester.  The mentor-interns meet weekly with their mentorees at designated school sites and attend monthly seminars in order to develop their relationship-building skills and to sharpen their ability to enhance assets in school-aged urban children in culturally-contained as well as multicultural contexts.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Creative Problem-solving Concepts and Methods
COU_NBR: 386
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course acquaints students with the principles and techniques of creativity, which is the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods and interpretations.  Various theories, processes and principles are used to solve problems in professional and personal situations.  The various methods help students develop imaginative and positive responses to challenges and opportunities in business, education and human services, and serves as an aid to personal development and social awareness.  Theory analysis and direct experiential application of problem-solving techniques are integral components of this course.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Marketing Principles
COU_NBR: 300
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course surveys factors that marketing managers take into account when creating a marketing plan, including consumer behavior principles, market segmentation, product life cycle, packaging, branding, pricing, advertising, sales promotion, public relations, personal selling, product distribution methods and key laws affecting marketing practices.  The course takes a practical approach to explaining how to identify marketing objectives and determine strategies for reaching them.  It is useful to general business students, students who plan marketing management or marketing communications careers and those who wish to be better informed consumers.  This course is also offered online.  Prerequisite:  Goal 1 writing requirement plus 30 credits must be satisfied.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Marketing Research
COU_NBR: 420
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the processes and techniques used in gathering, analyzing and reporting information that forms the basis for managerial and marketing decision making.   The course content includes the study of both secondary research methods and primary research methods, with the emphasis on survey methods.  There is a strong statistical analysis component, and students learn to use SPSS, statistical software used extensively in organizations that perform quantitative research.   Students design and implement a marketing research study.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Materials Management
COU_NBR: 451
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on activities concerned with materials and inventory requirements, from receiving the materials to their introduction into the manufacturing processes.  Topics discussed include objectives and organization for materials management, total quality management, materials requirement planning, traffic management, warehousing, automated inventory control systems, and legal and ethical considerations in materials management.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Business to Business Marketing
COU_NBR: 470
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on social media marketing principles businesses use to market goods or services to other businesses. Topics include organizational buying and buying behavior, customer relationship management analysis and strategies, and targeting as it relates to business-to-business (B2B) marketing. We will explore in-depth the application of social media marketing to the business customer. 


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: International Marketing
COU_NBR: 480
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to the concepts and disciplines of international marketing.  Students develop an understanding of the international environment and its impact on marketing.  Topics include:  social and cultural influences, political, legal and financial considerations, exporting and importing; organizational alternatives, information sources, market-entry strategies, pricing and distribution, sales and communications practices, counter trade, and other current international marketing issues.  Major geographic marketing areas are discussed.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Issues in Marketing
COU_NBR: 490
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is positioned as the capstone for marketing majors. Students critically examine contemporary issues in marketing including brand strategy, consumer behavior, marketing communications, pricing, positioning, the marketing of services, interactive marketing, and ethical issues in marketing. Students analyze case studies and read articles from a wide variety of business journals and texts. Special emphasis is placed on developing analytical skills and business writing and presentation skills. Emphasis is placed on understanding complex marketing situations, drawing conclusions, and making sound marketing recommendations.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: World History I: Patterns of Civilization to 1500
COU_NBR: 103
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Does the world have a history?  This course is based on an affirmative answer to the question.  A history of the world must be more than a mere compendium of facts about disparate societies and traditions.  In this course students study the interactions among far-flung civilizations in ancient and medieval times.  However, for most of the period considered in this course, those interactions were quite limited.  Therefore, a coherent account of human history as a whole before the modern era emerges in large measure from comparisons among independently developing societies, and from a search for common patterns of development.  Both similarities and important differences receive due attention.  Topics include: the change from hunter-gatherer societies to sedentary agriculture; the rise of cities, social stratification, and the beginnings of written culture and organized religion; the complex civilizations and empires of West Asia, East Asia, Africa, Mesoamerica, and Europe; gender relations across civilizations in the ancient world; and the beginnings of technological and cultural divergence in the medieval world.


SUBJ: DENH
TITLE: Designing and Managing Teams in Health Care
COU_NBR: 300
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course is an introduction to the key skills and competencies required by anyone in health care required to lead a team or be a member on a team.  As dental hygiene professionals and other health care professionals look to future opportunities, working in collaborative teams for new markets and practice areas will be needed.   The course will address how to organize and manage teams, the individual's roles within the team, and problem solving methods and techniques.  Whether you work in a community health, sales, research or education, this course will assist you to better implement procedures and processes needed for building teams. Topics will include team building, collaborative leadership, communication, conflict management, and project management.


SUBJ: STAT
TITLE: Statistics Programming I
COU_NBR: 251
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers basic statistical programming techniques in data manipulation, data exploration and graphing using the statistical software SPSS. Topics of this course include reading raw data, reading data from files, saving formatted output, data transformation, data file manipulation, and generating statistical graphs and descriptive statistics. This course builds on the knowledge learned in STAT 201 (Statistics I). 


SUBJ: STAT
TITLE: Statistics Programming II
COU_NBR: 252
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers advanced statistical programming techniques in hypothesis testing using the statistical software SPSS and R. Topics of this course include performing T-tests, Z-tests, Chi-square tests, and simple linear regression using SPSS and R. This course builds on the knowledge learned in STAT201 (Statistics I) and STAT251. 


SUBJ: ANTH
TITLE: Anthropology of Masculinity
COU_NBR: 310
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Anthropology of Masculinity explores masculinities from a cross-cultural perspective. While many cultures once believed there is only one "natural" way to be a man, they are now confronted with a variety of masculinities. This course explores the modern quandary, "What does it mean to be a man in the modern age?" from an anthropological perspective. Themes include sexuality, work, dominance, fatherhood, marriage, violence, feminism, popular culture, initiation rituals, and the male body. 


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Health Policy and Advocacy
COU_NBR: 751
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Doctor of Nursing Practice
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: J
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the analysis of regulations and policies that impact health and health care. Students analyze health issues and the social, economic, and political implications of current and proposed policies. Students compare health policies and health outcomes within a global context to evaluate alternative approaches to advancing health equity. Students learn to develop and pursue appropriate strategies to influence policy makers and educate others.


SUBJ: SOC
TITLE: Community Organizing and Social Action
COU_NBR: 311
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the theories, current trends and practical dimensions of how people organize to effect change.  Topics include the nature of community organizing, cultural and historical models, issue identification, leadership development, approaches to social power, campaign planning and implementation, and the relationship of community organizing to other forms of social action.  The class is participatory and includes intense interpersonal and reflective exercises designed to increase students organizing skills.  Students will supplement classroom learning with a case study of a Metro area community organization.  


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Leadership, Quality, and Finance in Nursing
COU_NBR: 648
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the theoretical foundation needed for a generalist master's degree graduate to be a leader/advocate/change agent in a variety of health care settings.  Topics include leadership, health care quality/safety, health care finance, professional development, policy, and human resource management. 


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Retail Information Systems
COU_NBR: 370
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the use of retail information systems applications at an advanced level to improve efficiency and effectiveness of retail stores and chain retailers.  Topics covered include: Retail data configuration (the story of a Sku), Merchandise planning and IT, Purchasing & replenishment and IT, Role of IT in Merchandising and store operations, Post-season analytics.  The course will prominently feature hands-on exercises with actual Retail management software. The software used may include Oracle Retail, SAP Retail, Microsoft Dynamics AX, etc.


SUBJ: ANTH
TITLE: Approaches to Cultural Anthropology
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces the study of humanity from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective. Students learn what anthropologists do, how they do it, and why.  Exposure to the range of human possibilities, differences, and similarities will highlight the processes of enculturation in all societies.  The course explores topics such as kinship, economics, religion, social control, globalization, culture change, and contemporary cultural issues affecting all humans.


SUBJ: ANTH
TITLE: Gender and Culture
COU_NBR: 302
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  What is gender?  How can we understand differences in gender and sexuality?  Through the perspective of cultural anthropology, students examine how gender is perceived and realized in a range of human societies.  Discussions on the biological/cultural determinants of gender are considered.  Ethnographic materials explore how gender varies cross culturally and historically and is related to social power.  Students engage with contemporary debates surrounding such themes as marriage, family, human rights, and sexuality. 


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Conflict Resolution
COU_NBR: 390
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines causes and underlying factors of interpersonal conflict in human interactions.  The course covers principles and techniques to diagnose conflict, develops an understanding of issues causing conflict, differentiates between various types of conflict, explores the variety of forces and factors which push conflict in a productive or dysfunctional direction, and develops personal skills to influence outcomes to the inevitable conflict situations one encounters in one's personal and professional lives.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Training Design and Instruction
COU_NBR: 393
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is for students who want to learn how to design training and teach adults in an organizational setting.  Students develop an understanding of the role and impact of training in helping organizations reach objectives.  Topics include adult learning theory, needs assessment, instructional design, media selection and how to present training content to different audiences.


SUBJ: HSTD
TITLE: Human Services Organization Consulting Approaches and Techniques
COU_NBR: 498
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course enables students to apply the five phases of human services organization consulting, including organization problem identification, contracting, data collection, delivery and feedback evaluation.  Students are involved in case study analysis, and the custom designing of an in-class human services client consulting project.


SUBJ: PHIL
TITLE: Philosophy and Sexuality
COU_NBR: 306
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This introductory course explores the most basic ideas about human sexuality and sexual identity:  What does it mean to be a woman or a man?  What does it mean to have a sexual identity?  Is there such a thing as "normal" sex?  How has sexuality been socially regulated in the past and how is it currently regulated?  How can people evaluate such "regulations"?  How do ideas about sexuality influence gender, ethnic, racial and other sterotypes?  What sorts of ideas do people have about the nature of their bodies?  Students develop basic philosophical skills in order to sort out these questions.  Topics usually include: eroticism, desire, homophobia, sexual violence, pornography, prostitution, and sexual imagery in popular culture, love and romance.


SUBJ: PHIL
TITLE: Business Ethics
COU_NBR: 320
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Do business firms have obligations besides making as much money as possible for their stockholders?  What are their responsibilities, if any, to their employees, their customers, and the wider community?  Is it enough to obey the law, or does the law sometimes allow people to do things that are wrong?  Do employees have any right to privacy on the job?  To 'living wages'?  To 'decent' working conditions? Does a seller have any obligation to look out for the interests of the buyer?  Isn't it necessary to put the best possible 'spin' on your product and let the buyer look out for him or herself?  This course will examine questions like these in light of various theories of ethics and current theories of justice.  In addition to considering how we might ideally like people to act, it will also consider the challenges to personal integrity and 'doing the right thing' posed by the real world of business and by the kind of large bureaucratic organizations that dominate it.


SUBJ: HRM
TITLE: Employee Development and Training
COU_NBR: 530
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course, specifically designed for students interested in human resource management or general management, focuses on human resource development in organizations and stresses applications to improve productivity and meet organizational goals. Topics include the evolution of training and development, needs assessment, the learning process, selecting training and development methods, and evaluating training and development.


SUBJ: HRM
TITLE: Compensation Management
COU_NBR: 540
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines principles and practices of compensation management to support organizational mission and goals.  Topics include job analysis, job evaluation, external market analysis, pay structures, salary administration, motivation theories and legal principles. It covers the concept of total compensation by examining the integrated roles of base pay, employee benefits, and incentive programs within an organization. It is intended for people who will design, develop, implement and/or administer compensation programs.


