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ACC 1010 - Computerized Accounting
Credit(s): 3
This course demonstrates how various accounting systems are implemented and integrated on a microcomputer. Students will become proficient with applications in general ledger, receivables, payables, inventory, fixed assets and the preparation of financial statements.
Prerequisites: ACC 2121
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ACC 1710 - Special Topics in Accounting
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Accounting curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ACC 2121 - Financial Accounting
Credit(s): 4
Financial accounting introduces students to the problems of external reporting as they relate to sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. After exploring the accounting cycle, the instruction allows students to examine the various accounts found in financial statements and learn how to put these accounts together to render meaningful statements that communicate pertinent information to those who read them.
Prerequisites: BUS 1210 and BUS 2140 ; or permission of instructor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ACC 2122 - Managerial Accounting
Credit(s): 4
This course explores internal accounting systems and the uses of internally generated data in management. Topics include: the use of financial accounting data, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgets and responsibility accounting, and cost allocations.
Prerequisites: ACC 2121
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ACC 2201 - Intermediate Accounting I
Credit(s): 4
This course provides an intensive study of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as they relate to the preparation and use of financial statements. Topics include cash, temporary investments, receivables, inventory valuation, plant- asset acquisition and disposal, depreciation and depletion, and intangible assets.
Prerequisites: ACC 2122
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ACC 2202 - Intermediate Accounting II
Credit(s): 4
This course is a continuation of Intermediate Accounting I and covers financial statement reporting and disclosure. Topics include current and long-term liabilities, investments, non-operational revenue, corporate owner’s equity, pensions, income taxes, and preparation of the statement of cash flows.
Prerequisites: ACC 2201
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ACC 2210 - Cost Accounting
Credit(s): 4
This course examines key concepts and principles used in recording, classifying, and reporting cost data in relationship to planning and control processes. Topics covered in this course include budgeting, job order and job process, activity and responsibility accounting, and variance analysis.
Prerequisites: ACC 2122
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ACC 2230 - Federal Taxes
Credit(s): 3
Federal Taxation acquaints students with the basic rules of federal taxation, and emphasizes the planning and control opportunities that exist as we live and conduct business in the environment of the federal tax system.
Prerequisites: ACC 2121 ; or permission of instructor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ACC 2710 - Special Topics in Accounting
Credit(s): 3 (Johnson); Variable (Lyndon)
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 2000-level not offered in the general Accounting curriculum.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ACC 2910 - Independent Study in Accounting
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ACC 3030 - Business Accounting Systems
Credit(s): 3
This is a study of the major accounting subsystems prevalent in small and medium-sized businesses. Emphasis is placed on the architecture and integration of these subsystems within the business environment. Management and control of the various subsystems is a major emphasis in this course.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ACC 3050 - Computerized Accounting
Credit(s): 3
This course uses software such as QuickBooks Accounting and covers the use of the microcomputer as an accounting tool. Students will apply knowledge of accounting principles and computers to operate integrated accounting software for various aspects of accounting, including general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, inventory, manufacturing, payroll, and depreciation.
Prerequisites: ACC 2121
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ACC 3115 - Advanced Accounting
Credit(s): 3
This course is a continuation of Intermediate Accounting II. Topics covered in this course include business acquisitions, corporate consolidations, foreign currency transactions and multi-national concerns, partnerships, government and not-for-profit accounting, and fiduciary accounting. Special emphasis is placed on the required knowledge for the Uniform CPA Exam.
Prerequisites: ACC 2202
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ACC 3710 - Special Topics in Accounting
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Accounting curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ACC 4050 - Auditing and Assurance Services
Credit(s): 3
Auditing introduces principles and procedures of investigating financial statements and underlying records. Topics covered in this course include types of audits, responsibilities and duties of the auditor, audit standards, audit programs, internal control, the auditor’s report, and ethics.
