2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Graphic Design |
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DGC 3111 - Design for Print
This course addresses the methods related to print production from design to the finished product. Through real-world projects, students gain experience in various printing techniques in prepress, preflighting of files, requests for estimates, and preparation of files for production. Attention will be given to how to work with graphic imaging and printing services to assure print quality.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are ART 2020 and DGC 2035. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
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DGC 3120 - Book Design and Publishing
The goals of this course include an understanding of the requirements specific to designing within the constraints of book publishing standards. During this course, the student learns to conceptualize and brainstorm for successful cover designs, write interior specifications for both design and print, produce multiplepage textbook layouts, explore various bindery options, and implement the details necessary for the production of book jackets, hard-bound, and soft-bound editions.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are DGC 3111 and ENG 2020. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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DGC 3150 - Package Design
This course investigates the packaging industry and its impact on the consumer in retail environments. Principles of three-dimensional design will be explored as students design and construct packaging and point-of-purchase displays. Course topics include printing and finishing methods, UPC codes, FDA regulations, merchandising systems, marketing strategies, and brand identity.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are DGC 3111 and ENG 2020. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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DGC 4010 - Designing a Portfolio
Structured for senior visual arts majors, this course enables students to create, organize and design a portfolio based upon personal strengths and interests, with professional standards, and career expectations in mind. Each student produces a portfolio exhibiting as many of the skills as the designer possesses.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are formal acceptance to the major and instructor permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 2
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DGC 4020 - Branding and Corporate Identity
This course offers an advanced study of design principles by focusing on branding and corporate identity. Individually and in design teams, students will use knowledge of design principles to create flexible design systems. This can include collateral designs, design campaigns, and corporate identity standards.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are DGC 3111, ENG 2020, and formal acceptance to the major. There is a lab fee. The course will be offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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DGC 4025 - Advanced Design Software
This course examines advanced techniques of computer-aided design and how to work efficiently between software applications. Students will execute studio projects that will further the scope and depth of their portfolios. Part of the term is dedicated to an indepth exploration of photo-imaging software, focusing on methods to increase quality, creativity, and productivity.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are DGC 2015 and DGC 2035. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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DGC 4050 - Visual Narrative
In this course students will learn concepts of visual story-telling as it relates to the different types of narrative, including but not limited to storyboarding, children’s picture books, and the sequential art of graphic novels and comic books. Students will continue to develop drawing skills, a personal style, and the ability to communicate visually using traditional and electronic media.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are DGC 2050, ART 3010, and ENG 2020. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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DGC 4710 - Special Topics in Graphic Design
This course offers topics of special interest in a variety of areas of graphic design studies which are not extensively treated in regular scheduled course offerings. Topics may be of either advanced undergraduate or graduate level. The course may be repeated once and may require a lab fee.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 4
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DGC 4720 - Senior Seminar
This seminar provides advanced small group learning and exploration in an area of the Graphic Design program for ambitious students. The course focuses on student projects, and integrates previous course work and attention to future professional work. Assignments typical of this course assume academic maturity, self-motivation, and organizational skills.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is senior standing or instructor permission. The course may be repeated once and it may include a lab fee.
Credits: 1 to 3
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DGC 4811 - Graphic Design Internship
Graphic Design Internship offers students the opportunity to gain “on the job” work experience in graphic design. Job-site supervisors serve as mentors to students, offering their individual expertise and guidance. Students must apply for an internship in advance and meet with their academic advisor to discuss procedural details. A contract must be established between the student, job-site supervisor, and faculty supervisor, subject to the departmental approval. See also the section on Cooperative Education elsewhere in this catalog.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are DGC 3111, ENG 2020, and a “B” or better average in the major. This course may be repeated for credit, but cumulative credits for DGC 4811 and DGC 4812 cannot exceed 12 credit hours. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 1 to 6
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DGC 4812 - Graphic Design Studio
Graphic Design Studio offers students the opportunity to gain practical work experience. Students design for not-for-profit organizations under the advisement of a faculty supervisor. Students are expected to follow “best practices” for workplace and client relations. Students will generate original designs, hold meetings with clients, preflight files for press, and negotiate printing. In addition, focus will be placed on the development of production schedules, job documentation, and other project management skills.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are DGC 3111, ENG 2020, formal acceptance to the major and instructor permission. Students need to apply in advance by submitting a portfolio. This course may be repeated for credit, but cumulative credits for DGC 4811 and DGC 4812 cannot exceed 12 credit hours. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3 to 6
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DGC 4920 - Independent Study in Graphic Design
This course provides an opportunity for advanced students to pursue topics of specific interest. Study contracts must be submitted to the department chair prior to registration.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is permission. There is a lab fee.
