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St Paul: McNeely Hall 111
(Common Good capacity: 20 participants)
Online
ACCT: Accounting
Instructor: TBD
The course introduces students to the discipline of accounting through an introduction to financial and managerial accounting. Financial accounting is an integral part of the planning, reporting and control functions of every business. Financial accounting data provide insights about the firm's financial condition, operating results, cash flows and capital structure to facilitate decision making. Managerial accounting is used internally by businesses for cost management, planning and controlling, and strategic decision-making. This course introduces the primary financial statements, fundamental financial accounting terminology and calculations, as well as the interpretation and analysis of financial statements. The managerial accounting topics covered in this course include cost types and classifications. The differences between financial and managerial accounting are presented throughout the course. Ethical aspects of accounting are included. 4 credits.
Note: Students who receive credit for ACCT 100 may not receive credit for ACCT 210.
St Paul: McNeely Hall 111
(Common Good capacity: 20 participants)
Online
ACCT: Accounting
Instructor: TBD
The course introduces students to the discipline of accounting through an introduction to financial and managerial accounting. Financial accounting is an integral part of the planning, reporting and control functions of every business. Financial accounting data provide insights about the firm's financial condition, operating results, cash flows and capital structure to facilitate decision making. Managerial accounting is used internally by businesses for cost management, planning and controlling, and strategic decision-making. This course introduces the primary financial statements, fundamental financial accounting terminology and calculations, as well as the interpretation and analysis of financial statements. The managerial accounting topics covered in this course include cost types and classifications. The differences between financial and managerial accounting are presented throughout the course. Ethical aspects of accounting are included. 4 credits.
Note: Students who receive credit for ACCT 100 may not receive credit for ACCT 210.
Managerial accounting is used internally by businesses for cost management, planning and controlling, and strategic decision-making. Managerial accounting emphasizes the relevance and timeliness of data. The managerial accounting topics covered in this course include application of cost within corporate environment, break-even analysis, budgeting and differential analysis. 2 credits Prerequisites: ACCT 100 or ACCT 210
Note: Students who receive credit for ACCT 200 may not receive credit for ACCT 215.
Financial accounting is an integral part of the planning, reporting and control functions of every business. It is a means to achieving insights about the firm's financial condition, operating results, cash flows and ownership and capital structure. This course covers the fundamental terminology and calculations of financial accounting and reporting, as well as the comprehension and interpretation of financial statements. Ethical aspects of accounting are included. Prerequisites: NONE.
The Field Training (FT) course is an integral component of the AFROTC curriculum and serves to transition cadets from the General Military Course (GMC) into the Professional Officer Course (POC). It is a unique and transformational experience aimed at evaluating and preparing cadets to succeed and lead at their AFROTC Detachments. This seminal event drives the cycle of AFROTC cadet leadership development by giving purpose and focus to detachment-level cadet operations. The post-FT cadets in the POC, under the guidance of detachment cadre, plan and execute leadership laboratories and training events to prepare, mentor, and train GMC cadets to succeed. Successful completion of Field Training is mandatory for completing the AFROTC program and obtaining a commission in the Air Force. Prerequisite: AERO 212
A cadet who previously completed Field Training and who successfully competes to be assigned as a staff member in a 4- or 6-week field Training. Discharges staff responsibilities to meet the objectives described in AERO 450.
The objective of PDT is to provide opportunities to cadets to gain knowledge and appreciation for the human relations and leadership challenge encountered by junior Air Force officers. Further, the program is designed to motivate cadets in their pursuit of an Air Force career. Normally open to junior and senior contracted cadets who have completed Field Training. However, selected AERO 100 cadets may participate in some of the PDT programs.
Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.
Through a series of case studies, this course examines the importance of art as cultural expression across time and from a global perspective. In each course section, students will analyze the style, subject, and patronage of works of art, and will explore art's relationship to religion, ideology, society and economy, gender roles, and the interaction of cultures. Case studies will include architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts, such as ceramics, textiles, and photography. This course fulfills the Fine Arts and Human Diversity core requirement. Some sections will meet the Global Perspectives requirement. Consult the department website for details about the specific sections offered.
The course begins with a framework for understanding managerial communication and a general model for employing skills. The focus is on best practices for relatively formal written and spoken communication in the workplace. Participants respond to assigned reading and instructor perspectives with writing samples and classroom performances. They respond to feedback from guest experts, their peers and the instructor. On four occasions during the term, participant teams employ teach-backs to engage one another in what is known about best practices in various communication contexts. An individual presentation demonstrates competence in one of a variety of workplace presentation options. A final paper demonstrates competence in one of a variety of options for workplace writing. Prerequisites: NONE.
This course plays a critical role in the principle-based education of St. Thomas business students. Through analysis of case studies, readings and other experiential exercises, students will develop an understanding of the contribution of business to the common good, professional business conduct and judgment grounded in ethical principles. Prerequisites: BUSN 100 and Sophomore standing.
Note: Students who receive credit for BETH 300 may not receive credit for BETH 301.
This course plays a critical role in the principle-based education of St. Thomas business students. Through analysis of case studies, readings and other experiential exercises, students will develop an understanding of the contribution of business to the common good, professional business conduct and judgment grounded in ethical principles. Prerequisites: BUSN 100 and Sophomore standing.
Note: Students who receive credit for BETH 300 may not receive credit for BETH 301.
This course plays a critical role in the principle-based education of St. Thomas business students, especially in introducing the responsibilities of a business professional. Through analysis of case studies, readings and other experiential exercises, students will develop an understanding of professional business conduct and judgment grounded in moral principles. Prerequisites: Junior standing; and BLAW 301 or 302 or 303 or 304 (may be taken concurrently), plus four additional credits from ACCT, OPMT, FINC, MGMT, or MKTG.
