Course Descriptions and Outlines

GNDR 2099 - Gender Studies Certificate Capstone

1. Academic and career paths for Women and Gender Studies majors and minors
2. Instruction in eFolio and/or other relevant portfolio modalities
3. Overview of portfolio requirements
4. Review of selected NWSA Common Learning Outcomes for Women¿s Studies Programs
5. Transfer options for WGST Certificate students

1. evaluate the application of Women and Gender Studies to their future academic and professional careers.
2. produce written and/or oral reflections on their intellectual development with respect to the material they have studied.
3. synthesize material from courses completed for the WGST Certificate.
4. demonstrate mastery of selected NWSA ¿Common Learning Outcomes¿ for Women Studies Programs as appropriate to a 16-credit certificate award with written and/or oral examples.
5. discuss the importance of critical self-analysis in understanding the perspectives and theories of Women and Gender Studies.

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GNDR 2790 - Special Topics in Gender Studies

1. Understand and apply basic concepts of the field of Women’s Studies.
2. Demonstrate diversity and difference as well as commonalities of women’s experiences.

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GEOG 1021 - Physical Geography

1. Cartography and geographic tools Human organization of the Earth Graticule and time zones Introduction to cartography Tools and applications of technical geography GPS, Remote Sensing, GIS Class lab exercise: Organizing Space and Cartographic Basics
2. Gradational Processes and landforms Weathering and mass movement Karst landscapes and caves Fluvial systems Glaciation Deserts and winds Marine and coastal processes Human adaptation and action Class lab exercises: Weathering and Sedimentary Rocks, Living in Hazardous Zones
3. Introduction to physical geography and Earth systems Geography as a science and the scientific method Earths movements and planetary features Introduction to earth systems and ecology Class lab exercise: earth movements and seasons
4. Study and classification of Earth’s climates, Biomes, and soils Relationship between biomes and climate regions Human adaptation, exotic species Class lab exercises: Koppen Climate System, Soils
5. Study of the atmosphere Solar energy and the Earth Temperature and heating Global Warming Atmospheric and oceanic circulation Water in the atmosphere Air masses and fronts Storms and weather Human adaptation and action Class lab exercises: Energy and the Earth, Humidity and Condensation, Pressure and Winds, Fronts
6. Study of the hydrosphere Introduction to oceanic systems El Nino events, impacts, forecasting Class lab exercise: Ocean Currents and El Nino
7. Study of the lithosphere Geomorphological processes and landscapes Earths interior, structure, and constituent materials Plate Tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes Human adaptation and action Geologic Time Class lab exercises: Plate Tectonics Theory Development, Relative Dating

1. inter-relate characteristics and patterns of the physical earth with the processes and systems governing them
2. describe, using scientific vocabulary and constructs, characteristics and geography of the physical earth
3. use geographic perspectives to demonstrate how the physical environment and processes thereof influence human activities and occupation of the Earth
4. demonstrate an understanding of the earth in which we live as a dynamic, inter-dependent global system comprised of inter-connected sub-systems
5. use geographic perspectives (e.g. spatial, earth and ecological science, people-environment) and scientific methodologies (e.g. data organization, analysis, and summarization) to illustrate theories and perspectives related to human alteration of environmental systems

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GEOG 1023 - Human Geography

1. Global Human Diversity Languages and Religions Ethnicity
2. Introduction: Geography and Human Geography
3. The Concept of Culture
4. The Concept of Spatial Interaction and Spatial Behavior
5. The Political Ordering of Space The state and The Nation State Boundaries
6. Urban Systems and Urban Structures World Urbanization World Urban Diversity
7. World Livelihoods Primary Activities Secondary Activities Tertiary Activities
8. World Population Studies World Population Distribution World Population Growth The Demographic Cycle Population Controls Population Prospects

1. employ methods used by geographers and other spatial scientists to describe, analyze, and compare basic demographic, cultural, political, economic, and settlement characteristics of human groups around the world
2. use pertinent concepts and theoretical constructs to provide explanations for patterns in the occupation of the earth and ways of life by human groups
3. illustrate the inter-connections and relationships across space and boundaries by individuals and societies in a globalizing world

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GEOG 1031 - World Geography

1. Basic Concepts in Physical Geography
2. Basic Terms and Concepts of Geography and Development
3. East Asia
4. Europe
5. Middle and South America
6. North Africa and Southwest Asia
7. North America
8. Oceania
9. Procedural Matters and Approach to Course and Text Materials
10. Russia and the Newly Independent States
11. South Asia
12. Southeast Asia
13. Sub-Saharan Africa
14. What is Geography? What do Geographers Study?

1. use the Internet as a resource to gather and analyze geographic information about world regions
2. identify the causes of and underlying principles explaining world geographic patterns using social scientific methods.
3. compare and contrast world regions based on impacts of globalization
4. describe the physical, demographic, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of major world regions

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GEOG 1041 - Minnesota Geography

1. BEING MINNESOTAN
2. ECONOMY, TRADE AND COMMERCE IN MINNESOTA
3. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
4. INTRODUCTION TO MINNESOTA: PERCEPTIONS AND REGIONS
5. MINNESOTA REGIONS PRAIRIE PATH REGION AND AGRICULTURE SOUTHEAST HILLS REGION TWIN CITIES REGION ST. CROIX RIVER REGION AND RIVERS & WATERSHEDS NORTH SHORE / ARROWHEAD REGION AND RECREATION NORTHERN / GLACIAL LAKES REGION AND LAKES
6. PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF MINNESOTA
7. PHYSICAL SETTING: BIOMES AND ENVIRONMENTS OF MINNESOTA
8. PHYSICAL SETTING: LANDSCAPES OF MINNESOTA
9. RURAL TOWNS AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS

1. compare and contrast the economies and features of Minnesotas principal regions
2. identify characteristics of Minnesotas physical environment, historical geography, economy, population and culture, and settlements
3. use Internet resources to gather and analyze geographic information about Minnesota
4. explain factors responsible for Minnesotas environmental, population, cultural, and economic spatial patterns
5. recognize Minnesotas physical, economic, and cultural regions

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GEOG 1071 - Introduction to Mapping and GIS

1. Introduction to GIS, GIScience, and Cartography
2. The nature of geographic data and its representation
3. Georeferencing: coordinates, maps and cartographic basics
4. Geospatial research methods, models, and data
5. Geospatial data: gathering, organizing, analysis
6. Raster data and operations
7. Cartographic design, generalization, and modeling
8. GIS applications and role in society
9. Vector data and operations

1. demonstrate how GIS is used to effectively address problems and situations in spatial analysis.
2. demonstrate how to effectively portray spatial information on maps.
3. perform basic GIS operations to manage geospatial data.
4. perform basic GIS operations used to gather geospatial data.
5. perform basic GIS operations used to manipulate geospatial data.
6. present spatial information effectively applying cartographic concepts along with GIS tools.

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GEOG 2010 - Geography of the World Economy

1. Introduction: how geography shapes economic activities, location and spatial analysis, introduction to globalization, trends in the global production and consumption system
2. Historical development and basic tenets of capitalism (e.g. colonialism and the industrial revolution), market forces, corporations, national economies, labor and class relations and geographies
3. Population dynamics: growth and distribution, demographic stages, migration
4. Resources and the environment: the production and commodification of food, minerals, and energy; carrying capacity, environmental degradation, and sustainability
5. Economic geography theories and models: historical location models, political economy, and current theories
6. Agricultural systems: subsistence and commercial agriculture, agri-business and government policies
7. Manufacturing: historical evolution and centers of production, Fordism, deindustrialization, flexible production and the global assembly line
8. Services: forces of growth, finance and banking, tourism, consumerism
9. Transportation: time-space compression, infrastructure, trade networks
10. Urbanization: urban economics, agglomeration, sprawl, urban decay and renewal
11. Economic Development: Measuring development, Understanding inequities and uneven development, development strategies
12. International Trade: commodity flows, competition and economic niches, mobile capital, trade barriers, trade organizations and alliances

1. describe the influence of geography (location and spatial differentiation) on economic activities using social scientific terminology and tying in spatial understandings, models, and theories.
2. employ the research methods and data geographers use to study economic issues.
3. explain key elements of the global economy ¿ its historical evolution, its institutions and dynamics, and structure.
4. explain trade and economic patterns, relations, and roles in a global system.
5. illustrate concepts, characteristics, and theories regarding the basic components of an economic system.
6. analyze and articulate the nature of inequalities, how they are measured, and development strategies to address them.

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GST 2010 - Introduction to Global Studies

1. Arts, literature, & culture
2. Conflicts & war
3. Ethics & global citizenship
4. Global environment & energy
5. Global health and disease
6. Global inequality & human rights
7. Globalization: definitions & interpretations
8. Identity politics : Religion & ideology
9. Introduction to the global nature of the world today
10. Local, regional, and transnational activism
11. Overview of global regions and current issues
12. Science and technology
13. Scope, methods, terminology, and approaches of the field of global studies
14. Transnational institutions
15. Transnational movements of capital, people, ideas

1. Explain the concept of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.
2. Analyze global problems and the cultural, economic, and political interactions that affect possible solutions
3. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements that influence relations among states, regions, and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions
4. Articulate an informed understanding of complex global/regional issues.
5. Respond critically to global issues that are fundamental to the health and survival of any society.
6. Discuss individual and human values within an historical and social context.

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HLTH 1001 - Medical Terminology

1. How To Study Medical Terminology
2. Introduction To Medical Terminology Course
3. Medical Terminology Content Areas. Structure Of Human Body Skeletal System Muscular System Cardiovascular System Lymphatic And Immune Systems Respiratory System Digestive System Urinary System Nervous System Special Senses: Eyes And Ears Integumentary System Endocrine System Reproductive Systems Diagnostic And Imaging Procedures Pharmacology Abbreviations And Meanings
4. Word Building System (Prefixes, Combining Forms, Suffixes)

1. Identify word parts within medical terms.
2. Spell medical terms correctly given a verbal pronunciation.
3. Utilize medical terms correctly in their given context.
4. Define medical terms correctly.
5. Construct an acceptable and correctly spelled medical term, based on a definition.
6. Identify correct medical term or phrases, based on an abbreviation.
7. Identify the medically acceptable abbreviation, given a list of phrases, names, or medical terms.
8. Identify the plural form of a medical term.
9. Identify the singular form of a medical term.
10. Pronounce medical terms correctly.

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HLTH 1002 - Sleep, Eat, Exercise

1. Characteristics of credible and reliable health information
2. Barriers to health and wellness
3. Definition of stress
4. Stress management
5. Time management
6. Components of fitness
7. Physical activity guidelines
8. Safe and effective exercise
9. Goal setting
10. Health and wellness
11. Risk factors for disease
12. Achieving good sleep
13. Food Skills
14. Importance of sleep
15. Nutrition fundamentals
16. Personal action plan
17. Sleep disorders

1. assess current time management, eating, sleeping and exercising patterns.
2. describe healthy ways to manage stress.
3. identify the recommendations for sleep, physical activity and nutrition.
4. outline practical strategies for achieving healthy sleep, activity, and nutrition habits and managing stress within the life of a college student.
5. recognize the short and long term benefits and consequences related to sleep, nutrition, and activity.
6. assess how they spend their time as well as their current eating, sleeping, and exercising patterns.
7. assess their own readiness to change physical activity, nutrition, and sleep patterns.
8. develop a personal action plan for working toward improved physical activity, nutrition, and sleep.
9. evaluate their perceptions of what is healthy and the factors that influence their ability to be healthy.
10. identify key barriers that prevent them from meeting physical activity, nutrition, and sleep recommendations and managing stress in healthy ways.
11. outline realistic personal health goals.

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HLTH 1005 - Basic CPR, Red Cross

1. Understanding the Emergency Medical System
2. AED use for adults, children and infants
3. Breathing Emergencies
4. CPR for adults, children, and infants
5. Care for unconscious and conscious victims
6. Emergency action steps
7. Life threatening emergencies
8. Signs and symptoms of heart attack
9. Unconscious and conscious choking victims
10. Victim evaluation
11. Basic Pet first aid

1. identify the components of the Emergency Medical System.
2. demonstrate how to use an AED for an adult, child, and infant in cardiac arrest.
3. demonstrate how to give CPR to an adult, child and infant.
4. identify the precautions for using an AED.
5. recognize the signs of a heart attack.
6. explain the three emergency action steps to follow in an emergency
7. demonstrate how to use basic precautions when caring for victims of breathing and cardiac emergencies
8. demonstrate how to check an unconscious victim.
9. demonstrate how to care for a conscious and an unconscious choking victim.
10. identify the procedures for victim evaluation.
11. demonstrate the techniques used to dislodge an object from the blocked air passage of conscious or unconscious victim.
12. demonstrate the basic skills for pet first aid.