Credits: 3
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History |
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HIS 1011 - Western Civilization I
[Choice:HU] This course features lectures, readings, and discussions of the Western cultural heritage from the beginnings of civilization to 1715. The instruction includes discussion of the ancient civilizations of the Near East, Classical Greece and Rome, the development of Christianity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe, and the origins of the modern state system. The course emphasizes developing skills in reading, and understanding history.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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HIS 1020 - Comparative Civilization
[Choice:HU] This course provides students with an opportunity to explore the concept of civilization by examining the conditions that lead to the emergence and development of civilization. Emphasis will be placed on the complex social and cultural traits that characterize “civilization,” for example: trade, urbanization, social stratification, surplus of food, redistribution of resources, and complex religious belief systems. This course will focus on a comparison of specific examples from different periods and regions of the world.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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HIS 1211 - American History I
[Choice:HU] American History I studies the foundation of American society, and emphasizes the growth of democracy, sectional interests and conflicts, and the frontier through the Civil War.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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HIS 1212 - American History II
[Choice:HU] This course offers a study of the American civilization from reconstruction to the present, and emphasizes industrialization, immigration and imperialism, the two World Wars, the New Deal, and the problems of contemporary America.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is sophomore standing. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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HIS 2240 - Survey of Eurasia
[Choice:HU] This course is a survey of Eurasian history beginning from the Byzantine Empire through Kievan Russia and other Middle Age principalities to the present. The emphasis is on the periods since the establishment of Muscovite Russia and Ottoman Empire with such topics as leadership and succession; the role of Orthodox Church and Islam and other eastern religions on the development of the distinctive cultures in the region; outside influences and relationships with neighbors, colonization; efforts of reforms and role of the state in Russian Empire, revolutionary movements, the evolution of social, political and economic institutions. The use of novels, poetry, arts and films will complement historical analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
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HIS 2330 - Traditional Asia
[Choice:HU] This course introduces students to continuity and change in the politics, economy, social structure, religion and culture of Eastern, Southeastern and Southern Asia examining such topics as geographic influences, structures of beliefs and development of religion, culture, and arts. This course emphasizes the impact of the encounter with the Western World and contemporary issues confronting these countries. The use of novels, memoirs, and films will complement historical analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is sophomore standing. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
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HIS 2710 - Topics in History
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics of special interest in history appropriate to the 2000-level that are not offered in the general Social Science curriculum.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is sophomore standing.
Credits: 1 to 3
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HIS 2910 - Independent Study in History
Independent Study in History allows the student to pursue the exploration of a topic of history not offered in the regular curriculum, under the tutelage of a department faculty member. An independent study contract must be negotiated with the instructor and filed before registering for this course.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is sophomore standing and permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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HIS 3056 - Race in America
This course will use a multi-disciplinary lens to analyze American racial attitudes and beliefs over time. The course will emphasize the historical roots of American racism, and how the racial perceptions of various types of Americans have evolved as material circumstances and ideological traditions changed. Both progressive and regressive racial attitudes will be addressed through readings, lectures, discussion, and guest speakers. Students will explore how racial attitudes have interacted with such different areas of life as culture, politics, work, gender relations, violence, religion and ethnicity to shape profoundly twenty-first century America.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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HIS 3110 - Ante-Bellum America
This course examines the period between the signing of the U.S. Constitution and the beginning of the Civil War. The instruction focuses on the changes in the American economy, the resulting dislocations in American society, and attempts by various groups to use reform to protect or further their interests.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is HIS 1211 or permission. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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HIS 3155 - Sports in American History
This course will analyze the evolution of American society from the 1830s to the present through the lens of organized professional and amateur athletics. The course will probe what sports has to teach us about the process of American history in such areas of life as gender, race, ethnicity, local cultures and mass culture, economics, politics, religion, and regional/national identity. Both the experiences of participation and spectatorship will be addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
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HIS 3165 - Vermont History
This course provides a close look at Vermont’s historical, social, and economic development, its problems as a republic, the struggle for statehood, and its constitution and government today. The instruction observes Vermont’s place in American civilization from its inventive, cultural, educational, literary, and political contributions.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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HIS 3310 - 18th and 19th Centuries Europe
