Course Numbers, Symbols, and Abbreviations Course Descriptions

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Course Numbers, Symbols, and Abbreviations Course Descriptions
Check the University Catalogs website at www.catalogs.umn.edu for the most current course information. Academic Health Center Shared (AHS) Accounting (ACCT) accepted auditing/professional standards
AHS 1101. Orientation to Health Careers. (1 established by Public Company Oversight Board
The courses in this catalog are not offered every semester. To find out whether a course is offered
cr =AHS 1102) (PCAOB) and American Institute of Certified
during a particular semester, consult the online Class Schedule at onestop.umn.edu/registrar/registration/courses.html. Interest/personality assessment, health-related Department of Accounting Public Accountants (AICPA).
academic majors/professions, professionalism/ Curtis L. Carlson School of ACCT 5126. Internal Auditing. (2 cr; A-F or
Course Designators Abbreviations ethics in health care. Students integrate Management Aud)
information about self and about careers to
Financial/operational auditing. Standards.
In conjunction with course numbers, departments and programs The following abbreviations are used throughout the course move toward major/career choice. ACCT 2050. Introduction to Financial Managing the function.
are identified by a 2-, 3-, or 4-letter designator prefix (e.g., CE prerequisites of most University catalogs to denote common and AHS 1102. Orientation to Health Careers. Reporting. (4 cr; A-F or Aud. =APEC 1251.
for Civil Engineering, POL for Political Science, ECON for recurring items of information. (1-2 cr [max 2 cr] =AHS 1101) Prereq-Soph) AInCcCoTm 5e1 T3a5x. .F (u4n cdra; Am-eFn otra Alsu odf . FPerdeereraql- [2050
Economics). When no designator precedes the number of a course Prereq ..............Course prerequisites. Sbeehlfa-vasiosreasls msteynlets o; fh veaalluthe sc,a irneteerr eospttsi,o annsd a nd Ionrgtraondiuzcattiioonn st.o R fienaadnicniga lfi ancacnocuianlt isntgat feomr eUn.tSs.. or MBA 6030], [mgmt or grad mgmt student])
listed as a prerequisite, that prerequisite course is in the same U.S. federal system of taxation. Concepts of
cr ......................Credit. academic programs; professionalism and ACCT 2050H. Honors: Introduction to gross income, deductions, credits. Analysis
department as the course being described. div ....................Division. icnatreere-rp raocfteiossni opnlaanl .communication; developing a FInintraondcuiactl iRoenp too rfitinnagn. c(i4a lc ra;c Ac-oFu ontri Angu dfo)r U.S. opfr osvtrisuicotnusr ew oifth I nretesrpneaclt Rtoe vspenecuiefi Cc oadreea, si tos f law.
Course Numbers DUS ..................Director of undergraduate studies. AHS 1600. The Future Physician I: Medicine organizations. Reading financial statements. Interrelationships between legislative, judicial,
0xxx .......Courses that do not carry credit toward any University equiv ................Equivalent. iMn uthltei- d21isscti Cpleinntauryry fi. (e1ld c ro; fA m-Fe doincliyn. eP. rCerheaqll-e#n)ges AACccCoTu 3n0ti0n1g. .I n(3tr cord; Auc-Fti oonr Atou dM. aPnreargeeqm-2e0n5t0 ) aanndd atedcmhniniqisuteras ttiov ec oauntdhuocrti ttya.x M reestehaordcsh,. tools,
degree. fr, soph, jr, sr ....Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. shaping work of health professionals in Costing techniques, including activity-based ACCT 5160. Financial Statement Analysis.
1xxx .......Cfirosut ryseeasr p orfi mstaurdilyy. for undergraduate students in their H .......................Honors. Courses with an H following the course hGelaolbthal chaerael tfihe lidss. uHeiss taonrdy hoefa mlthe dciacrien.e R/hoelaelst ho.f ccoossttsin ogf. pArpopdluycitnsg, sceorsvtiicnegs ,m aentdh opdros dtou cdteiotenr mine (321 0c1r;/ 5A1-0F1 o],r A[aucdco. Purnetrienqg- o[5r1 fi0n0a/6n1c0e0 m oar jor])
number satisfy honors requirements. physicians, team members, and patient. processes. Use of costs in operating/strategic Interpretation/analysis of financial statements.
2xxx .......Courses primarily for undergraduate students in their V .......................Honors and Writing Intensive. Courses with AHS 1601. The Future Physician II. (1 cr; decisions. Introduces basic techniques of financial
second year of study. a V following the course number satisfy both Stdnt Opt. Prereq-Permission number; 1600 ACCT 3199. Internship in Public Accounting. statement analysis and applies them in different
3xxx .......Courses primarily for undergraduate students in their honors and liberal education writing intensive recommended) (2 cr; S-N or Aud. Prereq-5125, #) settings (e.g., in investment/credit decisions).
A career in medicine. Life/work of physicians, Full-time work for a public accounting firm plus ACCT 5180. Consolidations and Advanced
third year of study. requirements. what it takes to be successful. Issues/ a written report on the work experience. Reporting. (2 cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-[5102,
4xxx .......Courses primarily for undergraduate students in their W ......................Writing Intensive. Courses with a W following tcroemndpse tiennccluiedsi,n mg eIndsictiatlu eteth oifc sM, ceodniccienpet coof re ACCT 3201. Intermediate Management mgmt or grad mgmt student])
fourth year of study; graduate students may enroll in the course number satisfy the writing intensive health teams, multiculturalism, global issues, Accounting. (2 cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-3001, Theory underlying the preparation of
such courses for degree credit. 4xxx courses can be requirement for liberal education. disparities in accessing medical care. acct or finance major) consolidated financial statements, as well as the
mechanical computations needed to prepare the
counted for a Graduate School degree if the course A-F only ...........A-F grade basis only; course may not be audited AHS 1602. The Future Physician III: Activity-based costing techniques in specific statements themselves.
industries including service firms. Other
is taught by a member of the graduate faculty or an or take pass/fail Experiences in Health . (2 cr; Stdnt Opt. topics could include costing for Just-in-Time ACCT 5236. Introduction to Taxation of
i(nLdTiSv)i.d ual appointed to Limited Teaching Status A-F or Aud .......A-F grade basis, or course may be audited for no POrnelrienqe- c[1o6u0r0se o fro 1r 6s0tu1d],e #n, tps ewrmhoi sasrieo nc onnufimdebnetr ) manadn cuofasctitnugr iqnuga, ltirtayc. king customer profitability, Bmuasjionre)ss. (2 cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-5135, acct
grade in their decision to prepare for medical school.
5xxx .......Courses primarily for graduate students; Exercises designed to help them learn about and ACCT 3299. Internship in Management Introduction to the income tax laws governing
undergraduate students in their third or fourth year S-N only ...........S-N grade basis only (pass/fail), course may not prepare for a career in medicine. Community- Accounting. (2 cr; S-N or Aud. Prereq-Acct the taxation of corporations, partnerships,
be audited or taken A-F based volunteer experience (35 hours) in a 3201, #) limited liability companies, limited liability
may enroll in such courses. partnerships, and S corporations. Students
setting that employs physicians and serves Full-time work in general accounting, cost
S-N or Aud ......S-N grade basis (pass/fail), or course may be will also increase their knowledge and skills
patients. At completion, students will have accounting, or internal auditing in an industrial
Course Symbols audited for no grade completed their required volunteer hours and or governmental organization plus a written related to tax research by writing research
memorandums.
The following symbols are used throughout the course No Grade .........No grade will be given for the course; typically a Medical School Action Plan providing them report analyzing the work experience.
prerequisites of most University catalogs to denote common and used for laboratory components of courses asc choouorls. e of action for application to medical ACCT 5100. Corporate Financial Reporting. ACoCnCsTu 5lt2in37g.. F(2o rceri;g Sn- NN oatniolyn. aPlr eTarexq -5135,
(4 cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-Mgmt student,
recurring items of information. OPT No Aud ....Student selects the grading option; course may AHS 2300. Orientation to Clinical Research. non-accounting major) accounting major)
= .............Credit will not be granted if credit has been received not be audited (1 cr; A-F only. Prereq-#, [referral from Overview of asset/liability valuation and Tax return preparation/consulting experience.
UMTC academic adviser or faculty member], income measurement. Focus on how economic Partnership between U, IRS, Minnesota State
for the course listed after this symbol. Stdnt Opt ........Student selects the grading option; course may Department of Revenue to provide free tax
interview, application essay, GPA of at least events are reported in the financial statements.
& .............Concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in the be audited 3.50) Examines accounting theory and the accounting help to foreign national students, researchers,
and visiting professors. Students preparing tax
course listed after this symbol. Seminar. Field of clinical research. Ethical standard-setting process.
returns for nonresident aliens use commercial
# .............Approval of the instructor is required for registration. conduct/professionalism. Research methods ACCT 5101. Intermediate Accounting I. (4 tax preparation software.
Course Listing Sample pertinent to dentistry, medicine, public health, cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-Grade of at least B- in
% ............Approval of the department offering the course is pharmacy, and nursing. Field experience. 2050, [mgmt major or mgmt grad student]) ACCT 5271. Accounting Information
Systems. (2 cr; Stdnt Opt. Prereq-3101/5101 or
required for registration. AHS 2707H. Global Health Challenges for Valuation, measurement, and reporting issues
Course title Course credits 5100/6100)
Future Health Professionals. (2 cr [max 8 cr]; related to selected assets/liabilities of a firm.
@ ............Approval of the college offering A-F only) Theory underlying accounting issues. Applying Applications of electronic data processing
the course is required for registration. Department Xology (Xolo) Global health issues. Challenges/opportunities accounting principles. sfiynsatnemcias li pnl aacncnoinugn,t ianugd, iitnincglu, dainndg dmaotad seelicnugr,i ty.
