Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
The dynamics of health in modern life in a rapidly changing world; modern concepts of health, disease, and longevity; current medical findings relative to emotional health, human sexuality, family planning, disease control, environmental health, and quackery are included.
Concepts and analysis of vital issues related to drug use, misuse, and abuse. Educational principles related to teaching about drug education and counseling considerations in these problem areas are addressed.
Instruction of those who are frequently in a position to provide first aid/CPR and emergency care. Provides essential knowledge and skills needed to develop the functional first aid/CPR capabilities required by basic first responders, including nurses, teachers, athletic trainers, and other special interest groups.
A comprehensive study of the historical, educational, social, and political foundations of health education, the roles and responsibilities of the health education specialist, professional associations and career opportunities in health education.
This course presents the structural organization, functional roles, and political foundations of public and private health agencies relative to community health. The roles and responsibilities of community health educators and professional associations/career opportunities receive particular attention.
The course is designed to acquaint the student with materials and methods for teaching health and safety preschool through grade eight. The role of the teacher in terms of safety, first aid/CPR and accident for children will be presented. Other discussions pertinent to health services, the school environment, the role of health agencies, and administration of the health program will be included.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: HLTH 103
This course develops skills in symptom recognition in all emergency care procedures and techniques currently considered to be within the responsibilities of an EMT providing emergency medical care with an ambulance service. The EMT course follows state EMS guidelines and consists of 25 lessons involving a minimum of 80 hours of classroom and field training, plus 10 hours of in-hospital observation and training.
This course focuses on the use of technology for instructional, administrative and program management functions in health and/or recreation environments.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: CSC 105
HLTH 401 - Needs Assessment and Evaluation in Health Education
Knowledge and skills for collection and analysis of data on health-related behaviors, risk factors, and priority needs or interests of populations or geographical areas for purposes of health education program planning. Also, concepts and skills for development and implementation of health education evaluation designs, followed by interpretation and incorporation of results.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: HLTH 300 or equivalent, or Instructor consent
HLTH 421 - Sexuality Education: Curricula and Teaching Techniques
Concepts and analysis of vital issues related to sex education. Educational principles related to teaching about sex education and counseling considerations in this controversial area are addressed.
This course investigates the science of food relative to human performance, nutrition, and health education. Areas of emphasis include nutrient chemistry, function, and interactions; energy consumption and metabolism; and resources for nutrition education.
Current topics and issues in women’s health with an emphasis on the present and future roles of school and community health education, as well as worksite wellness, in promoting the health and well-being of women personally, nationally, and internationally. Throughout the course, the dimensions of women’s health–physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and occupational–will be considered, as will the interrelated and complex factors which influence women’s health around the world.
Presentation of subject matter suitable for units, lesson plans and special projects for teaching health at the middle school and high school level. Methods and techniques of teaching health education are explored.
A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as Internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
Includes senior project, and capstone experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
Health Service Systems introduces the student to the health services delivery system, provides a historical perspective of development and describes major elements of modern systems. Also included are the roles of consumers, institutions, manpower, and government as they interact in the system.
Strategic Health Care Management involves an introduction to the theory and practice of health planning. Federal and state health planning legislation is presented along with analytical techniques applicable to current problems.
Gerontology and Long Term Care is designed to provide the student with information regarding fundamental management principles and special concerns and problems of long term care and, in addition, to practice the application of this knowledge through the use of case studies and assignments.
Health Care Law provides a comprehensive review of contemporary jurisprudence governing the american health care delivery system including hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities and ambulatory programs. Traditional law and medical relationships are examined within the context of economic and ethical rules of conduct.
HSAD 400 - Health Services Management & Epidemiology
Health Services Management and Epidemiology presents the principles and practices of disease status in relationship to health services organizations. Core aspects of management are emphasized within the unique interaction of the health status of communities and populations, licensed health professionals and a variety of regulatory and health services organizations.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: HSAD 305
Managed Care in the Rural Environment assists the student in understanding the complexities of provider-consumer-payer arrangements in the changing and expanding managed care environment, specifically within the rural areas.