Note: Students who receive credit for BETH 301 may not receive credit for BETH 300.
This course plays a critical role in the principle-based education of St. Thomas business students, especially in introducing the responsibilities of a business professional. Through analysis of case studies, readings and other experiential exercises, students will develop an understanding of professional business conduct and judgment grounded in moral principles. Prerequisites: Junior standing; and BLAW 301 or 302 or 303 or 304 (may be taken concurrently), plus four additional credits from ACCT, OPMT, FINC, MGMT, or MKTG.
Note: Students who receive credit for BETH 301 may not receive credit for BETH 300.
This class explores the fundamentals of ethical decision making in the business context. It covers the psychology of ethical decision making, including individual and situational factors influencing the decision process, as well as the ethical theories needed to understand the dimensions of an ethically complex situation. The class introduces a framework for analyzing ethical situations and developing a managerially defensible solution. It also explores various strategies for dealing with ethical challenges in the workplace and ways to effectively communicate one’s decisions. Prerequisites: NONE.
Emphasizing biology as a creative, investigative process and its relevance in today's world, this course provides an overview of cell biology, genetics, physiology, and human impact on the environment. Two laboratory hours per week. Not open to biology majors, pre-professional students, or students who have completed BIOL 105 or BIOL 106.
Emphasizing biology as a creative, investigative process and its relevance in today's world, this course provides an overview of cell biology, genetics, physiology, and human impact on the environment. Two laboratory hours per week. Not open to biology majors, pre-professional students, or students who have completed BIOL 105 or BIOL 106.
An introduction to cells, genetics, development and the human body, and the impact of humans on the environment. Laboratories will emphasize investigative scientific problem solving and creative thinking. Does not fulfill entrance requirements for some health professions programs. Pre-health professional students should consult the university's pre-health professions advising committee. This course is designed to meet the need of social work and psychology majors. Two laboratory hours per week. Not open to biology majors, or students who have completed BIOL 101 or BIOL 106.
An introduction to cells, genetics, development and the human body, and the impact of humans on the environment. Laboratories will emphasize investigative scientific problem solving and creative thinking. Does not fulfill entrance requirements for some health professions programs. Pre-health professional students should consult the university's pre-health professions advising committee. This course is designed to meet the need of social work and psychology majors. Two laboratory hours per week. Not open to biology majors, or students who have completed BIOL 101 or BIOL 106.
Genetics is a rapidly evolving field of science that is continually changing the face of medicine, agriculture, and environmental health. In this course, students explore this area by learning the basic principles of genetics, modern technologies and practices, and its societal applications and implications. Two laboratory hours per week. Not open to biology majors or students who have completed BIOL 101, BIOL 105, or BIOL 106.
Genetics is a rapidly evolving field of science that is continually changing the face of medicine, agriculture, and environmental health. In this course, students explore this area by learning the basic principles of genetics, modern technologies and practices, and its societal applications and implications. Two laboratory hours per week. Not open to biology majors or students who have completed BIOL 101, BIOL 105, or BIOL 106.
A consideration of the mechanisms of heredity, evolution, population genetics, and population ecology emphasizing hypothesis testing, case studies, and quantitative and experimental approaches to population biology. Topics include: Mendelian genetics, genetic mapping, population genetics, selection theory and the process of adaptation, speciation, macroevolution and phylogenetics, and the growth and regulation of populations. Laboratory work emphasizes techniques for data analysis, including computer simulation and modeling. Three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: Math placement into MATH 108 or higher or completion of MATH 108 or MATH 109 or MATH 111 or MATH 113.
A consideration of the mechanisms of heredity, evolution, population genetics, and population ecology emphasizing hypothesis testing, case studies, and quantitative and experimental approaches to population biology. Topics include: Mendelian genetics, genetic mapping, population genetics, selection theory and the process of adaptation, speciation, macroevolution and phylogenetics, and the growth and regulation of populations. Laboratory work emphasizes techniques for data analysis, including computer simulation and modeling. Three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: Math placement into MATH 108 or higher or completion of MATH 108 or MATH 109 or MATH 111 or MATH 113.
Influences of humans on the global environment have reached unprecedented levels, increasing the need for society to strive to live in a sustainable manner. Many issues facing the environment have a biological basis. Thus, an understanding of basic biology is necessary to understand and address many environmental issues. This course will cover the fundamental biology involved with five environmental issues at the global scale: climate change, excessive nutrient loading into ecosystems, agricultural production, chemical contaminants, and loss of biodiversity. Specific biological principles to be covered include energy and nutrient mass balance by organisms and ecosystems, homeostasis and organismal physiology, and population dynamics and conservation biology.
Prerequisite: Completion of BIOL 207 or BIOL 208 or any 100 level GEOL or CHEM 112 or CHEM 115 or permission of the instructor.
The influence of natural selection on behavior in relation to ecological conditions. Emphasis is on integration of theoretical and experimental methods. Includes critical reading of papers from the primary literature and completion of a significant independent research project. Four laboratory hours per week.
Prerequisites: A minimum grade of C- in BIOL 330 or 333, or in any two 300-level biology courses; STAT 220 or MATH 303 strongly recommended
St Paul: Owens Science Hall 257
(Common Good capacity: 19 participants)
Online
BIOL: Biology: School of Ed Transfer Course
Instructor: TBD
The influence of natural selection on behavior in relation to ecological conditions. Emphasis is on integration of theoretical and experimental methods. Includes critical reading of papers from the primary literature and completion of a significant independent research project. Four laboratory hours per week.