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HLTH 1010 - Standard First Aid and CPR, Red Cross

1. First Aid
2. Life threatening emergencies
3. Unconscious and conscious choking victims
4. Breathing Emergencies
5. CPR for adults, children, and infants
6. AED use for adults, children, and infants
7. Safety
8. Wound care
9. Bleeding
10. Shock
11. Poisoning
12. Fractures and splints
13. Understanding the Emergency Medical System
14. Emergency action steps
15. Victim evaluation
16. Care for unconscious and conscious victims
17. Signs and symptoms of heart attack
18. Basic Pet first aid and CPR

1. Define first aid and its practical uses.
2. Demonstrate how to care for a conscious and an unconscious choking victim.
3. Demonstrate how to check an unconscious victim.
4. Demonstrate how to give CPR to an adult, child and infant.
5. Demonstrate how to use an AED for an adult, child, and infant in cardiac arrest
6. Demonstrate how to use basic precautions when caring for victims of breathing and cardiac emergencies.
7. Demonstrate methods employed to bandage and prepare slings and splints for suspected fractures of upper and lower extremities.
8. Demonstrate methods used to render first aid to suspected victims of head and neck fractures.
9. Demonstrate the techniques used to control bleeding.
10. Demonstrate the techniques used to dislodge an object from the blocked air passage of conscious or unconscious victim.
11. Explain the three emergency action steps to follow in an emergency.
12. Identify safety strategies.
13. Identify the precautions for using an AED.
14. Identify the procedures for victim evaluation.
15. Identify visually the different types of bleeding.
16. List the emergency steps for treatment of poisoning by mouth or injection.
17. List the five types of wounds and first aid for each of them.
18. List the symptoms of shock and the techniques used to treat it.
19. Recognize the signs of a heart attack.
20. Identify the components of the Emergency Medical System.
21. Demonstrate basic skills in pet first aid and CPR.

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HLTH 1020 - Personal and Community Health

1. Relationship of personal and community health
2. Healthy lifestyles
3. Psychological health and stress
4. Physical fitness
5. Nutrition and weight management
6. Cardiovascular disease
7. Cancer and chronic conditions
8. Infectious disease
9. Personal safety
10. Six dimensions of health
11. Holistic health, health promotion, wellness
12. Community health organizations
13. Environmental concerns

1. Acquire the necessary information to take charge of their own health, wellness, and safety.
2. Define cancer and the specific steps individuals can take in the prevention and detection of cancer.
3. Define holistic health, health promotion, and wellness.
4. Describe chronic conditions related to physical health.
5. Describe the characteristics and benefits of becoming physically fit.
6. Describe the characteristics of psychologically healthy people.
7. Explain the following health concepts and how they potentially influence their personal lives and the lives of their family: wellness, stress, emotional and psychological health, nutrition, chronic and infectious diseases, personal safety, and environmental health.
8. Explain ways to create a healthy environment.
9. Identify how health affects your lifestyle.
10. Identify the relationship of personal health and community health.
11. List the six dimensions of health.

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HLTH 1040 - Success Over Stress

1. Definition of Stress
2. Relaxation techniques
3. Mindfulness
4. Unique stressors of college
5. Sources of stress: time, academics, and money
6. Interpersonal and environmental stress
7. Coping with grief, loss, and trauma
8. Unhealthy coping
9. Social support and spirituality
10. Eustress and distress
11. The stress process
12. Signs and symptoms of stress
13. Coping with stress
14. Healthy lifestyle for stress prevention
15. Campus Resources

1. define the concepts of stress, perception, strain, long-term outcomes, coping and relaxation.
2. explain the components of the stress process.
3. identify the potential harmful effects of stress, including physical, emotional, psychological, occupational and societal effects.
4. list the leading sources of stress for college students.
5. describe best practices for addressing interpersonal conflicts, academic stress, financial stress and effective management of time.
6. describe effective means for coping with grief, loss, and trauma.
7. explain mindfulness and the benefits of practicing mindfulness.
8. recognize the relationships between unresolved stress, depression, and anxiety.
9. assess the impact of various lifestyle choices on one¿s potential for and perception of stress.
10. describe the relationship between resilience, altruism, and happiness and discuss the impact each of these concepts has on the perception and experience of stress.
11. discuss the role of social support and spirituality in managing and coping with stress.
12. explain the various coping techniques for stress.
13. identify and access appropriate campus resources that can help students with concerns related to stress, mental health, time management, health issues, and other concerns.

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HLTH 1050 - Human Sexuality

1. Anatomy and physiology
2. Attraction and love
3. Atypical sexual variations
4. Commercial sex
5. Conception, pregnancy and childbirth
6. Contraception and abortion
7. Gender identity and roles
8. Multicultural perspectives and influences on sexual attitudes
9. Relationships and communication
10. Research methods and ethics
11. Sexual arousal and response
12. Sexual behaviors and fantasies
13. Sexual coercion
14. Sexual dysfunction and therapies
15. Sexual orientation
16. Sexuality throughout the lifespan
17. Sexually transmitted infections

1. Evaluate current sexuality education programs.
2. Discuss sexual coercion, commercial sex and atypical variations.
3. Discuss the continuum of sexual behaviors.
4. Identify contraceptive alternatives, options, risks and benefits.
5. Identify sexual response, sexual dysfunction and therapies.
6. Discuss sexuality throughout the lifespan.
7. Identify sexually transmitted infections and prevention strategies.
8. Compare interpersonal and sexual communication across cultures.
9. Discuss characteristics of love, attraction and relationships.
10. Identify gender issues and roles.
11. Identify reproductive anatomy.
12. Evaluate sexuality research.
13. Identify ethical and legal issues.
14. Compare sexual norms across cultures.
15. Define personal sexual values.

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HLTH 1060 - Drug Education

1. Drug abuse and its effects on the individual, family, and society
2. Drug classifications
3. Drug treatment
4. Intervention
5. Mental health and drug abuse
6. Prevention of drug abuse problems
7. Role of drugs in society
8. Screening and assessment of drug problems
9. Societal effects of drugs

1. Explain how the mis-use and abuse of over-the-counter and prescription medications can present a health hazard to drug takers.
2. Describe various factors contributing to drug use patterns in America.
3. Interpret the role of drugs in mass media.
4. Describe strategies to prevent drug abuse.
5. Identify the misconceptions and myths surrounding drugs and their use.
6. Analyze the history of drug use in society.
7. Identify the physical and mental effects of drug use and abuse.
8. Identify the major types of drugs used and abused in our society.

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HLTH 1070 - Nutrition

1. Body weight and body composition
2. Consumer nutrition
3. Diet and disease
4. Digestion
5. Food planning guides
6. Label reading
7. Life cycle nutrition
8. Minerals use in the body
9. Nutrition and eating patterns in society
10. Personal diet planning and analysis
11. Vitamin use in the body
12. Water and electrolytes

1. Identify life cycle nutritional needs.
2. Analyze healthy body composition as it relates to nutrition.
3. Identify food guides for diet planning and evaluation.
4. Describe the digestive system.
5. Identify nutrient contributions to health.
6. Outline healthy consumer choices.
7. Analyze personal diets.
8. Analyze nutrition in society.
9. Describe nutrition labeling.
10. Identify the connection between nutrition and disease.

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HLTH 1075 - T’ai Chi Chih

1. Basic Principles of Tai Chi Chih
2. Benefits of Tai Chi
3. Definition of Chi
4. Effects of Tai Chi Chih on the body
5. History of Tai Chi Chih
6. Tai Chi Chih breathing techniques
7. Tai Chi Chih movements

1. Describe the science of ancient Chinese forms of mental and physical meditation.
2. Perform the 4 breathing techniques during Tai Chi Chih movements.
3. Explain the influence of Tai Chi on the cardiovascular system, digestive system, respiratory system and musculoskeletal system.
4. Explain the role of Tai Chi Chih as a means of increasing mental and physical relaxation.
5. Describe the origin of Tai Chi Chih.
6. Demonstrate the 20 movements specific to Tai Chi Chih.
7. Explain the concept of Chi (internal energy).

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HSCI 1000 - Introduction to Healthcare Careers

1. Career plan
2. Emerging technologies in healthcare
3. Future of healthcare
4. History of healthcare
5. Introduction to medical terminology
6. Medical ethics and law
7. Professional behavior
8. Various healthcare careers

1. Describe the healthcare system in the United States.
2. Discuss future trends in healthcare access and delivery.
3. Compare healthcare delivery systems.
4. Identify basic medical vocabulary.
5. Discuss emerging technologies in the healthcare industry.
6. Demonstrate awareness of medical ethics and legal issues.
7. Discuss the interrelationship between the different branches of the healthcare industry.
8. Exhibit professional healthcare-setting behavior.
9. Develop academic plan that aligns with career goals.

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HSCI 1001 - Nursing Assistant

1. Activity and Exercise
2. Basic Human Needs
3. Communication
4. Elimination
5. Foods and Fluids
6. Introduction
7. Orientation to Work Environment
8. Personal Care
9. Safe and Clean Environment
10. Special Population Needs
11. Special Procedures
12. Vital Signs Height/Weight

1. Describe nursing assistants’ roles/responsibilities.
2. Describe ethics, legal responsibilities, and confidentiality.
3. Identify record keeping responsibilities and practice.
4. Describe normal aging process.
5. Demonstrate resident’s safety requirements.
6. Demonstrate proper body mechanics and positioning.
7. Describe principles medical asepsis.
8. Demonstrate proper hand washing.
9. Make unoccupied bed.
10. Describe role/responsibility of a home health aide.
11. List qualifications for nursing assistants.
12. Describe home care organizations.
13. Ambulate/transfer resident.
14. Apply elastic stockings.
15. Assist resident with range of motion.
16. Assist with elimination needs.
17. Demonstrate TPR measurements.
18. Demonstrate and practice universal precautions.
19. Demonstrate behavior management techniques.
20. Demonstrate blood pressure measurements.
21. Demonstrate care of therapeutic tubing.
22. Demonstrate lift sheet use.
23. Demonstrate obstructed airway procedures.
24. Demonstrate pressure relief devices.
25. Demonstrate safety devices/restraints.
26. Demonstrate wheelchair use.
27. Describe and plan adequate nutritional meals.
28. Describe and practice resident’s personal care skills.
29. Describe basic human needs.
30. Describe care for residents with dementia.
31. Describe death/dying process.
32. Describe elimination factors.
33. Describe emergency procedures.
34. Describe normal /abnormal vital signs.
35. Describe rehabilitation principles.
36. Describe, demonstrate and practice communication techniques.
37. Feed resident.
38. Identify housekeeping skills.
39. Identify special population needs.
40. Identify the needs and special considerations when caring for a child.
41. Make occupied bed.
42. Practice observational skills and report unusual symptoms.
43. Record intake/output.
44. Define hospice care.
45. Demonstrate appropriate dress/behavior for a clinical setting.
46. Identify dying person needs.
47. Perform assigned nursing measures.
48. Practice relations and cooperativeness.

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HSCI 1005 - Acute Care Skills for the Nursing Assistant

1. Processes and skills for acute care settings Blood pressure Deviations from normal vital signs Universal precautions Observing, reporting, documenting Safe transfer of rehab patients
2. Management of devices used in acute care settings Urinary catheters Ostomy equipment CPM Oxygen Pulse oximeter Pneumatic stockings
3. Personal work skills Time management and organization Professional behavior Critical thinking Work ethics
4. Interpersonal skills Team work Communication Working with multicultural populations Identifying psycho-social needs of patient Conflict management

1. Describe the nursing assistant role in acute care settings.
2. Identify medical terminology and abbreviations used in acute care settings.
3. Measure and record blood pressure.
4. Recognize deviations from normal vital signs in children and adults.
5. Demonstrate safe transfers of rehabilitation clients.
6. Demonstrate use of incentive spirometer.
7. Demonstrate use of pulse oximeter and identify normal values.
8. Describe application of CPM machine.
9. Describe application of heat and cold.
10. Describe application of pneumatic stockings.
11. Describe care of ostomy patients.
12. Describe care of urinary catheters.
13. Describe nursing assistants role in patient admission, discharge and transfer.
14. Describe proper use of protective devices.
15. Describe specimen collection process.
16. Describe styles of communication.
17. Describe team work.
18. Describe universal precautions in communicable diseases.
19. Describe work ethics.
20. Discuss conflict resolution.
21. Discuss nursing assistants responsibility for continuing education.
22. Discuss the NARs role in caring for patients receiving oxygen.
23. Discuss what constitutes professional behavior.
24. Exhibit organizational skills.
25. Exhibit punctuality in classroom and clinical.
26. Identify effective coping strategies for mental/emotional well being of the N.A.R..
27. Identify effective time management skills.
28. Identify needs of multicultural populations.
29. Identify nursing assistants responsibility in observing, reporting and documenting.
30. Identify purpose of wound drains and drainage procedures.
31. Identify steps in goal setting.
32. Identify steps to successful critical thinking/problem solving.
33. Identify the psycho-social needs of the hospitalized patient.

