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ART 106 - Intro to Visual Communication 3 Credits
This hands-on course examines the fundamental elements and principles of two-dimensional and three-dimensional composition and encourages students to explore traditional methods and discover new solutions to visual problems. This is a foundational course to all fields of visual study.
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ART 111 - Drawing I 3 Credits
Students explore the human impulse to make a mark on the world through an active seeing and recording of the world on a two-dimensional surface. By developing skills that allow them to work from direct observation, students establish a foundation for personal imagery that prepares them to work with a variety of techniques and media.
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ART 112 - Drawing by Nature 3 Credits
This is a non-studio course where students explore the human impulse to make a mark on the world through an active seeing and recording of the world on a two-dimensional surface. By developing skills that allow them to work from direct observation, students establish a foundation for personal imagery that prepares them to work with a variety of techniques and media. On-site drawing locations chosen by the instructor will include urban and rural subjects. The student will develop an ability to make effective choices concerning media, techniques, subject matter, methods of interpretation, and compositional design.
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ART 209 - Art + Community 3 Credits
Students learn the theory and history of art as social practice while planning and executing one or more community based art projects in Ashland, Wisconsin. Participants engage with the questions: What is art? What is community? And how can art function as a tool of social change?
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ART 210 - Painting I 3 Credits
Students experience the capacities of oil and/or acrylic media on canvas. Students complete a series of studio exercises focused on color theory and direct observation leading to a personal aesthetic.
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Prerequisites: ART 111
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ART 212 - Drawing II 3 Credits
Students continue exploring and refining skills presented in Drawing I with more emphasis on the relationship between form, subject matter, and content leading to intelligent, self-directed creation. Students will be introduced to abstraction as a vehicle for expressive mark making.
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Prerequisites: ART 111
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ART 220 - Ceramics I 3 Credits
This course gives students the ability to form clay through basic hand building and beginning wheel throwing. Student also practice finishing and glazing their work while learning to assess the quality of three-dimensional forms, use basic ceramic tools and machinery, as well as develop processes for creative thinking.
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ART 222 - Ceramics Handbuilding 3 Credits
This ceramics course focuses on off-wheel forming methods that do not rely on the potter’s wheel. Students practice structural techniques that will enable them to create unique and singular forms of expression in the clay medium.
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ART 225 - Introduction to Film 3 Credits
This course provides an introduction to American cinematic arts, its production methods, and broader cultural implications. Students develop a deeper appreciation and critical understanding of motion pictures by exploring styles, structures, techniques, aesthetic, and cultural implications of American films.
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ART 226 - 3D Printing in Clay 3 Credits
Students learn to use 3D modeling and slicing software to create printable objects. These objects will be designed based off of the study of the elements and priciples of design. Students then take their designs and learn to print them on a clay 3D printer. Students will learn about the working and maintenance of the specialized 3D printer. Students learn to finish their pieces through ceramic firing and glazing.
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ART 230 - Art History Ancient to Medieval 3 Credits
In this class students gain a greater understanding of Western Art History from the Neolithic to the beginning of the Renaissance. Using the text and online resources “Gardner’s Art Through the Ages” students study works from the Stone Age, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the Early Christian era, the Medieval era, and the Gothic era, among others. Students will also study a brief survey of non-western art before 1200 CE. Art is as much about the cultural shifts surrounding the making as it is about the pieces themselves. In this class you will learn about great artists, art works, and the social forces that brought them about.
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ART 231 - Art History Renaissance to Modern 3 Credits
In this class students gain a greater understanding of Western Art History from the Renaissance to the beginning of the Modern Era. Using the text and online resources “Gardner’s Art Through the Ages” students study Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassism, Romanticism, Realism, and Photography, among others. Students will also study a brief survey of non-western art after 1200 CE. Art is as much about the cultural shifts surrounding the making as it is about the pieces themselves. In this class you will learn about great artists, art works, and the social forces that brought them about.