Prerequisites: A minimum grade of C- in BIOL 330 or 333, or in any two 300-level biology courses; STAT 220 or MATH 303 strongly recommended
The course examines how the law impacts daily management decisions and business strategies and provide managers with tools to use principles of law to minimize risk, create value, attain core business objectives, and to resolve legal issues before they become problems. The course uses exercises, simulations and business cases designed to provide hands-on skill development and practical application of key legal concepts. It introduces students to essential areas of business law including contracts, intellectual property, employment law, and resolution of business disputes. Students then learn to apply business law skills to manage legal risks. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing
Note: Students who receive credit for BLAW 300 may not receive credit for BLAW 301 or 302.
The course examines how the law impacts daily management decisions and business strategies and provide managers with tools to use principles of law to minimize risk, create value, attain core business objectives and to resolve legal issues before they become problems. The course uses exercises, simulations and business cases designed to provide hands-on skill development and practical application of key legal concepts. Because contracts are an essential element of business, much of the course is organized around negotiating and analyzing critical business agreements covering a range of topics, including sales of goods, intellectual property, employment, and dispute resolution with the goal of developing understanding of how to structure agreements to minimize legal and business risk, enhance economic value and relationships, and aid the organization in achieving its goals. Prerequisites: NONE.
This course opens a welcoming door to students who want to know more about business and the opportunities and career paths it offers. The course builds awareness of the need for preparation and for building essential skills in order to be an effective contributor, and to be resilient in the face of ongoing change in any organization and in dynamic markets. Finally, it invites students to begin planning a business or organizational career that will allow them to use their gifts, to contribute, and to lead a good and satisfying life.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
This experiential course offers students the opportunity to strengthen their development as effective and principled business leaders. During the course, students develop their own learning objectives and partner with their selected nonprofit to pursue those objectives, while making meaningful impact in the community and fostering a long-term commitment to service. Students complete 40 hours of volunteer service at a nonprofit organization, a series of reflective assignments, and a final creative project. BUSN 200 is required of all undergraduate students in the Opus College of Business—both majors and minors. Students are encouraged to complete BUSN 200 during their second year. Students can complete BUSN 200 while studying abroad or while away from campus during J-term or summer. Registration in a BUSN 200 Orientation section is also required. This course is graded S/R.
The course will introduce students to the use of Microsoft Excel for business applications. Students will develop skills in using Microsoft Excel to solve business problems. This course will be online, with students using the MyEducator Excel Educator software platform. Students will submit Excel exercises to demonstrate their learning. Students enrolled in this course will pay a technology fee, and will then be granted lifetime access to the Excel Educator site.
Students who feel they have mastered the content of this course may apply for a waiver of this course through an examination. Students can attempt a waiver through examination for this course only once, and there is a fee for the examination.
This course is graded pass/fail. Students must achieve at least a passing percentage on each exercise, and an overall passing percentage to complete this course.
This course continues the study of chemistry begun in 111. Topics include thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, acid- base chemistry, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Lecture plus four laboratory hours per week. Offered spring semester and summer (when enrollment allows). Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C- in CHEM 111 NOTE: Students who receive credit for CHEM 112 may not receive credit for CHEM 115.
This course continues the study of chemistry begun in 111. Topics include thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, acid- base chemistry, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Lecture plus four laboratory hours per week. Offered spring semester and summer (when enrollment allows). Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C- in CHEM 111 NOTE: Students who receive credit for CHEM 112 may not receive credit for CHEM 115.
This course continues the study of chemistry begun in 111. Topics include thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, acid- base chemistry, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Lecture plus four laboratory hours per week. Offered spring semester and summer (when enrollment allows). Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C- in CHEM 111 NOTE: Students who receive credit for CHEM 112 may not receive credit for CHEM 115.
Methods of descriptive and experimental research, basic statistical theory and application, orientation to library resources, development of significant research methodology.
Methods of descriptive and experimental research, basic statistical theory and application, orientation to library resources, development of significant research methodology.
This course aims at developing participant capacities for leading school-wide or large-scale initiatives around technology adoption and integration based on emerging trends and best practices as well as equity, inclusion, and digital citizenship. Students will analyze theirleadership style and compare this to the qualities of a visionary leader and will create and utilize a personal learning network (PLN) to enhance their networking skills around visionary systems planning. Students will apply project management, change management, and design thinking skills as they complete authentic course projects.
Course participants will examine their racial and cultural identities through a research-based assessment tool and address personal biases that impact student learning and their instruction. The pedagogy of educational equity, culturally responsible teaching, and inclusive practices will be applied to the student learning environment, planning for instruction, and partnering with families and colleagues. Participants will learn effective cross cultural and interracial communication skills, inclusive practices, and how to translate their learning into equitable practices that impact effective learning for all students.
Introduction to problem solving with computers, using programming languages common to science and engineering disciplines; logical thinking, design and implementation of algorithms; and basic programming structures. Introduction to hardware and software: how computers acquire, store, process, and output information; how computer systems are designed, programmed, and tested. Students will use both a scientific programming language and an application package designed to implement programming features at a level more accessible to non-programmers. This course is designed for students majoring in Engineering or the sciences. Majors in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences should take CISC 131. Please see your academic advisor to ensure you select the appropriate class. Lab included. NOTE: Students who receive credit for CISC 130 may not receive credit for CISC 131
Prerequisite: Placement into MATH 108 or higher or completion of STAT 220 with a C- or better, or completion of one of: MATH 108, 109, 113, 114, or 200
This course is designed for students with majors in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences and focuses on logical thinking, the design and implementation of algorithms in a procedural language, testing, correctness, and the use of common programming structures such as arrays. In addition, basic machine concepts are covered including hardware organization and representation of information in the machine. The typical student will be adept at using the computer but will have no prior programming experience. Engineering and science majors should take CISC 130. Please see your academic advisor to ensure you select the appropriate class. Lab included.