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HSCI 1010 - Phlebotomy Technician

1. Arterial, intravenous and special collection procedures
2. Basic anatomy and physiology of organ systems
3. Blood collection equipment
4. Circulatory system
5. Complications in blood collections
6. Forensic toxicology
7. Infection control
8. Legal and regulatory issues
9. Order of draw of tubes
10. Pediatric procedures
11. Phlebotomy practice and health care settings
12. Quality control
13. Safety and first aid
14. Skin puncture procedures
15. Specimen documentation and transportation
16. Venipuncture procedures Vacutainer Butterfly needle and syringe

1. Describe common medical terminology, health care delivery systems in various health care settings, and the role of the phlebotomist.
2. Demonstrate the importance of specimen collection, specimen types and specimen suitability.
3. Demonstrate proper patient identification, information required on the patient sample, test requisitions, and essential information for such.
4. Identify proper specimen requirements, timing, specimen transport and processing for tests requested.
5. Describe complications of phlebotomy procedures and actions to be taken.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of collection equipment, additives used in collection tubes, and supplies needed on a phlebotomy tray.
7. Demonstrate proper technique for venipuncture, skin puncture, and butterfly collection.
8. Describe methods of quality control and quality assurance monitoring used in blood specimen collection.
9. Demonstrate basic concepts of the legal and ethical implications surrounding this work environment.
10. Describe the organizational structure of the clinical laboratory department, and the roles and qualifications of laboratory personnel.
11. Describe and demonstrate the importance of safety and infection control.
12. Describe and demonstrate isolation technique.
13. Describe bio-hazardous materials.
14. Describe major constituents of blood and their functions.
15. Describe the main body systems and their functions.
16. Identify veins of the arms and hands and those used to perform phlebotomy.
17. Demonstrate and practice appropriate and professional dress, personal hygiene, grooming, attendance and punctuality.
18. Demonstrate skills of point of care testing and instrumentation.
19. Describe basic communication techniques for personal and patient interaction, and the importance of intra laboratory and extra laboratory communication.
20. Describe blood collection techniques in pediatrics, newborns and premature infants.
21. Describe blood culture collection techniques.
22. Describe the Patients Bill of Rights as it applies to laboratory personnel.
23. Perform specimen collection by vacutainer, syringe and butterfly techniques, and capillary puncture.

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HSCI 1021 - Introduction to the Health Support Specialist (HSS)

1. A. Elder Care: Past, Current and Future
   1. Poor farm
   2. Growth of services for older adults
   3. Continuum of care
2. B. The Role of a Health Support Specialist
   1. What is a Health Support Specialist
   2. Job Descriptions
   3. Pathways of HSS
   4. How this role links to the concept of person directed living
   5. Where the HSS fits within the long term care healthcare team and the Culture Care model
   6. Leadership and communication skills assessment
3. C. The HSS Curriculum
   1. HSS Framework
   2. Credentials in training
   3. Apprenticeship Model: Standards and Work Processes
   4. Apprenticeship on-the-job training
   5. On-line student tracking system
4. D. Mentoring
   1. Introduction into Peer Mentoring
   2. Establish effective relationships with mentees
   3. Assist mentees in problem solving
   4. Changing Roles
5. E. Understanding and promoting Person Directed Living
6. F. Environmental Changes: It is not the building that makes the difference; it is the creation of home!
   1. A house vs. a home
   2. Family: define
   3. Key behavioral standards for persons working with elders
   4. Honoring elders
   5. Person directed living
7. G. It¿s all about Relationships
   1. Review the importance of creating home: atmosphere and physical
   2. Allowing residents to have control in their lives
   3. Getting to know the resident
   4. Building relationships
8. H. Living the Life I Choose
   1. Sense of belonging
   2. Identity
   3. Self-worth
   4. Love
9. I. Leadership in Person Directed Living
   1. Taking a risk as an employee
   2. Collaborative Communication NAR Testimonials
   3. Caring for Self
10. J. Building Team and Community
    1. Creating culture
    2. Shared leadership
    3. Self-directed work teams
    4. Self-transformation
11. K. Communication Accommodations
    1. Active Listening
    2. Developing Self Awareness
    3. Putting skills to work
    4. Problem Solving
    5. Enhancing communication with older adults

1. describe mentoring styles for the workplace.
2. describe the apprenticeship model and process for the Health Support Specialist.
3. differentiate varying individual preferences related to culture and lifestyle.
4. discuss the value of building relationships in person directed living.
5. discuss ways to promote quality of life in person directed living.
6. explain history of services for older adults.
7. explain person directed living philosophy and implementation.
8. explain the importance of effective communication in a health support specialist role.
9. identify career goals as a Health Support Specialist and in aging services.
10. relate leadership skills to managing conflict.
11. describe leadership and communication skills necessary in the role of the HSS.

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HSCI 1022 - Health Support Specialist in Meaningful Activities

1. A. Define Activity
   1. Meaningful activity for student
   2. Meaningful activity for residents
   3. Meaningful activity in the community/neighborhood
2. B. Regulatory requirements for activity programming
3.  C. Identify Resident Satisfaction survey
   1. Implication of meaningful activity
   2. Activity related survey areas
   3. How the satisfaction survey impacts facility report card
4. D. Define Quality of Life
   1. Dimensions of quality of life
   2. Personal quality of life
   3. Resident quality of life
5. E. Describe the social aspects of aging that affect resident¿s everyday life
6. F. Define Medical Model
7. G. Define Wellness Model
   1. Apply Wellness Model to resident centered care
   2. Apply Wellness Model to activity programming components
8. H. Define Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
   1. Describe the implication for activity programming
9. I. Identify ways to determine resident activity needs and interests
   1. Activity assessments
   2. Social history
   3. Family members
   4. Communication of activity preferences to staff members
10. J. List types of activity programming
    1. Physical
    2. Cognitive
    3. Social
    4. Psychosocial
    5. Spiritual
    6. Sensory
    7. Spontaneous activity
    8. Community
    9. Creativity
    10. Intergenerational
    11. Cultural
    12. Reminiscence
    13. Outdoor/Nature/Pets
    14. Holiday /Thematic
    15. Low functioning
    16. Specialized
11. K. Identify activity ideas for programming areas
12. L. List types of activity involvement
    1. Large group
    2. Medium group
    3. Small group
    4. Individual/Independent
    5. Self-directed
    6. One to One
    7. Active
    8. Passive
13. M. Identify types of activity interventions and resources
    1. Validation therapy
    2. Sensory stimulation
       1. Changes in the sensory system
    3. Music (Alive Inside), Pet, Art, Horticulture, Time Slips
    4. Reality Orientation
    5. Reminiscing
    6. End of life intervention and support
14. N. Identify ways to promote activity involvement
    1. Motivation
    2. Engaging the resident
15. O. Identify ways to implement activity programming
    1. Preparing for the activity
    2. Setting up the activity
       1. Environment
       2. Supplies and equipment
       3. Room layout
    3. Communication with residents during activity programs
    4. Leading the activity
    5. Blending daily living tasks with activity programs
    6. Climate of acceptance for a group
    7. Closure of activity
16. P. Identify implications of common health issues for activity programming
    1. Dementia and Alzheimer¿s disease
       1. Behavioral and emotional expressions
    2. Respiratory
    3. Heart
    4. Arthritis
    5. Pain
    6. Incontinence
17. Q. Identify activity programming to meet that take into account health related needs
18. R. Identify ways to adapt and modify activity programs to meet the needs of all residents
19. S. Identify methods of documenting resident involvement in activity programs
20. T. Develop activity resources and idea toolkit for neighborhood that includes ideas specific to dementia residents.

1. develop a resource file of activity ideas, resources, and information.
2. identify basic health related concerns, adaptations, and interventions for activity programming appropriate for individuals.
3. identify methods for assessing individual activity needs and interests.
4. identify types of activity programs and individual involvement.
5. implement activity interventions such as sensory stimulation, reminiscing, reality orientation, creative arts, and music.
6. implement leadership skills in communicating with staff.
7. plan and implement meaningful activity programs for all individuals.

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HSCI 1023 - Health Support Specialist in Memory Care

1. AA. Nutrition
2. BB. Living purposefully; meaningful activities and engagement
   1. Activities for Alzheimer¿s
   2. Activity strategies for sundowning
   3. Strategies for decreasing alarm use
3. A. Normal aging
4. B. Stereotypes and myths
5. C. Principles of aging
6. D. Memory and aging
7. E. Overview of Alzheimer¿s disease and related dementias
8. F. Define dementia
9. G. Define Alzheimer¿s disease
10. H. Stages of Alzheimer¿s disease
11. I. Other related dementias
12. J. Communication techniques with elders experiencing memory loss
13. K. Verbal communication
14. L. Nonverbal communication
15. M. Barriers in communication
16. N. How people with dementia process information differently
17. O. How people with dementia process information differently
18. P. Strategies for effective communication
19. Q. Common behavior expressions and challenges associated with Alzheimer¿s disease
20. R. Wandering
21. S. Hoarding
22. T. Repetitive speech and movement
23. U. Acting out
24. V. Catastrophic reactions
    1. 5 R¿s of response
25. W. Assessing and prevention of behavior
    1. Interventions
    2. Validation
    3. Stop and Watch
    4. Non-pharmacological approaches
26. X. Resisting cares
27. Y. Personal Care Issues
28. Z. ADLs; bathing, toileting, dressing, grooming
29. CC. Learning to care for the family as well as the individual living with dementia

1. define dementia and Alzheimer¿s disease.
2. demonstrate interventions with challenging behavioral expressions associated with memory loss.
3. describe the normal aging process related to memory.
4. define dementia and Alzheimer¿s disease.
5. demonstrate interventions with challenging behavioral expressions associated with memory loss.
6. identify purposeful meaningful activity for individuals with memory loss.
7. identify issues and strategies applicable to the HSS role when working with family and community members.
8. implement leadership and communication skills as they relate to memory care.

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HSCI 1024 - Health Support Specialist in Culinary Care

1. F. Describe approaches of honoring person choice while enhancing nutritional status
   1. Meeting individual needs
      1. Meeting requests members of diverse populations
   2. Putting it all together
      1. Dining room ambiance (relate to physiological cares course, sensory experience)
      2. Relationships, sharing meals, eating with persons
2. E. Explain necessary leadership skills in providing for individuals¿ nutritional desires and needs
   1. Communication skills
      1. What/when to report to the nurse (over/under consumption, swallowing problems¿)
      2. Discussing issues in huddles, learning circles
      3. Dealing with conflicts on the dining room
      4. Staff to staff communication
   2. Meal planning, purchasing, adapting
3. D. Provide meal planning options to accommodate individual medical needs and provide for personal wellbeing
   1. Enhancing nutritional status via creation of home
   2. Applying nutrition concepts for the person¿s well-being
   3. Planning healthy meals and snacks
   4. Swallowing problems
   5. Under eating, overeating
      1. Early identification/intervention in weight loss
   6. Adaptive equipment
4. C. Explain the key elements of safe food handling and sanitation
   1. Sanitation/Cleanliness
      1. Personal hygiene
      2. Hand washing
      3. In the kitchen
      4. In the dining room
   2. Food Processing
      1. Storage
      2. Cooking and storage temperatures
      3. Preventing food-borne illness
   3. Regulations, Tags.
      1. Waivers
5. B. Identify the components of healthy eating
   1. Nutrition terminology
   2. Proteins, carbohydrates, fats, water
   3. Vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, fiber
   4. Healthy (vs. unhealthy) food choices
6. A. Describe the importance of culinary knowledge in a person-directed living environment
   1. Why is culinary care included in the hss program?
      1. Culture change and culinary
      2. Blended worker roles
      3. Person-directed care
      4. Creating home to maximize nutritional intake
   2. Food/meal service is handled differently in different facilities embracing culture change
   3. Leadership
      1. Communication
      2. Accountability to employer, residents

1. A. describe the importance of culinary knowledge in a person-directed living environment.
2. B. identify the components of healthy eating.
3. C. explain the key elements of safe food handling and sanitation.
4. D. provide meal planning options to accommodate individual medical needs and provide for personal wellbeing.
5. E. explain necessary leadership skills in providing for individuals¿ nutritional desires and needs.
6. F. describe approaches of honoring person choice while enhancing nutritional status.