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ART 232 - Contemporary Art History 3 Credits
In this class students gain a greater understanding of Western Art History from Impressionism to the 21st century. In the first part of the semester, students study cubism, fauvism, expressionism, surrealism, abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, post-modernism, and environmental art. In the second part of the semester, students explore the last 30-40 years of wordwide art through eight reocurring themes: identity, the body, time, memory, place, language, science, and spirituality.
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ART 262 - Digital Photography I 3 Credits
This studio course introduces students to the basic principles and applications of digital photography as a medium, a skill-set, and an integral part of today’s digital literacy needs. Topics covered include capturing images using digital cameras while emphasizing the manipulation of camera controls, exposure, lighting, on-and-off camera flash, essential imaging tactics, digital workflow for photography, print, web and image storage and archival. Students are required to have a digital SLR camera.
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ART 270 - Printmaking: Relief and Intaglio 3 Credits
The focus of this studio class is on relief and intaglio processes including woodcut, linoleum cut, drypoint, hardground, softground, and aquatint. Lectures and readings put printmaking in historical and contemporary contexts to help students achieve personal aesthetic goals. Low toxic processes are used when possible.
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Prerequisites: ART 111
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ART 271 - Printmaking: Screen Printing and Lithography 3 Credits
The focus of this studio class is on screen printing and lithographic processes including hand-cut stencils, photo stencils, stone and polyester plate lithography. Lectures, and readings put printmaking in historical and contemporary contexts to help students achieve personal aesthetic goals. Low toxic processes are used when possible.
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Prerequisites: ART 111
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ART 280 - Graphic Design I 3 Credits
This foundational course in graphic design guides students in developing and expanding their vocabularies in visual communication. Utilizing basic design elements and principles students explore graphic solutions for communication problems through digital and traditional tools. Emphasis is placed on research and idea generation as students learn to analyze and discuss their work as well as that of others, as they become familiar with the theoretical and practical aspects of the graphic design process. Creative studio practice is combined with lectures, readings, and software training.
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ART 282 - Web Design I 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to concepts, methods, and technologies utilized in the design of interactive media. Students study user and site requirements and address design problem solving within screen-based projects developed for various content, needs, and audiences. Creative studio practice is combined with lectures, readings, and software training.
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ART 285 - Typography 3 Credits
This class explores creative, historical, theoretical, and applied principles of type. Creative projects and exercises guide students to explore the impact of choosing typefaces, their combinations, and the expressive possibilities of type. Students also develop skills to enhance, clarify, and support meaning through typographic choices. Creative studio practice is combined with lectures, readings, and software training.
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Prerequisites: ART 106
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ART 306 - Art Collaborations with Nature 3 Credits
Students create environmental and ecological art using natural materials, responding to nature and mitigating environmental problems. After surveying examples of art from indigenous peoples to recent ecologically restorative works, students create outdoor, ephemeral works of art using nature itself.
Prerequisites: ART 106 , ART 111 , or ART 260 and Junior Standing recommended
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ART 320 - Ceramics II 3 Credits
This course is a continuation of ART 220 . This intermediate level course gives students a stronger ability to form clay, assess the quality of three-dimensional forms, use basic ceramic tools and machinery, as well as develop processes for creative thinking. Students focus on building technical skills, time management skills, and multi-tasking while exploring concepts more in depth. Students also gain basic knowledge of kiln firing and clay and glaze formulation.
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Prerequisites: ART 220
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ART 370 - Printmaking II 3 Credits
Students choose one of the processes introduced in ART 270 (relief, serigraphy, lithography, or intaglio) and explore it more deeply. Coursework includes an emphasis on color registration, autographic, photographic, and digital processes that result in a personal creative statement. (This course may be repeated for credit with instructor approval.)
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Prerequisites: ART 270 or ART 271
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ART 380 - Graphic Design II 3 Credits
This intermediate course in graphic design builds on the skills and concepts learned in Graphic Design I. Students have an opportunity to work on design problems with professional clients. Creative studio practice is combined with lectures, readings, and software training.
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Prerequisites: ART 280
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ART 382 - Web Design II 3 Credits
This advanced interactive design course allows students to put their understanding and training to use by working with clients to solve real world design problems. Creative studio practice is combined with lectures, readings, and software training.