This course will focus on the growth of royal and republican governments in Europe, the major wars and revolutions, including the Napoleonic era and its impact. It will examine such themes as Enlightenment, Romanticism, the industrial revolution, socialism and Marxism, national unification movements, European expansion, the origins of World War I, and major cultural and intellectual developments. The use of novels, arts and films will complement historical analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is sophomore standing or permission. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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HIS 3330 - Europe since 1914
This course provides students with a comparative survey of major ideological, political, economic, and cultural developments in Europe in the 20th century. This study will examine World War I and the Peace of Versailles, the Bolshevik Revolution and Civil War in Russia, the crisis of the western democracies, totalitarian movements such as Fascism and Nazism, the impact of World War II, the Cold War, postwar reconstruction and economic revival, European socialism and the emergence of a European Community, Eastern European transformation in 1990’s, and cultural and social trends, all of which shape a modern European perspective. Equal emphasis on both Eastern and Western Europe will illuminate broad patterns of change and continuity across the continent. The use of novels, memoirs, and films will complement historical analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is sophomore standing. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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HIS 3440 - Modern Russia
This course offers a study of modern and contemporary Russia. This broad survey begins with the rule of Alexander I and the Napoleon invasion and takes up the principal phases of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet history. The discussion highlights issues of leadership, the role of state and bureaucracy, revolutionary movement, centrifugal forces, the role of religion and the development of economy, political forms, literature and arts. The use of novels, poetry, memoirs, arts and films will complement historical analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is junior standing or permission. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
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HIS 3530 - Modern East and Southeast Asia
This course studies Japan, Korea, China and the countries of Southeast Asia from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present. The course emphasizes the impact of foreign imperialism, independence and reforms after World War II, current economic, political and cultural patterns of these regions and challenges of the future. This course is offered every even numbered fall.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is junior standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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HIS 3540 - Modern South Asia
This course features lectures, readings, and discussions on modern India. Emphasis will be placed on the social and political evolution of India from the British Empire to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh today. Special attention will be given to Gandhi’s leadership toward independence in 1947, reforms of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, the rise of Bharatiya Janata Party, relations of India with its neighbors and its geopolitical role in the contemporary world. The use of memoirs and films will complement historical analysis. This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is junior standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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HIS 3550 - The Islamic World
This course is a survey of the heart of the Islamic world and its transformation from the age of Mohammed to modern nation to states. The instruction includes the analysis of traditional society, political, economic, and cultural influence of the West, the rise of nationalism, autocracy in the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Central Asia, Afghanistan; the Arab to Israeli dilemma; the Islamic revolution and spread of fundamentalism; the Persian Gulf conflict and its consequences; modernization and social change and the region’s geopolitical role in the contemporary world. This course is offered every odd numbered fall.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is junior standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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HIS 4710 - Topics in History
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics of special interest in history appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Social Science curriculum.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is junior standing.
Credits: 1 to 3
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HIS 4810 - Internship in History
The co-op offers practical field work in history arranged in conjunction with the Cooperative Education Office. The student is placed in a work site that provides practical, career-oriented experience under the supervision of an employer and a faculty member who will make on-site visits. The co-op emphasizes acquisition of job-related skills and the role of professionals in the discipline. See also the section on Cooperative Education elsewhere in this catalog.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are junior standing and permission.
Credits: 1 to 6
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HIS 4910 - Independent Study in History
Independent Study in History allows the student to pursue an advanced, in-depth study of a topic in history not offered in the regular curriculum, under the tutelage of a department faculty member. An independent-study contract must be negotiated with the instructor and filed before registering for this course.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are junior standing and permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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Humanities |
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HUM 1030 - Representing the World
This course explores a selection of works of art, literature, philosophy, and history from ancient to modern times in order to investigate how humanity tries to explain and understand the world we inhabit. Like scientific theories, stories and philosophies are essentially ways human beings explain the world and our place in it. Representing the world through literature, philosophy, and history has also been a way for humans to question and to challenge accepted explanations for the way the world works. Students in the course will focus on how the human race needs to explain the world in order to understand it, and how such representations are also often a way to question the accepted explanation of the world.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
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Interdisciplinary Seminars |
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INT 1010 - New Student Seminar
New Student Seminar introduces college level scholarship and the college community. The instruction includes values and goals clarification, time management skills, academic expectations, interpersonal and communication skills, and familiarity with the college’s policies, procedures, resources, and services. The course is intended for first-year and transfer students.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee.