, ...............In prerequisite listings, choosing a career as health professional. ACCT 5102W. Intermediate Accounting II. Analysis/design of accounting information
comma means “and.” College Xology and Diometrics Students hear from health professionals (4 cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-5101[ mgmt or grad systems.
1-4 cr [max 6] ...The course can be taken for Course number College of Liberal Education rcehgaallredningge. their work relation to each health mBagsmic tv satluudaetinotn] )problems encountered in ACCT 5310. International Accounting. (2
cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-5101; [5102 or &5102]
1 to 4 credits and may be Xolo 5101. Methods in Xology. (3-4 cr [max 8 cr]; AHS 4300. Directed Study . (1-3 cr [max 6 cr]; financial reporting. Focuses on valuation of
recommended)
repeated for up to 6 credits. Course designator A-F only. =3101. Prereq–3578 or #) Stdnt Opt. Prereq-#) liabilities. Accounting for leases, pensions, and Causes/history of international differences
Students complete project under supervision of deferred taxes. Introduces consolidated financial
in design of financial accounting/reporting
Historical, numerical, sociological, and Freudian instructor from Health Careers Center. Students statements.
systems, efforts to harmonize them into
Grading methods of research in xology with applications to provide written update at end of each term. A ACCT 5125. Auditing Principles and worldwide system. Role/impact of currency
option contemporary problems. written progress report is required at end of Procedures. (4 cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-[3101 translation on financial statements. International
project.
or 5101 or 5100 or 6100], [acct major or grad Accounting Standards, conceptual framework.
Prerequisite information mgmt student]) ACCT 5320. Current Topics in Accounting. (2
Course description Credit will not be granted if credit Concepts of auditing internal control/financial cr; S-N only)
has been received for the course statements in accordance with generally
listed after this symbol. Topics vary.
Course Descriptions
ACCT 5420. MAcc directed study. (1-4 cr ADDS 5006. Introduction to Resilience/ programs, funding, and professionalization.
[max 4 cr]; A-F or Aud. Prereq-MAcc student) Health Realization. (2 cr; Stdnt Opt) Reaching/recruiting undereducated adults.
Internship or directed study in Master of Resilience, health realization, and the link Role of family, schools, community, and state/
Accountancy degree program. between them. Applications in students’ local government. New social action approaches
personal, professional, and organizational lives. required for licensure.
Addiction Studies Relevant literature, theory, and research. ADED 5202. Assessment of Adult Literacy.
ADDS 5007. Adolescence and Substance (3 cr; Stdnt Opt. Prereq-=: ADED 5224, 5225,
(ADDS) Abuse. (2 cr; A-F only) 5226)
Screening, assessing, and treating adolescents. Assessment of adult literacy problems as they
College of Continuing Education How to involve family and others. Interventions, affect work, family, and community. Setting
approaches, best practices. Legal/ethical issues. educational goals. Formal versus informal
ADDS 4001. Professional Practice of Lectures, discussion, readings, exercises. assessment. Case studies. Educational planning.
Addictions Counseling. (3 cr; A-F only. ADDS 5010. Special Topics. (1-3 cr [max 6 cr]; ADED 5203. Methods of Teaching Adult
Prereq-Adds student, #) Stdnt Opt) Literacy. (3 cr; Stdnt Opt)
Core addictions counseling functions including Topics specified in Class Schedule. Approaches to teaching reading, writing,
clinical assessment, case management, and mathematics to adults. Technology
documentation treatment planning, and ethical ADDS 5011. Directed Study. (1-3 cr [max 3 cr]; as a teaching tool. Teaching students with
issues. Students begin process of securing Stdnt Opt) disabilities. Cultural/gender differences. English
internship. Directed study. as second language. Evaluation of commercial
ADDS 4002. Internship in Substance Abuse materials/software.
Counseling I. (2-8 cr [max 8 cr]; S-N or Aud. Adult Education ADED 5211. Introduction to the
Prereq-Adds 4001, Adds student, #) Undereducated Adult. (1 cr; A-F or Aud)
Supervised field work experience. Practical (ADED) Definitions of literacy in workplace, community,
application of substance abuse counseling skills and family. Issues: poverty/welfare, ethnicity,
such as assessment, treatment planning, and Department of Educational Policy and cultural diversity, social class, language/
case management. Administration learning, immigrants.
ADDS 5001. Foundations of Addiction ADED 5212. Introduction to Adult Literacy in
College of Education and Human
Studies. (2 cr; A-F only) the Workplace. (1 cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-5211)
Theoretical perspectives/concepts related to Development Review workplace literacy programs, funding,
etiology of alcohol/drug dependency/abuse. ADED 3001. Adult Education Overview. (1 cr; program planning, and needs assessment.
Emphasizes bio-psycho-social models of A-F or Aud) Reaching/recruiting workers. Role of employers
addiction/disease: psychodynamics, social and the unions. Writing for low literacy
learning, contingency, family systems. Theory/practice of adult learning/development. employees.
Connection of theory to empirical research. ADED 3101. Introduction to Strategies for
ADED 5213. Introduction to Adult Literacy
ADDS 5002. Models, Methods, and Teaching Adults. (3 cr; A-F or Aud) in the Community. (1 cr; A-F or Aud.
Intervention Skills for Substance Abuse Theories of adult learning, learning/teaching Prereq-5211)
Counselors. (2 cr; A-F or Aud) styles, methods/perspectives of teaching,
Reviews role of the community programs in the
applications of teaching in various settings.
Concepts/practices of several therapeutic United States in literacy building, the family
models. Existential therapy, person centered ADED 5101. Strategies for Teaching Adults. in developing literacy skills, correctional
therapy, behavior therapy, cognitive therapy. (3 cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-Grad student only) education in reintegrating offenders back into
Postmodern models such as solution-focused Psychological theories of adult learning; community. Integrating people with disabilities
and narrative. Contemporary change model: learning styles and personality types; teaching through community literacy programs. Literacy/
motivational interviewing. Ambivalence, styles; group and team learning; moderating development in developing countries. Reaching/
confidence, motivation, resistance, commitment and study circles; teaching technologies and recruiting indigenous, migrant, and immigrant
to change. distance learning; gender, race, and cultural groups. Social action approaches to literacy
ADDS 5003. Applied Psychopharmacology communication. Applications of strategies. education.
for Human Service Professionals. (2 cr; A-F ADED 5102. Perspectives of Adult Learning ADED 5224. Formal Assessment of Adult
or Aud) and Development. (3 cr; Stdnt Opt) Literacy. (1 cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-5211)
Categories of psychoactive drugs. Medications Emphasis on major adult development Assessment of adult English/literacy skills
to treat mental disorders. Legal drugs such as theorists, theories, and current applications. needed for work, family, community, and
alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana. What Transformative learning, self-directed learning, continuing education. Formal testing policy,
is occurring physiologically when someone experiential learning, and cooperative learning techniques, standardized tests. Underlying
takes a psychoactive drug. provide theoretical framework for exploring assumptions about testing, cultural bias, and
ADDS 5004. Co-Occurring Addictive and physiological, psychological, sociological, and interpretation of formal tests. Test preparation
Mental Health Disorders. (2 cr; A-F or Aud. cultural aspects of adult development through programs.
the life span.
Prereq-Cannot be taken for cr by MSW ADED 5226. Advanced Assessment of Adult
students) ADED 5103. Designing the Adult Education Literacy. (1 cr; A-F or Aud. Prereq-5211, 5224,
Mentally ill, chemically abusive, or dependent Program. (3 cr; A-F or Aud) 5225)
clients. Intervention, advocacy, education, and Designing and implementing educational Applications and case studies. Educational
support for client and those who are part of his programs for adults. Application of concepts, planning for work, family, and community.
or her environment. Social, environmental, theories, and models in different adult learning
ADED 5234. Methods of Teaching
and multicultural factors. Meets partial state situations.
Intermediate Adult Literacy. (1 cr; A-F or
requirements for becoming licensed as an
alcohol/drug counselor. ADED 5196. Field Experience in Adult Aud. Prereq-5211, 5233)
Education. (3-6 cr [max 6 cr]; S-N or Aud) Learning English/literacy as an adult.
ADDS 5005. Group Therapy: Theory and Supervised fieldwork and practice. Presentations Intermediate approaches to teaching reading,
Practice. (3 cr; Stdnt Opt) and evaluations of adult education practices. writing, and communications skills. Emphasizes
Designing/facilitating therapy groups. ADED 5201. Introduction to Adult Literacy. communication/comprehension in oral/
Intra-/inter-personal dynamics, leadership (3 cr; Stdnt Opt) written English. English reading and oral
skills, developmental aspects, ethical issues. communication skills for workplace. Evaluating
Application to therapy of chemically addicted Definitions of literacy: workplace, community commercial materials/software.
individuals. Lectures, discussion, experiential and family. Issues: poverty, welfare, ethnicity,
exercises, small groups, readings. cultural diversity, social class, language and Topics specified in Course Guide.
learning, immigrants. Review of literacy
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Develop competitive personal statement. or governmental organization plus a written
Academic Health Center Shared
Designed for students in health program in report analyzing the work experience.