Prerequisites: ACC 2202 ; or permission of instructor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ACC 4060 - Forensic Accounting
Credit(s): 3
This course is an examination of several different aspects of fraud and focuses on topics such as internal control, financial-reporting fraud, fraud detection and deterrence. Students will utilize accounting techniques and skills from their prior accounting courses to analyze financial statements and make comparisons between financial statements that cover multiple years. Emphasis is on learning to identify irregularities in all aspects of financial statements.
Prerequisites: ACC 2202
Offering Location: Johnson Campus, Lyndon Campus
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ACC 4710 - Special Topics in Accounting
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Accounting curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ACC 4910 - Independent Study in Accounting
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 1010 - Contemporary Health Issues
Credit(s): 3
This course examines the concept of health and the role and responsibility of individuals for their health. It emphasizes wellness and health promotion and their relationship to quality of life.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 1080 - Lifetime Fitness
Credit(s): 1
This course studies the theory of wellness concepts, including wellness, physical fitness, nutrition, diet and weight control, stress management and lifestyle diseases. The impact of a wellness-promoting lifestyle is examined. Laboratory sessions complement and enhance the study of wellness concepts.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 1330 - FYS: Being Here on Purpose
Credit(s): 3
Using formal and informal mindfulness techniques, students learn to stand back from their emotions, assumptions and expectations about the first-year college experience and learn the joy of simply being open to oneself and to the moment-to-moment experiences of what happens next. The course includes papers and required readings, and there is a home-practice component by which students learn to habituate the practice of mindfulness in their daily lives.
Restrictions: First-year students only
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 1340 - First Aid and CPR
Credit(s): 1
This course will help participants identify and eliminate potentially hazardous conditions in their environment, recognize emergencies and make appropriate decisions for first aid care. Successful completion will earn the participant a certificate in Adult, Child, and Infant CPR, the use of an AED, and basic First Aid.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 2040 - Advanced First Aid & Emergency Care
Credit(s): 4
This course provides the knowledge and skills to function effectively in a medical emergency situation. It consists of both lecture and laboratory experiences. Red Cross Advanced First Aid Certification is possible.
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Prerequisites: BIO 1210
Restrictions: Sophomore standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 2080 - Health Sciences Seminar
Credit(s): 1
The purpose of this course is to begin preparing students for successful entrance into the professional world following graduation. Students will complete a career-development plan, learn about the variety of professional and career options available after graduation, learn how to search for a job, prepare a resume, and complete a successful interview. Finally, several additional topics will be discussed, such as internships and scientific literature searches, among others.
Prerequisites: AHS 1010
Restrictions: Sophomore Standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 2130 - Strength & Conditioning
Credit(s): 3
Students learn the scientific principles of strength and conditioning programs for healthy and diseased populations. The course covers both theory and application of evidence-based findings to strength and conditioning programs. Emphasis also is placed on information found in professional certification exams.
Prerequisites: BIO 2012
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 2350 - Physical Activity in Health and Disease
Credit(s): 3
This course is an introductory course and examines the influence of physical activity and fitness on the development of chronic disease and improvement in life expectancy. It considers the risk factors for the development of chronic diseases and how these can be modified by meeting the Department of Health and Human Service’s Physical Guidelines for Americans. Students will explore screening tools used to assess current physical activity levels.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 2360 - Introduction to Food Science
Credit(s): 3
This course uses science to unlock the mysteries of food and cooking. It explores the scientific principles that underlie culinary phenomena and applies them to explain the properties of foods and how certain food preparation techniques work. The class is structured as an integrated lecture-lab, and laboratory activities will provide hands-on opportunities to put these scientific principles to the test in the kitchen.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 2370 - Fundamentals of Nutrition
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed as an introduction to the concepts related to energy utilization in nutritional science, and the application of these concepts to our daily lives. Students will learn the components of energy balance (intake expenditure), the role of macronutrients and micronutrients, the use of nutrition labeling information related to energy balance, and how to apply all of this information to maintain a healthy body weight. Students will also calculate and analyze their personal energy intakes and expenditures over a three day period and create a personal action plan. Upon the completion of the course, students will have the foundation necessary to continue the study of nutrition science and complete simple dietary analyses using Food Processor software.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 2480 - Introduction to Wellness Coaching
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to introduce students to wellness coaching techniques and skills for health promotion with emphasis on the practical application of brief intervention and motivational interviewing skills to promote healthy lifestyle changes. Students will utilize theoretical frameworks and methods of coaching and understand the skills, tools and concepts that are used in health and wellness coaching. The students will end the course with the ability to use a range of fundamental coaching skills in a coaching session.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 2810 - Internship in Allied Health Science
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved internship in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 2910 - Independent Study in Allied Health Science
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 3010 - Therapeutic Massage
Credit(s): 3
This course is an opportunity for students to train intensively in therapeutic massage. Primarily for students concentrating in health science and the behavioral sciences, this course is meant to help students learn about therapeutic massage as an acceptable form of treatment for stress and muscle tension and increased mind-body comfort.
