Winter Session

This course is an introduction to the use and preparation of accounting information for management decision-making and analysis. It includes techniques that can be used by all businesses in evaluating, planning and controlling operations. The course focuses on how manufacturing costs are accounted for and used to make business decisions, the nature of cost-volume-profit relationships and the contribution margin approach to decision making, preparation and use of budgets and financial statements for a manufacturing company. It includes an introduction to job order and standard costing systems.

A survey of the distinctive features of the major world religions and the most studied Native American, African and aboriginal Australian religions. Focuses on the fit between myth and ritual, the problems involved in trying to understand both "from the believer's point of view," and what generalizations can be made about religion in general.

A descriptive survey of astronomy including contemporary views of the universe. Topics include the solar system, stars, galaxies, black holes, quasars, and cosmology. May be taken without AST 110. Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge requirement when taken without AST 110. Together with AST 110, this course satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences requirement.

Physiological processes in humans with emphasis on the integration of organ systems. A pre-professional course for pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-graduate school, and exercise physiology students.

Focuses on the organization and function of the nervous systems in various animals. Specifically addresses how single nerve cells function; how groups of neurons interact; how systems of neurons provide brain function and behavior. Sensory and motor system interplay will be emphasized. Note: Because of overlap, BIO 474 and BIO 574 cannot be taken for degree credit.

The course introduces students to work with data sets in excel worksheets, formulas, templates, charts, and common excel functions needed in any business context. Student cannot earn credit for both COS 213 and BIS 105.

Influences on human development from conception through middle childhood. Theoretical perspectives, empirical evaluation and practical implications.

Parent behavior and the dynamics of parenthood are studied. Emphasis on interpersonal, familial, and societal roles of parents, and factors influencing role behaviors and expectations.

Topics include design and use of spreadsheets to solve problems using formulas, charts and data functions.  Credit does not count towards the COS major. This course assumes practical skills with the Windows operating system.

Principles of microeconomics and their application to economic issues and problems. Analysis of the economic decision-making of individuals and firms; markets and pricing; monopoly power; income distribution; the role of government intervention in markets.

The primary lesson of economics is that incentives matter: economic agents alter their behavior in predictable ways when faced with changing costs and benefits. Over the past 30 years, the power of economics as a predictive social science has been demonstrated time and time again as scholars have shown that seemingly uneconomic decisions can be modeled from an economic perspective. In this course, we will use academic readings and popular books such as Freakonomics to indicate the breadth and scope of questions that can be analyzed from an economic perspective.

Pre-service teachers learn technology tools to support teaching and learning in classrooms. Content includes application of technology (ISTE) standards required for teacher certification to instruction and assessment. Required for Elementary Education, Child Development and Family Relations Early Childhood Education option majors, and Secondary English majors.

A study of economic theory and applications in engineering and industrial organizations including capitalization, amortization, time value of money, cost comparison analysis, and breakeven value, and the ethics of engineering economic decision making. Also included are personal finance topics as applied to engineering situations and case study. EET 484 and EET 584 cannot both be taken for credit.

Offers small-group discussions of literature focusing on a common theme. Each division takes up a different theme, such as utopianism, the quest myth, growing up in America and the like. Students can expect to read texts closely and write regularly about them. May be repeated for credit.

Subject matter varies with faculty interest. Previous topics have included: scandalous women, detective fiction, vampires in literature, dark humor in literature, and literature of the Vietnam War. May be repeated for credit a total of 9 completions and up to 27 total units.

Introduces the principles of finance including time value of money, security valuation, capital budgeting and measurement of risk. Emphasis is on financial decision-making in the corporate environment.

Key topics in conducting research responsibly. Guidelines, polices and codes relating to ethical research. Skills development for identifying and resolving ethical conflicts arising in research. Address case studies in the context of ethical theories and concepts.

Students in this course will experience first-hand outdoor leadership opportunities in immersive, field-based settings led by expert faculty. Course content will focus on practical outdoor leadership skills in diverse environments and settings, including the back-country. Working with community partners, students will have the opportunity to practice their outdoor leadership skills in the field in authentic programmatic settings. Overnight travel and outdoor activity participation is required. The exact activities covered will depend on the season the course is offered. This course is typically offered as a two-week intensive and there is a course fee. This course is for students in the Outdoor Leadership Minor or concentration.

Introduction to the study of leadership as a personal and social phenomenon from a multidisciplinary perspective, with a focus on the development of practical leadership skills and behaviors. Emphasis on exploring the nature of leadership in diverse human contexts through civic and community engagement.

Analysis of the internal organizational structure and the process of management in business enterprises both domestic and international. Focus on concepts, methods, and techniques of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the functions of the modern manager, and the impact of these processes upon effective interpersonal relations.

Designed for the student with no previous experience in music. Provides a working vocabulary of terms and listening experiences intended to expand the basic understanding of the art form.

This course introduces the student to the professional nursing role in direct care learning experiences. Students will build on knowledge, skills and attitudes gained from the science and humanities, previous and concurrent nursing courses in the provision of professional nursing care to adults. This clinical experience will provide students with the opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, and basic nursing skills when implementing safe patient care. Together with NUR 102 & NUR 302, this course satisfies 3 credits of the General Education Quantitative Literacy requirement for Nursing majors only. Note: Nursing Major. Cumulative lab/science GPA of 3.0

Individual work on an approved project.

An introduction to philosophical thought and critical thinking through a reading of works from the philosophical tradition. Readings might include works from philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Descartes, Hume, Locke, Kant, Marx, Nietzche and/or other great works of philosophy. Questions will be asked about the nature of wisdom and knowledge, the essence of reality and of ideas, human nature, virtue and community, justice and political life.

Lecture on and discussions of basic psychological processes, including learning, perception, motivation and emotion, higher mental processes, individual differences, personality and additional selected topics.

A survey of theory, research methodology and experimentally obtained facts related to the activation and direction of behavior.

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Intended for students who will use statistics as an aid to the comprehension of quantitative work done by others and for students who will follow this course by an intermediate level applied statistics course. An introduction to the language and methods of statistical analysis, probability, graphic and numeric descriptive methods and inference from sample data. Two years of high school algebra are required. Due to overlapping content, course repeat rules are applicable for STS 215 and STS 232.