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HSCI 1025 - Health Support Specialist in Physiological Care

1. A. Integumentary
   1. Aging influences and implications of the skin
   2. Conditions that contribute to tissue breakdown
   3. Common disorders & physiological alterations
      1. Pressure sores
      2. Lesions
   4. Prevention & health promotion strategies
2. B. Musculoskeletal system
   1. Aging influences and implications of the bones, muscles, and joints
   2. Conditions that contribute to musculoskeletal dysfunction and immobility
   3. Common disorders & physiological alterations
      1. Osteoporosis
      2. Arthritis
      3. Fractures
      4. Joint replacements
   4. Prevention & health promotion strategies
      1. Reducing falls
      2. Maintaining ROM and mobility
      3. Rehabilitation
3. C. Respiratory System
   1. Aging influences and implications of the lungs and airway
   2. Common disorders & physiological alterations
      1. Pneumonia
      2. Asthma
      3. Influenza
      4. COPD
      5. Cancer
   3. Prevention & health promotion strategies
4. D. Cardiovascular System
   1. Aging influences and implications of the heart and vessels
   2. Common disorders & physiological alterations
      1. Heart Failure
      2. CAD/Myocardial Infarction/Angina
   3. Prevention & health promotion strategies
5. E. Nervous System
   1. Aging influences and implications of the brain, spinal cords, and nerves
   2. Common disorders & physiological alterations
      1. TIA/CVA
      2. Parkinson¿s
      3. MS
      4. TBI/Spinal Cord Injuries
   3. Prevention & health promotion strategies
6. F. Sensory System
   1. Aging influences and implications of vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch
   2. Common disorders & physiological alterations
   3. Prevention & health promotion strategies
7. G.Endocrine System
   1. Aging influences and implications of metabolism and hormones
   2. Common disorders & physiological alterations
      1. Thyroid disorders
      2. Diabetes
   3. Prevention & health promotion strategies
8. H. Gastrointestinal System
   1. Aging influences and implications of the digestive tract
   2. Common disorders & physiological alterations
      1. Swallowing/eating impairments
      2. Constipation
   3. Prevention & health promotion strategies
9. I. Genitourinary System
   1. Aging influences and implications of the kidneys and urinary tract
   2. Common disorders & physiological alterations
      1. UTI
      2. Renal Failure
   3. Prevention & health promotion strategies
10. J. Immune System
    1. Aging influences and implications of infection
    2. Common disorders & physiological alterations
       1. Types of infections
       2. Sepsis
    3. Prevention & health promotion strategies
11. K. Pain
    1. Aging influences and implications of pain
    2. Conditions that contribute to pain
    3. Prevention & health promotion strategies
12. L. Leadership in the role of the HSS in physiological care
    1. Addressing individual physiological needs for person-directed living
    2. Communicating changes and individual requests/needs
    3. Ensuring communication among team members
    4. Hospital admission/readmission significance related to physiological alterations

1. A. describe physiological changes that occur with the aging process.
2. B. relate disease processes prevalent with aging to physiological variations.
3. C. recognize physiological alterations and the impact they have on an individual¿s daily living and quality of life.
4. D. identify opportunities and rationale for managing physiological alterations to encourage prevention and promote health.
5. E. discuss leadership and communication considerations in the role of the HSS as they relate to physiological care.

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HSCI 1026 - Health Support Specialist in Psychosocial Care

1. A. Psychosocial needs of aging
   1. Erikson¿s developmental theory
2. B. Patterns of adjustment
   1. Retreating
   2. Engagement
   3. Adapting lifestyle according to aging
3. C. Causes and Impact of Transition and Loss
   1. Physical
      1. Chronic illness
      2. Physical impairments
      3. Cognitive decline and ADL influence
      4. Independence and dignity
      5. Energy
      6. Routine
      7. Independence and privacy
      8. Power and control
   2. Emotional
      1. Role changes
      2. Depression
      3. Anxiety
      4. Helplessness
      5. Loneliness
   3. Social
      1. Social isolation
      2. Relationships (spouse, family, and friends)
      3. Activities/Hobbies
      4. Intimacy
      5. Belonging
   4. Spiritual
      1. Spiritual distress
      2. Spiritual growth
      3. Hope
      4. Purpose in life
      5. Peace
      6. Mortality issues
4. D. Understanding grief and loss
   1. Stages of grief
   2. Supporting grief and loss
5. E. Psychosocial interventions for the HSS
   1. Awareness of transition or loss
   2. Approach
   3. Effective communication
   4. Cultural sensitivity and competence
   5. Respect & dignity
   6. Encouraging social interactions
   7. Providing presence/Being in the moment
   8. Worship/Celebrations/Traditions
      1. Establishing
         1. legacy
   9. Reminiscence
   10. Group work/support groups (benefits, methods, leading groups)
   11. Identifying, interpreting, and responding to individual and family needs
   12. Continuity of care
6. F. Adapting the environment to promote person-directed living
   1. Sleep preservation
   2. Life enrichment
   3. Physical environment
   4. Meal considerations
   5. Establishing relationships
   6. Guest/Visitor adaptations
   7. Community interactions
7. G. End of Life Care
   1. Hospice and palliative care
   2. Communication at the EOL
   3. End of life symptoms
   4. Ethical considerations
      1. Nutrition and hydration
   5. Quality of life
   6. Cultural influences
   7. Caring for the dying individual and family
   8. Postmortum cares
   9. Honoring choices and dignity
   10. Advanced care planning and health care directives
   11. Integrative modalities

1. A. relate psychosocial needs of aging to the role of the HSS.
2. B. identify types of loss that impact psychosocial and spiritual well-being in later life.
3. C. relate stages of grief to the various types of loss and patterns of adjustment experienced with aging.
4. D. discuss the psychosocial and spiritual needs of self and other individuals which are influenced by transition, grief, and loss.
5. E. apply effective communication and leadership strategies to address psychosocial needs.
6. F. describe adaptive psychosocial and spiritual interventions the HSS can use when working with staff, individuals, and families.
7. G. list environmental strategies to improve psychosocial and spiritual well-being of individuals.
8. H. differentiate palliative and hospice care.
9. I. identify strategies that promote effective end-of-life care.

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HSCI 1027 - Health Support Specialist in Environmental Services

1. A. Infection Control
   1. Definition
   2. Organisms commonly found
      1. Bacilli¿MRSA, VRE, C-Diff
      2. Virus¿HIV, Hepatitis A, B, C, AIDs, flu,
      3. Fungus
      4. Head lice
2. B. Infection control procedures
   1. Transmission of disease
      1. Chain of infection
      2. Asepsis
      3. Contamination
   2. Basic chemicals used in infection control
   3. General principles of infection control
      1. Disinfecting
      2. Sterilizing
   4. Personal protective equipment
   5. Hand washing and use of gloves
   6. Universal Precautions g. Isolation techniques
3. C. Ergonomics
   1. Body mechanics
   2. Use of equipment
4. D. Occupational Safety
   1. OSHA
   2. MSDS (Material Safety and Data Sheets)
   3. ¿The Right to Know¿ compliance
   4. Hazard Communication Standards Act
   5. ¿AWAIR¿ information
   6. Equipment safety
   7. Electrical and ladder safety
   8. Equipment operations
   9. Reporting safety problems
   10. Reporting of work accidents
   11. Elevator safety
   12. Disaster drill
5. E. Equipment and supplies
   1. Storeroom stocking and usage
   2. Mixing of chemicals
   3. Container labeling and directions
6. F. Infectious waste removal/disposal
   1. Regulatory information
   2. General procedures
   3. Infectious waste
   4. Spills
   5. Blood borne pathogens
   6. Cleaning isolation rooms
   7. Cleaning contaminated equipment properly
7. G. Basic housekeeping
   1. Areas
   2. Resident rooms, bathrooms
   3. Dining room and kitchen
   4. Hallways, dayroom, public bathroom
   5. Cleaning procedures
   6. Bed washing
   7. Resident check-out procedures
   8. Rest rooms
   9. Medical equipment
   10. Linen disposal
   11. Needle disposal
   12. Cleaning skills
8. H. Floor care¿vinyl, tile, terrazzo
9. I. Carpet care
10. J. Bath¿fiberglass, porcelain
11. K. Walls, Windows, draperies, shades
12. L. Kitchen, office, furniture, fixtures
13. M. Basic Laundry
    1. Fabric safety
    2. Apparel repair/maintenance
    3. Washing
    4. Drying
    5. Infection control procedures
    6. Missing clothes procedures
    7. Labeling of personal belongings
14. N. Educate individuals and family members on safety regulations/procedures
    1. Utilizing call light-emergency call light
    2. Importance of applying wheelchair brakes
    3. Proper use of gait belts
    4. Prohibited use of extension cords
    5. Prohibited use of scatter rugs
15. O. Fire Safety
    1. Fire drills
    2. RACE
    3. PASS
    4. Fire Code requirements

1. A. identify environmental practices for maintaining resident living areas, public areas, and laundry.
2. B. utilize information on the Safety Data Sheet.
3. C. describe infection control procedures related to the role of a HSS.
4. D. demonstrate ability to facilitate teamwork through the development of a cleaning schedule for the household.
5. E. develop a plan for engaging individuals when learning organization policies and procedures.
6. F. identify and follow organizational policies and procedures for OSHA guidelines.

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HSCI 1100 - Behavioral Health: Implications & Interventions

1. Symptoms and treatment of common behavioral health issues
2. Overview of substance use and disorders
3. Common behavioral health interventions
4. Common psychiatric medications prescribed in behavioral care and their uses, contraindications, and potential side-effects
5. Basic behavioral health assessment
6. Suicidal ideation - Identify the warning signs of suicide
7. De-escalation strategy theory and applied practice
8. Resource identification and referral
9. Signs that professional help is needed for behavioral health issues
10. Violent situation management and applied practice
11. Scene safety ¿ anticipation and practice of prevention of unsafe situations for client & responder
12. Legal & ethical standards in behavioral health care
13. Protecting self & managing stress of encounters, including applied practice scenarios
14. Roles of various health and public safety disciplines (EMS, 911)
15. Sociocultural factors in behavioral health
16. Tours of various facilities and environments
17. Verbal and oral communication, interpersonal relationships, and other related personal skills such as self-discipline and time management

1. articulate legal, ethical and cultural factors influencing behavioral health.
2. demonstrate interpersonal communication skills to de-escalate behavioral situations.
3. describe the prevalence, symptoms, & treatment of common behavioral health disorders, including mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders.
4. describe the roles of the various disciplines in responding to a behavioral health crisis.
5. determine course of action based on a basic behavioral health assessment.
6. explain the behavioral effects of substance use.
7. identify ways to maintain personal mental health including compassion fatigue prevention.

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HSCI 2020 - Introduction to Epidemiology

1. Infectious Disease Category of organism (agent) Host Environment Reservoirs Modes of transmission Incubation period Period of communicability Methods of control Surveillance Screening Prevention strategies Outbreak investigation
2. Introduction Origin and history of epidemiology Evolution of epidemiology up to current times Noteworthy contributors to the discipline Ethical considerations Common epidemiological terms
3. Measurements Frequency-incidence and prevalence Assessment of risk-crude, specific, and adjusted rates Relative measures of disease occurrence-relative risk, odds ratio
4. Non-Infectious Disease Leading causes of death Years of potential life lost (YPLL) Non-infectious etiological agents Environmental health Occupational health Surveillance Screening Prevention strategies Investigation of non-infectious disease clusters
5. Health Policy Risk-benefit analysis Legislation
6. Research Quantitative versus qualitative Research design Sampling methods Sampling size Significance testing Statistical methods Reading research
7. Review of select policies

1. Describe the relevance of the history of epidemiology to community health.
2. Discuss ethical considerations in epidemiology when establishing programs in the community.
3. Define terminology pertinent to epidemiology.
4. Describe community disease prevention, health promotion and mitigation strategies.
5. Explain the interaction of host, agent, and environment.
6. Contrast communicable versus chronic diseases.
7. Cite examples of communicable diseases that are bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal, rikettsial, or parasitic.
8. Access Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) data.
9. Apply Kochs Postulates to epidemiological case studies.
10. Apply Mills methods of hypothesis formulation to epidemiological case studies.
11. Compute some basic statistics for an epidemiological analysis.
12. Contrast incubation versus latency period.
13. Critique select health policy and legislation.
14. Describe the levels of prevention as applied to infectious an non-infectious disease.
15. Differentiate association versus causation.
16. Differentiate between research study designs and methods.
17. Discuss factors that influence the emergence of disease.
18. Distinguish between incidence and prevalence.
19. Distinguish between life span and life expectancy.
20. Explain the concepts of confounding and effect modification.
21. Explain the role of epidemiology in health policy.
22. List the leading causes of work-related diseases and injuries.
23. Outline the basic steps in planning and implementing a research project.
24. Outline the process of investigation during a infectious disease outbreak or non-infectious disease cluster.
25. Perform a critical analysis of epidemiological research.
26. State the purpose of disease surveillance.