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Prerequisites: ART 282
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ART 385 - Graphic Design History 3 Credits
Students explore the history and theory behind the evolution of graphic design, with a particular focus on the past 100 years.
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Prerequisites: ART 280
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ART 402 - Senior Exhibition 1 Credits
Students install, promote an exhibition of their work, and create a statement reflective of their development as a Northland College art student.
Prerequisites: Instructor Consent
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ART 403 - Senior Seminar 3 Credits
Students develop standards for aesthetic judgments and gain insight into their own creative potential through the study and discussion of the theories of the character and functions of art and artists’ perceptual, conceptual, and motivational processes. Students learn guidelines for portfolios, resumes, and professional display and documentation of artwork.
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Prerequisites: Art major or minor and Junior or Senior Standing
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ART 420 - Ceramics III 3 Credits
This is a continuation of ART 320 . In this intermediate/advanced level course students focus heavily on concept, while improving and deepening their technical skills, time management skills, and multi-tasking skills. Students also build on their knowledge of kiln firing and clay and glaze formulation.
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Prerequisites: ART 320
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ART 470 - Printmaking III 3 Credits
Students continue to explore and begin to develop technical mastery of a printmaking process that they worked with in ART 370 Printmaking II. Students also develop an understanding of printmaking history in fine art and of its relationship to commercial processes.
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Prerequisites: ART 370
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ART 480 - Graphic Design III 3 Credits
This advanced course in graphic design builds on the skills and concepts learned in Graphic Design II while working with clients to solve real world design problems. Creative studio practice is combined with lectures, readings, and software training.
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Prerequisites: ART 380
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BIO 115 - Concepts of Biology 4 Credits
Students learn the basic principles of biology, from basic cell chemistry, energetics, and genetics, to the broader environmental topics of evolution and ecology. The laboratory focuses on the development of skills needed by biological scientists and emphasizes analytical thinking.
Course fee
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BIO 128 - Natural History and Conservation in the Lake Superior Watershed 3 Credits
Part of the Superior Connections Program, this course introduces students to the natural history, conservation, and restoration of the region’s natural resources. Students begin by studying the general natural history of the Lake Superior region, and then focus on regional conservation biology issues. The course concludes with an examination of restoration from ecological, economic, and philosophical perspectives.
Course fee
Corequisites: ENG 126 , GSC 112 , IDS 120 , and NAS 160 .
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BIO 208 - Anatomy 4 Credits
This course provides an overview of mammalian anatomy, with an emphasis on human anatomy. In the laboratory, students engage in dissections and work with models in order to apply what they learn in lecture.
Course Fee
Prerequisites: BIO 115
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BIO 222 - Spring Flora 4 Credits
Students participate in a taxonomic study of plants commonly found in northern Wisconsin, with a focus on early flowering shrubs, spring wildflowers, and ferns.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 224 - Entomology 4 Credits
Students study the biology, ecology, taxonomy, and management of insects and related arthropods. Laboratory work will focus on collection, identification, and preservation of arthropod specimens.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 225 - Aquatic Invertebrates 4 Credits
This course is a survey of the natural history, ecology, and taxonomy of freshwater invertebrates, with an emphasis on local animals. Students are required to collect invertebrates, prepare a specimen collection, and gain proficiency in identifying animals by sight and keying.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 226 - Field Parasitology 4 Credits
Students will study symbiotic relationships such as parasite population, life cycles, and taxonomy. The course is designed to provide a broad exposure to methods of collecting and identification of parasites, data collection and analysis, presentation of results, as well as the ecology of infectious organisms.
Course fee
Prerequisites: BIO 128 or BIO 115 .