Health Services Financing involves an overview of the fiscal mechanisms and problems unique to the health services field. Coverage includes a historical development of current organization and future trends. Standard financial management techniques are applied to health services. Economic theories governing health services delivery are introduced.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Prerequisite: HSAD 305
This course addresses the financial management of nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, home health care agencies and other long-term care businesses. While narrow in its focus on long-term care, it is comprehensive in assembling the financial tools needed to quantify a strategic plan, develop a budget, implement and monitor budget performance, and merge clinical practice with reimbursement requirements. It is a specialty subset within the complex field of healthcare finance.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: HSAD 305
Advanced Long-Term Care Administration continues and further develops the theory and practice of long-term care administration. Emphasis is placed on review and preparation for the licensing examination of the National Association of Boards of Examiners for Nursing Home Administration.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: HSAD 325
HSAD 425 - Health Services Administration & Policy (C)
Health Services Administration and Policy presents the formation and operation of public health care policies. This course emphasizes the relationship and impact of policy making to health care organizations and their services. Tactical issues of health services operations with a focus on achieving quality health care will be discussed.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: HSAD 305
HSAD 430 - Critical Issues in Gerontology and Long-Term Care Administration
Critical Issues in Gerontology and Long-Term Care Administration involves the study of current topics in the care of the elderly and other long-term care recipients in both institutional and non-institutional settings. The course develops critical insight into a variety of current multifaceted issues, many of which have no simple, single solution.
Health Economics is a survey of economic issues and analysis relating to health. Coverage includes: health and poverty, demand for health, cost-benefit, market use plan, and other topics.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ECON 201 and 202 and HSAD 305
HSAD 470 - Research in Health Services Administration
Research in Health Services Administration offers research opportunities across the full spectrum of the health care delivery system for the academically advanced student.
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Includes senior project, and capstone experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
Service learning involves the integration of academic learning, relevant service with community partners, purposeful civic engagement and structured reflection for the purpose of enriching the learning experience and increasing student involvement in community service. The academic study may be in any discipline.
IDEA 300 - Introduction to Ecology of Human Development
In this course, students will explore the forces and experiences that shape human development in a rapidly changing world. Children’s biological, social, emotional, and cognitive development is considered within the ecology of school, family, and peer settings from a national and international perspective. Ecologies vary within and among different regions and countries of the world and these differences and similarities provide windows into the worlds of childhood. By examining developmental ecologies across country borders, students will be challenged to apply research and theory to everyday situations that are different from their own experiences.
Note Registration restriction: Must have 48 credits completed or in progress to register
The foundation course for the Ecology of Human Development theme.
IDEA 302 - Introduction to Arts and Identity: Developing Cultural Competency
Provides students with general concepts of cultural studies and an introduction to the role of the arts in culture.
Note Registration restriction: Must have 48 credits completed or in progress to register
The foundation course for the Arts & Identity: Developing Cultural Competency theme.
Seminar/discussion course covering the issues of personal health, health policy, history and literature of medicine, health science and current issues in health and medicine.
Note Registration restriction: Must have 48 credits completed or in progress to register
The foundation course for the Global Health theme.
Seminar/discussion course covering the topics of peace and conflict through the disciplines of history, philosophy, religion, psychology, literature, and politics.
Note Registration restriction: Must have 48 credits completed or in progress to register
The foundation course for the Peace and Conflict Theme.
IDEA 308 - Introduction to Living a Life of Leadership
Focus on different disciplinary perspectives on leadership and an introduction to the study of leadership theory.
Note Registration restriction: Must have 48 credits completed or in progress to register
This is the foundation course for the Living a Life of Leadership theme.
Seminar/discussion course exploring issues of ecological, economic, and environmental sustainability. Discussions will include insights from disciplines such as ecology, geography, anthropology, development, economics and conservation biology.
Note Registration restriction: Must have 48 credits completed or in progress to register
The foundation course for the Sustainability Theme.
IDEA 310 - Foundation for Liberal Learning: Students in Global Community
Foundation course for the IdEA Program, which investigates the principles associated with community, justice, and sustainability from both classical and modern perspectives. Students explore how a liberal education prepares them to engage as citizens in the solution of the complex challenges facing society.
Note Registration restriction: Student must have 60 credit hours completed or in progress before registering for this course.
The course will discuss ecological solutions to contemporary social problems such as at-risk youth welfare, single parenting and daycare, care for the elderly, and youth violence
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: IDEA 300
Note This is a capstone course examining issues related to the Ecology of Human Development theme.
IDEA 402 - Now! Arts & Identity: Developing Cultural Competency Capstone
The course will address contemporary cultural issues and controversies including public arts policy, arts legislation, censorship, and business practice.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: IDEA 302
Note This is the capstone course examining issues related to the Arts & Identity: Developing Cultural Competency theme.