Credits: 3
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INT 1020 - Entering an Academic Community
This course introduces the student to LSC’s intellectual and social environment. Instructors use a variety of approaches to strengthen higher level thinking, enhance academic skills, and provide information that leads to success in college.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 2
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INT 1030 - Experiencing Academic and Cultural Life
This course provides students the opportunity to think deeply about a variety of academic and cultural events. During the semester the students will attend six activities chosen from an approved list. For each activity, the students will write a paper based on their experience and on questions that the instructor has provided. This course is a continuation of the academic/cultural events from INT 1020. The main emphasis of this course is the student’s participation in the intellectual and cultural life of the College with the subsequent strengthening of personal life. Repeat once for credit.
Credits: 1
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INT 1040 - Introduction to College
The course introduces first year students to the academic skills and campus information useful for success in the face of college level standards, expectations, and life-styles. Close linkage with a core academic course and interactive teaching methods are used to enhance the skills and decision making habits needed for achieving academic success in college.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites are first year standing and co-enrollment in a Divisional Core course of the GEU. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 1
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INT 2010 - Jumpstart Your Future
This course is intended to assist students in defining their career/life goals, identifying useful resources, and establishing plans to make their goals realities. The course will instruct students in procedures for both long-term and short-term goal-setting, including planning for their remaining time in college. Instruction will also include values clarification, interest assessments, networking, and presentation skills.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered as second-half mini in the spring.
Credits: 1
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INT 4010 - Life Beyond the Classroom
This course will facilitate the student’s transition from college to the work world. Course content will involve individual goal-setting. The course will cover issues involving the contemporary workplace, organizational culture, and professional communication, as well as the execution of a job search campaign and basic life skills and citizenship responsibilities. Particular attention will be paid to utilizing the skills that employers value: computer literacy, communication skills, adaptability, interpersonal skills, and self-initiated activity. Individual and group projects, research, and portfolios will be required in this class.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered as first-half mini in the spring.
Credits: 1
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INT 4020 - Graduate Record Examination Preparation
This course is designed to familiarize students with the components of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test and to provide strategies for successful completion of each section. The GRE is often required for admission to graduate school and measures verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and critical thinking and analytical writing skills that are not related to any particular field of study. The course does not address GRE Subject Tests.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered in the fall.
Credits: 1.5
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INT 4710 - Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
This course offers topics of special interest not extensively treated in regularly scheduled offerings on an occasional basis.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1 to 3
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INT 4720 - Interdisciplinary Seminars
The seminars challenge upperclass students to use the various skills and knowledge gained from their entire set of collegiate experiences. The seminars require the student to perfect and exhibit the characteristics and abilities of an educated individual. These team-taught courses focus on a contemporary interdisciplinary issue rather than a specific disciplinary topic.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are junior or senior standing and completion of the GEU.
Credits: 3
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INT 4810 - Peer Leader Seminar and Practicum
This course provides students with an opportunity to learn techniques for facilitating and managing small group discussions, mentoring new students, and developing leadership skills. The course also offers opportunities to practice these skills in the college classroom. Enrollment is limited to students who assist instructors in teaching INT 1020, Entering an Academic Community. This course may be repeated once for a maximum of 4 credits total.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is instructor permission. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 1 - 4
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Mathematics |
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MAT 0010 - Basic Math Review
This course provides a opportunity for students to review basic mathematical concepts and processes. Topics include basic arithmetic: fractions, decimals, percentages, whole numbers, and integers; and the arithmetic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Students must take a math assessment for placement purposes prior to registration. *Credit hours appear for the purpose of scheduling and do not confer credit toward graduation.
Credits: 1 *
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MAT 0221 - Basic Algebra
This is a beginning course in algebra. Topics include algebraic laws, polynomials, exponents, linear equations, and factoring. The course provides a foundation for further study of mathematics as well as for course work in many technical and scientific fields. Recommended prior learning is basic arithmetic skills. Students must take a math assessment for placement purposes prior to registration. *Credit hours appear for the purpose of scheduling and do not confer credit toward graduation.
