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Geology |
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GEOL 491 - Independent Study Common Course Number & Description
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings,
special problems and special projects. Students complete
individualized plans of study which include significant
one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and
students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments
are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the
requirements of the topic.
1 to 3 semester hours
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GEOL 492 - Topics Common Course Number & Description
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A
course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course
content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest
artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are
usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one
student/teacher involvement.
1 to 3 semester hours
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German |
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GER 101 - Introductory German I Common Course Number & Description
Becoming sensitized to authentic listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture skills at the elementary level. Introduction to basic functional grammar and sentence structure.
4 semester hours
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GER 102 - Introductory German II Common Course Number & Description
Continued emphasis on authentic listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture skills at the elementary level.
PreRequisite: GER-101
4 semester hours
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GER 201 - Intermediate German I Common Course Number & Description
Develop active listening skills, functional language skills, reading skills related to student learners immediate environment, guided free writing and understanding of interrelationships of language and culture.
PreRequisite: GER-101 GER-102
3 semester hours
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GER 202 - Intermediate German II Common Course Number & Description
Develop interactive listening and speaking skills toward initiating and responding to simple statements and questions, ability to understand selected descriptive readings to include literature of various types, and continued refinement of language and culture, traditions, customs, folklore, etc.
PreRequisite: GER-101 GER-102 GER-201
3 semester hours
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Health Education |
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HLTH 110 - Health Concepts Common Course Number & Description
This course is designed to provide the student with knowledge and comprehension of basic health concepts and theories as they relate to a variety of health and wellness topics.
3 semester hours
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HLTH 201 - ATOD Prevention Education Common Course Number & Description
Concepts and analysis of vital issues related to drug use, misuse, and abuse. Educational principles related to teaching about drug education and counseling considerations in these problem areas are addressed.
2 semester hours
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HLTH 251 - First Aid & CPR Common Course Number & Description
First aid instruction meeting the requirements of the American Red Cross responding to emergencies standard first aid course is given. Safety in everyday living is emphasized, with special consideration given to the kindergarten and elementary school levels.
1 semester hours
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HLTH 315 - Human Nutrition Common Course Number & Description
A study of the science of food and nutrients relative to health, disease, and human performance. Areas of emphasis include nutrient chemistry, function, and interactions; energy consumption and metabolism; and resources for nutrition education.
PreRequisite: 2 semesters of Chemistry/Lab.
3 semester hours
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HLTH 321 - K-8 Methods of Teaching Health Common Course Number & Description
In this course, students develop an understanding of the tools of inquiry for K-8 health education; the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state/national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 health; the ability to assess student learning in K-8 health; and to apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real-life situations and experiences.This study of health education in the elementary school will emphasize media use and curriculum construction.
Registration Restriction: Junior class standing
1 semester hours
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HLTH 370 - Stress Management Common Course Number & Description
The course is designed to help students deal with stressful situations in their lives. Successful management of stress has been shown to positively affect the performance of daily tasks and reduce the risks of many diseases. Students will learn management techniques and have the opportunity to act as peer counselors.
3 semester hours
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HLTH 410 - Current Issues in Health Common Course Number & Description
A study of the place of health education in the educational curriculum. Problems pertinent to the field of health education will be discussed.
3 semester hours
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HLTH 420 - K-12 Methods of Health Instruction Common Course Number & Description
Curriculum content at elementary and secondary levels. Methods of presentation including direct, correlated, and integrated health instruction. Organization of health and safety education.
2 to 3 semester hours
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HLTH 422 - Nutrition Common Course Number & Description
This course investigates the science of food relative to human performance, nutrition, and health education. Areas of emphasis include nutrient chemistry, function, and interactions; energy consumption and metabolism; and resources for nutrition education. Advanced students will examine theories and resources of nutrition education, as well as design, implement, and evaluate models of nutrition education as part of health promotion and disease prevention interventions in schools, community, worksite, and medical care settings.
Cross-listed: HLTH-315
3 semester hours
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HLTH 425 - Exercise Programming for Special Populations Unique Course
In this study of the techniques of health-related fitness and wellness evaluation, emphasis will be placed on individual programs for wellness development and reducing risk for chronic disease.
PreRequisite: HLTH-422 PE-250 PE-350
CoRequisite: HLTH-425L
2 semester hours
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HLTH 425L - Exercise Programming for Special Populations Laboratory Unique Course
The student will develop the competency to deliver health related physical fitness programs and health education instruction to reduce risk for chronic disease.
