Course Descriptions and Outlines

FRTA 1091 - Firefighter I

1. Building Construction
2. Building Search and Victim Removal
3. Classes A, C, D, Vehicle, and Wildland Fire Control
4. Coupling, Rolling, and Loading Hose
5. Fire Behavior
6. Fire Department Communication, Equipment, and Techniques
7. Fire Prevention and Public Fire Education
8. Forcible Entry Construction and Techniques
9. Forcible Entry Tools
10. Ground Ladders
11. Laying, Carrying, and Advancing Hose
12. Orientation to the Fire Service
13. Portable Extinguishers
14. Protective Clothing
15. Ropes and Knots
16. Safety
17. Salvage, Overhaul, and Protecting Evidence of Fire Cause
18. Self-Contained Breather Apparatus (SCBA)
19. Sprinkler System Fundamentals
20. Ventilation
21. Water Fire Streams
22. Water Supply

1. Identify fire equipment including SCBA, ladders, hoses, appliances, and tools.
2. Educate the public on fire safety and prevention.
3. Demonstrate putting out a small fire using a fire extinguisher.
4. Explain how fire behaves and the dangers involved.
5. Maintain and care for fire equipment including SCBA, ladders, hoses, appliances, and tools.
6. Employ fire equipment including SCBA, ladders, hoses, appliances, and tools in fighting fires.
7. Implement safety procedures and precautions on the fire ground.
8. Ventilate a structure.
9. Forcibly enter a structure.
10. Tie knots to secure equipment, objects, or people.
11. Select a fire stream based on the desired effect to combat a fire.
12. Explain sprinkler system operation.
13. Demonstrate techniques for class A, C, D, vehicle, and wildland fire control.
14. Perform salvage and overhaul techniques to preserve property, minimize further damage, and prevent rekindling.
15. Search for a victim on the fire ground.
16. Don and doff protective fire clothing and gear.
17. Identify the various types of fire extinguishers.

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FRTA 1092 - Firefighter II

1. Construction Materials and Building Collapse
2. Fire Cause and Origin
3. Fire Detection, Alarms, and Suppression Systems
4. Foam Fire Streams
5. Hose Tools and Appliances
6. Hydrant Flow and Operability
7. Ignitable Liquid and Flammable Gas Fire Control
8. Implementation of the Incident Management System (IMS)
9. Pre-incident survey
10. Radio Communications and Incident Reports
11. Rescue and Extrication Tools
12. Vehicle Extrication and Special Rescue

1. Write an incident report.
2. Extinguish flammable gas and liquid fires.
3. Preserve evidence on a fire ground.
4. Communicate with other public safety personnel.
5. Explain how building fire systems function.
6. Determine fire cause and origin.
7. Apply foam to fire.
8. Explain the dangers of building collapse and how building construction impacts this.
9. Operate a fire hydrant.
10. Maintain fire equipment including hoses, hydrants and tools.
11. Extricate a car accident victim using extrication tools and techniques.
12. Conduct a pre-incident survey.

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FRTA 1095 - Hazardous Materials Operations

1. Action Plans - Evaluation and Review
2. Decontamination
3. Information Gathering
4. Introduction to Concept Implementation
5. Introduction to Recognition and Identification
6. Introduction to basic concepts of hazardous materials.
7. Personal Protective Equipment
8. Personal Safety
9. Potential Course and Harm of the Incident
10. Resources
11. Site Management and Scene Setup
12. Strategic Goals
13. Tactical Operations
14. Toxicology

1. Recognize hazardous materials.
2. Determine strategic goals
3. Decontaminate personnel exposed to hazardous materials.
4. Setup a scene.
5. Identify hazardous materials.
6. Gather information on hazardous materials.
7. Explain the effects of hazardous materials on people and the environment.
8. Explain safety precautions to avoid an exposure.
9. Assess tactical options.

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FRTA 2011 - Building Construction for the Fire Service

1. Five types of construction
2. Identify safety considerations for firefighters in the five different types of construction.
3. Structural elements and assemblies
4. Fire Behavior
5. Fire stopping
6. Draft stopping
7. Noncombustible and fire-resistive combustion
8. Hazards and risk associated with the types of construction
9. Identify predicted fire travel relating to construction types

1. apply risk analysis to building safety.
2. classify major type of building construction.
3. describe building construction principles.
4. detect structural elements.
5. determine predicted fire behavior.
6. diagnose structural assemblies.
7. diagnose structural elements.
8. differentiate between fire stopping and draft stopping.
9. explain the different loads and stresses that are placed on buildings and their interrelationships.
10. identify characteristic of building materials.
11. discover the differences between noncombustible and fire-resistive construction.

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FRTA 2021 - Fire Instructor

1. Principles of adult learning
2. Instructional development process
3. Steps of instructional delivery
4. Types of instructional aids
5. Developing an examination
6. Instructional techniques and multimedia
7. Developing a class evaluation

1. create instructional goals.
2. demonstrate knowledge of the principles of adult learning.
3. demonstrate knowledge of the various methods of instruction.
4. design and then produce instructional aids.
5. design exams that match the specific objectives of the lesson plan.
6. design lesson plans and conduct presentations using a variety of instructional techniques and visuals.
7. discuss the role of public safety instructor.