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BIO 231 - Paleobiology 4 Credits
In this course students explore the history of life on earth, the interplay between geological and biological processes, and the tools scientists use to study the fossil record. There is one, multi-day field trip to a paleontological museum.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 234 - Ecology 4 Credits
This course is an introduction to the study of ecology, including the topics of energy flow, trophic structure, nutrient cycles, population dynamics, and adaptations. Students experience the study of ecology through numerous local field experiences leading to the collection and analysis of data.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 235 - Biology of Organisms 4 Credits
This course introduces students to organismal biology, specifically focusing on plants and animals. Major topics include basic anatomy, physiology and phylogenetic relationships.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 236 - Microbes, Humans, and the Environment 3 Credits
Through an overview of microbiology, virology, immunology and biotechnology, students develop an understanding about the spread of disease-causing microbes in an environment created by a technological society, the creation of genetically engineered organisms, and the use of microbes to solve environmental problems and generate useful products.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 237 - Embryology 3 Credits
Students in this course will examine embryonic development from a comparative standpoint. Topics include gametogenesis and fertilization, cell division and growth, and shared developmental processes such as gastrulation, neurulation, morphogenesis, and organogenesis. Emphasis in lecture and lab is on classical principles of embryonic development, while also beginning to integrate more modern molecular signaling.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 238 - Cell Biology 4 Credits
Students study life at the cellular and molecular levels. Lecture topics include: structure of biological molecules, metabolism, gene expression, cell signaling, the cell cycle, and cell death. Additional topics include structure, function, and dynamics of cellular components such as membranes and the cytoskeleton. The biology laboratory emphasizes cell visualization and acquisition of skills in basic molecular techniques.
Course Fee
Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 242 - Ichthyology 4 Credits
In this course students study the biology, ecology, taxonomy, and management of fish, with a focus on Great Lakes and northern Wisconsin fishes.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 244 - Field Ornithology 4 Credits
In this field-intensive course, students learn to identify birds of northern Wisconsin by sight and sound. To maximize exposure to birds in the area, the course includes daily field excursions to a variety of habitats. Discussion of the natural history of birds is also an integral part of the course.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 245 - Mammalogy 4 Credits
Students study the biology of mammals with an emphasis on evolution, population structure, reproduction, and physiological adaptations. Lab sessions focus on morphology and general taxonomy of local mammals.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 246 - Ornithology 4 Credits
This course introduces students to avian anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, systematic, and conservation. The lab surveys the major orders of birds. Local field trips are required.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 309 - Evolutionary Biology 3 Credits
This course covers evolutionary biology from large to small scale processes. Students study population genetics, selection, speciation, coevolution, phylogenetics, and phenotypic evolution. Labs explore evolution in action.
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Prerequisites: BIO 234 , BIO 235 or BIO 238
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BIO 328 - Vegetative Communities of Northern Wisconsin 4 Credits
Students study the community structure, taxonomy, and natural history of woody plant species which comprise the plant communities in the Upper Great Lakes Region. Lecture and discussions are complemented by weekly field trips to various plant communities.
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Prerequisites: BIO 234 and junior standing.
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BIO 330 - Genetics 4 Credits
This course integrates the classical and molecular principles of genetics. Topics include transmission, population, conservation, and quantitative genetics, as well as gene expression, regulation, and mutation. Problem solving is emphasized.
Prerequisites: BIO 234
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BIO 331 - Microbiology 4 Credits
Students develop a solid background in microbiology and study the physiology, ecology, molecular biology, and phylogeny of microbial organisms, as well as the impact of these organisms on human health and the environment. In the laboratory, students acquire skills in culturing, characterizing, and quantifying microorganisms.
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Prerequisites: BIO 238
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BIO 335 - Developmental Biology 4 Credits
A survey of animal development at the molecular, morphological, and evolutionary levels. Topics include genetic regulation, pattern formation, and morphogenesis. Lab exercises include both procedures and morphological analysis.
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Prerequisites: BIO 238
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BIO 343 - Biology of AIDS 3 Credits
This course provides a survey of the biology of HIV infection. Topics include the retrovirus life cycle, the impact of HIV on the immune system, viral transmission, diagnosis of HIV and symptoms of AIDS, and epidemiology of the disease. Students also discuss the social and political dimensions of the AIDS epidemic and present on a topic of their choice.
Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128
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BIO 346 - Wildlife Disease 4 Credits
Students investigate the causes of wildlife diseases and management practices to protect wildlife of economic and conservation importance. Topics include the pathobiology, zoonosis, disease survey techniques, and disease management. Laboratory exercises teach basic micro, molecular, and field techniques to investigate diseases presence and prevalence in the wild.