SUBJ: HRM
TITLE: Employee Benefits Management
COU_NBR: 544
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course emphasizes the design, administration and communication of employee benefit plans to support organizational mission and goals. Students are taught to set program objectives, understand the dynamic regulatory environment which governs benefits, and learn basic design features for various benefits including medical/dental, life, disability, retirement and flexible benefit plans. The course also examines methods used to communicate and administer benefit programs.


SUBJ: HRM
TITLE: Employee/Labor Relations
COU_NBR: 550
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on employer-employee relationships in both union and nonunion settings in the private and public sectors. . Employee relations policies and practices include topics such as workplace violence, drug and alcohol policies, dispute resolution mechanisms, work teams, lean manufacturing/continuous improvement, employee involvement programs and employee communications. Labor relations topics addressed in the course include the unionization process, collective bargaining, contract administration, grievance procedure, arbitration and the future unions in the United States.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Scholarly Paper Seminar
COU_NBR: 693
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This seminar provides students with the opportunity to utilize critical thinking skills through application of a scholarly inquiry process to a topic related to nursing practice, nursing education, or leadership/management. Students conceptualize and refine their topic through discussions with a nursing faculty member and fellow students. The final product is a focused critical review of the literature on a topic that is relevant to advanced practice nursing, nursing education, or leadership/management. 
  Competence Statement: Knows the process of scholarly inquiry well enough to write a focused critical review of the literature on a topic that is relevant to advanced practice nursing, nursing education, or leadership/management. 
  Learning Objectives
  1. Apply a scholarly inquiry process to a topic of interest to nursing. 2. Discuss strategies for developing and writing an effective critical literature review.
  3. Write a focused critical literature review on a topic that is relevant to advanced practice nursing, nursing education, or leadership/management. 


SUBJ: RDNG
TITLE: The Educated Reader: Analytical Reading
COU_NBR: 112
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is intended for students wanting to become more proficient college readers.  Readings adress a number of current topics from multiple perspectives.  Students are exposed to materials in areas such as the social and natural sciences, business,  and literature. The course emphasizes the importance of reading analytically and interacting effectively with visual information.  In order to enhance their reading comprehension, students engage in ongoing communication about lengthy readings through small group discussion, in-class exercises, written assignments and periodic oral presentations.  Some library work is included.  


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
COU_NBR: 440
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Covers design and development of parallel and distributed algorithms and their implementation. Topics include multiprocessor and multicore architectures, parallel algorithm design patterns and performance issues, threads, shared objects and shared memory, forms of synchronization, concurrency on data structures, parallel sorting, distributed system models, fundamental distributed problems and algorithms such as mutual exclusion, consensus, and elections, and distributed programming paradigms. Programming intensive.


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: User Research
COU_NBR: 677
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to designing, conducting, communicating, and evaluating user research. Students learn to form and investigate a research question, examine existing literature, use a wide array of methods, conduct effective user research, make design recommendations, and communicate research findings. 


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Fundamental Concepts of Professional Nursing
COU_NBR: 304
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to the concepts and skills that serve as a foundation for professional nursing practice.  A holistic framework for practice, grounded in Modeling and Role-Modeling theory, is utilized to examine factors affecting the health of diverse and vulnerable populations.  Clinical decision making skills are practiced in simulated settings.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Nursing in the Community
COU_NBR: 656
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the origins and trends in community and public health nursing, conceptual models for practice, and contemporary public health problems and issues.  Case studies of clients/aggregates in multicultural settings in the community are the basis for discussion of systems theory, public health nursing, and population-based practice. Students work collaboratively in small groups to assess and diagnose the health needs of an actual community, develop a community project, and meet with local leaders or "change agents" to address systems level change.


SUBJ: MDST
TITLE: Introduction to Social Media and Online Community
COU_NBR: 210
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Social media has changed the ways in which people from around the world interact and relate to one another. This course explores the ways in which social media influence these interactions and change our ideas of what it means to belong to a community. The course also addresses the potential of social media to create opportunities to interact within communities to create social change (revolution) through the use of participatory platforms, such as blogs, wikis, and other open source or low cost online tools. Students will finish the course with an understanding of the ways in which they may use social media to become activists in the glocal environment in which we now find ourselves, and how they influence and are influenced by social media, including tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and technology in general. Students will also begin to explore the theoretical basis for the development of online communities.


SUBJ: SCRW
TITLE: Screenplay Style and Substance
COU_NBR: 415
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course investigates the dramatic and creative essence of feature length screenwriting. Issues surrounding quality, originality, and distinctive authorship will be explored. Films and screenplays will be analyzed and discussed for critical and historical perspectives.  Career planning and professional development will be included.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Applied Communication Research
COU_NBR: 482
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course studies the ways research is carried out: its purpose and design, justification and links to preceding work; data identification, collection and analysis; basic statistical concepts; and the interpretation, application and implications of findings. Students will work directly with data, reports, journal articles, and/or community-based research to develop their skills in interpreting, writing, and presenting quantitative and qualitative findings to a variety of audiences they may encounter in their professional careers. 


SUBJ: DENH
TITLE: Current and Relevant Topics for the Dental Hygienist
COU_NBR: 310
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course moves the dental hygienist to a deeper understanding of their role in delivery of oral healthcare to all population groups. Students will study current dental hygiene scope of practice in relation to providing services in the contemporary healthcare environment.


SUBJ: FIN
TITLE: Financial Markets and Institutions
COU_NBR: 560
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides an overview of financial markets and institutions. Topics include the workings of various financial markets, the functions of different types of financial institutions, and the regulatory framework for the financial sector. The course concludes with an introduction to the types of risks faced by institutions and the basic tools and concepts to manage these risks. Further, the course will include topics of current interest.


SUBJ: IBUS
TITLE: Case Studies in International Business: Eastern and Central Europe
COU_NBR: 643
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to provide the international manager with a clear understanding of doing business in Eastern and Central Europe, examine trends in the region, and offer the insights of professionals in the area and others who plan to do business in the region over the next decade.


SUBJ: LAWE
TITLE: Public Policy Analysis in Law Enforcement
COU_NBR: 620
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines public policy analysis for managers of law enforcement agencies.  It inspects models, strategies and techniques as mechanisms to evaluate policy options and the impact of change in organizations.  The course focuses on community oriented approaches to problem analysis.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Business Futures
COU_NBR: 665
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This independent study raises students' awareness about the future of business opportunities, planning and forecasting, forces for change, impact of future technology, strategies to capitalize on change, and alternative probable futures.  It includes study of alternative futures for accounting, administration and management, data processing, economics and marketing.


SUBJ: NPM
TITLE: Nonprofits and Social Change
COU_NBR: 672
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Multiple perspectives of the role of nonprofit organizations in social change are presented in this course.  It includes planning models and tools, strategy design, constituency building, training, proposal writing, program management and evaluation.  Ethics and value in nonprofit operations are also covered.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Rapid Application Development Using Visual Basic
COU_NBR: 268
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course uses a project-based approach to learning the concepts and techniques of rapid application development using the Visual Basic language.  Students prototype user-friendly forms, set properties and write code.  Applications to access and update information in a database are implemented.  This is a programming course.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Public Relations Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 381T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar is for people who have experience with public relations concepts and processes.  The experience may come from professional experience or independent study.  The seminar addresses elements of the public relations process:  research and planning, setting objectives, developing strategies, implementing programs and evaluating results.  Overlap: COMM 381 Public Relations Principles.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Gangs
COU_NBR: 333
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the nature and extent of gangs in America.  It addresses the history of gangs, when they exist, when they are illusory, and public reactions to them.  It considers variations among street gangs, and contrasts these with other extra-legal groups, including prison gangs and mafias.  Attention is focused on individual-level correlates and risks associated with gang membership, group processes in gangs, and macro-level correlates of gangs and gang behaviors.  The role of the community and criminal justice system in gang prevention, intervention, and suppression is also considered.


SUBJ: SSCI
TITLE: Travel and Culture Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 396T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This theory seminar is open to students with substantial knowledge gained through international travel experience and/or a global service project.  In the theory seminar students examine key social, cultural, geographical and political concepts as they relate to their specific travel experience as well as the "cultural lenses" that shape their understanding of others.  In addition, the nature and role of international travel will be discussed in relationship to ongoing debates about responsible tourism, global civil society and sustainable development.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Contemporary Issues in Software Engineering
COU_NBR: 670
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course presents Software Engineering topics of interest to students in the graduate Computer Science program.  Topics vary with each offering of this course, but will be related to Software Engineering concepts such as verification, validation, secure systems, quality control, or formal methods.  Check the class schedule for details about topics and course prerequisites.


SUBJ: ETHS
TITLE: American Indian Nations: Law, Power, and Persistence
COU_NBR: 335
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on tribal communities as nations set within unique political, linguistic, geographic, social, and cultural contexts.  This course will cover a diversity of American Indian Nations' past and present governance and social systems.   The course emphasizes the importance of land, treaties, and sovereignty.  The background of Federal Indian policy (set through the executive, judicial, and congressional branches) and state influences on Native nations also serves as a component throughout the course.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Gender, Sport and Communication in the U.S.
COU_NBR: 321
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores gender and sport from a communication perspective. The course will consider professional, amateur and youth sport through the lenses of gender and language/media.  Questions addressed include: How do traditional and non-traditional constructions of femininity work toward the marginalization or empowerment of women in sport?  How is masculinity expressed, embodied, and reproduced through organized sport?  Do the sports media of countries outside of the U.S. construct gender differently?  How do race, class and disability interact with gender in the media-saturated world of sport?  Course readings and visual materials include feminist theory; historical accounts of gender and sport; and primary media sources (magazines, newspapers, TV clips, films) Student learn communication techniques such as debating, doing oral presentations, and analyzing visual media.


SUBJ: CFS
TITLE: Computer and Operating Systems Fundamentals II
COU_NBR: 264
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the fundamental concepts of a multi-user operating system. The topics discussed in the course are conventional computer organization and architecture, memory management, process handling, disk and file management and control, and peripherals operation. Students also have the opportunities to learn the techniques and procedures of system installation, configuration, administration, and trouble shooting. The operating systems illustrated in the course are Linux and Unix.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Literacy Education in Urban Schools - Advanced Theory and Practice
COU_NBR: 614
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores advanced theory and practice to support academic literacy among urban learners in secondary classrooms. First, through readings, discursive presentations, and applied exercises, participants in this course will acquire techniques to assist struggling readers and writers. Alongside these skills, course participants will learn how to engage secondary urban learners in assuming responsibility for literacy self-development. Third, the course will include review and development of a variety of materials to teach diverse middle and high school students whose reading and developmental levels vary widely. 


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Pattern-Oriented Software Construction
COU_NBR: 672
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Object-oriented design using design patterns. Topics include: Study of creational, structural, and behavioral patterns; Applications of these patterns in the design and implementation of object-oriented systems; complete analysis, design, implementation, and refactoring of online and batch systems.


SUBJ: ICS
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Special Topics in Information and Computer Sciences
COU_NBR: 490
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is an in-depth study of some aspect of computer science or computer information systems that is not part of a regular course.  Special topics courses of current interest are offered on an occasional basis.  Students may repeat ICS 490 under different topics for additional credit.  Some topics may have prerequisites.  See the Class Schedule for additional information.


SUBJ: ECON
TITLE: Managerial Economics
COU_NBR: 496
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the application of economic analysis to enterprise decision making.  The basic topics include analyses of demand, costs, capitalization and strategy.  The purpose is to apply economics to achieve long-run profit maximization.  Students apply principles of modern strategy to real case studies.