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HVAC 1000 - Sheet Metal and Metal Brazing Practices

1. Cutting and bending copper tubing
2. Different types of tubing
3. Flare joints
4. Safety
5. Sheet metal practices
6. Soldering and brazing processes
7. Soldering techniques
8. Swaging techniques

1. Identify copper tubing types.
2. use copper tubing tools
3. identify copper fittings
4. identify and use soldering and brazing products.
5. operate different types of gas torches
6. solder and braze copper tubing and fittings
7. identify sheet metal tools and sheet metal fabrication machines.
8. use sheet metal tools and machines to fabricate sheet metal fittings
9. demonstrate safety procedures
10. identify unsafe practices

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HVAC 1020 - Load Calculating

1. Air distribution systems
2. Cooling load estimating
3. Dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures
4. Heat load estimating
5. Humidity
6. Reading a psychrometric chart
7. Total heat

1. define psychrometrics.
2. define the terms: dry-bulb temperature and wet-bulb temperatures, relative humidity, specific humidity, grains of moisture and dew point temperature
3. determine air conditions using a psychrometric chart
4. calculate heat gain and heat loss
5. analyze various air distribution systems.
6. perform a load calculation

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HVAC 1041 - Basic Refrigeration I

1. Controls and accessories
2. Latent heat
3. Pressure and temperature relations
4. Refrigeration
5. Refrigeration cycle
6. Safety
7. Sensible heat
8. System components
9. Temperature

1. define temperature
2. define refrigeration.
3. analyze sensible heat
4. analyze latent heat
5. identify pressure and temperature relations
6. measure refrigeration system pressures
7. measure refrigeration temperatures
8. identify system components
9. describe the refrigeration cycle.
10. demonstrate safety procedures
11. identify controls and accessories.
12. identify unsafe practices
13. operate and test refrigeration and air conditioning controls
14. operate refrigeration and air conditioning systems

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HVAC 1042 - Basic Refrigeration II

1. Charging and reclamation
2. Installation procedures
3. Introduction to heat pump
4. Refrigerant characteristics
5. Refrigerant oil
6. Refrigerant piping
7. Safety
8. System dehydration
9. Troubleshooting practices

1. describe refrigerant and oil characteristics
2. perform reclamation and dehydration procedures
3. perform charging procedures
4. identify heat pump unit operations
5. perform troubleshooting procedures to industry standards.
6. complete the government EPA CFC Certification exam.
7. identify unsafe practices
8. demonstrate safety procedures

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HVAC 1060 - Fundamentals of Heating

1. Air cleaners and their applications
2. Application and wiring of thermostats
3. Different heating systems
4. Electric heat: forced air and hydronics
5. Gas heat: forced air and hydronics
6. History of heating
7. Humidifiers and their applications
8. Oil heat: forced air and hydronics

1. operate different types of heating systems
2. describe heating system operation
3. service different types of accessories that are used with heating systems and describe how they are applied to the systems
4. describe the different types of fuels used for heating systems
5. describe the theory of the combustion process and how heat is transferred
6. identify unsafe practices.
7. demonstrate safety procedures.

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HVAC 1065 - Oil Heating Service and Troubleshooting

1. Cadmium cell primary controls
2. Combustion efficiency and analyzer use
3. Combustion process
4. Gun-type oil burner components
5. Oil burner maintenance and tune-ups
6. Safety
7. Service procedures and diagnostics
8. Stack primary controls

1. describe how fuel oil and air are prepared for combustion
2. identify the components of gun-type oil burners.
3. wire and test primary controls
4. perform routine maintenance on oil heating systems
5. perform combustion analysis on oil heating systems.
6. diagnose and repair problems on oil heating systems.
7. identify unsafe practices
8. demonstrate safety procedures.

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HVAC 1067 - Gas Heat

1. Combustion efficiency
2. Components of gas heating systems
3. Flame characteristics and gas burner design
4. Gas pressure testing procedures
5. Gas properties and practical combustion
6. Installation practices
7. Maintenance
8. Pilots and thermocouples
9. Pressure regulators and gas controls
10. Safety
11. Safety and operating controls
12. Troubleshooting

1. analyze fuel gas properties and practical combustion theory
2. measure gas pressure.
3. analyze standing pilots and thermocouples
4. identify and test safety and operating controls
5. analyze installation practices.
6. perform routine maintenance
7. perform combustion efficiency testing
8. diagnose and repair problems
9. identify unsafe practices.
10. list the various components of a typical gas heating system
11. describe flame characteristics and burner design.
12. identify gas pressure regulators and valves
13. demonstrate safety procedures.

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HVAC 1069 - Heat Pumps, Chillers and Electric Heat

1. Four-way valve operations
2. Heat sources for winter operations
3. Reverse cycle refrigeration systems

1. identify the various heat sources for heat pumps.
2. explain the functions of a four-way valve.
3. describe a reverse-cycle of a heat pump
4. demonstrate safety procedures.
5. describe cooling towers.
6. describe electric heat.
7. explain troubleshooting and maintenance of chillers.
8. identify chillers used in centralized cooling.
9. identify unsafe practices.

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HVAC 1070 - Electronic Ignition and Condensing Furnaces

1. Condensing gas heating systems
2. Direct ignition systems
3. Flame rectification
4. Intermittent pilot ignition systems
5. Modulating gas heating systems
6. Safety
7. Troubleshooting high efficiency gas heating equipment

1. describe condensing gas heating systems.
2. describe modulating gas heating systems.
3. describe the theory and operation of flame rectification ignition safety circuit.
4. analyze intermittent pilot ignition systems.
5. analyze direct ignition systems.
6. diagnose and repair high efficiency gas heating systems.
7. identify unsafe practices.
8. demonstrate safety procedures.

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HVAC 1073 - Hydronic and Low-Pressure Steam Boilers

1. Boiler fittings
2. Boiler operation safety
3. Boiler water treatment procedures
4. Feed water system
5. Fuel system
6. Hydronic heating systems
7. Introduction to boiler operation principles
8. Minnesota State Engineer License
9. Steam system

1. identify boiler fittings.
2. describe the boiler feed water system.
3. describe the boiler steam system.
4. describe the boiler fuel system.
5. describe the boiler draft system.
6. describe water treatment.
7. perform boiler operation procedures.
8. complete Minnesota State Special Engineers License exam.
9. identify unsafe practices.
10. demonstrate safety procedures.

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HVAC 1080 - Residential Energy Auditing and Conservation

1. Air flow in houses during heating and cooling seasons
2. Boilers, furnaces and heat pumps
3. Common air leakage problems and weatherization techniques
4. Electric base load, lighting, cooling & appliances
5. Energy units, conversions and terminology
6. Health & Safety
7. Insulation, R-value and U-value
8. Water heating
9. Weatherizing windows and doors

1. use a utility billing history and client interview to generate potential energy-saving opportunities
2. describe air flow, including convection, neutral pressure point and infiltration rate.
3. identify causes for excess air flow and methods for reducing them.
4. set up and use a blower door to measure air infiltration.
5. calculate natural air exchange to determine if weatherization is necessary and when additional ventilation is needed.
6. describe insulation types and their appropriate uses.
7. demonstrate techniques for installing insulation that reduce air infiltration
8. calculate the U and R value of wall assemblies.
9. interpret infrared photography.
10. calculate electrical savings from behavior changes and equipment upgrades.
11. describe precautions an energy auditor or site assessor should take in hazardous locations.
12. describe the options for water heating and their approximate cost and efficiency.
13. explain the causes for health problems in housing.
14. measure the flue gas of HVAC equipment to estimate combustion efficiency.
15. perform basic insulation and weatherization tasks.
16. prescribe solutions for leaky windows and doors.

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HVAC 1790 - Independent Study

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HVAC 2051 - Advanced Refrigeration I

1. Air-cooled and water cooled systems
2. Compressor testing, mechanical and electrical
3. Condenser applications
4. Defrost methods and components
5. Evaporator applications
6. Evaporator temperatures
7. High, medium and low temperature refrigeration
8. Ice machines
9. Pump-down cycle operation
10. Refrigeration system applications
11. Safety
12. Troubleshooting techniques for commercial refrigeration

1. define high, medium and low temperature refrigeration
2. describe the differences in operating characteristics between water-cooled and air-cooled systems.
3. describe the basis of exchanging heat in a condenser.
4. test compressors.
5. test and adjust expansion devices.
6. describe pump down systems.
7. explain methods and components of defrost.
8. explain the function of mechanical controls and electrical controls in a refrigeration system.
9. describe applications of refrigeration systems.
10. determine the boiling temperature in an evaporator.
11. identify different types of evaporators.
12. explain the purpose of a condenser in a refrigeration system.
13. demonstrate safety procedures.
14. identify unsafe practices.
15. service commercial ice machines.
16. troubleshoot commercial refrigeration equipment.

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HVAC 2052 - Advanced Refrigeration II

1. Air Distribution and Balance
2. Comfort and Psychrometrics
3. Controls
4. Domestic Refrigerators, Freezers and Room Air Conditioning
5. Electric, Gas, and Oil Heat with Electric Air Conditioning
6. Installation
7. Refrigeration Applied to Air Conditioning
8. Safety
9. Troubleshooting
10. Typical Operating Conditions

1. describe heating and cooling loads
2. describe comfort air conditioning as compared to refrigeration.
3. identify installation procedures for residential air conditioning equipment.
4. describe refrigeration controls.
5. diagnose and repair various pieces of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
6. describe air distribution and balance.
7. identify unsafe practices.
8. demonstrate safety procedures.
9. describe typical operating conditions under various loads.

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HIST 1021 - Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the 18th Century

1. Ancient Near East: Mesopotamia and Egypt
2. Dark Ages: Religion and Isolation
3. Exploration and Expansion: Eurocentrism and Racism
4. Feudalism: Serfs, Peasants, Ladies, and Lords
5. From Myth to Reason: Greece
6. Modern Nation States I: France, Russia and Absolutism
7. Modern Nation States II: England and Constitutional Monarchy
8. Persecution: Witches and Heretics
9. Rebirth of Reason: The Renaissance
10. Renaissance Art and Literature
11. Republic to Empire: Rome
12. Three Faces of Reformation: Luther, Calvin, Henry VIII
13. War and Pestilence: From the Crusades to the Black Death

1. Explain the chronological relationship of events, people and developments in the history of western civilization before 1800.
2. Synthesize diverse primary and secondary historical materials.
3. Analyze competing and contradictory explanatory theories of human history.
4. Demonstrate progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
5. Evaluate the relevance of Western History to their own lives.

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HIST 1022 - Western Civilization: From the 18th Century to the Present

1. “Cold” War Conflicts: From Korea to Vietnam
2. 19th Century Political Theory: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism
3. Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Human Rights
4. Depression and the Rise of Fascism
5. Industrial Capitalism and Empire
6. International Rivalry and the Great War
7. Lenin and the Russian Revolution
8. New World
9. Rights of Man: American and French Revolutions
10. Science and Society: Social Darwinism
11. The Consumer Society
12. The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
13. Unrest: Labor and Feminism
14. Work and Family: The Industrial “Evolution”
15. World War II and Global Polarization

1. Evaluate the relevance of Western History to their own lives.
2. Synthesize diverse primary and secondary historical materials.
3. Explain the chronological relationship of events, people and developments in the history of western civilization since 1800.
4. Demonstrate progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.

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HIST 1031 - United States to 1877

1. Colonial America
2. Reconstruction
3. Slavery in America
4. The American Revolution
5. The Civil War
6. The Expanding Republic
7. The Atlantic World and European Contact
8. The New Nation
9. Religion and Reform
10. Manifest Destiny
11. Sectional Conflict

1. synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
2. demonstrate progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
3. evaluate the relevance of American History before 1877 to their own lives.
4. interpret primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence
5. explain the story of the American people before 1877, accounting for diverse individuals, groups, and events.

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HIST 1032 - United States Since 1877

1. Imperialism
2. Progressive reform
3. World War I
4. Prosperity and Depression
5. Cold War
6. Civil Rights
7. Vietnam
8. World War II
9. The Rise of Conservatism
10. New Global Challenges
11. Social and Political Upheaval
12. Late 19th Century Politics
13. Immigration and Urbanization
14. Industrialization
15. The Transformation of the West

1. interpret primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
2. synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
3. demonstrate progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
4. evaluate the relevance of American History since 1877 to their own lives.