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Prerequisites: BIO 115 and BIO 234
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BIO 360 - Vertebrate Physiology 4 Credits
This course focuses on the fundamental principles of animal physiology, such as circulation, digestion and respiration. It also emphasizes the comparative approach and interactions of the organism with its environment.
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Prerequisites: BIO 234
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BIO 370 - Applied Conservation Biology 3 Credits
Part of a Round River field experience. This course introduces students to the application of scientific principles to inform interdisciplinary protection and management of biological diversity. Topics include population ecology, landscape ecology, community ecology and genetics, as well as social, economic and community-related aspects of conservation.
Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128 and Admittance to the Round River Program
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BIO 371 - Natural History Methodology and Application 3 Credits
Part of a Round River field experience. This course provides an overview of the physical and biological features of a specified habitat with an emphasis on discerning patterns and processes on the landscape. Students adhere to a rigorous field journal system to record and understand the flora and fauna of a place, and make regular use of diagnostic field guides.
Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128 and Admittance to the Round River Program
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BIO 372 - Biological Field Methods 3 Credits
Part of a Round River field experience. This course introduces students to a variety of methodologies for the study of plant and animal populations. Topics include field journal techniques, ecological field research methodologies and rationales, and field safety and risk management.
Prerequisites: BIO 115 or BIO 128 and Admittance to the Round River Program
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BIO 410 - Conservation Biology 3 Credits
Through case-studies and discussions, students study the ecological and social theories that form the foundation of Conservation Biology. Students explore the major threats to global biodiversity and efforts to mitigate those threats (i.e., habitat loss, exploitation, pollution, global climate change, and invasive species). Students examine and discuss controversial aspects of conservation, such as rewilding, compassionate conservation, hunting for conservation, and fencing for conservation. Topics include metapopulation dynamics, conservation genetics, conservation prioritization and planning, community conservation, environmental policy and economics, ethics in conservation, and conservation conflicts.
Prerequisites: BIO 234
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BIO 420 - Methods in Molecular Biology 4 Credits
Students examine the laboratory techniques used to study how higher organisms maintain and express genetic information. The course emphasizes model organisms and their responses to environmental stimuli; topics include DNA and RNA isolation, PCR, gene cloning and manipulation, analysis of gene expression, conservation genetics, and bioinformatics. Laboratory only.
Course Fee.
Prerequisites: BIO 238 and sophomore standing.
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BIO 473 - Limnology 4 Credits
Students study the functional relationships of freshwater communities as they are affected by their physical, chemical, and biological environments. Students perform limnological studies using techniques gained through field and lab experiences.
Course Fee.
Prerequisites: BIO 234 and CHM 103 , CHM 105 , CHM 108 , or CHM 110 .
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BIO 480 - Biology Senior Seminar 3 Credits
In a seminar format, students discuss primary literature, develop a research proposal on a topic of their interest, and give an oral presentation on their proposal. Students may conduct research based on their proposal by registering for the biology capstone.
Prerequisites: Biology major and Senior Standing
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BUS 120 - Quantitative Methods 3 Credits
Problem-solving approach to systems of equations, matrix algebra, mathematics of finance and optimization techniques. Modeling applications in the managerial and social sciences. Recommended three years of high school mathematics.
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BUS 136 - Financial Literacy for Everyone 3 Credits
Students gain understanding of daily personal finance choices and decision making, including the purpose of credits cards, forms of investment, and impacts of associated risks. Students learn financial planning, budgeting, retirement plans, debt management, taxation, and investment options based on their profiles. Students further acquire knowledge of Excel formulas to create their personal financial projections through effective planning, budgeting and consistent implementation of learned strategies.
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BUS 168 - Technology and Communication 3 Credits
This project-based course introduces students to contemporary business issues surrounding communication and technology. Students build a basic technical vocabulary to better understand current computing technology, as well as to develop computer literacy skills to adapt to emerging technologies in the global marketplace. Students enhance reading, writing, computing, professional communication, and reasoning skills and apply them to the business environment.