CoRequisite: HLTH-425
1 semester hours
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HLTH 491 - Independent Study Common Course Number & Description
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
1 to 4 semester hours
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HLTH 495 - Practicum Common Course Number & Description
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
1 semester hours
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History |
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HIST 115 - Survey of Non-Western Civilizations Unique Course
A survey of the history, culture, religion and society of the principal civilizations of Asia, Africa, and Latin American from their origins to the present.
3 semester hours
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HIST 121 - Western Civilization I Common Course Number & Description
Surveys the evolution of western Civilization from its beginnings into the Reformation and religious wars.
3 semester hours
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HIST 122 - Western Civilization II Common Course Number & Description
Surveys the development of western civilization from the Reformation era to the present.
3 semester hours
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HIST 151 - United States History I Common Course Number & Description
Surveys the background and development of the United States from its colonial origins to the Civil War and Reconstruction.
3 semester hours
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HIST 152 - United States History II Common Course Number & Description
Surveys development of the United States since the Civil War and Reconstruction.
3 semester hours
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HIST 240 - Introduction to Public History and Cultural Resources Common Course Number & Description
Introduces history students to the content, methods, and career opportunities in the fields of historic preservation, museum studies, archives, public policy, and historical editing and publishing.
3 semester hours
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HIST 257 - Early American Indian History and Culture Common Course Number & Description
A survey of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the Indian peoples of North American from time immemorial to the end of the nineteenth Century.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as AIS 257)
3 semester hours
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HIST 291 - Independent Study Common Course Number & Description
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
1 to 3 semester hours
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HIST 292 - Topics Common Course Number & Description
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
1 to 3 semester hours
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HIST 313 - History of the Middle East Common Course Number & Description
Surveys the history of the Middle East from Muhammad to the present, emphasizing the political development of the last 200 years.
3 semester hours
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HIST 319 - World Environmental History Unique Course
Examines the history of interactions between human cultures and the natural world, from early humans to the present day.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as GEOG 319)
3 semester hours
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HIST 322 - Ancient Greece and Rome Common Course Number & Description
Examines the history, philosophy, and culture of Greece from the Minoan age through the Hellenistic period and the development of the Roman Republic and Empire.
PreRequisite: HIST-121
3 semester hours
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HIST 327 - European History 1500 / 1815 Unique Course
The study of the chief economic, political, social and cultural developments in Europe from the Renaissance to Waterloo. This course fulfills the BOR system Writing Intensive requirement in History and in the Composite Social Science majors at BHSU.
PreRequisite: HIST-121
3 semester hours
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HIST 328 - European History since 1815 Unique Course
This study of the chief economic, political, social, and cultural developments in Europe covers the time since the Congress of Vienna.
3 semester hours
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HIST 359 - Recent American History Unique Course
This course will consider the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the United States since World War I.
3 semester hours
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HIST 369 - Modern American Indian History and Culture Common Course Number & Description
A survey of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the Indian peoples of North America from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as POLS 469)
3 semester hours
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HIST 377 - Economic History of the US Common Course Number & Description
Examines major United States economic issues from the colonial period to the present, including the rise of big business, territorial expansion, agricultural issues, labor management relations, and finances and banking.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as ECON 404 American Economic History)
3 semester hours
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HIST 379 - Environmental History of the US Common Course Number & Description
Examines the relationship between the natural environment and the historical movements of humans by tracing U.S. environmental changes, beginning with the activities of the Native American peoples through the Euro-American presence to the Cold War era.
3 semester hours
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HIST 412 - History of the Far East Unique Course
The course reviews the political, social, and economic history of the Far East from its early civilizations to the modern era.
3 semester hours
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HIST 418 - History of Latin America Common Course Number & Description
Examines the political, social, and economic developments in Latin America for the pre-Columbian period to the present.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as POLS 418)
3 semester hours
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HIST 425 - Medieval Europe Common Course Number & Description
Examines the history of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance and emphasizes religious, political, economic, and social developments.
PreRequisite: HIST-121
3 semester hours
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HIST 441 - History of Modern Britain Common Course Number & Description
Examines the chief political, cultural, economic, and social developments of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland from 1688 to the present.
3 semester hours
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HIST 444 - History of Modern Russia Common Course Number & Description
Presents the history of Russia form the mid-nineteenth century through Communist period in the twentieth century, including politics, foreign policy, economy, social and political reform, revolutionary movements, art, music, science, and literature.