SUBJ: SCED
TITLE: Science Methods for Urban Grades 5-12 Classrooms and Lab
COU_NBR: 450
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course prepares students to become effective science teachers in urban middle and high schools. It examines learning methods, content standards, and concept development. Participants develop skills at lesson and unit planning, delivering instruction, leading inquiry activities, and assessing learning in all areas of secondary science.  It is intended for students pursuing middle school or high school science licensure. It should be taken shortly before student teaching.


SUBJ: ICS
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Seminar on Emerging Technologies
COU_NBR: 492
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This series of workshops is intended to provide students with hands-on experience with current and emerging technologies and tools.  Students will learn design principles and implementation practices on a variety of platforms.  Specific topics will vary.  ICS 492 can be taken more than once as a major elective with advisor approval.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Distributed Database Systems
COU_NBR: 611
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers the fundamental issues of distributed databases with focus on data fragmentation and allocation, query optimization and transaction processing.  Topics include:  Distributed database management systems architecture and design; data fragmentation, replication, and allocation; database security, authorization and integrity control; query optimization; transaction management; distributed concurrency control and replica control; distributed object database management systems; multidatabase systems.


SUBJ: MLS
TITLE: Master of Liberal Studies Explorations
COU_NBR: 620
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The MLS Explorations, a requirement within Metropolitan State's MLS degree program, brings students and faculty together to explore topics of consequence that relate to a common theme.  The MLS program requires an introductory seminar, MLS 600 that introduces students to graduate study and helps them formulate a focus in the MLS program.  Students then complete at least three MLS 620 explorations that, with electives and a capstone, comprise their MLS program.


SUBJ: MATH
TITLE: Operations Research
COU_NBR: 450
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The field of Operations Research studies the mathematical methods developed for solving problems in business, industry, and management science. Following a modeling approach, this course introduces selected topics such as linear programming, integer programming, game theory, Markov chains, and queuing theory.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Leadership and Ethics
COU_NBR: 632
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores the relationships between selected leadership styles and individual ethics. It examines situations in which leader convictions regarding ethical behavior are in conflict with organizational objectives and stakeholders' interests. The course proceeds from the assumption that anticipating ethical pressures/choices and shaping a personal framework for making value choices can improve leadership skills.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: The Changing Nature of Management and Organizations
COU_NBR: 635
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Organizations operate in a dynamic, constantly changing environment. Managers need to understand new perspectives and tools for organizational transformation, and the have the mastery of key transformational skills to be successful in this environment. This course examines these new perspectives and tools and provides students the opportunity to examine and refine their own approach to management in this dynamic environment. Topics include learning organizations, chaos theory, strategies for planned change and organizational development and other emerging issues.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Managing a Diverse Workforce
COU_NBR: 660
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on policies and practices for effectively managing a diverse workforce in private, public and nonprofit organizations.  The current context and historical development of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and diversity management are addressed.  Students gain theoretical and practical knowledge to understand beliefs, attitudes, biases and prejudices to more effectively manage differences in order to enhance organization productivity.


SUBJ: MGMT
TITLE: Management: Strategy and Policy
COU_NBR: 699
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  As the capstone course for the M.B.A. program, students integrate analytical tools and knowledge from the various functional areas of management, previous graduate courses, work experience and strategic management theories.  Case studies and readings provide students the opportunity to analyze past and current strategies and to formulate and implement new strategies for various types of organizations.  Prerequisite:  Completion of all Phase I courses.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Marketing Management
COU_NBR: 600
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines activities through which private, nonprofit and government organizations provide goods, services or ideas to serve a selected market segments' defined needs.  Some of the topics included are demand analysis/needs assessment, analysis of competition for markets and/or resources; setting systems of marketing objectives; designing marketing strategies relating to the offer, communications, distribution methods and pricing; organization for marketing; and budgeting and evaluation.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Design and Management of Advertising Programs
COU_NBR: 642
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Management of advertising programs requires that good use be made of electronic and print media, direct mail, public relations, promotions and personal sales power in achieving organizational goals.  Topics include audience analysis, creative strategies, advertisement production, computer graphics, trade shows, advertising laws and the ethics of advertising communications.  Special attention is given to multicultural factors in designing advertising campaigns.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Materials Management
COU_NBR: 651
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines those activities concerned with materials and inventory requirements from receiving the materials to their introduction into the manufacturing processes.  Topics discussed include objectives and organization for materials management, total quality management, materials requirement planning, traffic management, warehousing, automated inventory control systems, and legal and ethical considerations in materials management.


SUBJ: MAED
TITLE: Math for Elementary Teachers
COU_NBR: 106
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides the background for teaching contemporary mathematics in the elementary school. The use of mathematics manipulatives for modeling the basic operations is emphasized. Set theory, numeration, and the system of whole numbers, integers and rational numbers are considered. Requirements include knowing what mathematics is expected of and taught to K-6 learners.  Mathematics is taught as an integrated and continuous curriculum. 


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: World Environmental History
COU_NBR: 363
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course surveys the key themes and developments in world environmental history; that is, the history of how human societies have changed their environments and how the environment has influenced the courses of societies. It examines pre-modern cultures' intellectual, economic, and technological approaches to the environment, the role of epidemic and environmental transformation in the colonial age, and the revolutionary changes introduced to the environment in the modern period of industrialization and population growth and the rapid consumption of resources that has involved.  The course places contemporary environmental issues in their deep historical contexts.


SUBJ: HSDS
TITLE: Disability Rights: History and Current Trends
COU_NBR: 305
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Internet Courses
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: O
COU_DESC:
  Disability Rights: History and Current Trends traces the history, policies, and individual and group empowerment efforts that led to the formation of the disability rights movement. Key legislation including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Rehabilitation Act, and education acts are examined.  Future trends in disability policies and civil rights are also explored. The challenges and struggles that persons with disabilities have fought to change in order to gain independence, respect, and opportunities are studied through American perspectives of disability history.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Urban Pre-K and Kindergarten Curriculum and Practicum
COU_NBR: 323
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will review the development of children ages three to five, and connect development to the practices used to design appropriate learning experiences for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children in urban settings. Students will learn curriculum and instructional strategies which integrate development, skills and content knowledge in individualized, culturally respectful manners.  As prospective urban teachers, students in this course will be introduced to the concepts and criteria for determining school readiness as well as learning the rationale and strategies for developmentally appropriate guidance.  This course will help students develop holistic, child centered approaches to pre-kindergarten and kindergarten curricula.  Students also complete a field experience practicum in an urban pre-kindergarten or kindergarten settings to integrate knowledge gained in class with experiences working with urban three to five year-olds.


SUBJ: EDU
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Student Teaching in the Urban Secondary School Grades 5-12
COU_NBR: 650
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Supervised student teaching with students in an urban middle school or high school (grades 5 to 12) individualized for post-baccalaureate pre-service teacher candidates needing the required ten full-time weeks or equivalent for Minnesota teacher licensure.  Limited student teaching placements are arranged for currently licensed teachers seeking to expand or add licensure through the post-baccalaureate process.  Periodic seminars with other student teachers and the development of a standards-based portfolio are also required.


SUBJ: CFS
TITLE: Digital Evidence Analysis
COU_NBR: 380
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this course, students continue not only to learn how to identify and collect digital evidence through forensics search tools, but also to study the emerging data mining techniques. The topics include how to design a plan for a computer crime investigation; how to select a computer software tool to perform the investigation; how to articulate the laws applying to the appropriation of computers for forensics analysis; how to verify the integrity of the evidence being obtained; how to prepare the evidence collected for the use in the court; and how to present the evidence as an expert eyewitness in court. Some hypothetical and real cases are also discussed in class.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Advanced Database Administration
COU_NBR: 658
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course aims to take students' knowledge of databases (including their application and strategic management) to an advanced level by providing high level concepts and strategies for database administration in the modern firm. The course provides an in-depth description and analysis of the database administration environment, performance management, data integrity and security, and disaster planning, recovery and management. This course provides a solid managerial context for database administration and helps the students learn strategic roles for databases in the modern firm.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Practice
COU_NBR: 301
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the theoretical foundation for the practice of professional nursing with emphasis on the values and theoretical perspectives that support practice. A holistic framework is introduced with emphasis on the application of Modeling and Role-Modeling theory.
  The concepts of nurturance, facilitation, healing and transformational self-care are emphasized. Interventions consistent with holistic nursing are introduced and practiced in the classroom.	


SUBJ: NURS
CRHR: .5
TITLE: WOC Nursing, Skin and Wound Management Practicum
COU_NBR: 521P
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: WOC Nursing Program
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: E
COU_DESC:
  The practicum will focus on the development of the certified WOC nurse with special emphasis on the care and management of the client with a wound across the life span. Students will integrate knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, family, community and levels of evidence as they plan the nursing care and management for this unique patient population.


SUBJ: NURS
CRHR: .5
TITLE: WOC Nursing, Ostomies and Continent Diversions Practicum
COU_NBR: 522P
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: WOC Nursing Program
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: E
COU_DESC:
  The practicum will focus on the development of the certified WOC nurse with special emphasis on the care and management of the client with an ostomy or continent diversion across the life span.  Students will integrate knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, family, community and levels of evidence as they plan the nursing care and management for this unique patient population.


SUBJ: NURS
CRHR: .5
TITLE: WOC Nursing, Bowel and Bladder Continence Practicum
COU_NBR: 523P
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: WOC Nursing Program
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: E
COU_DESC:
  The  practicum will focus on the development of the certified WOC nurse with special emphasis on the care and management of the client with incontinence across the life span.  Students will integrate knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, family, community and levels of evidence as they plan the nursing care and management for this unique patient population.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Women and Crime
COU_NBR: 318
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will be comprised of material on three main topics:  women as offenders, women as victims of gendered violence, and women working in the criminal justice system.  Women's involvement in criminal activity has been ignored by traditional criminological theories/theorists.  This course will examine the frequency and nature of women's involvement along with the more modern theories which we can use to understand these phenomena.  Students will also learn about the issues surrounding gendered violence including stalking, domestic violence, and sexual assault.  Finally, students will learn about the special issues surrounding women's work in the traditionally male-dominated fields of corrections and law enforcement.


SUBJ: SCED
TITLE: The Practice of Science
COU_NBR: 445
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the nature and history of science and the implications for the teaching of science in urban middle and high schools.  It examines scientific methods, the research processes in science and scientific literature.  Students study the historical development of the major themes in science and the learning of those concepts by K-12 students.  They also complete a science research project.  It is intended for students pursuing science teaching licensure.


SUBJ: THEA
TITLE: Acting III
COU_NBR: 345
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Actor training can be life enhancing.  In this class, advanced students are guided to discover, explore and develop their emotional, physical and psychological resources using varied acting exercises and techniques.  Prerequisite:  Acting II (MCTC) or equivalent (Screenwriting students exempt from prerequisites).


SUBJ: HSDS
TITLE: Blind, Deaf Blind, and Deaf Culture, History and Resources
COU_NBR: 307
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the historical perspectives, social policies, resources, and culture of persons belonging to the Blind, DeafBlind, or Deaf Culture.  It is recognized that persons who are Blind, DeafBlind, or Deaf each have a unique history and culture. The course materials include major writings in comprehensive modules. These materials provide perspectives on the significant culture, civil rights movements, and empowerment of persons who are Blind, DeafBlind, and of the Deaf-World.