(AHS) coming year. ACCT 5101 Intermediate Accounting I (4.0
Office of the Senior Vice President of Health AHS 2707 Global Health Challenges for cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq Grade of at least B- in
Sciences Future Health Professionals (2.0 cr.; A-F 2050, [mgmt major or mgmt grad student])
Grade Basis) Valuation, measurement, and reporting issues
AHS 1101 Orientation to Health Careers (1.0 Global health issues. Challenges/opportunities related to selected assets/liabilities of a firm.
cr.; Student Option No Audit) in choosing a career as a health professional. Theory underlying accounting issues. Applying
Interest/personality assessment, health-related Students hear from health professionals accounting principles.
academic majors/professions, professionalism/ regarding their work relation to each health ACCT 5102W Intermediate Accounting II (4.0
ethics in health care. Students integrate challenge. cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq 5101[ mgmt or grad
information about self and about careers to AHS 2707H Global Health Challenges for mgmt student])
move toward major/career choice. Future Health Professionals (2.0 cr.; A-F Basic valuation problems encountered in
AHS 1102 Orientation to Health Careers (1.0 Grade Basis) financial reporting. Focuses on valuation of
cr.; Student Option No Audit) Global health issues. Challenges/opportunities liabilities. Accounting for leases, pensions,
Web course. Fall/spring=1cr, summer=2cr. choosing a career as health professional. and deferred taxes. Introduces consolidated
Interest/personality assessment, health-related Students hear from health professionals financial statements.
academic majors/professions, professionalism/ regarding their work relation to each health ACCT 5125 Auditing Principles and
ethics. Integrating self-/career-related challenge. Procedures (4.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq [3101
information. AHS 4300 Directed Study (1.0-3.0 cr.; Student or 5101 or 5100 or 6100], [acct major or grad
AHS 1104 Experiences in Health (2.0 cr.; Option; prereq #) mgmt student])
Student Option; prereq AHS 1101 or AHS 1102 Students complete project under supervision Concepts of auditing internal control/financial
or AHS 1600) of instructor from Health Careers Center. statements in accordance with generally
Non-physician roles in health care from Students provide written update at end of each accepted auditing/professional standards
traditional to alternative and complementary term. A written progress report is required at established by Public Company Oversight
roles. Minimum 35 hour volunteer experience end of project. Board (PCAOB) and American Institute of
with instructor approval. Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
AHS 1600 The Future Physician I: Medicine Accounting (ACCT) ACCT 5126 Internal Auditing (2.0 cr.; A-F or
in the 21st Century (1.0 cr.; A-F Grade Basis; Curtis L. Carlson School of Management Audit; prereq 2050)
prereq #) Financial/operational auditing. Standards.
Multi-disciplinary field of medicine. Challenges Managing the function.
shaping work of health professionals in health ACCT 2050 Introduction to Financial ACCT 5135 Fundamentals of Federal Income
care field. History of medicine/health. Global Reporting (4.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq Soph) Tax (4.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq [2050 or MBA
health issues and health care. Roles of Introduction to financial accounting for U.S. 6030], [mgmt or grad mgmt student])
physicians, team members, and patient. organizations. Reading financial statements. U.S. federal system of taxation. Concepts of
AHS 1601 The Future Physician II (1.0 cr.; ACCT 2050H Honors: Introduction to gross income, deductions, credits. Analysis
Student Option; prereq Permission number; Financial Reporting (4.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) of structure of Internal Revenue Code, its
1600 recommended) Introduction to financial accounting for U.S. provisions with respect to specific areas of law.
A career in medicine. Life/work of physicians, organizations. Reading financial statements. Interrelationships between legislative, judicial,
what it takes to be successful. Issues/ ACCT 3001 Introduction to Management and administrative authority. Methods, tools,
trends including Institute of Medicine core Accounting (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq 2050) and techniques to conduct tax research.
competencies, medical ethics, concept of Costing techniques, including activity-based ACCT 5160 Financial Statement Analysis
health teams, multiculturalism, global issues, costing. Applying costing methods to determine (2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq [5100/6100 or
disparities in accessing medical care. costs of products, services, and production 3101/5101], [accounting or finance major])
AHS 1602 The Future Physician III: processes. Use of costs in operating/strategic Interpretation/analysis of financial statements.
Experiences in Health (2.0 cr.; Student decisions. Introduces basic techniques of financial
Option; prereq [1600 or 1601], #, permission ACCT 3150 Role of the Accountant in Today's statement analysis and applies them in
number) Finance Function (1.0 cr.; S-N Grading Basis; different settings (e.g., in investment/credit
Online course for students who are confident prereq 2050, [accounting major or accounting decisions).
in their decision to prepare for medical school. certificate student]) ACCT 5180 Consolidations and Advanced
Exercises designed to help them learn How to interact with financial, tax, audit and IT Reporting (2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq [5102,
about and prepare for a career in medicine. personnel. How to be an accountant. Critical mgmt or grad mgmt student])
Community-based volunteer experience (35 support role accountants play among market Theory underlying the preparation of
hours) in a setting that employs physicians and leading companies. Students define their vision consolidated financial statements, as well
serves patients. At completion, students will for their accounting career. as the mechanical computations needed to
have completed their required volunteer hours ACCT 3199 Internship in Public Accounting prepare the statements themselves.
and a Medical School Action Plan providing (2.0 cr.; S-N or Audit; prereq 5125, #) ACCT 5236 Introduction to Taxation of
them a course of action for application to Full-time work for a public accounting firm plus Business (2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq 5135,
medical school. a written report on the work experience. acct major)
AHS 2300 Orientation to Clinical Research ACCT 3201 Intermediate Management Introduction to the income tax laws governing
(1.0 cr.; A-F Grade Basis; prereq #, [referral Accounting (2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq 3001, the taxation of corporations, partnerships,
from UMTC academic adviser or faculty acct or finance major) limited liability companies, limited liability
member], interview, application essay, GPA of Activity-based costing techniques in specific partnerships, and S corporations. Students
at least 3.50) industries including service firms. Other will also increase their knowledge and skills
Seminar. Field of clinical research. Ethical topics could include costing for Just-in-Time related to tax research by writing research
conduct/professionalism. Research methods manufacturing, tracking customer profitability, memorandums.
pertinent to dentistry, medicine, public health, and costing quality. ACCT 5237 Foreign National Tax Consulting
pharmacy, and nursing. Field experience. ACCT 3299 Internship in Management (2.0 cr.; S-N Grading Basis; prereq 5135,
AHS 2400 Writing a Personal Statement (1.0 Accounting (2.0 cr.; S-N or Audit; prereq Acct accounting major)
cr.; S-N Grading Basis) 3201, #) Tax return preparation/consulting experience.
Full-time work in general accounting, cost Partnership between U, IRS, Minnesota State
accounting, or internal auditing in an industrial Department of Revenue to provide free tax
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help to foreign national students, researchers, ADDS 5051 Methods and Models II: Cognitive
Aerospace Engineering and
and visiting professors. Students preparing tax Behavioral Therapy (2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit;
returns for nonresident aliens use commercial prereq 5021 or 5002 or %) Mechanics (AEM)
tax preparation software. Components of cognitive model. Assessment, College of Science and Engineering
ACCT 5281 Special Topics in Financial case formulation, automatic thoughts, core
Reporting (2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq 5102, beliefs, cognitive restructuring, behavior AEM 1905 Freshman Seminar: Aircraft and
[mgmt or grad mgmt student]) change elements, therapeutic relationship. Spacecraft (2.0 cr.; Student Option No Audit;
Covers areas of financial reporting frequently Students learn, practice and master key prereq Fr)
covered on the CPA exam, including concepts. Topics related to air and space travel with an
partnerships, foreign operations, and ADDS 5061 Foundations of Group Work (3.0 emphasis on hands-on projects and activities.
accounting for government and nonprofit cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq 5021 or 5002 or %) AEM 2011 Statics (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq
organizations. Designing/facilitating therapy groups. Intra-/ PHYS 1301W, [&Math 2374 or equiv], CSE)
ACCT 5310 International Accounting (2.0 cr.; inter-personal dynamics, leadership skills, Force/moment vectors, resultants. Principles
A-F or Audit; prereq 5101; [5102 or &5102] developmental aspects, ethical issues. of statics and free-body diagrams. Applications
recommended) Application to therapy of chemically addicted to simple trusses, frames, and machines.
Causes/history of international differences individuals. Lectures, discussion, experiential Distributed loads. Internal forces in beams.
in design of financial accounting/reporting exercises, small groups, readings. Properties of areas, second moments. Laws of
systems, efforts to harmonize them ADDS 5071 Foundations of Co-occurring friction.
into worldwide system. Role/impact of Disorders (2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq Cannot AEM 2012 Dynamics (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit;
currency translation on financial statements. be taken for credit by MSW students) prereq 2011, [& Math 2373 or equiv], CSE
International Accounting Standards, conceptual Understanding the mentally ill and chemically student)
framework. abusive or dependent client. Intervention, Kinematics/kinetics of particles. Newton's
ACCT 5320 Current Topics in Accounting (2.0 advocacy, education, and support for client laws. Energy/momentum methods. Systems of
cr.; S-N Grading Basis) and those that are part or his/her environment. particles. Kinematics/kinetics of planar motions
Topics vary. Social, environmental, and multicultural factors of rigid bodies. Plane motion of rigid bodies.
ACCT 5420 MAcc directed study (1.0-4.0 cr.; that contribute resources for these clients. Mechanical vibrations.
A-F or Audit; prereq MAcc student) ADDS 5081 Multicultural Foundations of AEM 2021 Statics and Dynamics (4.0 cr.; A-F
Internship or directed study in Master of Behavioral Health (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) or Audit; prereq Phys 1301W, [&Math 2374 or
Accountancy degree program. What is culture? How might culture, cultural equiv], CSE)
practices, and history be significant in the Force/moment vectors, resultants. Principles
Addiction Studies (ADDS) use/abuse of substances? How is culture of statics and free-body diagrams. Applications
College of Continuing Education relevant to the attitudes/practices in the to simple trusses, frames, and machines.
prevention/treatment of substance use/ Properties of areas, second moments. Internal
ADDS 5007 Adolescence and Substance abuse? Multicultural counseling and cultural forces in beams. Laws of friction. Principles of
Abuse (2.0 cr.; A-F Grade Basis) competence in addiction counseling. People as particle dynamics. Mechanical systems and
Screening, assessing, and treating individuals. Clinician's own cultural worldview/ rigid-body dynamics. Kinematics/dynamics
adolescents. How to involve family and others. other cultural worldviews. of plane systems. Energy/momentum of 2-D
Interventions, approaches, best practices. ADDS 5091 Assessment and Treatment bodies/systems.