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HIST 1035 - Minnesota History

1. Minnesota’s Native Americans
2. European Exploration and Exploitation
3. Fort Snelling
4. Minnesota’s First Towns
5. Territory and Statehood
6. Dakota Conflict
7. Peopling the Land
8. Minneapolis milling
9. Northern logging
10. Iron Range
11. A Legacy of Protest Politics
12. Greater Minnesota in the 20th Century
13. Modern Twin Cities
14. Minnesota’s Natural Heritage

1. interpret primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
2. synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
3. demonstrate progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
4. evaluate the relevance of Minnesota History to their own lives.

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HIST 1051 - East Asia Since 1600

1. The Ming Dynasty
2. Manchu China
3. The rest of east Asia before 1600
4. Tokugawa period in Japan
5. The West arrives
6. East and west in the 18th and 19th centuries
7. Nationalism and Revolution
8. The Japanese Empire and World War II
9. Cold War in East Asia
10. The Pacific Rim

1. explain the story of the people of East Asia since 1600, accounting for diverse individuals, groups, and events.
2. interpret primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
3. synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view
4. demonstrate progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
5. evaluate the relevance of Asian History to their own lives.

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HIST 1060 - World History: To 1500

1. Peopling the Earth
2. Succession of Civilizations
3. Rebuilding the World
4. The Great Schools of Thought
5. The Great Empires
6. Post imperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa
7. The Rise of World Religions: Christianity, Islam and Buddhism
8. Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal in the Late First Millennium
9. Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000-1200
10. Farming and Herding
11. The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States
12. Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.
13. The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China, ca. 1000-1200
14. The Revenge of Nature in the Fourteenth Century
15. The World the Mongols Made

1. analyze primary and secondary historical sources in order to understand the complexity of the human past.
2. analyze the emergence and long-term effects of civilizations and the great empires.
3. analyze the impact of globalization during the age of plagues.
4. compare alternative explanations, systems, and theories for the rise and fall of empires.
5. compare the western world before and after the collapse of the Roman Empire.
6. describe how men and women in the past thought and acted, and how they contributed to the global story.
7. discuss the incorporation of isolated regions, such as Japan and North America, into an emerging global system.
8. discuss the relevant links between the past and key issues in today¿s world, such as the beginning of globalization.
9. employ methods and sources that historians use to investigate the past.
10. explain social and political institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and world cultures.
11. identify the great schools of thought as historical responses to institutional and intellectual changes over long periods of time.

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HIST 1061 - World History: 1400 to the Present

1. Asian China
2. Western State Building and Identity
3. Trade Revival: China, Indian Ocean, and Ottoman Expansion
4. The Atlantic World
5. Asian and Indian relations with Europe
6. Global Economy: Colonies and Mercantilism
7. Slave Trade and Africa
8. Culture and Change: Islam, Africa, East Asia, European Enlightenment
9. 18th- Century Revolutions
10. Economic Dominance and Imperialism
11. Faces of Imperialism: Africa, Latin America, India, and the Middle East
12. Nation Building: Japan, Russia, and China
13. Discontents 1870s 1914
14. The Great War and Mass Culture
15. World War II and Aftermath
16. Decolonization and Tensions
17. Globalization and Citizenship in the New Global World
18. Global connections before Columbus

1. Explain the story of the worlds people since 1400, accounting for diverse individuals, groups, and events.
2. Interpret primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
3. Synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
4. Demonstrate progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
5. Evaluate the relevance of World History to their own lives.

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HIST 1790 - Independent Study

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HIST 2041 - Myths in American History

1. Introduction to Myth
2. Popular American myths George Washington and the cherry tree and Carl Sandburgs Abe Lincoln
3. Myths of men and women in the American west
4. Myths of the melting pot, ethnicity and multiculturalism
5. Myths of reform in the 1960s
6. Myths of working men and women
7. Defining the American character

1. Students will increase their knowledge of how men and women in the past thought, acted, and contributed to the human story.
2. Students will be able to use their increased knowledge to become more informed and discriminating citizens in the context of community, national, and international affairs.
3. Students will be able to differentiate and analyze connections between facts and assumptions relevant to cultural issues
4. Students will be able to discover that history can be enjoyable, interesting, and relevant to their lives
5. Students will improve their reading, writing, and studying abilities.

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HIST 2043 - United States Since 1945

1. Prelude: Depression and World War II
2. Cold War at Home
3. American Society (1945-1965)
4. The Origins of the Cold War
5. American politics (1945-1965)
6. American Society (1945-1965)
7. The Civil Rights Movement
8. The Great Society and the Vietnam War
9. The turmoil of the late 1960s
10. Nixon, Vietnam, and Watergate
11. The Rights Movements
12. The Conservative Revolution
13. Multicultural America
14. Terror in America

1. explain, in a clear and comprehensive manner, the story of the American people since 1945, accounting for diverse individuals, groups, and events.
2. analyze primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
3. synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
4. demonstrate advanced progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
5. evaluate the relevance of recent American history to their own lives.

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HIST 2045 - The American West: An Environmental History

1. Spanish and Natives in the American Southwest
2. Eastern frontier
3. Westward expansion in the 19th century
4. Indian conflict
5. Exploitation of western resources
6. Working in the West
7. Western ethnic groups
8. The Western myth
9. The origins of the conservation movement
10. Federal reclamation in the West
11. Depression and War
12. Tourists in the West
13. The Sagebrush Revolution
14. Modern West

1. Explain, in a clear and comprehensive manner, the story of the American people in the West, accounting for complex relationships between diverse environments and human cultures.
2. primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
3. Synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
4. Demonstrate advanced progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
5. Evaluate the relevance of Western Environmental History to their own lives.
6. Analyze primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.

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HIST 2051 - Modern World Conflicts and Crises

1. Decolonization
2. Political and economic ideas
3. ¿Hot¿ Wars of the 20th Century
4. ¿Cold¿ Wars: Political Polarization
5. Conflicting definitions of Human Rights
6. Developing World
7. Role of Technology
8. Terrorism
9. Biological and ecological crises
10. The Wars of the 21st century

1. Analyze primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
2. Demonstrate critical analysis of historical concepts.
3. Evaluate the relevance of the 20th and 21st centuries¿ global conflicts and crises to their own lives.
4. Explain the story of global conflicts and crises in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, accounting for diverse individuals, groups, ideas and events
5. Synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.

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HIST 2053 - Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War

1. evaluate the relevance of the 20th centurys global conflicts to their own lives.
2. Southeast Asia: The colonial empires
3. Southeast Asia: Emerging nationalism
4. Southeast Asia: WWII and Japanese hegemony
5. Southeast Asia: Independence
6. Vietnam: What’s where and who’s who
7. Vietnam: The First (French) Indochina War
8. Vietnam: The Second Indochina War begins
9. Vietnam: An American War
10. Vietnam: A year in the life of a war
11. Vietnam: The war grinds on
12. Vietnam: The end of the war
13. Laos and Cambodia: The other war
14. Vietnam: After the war

1. Explain, in a clear and comprehensive manner, the story of the Vietnam War from the differing perspectives of the people involved.
2. Analyze primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
3. Synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
4. Demonstrate advanced progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
5. Evaluate the relevance of Southeast Asian History and the Vietnam War to their own lives.

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HIST 2065 - Women in America to 1890

1. Culture Clash: Native American and European gender roles
2. Slaves and Servants: African women, poor white women, racism and class hostility
3. Revolution and Gender: Housewives and patriots; Native Americans and slaves
4. Politics and Gender: Republican Motherhood
5. Families and Responsibilities: Domestic ideals and realities
6. Western Frontier: Native American removals, African Americans slave and free
7. The Spanish territories: Mexican, indigenous, and Hispanic women
8. Industrialization: Mill girls and shop girls
9. Womens Rights Movement: Class, race, and gender
10. Civil War and Gender: Women on the home front and battlefield
11. Reconstruction: African American women in the south and north
12. Trans-American West: Diversity and controversy
13. The New Women: New jobs, new professions, new immigrants

1. explain, in a clear and comprehensive manner, the story of the American women, accounting for diverse individuals, groups, ideas and events.
2. analyze primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
3. synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
4. demonstrate advanced progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
5. evaluate the relevance of Womens History to their own lives.

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HIST 2066 - Women in America Since 1890

1. The New Women: New jobs, new profession, new immigrants
2. Fight for Suffrage: Support, opposition, and racism
3. Progressive Era: Settlement houses, womens trades unions
4. Diaspora: African American women in the urban north
5. Great War: Home and factory, international peace movement
6. Jazz Age: Flappers, feminists, anti-lynching campaign
7. Depression Decade: Gender and race in the New Deal
8. World War: Home front and battlefield, segregation and internment camps
9. Feminine Mystique: Cold War and the family, women and work
10. Civil Rights: African American women challenge segregation
11. Modern Feminism: Womens Liberation, diversity and activism
12. Gender and Sexuality: Sexual politics, reproductive rights
13. Public Policy: Campaign for the ERA; Latina, Asian, and Black womens activism
14. Modern America and the World: Transnational womens movements

1. explain, in a clear and comprehensive manner, the story of the American women, accounting for diverse individuals, groups, ideas and events.
2. analyze primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
3. synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
4. demonstrate advanced progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
5. evaluate the relevance of Womens History to their own lives.

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HIST 2780 - Internship: History

1. Function and scope of the historical society and its collections and exhibits
2. Introduction to basics of archival management
3. Techniques for organizing documents or artifacts, or creating Finding Guides
4. Links between collections and local history and community

1. organize documents or artifacts as required by the historical society.
2. research necessary background material about the archives or artifacts.
3. analyze connections between the specific internship project and a broader historical context.

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HIST 2790 - Special Topics

1. explain the diversity of human experience over time
2. apply basic concepts of historical research to written papers, essays, or oral reports
3. evaluate multiple historical perspectives
4. demonstrate competency in college-level writing and reading

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HMG 1011 - Beginning Hmong I

1. Hmong Language

1.1 Introduction to Hmong Romanized Popular Alphabet (RPA).

1.2 Tonal marks

2. Grammar

2.1 Adjectives

2.2 Question and answer format

2.3 Verb tense

2.4 Syntax structure

2.5 Pronouns

3. Speaking and Communication Strategies

3.1 Introducing self and people

3.2 Talking about majors and professions

3.3 Talking about family

3.4 Making phone calls

3.5 Taking messages

4. Hmong History and Culture

4.1 History of different Hmong alphabets

4.2 Countries and their different varieties of Hmong

4.3 Customs

4.4 Traditions
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to: At the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. explain Hmong Romanized Popular Alphabet (RPA) and its history.
2. demonstrate basic reading and writing skills in Hmong.
3. demonstrate basic speaking and listening skills within specific contexts.
4. demonstrate basic knowledge of Hmong grammar.
5. discuss aspects of Hmong culture in different parts of the world.

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HMG 1012 - Beginning Hmong II

1. Hmong language

1.1 Hmong language and the RPA Writing System

1.2 Hmong communication: tonal and non-tonal

1.3 Use of formal and informal modes

1.4 Hmong dialects

2. Grammar

2.1 stative verbs, adverbs, nominal sentences

2.2 titles, verbal sentences, verbal negation, verbs, nouns, mood

2.3 direct and indirect object pronouns

2.4 sentence with indicating accomplished tones

2.5 comparisons of equality and inequality

2.6 recognize recurring patterns

3. Speaking and communication strategies:

3.1 give directions

3.2 express things that are happening right now

3.4 expressing past actions

3.5 asking for clarification

3.6 making comparisons and contrast

3.7 requesting and/or giving information

3.8 birthday party invitation

3.9 expressing feelings; likes and dislikes, fear, love, etc…

3.10 soliciting opinions

3.11 expressing humor

4. Hmong Culture

4.1 Hmong custom

4.2 Hmong tradition

4.3 Hmong family relationship structure

4.4 Hmong sports
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

1. demonstrate increased reading and writing skills in Hmong by using the Hmong RPA.
2. demonstrate writing skills in forms of compositions, letters, and poems.
3. demonstrate increased knowledge of Hmong grammar.
4. demonstrate speaking and listening skills in more complex contexts.
5. discuss aspects of Hmong culture, including customs, traditions, family structures, and sports.
6. articulate knowledge of beliefs, behaviors and cultural aspects of the Hmong speaking world.