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FRTA 2031 - Fire Officer I

1. Management concepts
2. Safety and risk management principals
3. Steps of a grievance process
4. Steps of managing an incident
5. Steps involved in developing a budget
6. Steps involved to initiate a fire investigation

1. apply human resource policies and procedures.
2. apply safety regulations.
3. assign tasks or responsibilities to a unit member.
4. evaluate fire cause information.
5. execute administrative functions.
6. initiate action to a citizen¿s complaint.

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FRTA 2071 - Fire Apparatus Operator

1. The Driver Operator
2. Positioning
3. Water supply
4. Flow rates
5. Hydraulic Calculations
6. Pump Theory
7. Operating a fire pump
8. Static water supply, and water shuttle
9. Foam systems
10. Types of Apparatus
11. Inspection/Maintenance
12. Operating an emergency vehicle
13. Apparatus Testing

1. explain topical point of inspection and maintenance.
2. identify characteristics of water.
3. identify considerations for properly positioning an apparatus.
4. identify responsibilities of an operator.
5. identify safety considerations for operation of a fire apparatus.
6. identify the steps in hydraulic calculations.
7. identify types of fire apparatus.
8. demonstrate an ability to drive the fire apparatus.
9. demonstrate the ability to operate a fire pump.
10. demonstrate the safe operation apparatus.
11. determine friction loss with varied hose dimensions and elevations.
12. identify steps involved to supply water from a static and on static water source.

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FRTA 2081 - Structural Firefighting: Strategies and Tactics

1. Size-up of an incident
2. National Incident Management System
3. Principles of firefighter safety
4. Offensive/defensive operations
5. Company operations
6. Specific target hazard operations
7. Water flow calculations

1. apply specific strategies to specific structure fires.
2. demonstrate the steps involved in the assumption and transfer of command.
3. describe the process implementing an incident action plan within the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
4. identify risk management principles as related to an emergency incident.
5. identify the principles of firefighter safety and accountability.
6. identify the steps involved to size up an incident.

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FRTA 2096 - Hazardous Materials Technician

1. Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning Process
2. Site Management and Scene Setup
3. Monitoring
4. Chemical Assessment
5. Personal Protective Equipment
6. Decontamination
7. Potential Course and Harm of the Incident
8. Strategic Goals
9. Tactical Operations
10. Site Safety Plan
11. Scene and Personal Safety
12. Action Plans - Evaluation and Review

1. assess tactical options.
2. decontaminate personnel exposed to hazardous materials.
3. describe the Eight Step Process and its application.
4. determine an Incident Action Plan.
5. explain how to terminate the incident.
6. explain safety precautions required at the hazardous materials emergency scene.
7. explain the Hazardous Materials Management System.
8. identify hazardous materials.
9. initiate and maintain Incident Command System (ICS).
10. select and implement appropriate mitigation procedure for a variety of vessels.
11. select appropriate personal protective equipment specific to incident.

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GNDR 1061 - Introduction to Gender Studies

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: Introduction to Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary course focused on the ways that sex and gender influence social, cultural, and political systems.  This course addresses interconnections among systems of oppression (such as sexism, racism, classism, ethnocentrism, homophobia/heterosexism, transphobia, ableism, and others) in order to read and analyze gender, exploring how it impacts one’s understanding of and experiences in and around the world.  This course is required for the Gender Studies Certificate.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 9 Ethical/Civic Responsibility

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. History of the field
2. Health and reproductive justice
3. Social and cultural constructions of gender, sex, power, and intimacy
4. Feminist activism
5. Feminism
6. Power and privilege
7. Intersectionality
8. Learning gender
9. Femininities and masculinities
10. Inscribing gender on the body
11. Gender and social systems, such as media, economic, political, legal, religious systems, and the arts

1. identify key issues, questions, and debates in the interdisciplinary field of Gender Studies.
2. evaluate how feminist scholarship has developed tools for thinking about gendered experience.
3. apply tools for thinking about gendered experience to individual and societal problems.
4. analyze social and cultural assumptions about gender.
5. articulate how to use intersectional theory, which demonstrates how systems of oppression interact to influence people’s lives.
6. discuss key ethical questions in the field.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

05. 04. Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Competency 2 (7-10)
09. 02. Understand and apply core concepts (e.g. politics, rights and obligations, justice, liberty) to specific issues.

09. 03. Analyze and reflect on the ethical dimensions of legal, social, and scientific issues.

09. 04. Recognize the diversity of political motivations and interests of others.