SUBJ: CHEM
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Special Topics in Chemistry
COU_NBR: 479
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will include an in depth study of a specific area of chemistry, and may include offerings in forensic chemistry, food chemistry, polymers, thermodynamics, medicinal chemistry, environmental chemistry, or other areas of interest or not represented in regular course offerings within the department.


SUBJ: LIT
TITLE: Adolescent Literatures
COU_NBR: 332
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is intended to familiarize students with fictional and non-fictional texts written for young adults by authors of diverse cultures.  Students examine the criteria that characterize these diverse literatures and learn to recognize contemporary trends.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: WOC Nursing, Bowel and Bladder Continence
COU_NBR: 523G
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: WOC Nursing Program
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: E
COU_DESC:
  This course will address the immediate and long term care of clients across the life span experiencing acute and chronic health concerns that often result in urinary or fecal incontinence. Specifically, students will gain knowledge of the etiology, differential diagnoses, clinical findings and nursing, medical and surgical management options for urinary and fecal incontinence. Emphasis will also be places on the psychosocial and educational needs of these client groups including behavioral strategies, environmental modifications, physical assessment and examination, containment, skin protection, pharmacological interventions and relevant procedures.


SUBJ: IDST
TITLE: Interdisciplinary Topics in Educational Perspectives
COU_NBR: 401
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CIS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to give students advanced skills in critical thinking and multicultural perspectives by presenting a series of interdisciplinary topics which build on previous disciplinary study, introduces students to a broader range of ideas and learning strategies, and prepare students for advanced work in graduate or professional studies.  See the Class Schedule for topics to be addressed when this course is offered.


SUBJ: PHYS
TITLE: Calculus Based Physics II
COU_NBR: 212
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This is the second course of a two semester sequence covering the fundamental concepts of physics. This course covers oscillatory motion, waves, superposition and interference of waves, diffraction, electricity and magnetism, electric circuits, light, mirrors and lenses. Laboratories emphasize application of physics concepts and quantitative problem solving skills. Intended for science majors.


SUBJ: FIN
TITLE: Advanced Corporate Finance
COU_NBR: 595
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on case studies. Topics include capital and business strategy analysis, forecasting and prospective analysis, mergers and acquisitions, credit analysis, corporate financing strategies, and management communications. This course requires extensive use of spreadsheets.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: International Purchasing
COU_NBR: 653
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Global competition makes it increasingly important for American firms to contract with foreign companies in order to establish efficient and reliable sources of industrial materials and supplies.  Topics include starting a global buying program; dealing with foreign cultures, business practices, monetary systems, and related legalities; writing international purchase orders; controlling global logistics costs; and U.S. programs designed to benefit importing buyers.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Current Issues in Purchasing/Logistics Management
COU_NBR: 654
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines those trends and issues which are most likely to influence policy-making and strategy design for efficient and effective purchasing management.  Topics include changing information technologies affecting efficiency in purchasing; changing technologies in transportation and storage; influences of the changing make-up of the work force; purchasing's role in quality management; strategic alliances with suppliers; multi-national sources; and legislative initiatives.  Seminars are led by experienced executives in purchasing management.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Developing International Markets
COU_NBR: 680
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The development of work trade makes it increasingly important for firms in virtually any industry to widen markets overseas.  This course provides methods and procedures for assessing opportunities abroad, and for establishing, maintaining and managing marketing activities in other nations of the world.  Special emphasis is given to negotiations involved in building marketing organizations, and to logistical, legal and cultural considerations important for productive exchanges of goods, services and currencies.


SUBJ: MKTG
TITLE: Strategic Marketing Planning
COU_NBR: 690
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers marketing planning from mission statement to budgets.  It extends and builds upon the planning methods introduced in Marketing Management.  Particular emphasis is placed upon environmental scanning, competitive analysis, comparisons of alternative strategies and the organizational activities required to implement the plan.  The planning methods and procedures discusses are equally applicable for organizations operating in the economy's private, not-for-profit and government sectors.


SUBJ: MKTG
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Master's Paper Development
COU_NBR: 695
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to help students refine and clarify their master's paper topics.  Course topics include development of a paper proposal, use of the existing literature and research methods.  Students are expected to begin the course with a tentative project already selected.  Successful completion may require formal paper proposal, outline of paper, literature review, bibliography, description of methodology and selection of the paper advisor.


SUBJ: NURS
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Topics in Nursing
COU_NBR: 699
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This independent study is designed for transfer students whose course or courses from another college or university fulfills some but not all of the requirements of a Metropolitan State graduate nursing course.  The student and faculty evaluator negotiate the number of credits to be completed and the specific course objectives and requirements to be satisfied.  Through guided study, the student completes these requirements.  Register by permission only.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Urban Infant-Toddler Curriculum and Practicum
COU_NBR: 321
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Developmentally appropriate curriculum, materials, and environmental design for infants and toddlers are the focus of this course. Students will review infant and toddler development and connect development to the practices used to design programs for infants and toddlers in urban early childhood settings. The importance of integrating the values, language, and cultural practices of the childs family into the daily curriculum will be a topic. The course will focus on strategies for communication with urban families and the current issues around infant and toddler care. Students will consider the appropriate practices for a program serving infants and toddlers in a diverse urban community. This course requires a practicum designed to provide urban field experiences for students to practice meeting the individual developmental needs of infants and toddlers. Using the basic strategies and techniques of child study, the student will learn to critically observe and assess the general developmental levels and learning needs of two urban children (one infant and one toddler) and report their findings. The student will spend at least five hours observing and minimally interacting with each of the two children in a diverse urban setting, using knowledge gained from textbook readings and class discussion.


SUBJ: PHYS
TITLE: Calculus Based Physics I
COU_NBR: 211
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This is the first course of a two semester sequence covering the fundamental concepts of physics. This course covers Newton's laws of motion, work, energy, linear momentum, rotational motion, gravity, equilibrium and elasticity, periodic motion, fluid mechanics, temperature, heat, and the laws of thermodynamics. Laboratories emphasize application of physics concepts and quantitative problem solving skills. Intended for science majors and general education students with strong mathematical background.


SUBJ: MLS
TITLE: Introductory Seminar
COU_NBR: 600
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The seminar will address aspects of theory, method, research, and knowledge formation in selected disciplines within the humanities, social sciences and natural and physical sciences.  The course will move from the study of selected disciplines to an interdisciplinary study of the connections among disciplines and its implications for the students' program of study and their final research project.


SUBJ: SOWK
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Multicultural Child Welfare Field Seminar
COU_NBR: 584
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to facilitate student learning through small student groups assigned to a special multicultural child welfare learning center.  The Multicultural Field Seminar offers students the opportunities to explore and discuss the various facets of public child welfare, while integrating social work knowledge, theories and skills through a multicultural framework. This seminar discusses real clients, with real life changing needs.  Students will be required to apply their cultural competency and critical thinking skills in processing client experiences at the micro, meso and macro levels.  Students are further expected to develop learning contracts that guide their own development in the field practicum; work together on a group project; share knowledge and process experiences, and continually discuss their adjustment in the field practicum.  Prerequisites: Senior status in the Social Work program


SUBJ: SOWK
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Multicultural Child Welfare Senior Practicum
COU_NBR: 592
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Senior social work majors who are admitted to the Multicultural Child Welfare Project are placed for their senior practicum at Ramsey County Community Human Services for an extensive child welfare experience.  Students are involved in supervised social work practice in this setting for 20 hours weekly during the last semester of their senior year. Students will have the opportunity to practice social work in at least two of the following categories: individuals, families, groups, organizations or communities.  The scope of the environmental experience is from family preservation and child protection to foster care and adoption.  A master's-prepared social worker will supervise the students' practica. Students are expected to contribute their knowledge of social work practice with people of color, acquired through their junior year social work curriculum to enrich the agency or setting and its services.  Prerequisites: Completion of all major requirements.


SUBJ: NURS
CRHR: .5
TITLE: Foundations of WOC Nursing
COU_NBR: 520G
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: WOC Nursing Program
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: E
COU_DESC:
  This course will address the various critical underpinnings to implementation of the role of the WOC nurse and specialty nurse.  Students will gain knowledge of the history of the specialty, legal and ethical issues pertaining to implementation of the role, and professional growth opportunities (i.e., WOCN, certification, collaborative practice, research utilization, writing for publication and establishing a service or a clinic).  In addition, students will explore common career enhancement activities such as marketing, budgeting, record keeping, contracting for services and charging for services, procedures and equipment.  Concepts central to the practice of WOC nursing will also be discussed such as counseling, patient/family education, infection control, continuity of care and nutrition.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Literature in Criminal Justice
COU_NBR: 200
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to the general body of literature and research methods in the criminal justice discipline.  Students learn to search, locate, retrieve, evaluate and document research sources and prepare research papers using writing and citation styles expected in criminal justice and law enforcement courses. Students are also introduced to the basic concepts of social science research design and methodology and are required to prepare written assignments using critical analysis and critical thinking skills. Prerequisites: CJS 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice and WRIT 131 Writing I.


SUBJ: ETHS
TITLE: Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
COU_NBR: 343
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The Civil Rights revolution of the 1960s represents the culmination of decades of efforts, a change in civil rights legislation and a touchstone for subsequent "revolutions."  It changed the then current laws and it relied upon law to demand those changes.  Many of the debates started then, continue today.  Through reading, discussion, lectures and videos, students study the people, the events (as well as their antecedents and their progeny), and the ideas of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.  Assignments include library research.  (Also listed as Hist 315 Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.)


SUBJ: BIOL
TITLE: Molecular Biology
COU_NBR: 304
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course covers molecular biology, the study of genetic expression at the molecular level-including transcription, translation, and DNA replication emphasizing structure and function, and focusing on how molecular lab techniques elucidate the genetic mechanisms of the cell. Lab includes recombinant DNA, gel electrophoresis, PCR and sterile technique. Intended for biology majors.


SUBJ: PHYS
TITLE: Introduction to Physics
COU_NBR: 110
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This is an introductory course in physics covering one-dimensional and two-dimensional linear motion and forces, vibrations and wave motion, the behavior of light, and electricity and magnetism. Laboratories emphasize real world applications of the concepts and problem solving skills taught in this course. Includes lab. Intended for general education students and students majoring in Life Sciences Teaching.


SUBJ: CJS
TITLE: Criminal Justice and the Media
COU_NBR: 365
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students in this course explore the roles and responsibilities that the electronic and print media have in reporting crime and criminal justice news.  Students identify and analyze the nature of criminal justice agencies and media relationships with various criminal justice agencies.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Research Seminar
COU_NBR: 698
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this course, the student will perform the following activities:  search the literature on specific areas, read papers in a selected area, study the methodologies used in the applied computer research, write and submit a survey paper based on the reading, and make an oral presentation of the results. It should be taken no later than the second semester.


SUBJ: ETHS
TITLE: American Indians in Minnesota
COU_NBR: 232
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides a context and a baseline for knowledge about Minnesota American Indian urban, rural and reservation communities.  The course includes an overview of both the past and present experiences, struggles, and issues and the intersections of the past and the present in Minnesota American Indian communities.  Students will have an opportunity to complete a community-based project as part of the requirements for this course.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: Latin American History I: To 1910
COU_NBR: 382
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course surveys the key themes and developments in Latin American History from ancient times to 1910. It is divided into three parts: The first introduces the history of indigenous Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean before conquest. The second covers the three hundred years of Spanish and Portuguese rule. The third examines the century of struggle for sovereignty and equality, after independence.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Graduate Research Project
COU_NBR: 697
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Project in Computer Science: study in a specific area in the field, identification, analysis, and solution of a problem with practical significance; preparation of a report and defense of the work; supervised by a resident faculty member of the department. Offered on the Pass/Fail basis only. 