NOTE: Students who receive credit for CISC 131 may not receive credit for CISC 130
Prerequisite: Placement into MATH 108 or higher or completion of STAT 220 with a C- or better, or completion of one of: MATH 108, 109, 113, 114, or 200
(Formerly QMCS 200) This course will prepare students to use computers in a business environment and in daily life. It will provide an introduction to programming and problem solving for non-majors. Spreadsheet and database software will be used to solve problems related to business. The course includes an overview of hardware and software, how computers acquire and process information, and related topics.
NOTE: Students who receive credit for CISC 200 may not receive credit for CISC 110 or 216.
(Formerly CISC 210) An introductory course in computer security. Topics include operating system security, cryptography, user authentication, application security, secure programming, web security and privacy issues, and ethical issues in the field of computer security. Emphasis is on understanding the technical aspects of how adversaries exploit systems and the techniques for defending against these attacks.
Prerequisites: MATH 128 (may be taken concurrently), and a minimum grade of C- in CISC 230
Introduction to basic communication theories and skills as they pertain to the business setting. Text, lecture, class discussion and exercises, and individual and group presentations will better prepare students to become more effective communicators at work. The course will focus on presentational skills, dyadic communication and interviewing, and group communication.
This course will examine organizational structures and the dynamics of the communication process. Major components of this class include the analysis of organizational communication including culture, socialization, roles, leadership, formal and informal communication structures, and issues of cultural diversity. Students will be involved in activities such as applying theories, examining case studies, and analyzing communication in real-life organizations.
Theoretical models in group psychology, including group process, group dynamics, systems theory, group behavior, systems approaches to group behavior; defense mechanisms in group behavior; group leadership; task-oriented group experience.
Career Assessment. Comparative theories of career choice and career development. Occupational and environmental analysis techniques. Experience in the use of occupational information and career models. Problem identification for career issues and implications for other major life issues. Prerequisite: CPSY600 recommended
Experience in individual and/or group counseling under faculty supervision in an approved setting. Seminar meetings for supervision, instruction, and discussion. Assignments include submission of audio- or video-taped counseling sessions, delivery of case presentations, and written self-evaluations. This course is the first of three consecutive course that entail the practicum sequence (CPSY608, 609, 610) the cumulative requirements entails 700 hours on-site activity at a minimum of 20 hours per week for at least 30 weeks.
Experience in individual and/or group counseling under faculty supervision in an approved setting. Seminar meetings for supervision, instruction, and discussion. Assignments include submission of audio- or video-taped counseling sessions, delivery of case presentations, and written self-evaluations. This course is the first of three consecutive course that entail the practicum sequence (CPSY608, 609, 610) the cumulative requirements entails 700 hours on-site activity at a minimum of 20 hours per week for at least 30 weeks.
This course will focus on the neurobiology of the brain as it relates to substance (ab)use and addiction. Students will become acquainted with the biopsychological and sociocultural aspects of substances of (ab)use and addition and gain an understanding of how drugs act in the brain to cause behavioral changes. For each class of addictive substances, the course will cover general information, mechanisms of action in the brain, the physiological and psychological effects, and pharmacological treatments for abuse of that class of substances. Content pertaining to drug laws, how society perceives substance (ab)use, and the cultural impact of drug laws will be examined. Students will come away from this class with a strong understanding of the biological actions of drugs in the brain, how drugs affect behavior and psychology, and how pharmacological treatment approaches affect the brain and behavior.
Prerequisites: CPSY 620 and CPSY 631
An introductory-level course in marriage and family living. The course covers, but is not limited to, the following areas: family social trends, demographic data, stages of family development, characteristics of healthy families, sibling-position models of family development and of marital patterns, and varying conceptual models of family counseling. In most settings, the instructor utilizes a combination of lecture, videotape presentations and small- group discussions.
Overview of marriage and family counseling, including application of family psychological theory to family problem solution. Intervention strategies based on family psychology theory.
Theory and techniques of marital therapy, including dysfunctional communication patterns, pathological marriage patterns, factors in marital selection, marital stress, behavioral approaches to marital therapy, family systems approaches to marital therapy, and psychoanalytic approaches to marital therapy. Prerequisite: CPSY650
Supervised clinical experience in marriage and family counseling designed to translate theory and skill development to practice. Supervision via tape, videotape, observation or case presentation methods, depending upon placement and professional ethics. Prerequisite: CPSY650, 652, 653, 608, 609 & 610
Counseling with cultural differences, family concepts, traditions of multicultural perspective, ethnic concerns, and approaches to therapy based on cultural differences.
Mentor Externship is an individual semester seminar course for students. The seminar focuses on the externship experience and links experiences in the professional setting to content from the required graduate coursework, ethics and standards of the profession. The course incorporates individualized guidance to assist each student in their self-directed professional development journey.
Course is designed as a doctoral course in career theories and career development, including career choice, assessment tools, and career counseling, along with organizational consultation within the work place.
Theoretical review of social and group processes and interactions. Integration of selected principles from social psychology, social influence, social learning, social anxiety, social cognition, self-efficacy, attitude change, prejudice with models of group behavior.
Supervised practice of counseling psychology congruent with professional standards. A 2,000 hour internship is required to be completed within 24 months. Students can complete the internship over 12 months during the fourth year or up to 24 months during the fourth and fifth years.
Part I of a three part series, this course is designed to orient students to conceptualizing and designing a research study. Students will develop skills in providing a critical review of the literature, identify research questions and hypotheses, and make compelling rationales for their dissertations in filling needed scholarly gaps.
Prerequisites: CPSY 701 and CPSY 702
Part III of a three part series, this course culminates in applying knowledge and skills learned in parts I and II through writing and proposing the dissertation proposal. Students will produced completed drafts of research proosals including a manuscript style introduction, critical literature review, and methodologies. Students will present their mock proposals to peers and engage in scholarly critique of each others work in preparation.