3 semester hours
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HIST 447 - History of Modern Germany Common Course Number & Description
Examines German history in the nineteenth and twentieth century’s, including the formation of the German nation, Bismarck, development of the German Empire, World War I, rise of Hitler, Nazi Germany and World War II.
3 semester hours
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HIST 450 - American Colonial History Common Course Number & Description
Provides an in-depth look at the English colonies in America, emphasizing how and why they were founded, and tracing their growth and development through the revolutionary period.
PreRequisite: HIST-151
3 semester hours
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HIST 455 - American Civil War & Reconstruction Common Course Number & Description
Explores the economic, political, military, and social aspects of the Civil War and Reconstruction era.
3 semester hours
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HIST 460 - American Military History Common Course Number & Description
Examines the origins and development of military institutions, traditions, tactics, and practices in the United States from 1775 to the present, including the relation between the armed forces and other government agencies.
3 semester hours
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HIST 465 - Westward Expansion of US Common Course Number & Description
Examines the role of the West in American history from exploration and colonization to the closing of the frontier about 1900, emphasizing territorial expansion of the U.S. and various frontier developments, e.g. transportation, transformation of the wilderness into statehood, influence of the frontier in shaping the American character and the role of the West in shaping national policies.
3 semester hours
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HIST 467 - History of the Black Hills Unique Course
The course will consider the Black Hills from prehistoric times to the present. Special emphasis will be placed on the interrelation between the unique Black Hills environment and the evolution of the economic, urban and rural bases of the Black Hills Society. Efforts will be made to focus on neglected areas of Black Hills history such as the 20th century and the role of minorities in the development of the area.
3 semester hours
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HIST 469 - American Foreign Relations Common Course Number & Description
Surveys American diplomatic history from colonial times to the present, emphasizing political, social and economic forces affecting diplomatic developments reflected in American foreign policies.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as POLS 469)
3 semester hours
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HIST 476 - History of South Dakota Common Course Number & Description
Examines the history of South Dakota’s physical environment, Native American presence, European settlement, economic developments, political institutions, and social life.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as POLS 476)
3 semester hours
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HIST 480 - Historical Methods & Historiography Common Course Number & Description
Introduces the problems, materials, and techniques of historical and writing, explains the larger meaning and directions of history, and examines major schools of historical thought.
3 semester hours
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HIST 490 - Seminar Common Course Number & Description
A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollments in generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
1 to 3 semester hours
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HIST 491 - Independent Study Common Course Number & Description
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
1 to 3 semester hours
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HIST 492 - Topics Common Course Number & Description
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
1 to 4 semester hours
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HIST 494 - Internship Common Course Number & Description
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
1 to 12 semester hours
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Honors |
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HON 301 - Honors Colloquium Common Course Number & Description
History of ideas.
Note: May be repeated once.
1 to 4 semester hours
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HON 302 - Honors Colloquium Common Course Number & Description
The Arts.
Note: May be repeated once.
1 to 4 semester hours
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HON 303 - Honors Colloquium Common Course Number & Description
The Social Sciences.
Note: May be repeated once.
1 to 4 semester hours
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HON 304 - Honors Colloquium Common Course Number & Description
History and/or Philosophy of Science.
Note: May be repeated once.
1 to 4 semester hours
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HON 390 - Seminar Common Course Number & Description
A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.
1 to 3 semester hours
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HON 491 - Independent Study Common Course Number & Description
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
1 to 12 semester hours
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HON 498 - Undergraduate Research/Scholarship Common Course Number & Description
Includes Senior Project, and Capstone Experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
1 to 12 semester hours
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Human Resources Management |
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HRM 417 - Human Resource Management Common Course Number & Description
This course provides a survey of managerial practices with respect to the management of the human resource function and an introduction to the topic of human resource management as an occupational choice. Major areas of inquiry include recruitment and selection, training, and development, compensation and benefits administration and work force integration and maintenance.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as BADM-460)
3 semester hours
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HRM 456 - Employment Law and Policy Unique Course
This course reviews the precepts of equal employment law as they relate to the various functions of human resource management. These include state and federal statutes, amendments, court decisions and agency regulations; affirmative action programs; reverse discrimination; and other issues of discrimination law.
3 semester hours
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HRM 459 - Personnel Planning & Selection Unique Course
This course involves the examination of the theories and techniques guiding personnel planning and selection. Students develop expertise in determining staffing needs, conducting job analysis, writing job descriptions, and developing recruiting strategies.
PreRequisite: HRM-417
3 semester hours
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HRM 465 - Compensation Management Unique Course
Emphasis will be placed on the development and administration of equitable compensation and benefit programs. Examined are job evaluation techniques, pay structures, salary surveys, individual and group compensation systems, executive pay, and benefits administration. Students will also be introduced to computer applications in compensation management.