Legal/ethical issues. Lectures, discussion, Planning I (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq [[5001 AEM 2301 Mechanics of Flight (3.0 cr.; A-F or
readings, exercises. or 5011], [5002 or 5021], [5003 or 5031]] or %) Audit; prereq PHYS 1301W, [&MATH 2373 or
ADDS 5011 Foundations in Addiction Studies Core addictions counseling functions including equiv], CSE)
(2.0 cr.; A-F Grade Basis) clinical assessment, case management, Standard atmospheric properties, basic
Theoretical perspectives/concepts related to documentation treatment planning, and ethical aerodynamics, generation of lift/drag. Airfoils,
etiology of alcohol/drug dependency/abuse. issues. Students begin process of securing finite wings. Elements of aircraft performance
Emphasizes bio-psycho-social models of internship. and atmospheric flight mechanics. Introduction
addiction/disease: psychodynamics, social ADDS 5101 Adolescents and Co-occurring to MatLab and simulations for aircraft design.
learning, contingency, family systems. Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders AEM 3031 Deformable Body Mechanics (3.0
Connection of theory to empirical research. (2.0 cr.; A-F Grade Basis) cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq [2011 or 2021 or
ADDS 5021 Introduction to Evidence Based Adolescents/co-occurring substance use/ [BMEN 3001, BMEN major]], [Math 2374 or
Practices and the Helping Relationship (2.0 mental health disorders. equiv], [&Math 2373 or equiv], CSE)
cr.; A-F or Audit) ADDS 5950 Special Topics (1.0-4.0 cr.; A-F or Uniaxial loading/deformation. Stress/strain
Initiating, conducting, and terminating Audit; prereq %) at a point, Mohr's circle. Internal forces in
a counseling relationship. Use of self in Special topics in addiction studies. beams. Material behavior, linear elasticity.
counseling process. Nature/process of helping. ADDS 5993 Directed Study (1.0-3.0 cr.; Torsion of circular shafts. Bending of beams
Evidence-based practices/theories. Reading, Student Option; prereq %) of symmetrical section. Column buckling.
discussion, written exercises, role-play, Directed study. Statically indeterminate structures.
observation, feedback, out-of-class practice. ADDS 5994 Directed Research (1.0-3.0 cr.; A-F AEM 3100 Software Applications in AEM (1.0
ADDS 5031 Applied Psychopharmacology Grade Basis; prereq %) cr.; S-N Grading Basis; prereq [CSCI 1113 or
(2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) Directed research. equiv], BAEM upper division)
Categories of psychoactive drugs. Medicines ADDS 5996 Internship in Substance Abuse Topics covering software applications for
to treat mental disorders. Substances such as Counseling (1.0-8.0 cr.; S-N or Audit; prereq problems of interest.
alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana. What 4001, ADDS or IBH student, #) AEM 3101 Mathematical Modeling and
occurs physiologically when someone takes a Supervised field work experience. Practical Simulation in Aerospace Engineering (2.0
psychoactive drug. application of substance abuse counseling. cr.; A-F Grade Basis; prereq [MATH 2373 or
ADDS 5041 Methods and Models I: Assessment, treatment planning, case equiv], AEM major)
Motivational Counseling (2.0 cr.; A-F or management. Mathematical modeling of engineering
Audit; prereq 5021 or 5002 or %) systems/numerical methods for their solution.
Concepts of Motivational Interviewing. Spirit Adult Psychiatry (ADPY) Use of MATLAB. Focus on systems found in
of MI. Primary counseling skills. wWrking Medical School aerospace engineering/mechanics.
with resistance. Identifying/eliciting change AEM 4000H Honors Research Seminar (0.0
talk. Transitioning into change, negotiating a ADPY 5515 Neuropsychology: University cr.; S-N Grading Basis; prereq Honors student,
treatment plan. Strengths/shortcoming of MI. Hospitals (3.0-9.0 cr.; O-N or Audit)
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permission of University Honors Program, AEM Linear systems analysis, Laplace transforms, calculation results. Use of commercial FEA
major) transfer functions. Linear control theory. PID packages. Introduction to theory of finite
Research seminars in aerospace engineering controllers. Applications. MATLAB/Simulink elements.
and mechanics, given by faculty members and simulations. Design project. AEM 4511 Mechanics of Composite Materials
visiting scholars. AEM 4321 Automatic Control Systems (3.0 (3.0 cr.; Student Option; prereq 3031, [CSE
AEM 4201 Fluid Mechanics (4.0 cr.; A-F or cr.; A-F Grade Basis; prereq [4303 or equiv or upper div or grad student])
Audit; prereq 2012, [Math 2373 or equiv], ME 3281 OR EE 3015], [CSE upper div or grad Analysis, design, and applications of laminated
[Math 2374 or equiv], [CSE upper div or grad student]) and chopped fiber reinforced composites.
student]) Modeling, characteristics, and performance of Micro-/macro-mechanical analysis of elastic
First course in fluid mechanics. Stress/ feedback control systems. Stability, root locus, constants, failure, and environmental
strain rate descriptions, fluid statics. Use of frequency response methods. Nyquist/Bode degradation. Design project.
differential and finite control volume analysis diagrams. Lead-lag, PID compensators. Digital AEM 4581 Mechanics of Solids (3.0 cr.;
with continuity. Momentum/energy equations, implementation, hardware considerations. Student Option; prereq 3031, [Math 2373 or
Bernoulli/Euler equations, vorticity, potential AEM 4331 Aerospace Vehicle Design (4.0 cr.; equiv], [Math 2374 or equiv], [CSE upper div or
flow, incompressible viscous flow using Navier- A-F Grade Basis; prereq [2301, 4202, AEM sr] grad student])
Stokes equations, dimensional analysis, pipe or #) Continuum mechanics in one dimension:
flow, boundary layers, separation, introduction Multidisciplinary student teams perform kinematics; mass, momentum/energy,
to turbulence. conceptual designs of aerospace vehicles, constitutive theory. Wave propagation, heat
AEM 4202 Aerodynamics (4.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; components, missions, or systems that conduction. Strings. Euler-Bernoulli theory. 3-
prereq upper div CSE or grad, 4201) incorporate realistic constraints/applicable D deformations/stress. Topics from fracture
Inviscid aerodynamics. Subsonic, transonic, engineering standards. Papers on professional mechanics, structural stability, vibrations, thin
and supersonic airfoil theory; wing theory. ethics/contemporary aerospace issues. Oral films, layered media, smart materials, phase
Introduction to compressible flow, normal preliminary/critical design reviews. transformations, 3-D elastic wave propagation.
and oblique shock waves, Prandtl-Meyer AEM 4333 Aerospace Design: Special Elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity.
expansions. Linearized compressible flow. Projects (3.0 cr.; Student Option; prereq 4331 AEM 4595 Problems in Mechanics and
Wing-body combinations. Computational or #) Materials (1.0-3.0 cr.; Student Option; prereq
aerodynamics methods. Student groups design, build, and test %)
AEM 4203 Aerospace Propulsion (4.0 cr.; A-F aerospace projects. Projects include designs Topics of current interest. Individual projects
or Audit; prereq 4202, [CSE upper div or grad from 4331 or projects such as microgravity with consent of faculty sponsor.
student]) experiments. Students keep design log/ AEM 4601 Instrumentation Laboratory (3.0 cr.;
Basic one-dimensional flows: isentropic, area notebook, prepare status reports, and give final A-F or Audit; prereq CSci 1113, EE 3005, EE
change, heat addition. Overall performance oral presentation. 3006, [upper div CSE or grad student])
characteristics of propellers, ramjets, turbojets, AEM 4371 Helicopter Aerodynamics (3.0 cr.; Introduction to lab instrumentation.
turbofans, rockets. Performance analysis of Student Option; prereq 2301, 4202, 4303, [CSE Computerized data acquisition. Statistical
inlets, exhaust nozzles, compressors, burners, upper div or grad student]) analysis of data. Time series data, spectral
and turbines. Rocket flight performance, Review of basic aerodynamics, unique features analysis. Transducers for measurement of
single-/multi-stage chemical rockets, liquid/solid of helicopters, momentum theory in axial flight solid, fluid, and dynamical quantities. Design of
propellants. and in rotor flow states, momentum theory in experiments.
AEM 4295 Problems in Fluid Mechanics non-axial flight, blade-element theory, vortex AEM 4602W Aeromechanics Laboratory (4.0
(1.0-3.0 cr.; Student Option; prereq %) theory, helicopter equations of motion. Design cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq 4201, 4501, 4601,
Topics of current interest. Individual projects project. [WRIT 1301 or equiv], [CSE upper div or grad])
with consent of faculty sponsor. AEM 4391 Independent Design Project (3.0 Experimental methods/design in fluid/solid
AEM 4301 Orbital Mechanics (3.0 cr.; A-F cr.; A-F Grade Basis; prereq 4331, %) mechanics. Wind tunnel/water channel
Grade Basis; prereq [2012 or equiv], [MATH Independent design project construction experiments with flow visualization, pressure,
2373 or equiv], [CSE upper div or grad and testing under the guidance of a faculty velocity, force measurements. Measurement
student]) member. Projects may include designs from of stresses/strains/displacements in solids/
The two-body problem. Earth-satellite 4331 and group projects are allowed. Students structures: stress concentrations, materials
operations, rocket performance, reentry are responsible for finding a faculty adviser behavior, structural dynamics. Computerized
dynamics, space environments, interplanetary for their project. Final project report (written or data acquisition/analysis, error analysis, data
trajectories. Numerical simulations. Design oral). reduction. Experiment design. Written/oral
project. AEM 4495 Problems in Aerospace Systems reports. Lab ethics. Writing intensive.