09. 05. Identify ways to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

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GNDR 1071 - Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies is an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and related/allied communities (LGBTQ+). The course explores the central concepts of sexual orientation and gender identity by examining the interconnections between the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals, families, and communities and systems of privilege and oppression as they relate to LGBTQ+ individuals and culture in and around the world.  LGBTQ+-related activism and social movements are emphasized.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Definitions, terms, and language
2. LGBTQ+ history
3. Contemporary LGBTQ+ issues in social institutions, such as the family, education, religion, media and the law
4. Social construction of sex, gender, and sexuality
5. Systems of LGBTQ+-related privilege and oppression
6. Intersectionality
7. Visibility and repression
8. Theories of sexuality, gender, and identity development
9. Queer theory
10. LGBTQ+ communities and culture around the world
11. LGBTQ+ social movements
12. LGBTQ+-related activism

1. identify some of the landmark events and debates in LGBTQ+ history.
2. analyze theories of sexuality and identity development.
3. define key terms in the discipline.
4. explain cross-cultural variations in LGBTQ+ experiences around the world.
5. analyze the historical development and usage of language in the discipline.
6. analyze contemporary LGBTQ+ issues in social institutions and systems.
7. explain how sex, gender, and sexuality are constructed through social, cultural, and political discourses.
8. analyze systems of privilege and oppression in an intersectional way.
9. explain the connection between visibility and repression for LGBTQ+ individuals and communities.
10. describe LGBTQ+ social movements.
11. identify ways to engage in LGBTQ+ activism.
12. discuss examples of LGBTQ+-related activism.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

05. 04. Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Competency 2 (7-10)
07. 02. Demonstrate an awareness of the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations between groups in contemporary society.

07. 03. Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.

07. 04. Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.

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GNDR 2061 - Gender in Global Perspective

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: This course focuses on contemporary issues in a gendered world. It takes a global perspective, looking for interconnections between different regions and cultures. Students will use current theories of globalization and development to analyze cross-cultural social, economic, and political aspects of women’s and men’s lives and the multiple ways diverse groups take action to improve their condition.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020   with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Colonization and cultural imperialism
2. Development and gender
3. Education and literacy
4. Gendered division of labor
5. Introduction to global/transnational feminism
6. Gender-based violence
7. Religion and spirituality
8. Gendered status and power
9. Health, sexuality, and reproduction
10. Politics, legal status, and activism

1. analyze specific global issues and their consequences for women and men.
2. analyze alternative theories and explanations for gender inequality across cultures and regions.
3. compare multiple solutions proposed by activists in a variety of cultures and regions.
4. analyze the interdependence of the world¿s women.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

05. 04. Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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GNDR 2081 - Gender and Public Power

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: This course will apply a gendered analysis to three sites of public power the business, governmental, and non-profit sectors as well as grassroots initiatives. We will look at historical change in women’s and men’s relative status, as well as changes in ideas about masculinity and femininity. Specific issues, such as gender-based violence, reproductive rights, gender and work, education, the family, and poverty will serve as case studies to illustrate and delve more deeply into the workings of public power. Differences among women and among men will guide our inquiry.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 9 Ethical/Civic Responsibility

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020   with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: GNDR 1061  and POLS 1020  or POLS 1031  

Major Content

1. Gender differences in access to and exercise of public power across business, government, and non-profit sectors
2. Theories of public power
3. Feminist perspectives on power
4. Intersectional analyses of power in the public sphere
5. Change over time in women¿s access to public power
6. Success and failures incorporating women as full citizens and persons in the public sphere
7. The role of women¿s grassroots activism in changing the distribution of power along gender lines
8. Analysis of gender in public power applied to case studies, to be selected from issues such as gender-based violence, immigration, economics, education, employment, family, health care, poverty, reproductive rights, sexual harassment, among others
9. Gendered analysis of social and cultural constructions of power
10. The impact of female officials in business, the non-profit, and government sectors; the feminization of leadership

1. describe gender differences in participation in three sites of public power (business, government, the non-profit sector).
2. analyze social and cultural assumptions about power in terms of gender.
3. apply theories of public power to analyze specific issues.
4. articulate changes over time in men¿s and women¿s relative status regarding access to and exercise of public power.
5. articulate the roles of grassroots collective action, legislation, the judiciary, and the electorate in effecting changes in distributive power across gender lines.
6. articulate theories of public power and what a gendered analysis of public power involves.
7. evaluate how feminist scholarship changes traditional interpretations of public power.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

05. 04. Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Competency 2 (7-10)
09. 02. Understand and apply core concepts (e.g. politics, rights and obligations, justice, liberty) to specific issues.

09. 03. Analyze and reflect on the ethical dimensions of legal, social, and scientific issues.

09. 04. Recognize the diversity of political motivations and interests of others.

09. 05. Identify ways to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

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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

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: Students are introduced to the physical and environmental systems of the Earth, the dynamic processes that shape and characterize our planet, and to the geography of the natural world. Hands-on activities are used throughout the course to help students learn and apply concepts. Processes of and scientific terminology related to the Earth’s atmosphere (weather and climate), hydrosphere (water on Earth), biosphere (geography of ecological systems), and lithosphere (materials and processes of the Earth’s crust) are studied. This course also examines the powerful influences people and the environment have upon each other (e.g. storms and other natural disasters; human modification of the Earth).
MnTC Goals
3 Natural Science, 10 People/Environment

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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

03. 02. Formulate and test hypotheses by performing laboratory, simulation, or field experiments in at least two of the natural science disciplines. One of these experimental components should develop, in greater depth, students’ laboratory experience in the collection of data, its statistical and graphical analysis, and an appreciation of its sources of error and uncertainty.