PreRequisite: HRM-417
3 semester hours
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HRM 468 - Negotiations & Conflict/Dispute Resolution Unique Course
This course explores negotiation and conflict/dispute resolution techniques and practices in interpersonal, work-related, community, business, and international settings. Topics include the various forms of alternative dispute resolution: Negotiation, arbitration, mediation, early neutral evaluation, mini-trial, etc. The course provides guidance in handling the inevitable disputes that arise in the operation of every enterprise and in one’s day-to-day interactions.
3 semester hours
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HRM 491 - Independent Study Unique Course
Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
1 to 3 semester hours
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HRM 492 - Topics Unique Course
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is no wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
1 to 3 semester hours
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HRM 494 - Internship Unique Course
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning
experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students
gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or
directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided
by the instructor in these courses than is the case with Field
Experience courses.
Note: This course requires permission of the Instructor and/or College Dean.
PreRequisite:
1 to 6 semester hours
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Human Services |
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HMS 200 - Introduction to Human Service Unique Course
This survey course will examine the history of human services, the theory and philosophy of human services, the types of human services that currently exist, and the various methods used to deliver human services.
3 semester hours
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HMS 300 - Interviewing/Crisis Intervention Unique Course
An introduction to the theory, purpose, skills and processes of interviewing and crisis intervention, the course will emphasize the research and theory through readings, lectures, videos, and discussion. The processes and skills will be learned through a variety of practical application exercises.
PreRequisite: HMS-200
3 semester hours
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HMS 400 - Program Planning & Evaluation Unique Course
This course is designed to involve the student in planning and evaluating human services programs. Topics included are: community needs assessment, involvement and motivation of program personnel, development of program objectives, use of advisory committees, sources of funds, uses of research data, development of evaluation criteria and techniques and implementation of plans.
PreRequisite: HMS-200
3 semester hours
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HMS 492 - Topics Common Course Number & Description
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
1 to 3 semester hours
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HMS 494 - Internship Unique Course
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in this course.
Note: This course requires permission of the Instructor and/or College Dean.
1 to 6 semester hours
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Humanities |
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HUM 100 - Introduction to Humanities Common Course Number & Description
This interdisciplinary course introduces students to humanistic knowledge, inquiry, and values by focusing on connections among humanities disciplines (such as art, languages, literature, music, philosophy, and religion).
3 semester hours
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HUM 387 - Western Religions Unique Course
This class is designed as an introduction to the religions originating in the Near East, focusing on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The course is not comparative relations but rather an opportunity to explore the three major religions of the Western world in the context of their individual histories and theologies.
3 semester hours
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HUM 388 - Readings in Nonwestern Religions Unique Course
This class is designed to examine non-western religions with the intent of better understanding the cultures and peoples that we now view as esoteric. It should be noted that this is not a class in comparative religions but rather an opportunity to explore a religion in the context of its own culture.
3 semester hours
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HUM 491 - Independent Study Common Course Number & Description
Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.
1 to 4 semester hours
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Indian Education |
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INED 411 - South Dakota Indian Studies Common Course Number & Description
A basic knowledge of Indian history with emphasis on the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota speaking people. Current cultural issues are presented including values, family structures, traditional religion, fine arts, legends, economics, governmental policies, treaties, acts and related areas. Focuses on teaching methods, content and materials to equip students to teach bi-culturally.
3 semester hours
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LAKL 101 - Introductory Lakota I Common Course Number & Description
This course is an introduction to the Lakota language. Emphasis is placed on the basic sounds of the Lakota language, correct pronunciation, and orthography used to represent those sounds. The course includes a focus on male/female speech patterns, kinship terms, other ordinary environmental and cultural contexts, and basic sentence structure. Language tables are used to enhance fluency in conversational Lakota.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as AIS 101)
4 semester hours
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LAKL 102 - Introductory Lakota II Common Course Number & Description
This course is a continuation of the Lakota language in both written and oral forms. Emphasis is placed on pronunciation, a more extended examination of grammar, expanded vocabulary, and continued practice in reading, writing, and speaking Lakota. Language tables are used to enhance fluency in conversational Lakota.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as AIS 102)
PreRequisite: LAKL-101 or AIS-101
4 semester hours
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LAKL 201 - Intermediate Lakota I Common Course Number & Description
This course is an advanced course that builds on the introductory Lakota language courses. Students will learn advanced grammar and Lakota literacy with an emphasis on verb conjugation, composition of sentences, and an analysis of Lakota/Dakota language texts. Language tables are used to enhance fluency in Lakota speaking skills.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as AIS-201)
PreRequisite: LAKL-101 LAKL-102 or AIS-101 AIS 102
3 semester hours
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LAKL 202 - Intermediate Lakota II Common Course Number & Description
This course is a continuation of teaching grammar and Lakota literacy with an emphasis on verb conjugation, composition of sentences, and further in-depth analysis of Lakota/Dakota language texts. Language tables are used to enhance fluency in Lakota speaking skills.