Restrictions: Sophomore standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 3043 - Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries
Credit(s): 4
This course is an introduction to the prevention, evaluation and treatment of athletics-related injuries. It is an overview of the field of athletic training to include the evaluation of injuries, emergency medical procedures, prevention and treatment methods for musculoskeletal injuries and heat illness. The laboratory practicum involves the application of preventative, assessment, supportive and rehabilitative techniques to injury management.
Prerequisites: BIO 2011 ; BIO 2012
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 3110 - Health & Healing: The Mind/Body Connection
Credit(s): 3
Scientists and researchers of holistic medicine have gained convincing evidence to support the view that illness is not caused only by external factors such as viruses, but also by internal factors such as emotions and the individual’s state of mind. This course will focus on the psychology of wellness and illness, in addition to healing connections among the body, mind and spirit.
Prerequisites: PSY 1010 ; BIO 2011 ; BIO 2012 ; or permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 3120 - Kinesiology
Credit(s): 3
This course provides a practical approach to the study of human body movement from anatomical, physiological, mechanical, analytical and functional viewpoints.
Prerequisites: BIO 2011
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 3230 - Physiology of Exercise
Credit(s): 4
This course examines the acute and chronic physiological adaptations of the human body to physical activity.
Prerequisites: BIO 2011 ; BIO 2012
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 4025 - Health Behavior: Change & Adherence
Credit(s): 3
This course is an advanced analysis of theoretical health behavior models and their application to common health-related behaviors (e.g., physical activity, nutrition and smoking). It includes practical techniques, tools and interventions (e.g., counseling and motivational interviewing) to enhance behavior education and motivation, and consideration for working with special populations.
Prerequisites: PSY 1010
Restrictions: Junior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 4030 - Psychology of Sports & Exercise
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the theories and principles of psychology and their relationship to performance in physical education and athletics and recovery from athletic injury.
Prerequisites: PSY 1010
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 4060 - Cardiopulmonary Assessment, Rehabilitation & Training
Credit(s): 4
This capstone course covers appraisal of health status and determination of risk for exercise participation; implementing and interpreting clinical and non-clinical exercise tests; theory and implementation of exercise as rehabilitative therapy for cardiovascular, pulmonary and metabolic diseases; and exercise prescription for healthy and diseased populations. The content in this course helps prepare students for a number of professional certification exams.
Prerequisites: AHS 3230
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 4110 - Psychophysiology of Stress
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed for senior students in health and behavioral sciences as well as graduate students. It provides the learner with the theoretical information about the clinical application of biofeedback across the disciplines of psychology, physiology, education and medical science.
Prerequisites: PSY 1010 ; and BIO 2012 or PSY 4010
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 4810 - Internship in Allied Health Science
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved internship in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 4910 - Independent Study in Allied Health Science
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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AHS 4911 - Senior Research
Credit(s): 3
This course requires students to conduct an individual research project, conduct an oral presentation and complete a thesis on the research, which might result in publication of the project. This capstone course allows the student to combine the skills and knowledge gleaned from previous courses with a self-designed research project that requires the student to ask a good question, develop appropriate techniques and conduct appropriate research. The research topic is to be chosen by the student in consultation with a faculty mentor. A thesis outline must be submitted to the supervising faculty member (or members) prior to commencement of research. This type of practical, hands-on experience may be conducted at locations off campus, in conjunction with a work-study project, internships or on campus research. The project must be completed within two semesters.