AEM 4303W Flight Dynamics and Control (3.0 cr.; A-F Grade Basis; prereq CSE upper AEM 4796 Professional Experience (3.0 cr.; A-
(4.0 cr.; A-F Grade Basis; prereq [2012, 2301, division, %) F or Audit; prereq CSE upper div, AEM major,
[WRIT 1301 or equiv], [CSE upper div or grad Topics of interest or individual projects. %)
student]] or #) AEM 4501 Aerospace Structures (3.0 cr.; A-F Work experience with substantive engineering
Forces/moments, trim, linearization, transfer or Audit; prereq CSE upper div or grad, 3031 or component. Written report.
functions, dynamic response characteristics equiv) AEM 4894H Senior Honors Thesis (3.0 cr.;
for aircraft/spacecraft. Aircraft stability/control Advanced strength of materials analysis of A-F Grade Basis; prereq Honors student,
derivatives, static longitudinal/lateral stability. elastic structures with aerospace applications; permission of University Honors Program, AEM
Phugoid, short period, spiral, roll subsidence, failure modes and criteria, buckling, matrix major)
dutch roll modes. Handling qualities. Satellite methods for analysis, plane truss design; Writing thesis under direction of AEM faculty
attitude control. Use of MatLab for dynamic energy and Castigliano methods for statically member.
analysis. Design project. Written reports. determinate and indeterminate structures; AEM 4896 International Professional
AEM 4305 Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and torsion and bending of asymmetrical thin- Experience (3.0 cr.; A-F Grade Basis; prereq
Control (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq [4301, walled sections. Design project. CSE upper div, AEM major, %)
[4303W or ME 3281], CSE upper div] or grad AEM 4502 Computational Structural Analysis International work experience with substantive
student) (3.0 cr.; Student Option; prereq [Grade of engineering component. Written report.
Kinematics/dynamics for six-degree of freedom at least C in 4501, [CSE upper div or grad AEM 5245 Hypersonic Aerodynamics (3.0 cr.;
rigid body motions. Euler's angles/equations. student]] or #) A-F or Audit; prereq 4202, [grad studednt or
Torque free motion, spin stabilization, dual- Application of finite element methods to upper div CSE])
spin spacecraft, nutation damping, gyroscopic problems in structural analysis. Emphasizes Importance/properties of hypersonic flow.
attitude control, gravity gradient stabilization. properly posing problems and interpreting Hypersonic shock and expansion-wave
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relations. Local surface inclination methods. Kalman filters. Applications to sensor fusion, AIR 1205 Quality Air Force, Group Leadership
Approximate/exact methods for hypersonic fault detection, and system identification. Problems, and Presentation Techniques (1.0
inviscid flow fields. Viscous flow: boundary AEM 5495 Topics in Aerospace Systems cr.; A-F or Audit)
layers, aerodynamic heating, hypersonic (1.0-4.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq %) Leadership and followership. Officership,
viscous interactions, computational methods. Topics of current interest. Individual projects ethics, and values; Air Force's core values. Air
Hypersonic propulsion and vehicle design. with faculty sponsor. Force heritage and leaders, Quality Air Force,
AEM 5251 Computational Fluid Mechanics AEM 5501 Continuum Mechanics (3.0 cr.; group leadership problems, and continuing
(3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq [4201 or equiv], Student Option; prereq CSE upper div or grad, application of communicative skills.
[CSci 1113 or equiv], [CSE upper div or grad 3031, Math 2243 or equiv or #) AIR 3301 Air Force Leadership, Quality, and
student]) Concepts common to all continuous media; Communication (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit)
Introductory concepts in finite difference and elements of tensor analysis; motion, Air Force leadership, management, writing,
finite volume methods as applied to various deformation, vorticity; material derivatives; conflicts. Opportunity to present Air Force
ordinary/partial differential model equations mass, continuity equation; balance of linear, briefing.
in fluid mechanics. Fundamentals of spatial angular momentum; geometric characterization AIR 3302 Air Force Officership, Quality, and
discretization and numerical integration. of stress; constitutive equations. Communication (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq
Numerical linear algebra. Introduction AEM 5503 Theory of Elasticity (3.0 cr.; A-F 3301 recommended)
to engineering and scientific computing or Audit; prereq 4501 or equiv, Math 2263 or Focus on completing Quality Air Force training,
environment. Advanced topics may include equiv or #) learning the Officer Professional Development
finite element methods, spectral methods, grid Introduction to the theory of elasticity, with system, exploring leadership styles, ethics,
generation, turbulence modeling. emphasis on linear elasticity. Linear and core values, character development, and
AEM 5321 Modern Feedback Control (3.0 cr.; nonlinear strain measures, boundary-value standards of conduct. Improve written and oral
Student Option; prereq 4321 or EE 4231 or ME problem for linear elasticity, plane problems in communication skills. Case studies.
5281 or equiv) linear elasticity, three dimensional problems AIR 3401 National Security Policy (3.0 cr.; A-F
State space theory for multiple-input-multiple- in linear elasticity. Topics from nonlinear or Audit)
output aerospace systems. Singular value elasticity, micromechanics, contact problems, National security process, regional studies,
decomposition technique, applications to fracture mechanics. advanced leadership ethics, Air Force doctrine,
performance/robustness. Linear quadratic AEM 5651 Aeroelasticity (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; and military justice. Military as a profession,
gaussian and eigenstructure assignment prereq 4202, 4301, [grad student or CSE upper officership, civilian control of the military,
design methods. Topics in H[infinity symbol]. div]) preparation for active duty, and current issues
Applications. Static aeroelastic phenomena, torsional affecting military professionalism. Focus on
AEM 5333 Design-to-Flight: Small divergence of a lifting surface, control refining communication skills.
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles (3.0 cr.; A-F surface reversal. Aeroelastic flutter, unsteady AIR 3402 Preparation for Active Duty (3.0 cr.;
Grade Basis; prereq [[4202, 4303W, 4601] or aerodynamics. Problems of gust response, A-F or Audit; prereq 3401 recommended)
equiv], #) buffeting. Design project. National security process, regional studies,
Designing, assembling, modeling, simulating, advanced leadership ethics, Air Force doctrine.
testing and flying of uninhabited aerial vehicles. Aerospace Studies (AIR) Military law, current issues affecting military
Rapid prototyping software tools for vehicle professionalism. Preparation for active duty as
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modeling. Guidance, navigation, flight control, second lieutenant in U.S. Air Force.
real-time implementations, hardware-in-the-
loop simulations, flight tests. AIR 1000 Leadership Laboratory (1.0 cr.; S-N African American and African
AEM 5401 Intermediate Dynamics (3.0 cr.; A- or Audit)
F or Audit; prereq CSE upper div or grad, 2012, Air Force customs and courtesies, drill Studies (AFRO)
Math 2243) and ceremonies, military commands, the College of Liberal Arts
Three-dimensional Newtonian mechanics, environment of the Air Force officer, and
kinematics of rigid bodies, dynamics of rigid learning about areas of opportunity available to AFRO 1011 Introduction to African American
bodies, generalized coordinates, holonomic commissioned officers. Interviews, guidance, Studies (4.0 cr.; Student Option)
constraints, Lagrange equations, applications. and information to increase the understanding, The study of peoples of African descent
AEM 5431 Trajectory Optimization (3.0 cr.; A- motivation, and performance of other cadets. including the evolution of African American
F or Audit; prereq 4321 or EE 4231 or ME 5281 AIR 1104 Introduction to the Air Force Today culture, comparative race relations, feminism
or equiv) I (1.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) and social policy change.
Parameter optimization problems. Calculus of Mission and organization of the Air Force, AFRO 1012 Black Worlds in Global
variations. Nonlinear optimal control problems. officership and professionalism, military Perspective: Challenges and Changes (3.0
Trajectory optimization algorithms. Steady- customs and courtesies, Air Force officer cr.; Student Option)
state aircraft flight. Minimum-time climb aircraft opportunities, group leadership problems, and Challenges/possibilities emerging out of
trajectory. Aero-assisted orbital transfer introduction to communication skills. dispersal of Africans and their descendants
trajectories. Optimal space trajectories. AIR 1105 Introduction to the Air Force Today throughout New World. How dispersion
AEM 5441 Structural Dynamics (3.0 cr.; A-F or II (1.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) occurred, why it transformed Black worlds
Audit; prereq 2012, 3031, [grad student or CSE Structure and missions of Air Force over time. Mechanisms of impoverishment.
upper div]) organizations. Communicative skills. How Consequences of global migrations in lives of
Frequency, time domain analysis of multi- cadets are selected for the Professional Africans and peoples of African descent.
degree of freedom mechanical systems. Officer Course, categorization into specific AFRO 1021 Introduction to Africa (4.0 cr.;
Natural frequencies, normal modes of vibration. career areas (pilot and navigator) occurs in the Student Option)
Free/forced vibrations of strings, rods, and AFROTC junior year, and selection for specific Diverse themes and disciplines in African
shafts beams. Introduction to finite elements in career fields is made in a cadet's senior year. Studies from prehistory to post-colonial period.
structural dynamics. AIR 1204 History of Airpower and Introduction to methodologies of inquiry.