Cross-listed: (Also offered as AIS-202)
PreRequisite: LAKL-101 LAKL-102 or AIS-101 AIS-102
3 semester hours
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Library Media |
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LIBM 205 - Children’s Literature Common Course Number & Description
An introduction to children's literature with emphasis on
historical types of literature; selection and evaluation of books
according to levels, interests, special needs, and educational
objectives.
2 semester hours
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LIBM 222 - Library and Society Unique Course
This is an introductory course emphasizing the history, philosophy, and social aspects of libraries and librarianship.
2 semester hours
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LIBM 305 - Children’s and Young Adult Literature Unique Course
This is an introductory course for both children's and young
adult literature. Content will emphasize selection and evaluation
of books according to levels, interest, special needs and
educational objectives.
3 semester hours
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LIBM 306 - Reference Resources Unique Course
This course explores aspects of information retrieval in regard to the needs of the library customer. A variety of print and electronic library resources and search strategies will be reviewed.
3 semester hours
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LIBM 321 - Organization & Administration of the Library Media Center Unique Course
This course includes the principles of organization and administration of the media center. Some of the problems studied are the standards of media centers, the media centers as educational force, library practices, personnel, supervision of staff, arrangement of the media center, and budgeting.
3 semester hours
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LIBM 406 - Literature for the Young Adult Unique Course
This course focuses on authors and the basic genres of literature for young adults with analysis of literary quality, book selection, adolescent needs and reading interests. This course also includes discussion of censorship, current publication practices and methods of generating reading interests among young adults.
3 semester hours
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LIBM 408 - Collection Development Unique Course
A study of theories and practical aspects of print and electronic collection development and management for libraries. Includes library assessment, selection, evaluation, and policy making.
2 semester hours
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LIBM 443 - Cataloging and Classification Unique Course
Students will learn the tools and techniques employed in the organization of information for library use. Covers the theory and application of basic principles and concepts of descriptive cataloging, the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification systems, Sears and the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Provides the use of OCLC instruction; representative problems and practice.
3 semester hours
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LIBM 492 - Topics Common Course Number & Description
Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
1 to 4 semester hours
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LIBM 495 - Practicum Unique Course
Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
PreRequisite: LIBM-306 LIBM-321 LIBM-408 LIBM-443
2 semester hours
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Linguistics |
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LING 403 - Introduction to Linguistics Common Course Number & Description
History of linguistics and basic principles of its subareas. Prerequisite to all other linguistic courses.
3 semester hours
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Management Information Systems |
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MIS 105 - Introduction to Computers Common Course Number & Description
Overview of computer applications with emphasis on word processing, spreadsheets, database, presentation tools and internet-based applications.
3 semester hours
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MIS 114 - Graphics Unique Course
This course provides theory and hands-on practice in working with computer graphics and animations. Emphasis of the class will be on the use of computer software to create and modify graphic images, produce animations, and then to incorporate those files into other documents. Other topics include digital photos, video editing software, graphic types, image file types, and other animation and graphic features.
PreRequisite: CSC-HSREQ MIS-105 or MIS-205
3 semester hours
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MIS 130 - Visual Basic Programming Common Course Number & Description
Fundamentals of programming using Visual Basic. Focus on problem solving, visual design, and programming concepts. Topics include sequence, selection, repetition, procedures, and functions.
3 semester hours
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MIS 150 - Computer Science I Common Course Number & Description
An introduction to computer programming. Focus on problem solving, algorithm development, design, and programming concepts. Topics include sequence, selection, repetition, functions, and arrays.
3 to 4 semester hours
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MIS 152 - Programming for the Web Unique Course
This course focuses introduces students to the fundamental concepts of client-server architecture and provides them with the dynamic web programming technologies. Key topics include web service architecture, HTML/XHTML, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Ajax, PHP, and MySQL.
PreRequisite: MIS-105 or CSC-HSREQ
3 semester hours
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