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HSER 1001 - The Role of the Human Services Technician

1. Roles and functions of the eligibility or financial worker
2. Advocacy, assessment and resource and referral practices
3. Case management skills
4. Models of service delivery by the eligibility or financial worker
5. Eligibility or financial worker ethics and values
6. County service agencies, programs and target populations
7. Eligibility or financial worker consumer-issues and concerns
8. Overview of multicultural issues in human services

1. apply program rules to client case studies.
2. calculate basic financial formulas related to determining program or service eligibility.
3. document accurate case notes for client files.
4. evaluate the needs of clients from diverse backgrounds.
5. identify and recommend various programs (e.g. cash, food, WIC, housing, medical assistance, etc.) that serve eligible applicants.
6. identify the roles and responsibilities of the eligibility worker or financial worker in relation to county government positions.
7. investigate self-care, resilience and stress management strategies as coping skills for case management.

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HSER 1020 - Introduction to Human Services

1. Employment/transfer options
2. History/current human services trends
3. Human service agencies, programs and target populations
4. Human service consumer issues and concerns
5. Human service worker program curriculum
6. Human service worker values
7. Models of service delivery
8. Overview of multicultural issues in human services
9. Overview of sub-fields within human services
10. Roles and functions of the human services worker

1. Define human services.
2. Research options for internships.
3. Identify community resources for human services.
4. Present a personal and professional plan that will incorporate course information.
5. Describe the history of human services and the changing nature of helping.
6. Describe the role of the human service worker.
7. Identify career opportunities in the human services field.

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HSER 1030 - Helping Skills

1. Attending behavior
2. Discovery and development of personal style
3. Eliciting and reflecting meaning
4. Encouraging and paraphrasing
5. Influencing skills
6. Intentionality
7. Observation and listening skills
8. Reflecting feeling and content
9. Skill integration from a multicultural perspective

1. Identify how personal style impacts the helping process.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of clients from diverse backgrounds.
3. Demonstrate basic listening and interviewing skills.
4. Identify personal strengths and weaknesses when helping others.

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HSER 1070 - Helping Clients with Disabilities

1. Advocacy skill development
2. Chronic loss and its effect on lifestyle adjustment
3. Definitions of disability
4. Goal development: financial, social, hopes, and dreams
5. Helper interventions for visible and invisible disability
6. Impact of disabling conditions on individual and family
7. Intervention approaches that facilitate: client empowerment, maximizing potential with a focus on what client can do
8. Models of decision making

1. Define disability.
2. Identify the impact of living with chronic conditions on the individual, family and community.
3. Describe how personality and self-esteem are affected in the individual and family.
4. Demonstrate helper interventions that increase and positively affect client capability and family adaptability.
5. Demonstrate skills that help clients and families make empowering decisions.
6. Identify models and techniques of advocacy.

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HSER 2000 - Techniques of Working With Groups

1. Group facilitator and co-facilitator skills
2. Group member roles
3. Group rules for effective group process
4. Knowledge and use of basic group counseling skills
5. Multicultural issues in doing group work
6. Special populations and the use of group work
7. Stages of group development
8. Theoretical approaches to group counseling

1. Perform general skills and techniques for working with groups.
2. Describe various theoretical approaches to working with groups.
3. Describe the stages of group development.
4. Facilitate/co f facilitate a group.
5. Evaluate personal skills, styles, and values in the group process.
6. Demonstrate skills in working with multicultural issues in group work.

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HSER 2030 - Working with the Mentally Ill in Human Service Settings

1. Anxiety Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions
2. Behavioral Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions
3. Childhood Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions
4. Community Resources for the Mentally Ill
5. Mental Illness in the Elderly: Types and Stages Stages and Interventions
6. Mental Illness: Myths
7. Mind/Body Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions
8. Mood Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions
9. Stigma of Mental Illness
10. Thought Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions

1. Demonstrate appropriate and effective responses to the mentally ill person in human service settings.
2. Identify signs and symptoms of the more common mental illnesses that they are likely to encounter in human service settings.
3. Identify biases and myths associated with mental illness and how these affect interactions with mentally ill persons.
4. Demonstrate practical skills for residential, vocational, therapeutic, and recreational interventions for the mentally ill.
5. Describe mental illness in the context of community and family.
6. Identify behavioral and emotional characteristics of common mental illnesses.

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HSER 2040 - Crisis Assessment and Intervention

1. Crisis intervention models
2. Crisis intervention strategies
3. Identifying resources for referral
4. Models for assessment
5. Personal safety
6. Specific interventions for specific crisis categories Institutional violence Suicide Substance abuse Personal loss Violence in the workplace Sexual assault Domestic violence
7. Theories of crisis

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of crisis intervention theory.
2. Describe current models of crisis assessment and intervention.
3. Demonstrate basic assessment, intervention, and referral techniques.
4. Use an assessment model in making appropriate referrals.
5. Develop and implement personal and professional safety plans.

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HSER 2050 - Seminar: Current Issues and Topics

1. A survey of the impact of social issues on various populations and agencies.
2. An overview of what is happening in Human Services at the time the course is offered.
3. Preparing for internships, careers, and continuing education.

1. Describe the connection between economic, political, and social change and the status of human services.
2. Discuss current social problems.
3. Establish goals for maintaining occupational competency.
4. Identify current issues and trends in human services.

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HSER 2060 - Case Management

1. Basic rules of record keeping and documentation
2. Case conference models
3. Case management opportunities for Human Services graduates
4. Current issues relevant to case management
5. Economic and political impact on populations served
6. Evaluation skills and follow-up strategies
7. Goal setting and action plans
8. Intake interview for data gathering
9. Models for writing case summaries

1. Demonstrate basic components of case management and coordination.
2. Identify models and guidelines for recording client data.
3. Write case summaries and action plans.
4. Demonstrate skills necessary for case conferences.
5. Demonstrate case management interviewing skills.
6. Demonstrate understanding of federal, state, and local programs and program guidelines, laws, policies, and procedures.
7. Evaluate the impact of economics and politics on community services.

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HSER 2780 - Human Services Internship I

1. Each student will construct an individualized learning contract specifying goals and objectives.

1. Obtain internship experience at a human services agency.
2. Develop competencies to be acquired at a community site.
3. Integrate theory from previous course work into internship experience.

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HSER 2781 - Human Services Internship II

1. Each student will construct an individualized learning contract specifying goals and objectives.
2. Knowledge content and skills development will be student and site specific.

1. Obtain internship experience at a human services agency.
2. Develop competencies to be acquired at a community site.
3. Integrate theory from previous course work into internship experience.

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HUM 1021 - Introduction to the Humanities: Europe and the U.S.

1. This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the humanities emphasizing an over all approach to living, rather than a chronological study of a series of discreet disciplines. The course is modular in nature, with each unit of study focusing on the contextual development of a major topic in the arts as an aspect of human existence. The first part of the course begins by relating the humanities to each individual, critical thinking skills, and human potential. The second part of the course explores the following major disciplines in the humanities (including both content and process): vi
2. impact of the humanities on the individual, human potential, critical thinking, aesthetics, popular culture, and cultural issues.
3. Survey of the major disciplines in the humanities with emphasis on the structural elements of each and content examples from western regions specifically Europe and the United States. Some non-western examples are used as points of contrast.
4. Summary of the major themes driving all of the humanities: morality, happiness, death attitudes, life affirmation, and freedom.

1. define the essential terminology from a variety of humanities areas.
2. identify perspectives, ideas, themes, and content of creative works in the humanities
3. demonstrate a knowledge of structural elements in a variety of humanities areas.
4. explain the significance of the artistic value and intellectual content of various creative works.
5. describe representative works in the humanities from cultures throughout the world (specifically Europe and the USA with non-western cultures, as points of contrast) by comparing forms, media, styles, and philosophies.
6. describe the relationship between representative works in the humanities and their creators, eras, and cultures.
7. identify the various relationships, connections and forces at work between the artist, the artists output, and society.
8. discuss the personal impact that a greater awareness of the humanities has on their own lives.
9. write evaluations (reviews) of performances and art works

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HUM 1025 - Introduction to the Humanities: A World View

1. This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the humanities emphasizing an overall approach to living, rather than a chronological study of a series of discreet disciplines. The course is modular in nature, with each unit of study focusing on the contextual development of a major topic in the arts as an aspect of human existence. The first part of the course begins by relating the humanities to each individual, critical thinking skills, and human potential. The second part of the course explores the following major disciplines in the humanities (including both content and structural ele
2. Survey of the major disciplines in the humanities with emphasis on the structural elements of each and content examples from non-western regions specifically Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East. This course uses some western examples as points of contrast.
3. Summary of the major themes driving all of the humanities: morality, happiness, death attitudes, life affirmation, and freedom.

1. define the essential terminology from a variety of humanities areas
2. identify perspectives, ideas, themes, and content of creative works in the humanities
3. demonstrate a knowledge of structural elements in a variety of humanities areas.
4. explain the significance of the artistic value and intellectual content of various creative works.
5. describe representative works in the humanities from cultures throughout the world, (Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, and western examples as points of contrast), by comparing forms, media, styles, and philosophies.
6. describe the relationship between representative works in the humanities and their creators, eras, and cultures.
7. identify the various relationships, connections and forces at work between the artist, the artists output, and society.
8. discuss the personal impact that a greater awareness of the humanities has on their own lives.
9. write evaluations (reviews) of performances and art works

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HUM 1030 - Culture and Civilization of Spanish Speaking Peoples

1. Culture and Civilization of Spanish-Speaking Peoples This course will explore a few basic questions, using a comparative and historical approach: What are the relations and contributions of Spanish-speaking peoples to the world? What are the current and historical relations between the various peoples comprising the Spanish-speaking world, and between the Spanish-speaking world and the U.S.? How do Hispanics (outside the U.S.) and Latinos (inside the U.S.) define themselves? What does it mean to be Hispanic/Latino? How do the Latinos in the U.S. navigate being bicultural? What is t
2. Introduction: Current global context and issues: Who are the Spanish-speaking peoples? Spain Latin America U.S. Framework for study, methodology: how do we study a civilization? Comparative and historical approach Critical thinking: contextualization
3. Latin American origins: Hispanic: Spain Amerindian: the Caribbean, Mesoamerica, South America Empires: Mayas, Aztecs, Incas African
4. Latin America under Spain: Conquest Colonization cultural practices and identity
5. Latin America since independence: Independence: change and continuity Twentieth Century: revolutions, authoritarian regimes, U.S. interventions, Latin America in the global economy, socialism vs. capitalism, new social movements The future
6. Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S: Mexican Americans Puerto Ricans Cubans Central Americans

1. Outline the history and cultures of Spanish-speaking nations
2. Compare and contrast various cultures in Spanish-speaking nations
3. Critically analyze works of art and literature in historical context
4. Compare and contrast cultures under study and their own culture in a global context
5. Demonstrate empathy toward other peoples by exploring our shared humanity and diversity
6. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global community

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HUM 1040 - Culture and Civilization of Chinese Speaking Peoples

1. A brief introduction to Chinese geography, regions, and the language
2. Chinese holidays and traditionsfor example spring festival, new years day, moon festiva
3. Chinese arts and crafts for example paintings, calligraphy, paper cutting, carving
4. Chinese film and literature for example characteristics of Chinese poetry, influences of Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism
5. Chinese music and dance for example theme of folk songs, Chinese musical instruments, Chinese dances from national minorities
6. Religious beliefs for example the Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Muslims

1. Demonstrate an appreciation for the Chinese culture
2. Describe social, historical, philosophical and religious characteristics of the Chinese culture
3. Describe differences that exist between the Chinese culture and the students own culture
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the cultural values, beliefs, and life experience in both ancient and modern China
5. Describe the changes in the Chinese culture as well as Chinese interactions with the outside world

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HUM 1041 - The Art of Film

1. Film Techniques
   1. Mise-en-scene Settings Subjects Composition
   2. Cinematography Film Stock Camera angles Lighting Moving Camera
   3. Editing Shots, Scenes, Sequences Parallel Editing Film Structure
2. Film Context
   1. Society, Politics and Censorship
   2. Cultural Factors C. Artistic Conventions
3. Types of Films
   1. Classical Hollywood
   2. Expressionism and Formalism
   3. Realism and Neorealism
   4. Documentaries and Mock-Docs
   5. Experi
4. mental Films
5. Film as Art
   1. Aesthetic Principles
   2. Artistic Movements
   3. Auteurs
   4. Semiotics

1. Demonstrate an understanding of filmic vocabulary, attributes, and principles related to mise-en-scene, cinematography, and editing.
2. Critically respond to film sequences with regard to film movements, theories, and aesthetic principles.
3. Identify specific films as examples of film types such as expressionism, neorealism, film noir, cinema verite, and formalism
4. Articulate an informed personal reaction to film of various genres and types.
5. Recognize works of art and film as examples of fundamental art movements such as Impressionism, Cubism, and Realism.
6. Describe the elements of art films such as Dogma 95 as distinct from Classical Hollywood cinema.
7. List the elements of a work of art or a film that classify it artistically and aesthetically.
8. List some of the cultural and historical elements that contribute to the production of certain films and film types.
9. Give examples of how films reflect the cultures and time periods in which they were produced.