Prerequisite: CPSY 803
The Doctor of Psychology degree (Psy.D.) requires completion of a doctoral project demonstrating a student's ability to assess, critically evaluate, and integrate knowledge gained from research, theoretical, and clinical sources regarding a topic of interest. The project consists of a critical, scholarly literature review section followed by a section which discusses issues related to implications, and culminates in a written document and oral presentation. Registration may be for 1 hour credit during 3 consecutive terms or for a maximum of three hours during a single term. Three hours maximum.
Course is designed to teach administration, scoring, interpretation of standardized individual mental tests. These instruments include, but are not limited to, the WAIS-R and WISC-III. Students receive a review of psychometrics. The impact of culture on test results, methods of incorporating cognitive test results into psychological reports, and ethical issues pertaining to cognitive assessment will be examined. Students will gain experience administering, scoring, and interpreting assessment instruments under faculty supervision.
Course is designed to provide an introduction to neuropsychological assessment. A foundation for such assessment will be provided, including neuroanatomy, neuropathology, and neuropsychology followed by an overview of neuropsychometry.
Doctoral students must maintain continuous enrollment from the time of admission until the dissertation is completed. During any semester in which they are not registered for a regular course (Doctoral Project or Internship), they must register for and pay a special tuition for CPSY 928 (Permits validation of student ID.)
The development of modern Western culture is often described as a steady process of “secularization,” in which a distinctively Christian vision of reality inexorably recedes, leaving in its wake a “disenchanted” but presumptively real world best described by the natural sciences, or an exclusively naturalistic philosophy, with no place for God or the transcendent. Drawing on the recent work of Catholic philosopher Charles Taylor (A Secular Age, 2007) and others, this course examines recent challenges to this “master narrative” of a secularized modernity. How did this narrative come to achieve the status of unquestioned truth? How might we tell the story of modernity in a way that does not foreclose the reality of God and transcendence, but is also more than nostalgia for an imagined past? Recent debates over the coherence of “secularization” narratives provide the occasion for rediscovering the richness of the Catholic intellectual tradition as a vantage point from which to engage and critique modern culture.
The heart of any culture, as well as its continuity, can be found in its educational tradition, the distillation for the next generation of its highest ideals and most important truths. For the West this began with the Greeks, who set in place, some five centuries before Christ, the main aspects of a tradition that lasted, with significant developments, up until very recent times. This course will trace that tradition, using both primary and secondary source material, and will include: its origins in fifth-century BC Greece; its universalization during the Hellenistic period; its encounter with Christianity in the Patristic era; its Christian instantiation under the Carolingian Empire; the great Medieval educational synthesis and the rise of the University; the development of Renaissance humanism and the Ratio Studiorum of the Jesuits; Newman’s classic expression of the tradition in The Idea of a University; and the great challenge to that tradition and change that has taken place during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The ambitious lyric poetry of late 16th-17th century England is known as "metaphysical" poetry because of its breadth and ambition. This poetry is able to link anything to anything else, and everything to God. The metaphysical poets wrote about love: friendship, marriage, sex, and the soul's love of God. They often did this all in the same poem. They also wrote at a time of religious crisis in England as the Reformation unsettled everything. They wrote about that too and often in the same poems. This course will read selected poems of Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Marvell and others with an eye to how their poetry weaves themes of love and faith together in a time of religious and spiritual crisis.
This course takes an interdisciplinary look at a central figure in Catholicism—Mary, Mother of God. Drawing on philosophy, theology, poetry, music, and the visual arts, the course examines three key moments in Mary’s life as mother: the Annunciation, the Nativity, and the Stabat Mater. These culturally and historically diverse depictions of Mary set the stage for an investigation into the meaning of her role, within Catholicism as a whole and within the lives of individual Christians.
This course will examine the history of social work and social work education. By reading and discussing influential historic social work texts, students will understand and consider the enduring tensions, achievements, and possibilities of the social work profession. The influences of socioeconomic class, race, and gender on the development of social work and social work education are considered. The longstanding tensions between theory and practice and between micro and macro practice are also addressed. The historical legacy of leadership provided by educators and other influential persons in the social work profession are examined. Students will take on the role of professor by presenting historic texts and leading thought-provoking and engaging discussions. Students will conduct a scholarly historic analysis of archival materials on a topic related to social work education that culminates in a research paper and review a peer’s final paper, as well. Students will develop a consciousness of their identity as a social work instructor and scholar and be able to identify and articulate the historic antecedents that have influenced this development
n this course, students will articulate the dimensions of their identity as social work educators in preparation for seeking a teaching position in higher education. Grounded in their experience and previous coursework and input from students, classmates and instructor, students will develop and analyze their teaching skills through in vivo teaching opportunities in the classroom. Students will articulate their educator identity through seminar-based consultations with the instructor, peers, faculty development and other career-focused experts. Students will develop updated teaching and scholarship statements; formulate a curriculum vitae showing their teaching, scholarship and service/leadership accomplishments. Guided by the instructor, and with supporting evidence/detail, students will articulate their scholarship agenda and teaching philosophy through practice colloquium presentations.
In this course students will identify their primary area of scholarship and research inquiry and develop the proposal for their Banded Dissertation (BD). Students will evaluate a continuum of methodological approaches to consider for their scholarship that are both congruent with social work practice realities and representative of models of inquiry that incorporate multiple world views of knowing and understanding the human experience. Students will learn about how conceptual frameworks guide research and scholarship and identify the conceptual framework that will guide their banded dissertation. Students will learn about the role and management of the institutional review board and the effective management of research projects. Students will explore and critically analyze Boyer’s four areas of scholarship: the scholarship of discovery, scholarship of integration, scholarship of application and scholarship of teaching. Students will develop an understanding of the process for publication requirements for scholarship works in peer-reviewed journals and presentation of scholarship at regional and national conferences.