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BUS 222 - Fundamentals of Accounting 4 Credits
Students acquire background in accounting, including treatment of sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporate forms of business organization. The course emphasizes accounting procedures used in interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating financial statements. Topics include accounting for assets, liabilities, owners’ equity, and merchandising concerns as well as preparation of the four basic financial statements.
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BUS 226 - Essentials of Economics 4 Credits
This course combines the basic aspects of macroeconomics and microeconomics to develop the fundamental skills of economic thinking. Students examine the relevance of economics to society and the interaction between politics and economics. Students complete the course understanding that economics is neither business nor finance but that knowledge of economics is vital to understanding these fields.
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BUS 228 - Marketing Management 3 Credits
Students study basic marketing principles and functions as well as competitive, legal, economic, and social environments and their effects on strategic planning, analysis, and decision making. Topics emphasized include market segmentation, product development and management, distribution, promotion, and pricing strategies. The focus of the course is on the application of marketing concepts in businesses and non-profit organizations and the construction of a strategic marketing plan.
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BUS 229 - Small Business Management 3 Credits
Students study practical approaches to the organization and management of a small business or non-profit organization. Major areas of study include starting, financing, managing, and operating a small business or non-profit organization. The focus of the course is on the application of small business management concepts and the construction of a small business plan.
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BUS 230 - Leadership: Theory and Application 3 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the theory and practice of the concept of leadership and its component elements. Students will study traditional and contemporary leadership theories, styles and practices. The course will move students from theoretical learning to practical organizational application by having them apply topical concepts to the analysis of both profit and non-profit organization as viewed through the leaser’s holistic perspective. Leadership skill development will be done through the use of class discussions, case analysis, problem solving exercises, and oral and written presentations. Emphasis will be placed on interpersonal communicative skill development in leadership settings.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing
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BUS 232 - Principles and Practice of Management 3 Credits
Students learn how to achieve desired results through efficient utilization of human and material resources in a profit or non-profit setting. The course emphasizes the history of management and the functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling enterprises.
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BUS 235 - Introduction to Sustainable Business 3 Credits
This course presents a study of the Triple Bottom Line concept; organizational profitability, environmentalism, and social responsibility. This course explores the relationship between businesses, the community, and managing the future to achieve environmental quality. It also examines the principles and practices of the sustainable organization. Liberal Education: Environmental Perspectives.
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BUS 237 - Environmental Marketing 3 Credits
This course introduces general principles of marketing within the context of environmentally focused organizations. Students learn to develop integrated marketing plans that are targeted at enhancing an organization’s market effectiveness through environmentally responsive marketing mix.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing
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BUS 301 - Operations Management 3 Credits
Students study organizational operations from various business perspectives. The course focuses on cost-effective production and delivery of goods and services. Students learn to design, operate, and improve the systems and processes that deliver goods and services through profitable operations management tools such as process flow diagrams, lean management, and decision trees.
Prerequisites: BUS 232 , ECN 263 and sophomore standing
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BUS 311 - Social Innovation & Impact 3 Credits
Students develop a conceptual and applied understanding of social impact ventures. Students learn the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to challenge assumptions, generate and communicate innovative ideas, and ultimately provide sustainable solutions to social problems. The course examines processes and strategies of social innovation through different organizational platforms applicable to private, public and non-profit sectors.
Prerequisites: junior standing
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BUS 312 - Economics for Managers 3 Credits
Students study the decision-making processes that involve the economic activities of a firm. They develop tools and techniques for generating cost, demand, and other information that contributes to decision making. Specific topics include consumer behavior, production, cost and pricing analysis, and market structure.
Prerequisites: BUS 226 and BUS 120 or MTH 107
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BUS 320 - Intermediate Quantitative Methods 4 Credits
Students learn data analysis and statistical computing, equally and progressively used in the social sciences and human services. The course focuses on the application of quantitative reasoning, conception, and raw data analysis. Students are empowered with practical tools for weighing statistical prerogatives and steering their own statistical analyses. Topics includes descriptive measures, measures of relationship, sampling and sample size estimation, and simple linear regression.