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HUM 1043 - International Film

1. Film vocabulary and concepts
2. Russian films
   1. Montage
   2. Eisenstein
   3. Modern Russian filmmakers
3. German films
   1. Expressionism
   2. Das Neue Kino
4. Italian films
   1. Neorealism
   2. Fellini
5. British films
6. French films
   1. Poetic realism
   2. La Nouvelle Vague
7. Scandinavian films
   1. Dreyer and other early filmmakers
   2. Bergman
   3. Dogme 95
8. Eastern European films
9. Balkan cinema
10. Latin and South American films
11. Asian films
    1. Japan
    2. China
    3. India
    4. New regions, such as Hong Kong films
12. African films
13. Middle Eastern films

1. Demonstrate an understanding of cinematic and cultural attributes of films from various nations of the world.
2. Describe the elements of French New Wave films, Dogma 95 films, and German New Wave films.
3. Identify the main elements of globalization that influence contemporary cinema.
4. List representative films and their component features that are good examples of globalization and its influence on the cinema.
5. Recognize the role of a contemporary citizen in an interconnected world, and how this role is exemplified in modern cinema.
6. List cultural and historic events that were major factors leading to the production of certain landmark films from various countries of the world.
7. Identify specific films and their distinctive components as examples of film types epitomizing the traditional cinema of various countries and regions of the world at specific times in history.
8. Articulate an informed personal reaction to various genres and types of international films.
9. Recognize works of cinema as examples of fundamental art movements of various countries, such as German Expressionism, Dogma 95, Italian and Iranian Neorealism, Hong Kong cinema, and Russian montage.

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HUM 1045 - American Film

1. Origins of the cinema
   1. Optical principles
   2. Series photography
   3. Motion pictures
   4. Continuity editing
2. D. W. Griffith
   1. Narrative form
   2. The Birth of a Nation
   3. Intolerance
3. Hollywood in the 1920s
   1. Studio system production
   2. The silent era
4. The sound film and studio system
   1. Production code
   2. Structure of the sound studio
   3. Major directors of early sound films
5. Orson Welles and Citizen Kane
6. Film noir and post-war genres
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. 1950s and 1960s films
   1. Color
   2. Widescreen
   3. 3-D
   4. Genres
9. 1970 1990s films
   1. Independent production
   2. Avant-garde films
   3. Hollywood economics
   4. The Block Buster
10. Digital Cinema
    1. Computer animation
    2. Industrial Light and Magic

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the scientific and cultural origins of the film industry in the United States.
2. Identify the silent film pioneers and their major works.
3. Describe how film form and content changed over the course of the development of the film industry in the United States.
4. Recognize the major ways in which films in the United States reflected social concerns, such as racism, war, poverty, feminism, and relationships.
5. List the major genres of films produced in the United States and their most relevant times in history.
6. Identify the elements of mise-en-scene and editing that create meaning in viewers
7. Recognize how visual literacy helps a viewer deconstruct the means by which a film imparts messages.
8. Recognize how the form of film production and exhibition changed over the past century, and how those changes reflected and influenced American cultural and scientific progress.
9. List the cultural and historic events that were major factors leading to the production of certain films in the United States, and how the film industry was influenced by those events.
10. Name the major early filmmakers who created the film industry in the United States and their earliest, most influential films.
11. Identify specific films as examples of film types and genres epitomizing the traditional cinema of the United States at specific times in the history of the film industry.
12. Articulate an informed personal reaction to films of various genres and types of American cinema.

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HUM 1051 - African American Cultural Perspectives

1. The course follows a thematic rather than a chronological structure. The beginning of the course explains how white controlled institutions of religion, politics, and science helped to shape African American culture (starting with slavery). Next, the course shows contemporary elements of African American culture that reflects how these elements of humanity are reflected in present time. The course then focuses on how the elements of history, theater, literature, language, art, music, and motion pictures helped to mold African American culture from slavery to present time.
2. Beginning Topics may include: Elements in literature, politics, science, and other arts that have influenced African American culture.
3. Mid-term Topics may include: Elements in language, film, white supremacy ideology, and other arts that have influenced African American culture.
4. Closing Topics may include: Elements of modern music, modern film, electoral politics, and science that have influenced African American culture.

1. define the essential terminology of elements of African American culture.
2. identify perspectives, ideas, themes, theories, and content of elements in the humanities that helped to shape African American culture.
3. demonstrate a knowledge of elements in the humanities that helped to develop African American culture.
4. explain the significance of elements in the humanities that helped to shape African American culture.
5. to extrapolate on how those elements in the humanities that helped to shape African American culture function today.
6. identify the relationships between these elements of humanities and the reactions of African Americans, European Americans, and non-African Americans to African American culture.
7. discuss the personal impact that a greater awareness of the elements that shaped African Americans had had on their own lives.

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HUM 1790 - Independent Study

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HUM 2061 - Women in the Arts

1. Architecture
2. Experimental filmmaking
3. Local Artists
4. Music
5. Painting
6. Art and Activism
7. Contemporary Art and design
8. Dance
9. Photography
10. Sculpture
11. Silent film era
12. Survey of Women in Art History
13. The cannon and established hierarchy of media and subject matter
14. Theater

1. Demonstrate an awareness of womens centrality in the arts.
2. Recognize the work of major women visual artist and musicians.
3. Evaluate the work of major women visual artist and musicians.
4. Recognize the work of local women artist and musicians.
5. Evaluate the work of local women artist and musicians.
6. Describe how feminist scholarship changes traditional interpretations and conclusions.
7. Identify womens place in the historical progression of the arts.
8. Critique the social and cultural assumptions about gender that have influenced artistic choice and interpretation.

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HUM 2790 - Special Topics

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HORT 1000 - Introduction to Horticulture

1. Basic horticulture practices
2. Basic plant identification
3. Employment opportunities
4. Fruits and vegetables
5. Grounds maintenance
6. Interior foliage plants
7. Landscape design and installation
8. Nursery industry
9. Scope of horticulture industry

1. demonstrate basic horticulture practices.
2. identify basic horticultural plants.
3. describe employment potential in horticulture.
4. identify areas within the field of horticulture.

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HORT 1021 - Plant Biology

1. Cell structure and function and cell types
2. Plant functions and systems
3. Plant nutrition
4. Plant reproduction and plant breeding
5. Plant taxonomy
6. Seeds and germination
7. Structure and morphology of plants

1. describe the function of plant morphology.
2. define plant classification and taxonomic principles.
3. apply plant nutrition principles.
4. identify and describe plant structures.
5. describe genetic inheritance and plant breeding methods.

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HORT 1023 - Soil Science

1. Aeration
2. Bulk density
3. Cation exchange
4. Container growing in field and greenhouse
5. Drainage and irrigation
6. Erosion
7. Hydroponics and aeroponics
8. Mineral vs. organic soil
9. Nutrients and fertilizer
10. Organisms in the soil
11. Soil air and pore space
12. Soil constituents and soil classes
13. Soil management
14. Soil profile
15. Soil testing
16. Soil water and soil pH

1. develop nutrient management plans that prevent water pollution.
2. prescribe soil management practices that prevent soil loss and degradation.
3. define plant nutrients and fertilizer products.
4. identify growing media for greenhouse and container growing.
5. understand components of soil and the changes that occur through cultivation.
6. describe the soil profile and the processes that develop soil.
7. identify the similarities and differences between soils in temperate zones.
8. describe hydroponics and aeroponics.
9. demonstrate soil testing for available nutrients and physical characteristics.

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HORT 1024 - Plant Propagation

1. Asexual propagation Herbaceous cuttings Softwood cuttings Hardwood cuttings Leaf cuttings Root cuttings Layering Grafting Tissue culture
2. Seed propagation oSeed production open pollinated and hybrid Seed germination practices.

1. describe methods of propagating trees and shrubs.
2. recommend methods of propagating annual and perennial herbaceous plants.
3. demonstrate division, cutting propagation and grafting of many familiar plants.
4. identify methods of propagating tropical indoor plants.
5. perform seed propagation of many popular plants.

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HORT 1025 - Pest Management

1. Assessing plant problems Nutrition Site Genetics Disease Animal damage
2. Control methods
3. Diseases caused by non-living agents
4. Diseases caused by organic agents Fungi Monerans Viruses
5. Growing healthy plants
6. Pests of the animal kingdom Damage caused by mammals Damage caused by arthropods Damage caused by other animals
7. Weeds Identification Control methods

1. identify many common weeds.
2. recommend effective pest control methods.
3. diagnose many insect or disease symptoms that affect plants.

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HORT 1027 - Sustainable Horticulture

1. Approved practices for organic production
2. Conserving and protecting the soil
3. Earth-friendly landscape practices
4. Sustainable plant production methods
5. Energy conservation strategies for sustainable horticulture
6. Sustainable horticulture in the commercial environment
7. Pesticide usage and its impact on the environment
8. Preventing pollution to water and air
9. USDA organic grower certification requirements
10. Managing soil fertility

1. explain the environmental tensions spurred by increasing productivity and profitability demands.
2. use current best practices for conserving natural resources.
3. discuss current energy conservation practices that benefit the environment.
4. identify sources of pollution caused by some current agricultural/horticultural practices.
5. practice plant growing methods that are beneficial to the environment.
6. differentiate plant growing practices that are beneficial or harmful to the environment.
7. select fertilizers and pesticides that are appropriate for the environment.

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HORT 1041 - Woody Plants

1. Evergreen shrubs
2. Evergreen trees
3. Large landscape shrubs
4. Low deciduous shrubs
5. Medium landscape shrubs
6. Small landscape ornamental trees
7. Tall deciduous landscape trees

1. explain uses and special features of many common woody plants.
2. identify uses and special features of many common woody plants.

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HORT 1050 - Landscape Installation

1. Safety practices
2. Site development and soil improvement
3. Cut and fill excavation practices
4. Concrete surfaces
5. Paving brick surface
6. Edging and mulches
7. Woody and herbaceous plant materials
8. Retaining walls
9. Irrigation and water features
10. Reading and understanding landscape plans
11. Turfgrass installation

1. analyze site plans and prepare estimates.
2. apply safety practices.
3. identify sustainable site development practices.
4. improve soil conditions
5. install edging and mulch.
6. install irrigation systems and water features
7. install paving surfaces.
8. install retaining walls.
9. install turfgrass
10. install woody and herbaceous plants.

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HORT 1051 - Herbaceous Plants

1. Annual herbaceous plants identification site preference bloom period cultivars and varieties
2. Biennials identification site preference bloom period cultivars and varieties
3. Perennials identification site preference bloom period cultivars and varieties

1. identify 150 herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial ornamental plants.
2. suggest herbaceous plants based on light requirements.
3. select plants based on their water requirements.
4. describe soil requirements and fertility recommendations.
5. design combinations of herbaceous plants for the garden and landscape.
6. select recommended cultivars and varieties.

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HORT 1060 - Greenhouse Crops

1. Annual bedding plants
2. Florist crops
3. Tropical Plants
4. Greenhouse cut flower production
5. Food crops for greenhouse production
6. Managing the greenhouse environment
7. Plant production schedules
8. Marketing greenhouse crops

1. describe greenhouse crops.
2. develop pest management strategies for greenhouse production.
3. interpret and create plant production schedules.
4. market plants.
5. propagate plants from seed and cuttings.
6. provide appropriate greenhouse environment conditions for different crops
7. select cultivars for bedding plant production.

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HORT 1781 - Horticulture Internship I

1. Obtain position and interview successfully
2. Complete internship agreement form with internship site supervisor
3. Verify hours for the internship
4. Perform assigned tasks to employer’s standards

1. identify and interview for internship position.
2. apply horticultural concepts and procedures in an work setting.
3. demonstrate technical skills in horticultural tasks.
4. enhance oral and written communication skills with prospective employers and coworkers.
5. document internship activities in a journal.

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HORT 2025 - Horticulture Operations

1. Greenhouse structures
2. Mechanical systems for maintaining a growing environment
3. Wholesale and retail marketing methods
4. Production costs and markup
5. Types of nurseries
6. Field and container yard layout
7. Propagation
8. Cultivation, harvesting and storage of crops

1. define greenhouse structures and equipment.
2. define production costs and markup.
3. demonstrate cultural practices within the nursery industry.
4. describe maintaining a growing environment.
5. describe marketing strategies.
6. describe the wholesale and retail horticultural industry.
7. identify types of nurseries.

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