SUBJ: DSCI
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Online PMP/CAPM Preparation Workshop
COU_NBR: 9028
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Special Program/Community
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 7
COU_DESC:
  12 week module online to prepare Project Management Professional candidates to take and pass the PMP and CAPM exams.


SUBJ: POL
TITLE: Gender and the Law
COU_NBR: 332
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course studies the construction and role of gender in the U.S. legal system by studying gender in employment, family law, health issues, education, reproductive rights and criminal law matters. The theoretical and practical questions that underlie these issues are examined using court decisions, statutes and a variety of non-legal materials.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Introduction to Nursing Informatics
COU_NBR: 446
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course provides an introduction to nursing informatics, with emphasis on how technology can be used as a tool to facilitate patient care. Students will explore the role of nurse as a knowledge worker, and develop information literacy skills to retrieve and synthesize evidence for nursing care. Concerns such as patient privacy and regulations impacting use of technology will be considered.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: American Women's Movements
COU_NBR: 451
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This independent study, designed for students with a background in women's history or women's studies, examines from an interdisciplinary perspective a variety of women's movements in the United States.  It considers how women's movements have been influenced by and have influenced major social, political, and economic developments in the United States.  Students use theoretical explanations of collective behavior, social movements and identity politics to analyze why social movements for women's rights have occurred during particular periods in U.S. history.


SUBJ: SSCI
TITLE: Great Ideas: Classics of Social Science
COU_NBR: 501
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The social sciences have been shaping views of the human condition for more than 150 years. This seminar explores those ideas that continue to engage and perplex thoughtful observers of social life. Students become acquainted with writing by major thinkers like Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Georg Simmel, Sigmund Freud, Ruth Benedict,  Frantz Fanon and Hannah Arendt. The course addresses the social and historical roots of the great ideas as well as the moral aspirations and creative impulses of these social scientists.
      


SUBJ: DSCI
TITLE: Operations Management for Services and Manufacturing
COU_NBR: 6681
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Special Program/Community
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 7
COU_DESC:
  This course offering for SCSU students only:  The growing interdependence of business functions such as marketing, accounting, finance, information systems, and engineering requires effective and efficient operations management strategies and practices. The main objective of this course is to develop basic skills and knowledge necessary for managing the operations function in both manufacturing and service delivery firms. Special emphasis will be placed on contemporary issues facing operations managers such as supply chain structure and strategy, enterprise resource planning issues, product and process design, process management, value chain, and lean systems. Another objective of this course is to develop analytical skills necessary to identify and solve problems in the operations management arena.


SUBJ: MATH
TITLE: Modern Geometry
COU_NBR: 370
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course goes beyond the Euclidean Geometry typically taught in high schools.  This is a modern approach to geometry based on the systematic use of transformations.  It includes a study of some advanced concepts from Euclidean Geometry and then proceeds to examine a wide variety of other geometries, including Non-Euclidean and Projective Geometry.  A working knowledge of vectors, matrices, and multivariable calculus is assumed.


SUBJ: ARTS
TITLE: Creating Change through Communication, Writing and the Arts
COU_NBR: 200
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course presents a multidisciplinary exploration of how students can exercise responsible and productive citizenship, participate in the exchange of ideas, advocate for social justice and articulate issues for the common good through communication, writing and the arts.  It also presents theoretical and ethical dimensions of communication, writing and the arts.  Each week a faculty member from the Communication, Writing and the Arts Department presents a lecture/ workshop on his or her area of expertise and how it may be employed to create social and cultural change.  Assignments include response papers, reflective papers, film analyses, group projects, and creative projects that require critical thinking, investigation and imagining new solutions to problems.  


SUBJ: GEOG
TITLE: Introduction to Geography
COU_NBR: 201
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces students to the concepts and tools used by geographers to think critically about the relationship between humans and their environment. Geographers use this focus to answer contemporary questions of political, economic, social and environmental concern. This course is designed to help students understand the role human and physical geographies play in shaping individuals' experiences and understanding of the world.


SUBJ: HSDS
TITLE: Community Resources and Services for Persons with Disabilities
COU_NBR: 306
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Community Resources and Services for People with Disabilities employs a two-fold approach to learning about resources that people with disabilities use. The course provides an overview of public and non-profit resources that provide services for a diverse range of disabilities. In addition to learning about resources, students critically examine agency functions including how well these resources promote independence and inclusion in society for people with disabilities.  Advocacy skills that promote self-determination relevant to people with disabilities is also a focus in this course.


SUBJ: HSDS
TITLE: Aging and Disabilities
COU_NBR: 308
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The aging of persons with disabilities is a new phenomenon due to improved health and advances that have increased their life-span. In addition, the aging of the baby-boomers is increasing the population of persons acquiring disabilities as they age. Is our society prepared to meet the needs of both groups? How can we prepare to assist all older persons in maintaining quality of life as they age?  The need for collaboration across disability and aging networks to analyze these questions is a focus of this course.


SUBJ: ENTR
TITLE: Entrepreneurship and Marketing
COU_NBR: 355
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the unique marketing challenges faced by startup businesses and emerging businesses. Through case studies, active participation and guest speakers, students will learn skills for planning, utilizing creativity and innovation to counter large budgets, and building experience and reputation. The course is based upon an identified business opportunity and addresses strategic planning, marketing research and guerrilla marketing tactics.


SUBJ: ENTR
TITLE: Writing a Marketing Plan
COU_NBR: 356
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the process of marketing plan preparation by having the students create an actual marketing plan for an individual product or service offering, a product line, or a business unit of a company.  Topics include environmental scanning, SWOT analysis, market positioning of the offering, pricing, break-even analysis, sales forecasting, product placement, and promoting the offering.


SUBJ: HUM
TITLE: Postmodernism
COU_NBR: 318
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Post-WWII Western societies pushed the Modernists' radical rejection of traditional aesthetics to the extreme limit, developing a new theoretical and aesthetic movement called Postmodernism. From the blurring of high and low culture, through the use of pastiche, collage, and bricolage, to the status of the object in an era of simulacra,  the period is characterized by a number of distinct techniques and critical theories which we'll explore in a wide variety of art, film, new media, literature, architecture, and music.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation I
COU_NBR: 668
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The Management of Technology has become an important discipline within the field of MIS.  In this first course of a two course sequence, you will learn basic principles of technological change and the mgmt of that change in modern institutions.  We will look at life cycle analysis, productivity models, cost and ROI models and many more, using state-of-the-art technologies and real world case examples.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation II
COU_NBR: 669
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The Management of Technology has become an important discipline within the field of MIS.  In this second course of a two course sequence, you will build on the basic principles of technological change and the mgmt of that change in modern institutions, to learn how to generate and foster innovative technological environments, and how to becoe an agent of technological change.  We will look at innovation models, moving from research and emerging technologies to mature technologies, how to make technological change a key element of strategy with high payback and many more, using state-of-the-art technologies and real world case examples.


SUBJ: PSYC
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Selected Topics in Early Childhood
COU_NBR: 353
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The topics covered in the different sections of this course vary from semester to semester. The focus of each section is on young children birth to age five.  The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with specific subjects in the field of early childhood.  Possible topics include: curriculum approaches such as Montessori or Reggio Emilia, infant-toddler mental health, assessment tools, parent education, or issues in early childhood special education.  Students should consult the Class Schedule for the topics featured each semester.  Note: This course may be taken four times for credit as long as the topic is different.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: Latin America History II: 1910 to Present
COU_NBR: 383
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course surveys  the last one hundred years of the history of Latin America, focusing on struggles to overcome economic dependency, underdevelopment, gross internal inequalities, a lack of democracy, and U.S. "hegemony" of domination.  Students learn why Latin Americans faced these five challenges, and will be able to evaluate the many efforts of Latin Americans to grapple with them.  Key historical developments, including globalization, environmental devastation, war, revolution and reform, and social movements will be surveyed.  We will place contemporary issues facing Latin America in their historical context. Broad continental trends will be discussed and then tested by examining particular case studies.


SUBJ: LIT
TITLE: Gender in Literature and Film
COU_NBR: 315
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course surveys how classic works of American literature and film assert, examine and/or question gender conventions that affect both men and women.  Students discuss ways in which fiction, drama, poetry, popular music and film can promote, question or subvert  gender conventions. The goal of these discussions is to make new discoveries about familiar works of literature, to examine a range of assertions and arguments that authors and film directors make about gender, and to consider the purposes gender conventions serve for individuals and the community in the United States.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: The Arts in Early Childhood and Elementary Education
COU_NBR: 361
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will provide the prospective teacher with opportunities to plan and implement developmentally and culturally appropriate activities in the arts for young urban children.  The students in this course will be introduced to the basic theories of teaching the visual arts, creative movement, music and creative dramatics within a developmental program for young children.  Integration of the arts into the regular daily curriculum of urban early childhood settings will be a major focus of this course.  Clinical field experience hours are part of the course requirements.


SUBJ: SOC
TITLE: City Life: Space, Places and Community Life
COU_NBR: 310
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the changing social fabric of the U.S. city with emphasis on the making and unmaking of neighborhoods and communities.   Beginning with an examination of the changing social, ethnic and economic makeup of the city, student teams conduct community-based research projects.  They also investigate challenges faced by various social groups within the city and grassroots efforts for social change. Specific examples are from the Twin Cities experience.


SUBJ: CHEM
TITLE: Introduction to Chemistry
COU_NBR: 102
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is an introduction to concepts, methods and vocabulary of the science of chemistry. Topics include scientific method, the history of chemistry, measurement and problem-solving in chemistry, the nature of matter and energy, atoms, molecules, chemical reactions, chemical bonding, the periodic table, solid, liquids, gases and chemical solutions. Includes lab. Intended for students preparing for CHEM 111 General Chemistry as well as students seeking a general education science course with lab.


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: Document and Information Design I
COU_NBR: 372
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Methods and techniques of document and information design, including principles of graphic design, audience analysis, portfolio development, and use of professional software tools. 


SUBJ: DENH
TITLE: Evidence-Based Dental Hygiene Practice
COU_NBR: 410
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course involves learning and implementing evidence-based decision making principles. The dental hygiene practitioner will value the integration of clinical expertise and available external evidence from research. Emphasis is on strategy, methodology, and research design with clinical focus on dental hygiene standards of care and process of care and dental hygiene diagnosis, as related to collaborative dental hygiene practice.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Advocacy in Violence Prevention
COU_NBR: 302
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: NULL
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to build skills in the practice of advocacy for those who work with issues of violence and who work across systems such as the police, courts, child welfare, and families. The course will cover individual, community, and systems advocacy, and the relation of advocacy to social reform issues and systems change.