Prerequisites: MTH 107
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BUS 326 - Global Business Management 3 Credits
Students explore and analyze internal and external factors that affect a global business enterprise. The course focuses on the development of necessary changes and strategies needed in accounting, finance, marketing, management, and production for a business to be competitive in the global marketplace. Topics presented emphasize profit-making businesses, but students also study the management of non-profit organizations in other cultures and countries.
Prerequisites: ECN 263 and sophomore status
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BUS 327 - Marketing for Sustainability 3 Credits
Students learn about the socially-conscious sub-disciplines of marketing. The course challenges the idea that marketing plays only a commercial role in the economy, emphasizing the impact of modern marketing on consumer welfare and society. Students develop integrated marketing plans that seek to shape the conservation ethic of an organization’s individual members and their communities through an environmentally and socially responsive marketing mix.
Prerequisites: BUS 232 and sophomore standing.
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BUS 330 - Managerial Finance 3 Credits
Students study the theory and practice of financial management. Topics include asset management, internal financing, short-term and intermediate financing, capital budgeting, and risk analysis.
Prerequisites: BUS 168 , BUS 222 , and ECN 263
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BUS 338 - Human Resource Management 3 Credits
Students focus on the various functions of HRM in profit and non-profit organizations. Topics studied include selection, training, recruiting, developing employees, wage and benefit management, unions and employee relations, performance appraisal, and employee law.
Prerequisites: BUS 232 and Junior Standing
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BUS 340 - Social Media Marketing 3 Credits
Students study the macro-environmental issues affecting social media and the marketing application of emerging social media strategic tools. Students learn to set objectives, integrate social media into overall marketing and communication plans, measure program outcomes, and to utilize new media technologies. The class includes hands-on development of social media tactics and may require learners to sign up for social media accounts.
Prerequisites: BUS 168 and BUS 228
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BUS 342 - Business and Public Policy 3 Credits
Students examine the relationship between government and business, idenitifying the the primary external factors that influence public policy choices. The course assesses how legal, regulatory, and policy changes affect business organizations and how organizations respond to such changes through public issue management and social responsibility.
Prerequisites: ECN 263 and junior standing
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BUS 344 - Ethical Leadership 3 Credits
This course examines business behavior in the context of moral philosophy. The course emphasizes philosophical theories of morality and relates these theories to leadership and decision making in business organizations.
Prerequisites: IDS 105
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BUS 346 - Social Entrepreneurship 3 Credits
This course is structured around the general field of social entrepreneurship, business structures that social entrepreneurs typically follow in starting as well as managing a social enterprise. Students examine leadership characteristics of social entrepreneurs, how social enterprises are sustained financially, and how social entrepreneurs create and spread innovation and social change.
Prerequisites: BUS 232
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BUS 358 - Innovation and Creativity 3 Credits
Students develop a conceptual and applied understanding of organizational innovation by examining the institutional contexts that foster or impede innovation. Students also become familiar with the key organizational characteristics associated with innovation and creativity applicable to both for and not-for-profit organizations. Ultimately, students are prepared to manage innovation and foster creativity within organizations.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing
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BUS 359 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credits
The course is designed to stimulate entrepreneurial thinking among students and help them recognize opportunities that can be converted into successful ventures using the principles and best practices of management. Students will learn application of marketing, finance, ethics, and human resource concepts. Special emphasis is placed on providing hands-on experience of developing comprehensive business plan.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing
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BUS 360 - Grant Writing 3 Credits
In this introductory course, students will learn grant writing basics. Students will develop a program in an area of personal interest; practice pre-writing exercises; write sections of a proposal and a letter of inquiry; and prepare budgets. The emphasis in the course is on grant writing for program support, program development, and operating grants. Writing research and construction grants are touched on but not discussed in depth.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing or Instructor Consent
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BUS 361 - Organizational Behavior 3 Credits
Students examine different types of leadership skills used to resolve organizational problems and to achieve the goals of the organization. The behavioral sciences are stressed, with emphasis on leadership and motivation theories. Includes the principles, concepts, and processes that interpret human relations in management at the individual and organizational levels.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Standing
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BUS 362 - Non-Profit Management 3 Credits
The course will help students learn about the macro-environment surrounding the non-profit sector. By examining case studies drawn from social cause organizations as well as from arts and culture-promoting organizations, students will learn concepts and best practices for managing a successful non-profit organization. This course will help prepare students for managerial careers in the non-profit sector.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing or Instructor Consent
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BUS 415 - The Inclusive Workplace 3 Credits
Students acquire knowledge and skills that prepare them to be effective managers of diverse populations. The course emphasizes the causes and consequences of organizational exclusion and introduces students to realities of the contemporary workforce, including demographic, legislative, and social policy trends. Students learn the process of organizational change and how to apply interdisciplinary theories of cross-cultural differences to increase their intercultural competence.