03. 03. Communicate their experimental findings, analyses, and interpretations both orally and in writing.
Competency 2 (7-10)
10. 01. Explain the basic structure and function of various natural ecosystems and of human adaptive strategies within those systems.

10. 04. Evaluate critically environmental and natural resource issues in light of understandings about interrelationships, ecosystems, and institutions.

10. 05. Propose and assess alternative solutions to environmental problems.

10. 06. Articulate and defend the actions they would take on various environmental issues.

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GEOG 1023 - Human Geography

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: In this course students study and compare characteristics of human populations and societies. The processes underlying and explaining the geographic patterns of human activities are also examined, as are real world examples from many disciplines and diverse world regions. Study areas include human population dynamics (population growth and distribution, migrations, settlement patterns, urbanization), cultural geography (world languages and religions, folk and popular cultures), political and economic geography (political organization of the world, territorial issues, the global economy, and comparing more and less developed world regions), and land use (agriculture and industry).
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

05. 04. Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

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GEOG 1031 - World Geography

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course introduces students to world regions including: U.S. and Canada, Latin America, Europe, Russia and former Soviet states, East and Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Sahara Africa, and Oceania. Emphasis is on the environmental, cultural, political, and economic characteristics of each region, as well as differences and similarities from one region to another and how each is impacted by globalization.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

05. 04. Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

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GEOG 1041 - Minnesota Geography

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: In this course students explore the characteristics of Minnesota from a geographic perspective. Study areas include Minnesota’s physical environment and natural features, population dynamics, migrations, settlement history and patterns, cultural, political, and economic characteristics, land use (e.g. agriculture and industry), and Minnesota’s regions.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.

Major Content

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

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

05. 04. Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Competency 2 (7-10)
07. 01. Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States’ history and culture.

07. 04. Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.

07. 05. Demonstrate communication skills necessary for living and working effectively in a society with great population diversity.

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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

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: This course introduces students to the global organization of economic activities and the driving forces explaining these patterns. The evolution, structure, and trade dynamics of the global economy are studied. Geographic patterns in what people do for a living and in levels of development are examined as well.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Completion of 15 college-level credits with a grade of C or higher.

Major Content

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.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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GST 2010 - Introduction to Global Studies

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course introduces students to the basic concepts and various trends, perspectives and interconnections of a global society. Students will examine the growing interdependence of nations and peoples and the global issues that affect these relationships. Students will explore global and regional perspectives through such topics as politics, economics, medicine, technology, history, sociology, the arts, or ethics.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020   with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 04. Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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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. Nutrition and eating patterns in society
2. Nutrients
   1. identification
   2. functions
   3. recommendations
   4. guidelines
3. Digestive Cycle of Nutrients
   1. digestion
   2. absorption
   3. transport
   4. elimination
   5. metabolism
4. Nutritional Needs through Lifespan
5. Energy Requirements and Healthy Balance
6. Nutrition and Disease
7. Nutrition Information
   1. reliability
   2. labels
   3. guides/apps/programs
8. Personal Nutrition analysis
9. Food Safety
10. Healthy consumer strategies

1. analyze nutrition in society.
2. describe digestion, absorption, transport, eliminations, and metabolisms of nutrients.
3. identify and describe the function, recommendations and guidelines for nutrients.
4. evaluate the reliability of nutrition information.
5. track and analyze personal nutrition.
6. identify the connection between nutrition and disease.
7. identify nutritional needs throughout the lifespan.
8. calculate energy requirements and discuss energy balance for health.
9. Identify strategies for making healthy choices as a consumer.
10. describe consumer concerns related to food safety.

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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 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 I

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 4 Lab None
Course Description: This course is a survey of human experience in the western world from ancient civilizations into the early modern period. The focus is on the west and its relation to the rest of the world. Major social, cultural, political, and economic developments, as well as critical factors such as class, gender, and race, will be integrated into the course.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Paleo/Neolithic Era
2. Ancient Near East
3. Greek World
4. Hellenistic World
5. Roman Republic and Empire
6. Late Antiquity
7. Islam
8. The Early, High and Late Middle Ages
9. The Black Death
10. The Reformation
11. Age of Exploration and Expansion
12. Development of Nation States

1. explain the relationship of events, people, and developments in the history of Western Civilization utilizing a global perspective from pre-history into the early modern era.
2. make use of historical thinking by evaluating the relevance of Western History to the modern world and to their own lives.
3. analyze diverse historical materials, distinguishing primary from secondary sources.
4. demonstrate effective use of historical evidence and methods.
5. evaluate varied perspectives of human history using knowledge of diverse peoples within their distinctive historical contexts.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

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HIST 1022 - Western Civilization II