SUBJ: DENH
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Dental Hygiene Capstone
COU_NBR: 430P
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This capstone course is designed to provide students an opportunity to apply into practice the knowledge and principles learned in the dental hygiene courses within the Bachelor of Science degree completion program or enhance a bachelor degree. This course provides students with the opportunity to develop the expanding role of the collaborative and advanced dental hygienist in a community health setting. Students will experience use of portable, mobile and teledentistry equipment options for delivery of dental services. A learning contract will be developed, implemented, and evaluated by the student and course instructor.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Human Services Pre-Practicum Group Seminar
COU_NBR: 320
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to help students evaluate their readiness, prepare for and then select an internship site for Human Services.  Examples of course topics include: examination of personal readiness, internship or career goals, review an array of possible internships and making an appropriate selection for practicum.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Human Services Group Practicum and Seminar
COU_NBR: 331
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar is designed to provide an opportunity for student interns and faculty to meet and discuss progress being made during internship, provide support and address problems and concerns.  The seminar includes: lecture, discussion, and group work topics pertinent to the students' internship.


SUBJ: GEOL
TITLE: Evolution of the Earth
COU_NBR: 112
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces and develops major concepts in our understanding of earth's history - geologic time, global atmospheric evolution and climate change, plate tectonics, evolution of life, and the causes of major extinctions.  Readings, presentations, and laboratory activities will emphasize the scientific nature of evidence for ancient earth history.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Communication in Work Groups Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 351T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar is designed for sophisticated communication students who have significant prior learning in group communication.  The seminar is a condensed and abbreviated version of the course of the same name.  After a review of the subject, the seminar focuses on group theory of project teams, task and relational issues in groups, and group communication skills.  Most of the seminar time is spent on actual group analysis.  It is assumed students are currently engaged in one or more work or project teams.  This theory seminar requires a diagnostic evaluation for entrance, and is evaluated satisfactory/nonsatisfactory only.  No other letter grade is assigned.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Managerial Communication Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 361T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar is open to students who have experience managing people, interviewing, drafting written materials, and delivering oral and written reports in their roles as managers of profit or nonprofit institutions or volunteer organizations.  The seminar focuses on the theoretical perspective of communication as a dynamic process involving both verbal and nonverbal elements.  Using their experiences in directing others' behavior toward an institutional goal, participants respond to reading, lectures and student presentations on topics such as conflict, style, ethics and diversity issues. This theory seminar requires a diagnostic evaluation for entrance and is evaluated satisfactory/nonsatisfactory only.  No other letter grade is assigned.  Overlap:  COMM 361 Managerial Communication.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Chemical Dependency Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 311T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar is open to students with professional experience in the chemical dependency field.  It examines the various influences which have affected and molded the treatment of chemically dependent persons.  Topics covered include: the influence of history, scientific research, economics, technology, professionalism, and future trends in chemical dependency treatment.


SUBJ: HSA
TITLE: Human Services Administration Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 362T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar is open to students with experience in supervisory and administrative positions in human services organizations.  Students review political and economic principles, and their relationship to human services administration at the national, inter- and intra- organizational levels.  Students collect and analyze information, summarize existing literature, and develop oral and written reports on selected topics such as decision making, centers of power, economic constraints and coalition building.  Prerequisite: Obtain and complete diagnostic test/or essay from the Teaching Center.  Overlap: HSA 360 and HSA 361 Health Care Management and Supervision I and II or HSA 362 Human Services Administration.


SUBJ: POL
TITLE: Community Leadership Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 381T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar is open to all students with experience in community leadership.  Using their experience in community organizations, religious institutions, unions, political parties, public boards or commissions, volunteer service groups, or civic groups as a base, students review the theoretical aspects of leadership and civic activity.  Group discussion, lectures and reading help students explore assumptions about leadership, become acquainted with leadership models, study democratic and empowering approaches to community leadership, and analyze their own qualities as leaders.  Note:  Students must complete an online diagnostic test before registering.  Students can obtain the test at www.metrostate.edu/fc/seminars or click on the diagnostic test linked to the course description available through the online class schedule.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Counseling and Interviewing Theory Seminar
COU_NBR: 346T
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This seminar is limited to people with volunteer or paid counseling experience.  Students relate counseling theory and principles to their own experience, through discussion, role playing and class presentations.  Prerequisite: Obtain and complete diagnostic test/or essay from the Teaching Center.  Overlap: HSER 346 Counseling and Interviewing Skills.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Urban Field Experience and Seminar
COU_NBR: 204
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This elective practicum is designed to give prospective applicants to the Urban Teacher Program the opportunity to document and reflect upon at least 40 hours working with diverse youth in urban settings in order to partially fulfill program admission requirements. Such field experience could include, but is not limited to, classroom observation and assistance, after school tutoring, volunteering with a community organization, and after school or summer youth programs. Periodic seminars and journaling help prospective urban teacher candidates reflect upon their field experiences, and prepare for the program admission process.


SUBJ: SSED
TITLE: Teaching Social Studies in Urban Grades 5-12
COU_NBR: 450
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides teacher candidates with a variety of approaches to organizing a social studies curriculum in grades 5-12, and multiple instructional methods for effective teaching in the urban, multicultural classroom. Knowledge of the core social studies disciplines (i.e., history, geography, government, and economics) will be applied by planning and discussing units and lessons that include a variety of instructional methods and authentic assessment to enhance student learning. Knowledge of American Indian history, culture, language and government will be applied in order to meet state teaching standards. Opportunities for practice teaching mini lessons will be afforded to enhance skill development as an urban teacher. Differing perspectives will be explored regarding the purpose of social studies education for democratic citizenship in a rapidly changing, increasingly diverse and interdependent, society and world. Clinical field experience hours are part of the course requirements.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Advanced Intercultural Communication
COU_NBR: 433
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Advanced Intercultural Communication helps students focus on theories of Intercultural Communication and their application.  Theories introduced in earlier courses are reintroduced for deeper understanding and application.  Students learn what makes a good theory and how we can assess theories' values.  New theories are discussed to help students develop a repertoire of choices as they practice and critique intercultural communication in their lives and the world in which they live.


SUBJ: IDST
TITLE: Human Rights and the Educated Citizen
COU_NBR: 321
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CIS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course introduces student to the concepts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and human rights, Western and non-Western conceptions of human rights, and the complex nature of human rights issues influenced by individual, cultural, and social values.  Students will also gain a framework for analytical skills essential to human rights work and the complexity and interdependency of human family which will promote an understanding of the individual, local, and global forces that create abuses and potential solutions at the local, national, and international level.  Through community involvement, students will be able to connect human rights theories and cases around the globe to our local community and vice versa and will develop an action plan for a local organization of their choice or in their personal environment.  The course will also provide students a great opportunity to take concrete action on human rights issues and get involved in "change" or initiating change in the local community.


SUBJ: EDU
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Advanced Urban Teaching Practicum and Seminar
COU_NBR: 450
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This advanced pre-student teaching practicum is designed to give urban teacher candidates the opportunity to document and reflect upon at least 60 hours practical clinical experience in an urban middle school or high school classroom within their subject area of licensure. Requirements include teaching at least 3 lessons in their licensure area to a whole class of students, but most of the clinical field experience hours and active classroom involvement will be determined by field-based assignments required in other Education courses and the cooperating urban school teacher hosting the practicum. Successful completion of this practicum is a prerequisite for student teaching.  Requirements include attendance and participation in periodic seminars to help prospective urban teacher candidates reflect upon their field experiences, and prepare for student teaching.


SUBJ: LAED
TITLE: Teaching Writing and Communications in Urban Grades 5-12
COU_NBR: 445
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this course, future teachers learn best practices for how to teach urban middle and high school students how to write and make oral presentations. Topics include: sentence and paragraph construction; genres of writing; how audience, purpose and situation guide writing and speeches; assessment and revision; engaging middle and high school writers; assisting English Language Learners; and technological tools for written and speech communications. Teacher candidates learn how to respond constructively to the writing and oral presentations of urban 5-12 learners. 


SUBJ: ENTR
TITLE: Finance for Entrepreneurs
COU_NBR: 353
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course blends financial theory and current industry trends and practices to instruct students on various aspects of financing an entrepreneurial venture. Major topics include attracting seed and growth capital from sources such as venture capital, investment banking, government, and commercial banks. Among the issues discussed are valuing a company, going public, selling out, acquisitions, bankruptcy. Course format includes: case analysis, writing a financial plan, and readings.Prerequisites: ACCT 210 Financial Accounting and its prerequisites.Note: Students must have writing skills at an intermediate level or higher. This course is appropriate for students at a junior level or above who have an existing business or are interested in starting their own business.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: History of Sexuality: Modern Perspectives
COU_NBR: 339
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will examine the tension between the private life and public controversies about sexual expression and identity in modern U.S. history. Students will consider the preconditions that gave rise to collective behavior calling for increased regulation of private life as well as examine when, why, and how groups organized to reclaim individual rights to free expression. Consequently, this course is organized around the following sources of public debate about sexuality over time: reproduction and reproductive freedom; patterns of sexual behavior within and outside of the family; consumer culture and mass media; and the formulation of sexual identities.


SUBJ: RMI
TITLE: Risk Management and Insurance
COU_NBR: 300
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The course explores the risk management issues facing firms and individuals and examines how to protect firm value and personal wealth. It covers the areas of the general risk management process, property and liability insurance, life and health insurance, annuities and employee benefits. The insurance industry and regulatory concerns are also addressed. In addition, the course touches on some of the new
  products emerging in the risk management arena and how the insurance industry responds to them.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Prevention of Substance Abuse
COU_NBR: 306
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will focus on how prevention practitioners can design and implement scientifically defensible prevention principles, programs and practices that meet the needs of their own communities.  The course will examine science-based prevention and its relevance, the theoretical approaches to evidence-based prevention, and identify effective prevention principles, programs and practices.  Special emphasis will be placed on adapting evidence-based models to meet local needs and interests.  Successful completion of the course will qualify students for certification as a Certified Prevention Professional (CPP) through the Minnesota Certification Board.


SUBJ: ENTR
TITLE: Challenges and Choices in Small Business and Entrepreneurship
COU_NBR: 490
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on making educated decisions to effectively start and grow small businesses. When combined with recommended courses, this course offers a strong foundation for students considering starting a business or managing a small business.  Practical current cases are used to challenge students in management issues related to effective decision making in marketing, finance, production and other areas of knowledge required to be a business owner.


SUBJ: WRIT
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Literacy Corps Group Internship: Family Literacy
COU_NBR: 393
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The goals of the Family Reading Program are to encourage parents and children to read together, and to educate Metropolitan State interns in literacy and community service. Interns read and share books with Dayton's Bluff families.  Interns also participate in a training seminar and a reflective seminar, which includes reading about literacy and volunteer service, keeping a journal, and writing one or more essays.  The internship takes place evenings at Dayton's Bluff Elementary, Saint Paul.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Introduction to Modeling and Role-Modeling
COU_NBR: 401
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the Modeling and Role-Modeling nursing theory as a foundation for nursing practice. Its' emphasis is on simulation application of the theory preparatory for nursing practice situations.


SUBJ: HSER
TITLE: Disability Awareness
COU_NBR: 303
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Disability Awareness provides opportunities for students in all fields of study to increase their awareness of the barriers, attitudes and successes relevant to individuals with disabilities in society as a whole.  This course does not focus on specific medical definitions, conditions or types of disabilities.  Instead, the course concentrates on a brief history of the treatment of people with disabilities, disability rights, etiquette, work, sports and art related to disabilities.


SUBJ: THEA
TITLE: Storytelling
COU_NBR: 201
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course uses storytelling and oral journaling as methods to communicate about modern times. Participants develop personal and traditional stories involving the use of humor, conflict resolution and imagination.  The course explores literature in the oral-narrative tradition including the structure and genre of stories as well as the functions that oral-narratives play in developing culture.  It is also a personal development course for communication, human services, nursing and business students.