Credits: 3 *
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MAT 1020 - Intermediate Algebra
A brief review of the fundamentals of algebra, equations and inequalities, exponents and radicals, functions and graphs, systems of equations, and polynomial, rational and exponential functions.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is math competency. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
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MAT 1060 - Problem Solving with Mathematics
This course provides problem solving methods that are needed when addressing questions involving mathematics. Problem solving techniques such as those of Polya are examined. Examples incorporate many areas of mathematics, especially geometry, algebra, probability, and statistics. Analysis of data in graphs, charts, and tables is emphasized. Some work is in groups and with available technology. There is a writing component in this course.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is math competency. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
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MAT 1221 - Finite Mathematics
Finite Mathematics introduces set theory, linear programming, matrix algebra, and mathematics of finance. Many topics are discussed in the context of practical business applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is math competency. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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MAT 1410 - Pre-Calculus
This course extends the concept of functions to composite, inverse, polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions. Topics include trigonometry, vectors, law of sines and cosines, parametric equations, conics, complex numbers, and systems of equations.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1020 or permission. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 5
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MAT 1531 - Calculus I
Calculus I introduces the calculus of one real variable: functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, elements of integration, area, volume, numerical methods, and applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1410, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 4
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MAT 2010 - Number Systems
The instruction develops around topics such as number theory, historical number systems, informal geometry, Venn diagrams, and the real numbers.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1060, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
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MAT 2021 - Statistics
Designed for non-science majors, this course introduces such topics as data organization, descriptive measures, probability, sampling distributions of means and proportions, estimation, hypothesis testing, and correlation. The use of SPSS is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1060 or MAT 1020 or MAT 1221, passed with a grade of C- or higher. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
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MAT 2115 - Number and Operation in K-8
This course is designed to build a deep understanding of the concepts of number and operation important in elementary and middle school teaching and to support standards based instruction. Class activities will help participants expand their mathematical understanding by providing opportunities to discuss and reflect on mathematical concepts. This course will explore the role of number and operation in problem solving across the mathematical strands. This course is intended for those working in a K-8 classroom and may not be used to fulfill the requirements for the mathematics major.
Credits: 3
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MAT 2532 - Calculus II
A continuation of MAT 1531, topics in this course include differentiation and integration of exponential and logarithmic functions, techniques of integration, infinite series, polar coordinates, parametric equations, and applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1531, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 4
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MAT 2543 - Calculus III
This course introduces the calculus of multivariable functions. The instruction covers such topics as vectors and analytic geometry in three-space, vector-valued functions, differentiation, integration, line integrals, vector calculus with gradients, divergence and curl, the theorems of Green, Gauss and Stokes, numerical methods, and applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 2532, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 5
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MAT 3010 - History of Mathematics
The instruction surveys the development of mathematical thought from ancient times to the present, and considers its place in political, social, and intellectual history. Assignments explore historical methods of solution, famous mathematical questions, the work of individual mathematicians, and the rise of various branches of mathematics.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 2210 and MAT 1531, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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MAT 3025 - Math in Elementary School
This course investigates topics taught in the elementary school curriculum in greater depth than is possible in general survey courses. Instruction will concentrate on number theory, geometry, probability, and statistics.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 2010 passed with a grade of C- or better or permission. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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MAT 3130 - Statistical Theory and Applications
This course introduces statistics including both theory and applications. The instruction includes such topics as descriptive measures, probability, probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, and correlation. The use of SPSS is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1531, passed with a grade of C- or higher. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 3
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MAT 3210 - Linear Algebra
This course introduces linear algebra. The instruction includes such topics as systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, determinants, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 1531 or MAT 2210 passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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MAT 3310 - Introduction to Differential Equations
This course acquaints students with such topics as the theory and solution methods of first-order ordinary differential equations, linear differential equations, first-order linear systems, qualitative behavior of solutions, Laplace transforms, series solutions, existence and uniqueness of solutions, and applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 2532, passed with a grade of C- or higher. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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MAT 3730 - Topics in Differential Equations
This course examines subjects chosen from such topics as series solutions, boundary value problems, numerical methods, nonlinear differential equations, stability, difference equations, Fourier series, partial differential equations, and delay-differential equations.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are MAT 3210 and MAT 3310, passed with a grade of C- or higher. This course is offered every even numbered spring. May be repeated once for credit with the instructor’s permission.