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 4 Lab None
Course Description: This course is a survey of human experience in the western world from the early modern period to the present. The focus is on the west and its relation to the rest of the world. Major social, cultural, political, and economic developments, as well as critical factors such as class, gender, and race, will be integrated into the course.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Development of Nation States
2. Scientific Revolution and The Enlightenment
3. American and French Revolutions
4. Industrial Revolution
5. 19th Century Political Ideologies
6. Transitions in Populations, Societies and Cultures
7. Imperialism and Colonialism
8. The Long War 1914 -1945
9. Depression Era
10. World War II and the Polarized World
11. The Cold War
12. Postwar Era
13. Globalization

1. explain the relationship of events, people, and developments in the history of Western Civilization utilizing a global perspective from the early modern era through the present.
2. make use of historical thinking by evaluating the relevance of Western History to the modern world and to their own lives.
3. analyze diverse historical materials, distinguishing primary from secondary sources.
4. demonstrate effective use of historical evidence and methods.
5. evaluate varied perspectives of human history using knowledge of diverse peoples within their distinctive historical contexts.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

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HIST 1031 - U.S. History I

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 4 Lab None
Course Description: This course is a survey of U.S. History from pre-contact Native North America through the Civil War era.  Major social, cultural, political, and economic developments, as well as critical factors such as class, gender, and race, will be integrated into the course.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Pre-Contact Native North America
2. The Atlantic World and Exploration
3. The Contact Era
4. Colonial America
5. Indentured Servitude, Slavery, and the Atlantic Slave Trade
6. Religious, Social, and Political Transformations
7. The Revolution and Independence
8. The Early Republic
9. The Expanding Republic
10. Religion and Reform
11. African Americans and the Institution of Slavery
12. Westward Expansion
13. Sectional Crises
14. The Civil War
15. Reconstruction

1. explain the relationship of events, people, and developments in U.S. History from pre-contact through the Civil War era.
2. make use of historical thinking by evaluating the relevance of U.S. History to the modern world and to their own lives.
3. analyze diverse historical materials, distinguishing primary from secondary sources.
4. demonstrate effective use of historical evidence and methods.
5. evaluate varied perspectives of human history using knowledge of diverse peoples within their distinctive historical contexts.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
07. 01. Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States’ history and culture.

07. 03. Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.

07. 04. Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.

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HIST 1032 - U.S. History II

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 4 Lab None
Course Description: This course is a survey of U.S. History from the Civil War era to the present.  Major social, cultural, political, and economic developments, as well as critical factors such as class, gender, ethnicity, and race, will be integrated into the course.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. The Civil War
2. Reconstruction
3. Racial Segregation and Institutionalized Inequality
4. The Transformation of the West
5. Industrialization and Unionization
6. Immigration and Urbanization
7. Populism and Late 19th Century Politics
8. Progressivism
9. Early U.S. Imperialism
10. World War I
11. The Challenges of the 1920s
12. Depression and New Deal
13. World War II
14. The Cold War
15. The Civil Rights Movement
16. The Rise of Liberalism
17. The Vietnam Era
18. Liberation Movements
19. The Rise of Conservatism
20. New Global Challenges

1. explain the relationship of events, people, and developments in U.S. History from the Civil War era through the present
2. make use of historical thinking by evaluating the relevance of U.S. History to the modern world and to their own lives.
3. analyze diverse historical materials, distinguishing primary from secondary sources.
4. demonstrate effective use of historical evidence and methods.
5. evaluate varied perspectives of human history using knowledge of diverse peoples within their distinctive historical contexts.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
07. 01. Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States’ history and culture.

07. 03. Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.

07. 04. Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.

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HIST 1035 - Minnesota History

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This first-year course is a survey of the social, political and economic history of Minnesota from its origins to the present. Minnesotans like to think their home is unique among the 50 states, and this course will examine the validity of that. Topics studied include the role of Native Americans, European immigration, economic and political development, the growth of the Twin Cities, and the changing nature of the state’s diverse people and environment.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 9 Ethical/Civic Responsibility

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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. explain the historical story of Minnesota, accounting for its 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 Minnesota History to their own lives.

09. 04. Recognize the diversity of political motivations and interests of others.

09. 05. Identify ways to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

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HIST 1051 - East Asia Since 1600

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This first-year course is a survey of the human history of one of the world’s most important geographical regions. Focusing on China, Japan, Korea, and their neighbors, students will have the opportunity to learn their social, political, economic, and intellectual history since 1600.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

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HIST 1060 - World History I

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 4 Lab None
Course Description: This course explores the ancient world into the early modern period in all its global diversity, including global themes and regional variations.  The class will stress intellectual and social developments, which provide the foundation for the emergence of the modern world.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Paleo/Neolithic Eras
2. Africa
3. The Near East
4. The Mediterranean Region and the Great Empires
5. Post Imperial Worlds: Eurasia and Africa
6. Europe: The Early Medieval Period
7. The Americas and Oceana
8. The Steppe Lands
9. Cross-Cultural Contact and Interaction
10. Development of World Religions and Philosophies: Christianity and Islam; Buddhism and Confucianism
11. Disasters and Challenges to Civilizations
12. Exploration and Emerging Global Systems
13. Beginning of the Early Modern Era