Restrictions: Senior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 1010 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Credit(s): 3
Cultural anthropology is the study of humans, especially the range of ways in which people around the world today and throughout history have organized themselves to live together – to get along, to survive, to thrive and to build meaningful lives. This course introduces students to the fascinating work of anthropologists and the research strategies and analytical perspectives they have developed to help shed light on complex issues such as culture and power; race, gender and sexuality; class and inequality; ethnic conflict and the nation-state; and the global economy.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 1015 - The ANS Major
Credit(s): 1
This course is designed to introduce students to the exciting disciplines of anthropology and sociology. Students will develop basic skills needed for the ANS major, explore the sub-fields of anthropology and sociology, investigate career options, and be introduced to advising in the ANS program and other fields and minors that are associated with the program, such as global studies, gender studies, wellness and alternative medicine, and culture, ecology, and health studies. Activities may include guest speakers, interviews, and site visits.
Restrictions: ANS Majors Only.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 1030 - Introduction to Anthropology
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces the study of humankind from both biological and cultural perspectives. The instruction provides a survey of the four subfields: physical anthropology, archaeology, sociolinguistics and cultural anthropology. The course examines problems such as human evolution, physical variation and the diversity of human cultures in both the past and the present.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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ANT 1710 - Special Topics in Anthropology
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Anthropology curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ANT 2710 - Special Topics in Anthropology
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 2000-level not offered in the general Anthropology curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ANT 2810 - Internship in Anthropology
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved internship in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 2910 - Independent Study in Anthropology (J)
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 2910 - Independent Study in Anthropology (L)
Credit(s): 1 to 3
This course allows the student to pursue the exploration of a topic in anthropology 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: ANT 1030 and permission.
Restrictions: Sophomore standing.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With change of topic.
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ANT 3010 - Native Societies of America
Credit(s): 3
This course examines relations between ecology and social organization in traditional native societies of North America. The first half of the course surveys Native American societies as a whole and the habitat in which they occurred. The last half is a detailed analysis of Central Arctic seal hunters, Northwest coast fishers, Plains bison hunters, Southwestern Pueblo builders, Mississippi Valley moundbuilders, and Northeast farmers.
Restrictions: Sophomore standing.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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ANT 3020 - Religion, Culture & Alternate Realities
Credit(s): 3
While consciousness is a universal characteristic of human beings, it is profoundly influenced by the culture of each group. This causes people to experience life as a complex interaction of “alternate realities.” Students explore the relationship between culture and alternate realities through topics such as altered states of consciousness, dreams, faith, magic, shamanism, witchcraft, possession and mysticism.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 3030 - Comparative Cultures
Credit(s): 3
This course explores human cultural diversity through case studies of simple to complex, non-western societies. Interactions between people and their environments are the focus of cultural comparison.
Restrictions: Sophomore standing.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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ANT 3040 - Culture Change in the Modern World
Credit(s): 3
This course explores processes of social and cultural change, ranging from gradual modifications during prolonged peaceful periods to sudden revolutionary upheavals. Factors inhibiting and facilitating change are discussed along with such topics as invention, development, social power movements, changing interpersonal relations, the impact of technology, cultural clashes and innovative religions. Included is Visual Anthropology: ethnographic photography, camera culture and photographic states of consciousness.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 3050 - Culture, Ecology, and Health
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to explore the nature of disease and illness worldwide. Students will examine the interrelationships between ecology and culture, comparing western healthcare practices with those of indigenous peoples of Africa, Mexico, Southeast Asia, and Native America. The course is taught from an interdisciplinary perspective, incorporating such fields as nutrition, anthropology, history, economics, and medicine.