This course presents the essential elements of the Catholic tradition. Through an examination of both primary and secondary texts, students will investigate the Church’s understanding of the human person, natural and divine revelation, reason and faith, the role of education in the Church, sacred tradition, Church doctrine, prayer, the sacraments, and Catholic social teaching’s engagement with the broader culture.
This course explores the origin, nature, and mission of the Church as revealed in Scripture and Tradition. The course examines the Church as mystery, People of God, Body of Christ, and sacrament. It also addresses the marks of the Church, ecumenism, the magisterium, and the relationship between the laity and the ordained ministry. Special attention is given to the ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council with a focus on the conciliar texts. Questions of Church unity and diversity, inculturation, and development of doctrine are examined.
This course explores the interrelationship between Christian theology and the natural sciences. We shall explore the history of the relationship between theology and science; scientific and theological methods and knowledge claims; and topics of interaction, including: creation and astrophysics; the strangeness of quantum theology and the strangeness of some religious teaching and experience; evolution, culture, and God; purpose in nature and in human life; and progress, miracles, eschatology, and resurrection.
Enables students to think systematically about the Christian moral life within the framework of the Catholic tradition, while more broadly engaging current debates in Christian ethics and moral theory. Following the Second Vatican Council's call for a renewal of moral theology, the course draws on the sources of Scripture and tradition, as well as theology, philosophy, and ecumenical converstaion. Students will gain a broad theological understanding of human freedom and human nature, conscience, moral norms and systems, sin, the virtues and the Catholic understanding of moral goodness
This course examines the Church's teaching on the call to pastoral ministry and the complementary but distinctive roles of priests, deacons, and lay ecclesial ministers in the work of the church. The course focuses on the theological foundations of pastoral ministry and the context for ministry in the contemporary American Church. It also incorporates the development of pastoral and leadership skills necessary for witnessing to and transmitting the faith in a ministerial or educational context.
The program provides an opportunity to integrate theological studies with pastoral experiences involving ministry to the sick and dying. Both didactic and practical elements are included in one of three options: Spiritual Pastoral Ministry (SPM), based in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis; Directed Spiritual Pastoral Ministry (DSPM), arranged at institutions in the student's home diocese; and Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at an accredited medical facility.
Prerequisite: DVPT 512
This course immerses the seminarian in the Roman Catholic Church’s spirituality and ministry of pastoral care. The course addresses the Church’s approach to sickness, addiction, suffering, death, and ministry to grieving families. Under the mentorship of a Catholic priest and a health care facility chaplain, the student visits residents and patients as a means to refine his ministry skills and strengthen his pastoral presence.
Centered on the core principles of Catholic education, this course provides an introduction to the large body of leadership and organizational theory and its relationship to the position of Catholic school leader. Students will examine the Catholic school through the lens of organizational structure, strategic planning, policy development, continuous improvement, and key performance metrics in order to consider how theory is used to promote excellence across the operations of a Catholic school. Students will also gain practical experience by mapping organizational structures of Catholic schools, creating strategic plans, and developing models for policy implementation with specific consideration to the Catholic school environment.
Explores the issues, rewards, and challenges encountered in rural parish ministry. The course fosters theological reflection and pastoral response through study and an onsite practicum where students dialogue with rural people, Catholic priests, and other ministers serving in rural settings.
Provides deacons and third year students pastoral experience in local parishes from June 1 to August 15 that includes: theological reflection with the pastor, preaching homilies, assisting with Baptisms and Marriages, participating in Summer Bible School and youth programs, leading programs for seniors, visiting nursing homes, hospitals and homebound. Students gather for group theological reflection three times over the summer in local parishes. Non-credit requirement.
Surveys the major genre within the New Testament canon and examines the principles of interpretation employed in the analysis of the texts. Stresses a plurality of approaches available to the interpreter while teaching the classical methods of biblical interpretation. The course also introduces Catholic views of canon, inspiration, and interpretation.
An introduction to macroeconomics: national income analysis, unemployment, price stability, and growth; monetary and fiscal policies; international trade and finance; application of economic theory to current problems. Students who enroll in this course are expected to be able to use high-school algebra. Prerequisites: Placement at Math 101 or above, or successful completion of Math 005.
An introduction to microeconomics: theory of household (consumer) behavior, theory of the firm, market structures, market failures, economic efficiency, factor markets, and income distribution. Students who enroll in this course are expected to be able to use high-school algebra. Prerequisites: Placement at Math 101 or above, or successful completion of Math 005.
An introduction to techniques used in forecasting with emphasis on analyzing economic and business data. The emphasis is on timeseries data, although cross-sectional analysis is also covered. Techniques presented include variants of moving averages, variants of exponential smoothing, regression and ARIMA processes. Prerequisites: ECON 251 and 252 and a grade of C- or higher in STAT 220, MATH 303, or STAT 314.
This course is designed to accomplish three goals: analyze and pre-assess student experiences … The means by which this analysis is undertaken is important to success in the course. Students will analytically and critically reflect upon their own capabilities in reference to specific leadership competencies.
The student is involved in an internship experience accruing approximately 250 hours with an on-site mentor at a college or university in a student affairs or student services position. Interns keep a reflective journal and bring the fruits of their reflections to the readings and discussions in a seminar that emphasizes the importance of reflective practice.
This course covers federal, state and local support of education; analysis of various revenue-raising alternatives; a study of the trends in receipts and expenditures for education; and the Minnesota financial accounting and reporting systems.