1. explain the relationship of events, people, and developments in World History from antiquity into the early modern era.
2. make use of historical thinking by evaluating the relevance of World History to the modern world and to their own lives.
3. analyze diverse historical materials, distinguishing primary from secondary sources.
4. demonstrate effective use of historical evidence and methods.
5. evaluate varied perspectives of human history using knowledge of diverse peoples within their distinctive historical contexts.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

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HIST 1061 - World History II

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 4 Lab None
Course Description: This course explores global connections and disconnections, studying both global themes and regional variations from the early modern era to the present.  Topics include issues of diversity, power imbalances, and interactive factors such as race, ethnicity, class, and gender. Students will also explore intended and unexpected consequences as regions and peoples confronted connection and change.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Early Modern Era
2. The Near East
3. South Asia and East Asia
4. The Americas and Oceana
5. The Atlantic World; Africa and the Slave Trade
6. Europe: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
7. Revolutions in Religion and Philosophy
8. Revolutions in Politics and Ideologies
9. Revolutions in Industry and Economics
10. Nation Building: Japan, Russia, and China
11. Faces of Imperialism: Africa, Latin America, India, and the Middle East
12. Global Systems of Trade and Commerce
13. Global Systems of Control and Exploitation
14. Global Wars and Conflicts
15. Changing Perspectives of Class and Gender
16. Challenges and Promise of Globalization

1. explain the relationship of events, people, and developments in World History from the early modern era through the present.
2. make use of historical thinking by evaluating the relevance of World History to the modern world and to their own lives.
3. analyze diverse historical materials, distinguishing primary from secondary sources.
4. demonstrate effective use of historical evidence and methods.
5. evaluate varied perspectives of human history using knowledge of diverse peoples within their distinctive historical contexts.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

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HIST 1790 - Independent Study

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HIST 2041 - Myths in U.S. History

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: This second-year course is an examination of U.S. history from the alternative perspective of myths (the stories that Americans tell about themselves).  This course will cover the stereotypes and distortions that contribute to their sense of U.S. history. Myths studied will vary, but will be linked to broad historical concepts such as common ideals, race and ethnicity, the American Dream, and others.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 9 Ethical/Civic Responsibility

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020  with a grade of C or higher or ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Introduction to Myth and its Use in U.S. History
2. Early U.S. Myths (i.e., Pocahontas, the first Thanksgiving, the Native as Savage, Religious Myths)
3. Myths of Race and Ethnicity
4. Myths of Common Ideals (i.e., Freedom, Democracy)
5. Myths of the West
6. Myths of the American Dream
7. Myths of American Innocence and Progress (i.e., the Myths of the Federal Government, War)
8. Myths and You

1. explain the difference between myth and reality in the story of the people of the United States, accounting for the complex relationship between the stories that Americans tell and the actuality of what may have happened in the past.
2. analyze connections between factual evidence and mythical assumptions relevant to their understanding of U.S. history.
3. synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view. 
4. demonstrate critical analysis of historical events, processes, and/or concepts.
5. evaluate the relevance of U.S. myths and history to their own lives.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

05. 04. Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Competency 2 (7-10)
09. 01. Examine, articulate, and apply their own ethical views.

09. 02. Understand and apply core concepts (e.g. politics, rights and obligations, justice, liberty) to specific issues.

09. 04. Recognize the diversity of political motivations and interests of others.

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HIST 2043 - United States Since 1945

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This second-year course is an in-depth study of the social, political, and economic history of the United States since the end of World War II. Focusing on the immediate origins of the world they live in, students will investigate a range of topics including American involvement in international affairs, attitudes towards national institutions, civil rights and multiculturalism, and the development of a modern consumer society.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 9 Ethical/Civic Responsibility

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020   with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
09. 03. Analyze and reflect on the ethical dimensions of legal, social, and scientific issues.

09. 04. Recognize the diversity of political motivations and interests of others.

09. 05. Identify ways to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

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HIST 2045 - The U.S. West: Environment, Culture, and Politics

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: This second-year course examines the intersections among the culture, the politics, and the environment of a specific United States region: the U.S. West. It focuses on the connections between human history and the western environment, especially during the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include the role of conflict in the West; the West¿s views on natural resource use, its relationships with the federal government, and its ethnic and cultural diversities; and the ways that the environment and environmental movement, affect the West and the rest of the U.S.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 10 People/Environment

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020  with a grade of C or higher or ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Native Homelands and European Contact
2. The West as Contested Space during the 19th Century
3. The Use  of Western Resources
4. Race, Ethnicity, and Western Identity
5. The Western Myth
6. Resource Conservation and Wilderness Preservation
7. Water, Federal Reclamation, and the Dust Bowl
8. Militarization and the West
9. Civil Rights and Labor in the West
10. Western Politics: The Sagebrush Rebellion, Environmental Activism
11. The U.S. West in the 21st Century

1. explain the story of the U.S. West, accounting for complex relationships between diverse environments and human cultures.
2. analyze primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
3. synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view. 
4. demonstrate critical analysis of historical events, processes, and/or concepts.
5. evaluate the relevance of the environmental history of the U.S. West to their own lives.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
10. 01. Explain the basic structure and function of various natural ecosystems and of human adaptive strategies within those systems.