Credits: 3
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MAT 3740 - Topics in Number Theory
This course explores such topics as divisibility and unique factorization, prime numbers, Diophantine equations, linear and quadratic congruence of numbers, and quadratic reciprocity.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 2210, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
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MAT 3810 - Cooperative Field Work
This field experience is selected according to each student’s interest or career plan. The placement will involve the student in applying the mathematics learned in the classroom or in learning mathematics in the context of the workplace. See also the section on Cooperative Education elsewhere in this catalog.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is permission.
Credits: 3 to 12
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MAT 4040 - Complex Analysis
Complex Analysis introduces the calculus of one complex variable, and reviews the properties and representations of complex numbers. The course investigates the functions of a complex variable, including limits, continuity and derivatives, the Cauchy- Riemann equations, analytic and harmonic functions, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions of a complex variable, integration of complex functions, line integrals, and Cauchy’s Theorem. Other topics include series and the calculus of residues with applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 2543, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
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MAT 4060 - Real Analysis
Real Analysis introduces the rigorous treatment of analysis. The course investigates properties of functions of one variable: limits, continuity, sequences, series, differentiability, and the Riemann Integral.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are MAT 2543 and MAT 2210, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every even-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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MAT 4120 - Numerical Analysis
This course covers numerical computation techniques for solving non-linear and transcendental equations including Newton’s method, bisection method, and secant method. Other topics include numerical solutions to polynomials, including synthetic division, numerical interpolation, approximation, integration, and numerical solutions to ordinary differential equations.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are CIS 2060 or other programming language, MAT3210, MAT3310, or permission of instructor. This course is offered every odd numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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MAT 4130 - Abstract Algebra
Serving as an introduction to the theory of the algebraic structure of groups, rings, and fields, this course examines such topics as subgroups, quotient groups, homomorphisms, isomorphisms, ideals, and integral domains.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are MAT 2210 and MAT 3210, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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MAT 4140 - Geometry
Rigorous reasoning is emphasized in this in-depth treatment of Euclidean geometry and its axiom system. The instruction covers the history and development of the non-Euclidean geometries.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is MAT 2210, passed with a grade of C- or higher, or permission. This course is offered every even-numbered spring.
Credits: 3
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MAT 4710 - Special Studies in Math
This course is available to advanced students on an individual basis. Each student plans a program in consultation with a faculty member in the department. The course may be repeated for additional credit if new work is undertaken.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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MAT 4990 - Portfolio
This course consists of the completion of the required graduation portfolio, which will be reviewed by a faculty panel.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is senior status.
Credits: 1
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OER 1010 - Leisure and Society
[Choice:SS] Leisure and Society presents an overview of global historical and philosophical foundations of leisure and recreation, including public and private leisure service delivery systems. It provides a conceptual basis for the evolution of leisure and work in relation to social, economic, and environmental factors in the context of mountain and community-based recreation, tourism, and hospitality. Career paths in leisure-related services are examined, along with trends and issues facing the profession.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. The course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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OER 1020 - Problem Solving Techniques
This practical course involves the use, examination, and adaptability of available software for problem solving, simulation modeling and gaming, and GIS mapping techniques. The instruction pays particular attention to specialized programs for the recreation industry in the areas of carrying capacity, facilities maintenance, resource valuation, planning, and assessment.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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OER 1080 - Leadership Theory and Practice
[Choice:SS] This course introduces the principles and practices of small group dynamics, including theories of leadership, leadership models, ethics, problem solving, and the effective improvement of the productivity of a small group. The instruction emphasizes organizational skills, initiative problems, and processing group conflict. Applied projects are required.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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OER 1110 - Introduction to Adventure Programming
This course introduces the foundations, models, and theories of adventure programming. Classroom experiences emphasize the learning of historical, social psychological, educational, and management aspects of adventure programming. Field trip experiences introduce students to a wide variety of adventure-based activities.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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OER 1120 - Outdoor Adventure Skills
This course practices specific outdoor adventure skills, including such seasonal activities as flatwater canoeing, beginning rock climbing, orienteering, and snowshoeing.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall and may be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1
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OER 1132 - Outdoor Adventure Skills
This course practices more advanced outdoor adventure skills, including such seasonal activities as whitewater canoeing, intermediate rock climbing, winter mountaineering, ice climbing, ropes course, and top rope climbing site management.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 1 to 2
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OER 1140 - Introduction to Ski Resort Management
Introduction to Ski Resort Management offers an overview of the specific mountain and management operations of ski resorts and the interrelation of the resort and tourist industries. The instruction focuses on an analysis of the physical, financial, and human variables attendant to the tourist industry and the operation of a destination resort.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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OER 1310 - Outdoor Adventure Skills