The first practicum provides an overview of critical roles and responsibilities of a school principal. Students will be able to examine culture, climate, accessibility, and how a school functions to build rituals and routines within a larger organization. The Clinical Practicum experience is designed to enable candidates to gain hands-on experience in leadership as an intern. The Clinical Practicum is a requirement for all administrative licensures, and it has two main goals. The first goal is to give the intern an opportunity to have real experiences related to the school principal position under the supervision of an experienced principal who can offer day-to-day feedback. Secondly, structured dialogues about the leadership field experience, in the form of seminars, are designed to help the intern process and make sense of the experience as a whole. St. Thomas supports the clinical practicum concept as an extension of the learning that takes place in the principal licensure coursework.
Students examine how special education, gifted education, counseling services and other programs serving students with special needs can be integrated into the total curriculum. The course deals with the philosophical, historical and political foundations of special programs as well as with curriculum coordination, staff development, fiscal planning and other practical operational issues. It also deals with the ethical issues involved in responding to diverse student needs.
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop leadership knowledge and skills as a practicing administrator, with a focus on the knowledge and professional experiences necessary for a successful school superintendent or other central office position which works closely with a superintendent and school board. The second practicum focuses on school legislature and lobbying. Prerequisite: EDLD 865
This course examines the mission of the school and focuses on the attributes, knowledge and skills a person needs to be a principal. Emphasis is placed on the importance of ongoing education and the development of professional networks. Students have an opportunity to assess their skills as a basis for selecting elective courses appropriate to their needs. Recent national studies on elementary and secondary education are reviewed and an in-depth analysis of those issues relating to the secondary school occurs.
This course introduces students to paradigmatic assumptions that underlie various traditions, with an eye toward helping students conceptualize research problems, develop researchable questions, and select appropriate research methods to respond to those questions. In this course, students examine how ontological, epistemological, and methodological assumptions shape research in education. The traditions of inquiry discussed in this class will help students understand the underlying assumptions about knowledge and knowledge production that lead to similarities and differences within and across qualitative and quantitative approaches to research.
Students in this course explore writings of feminist scholars who offer a foundation of history, language and concepts that can be used to critique the androcentric, racist world views that have shaped many prevailing notions of leadership, power and change in education. Students study works by feminists who specifically address issues in educational leadership.
Students explore leadership development and collaborative educational improvement through the underlying theory and practical application of psychological type, emotional intelligence, and theories of change. This course serves two purposes: (1) cohort formation, and (2) the use of theory, scholarship, and practice (tacit) knowledge to analyze educational dilemmas and make educational change. Students become members of a leadership/research team and investigate and analyze a case study involving an educational dilemma. After identifying root causes, students examine and critique underlying assumptions regarding problem definition and solution(s) using the lens of social justice, and apply adult learning and change theory to identify the opportunities for leadership and potential barriers to implementing change.
This course emphasizes the importance of learning how to access, read, review/critique, and summarize scholarly literature in education as an entry point in acquiring the knowledge, skills, and habits of scholars who later engage in research. Students learn strategies regarding how to critically read and evaluate literature. This understanding leads to knowledge about the results of educational research, and also the different methods of inquiry employed. Students become members of research teams and co-write a review of literature on an assigned research question. Students then consider and apply educational philosophy and theory to analyze and interpret review findings. Students gain knowledge and skills with regard to forming an argument, using APA style, and judging the merit of scholarly studies using established criteria in the field.
This course is designed that each participant develops a researchable research question for his or her dissertation work. The major outcome of the course will be a research prospectus consisting of a statement of the problem, literature review, and theoretical framework suitable as a basis for a dissertation proposal. Work will consist of library research, small group editing activities, and instructor-led discussion of the nature and purpose of a research prospectus.
In this course, each student develops a complete draft of a dissertation proposal. The proposal will consist of a full developed statement of the problem, review of relevant literature including a theoretical framework, and proposed methods of data collection. In the semester following this class, each student will finalize the proposal with a dissertation chair and present it to a dissertation committee. A grade is given for the class when the proposal is completed and approved by the committee.
Prerequisite: EDLD 920
This major paper demonstrates the doctoral student's ability to research an important question in education and to present and interpret the findings in clear and logical written form. The dissertation is completed under the supervision of a faculty chair and is formally presented in an oral presentation to the dissertation committee. Refer to Doctoral Student Handbook (email soe_edlead@stthomas.edu to request a copy). A student will not be given a grade for any of the dissertation course numbers until the dissertation has been defended and approved by the committee. Prerequisite: EDLD 920 and EDLD 921.
Doctoral students must maintain continuous enrollment from time of admission until completion of dissertation. During any semester in which a student is not registered for a regular course, he/she must register for and pay special tuition for EDLD 928 (Permits validation of student ID).
This course will focus on an overview of current P-12 engineering education programs; exploration of pedagogy; and content; links to national and State Academic Standards; and a survey of assessment mechanisms that evaluate impact of classroom initiatives. A variety of delivery modes will be used to introduce students to methods and to educators who have successfully introduced engineering into a wide variety of classes across several disciplines. Engineering resources for teachers will be presented and discussed. A final project is required, in which students create a unit or module focused on a hands-on engineering activity for P-12 students in their licensure area.
This course covers the basic principles and processes of how things are made. The topics covered will be a survey of how materials go from their initial acquisition from the earth to useful products. This will include traditional metal shaping processes (casting, forming, machining, etc.), traditional plastic shaping processes (thermoforming, injection molding, extrusion, etc.), and new processes such as micromanufacturing and 3D printing.
Even in the land of Super Targets and Big Mac hamburgers, bigger is not always better--at least not in terms of literature. Short stories, because of their compression and intensity, offer lively plots and constant surprises. To the delight of readers everywhere, American authors provide a wellspring of tales that uncover our past, define our present, and peep into our future. As we study the artistic development of the American short story, our process of discovery will be progressive, beginning with some of this country's earliest and most influential short story writers like Irving and Poe and closing with such masters of contemporary fiction as Alice Walker and Jill McCorkle. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 201 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 202, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.