10. 02. Discern patterns and interrelationships of bio-physical and socio-cultural systems.

10. 03. Describe the basic institutional arrangements (social, legal, political, economic, religious) that are evolving to deal with environmental and natural resource challenges.

10. 04. Evaluate critically environmental and natural resource issues in light of understandings about interrelationships, ecosystems, and institutions.

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HIST 2051 - Modern World Conflicts and Crises

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None
Course Description: This course is a study of the major conflicts and crises of the 20th and 21st centuries. It investigates international social, political, economic, and intellectual questions from an historical perspective. Emphasis will vary, but topics may include the effects of decolonization, world war, human rights, genocide and disease, and contemporary conflicts prior to and including those of the 21st century.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 9 Ethical/Civic Responsibility

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020   with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
09. 02. Understand and apply core concepts (e.g. politics, rights and obligations, justice, liberty) to specific issues.

09. 03. Analyze and reflect on the ethical dimensions of legal, social, and scientific issues.

09. 04. Recognize the diversity of political motivations and interests of others.

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HIST 2053 - Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This second-year course is an in-depth study of Southeast Asia history with an emphasis on the period of the Vietnam War between 1945 and 1975. Emphasizing the different perspectives of the peoples involved in the war, students will examine the colonial period, independence movements, the conflict between the Southeast Asians and Americans, and Southeast Asia today.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

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HIST 2065 - Women in America to 1890

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course explores the complex experiences of women in American history. It includes a strong focus on the lives of Native American, African American, and Hispanic women in the early years of the nation and the experiences of new immigrants from Asia and Eastern Europe in the 19th century. In addition, the course will cover the interactions of women and men from multiple classes and locations as the country expands to the West, argues about slavery, fights a bloody Civil War, and emerges to struggle with key issues of race, class, and gender.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020   with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: HIST 1031  

Major Content

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.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
07. 01. Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States’ history and culture.

07. 03. Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.

07. 04. Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.

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HIST 2066 - Women in America Since 1890

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course explores the history of women in the United States from the end of the 19th century to the present. With a strong focus on diversity, students will examine the differences and power relationships between groups of women as well as their common experiences. For example, students will examine women’s leadership roles in the Civil Rights movement, changing work and family roles in the 1960s, race and class divisions in the Women’s Rights movements, and the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment. Other topics include social and political activism, changing definitions of sexuality and gender, and women in a globalized world.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020   with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: HIST 1032 .

Major Content

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.

05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Competency 2 (7-10)
07. 01. Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States’ history and culture.

07. 03. Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.

07. 04. Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.

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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 1001 - African American Male Culture and Leadership I

1. Finding Our Families: Finding Ourselves- Our Culture, Our History, Our Roots. African American influence and Contributions to America through the Humanities
2. Your Culture and Gender. Examine how cultural expectations and gender identity shapes decision making, world view, and how to imagine the future. A look at Black identity through the lens of masculinities and femininities.  
3. Identity and Self-esteem: Self-efficacy & Locus of Control: Expressions of identity and self-esteem in the humanities that help us see ourselves and begin to shift our agency
4. Decision Making, Leadership, and Personal Responsibility: Analyzing and examining how African American male leaders, especially those who have been leaders in the arts written/spoken about/expressed the identity of African American people in society. What characteristics will you adopt? Discard?
5. Academic Success: How is success defined culturally? nationally? in gendered terms? What will success mean for you? What’s your plan?
6. Final Project: Group Project: Artistic Expressions

1. Explain essential terms and cultural artifacts related to African American culture and its intersections with identity.
2. Respond critically to multiple perspectives, ideas, and theories on how culture and its artifacts influence identity development, worldview, and decision making.
3. Describe how the scope and variety of work in the humanities informs identity development, behaviors, decision making, and leadership styles.
4. Demonstrate an awareness of resources and supportive communities that will assist them in college success.

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HUM 1002 - African American Male Culture and Leadership II

1. Making a Difference: Your Amazing Story is a Part of the Larger Story of Those Who Came Before You. Legacy through the humanities
2. Equity vs. Equality: Your Place in the World. Systemic forces that shape identity, expression, and success
3. Taking Charge of Your Attitude. Examining examples of self-efficacy through the humanities
4. Resiliency and Emotional Intelligence. The humanities are expressions of our resiliency.
5. We’re All in This Together (“We may have come over on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” Dr. Martin Luther King) Intersections of identity through the humanities
6. Final Project: Group Project: Artistic Expressions

1. demonstrate how the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities influence their worldview.
2. explain how those works in the humanities are expressions of individual, societal, and systemic forces shaping the identity of African American males.
3. respond critically, through artistic expression, how the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, and culture influence success, self-efficacy, academic success, and leadership.
4. Demonstrate an awareness of resources and supportive communities that will assist them in college success.

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

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course concentrates on the creative works from the areas of Europe and the United States. Topics covered include visual art, music, theatre, film, literature, mythology, philosophy and religion. This broad survey focuses on the value of the arts in understanding human experience and popular culture. The artistic contributions from other cultural areas are considered as points of contrast. Note: Attendance at an art gallery, play and/or concert outside of class time may be required.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.