AEM 5451 Optimal Estimation (3.0 cr.; A-F or Communication Skills (1.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) AFRO 1023W Introduction to African World
Audit; prereq [[MATH 2243 or STAT 3021 or Air Force heritage and leaders, Quality Air Literature (3.0 cr.; Student Option)
equiv], [4321 or EE 4231 or ME 5281 or equiv]] Force, and introduction to ethics and values, Literary voices from Africa, North America, and
or #) introduction to leadership, group leadership the Caribbean. Short fiction, prose, poetry, and
Basic probability theory. Batch/recursive least problems, and continuing application of drama that examines slavery, colonialism, and
squares estimation. Filtering of linear/non- communication skills. neo-colonialism. Oral narrative traditions, rites,
linear systems using Kalman and extended rituals, customs. Personal/collective cultural
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identities. Racial, gender, and class dynamics radical movements in the United States and AFRO 3433 General Survey of Development
within cultural/social historical contexts. Europe. in Africa (3.0 cr.; Student Option; prereq APEC
AFRO 1201 Racial Formation and AFRO 3131 Contemporary Issues in Africa 1101 or ECON 1101)
Transformation in the United States (3.0 cr.; (3.0 cr.; Student Option) Socioeconomic, political, and cultural
Student Option) Why peace has been elusive throughout development in Sub-Saharan Africa post-
How aggrieved racialized groups struggle over history of Africa, from period of slave raids independence.
identity, culture, place, and meaning. Histories through colonialism and until today. Intractable AFRO 3437 History of East Africa (3.0 cr.; A-F
of racialization. Strategies toward rectification conflicts in Great Lakes Region, Horn of or Audit)
of historical injustices from dispossession, Africa, South Africa, Nigeria, Liberia/Sierra Major themes in history of East Africa, from
slavery, exploitation, and exclusion. Leone, Mauritania, Sudan. Why no peaceful era of early human cultural development
AFRO 1902 Freshman Seminar (3.0 cr.; resolution despite multiple mediation efforts. to present. Methods that historians use to
Student Option; prereq Fr) Case studies. reconstruct history. Varying interpretations/
Topics specified in Class Schedule. AFRO 3141 Africa (3.0 cr.; Student Option) constructions of history over time.
AFRO 1904 Freshman Seminar (3.0 cr.; A-F or Regional differentiation of human groups and AFRO 3543 Psychology and the Black
Audit; prereq Fr or less than 30 cr) environments; cultural contact and problems of American Experience (3.0 cr.; Student
Topics specific in Class Schedule. underdeveloped countries south of the Sahara. Option)
AFRO 1909W Freshman Seminar (3.0 cr.; A-F AFRO 3204 History of South Africa to 1910 Historical and contemporary perspectives
or Audit; prereq Fr with no more than 30 cr) (3.0 cr.; Student Option) of the relationship between the area of
Topics specified in Class Schedule. Introductory survey of the history of South psychology and African Africans in research
AFRO 3001 West African History: Early Times Africa from early humans to the arrival of the and practice.
to 1800 (3.0 cr.; Student Option) first Dutch settlers at the Cape of Good Hope AFRO 3591W Introduction to African
West Africa from early times to establishment/ in 1652 to the formation of the Union of South American Literature (4.0 cr.; Student Option)
histories of states. Relations with North African, Africa in 1910. African American autobiography, fiction, essay,
Mediterranean, Asian, and American worlds. AFRO 3205 History of South Africa from 1910 poetry, drama, and folklore from late-18th
Non-centralized political authority. (3.0 cr.; Student Option) century to present.
AFRO 3002 West African History: 1800 to The history of South Africa from the Union AFRO 3592W Introduction to Black Women
Present (3.0 cr.; Student Option) to the present. Focus on such issues as Writers in the United States (3.0 cr.; Student
West African history from late-18th century to African and Afrikaner nationalism, structures Option)
present. Themes include study of continuities of apartheid, forced population removals, The literature of African American women
with the past and profound changes including divestment and sanctions, and the post- writers explored in novels, short stories,
new 19th century state formation, European apartheid era. essays, poetry, autobiographies, and drama
colonialism, and post-colonial issues. AFRO 3251W Sociological Perspectives on from the 18th to the late-20th century.
AFRO 3006 Impact of African Migrations in Race, Class, and Gender (3.0 cr.; A-F or AFRO 3594W Introduction to Contemporary
the Atlantic World (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) Audit) Black Writers (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit)
People of African descent through history. Analytical overview of three major forms of Major contemporary Black fiction writers such
Archeology, geography, literature. Migrations/ inequalities in the United Sates today: race, as Gayle Jones, Ernest Gaines, Charles
activities in the Atlantic world. African history in class, gender. Focus on these inequalities as Johnson, Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, and
the New World. Transfer of African rice growing relatively autonomous from one another and as John Edgar Wideman, among others, whose
technology and other skills. Development of deeply connected/intertwined with one another. works span 1970-90s.
African American society in the United States. Intersectionality key to critical understanding of AFRO 3597W Introduction to African
AFRO 3072 Racism: Social and these social forces. Social change possibilities. American Literature and Culture I (4.0 cr.;
Psychological Consequences for Black AFRO 3301 The Music of Black Americans Student Option)
Americans (3.0 cr.; Student Option) (3.0 cr.; Student Option) African American oral tradition, slave narrative,
Racism and its effects on African Americans; Musical contributions of African American autobiography, poetry, essay, fiction, oratory,
definitions, determinants, and dynamics. artists and innovators from 1619 to the present. and drama, from colonial era through Harlem
Examined in an experiential context to reflect Musical genres explored include spirituals, Renaissance.
individual and institutional racism. blues, ragtime, gospel, art music, and jazz. AFRO 3598W Introduction to African
AFRO 3108 Black Music: A History of Jazz AFRO 3426 African Americans, Social Policy, American Literature and Culture II (4.0 cr.;
(3.0 cr.; Student Option) and the Welfare State (3.0 cr.; Student Student Option)
The development of jazz in America and in the Option) African American oral tradition, slave narrative,
world, with special emphasis given to the roots Period between New Deal (1930s) and autobiography, poetry, essay, fiction, oratory,
or jazz in the African American experience. present. History/impact of federal policy and drama, from colonial era through Harlem
AFRO 3112 In the Heart of the Beat: the (presidential, congressional, judicial) and race Renaissance.
Poetry of Rap (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) on African Americans. Politics of allocation of AFRO 3601W African Literature (3.0 cr.;
Contemporary African American poetry as insurance versus relief in Social Security Act Student Option)
expressed by popular culture contributors. of 1935. Race and expansion of social benefits Oral/written literature of 19th/20th centuries.
Students analyze/evaluate poems used in after World War II. School desegregation. Emphasizes literature written in English/
rap, in context of African American literature, Kennedy¿s civil rights policy, LBJ¿s War on French. All readings in English.
American culture, and aesthetics. Poverty. Affirmative Action. Warren court. AFRO 3625W Black Women Writers in the
AFRO 3120 Social and Intellectual Busing. Conservative retreat from welfare state Diaspora (3.0 cr.; Student Option)
Movements in the African Diaspora (3.0 cr.; under Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Works of black women writers from Europe,
A-F or Audit) AFRO 3431 Early Africa and Its Global Africa, South America, and the Caribbean.
Political, cultural, and historical linkages Connections (4.0 cr.; Student Option) Novels, drama, films, and essays.
between Africans, African-Americans, Socioeconomic, political, and cultural AFRO 3626 Literature of African American
and African-Caribbean. Development development in precolonial Africa, from ancient Men: Sex, Family, and Relationships (3.0 cr.;
of black socio-political movements and Egypt through era of trans-Atlantic slave trade. A-F or Audit)
radical intellectual trends in late 19th/20th AFRO 3432 Modern Africa in a Changing African American male fiction writers' approach
centuries within African Diaspora. African World (4.0 cr.; Student Option) to subject of family and relationships. Social,
independent struggles against colonialism. Socioeconomic, political, and cultural economic, and psychological consequences
Black resistance in Suriname, Guyana, and the development in Africa, from abolition of trans- of racism/oppression, and effect on African
Caribbean against colonialism/racism. Protest Atlantic slave trade through postcolonial era. American men writing about themselves within
organizations, intellectual discourses, and
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context of family/relationships. Manhood/ in 19th century. Assault on white supremacy geographies, history, contemporary cultural
masculinity as interpreted/articulated in fiction. via courts, state, and grass roots southern criticism. Recent black feminist theorizing.
AFRO 3628 Literature of Rebellion: the movement in 1950s and 1960s. Black struggle AFRO 4432 Colloquium: Before the Field:
Amistad and other Revolts (3.0 cr.; A-F or in north and west. New emphasis on Black Internships, Community Service, and Study
Audit) Power, by new organizations. Ascendancy of Abroad (3.0 cr.; Student Option)
Amistad affair and other slave revolts in Ronald Reagan, conservative assault on the Theoretical and practical preparation for
fictional/non-fictional texts. Nature of race/ movement. internships, community work, and study
oppression. Historical representation of these AFRO 3868 Race, War, and Race Wars in abroad.
specific incidents as settled in American American History (3.0 cr.; A-F Grade Basis) AFRO 4478 Contemporary Politics in Africa
conciousness. Responsibilities/challenges Role that race has played in American war and the Colonial Legacy (3.0 cr.; A-F or
presented to authors in terms of accuracy, history. Impact that wars have had on race and Audit)
commercial viability, and literary quality. race relations in the U.S. and the world. How current politics in mainly, though not
Introduction to issues concerning African AFRO 3910 Topics in the African Diaspora. exclusively, sub-Saharan Africa have been
American slavery. (3.0 cr.; Student Option) shaped by pre-colonial/colonial processes.