Many fans, critics, and creators agree that we are living in a Golden Age of Horror. From dark or weird fiction by Gwendolyn Kiste and Helen Oyeyemi to horror films with a social justice agenda, such as GET OUT (Jordan Peele, 2017) and PARASITE (Bong Joon-ho 2019), the genre is proving to be finely crafted and character-driven. In this course, the horror genre will be explored historically and psychologically. What frightens you? Jump scares? Gore? An invisible enemy? Horror explores the human condition through the emotion of fear—fear of pain, disease, isolation, of being lost, consumed, or prey to supernatural forces. However, horror also teaches us how to handle those fears. We will survey horror from early tales like BLUEBEARD to Gothic classics by Poe, Stoker, and Stevenson in the nineteenth century, then shift to German Expressionist films, horror heavy hitters like Stephen King and Ramsey Campbell, and American slasher films. We will conclude with recent trends in horror fiction and film by Carmen Maria Machado, Asa Nonami, and Ana Lily Amirpour. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 201 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 202, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.
This course traces the history of science fiction from its beginnings into the early 20th century, focusing especially on evolution, relativity, and the stories they inspired. Authors may include Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Fitz-James O’Brien, Ambrose Bierce, H. G. Wells, and H. P. Lovecraft. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 201 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 202, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.
The difficult contradictions in our criminal justice system – one that purportedly aims to reduce violence and crime, keep us safe, and promote justice – hide in plain sight. As a society, we may or may not know the contradictory realities: the violence and injustices that occur in our jails and prisons, disparities in legal representation and sentencing, and a host of tangled methods and aims often in conflict with one another. While "crime" shows keep certain stories ever present in our societal imagination, they tend to obscure deeper stories. In this class, we'll attempt to enter into those deeper stories using both media and texts; writers may include Michelle Alexander, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Angela Davis, Johann Hari, Martin Luther King, and Leonard Peltier. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement; permission is also being sought to count this as a Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice course as well (not guaranteed). Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.
“Tell all the truth but tell it slant—” American poet, Emily Dickinson suggests that the truth is often deliberately distorted. Are there times when the blunt truth is too painful to hear? Are some lies justified? Conversely, throughout history people have lied for their own gain or simply for the thrill of knowing they have the power to deceive. Are there consequences for deliberate acts of deception? In this course, we will examine how writers explore this human characteristic and discuss what we can learn about ourselves by considering the theme of lies and deception in literature. Possible texts include: “Wakefield” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, WHITE IVY by Susie Yang, THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and DOUBT by John Patrick Shanley. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.
In most cultures, readers tend to identify with heroes and hope that their goodness will triumph over the evil antagonist. However, every now and then, readers find the villain of the text far more appealing than its hero or heroine – the villain could be more intriguing than a hero, feature more human, relatable characteristics, could provide a reader with an opportunity to live vicariously through them, or a number of other reasons. Throughout the semester, we’ll read texts that future both classic and contemporary texts that are well-known for their villains, such as Iago (William Shakespeare’s OTHELLO), Tom Ripley (Patricia Highsmith’s THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY), Brigid O’Shaughnessy (Dashiell Hammett’s THE MALTESE FALCON), and Anton Chigurh (Cormac McCarthy’s NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), examine the cultural context for each text and villain, and analyze what it is about these characters that makes readers want to root for them. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.
Bernard Malamud (author of THE NATURAL) once wrote: "The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology." This course will examine baseball literature as we read from a variety of writings about our baseball heroes, both the men and the women, who played the game that we call "our national pastime." We will look at our country's romanticism with baseball and how writers who wrote about it helped give the sport its mythological dimensions. Selections will include essays, short stories, and poetry by authors who loved the game. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.
How did the modern warfare of World War I change those who fought and those who stayed at home? Why did so many of the best American artists flee to Paris? How did the traditionalism and stability of the 1950s lead to the radicalism and rebellion of the 60s? How has technology, from the typewriter to the internet, reshaped literature? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework though extensive readings in American literature from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Threaded throughout the literature are themes such as progress and innovation, war, the “lost generation,” the New Woman, race, and conformity and individuality. This course fulfills the Historical Perspectives requirement in the English major and a WAC Writing Intensive requirement. Approval is currently being sought to count as one that meets the Integrations in the Humanities requirement (not guaranteed). Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 190.
Historically, technical and professional writers have been principally responsible for contributing documentation to technological products and processes. Among the primary reasons for needing to create documentation are 1) ensuring that users understand and can work products safely and 2) complying with regulations that help to meet these goals. With that in mind, this course asks students to consider the following questions: How are individuals impacted by technological products and processes? Who is responsible for creating technological processes and products and what responsibilities they have to users who come from marginalized communities? How do marginalized users of technology usurp technological affordances to create, build, and communicate within a community network? Specifically, we will explore how women, LGBT individuals, and BIPOC communities are depicted, represented and affected by technologies when there is a disconnect between technology designers and users. In addition, students will come away with a better understanding of how marginalized communities circumvent constraints to accomplish their own goals through the use of technologies across various contexts (medical, health, communication, political, etc.). Exploring these domains will help students to pay better attention to user needs as they pursue post-graduation opportunities across such disciplines as writing, engineering, health, business, and law. This course satisfies both a WAC Writing in to Learn requirement and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121, 190, 201, 202, 203, or 204.
Principles of statics including such topics as rigid bodies, equilibrium, equivalent systems of forces, 2D structures, distributed forces, centroids and centers of gravity, moments of inertia, friction, forces in beams & cables, and the principle of virtual work. Emphasis on applications with integrated labs/hands-on projects. Prerequisites: A minimum grade of C- in PHYS 111 OR 211