Prerequisites: Junior standing
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BUS 429 - Managing People and Conflict Resolution 3 Credits
Students study the practical application of management training techniques to the management of people’s behavior in the workplace. Students participate in interviews as interviewer, interviewee, and critic. The course emphasizes the use of reinforcement theory and methods of giving critical feedback using performance appraisals.
Prerequisites: BUS 232 and PSY 110
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BUS 440 - Corporate Social Responsibility 3 Credits
Students examine the relationship between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, critically assessing the assumptions that underlie theories of corporate governance and the expected outcomes of various board compositions and structures. The course focuses on how corporate actions serve the interests of various stakeholders, demonstrate support for social causes, and explores the issue of accountability. Emphasis is placed on balancing economic, social, individual, and communal goals.
Prerequisites: BUS 232 , ECN 263 and junior standing
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BUS 475 - Strategic Planning and Policy Capstone 3 Credits
Students analyze policy formulation and implementation from an organizational-wide standpoint. The course emphasizes integration of knowledge and planning approaches, analysis of both internal and external resources and constraints that affect organizational policies, and the role of the firm in society. Case analyses are integral to the course.
Prerequisites: BUS 222 , BUS 228 , BUS 232 , and BUS 330
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CHM 103 - General Chemistry: The Chemistry of Food 4 Credits
While studying food, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture, students explore chemistry concepts such as unit conversions and stoichiometry, periodic properties, atomic and molecular structure, functional groups, polarity, equilibrium, acids and bases, titration, reduction and oxidation. Emphasis is placed both on classroom and laboratory investigations.
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Corequisites: ENG 140
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CHM 110 - General Chemistry 4 Credits
Students explore chemistry concepts such as unit conversions and stoichiometry, periodic properties, atomic and molecular structure, functional groups, polarity, equilibrium, acids and bases, titration, reduction and oxidation. Emphasis is placed both on classroom and laboratory investigations. (Advanced Placement or CLEP credit accepted for 110)
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CHM 145 - Atmospheric Pollution 4 Credits
This course evaluates the many factors affecting global climate, its feedback mechanisms, and climate change. Topics include the global energy balance, the hydrological cycle, radiative transfer, general circulation, and natural and anthropogenic climate change. Students also study greenhouse warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, air pollution toxins, and other anthropogenically induced effects. The course is focused on basic concepts of atmospheric science but also includes principles of physics, chemistry and hydrology.
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CHM 210 - Chemistry of Natural Waters 4 Credits
Students spend time in the field and in the laboratory measuring attributes of natural water ecosystems. They explore appropriate ecological and chemical theories to help them understand how and what they might wish to measure. Students relate experimental measurements to relevant theories.
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Prerequisites: CHM 103 , CHM 105 , or CHM 110
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CHM 212 - Water Quality Lab Techniques 4 Credits
This laboratory based course provides hands-on experience in water quality analysis with a focus on regional water quality issues. In collaboration with Northland’s Applied Research and Environmental Laboratory, students will learn quantitative methods of analysis while measuring water quality indicators such as total phosphorous, chlorophyll a, nitrate, and chloride. The course will incorporate a wide range of chemical techniques including volumetric, potentiometric, and spectrometric methods.
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Prerequisites: CHM 103 , CHM 105 , CHM 108 , or CHM 110
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