This course studies specific outdoor adventure skills. The course includes seasonal activities such as flatwater canoeing, beginning rock climbing, orienteering, and snowshoeing.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall and may be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1
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OER 1410 - Introduction to Natural Resource GIS Mapping and Planning
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of GIS/GPS technology as they relate to natural resource planning. Basic introductory concepts of GIS/GPS operations, data processing, digitizing, data formats, projections and datum, remote sensory, and spatial accuracy are introduced as they apply to such natural resource applications as vegetation mapping, accuracy assessment, corridors and buffers of natural and man made features, and the role that mapping plays in developing management planning and policy.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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OER 1810 - Outdoor Education/Recreation Practicum
This course acquaints students with various types of environmental settings. The instruction offers classroom learning in the spring semester and outdoor learning in local mountains and rivers one week following the spring semester or prior to the fall semester. The instruction offers competency for those students who may later serve as student leaders for the practicum. Register for second-half mini course.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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OER 2040 - Adventure Programming Leadership Skills
This course provides students who are concentrating in adventure-based program management an opportunity to participate in a variety of hands-on field experiences to begin developing skills necessary for effective outdoor leadership. This course provides instruction and practice in a variety of skills that include but are not limited to technical, safety, environmental, leadership, and facilitation skills. OER 2850 is offered every fall; OER 2040 is a spring semester option that focuses on selected outdoor leadership skills in winter settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are sophomore standing and permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 4
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OER 2060 - Wilderness First Responder Procedures
This course integrates wilderness and medical training that leads to certification in Wilderness First Responder (WFR). The course content meets the Department of Transportation National Standards for First Responder with additional protocols for extended care situations.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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OER 2120 - Recreation Resource Impacts
This course examines the resource and ecological impacts of recreation use. The instruction addresses the positive and negative changes in environmental conditions occurring to the resource base as a result of recreational use. These changes include degradation of such resources as soils, water, vegetation, and wildlife. The course explores concepts of wilderness, wildland recreation, direct and indirect impacts, and spatial distribution of recreation impacts. This course also includes an examination of the differences in levels of human activity on natural resources. The field lab requirement of the course acquaints students with an understanding of impacts, their severity, and their interrelationships. The lab also provides students with an understanding of using both GIS and GPS mapping techniques to examine spatial concepts related to broader issues of recreation activity-environment interactions.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 4
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OER 2130 - Wilderness Mind
[Choice:OC] This course explores the interface between wilderness and the self from historical, cultural, psychological, and personal perspectives, aimed toward the student’s development of her or his own wilderness ethic. The course examines historical American perspectives on wilderness and assesses how our relationship with wilderness has changed over time. These perspectives are then compared and contrasted with views presented by other cultures. These explorations will be advanced through the use of lecture, dialogue, and experiential learning. Throughout the course, the student will be challenged to examine her or his own views on the meaning, purpose, and value of wilderness and to develop a set of personal ethics and practices that correspond with those views. This course includes a two day Leave No Trace trainer course leading to certification with the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall semester.
Credits: 3
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OER 2210 - Lift Functions and Maintenance
This course provides students with the basic knowledge about passenger ropeway systems and how they operate, including such components as tensioning, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and braking systems, and their required maintenance. Workplace skills and required safety equipment, risk-management procedures, and ANSI-regulations are reviewed and demonstrated.
Prerequisites & Notes
Upon completion of the course, students may test out of the Level I Vermont State Lift Apprentice program. There is a lab fee. The course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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OER 2820 - Field Practicum in Natural Resource GIS Mapping and Planning
This is an experiential course for students interested in applying field techniques for GPS and GIS mapping. Field projects are generally contracted projects for other State, Federal, and /or private agencies. Students have an opportunity in this course to apply classroom theory and hands on technological applications while under the supervision of trained professionals. OER 2830 is offered every fall; OER 2820 is a spring semester option which is primarily for transfer and pre-approved projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are sophomore standing and permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 4
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OER 2830 - Field Practicum in Natural Resource GIS Mapping and Planning
This is an experiential course for students interested in applying field techniques for GPS and GIS mapping. Field projects are generally contracted projects for other State, Federal, and /or private agencies. Students have an opportunity in this course to apply classroom theory and hands on technological applications while under the supervision of trained professionals. OER 2830 is offered every fall; OER 2820 is a spring semester option which is primarily for transfer and pre-approved projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are sophomore standing and permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 4
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OER 2841 - Field Practicum in Ski Resort Management
This course allows students concentrating in ski resort management an opportunity to participate in hands-on learning at various ski resorts participating in fall mountain operations work (OER 2841) and to meet managers and supervisors to discuss resort trends and issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are sophomore standing and permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 4
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OER 2842 - Field Practicum in Ski Resort Management
This spring semester course is an experiential course which includes rotation to several resorts through a variety of operations such as lift and skier services, snowmaking, ski patrol, sales and marketing, rentals, and shadowing of mountain managers. Students engage in on-mountain problem solving exercises.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are OER 2841 and permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every spring semester.