SUBJ: THEA
TITLE: Directing and Creating Theater
COU_NBR: 540G
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Creation out of lived experience is not necessarily about what was, but about elevating that experience to something else. Through explorations from theater of testimony, to collaborative documentary, story, poetry, dream, monologue and dialogue, students will write under the guidance of a director, toward the evolution of a specific theater piece.


SUBJ: DENH
TITLE: Restorative Functions Theory and Lab
COU_NBR: 420
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course focuses on the principles, handling characteristics, placement, contouring, and adjusting of the direct restorative materials in a laboratory setting in accordance with MN Statute, section 150A.10, subdivision 4. To become certified in restorative functions by the MN Board of Dentistry, DENH 440, Restorative Functions Clinic, must also be completed. DENH 440 is offered the semester following DENH 420.


SUBJ: HSCD
TITLE: Alcohol and Drug Counseling Pre-Practicum Seminar
COU_NBR: 320
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to help students evaluate their readiness, prepare for and then select a practicum site for Alcohol and Drug Counseling.  Examples of course topics include: examination of personal readiness, practicum or career goals, review an array of possible practicum sites and making an appropriate selection for practicum.


SUBJ: ICS
TITLE: Introduction to Computer Technology Concepts
COU_NBR: 100
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed for students who have limited knowledge of computer technology and applications. An overview of computer hardware, software, networking and applications throughout society forms the core of the course. Students gain an understanding of the internal workings of a computer sufficient for personal computer use or purchase. Students also consider current issues and trends in technology. Students who want hands-on experience with software should consider taking ICS 120 Microcomputer Applications in addition to this course. This is not a lab course. This course cannot be applied to the computer information technology or computer science majors.


SUBJ: DENH
TITLE: Community-Based Primary Oral Healthcare V
COU_NBR: 680
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This seminar and clinically based course provides the oral health care practitioner student with opportunities to further develop and refine skills in providing primary oral health care and preventive services to underserved patients across the lifespan. Additional development and refinement of advanced dental therapy skills in responsible, ethical, and primary oral health care  and preventive services is the course focus. In the advanced dental therapy clinical setting self assessment is emphasized as well as the further refinement of teledentistry skills, professional referrals/consultations, and collaborative management authorization to provide comprehensive patient care.


SUBJ: HIST
TITLE: Women and Public Activism
COU_NBR: 309
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines women's public activism in the United States from the Republican period to the social movements of the 1960s.  Thematic emphasis is on an analysis of how women's position outside traditional politics determined the direction of their activism over time, with particular attention to the development of collective efforts to achieve legal, political, economic and social equality with men.  Students consider how ethnicity, race and class differences among women affected these coalitions for social change.  In addition, students learn to understand how the civil rights and women's movements created opportunities for women to change mainstream politics by the 1970s.


SUBJ: MIS
TITLE: Supply Chain Information Systems
COU_NBR: 456
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the role of information systems applications involved in supporting supply chain operations.  Topics covered include electronic purchasing, RFQ, reverse auctions, B2B exchanges, warehouse management systems, bar coding / RFID, mobile solutions for distribution and field force automation, ERP, reverse logistics, equipment maintenance tracking systems, transportation/shipping management and GPS.   The underlying technologies of EDI and XML are also examined.   Special emphasis is placed on building analysis skills for the detailed assessment of vendor software solutions in the supply chain arena.


SUBJ: EDU
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Student Teaching in the Urban Primary Grades 1-3
COU_NBR: 490
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Supervised student teaching with children in urban primary grades (1-3) classrooms for required for teacher candidates seeking early childhood licensure (Birth-Grade 3). Placement is for a minimum of three full-time weeks (2 credits) in combination with other student teaching placements to a maximum of fifteen full-time weeks (9 credits) in a single placement depending on the teacher candidate's Individualized Student Teaching Plan that is developed with and approved by the teacher candidate's advisor and the Field Experience Coordinator. Weekly reflections, periodic seminars with other student teachers, and the development of a standards-based portfolio are also required.


SUBJ: EDU
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Urban Teaching Practicum and Seminar
COU_NBR: 311
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This practicum is designed to give urban teacher candidates the opportunity to document and reflect upon at least 40 hours practical clinical experience working with diverse youth in an urban middle school or high school. Most of the field experience hours will be determined by field-based assignments required in other Education courses. Included with these experiences, urban teacher candidates practice using diagnostic assessment to guide their instructional planning of at least three lessons for a small group of 1-5 students needing help to improve their reading or mathematics literacy. Successful completion of this practicum is a prerequisite for student teaching. Requirements include attendance and participation in periodic seminars to help prospective urban teacher candidates reflect upon their field experiences, and prepare for future clinical field experiences including student teaching. Co-requisites:  EDU 306, OR EDU 606, OR EDU 323, OR EDU 481.


SUBJ: MLS
TITLE: Master of Liberal Studies Capstone Course
COU_NBR: 690
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The MLS Capstone, a requirement within Metropolitan State University's MLS degree program, revolves around the facilitation and completion of students' self-directed Capstone projects, broadly defined not only to include research papers, but projects, artwork, or performances that would, however, include a reflective written component.  Students identify and develop their interdisciplinary capstone projects throughout the MLS program, and must have an approved MLS Capstone Project Proposal before enrolling.


SUBJ: INFS
TITLE: The Craft and Commerce of Book Publishing
COU_NBR: 338
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course considers books, like universities and libraries, part of "the knowledge industry," and emphasizes the gatekeepers who decide matters of a book's authorship, publishing, and readership.  By tracking the evolution of the book pre-Gutenberg to the current e-book environment, we will explore the evolving publishing industry in society.  In our exploration of the field of publishing, we will combine readings and discussion with field experiences.  You will have the opportunity to meet with and ask questions of guest speakers who work in various aspects of the publishing industry.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Primary Care Nursing I: Foundations of FNP Practice
COU_NBR: 621
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: NULL
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  Serving as the foundation for FNP practice, this course focuses on health promotion and risk factor identification for adults and management of selected common acute and chronic health concerns of adults in the context of family-centered and population-based care. Antepartal and postpartal care are also addressed. Students will utilize critical thinking skills as they study clinical presentations, engage in development of differential diagnoses, determine the implications of clinical data, and plan holistic therapeutic interventions that will optimize client/family health. Evidenced based clinical practice guidelines are utilized to guide FNP practice. Selected roles of the advanced practice nurse and common issues encountered in practice are addressed.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: FNP Foundations Practicum
COU_NBR: 621P
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: NULL
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This clinical practicum course builds on the history and physical skills learned in the simulated setting of N 615/615L and facilitates application of content in N 621. In a clinical setting(s) serving adults, FNP students will perform histories and physicals, determine differential diagnoses, and plan and implement holistic plans of care under the guidance of a preceptor. Accurate interpretation of clinical data, appropriate prescribing practices, and accurate documentation of patient encounters is fostered. A minimum of 200 collaborative clinical hours with an approved preceptor(s) are required.


SUBJ: MATH
TITLE: Mathematics of Sustainability
COU_NBR: 102
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course develops and applies mathematical concepts and tools to quantitatively explore environmental sustainability issues. Topics addressed in the course will be explored from environmental, social, and economic perspectives wherever possible, and may include such topics as industrial agriculture, energy sustainability, population growth, ecological footprints and the security of land and water resources. The mathematical concepts developed in this course are motivated through the study of these topics. Particular mathematical concepts include properties of real numbers, rate of change and percentage change, functions and inverse functions (with a focus on linear and exponential functions), modeling, algebraic simplification of expressions, solving linear equations and inequalities, and practical interpretation of numerical information.


SUBJ: DENH
TITLE: Management of Dental and Medical Emergencies
COU_NBR: 630
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This didactic and simulation laboratory based course reviews common medical and dental emergencies that may be seen in the dental setting, as well as, management protocols and prevention strategies for emergencies. This course illustrates the relationship between accurate data collection and achieving successful outcomes in the management of dental and medical emergencies. Emphasis is placed on gathering, analyzing and processing information to develop appropriate action plans. Simulation laboratory experiences of medical emergencies take place in a dental operatory.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Immigrants and Refugees in Urban Schools
COU_NBR: 451
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the experience of students in grades K to 12 who are immigrants or refugees (or their relatives) living in urban communities, particularly within the Twin Cities.  The historical and contemporary push and/or pull factors that contributed to families from various countries and cultures recently coming to the United States will be examined.  Important similarities and differences between the experiences and status of immigrants and refugees will also be studied.  Particular challenges encountered within the U.S. will be explored, as well as examples of resiliency, achievement, and community resources.  Students will gain the understanding of different cultural practices; benefits of bilingual education; how the larger community and the socio-cultural framework shape communication with parents; and how the urban environment conditions may influence learning.  Critical issues in urban multilingual immigrant and refugee communities will be discussed.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Immigrants and Refugees in Urban Schools
COU_NBR: 651
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the experience of students in grades K-12 who are immigrants or refugees (or their relatives) living in urban communities, particularly within the Twin Cities.  The historical and contemporary push and/or pull factors that contributed to families from various countries and cultures recently coming to the United States will be examined.  Important similarities and differences between the experiences and status of immigrants and refugees will also be studied. Particular challenges encountered within the U.S. will be explored, as well as examples of resiliency, achievement, and community resources.  Students will gain the understanding of different cultural practices; benefits of bilingual education; how the larger community and the socio-cultural framework shape communication with parents; and how the urban environment conditions may influence learning.  Critical issues in urban multilingual immigrant and refugee communities will be discussed. Graduate-level research and theoretical perspectives are part of the expectations.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Intensive Practicum II
COU_NBR: 600P
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course provides nursing students with experience in varied acute and community-based settings. Opportunities are provided for students to apply theoretical principles to the care of diverse populations consistent with the specialty theory courses. Proficiency with care management interventions and technologies will be achieved during this practicum. Student experiences will include the application of evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, delegation and supervision, and financial aspects of care. Interdisciplinary collaboration is emphasized.


SUBJ: ARTS
TITLE: Photography: History of a Visual Artform
COU_NBR: 309
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course presents a historical survey of photography within the context of scientific, cultural and artistic forces.  From the camera obscura and daguerreotypes to Surrealism and Social Realism, this course addresses the broad and expressive nature of photographic imagery.  In addition to exploring the technical history of the medium, the class is designed to promote formal articulation, genre identification and evaluation of meaning within diverse cultural contexts.  Students will leave this course with a stronger sense of the ways in which photography has contributed to the global artistic landscape and our conception of reality.  Activities include slide lectures, videos, visiting artist presentations and field trips to local collections and studios.  No lab component.


SUBJ: GNDR
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Topics in Gender Studies
COU_NBR: 300
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores contemporary and historical issues not represented in regularly scheduled courses in the Gender Studies program or in other departments.


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: Usability for Technical Communication
COU_NBR: 574G
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Usability is a component of user-centered design, which strives to make products, processes, and documentation work for target users. This course teaches you how to investigate and improve the user experience of information products. You will learn how to evaluate information products and conduct usability tests (both stet). You will tour local usability labs and talk to usability professionals.


SUBJ: MDST
TITLE: World Cinema
COU_NBR: 378
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  An opportunity for students to explore the world, world cultures and film traditions, and world issues through films from around the globe.  The goal is to enrich students' film and cultural understanding of selected parts of the contemporary world.