Major Content

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

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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HUM 1025 - Introduction to the Humanities: A World View

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course concentrates on creative works from the areas of Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. Topics covered include visual art, music, theatre, film, literature, mythology, philosophy and religion. This broad survey focuses on the value of the arts in understanding human experience and popular culture. The artistic contributions from Europe and the United States are considered as points of contrast. Note: Attendance at an art gallery, play and/or concert outside of class time may be required. Assessment score placement in RDNG 1000  or above, or completion of RDNG 0900  or RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher; assessment score placement in ENGL 1021  or completion of ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.

Major Content

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

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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HUM 1030 - Culture and Civilization of Spanish Speaking Peoples

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: Taught in English, this course introduces students to the culture and civilization of Spain and Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas. Students study geography, history, politics, economics, arts, and literature to develop an awareness of the cultural, religious and social values of other cultures. Students will also examine interconnections with Spanish-speaking peoples and nations to develop an understanding of the responsibility world citizens share for our common global future.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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HUM 1040 - Culture and Civilization of Chinese Speaking Peoples

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course serves as an introduction to the various cultures of Chinese-speaking people around the world. The study of geography, history, literature, and arts will foster interest in the traditional, religious and social values of other cultures. Students will explore the responsibility world citizens share for our common global future by examining interconnections with Chinese-speaking peoples.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.

06. 04. Engage in the creative process or interpretive performance.

06. 05. Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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HUM 1041 - The Art of Film

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course is an introduction to film as an art form. This course presents the study of film as a medium for portraying ideas, myths, human concerns, and aesthetic principles. Included in the course are an examination of film techniques, film theories, and artistic styles of film such as formalism, surrealism, expressionism, and neorealism.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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.

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.

06. 05. Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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HUM 1043 - International Film

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course presents a study of film as an art form and as a means of cultural communication from an international point of view. The course is designed to cultivate an ability to think about film in a critical way, as well as to broaden understanding of film and cultures in a global context. Each semester a variety of national cinematic traditions are examined, including film works from Russia, Eastern Europe, Germany, France, Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin and South America.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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.

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.

06. 05. Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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HUM 1045 - American Film

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: Film is not only for entertainment, it is also an art form, a technology, an industry, and a medium of communication and expression. This course presents a survey of the history of film in the United States, and is intended to improve visual literacy so that students will understand and think about film in an intelligent and critical way. The entire history of American films is studied, from the early moving-picture inventions up to the digital revolution. Included in this course are representative examples of major American filmmakers, film genres, film theories, film techniques, and the historical and cultural events that were related to production, exhibition, styles, and the content of films in the United States from 1895 to the present.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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.

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.

06. 05. Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
Competency 2 (7-10)
07. 01. Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States’ history and culture.

07. 04. Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.

07. 05. Demonstrate communication skills necessary for living and working effectively in a society with great population diversity.

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HUM 1051 - African American Cultural Perspectives

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course surveys broad elements of humanities that comprise the culture of African Americans from slavery to present day. Its aim is to show how elements such as literature, science, politics, history, religion, music, theater, language, art, television, and motion pictures have contributed to the formation and some current appreciations and interpretations of African American culture. These elements are studied in the context of how white culture, though the institution of slavery, sharply influenced these elements, and therefore, African American culture itself. The course also focuses on how African American, European American, and other non-African Americans respond to overall characteristics of African American culture, and how African American culture has influenced the dominant American culture.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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.

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.

06. 05. Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
Competency 2 (7-10)
07. 01. Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States’ history and culture.

07. 02. Demonstrate an awareness of the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations between groups in contemporary society.

07. 03. Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.

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HUM 1055 - Hip-Hop: Culture, History, and Global Impact

1. Introduction to the History of Hip-Hop: African Influences
2. Hip-Hop in the US Context
3. Hip-Hop in the Global Context
4. How Hip-Hop Impacts Current Issues and Identities
   1. Gender
   2. Race
   3. Commercialization and Industry
   4. Or other topics as deemed applicable by instructor
5. Hip-Hop and its influence on the broader Humanities

1. explain how histories of African music has shaped contemporary Hip-Hop movements and styles.
2. compare and contrast US Hip-Hop and international Hip-Hop styles.
3. describe how current issues impact, and are impacted by, Hip-Hop culture.
4. connect how Hip-Hop has historically transformed identities, industries, and cultures
5. explore Hip-Hop’s influence on the broader humanities

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HUM 1790 - Independent Study

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HUM 2061 - Women in the Arts

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the history of women’s involvement in the creative fields of visual art, design, architecture, film, dance, theater and music. It focuses on Western Civilization and covers artistic issues for women from the Classical Greek to contemporary times both chronologically and thematically. Creative works by women will be examined within social and historical contexts. Significant creative works representing women will be evaluated from a feminist perspective. The course explores the cultural assumptions about gender that have influenced artistic choice and interpretation.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020   with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

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.

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.
Competency 2 (7-10)
07. 01. Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States’ history and culture.

07. 02. Demonstrate an awareness of the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations between groups in contemporary society.

07. 03. Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.

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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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