AFRO 3634 Blues & Rhythm and Blues (3.0 How Black Studies evolved to become Africana Reality of independence, recurrent political/
cr.; Student Option) Studies in 1960s and an academic field in economic crises, global context, prospects for
Black American culture as expessed by blues major universities. How Africana Studies effective democracy.
and by rhythm and blues. Evolution of blues became a discipline that encompassed both AFRO 4557 History of the Field: Development
from work songs and field hollars of slavery/ Africa and Africans in Diaspora [African of African American, African, and African
emancipation through postwar blues sounds of American Studies]. Diasporic Studies (3.0 cr.; A-F Grade Basis)
Louis Jordan, through expressions of pre-rock- AFRO 3920 Environment and Society in How Black studies evolved to become Africana
n-roll rhythm and blues, and to more current Africa: Farmers, Food, and Famine (3.0 cr.; studies in the 1960s and an academic field
expressions of performers like Brian McKnight. Student Option) at major universities. How Africana Studies
AFRO 3654 African Cinema (4.0 cr.; Student Topics specified in Class Schedule. became a discipline that encompassed Africa
Option) AFRO 3993 Directed Study (1.0-3.0 cr.; and Africans in the Diaspora (African American
Films by African filmmakers from West, Student Option; prereq #, %, @) Studies). Challenges of an interdisciplinary
Central, and Southern Africa. Aesthetic, Guided individual research and study. field.
theoretical, and sociocultural issues will be AFRO 4001 Seminar: History of Women in AFRO 4593 The African American Novel (3.0
explored through class screenings and critical South Africa (3.0 cr.; Student Option) cr.; Student Option)
readings. The changing role and status of women Contextual readings of 19th- and 20th-century
AFRO 3655 African American Cinema (3.0 cr.; in South Africa from precolonial era to the black novelists, including Chesnut, Hurston,
Student Option) present, and relationships to political, social, Wright, Baldwin, Petry, Morrison, and Reed.
African American cinematic achievements and economic development. AFRO 4597 Seminar: Harlem Renaissance
from silent films of Oscar Micheaux through AFRO 4013 Cities in Africa: African, Islamic, (3.0 cr.; Student Option; prereq African
contemporary Hollywood and independent European Traditions (3.0 cr.; Student Option) American & African studies major or minor)
films. Class screenings, critical readings. History of African cities, their common and A multidisciplinary review of the Jazz Age's
AFRO 3741 People of Color and the Mass unique features. Case study of Swahili cities. Harlem Renaissance: literature, popular
Media (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) Roots and issues of 20th century urban growth. culture, visual arts, political journalism, and
Past and present depictions of minority AFRO 4105 Ways of Knowing in Africa and major black and white figures.
individuals and groups in movies, literature, the African Diaspora (3.0 cr.; A-F Grade AFRO 4622 Caribbean Writers: Rethinking
radio/TV, etc., as seen against anthropological, Basis) Caribbean Literature in a World Context (3.0
psychological, and sociological knowledge and Impact of European knowledge systems cr.; Student Option)
experience. Emphasis on personal and political on African world. How peoples on African Literary/historical issues explored by Caribbean
effects of media depictions. continent and across African diaspora have writers in English, French, and Spanish-
AFRO 3756 Social and Cultural History of produced/defined knowledge. Continuity/ speaking Caribbean through autobiographies,
Blacks in Sports (3.0 cr.; Student Option) change in the way African peoples have short stories, novels, poetry, and films.
Social/cultural contexts surrounding eras thought about and left their epistemological AFRO 4632 Black Francophone Writers in
of athletes such as Jack Johnson, Jackie imprints upon the world. Translation (3.0 cr.; Student Option)
Robinson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Althea AFRO 4112 The Beat Goes on: Advanced Exploration of ideas, particularly negritude
Gibson, Wilma Rudolph, Muhammad Ali, Studies in the Poetry of Rap (3.0 cr.; A-F and issues of creoleness, central to male and
Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods. Impact of Grade Basis; prereq 3112) female writers in French from Africa and the
these athletes on national/international events. Continues/deepens work began in 3112. Caribbean. Novels, essays, short stories, and
Periods when it was not uncommon for black Aesthetics of rap/poetry. Close readings plays.
entertainers/athletes to become involved in of rap/poems. Texts/theories employed in AFRO 4800 African Studies Seminar (3.0 cr.;
politics and community activism. development of hip hop aesthetic. Student Option)
AFRO 3864 African American History: 1619 to AFRO 4231 The Color of Public Policy: Topics vary and reflect instructor's research
1865 (4.0 cr.; Student Option) African Americans, American Indians, interests. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
Importance of dynamics of class, gender, and Chicanos in the United States (3.0 cr.; AFRO 4910 Historical Research Seminar: Sex
region, and political ideology. Changing nature Student Option) and Colonial Power in Africa (1.0-3.0 cr.;
of race/racism. Examination of structural or institutional Student Option)
AFRO 3865 African American History: 1865 to conditions through which people of color have Topics specified in Class Schedule.
the Present (4.0 cr.; Student Option) been marginalized in public policy. Critical AFRO 4991W Thesis Research and Writing
Internal migrations, industrialization/ evaluation of social theory in addressing the (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq %)
unionization, the Great Depression, world problem of contemporary communities of color Preparing a research paper that satisfies
wars, large scale movements for social/political in the United States. major project requirement. Defining a research
change. AFRO 4406 Black Feminist Thought in the problem. Collecting/analyzing data. Writing the
AFRO 3866 The Civil Rights and Black Power American and African Diasporas (3.0 cr.; research paper.
Movement, 1954-1984 (3.0 cr.; Student Student Option) AFRO 5072 Racism: Social and
Option) Critically examine spatiality of African Psychological Consequences for Black
Modern black civil rights struggle in the U.S., descendant women in Americas/larger black Americans (3.0 cr.; Student Option)
i.e., the second reconstruction. Failure of diaspora. Writings from black feminist/queer Racism and its effects on African Americans;
reconstruction, abdication of black civil rights definitions, determinants, and dynamics.
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Examined in an experiential context to reflect prereq Pol 1054 or Pol 3051 or non-pol sci grad Guided individual reading/study for qualified
individual and institutional racism. student or #) seniors and graduate students.
AFRO 5101 Seminar: Introduction to Africa How current politics in mainly, though not
and the African Diaspora (3.0 cr.; Student exclusively, sub-Saharan Africa have been Agricultural Industries and
Option) shaped by pre-colonial/colonial processes. Marketing (AIM)
Comparative frameworks, related theories, Reality of independence, recurrent political/ College of Food, Agricultural and Natural
and pivotal texts in study of Africa and African economic crises. Global context, prospects for Resource Sciences
Diaspora. effective democracy.
AFRO 5103 African History from the AFRO 5551 Methods: Use of Oral Traditions AIM 4011 Student Project/Field Investigation
Perspective of the African Diaspora (3.0 cr.; as Resources for History (3.0 cr.; Student (3.0 cr.; Student Option)
A-F or Audit) Option) Application of marketing knowledge that
Writings and intellectual networks of major Use of spoken information through time as a involves building a complete marketing plan
Black thinkers whose historical/ethnographic source for writing history. Use of canons of for an agricultural product or device. Team
works on Africa span period from 19th to 20th history to analyze and critique oral traditions projects are used.
century. Thinkers such as David Walker, Henry and integrate them into written history.
Highland Garnet, Martin R. Delany, J.W.C. AFRO 5625 Black Women Writers in the Agricultural, Food, and
Pennington, George Washington Williams, Diaspora (3.0 cr.; Student Option) Environmental Education (AFEE)
Alexander Crummell, W.E. B. Dubois, Carter G. Works of black women writers from Europe,
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural
Woodson, William Leo Hansberry . Africa, South America, and the Caribbean.
Resource Sciences
AFRO 5120 Social and Intellectual Novels, drama, films, and essays.
Movements in the African Diaspora (3.0 cr.; AFRO 5701 Proseminar: Classic Works in AFEE 1001 Introduction to Agricultural
A-F or Audit) African American Studies (3.0 cr.; Student Education and Extension (1.0 cr.; Student
Political, cultural, and historical linkages Option) Option)
between Africans, African-Americans, Classic works in African American studies. Historical development of the discipline of
and African-Caribbean. Development Conceptual frameworks. Multidisciplinary focus. agricultural education; orientation to career
of black socio-political movements and AFRO 5756 Social and Cultural History of opportunities; areas and expectations of
radical intellectual trends in late 19th/20th Blacks in Sports (3.0 cr.; Student Option) specialization; issues in the field.
centuries within African Diaspora. African Social/cultural contexts surrounding eras AFEE 1002 Principles of Career Planning for
independent struggles against colonialism. of athletes such as Jack Johnson, Jackie Agricultural Professionals (1.0 cr.; Student
Black resistance in Suriname, Guyana, and the Robinson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Althea Option)
Caribbean against colonialism/racism. Protest Gibson, Wilma Rudolph, Muhammad Ali, Self assessment and analysis of interests,
organizations, intellectual discourses, and Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods. Impact of skills, and abilities. Analyses of occupations,
radical movements in the United States and these athletes on national/international events. employment potential, employee expectations
Europe. Periods when it was not uncommon for black for work. Use informational interviews to
AFRO 5181W Blacks in American Theatre (3.0 entertainers/athletes to become involved in examine career options and employment
cr.; Student Option) politics and community activism. portfolio for career planning.
Historical survey of significant events in AFRO 5864 Proseminar: African-American AFEE 2051 Current Technical Competencies
the development of American black theater History (3.0-4.0 cr.; Student Option; prereq #) (3.0 cr.; Student Option)
traditions. Essays, plays, playwrights, and Examination of issues including slavery, Prepares agricultural education teachers
theaters from early colonial references to the Reconstruction, the Great Depression, and civil and other agricultural professionals to
Black Arts Movement. rights movement using cultural and intellectual use technology. Develop basic skills and
AFRO 5182 Contemporary Black Theatre: history and autobiography/biography. Focuses knowledge to plan, implement, operate, and
1960-Present (3.0 cr.; Student Option) on dynamics of race, gender, class, region, maintain agricultural structural and mechanical
Essays, plays, playwrights, and theaters that sexuality, and religion. systems. Experiential learning principles and
have contributed significantly to contemporary AFRO 5865 Proseminar: African-American applied problem solving.
black theater. From the beginning of the Black History (3.0-4.0 cr.; Student Option; prereq #) AFEE 2096 Professional Practicum in
Arts movement to the present. Construction of a detailed research agenda, Agricultural Education: Early Experience
AFRO 5191 Seminar: The African American locating appropriate depositories of primary (1.0-3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit)
Experience in South Africa (3.0 cr.; Student materials and secondary sources, and Observe schools, extension offices, and
Option) developing appropriate methodologies and agricultural oriented businesses to learn
Ideological, political, religious, and cultural ties frameworks. about the work and workplaces in agricultural
that have informed African American and black AFRO 5866 The Civil Rights and Black Power education.