The course will address topics including personal health, health policy, history and literature of medicine, health science, and current issues in health and medicine.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: IDEA 303
Note This is the capstone course examining issues related to the Global Health theme.
The course will focus on how the market distributes wealth and income among Americans and whether the distribution satisfies various criteria for distributive justice.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: IDEA 306
Note Last capstone will be offered SP08
A capstone course examining issues related to the Wealth and Justice theme.
The course will focus on the discussion of and practice with varied approaches to both understanding and implementing leadership as people deal with issues that emerge when social interaction (such as within a group, team, business, government, family, etc.) is necessary.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: IDEA 308
Note A capstone course examining issues related to Living a Life of Leadership theme.
IDEA 410 - Capstone for Liberal Learning: Students in a Global Community
Discussion-based capstone course for the IdEA Program, which examines in an interdisciplinary fashion a narrowed subject area related to community, justice, and/or sustainability. Students will deepen their understanding of issues associated with the overall theme and complete a class-embedded “Action” component through service-learning, community-based research, or civic engagement.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: IDEA 310
Service learning involves the integration of academic learning, relevant service with community partners, purposeful civic engagement and structured reflection for the purpose of enriching the learning experience and increasing student involvement in community service. The academic study may be in any discipline.
A basic knowledge of Indian history with emphasis on the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota speaking people. Current cultural issues are presented including values, family structures, traditional religion, fine arts, legends, economics, governmental policies, treaties, acts and related areas. Focuses on teaching methods, content and materials to equip students to teach bi-culturally.
INED 413 - Current Issues and Problems in Indian Education
A study in current trends and policies dealing with programs, laws, and economics in education in regard to Native Americans and their educational development.
Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may included lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
A survey of the methods and materials used in constructing architecture. Students will have extensive exposure to engineering practices, common building materials, and advances in building.
An exploration of film genres as they reflect and influence culture. This course will analyze film genre in relation to significant historical events and cultural trends. Special attention will be given to diverse perspectives through independent, international and issue films.
INTA 260 - Design and Animation for the Entertainment Industry
An introduction to the advanced technology of 3D design and animation commonly used today in the entertainment industry. The student will learn how to develop wireframe structures, map on surface textures, set lighting, and create animation patterns using sophisticated software.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
A survey of architectural methods and styles from the dawn of civilization to the current day. This course will analyze the function and aesthetic of architecture throughout its evolution.
The history of film from its early beginnings in the late nineteenth century through the current day. Students will gain insight into the evolution of popular culture as well as film art. This course will view the development of film structure and technology from an international perspective.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Students will learn the underlying fundamentals of nonprofit arts organizations, the difference between leadership and management in arts organizations, the basics of nonprofit arts governance, why and how to develop a strategic plan for arts organizations, and an understanding of public policy as it relates to the arts.
Students will learn to approach grant seeking, proposal writing, and fundraising positively and confidently. They will also learn to identify funding sources appropriate for projects, to draft an effective fund raising letter, and to produce a proposal that aligns well with the funding source’s interests.
A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is no wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is no wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
This course offers students the opportunity to conduct additional research or study for credit while abroad. It encourages student to learn more about the culture and country in which they are studying or traveling and to focus on a particular aspect of their temporary surroundings.
INTS 400 - Senior Capstone Experience in International Studies
Serves as the capstone for the International Studies Major. Students will complete a major project (e.g., thesis or presentation) in order to synthesize their International Studies experience. Additionally, students will complete their portfolios, which are a record and compilation of their papers, exams, presentations, etc., from classes taken to fulfill the International Studies Major program of study.
Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is no wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor for these courses than is the case with field experience.
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
Much can be learned about a regime from the leaders it chooses to honor publicly. This may be especially true in a democracy that deliberately promotes a proliferation of interest groups or factions. In America, the faces that were so painstakingly carved into Mount Rushmore represent four of the greatest leaders this nation has ever produced. But what made Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln such exceptionally able leaders? What do their words, actions, and examples have to say to the citizens of the late 20th century - particularly about contemporary leadership? What can we learn about character, democracy, and the limits of politics and self by studying these leaders? Are contemporary liberties the direct consequence of having once had leaders such as Washington? If so, what does this say about the possibility of founding moderate regimes now or then?