Credits: 4
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OER 2850 - Adventure Programming Leadership Skills
This course provides students who are concentrating in adventure-based program management an opportunity to participate in a variety of hands-on field experiences to begin developing skills necessary for effective outdoor leadership. This course provides instruction and practice in a variety of skills that include but are not limited to technical, safety, environmental, leadership, and facilitation skills. OER 2850 is offered every fall; OER 2040 is a spring semester option that focuses on selected outdoor leadership skills in winter settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are sophomore standing and permission. There is a lab fee. This course is offered every semester.
Credits: 4
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OER 3020 - Program Planning and Delivery
Program Planning and Delivery covers the principles for administering recreation programs and special events in public, private or commercial settings, including fiscal administration and budgeting, organization, leadership, and program evaluation. The course includes opportunities for practical applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is OER 1080 or permission. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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OER 3050 - Risk Management in the Resort Industry
This course helps students appreciate and understand both the needs and techniques for identifying and managing risks to employees, guests, and property in the resort industry. This course focuses on identification and control of risk, incident investigation, and increasing employee and public awareness of potential risk.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is junior standing or permission. This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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OER 3060 - Risk Management in Adventure Programming
This course examines principles and practices of safety and risk management in adventure program settings. The instruction explores such topics as general program safety concepts, program ethics, staff training and development, legal liability, safety skills, and risk management plans.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is junior standing or permission. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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OER 3080 - Environmental Policy, Politics and the Law
This course provides an orientation to the process and policy of laws and ethical issues that govern the management of natural resources. This course includes topics such as multiple-use of private and public lands, balancing conservation and preservation practices and policy, and a cross discipline examination of ideas, beliefs, values, and actions regarding environmental policies, laws and practices. This upper-level course requires a basic understanding of and ability to report applied research, data collection techniques and methodologies.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is junior standing or permission. This course is offered every fall.
Credits: 3
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OER 3110 - Public Relations
The course focuses on public relationships between an organization and its stakeholders and the theory and practice of PR. The instruction teaches the development of PR, and offers practical tools for relating to the media, gaining publicity, and dealing with crises.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered every spring.
Credits: 3
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OER 3140 - Outdoor Expedition
This course presents an opportunity for individuals to help plan and participate in extended wilderness trips and expeditions, or any activity-oriented program in ski resort or outdoor recreation settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. This course is offered every semester and may be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1 to 4
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OER 3810 - Co-op in Recreation
A cooperative education experience in natural resource GIS mapping and planning, ski resort or adventure-based program management in a field placement within a recreation-related agency which provides entry-level, practical applications of academic theories and principles. The placement must be approved by a recreation advisor before the closing date of the semester for adding a course, and involves developing a learning contract between a site supervisor, student, and faculty advisor. See also the section on cooperative education elsewhere in this catalog. Elective credit for the co-op is based on a formula of fifty work hours per credit. This course is open to recreation majors only.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisites are sophomore standing and permission.
Credits: 1 to 6
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OER 3820 - Innovation and Design
This course introduces students to design principles aimed to enhance or improve quality, efficiency and/or effectiveness of mountain recreation leadership, operations or management. Individualized demonstration projects may relate to products, processes or services and may include collaboration with a partner organization(s). Experiential activities include need identification, project planning, cost analysis, and risk management; outcomes expand the student’s understanding of such aspects as technology, tools/equipment, systems, fabrication, features, programs, niches, or structures. Pre-determined performance measures are assessed by instructors and advisors or partner(s).
Prerequisites & Notes
There is a lab fee. The course will be offered every odd-numbered fall.
Credits: 3
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