South African relations from late 18th century Movement, 1954-1984 (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) AFEE 2221 People Skills for Leadership (3.0
to present. The "second reconstruction." Failure of cr.; A-F or Audit)
AFRO 5406 Black Feminist Thought in the Reconstruction, abdication of black civil How to be an effective leader in profit/non-profit
American and African Diasporas (3.0 cr.; rights in 19th century. Post-1945 assault agricultural settings. Roles, responsibilities,
Student Option) on white supremacy via courts/state, grass- knowledge, attitudes, and skills to hire staff,
Critically examine spatiality of African roots southern movement in 1950s/1960s. set goals, coach, mentor/manage teams, and
descendant women in Americas/larger black Black struggle in north and west, emphasis on improve communication.
diaspora. Writings from black feminist/queer Black Power by new organizations/ideologies/ AFEE 2421 Professional Communication for
geographies, history, contemporary cultural leaders. Ascendancy of Reagan, conservative Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (3.0
criticism. Recent black feminist theorizing. assault on movement. cr.; A-F or Audit)
AFRO 5437 History of East Africa (3.0 cr.; A-F AFRO 5876 Proseminar: Approaches to Speaking/writing about scientific/technical
or Audit) African Development (3.0 cr.; Student Option) issues. Student-centered, relies on interaction/
Major themes in history of East Africa, from Study, critical analysis, and comparison participation. Public communication.
era of early human cultural development of primary documents relevant to African AFEE 3096 Experiential Learning: Production
to present. Methods that historians use to development. and Business (1.0-8.0 cr.; Student Option;
reconstruct history. Varying interpretations/ AFRO 5910 Topics in African American and prereq AgEd major, #)
constructions of history over time. African Studies (3.0 cr.; Student Option) Experiential learning in agricultural production
AFRO 5478 Contemporary Politics in Africa Topics vary by instructor. and business. Planned, organized, monitored,
and the Colonial Legacy (4.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; AFRO 5993 Directed Study (1.0-3.0 cr.; and evaluated based on a per-experience
Student Option; prereq #) diagnosis of learning prerequisite to higher
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level courses in technical agriculture and Philosophy, organization, and administration of inquiry not provided in the regular course
agricultural business. instruction in agricultural education programs at structure.
AFEE 3112 Building Construction the elementary, middle, and high school levels. AFEE 5995 Integrating Paper--Master of
Technology (3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) AFEE 5233 Advanced Procedures in Education: Agricultural and Extension
Instructional/lab exercises in light frame Teaching Agricultural Education (2.0 cr.; A- Education (1.0-4.0 cr.; A-F or Audit)
building construction. Site layout, foundations, F or Audit) Students prepare paper dealing with issues in
framing, plumbing, insulating, sheathing, New developments in methodology; agricultural education applied to professional
roofing. Emphasizes safety and use of modern assessment of innovations and procedures; responsibilities.
tools, materials, and prefabricated components. consideration of various levels of instruction.
AFEE 3361 World Development Problems (3.0 AFEE 5235 Advanced Supervised Agronomy and Plant Genetics
cr.; Student Option) Agricultural Experience Programs (2.0 cr.; (AGRO)
Development problems throughout the world. Student Option)
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural
Development in Third World countries. First The organization and administration of
Resource Sciences
World development problems. Population, agricultural experience programs for
health and disease, education, agriculture, middle and secondary level students: AGRO 1007 Horse in Your Backyard (2.0 cr.;
industry, finance, politics, and human rights. career exploration, improvement A-F or Audit)
AFEE 4221 Rural Leadership Development projects, experiments, placement in Role of horses in society. How to keep a horse
(3.0 cr.; Student Option) production/business/community settings, well fed and healthy. Fundamentals of horse
Understanding the role, function, and features entrepreneurship. Current state and national nutrition, feedstuffs, pasture, and horse health.
of leadership in rural communities; importance programs and resource material. How to seek/interpret information to make
of personal involvement, personal leadership AFEE 5280 Current Issues for the Beginning decisions on vaccination, worming, nutrition,
qualities, and vision for individuals and rural Agricultural Education Teacher (1.0-3.0 cr.; grazing management, hay selection, manure
community organizations. Student Option) handling, and use of dietary feed additives/
AFEE 5111W Agricultural Education: Reflection, analysis on current problems enhancers.
Methods of Teaching (4.0 cr.; Student Option) and issues confronting beginning teachers AGRO 1093 Directed Studies (1.0-4.0 cr.;
Use of teaching resources; principles of of agricultural education. Issues in Student Option; prereq 4 cr in agronomy, #)
teaching and learning; problem-solving teaching methods, classroom and program Allows study of agronomy in greater depth or
techniques, lesson plan construction for management, discipline, curriculum, FFA in areas not currently offered in formal courses.
large group, small group and individual and SAE development, school-to-work Tutorial instruction under staff guidance.
investigations; student management; and relationships. AGRO 1101 Biology of Plant Food Systems
assessment. AFEE 5290 Seminar: Current Issues in (4.0 cr.; Student Option)
AFEE 5112 Agricultural Education Program Agricultural Education and Extension Fundamental concepts of biology at the
Organization and Curriculum for Youth (3.0 (1.0-3.0 cr.; Student Option) molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecosystem
cr.; Student Option) Exploration of current issues in agricultural levels. Plants and plant use by humans. Lab,
Development of community school program in education and extension, strategies of greenhouse, field, and classroom discussions.
agriculture, agribusiness, and environmental response, implications of response actions, and AGRO 1103 Crops, Environment, and Society
science. Program to meet graduation outcomes related leadership roles. (4.0 cr.; Student Option)
and determine student needs. AFEE 5361 World Development Problems (3.0 Plants that supply food, fiber, beverages, and
AFEE 5114 Agricultural Education Teaching cr.; Student Option; prereq Grad students only) medicine to humans. Plant identification, plant
Seminar (1.0 cr.; Student Option) Development in Third World countries. physiology, plant breeding/biotechnology, plant
Reflective learning on teacher preparation Examples of First World development ecology, crop culture/management.
experience; identify issues and problems facing problems. Population, health and disease, AGRO 1660 First-Year Colloquium/
the discipline; needs for continual preparation education, agriculture, industry, finance, Experience in Agroecosystems Analysis
and program adjustment. politics, and human rights. (2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq 1st yr in major
AFEE 5116 Coordination of SAE Programs: AFEE 5415 Seminar: Teaching Commodity hosted by Department of Agronomy and Plant
Work-based Learning (2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; Marketing Strategies (1.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) Genetics)
prereq Agricultural education major or #) Teaching commodity market planning to farm Agroecosystems and their impacts on
Principles/techniques for coordinating work- managers and agricultural professionals. the environment, landscapes, and rural
based learning. Supervised agricultural Development of marketing plans to enhance communities. Students develop a course plan
experience in agricultural education. Historical/ price and protect income. Introduction to tools within their major, explore career options, and
philosophical roots of experiential learning, to simulate implementation of plans against increase their familiarity with the department,
integration with classroom instruction, actual price scenarios. its history, and its faculty/staff. Field trips,
legal aspects, record keeping, coordination AFEE 5697 Teaching Internship: School discussions, readings, reflective writings.
techniques, current agreement laws. and Classroom Setting (2.0 cr.; Student AGRO 1901 Topics: Freshman Seminar
AFEE 5118 Strategies for Managing and Option; prereq WHRE 5696 for initial licensure (1.0-3.0 cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq Fr)
Advising the FFA Organization (2.0 cr.; A-F program) Interdisciplinary seminar. Topics specified in
or Audit; prereq Agricultural education major or Part-time supervised teaching experience in Class Schedule.
#) a school. Seminars on managing student's AGRO 1942 Topics: Freshman Seminar (3.0
Principles/techniques to advise an FFA learning in context of work and human resource cr.; A-F or Audit; prereq Fr)
chapter. Historical/philosophical basis of education programs in contemporary schools Interdisciplinary seminar. Topics specified in
FFA, organization/structure. Integration and on becoming a reflective educator. Class Schedule.
with classroom instruction, public relations, AFEE 5698 Teaching Internship (3.0-8.0 cr.; AGRO 2501 Plant Identification for Urban and
recruitment, and administration of FFA Student Option; prereq Admission to initial Rural Landscapes (2.0 cr.; Student Option;
chapters. licensure program) prereq Biol 1009 or equiv)
AFEE 5220 Special Topics in Agriculture Teaching experience in a school system that Plant/weed species important in turf,
Education and Extension (1.0-3.0 cr.; Student provides programs to grades 5-12. horticulture, forestry, and crop production
Option) AFEE 5993 Directed Study in Agricultural systems. Emphasizes identification of native
Content varies by offering. Education and Extension (1.0-9.0 cr.; Student grasses/forbs, field crops, and weed species
AFEE 5231 Agricultural Education Option) in Minnesota and Upper Midwest. Plant life
Curriculum K-12 (2.0 cr.; A-F or Audit) Topics may be chosen to permit study of areas cycles, habitats, and relationships to humans.
within education or to supplement areas of AGRO 3131 Student Organic Farm Planning,
Growing, and Marketing (3.0 cr.; Student
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