SUBJ: DENH
TITLE: Educational Concepts in Dental Hygiene
COU_NBR: 340
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: HCPS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed to introduce the student to educational methodologies for effective instruction in dental hygiene education. Topics include teaching/learning styles, instructional methods/strategies, use of instructional objectives, classroom assessment techniques, and evaluation in dental hygiene educational settings.


SUBJ: WKSP
TITLE: Graduation Requirements
COU_NBR: GRAD
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SAFS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This is the final step needed for graduation.  Students need to be registered for ALL remaining requirements before enrolling in this course.  Requirements for your degree, need to be completed by the end of the current semester in order to graduate.  Graduation Fee: $20.00.


SUBJ: LAWE
TITLE: Police Culture
COU_NBR: 431
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course will explore the complex interactions between police culture and issues relating to integrity and ethics for the police. It will examine the underlying values of the police culture and how those affect police behavior. Loyalty, racism, and use of force issues will be examined.


SUBJ: LAWE
TITLE: Criminal Procedure and Investigation
COU_NBR: 325
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: SLC
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the legal aspects of the investigation and arrest process and the fundamentals of criminal procedure:  statutory elements of felony and misdemeanor offenses, crime scene control, evidentiary rules, search and seizure, interrogation, and constitutional limitations.


SUBJ: MPNA
TITLE: Topics in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management
COU_NBR: 699
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores a variety of contemporary issues in public administration and nonprofit management in greater detail.  The focus keeps changing to keep pace with new issues and new circumstances.


SUBJ: PHYS
TITLE: Air, Weather and Climate
COU_NBR: 105
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is an introduction to the atmospheric sciences, including meteorology, climatology, and atmospheric chemistry. This course emphasizes scientific method, human impact on the environment, and the climate and weather in Minnesota. Includes lab. Intended for general education students and students majoring in Life Sciences Teaching.  


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Principles of Urban Education
COU_NBR: 600
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course is designed for graduate level study and conducted in seminar format. The purpose is to explore the impact of successful teaching of diverse students in urban classrooms. Students in the seminar will examine issues related to urban education mirrored in research, theory, and practice while looking at instructional approaches as reflected in the Standards of Effective Practice. Topics will include but not exclusive to multicultural competencies, curriculum transformation, and teacher dispositions. In addition, students will come to understand the role of the students' family, culture, social class, and ethnicity. The seminar is designed to meet several Standards of Effective Practice for the State of Minnesota Board of Teaching (BOT) (State Statute 8700.2000) for all teacher licensing programs.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Assessing Learning in Urban Grades 5-12 - Advanced Theory and Practice
COU_NBR: 602
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course explores advanced theory and practice to support the use of assessment as a tool to guide the planning, development and implementation of curriculum and instruction. Participants will examine theories and research related to principles of learning, motivation, and multiple knowledge and skill sets. Participants will gain practical experience designing short and long term learner outcomes and the use of various assessment tools and approaches. Teacher candidates will gain skills at identifying areas of student mastery and indicating areas of future learning. Topics include standards-based instruction, formative and summative assessment, standardized testing, validity, reliability, bias, rubrics, portfolio-based assessment, performance-based assessment and communicating with families. State and national standards and performance criteria for the evaluation of teaching will also be reviewed. Clinical field experience hours are part of the course requirements.


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Urban Middle School & High School Methods -Advanced Theory and Practice
COU_NBR: 606
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course provides advanced theory and practice regarding common methods of differentiating instruction for urban middle school and high school classrooms. Post-baccalaureate urban teacher candidates learn how to create developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant unit and lesson plans that attend to the various abilities, needs, cultures, experiences, and interests of urban 5-12 students while also meeting district and state standards for learning and making interdisciplinary connections. Foundational understanding of the diverse learning styles and developmental characteristics of young adolescent and adolescent learners forms the basis upon which appropriate plans are developed and methods are employed. The inter-relationships between standards, assessment, curriculum and instruction are examined in promoting high achievement for each urban learner. Teacher candidates examine current trends and research in urban middle school and high school education along with the knowledge and skills these trends demand of effective urban educators, including teacher collaboration and teaming. Clinical field experience hours participating in an urban middle school and/or high school classroom are part of the requirements for the course. 


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Teaching & Assessing Exceptional Urban Learners-Advanced Theory & Practice
COU_NBR: 610
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course reviews advanced theory and practice to support the education of exceptional urban and diverse learners in grades 5-12. The course will address what teachers should know about exceptional learners, including students with disabilities and students with special gifts and talents. The responsibilities of general education teachers in service to students with special needs who are included in the mainstreamed classroom will also be examined, and practice will be provided for developing lesson plans and assessments that meet the needs of students with exceptionalities. Special education law and collaboration with special education staff will be discussed in the context of reviewing current research, issues and best practices for pre- and post-special education service needs of exceptional learners in urban public schools. Clinical field experience hours are part of the course requirements. 


SUBJ: EDU
TITLE: Managing Learning in Urban 5-12 Classrooms-Advanced Theory and Practice
COU_NBR: 615
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: UED
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines current theory and research on the relationship between classroom management and academic achievement to prepare prospective urban teachers for facilitating student learning in a positive classroom environment. Participants in this course will examine teacher and student classroom behaviors from a cross-cultural perspective to recognize the effects of cultural/linguistic differences in the assessment, interpretation, and planning of the instructional and social environment in a class. Students will gain understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create learning environments that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation. Students will also gain understanding of how factors in students' environment outside of school may influence the classroom learning environment. A portion of this course will explore the influence of the use and misuse of drugs, and management strategies for atypical behaviors stemming from the effects of chemical dependency in adolescents. Teacher candidates will explore multiple theories, methods and strategies for integrating effective classroom management approaches into urban middle school and high school classrooms, including collaborating with other professionals and families to ensure a positive learning environment for all. Clinical field experience hours are part of the course requirements. 


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: Primary Care Nursing I: Foundations of ANP/GNP
COU_NBR: 622
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  Serving as the foundation for ANP/GNP practice, this course focuses on health promotion and risk factor identification for adults/older adults and management of selected common acute and chronic health concerns of adults/older adults in the context of family-centered and population-based care. Common concerns of the geriatric population and frail elderly are also addressed. Students will utilize critical thinking skills as they study clinical presentations, engage in development of differential diagnoses, determine the implications of clinical data, and plan holistic therapeutic interventions that will optimize client/family health. Evidenced based clinical practice guidelines are utilized to guide ANP/GNP practice. Selected roles of the advanced practice nurse and common issues encountered in practice are addressed.


SUBJ: NURS
TITLE: ANP/GNP Foundations Practicum
COU_NBR: 622P
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: SON
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Nursing
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: X
COU_DESC:
  This clinical practicum course builds on the history and physical skills learned in the simulated setting of N 615/615L and facilitates application of content in N 622. In a clinical setting(s) serving adults and older adults, ANP/GNP students will perform histories and physicals, determine differential diagnoses, and plan and implement holistic plans of care under the guidance of a preceptor. Accurate interpretation of clinical data, appropriate prescribing practices, and accurate documentation of patient encounters is fostered. A minimum of 200 collaborative clinical hours with an approved preceptor(s) are required.


SUBJ: DSCI
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Decision Sciences Prior Learning
COU_NBR: 365I
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: SDIS/Priors/Internships
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 6
COU_DESC:
  Credit for Prior Learning is the conditions under which students can receive college credit for prior learning obtained through nontraditional channels such as the military, the workplace, or independent study. The course for which credit is being sought must correspond in its content to a course that is currently offered at Metropolitan State University. Competence is demonstrated by passing the final examination of the corresponding course.  
  Students should contact their appointed advisor for more information.


SUBJ: ENTR
TITLE: Entrepreneurship and Law
COU_NBR: 354
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The course covers common legal and human resources issues encountered by business owners in starting, growing, and exiting a business, including the choice of entity, financing, contracts, employment, intellectual property, potential areas of liability, and methods of sale of business.


SUBJ: ENTR
TITLE: Entrepreneurship
COU_NBR: 631
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  This course examines the processes for launching a new enterprise, resources needed and financing strategies.  Topics discussed include shaping a business concept into a feasible business venture, assessing demand, analyzing the competition, setting objectives, designing strategies, designing the organization and developing pro forma operating statements.  This course helps students recognize the nature of business opportunities and develop realistic strategies for developing them.


SUBJ: WRIT
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Literacy Corps Group Internship: Literacy Tutors
COU_NBR: 392
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  The Literacy Tutors Program aims to help improve reading levels and to rekindle children's interest in reading, as well as educate Metropolitan State interns in literacy and community service.  Interns read and share stories twice a week with elementary school children at Dayton's Bluff Elementary, Saint Paul, or Green Central, Minneapolis.  Interns also participate in a training session and a reflective seminar, which includes reading about literacy and volunteer service, keeping a journal, and writing a reflective essay.


SUBJ: THEA
CRHR: NULL
TITLE: Production and Performance Laboratory
COU_NBR: 351
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Two credits of off stage production support are required for the major and minor. 
  Students enrolled in advanced acting/directing classes or working on season productions or special performance projects under faculty guidance may receive credit for rehearsal time spent out of the regular class period. Students cast in directing class scenes may also receive credit. Note: Students may take up to eight credits over time. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission if not enrolled in directing or advanced acting class.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
COU_NBR: 231
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Students learn the characteristics and process of interpersonal communication including perception, speech and language, nonverbal behaviors, listening and feedback, conflict and conflict resolution, the ethics of interpersonal communication, relationship development and maintenance.  The ability to recognize cultural similarities and differences is emphasized, as is the ability to recognize one's own communicative biases and behaviors.  Evaluation is based, in part, on the ability to recognize characteristics of interpersonal communication and apply verbal and nonverbal interpersonal strategies in a wide variety of social and work situations.  Overlap:  Comm 232 Interpersonal Communication Theory Seminar.


SUBJ: COMM
TITLE: Intermediate Interpersonal Communication
COU_NBR: 331
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  Effective interpersonal communication skills are essential for students across all majors. In this course we will consider the complex, dynamic and dialectical nature of the interpersonal communication process through multiple perspectives.  This course focuses on the mindset and communication skills necessary to respond to others as whole persons.  The ability to recognize the influences of cultural beliefs and values  on communication style is emphasized, as is the ability to recognize one's own communicative biases and behaviors.  We will learn how to process conflict through several major models developed in Communication.  Students also learn oral presentation techniques. 


SUBJ: DBA
TITLE: Global Issues in Business: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach
COU_NBR: 740
LEVEL: G
DIVISION: COM
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Doctorate in Business Administration
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: Y
COU_DESC:
  This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of international factors directly or indirectly affecting day-to-day operations and management decision making of small, mid size, and large organizations that pursue business opportunities internationally. Emphasis is placed on research, analysis, and decision making skills essential to success in an increasingly international business environment.


SUBJ: WRIT
TITLE: Writing the News in a Digital World
COU_NBR: 341
LEVEL: U
DIVISION: CAS
MODIFIED: N
UPDTDESC: N
UPDTTITLE: N
IUT_LONG_DESC: Regular On Campus Course
INSTR_UNIT_TYPE: 1
COU_DESC:
  In this course, students analyze principles and methods of news gathering and reporting for web, broadcast and print news media. They then prepare a weekly schedule of reporting assignments, similar to those that might be completed by a newsroom intern. Students also complete several major assignments employing various news writing styles for digital, broadcast and print mediums. Prerequisite: A 200- or 300-level writing course or instructor's consent.