Prerequisites: ANT 1030 , or SOC 1010 , or sophomore standing.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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ANT 3060 - Ethnocuisine
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the complex roles of food around the world from an anthropological perspective. Students will conduct a historical and cultural survey of food areas around the world, including foodways associated with Native America, Latin America Asia, Europe, and Africa. The students will engage in a research component called “Cooking Praxis,” where they analyze the history, culture, and economies of their assigned region, cook the meal of that region, and discuss their experience in a website blog. Students will explore the foodways used by all levels of society and learn to analyze choices based on a variety of anthropological theoretical frameworks.
Restrictions: Sophomore standing.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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ANT 3070 - Ecotourism
Credit(s): 3
[LGGE6] This course examines ecological and anthropological principles as applied to tourism. It identifies principles of human behavior used in eco-tourism issues and studies the relationship between natural resources, cultural relativism, and tourism. It also analyzes the planning and management of natural, cultural resources and peoples’ way of life for sustainable use in tourism with special focus on rural and village areas, wildlife sanctuaries, deserts, and other ecosystems such as forests, mountains, beaches, and islands.
Prerequisites: The prerequisite is sophomore standing. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring.
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ANT 3110 - Development of Anthropological Thinking
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the ideas that have inspired anthropologists in their studies of societies around the world. It offers an introduction to key anthropological theories, past and present, and traces the way in which they have been translated into anthropological debates about culture and power as well as understandings of class, race, gender and sexuality.
Prerequisites: ANT 1010 or permission of instructor
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 3120 - Science, Research Methods & Ethics
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces quantitative and qualitative methods useful to sociologists and anthropologists to investigate how people create and sustain culture and society. Some methods included are the survey, field observation, ethnography and content analysis.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 3130 - Culture & Personality
Credit(s): 3
This course is an investigation of interaction between the culture of a group and the thoughts, emotions and behavior of its members. Topics include group personality, patterns and types of normal and abnormal behavior and cultural features of helping relationships. Students learn to observe and analyze human behavior from different perspectives.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 3310 - Myth, Magic & Religion
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide an overview of myth, ritual, and ideological tenets of cultures around the world. Although focused on indigenous (native) religious contexts, the course examines the synthesis between original belief systems and the major world religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Students will further learn how to relate religion to other socio-cultural processes such as economics, politics, gender, and sexuality.
Restrictions: Sophomore standing.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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ANT 3710 - Special Topics in Anthropology
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 3000-level not offered in the general Anthropology curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ANT 3820 - Anthropology Fieldwork
Credit(s): 1 to 6
This course is designed to train students in social science fieldwork techniques with emphasis on anthropological qualitative methods of participant observation, interview, kinship analysis, life case history, and photography. It will involve traveling to and living among the group under study. The actual field study will be preceded by preparatory background study and followed by data analysis and a written report. This course may be repeated once for credit, with instructor’s permission, if new work is undertaken.
Prerequisites: ANT 1030 or permission.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
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ANT 4010 - Anthropology of Death
Credit(s): 3
This course studies death from a wide variety of approaches and is designed to help students integrate objective descriptions and analysis with subjective thoughts and feelings. Our orientations toward death are compared with those of other cultures through such issues as terminal illness, experiencing death, prolonging life and hastening death. Mourning, funerals, life after death and processes of symbolic death and rebirth are also explored.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 4020 - Multicultural Health, Illness & Healing
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an understanding of the complex interrelationships between cultural, biological, psychological and environmental components of health, disease, illness and medical treatment. Some topics include medical explanatory beliefs, adaptation, stress, illness experiences, healing techniques, patient/practitioner relations and religion. Western biomedicine and many other medical systems of the world are compared searching for cultural diversity and universals. The variety of cases studied and the perspectives used ranges from the single individual, to diverse groups, to the entire global population. Students apply anthropology and other disciplines to the experience of being sick and to the delivery of health care in many different cultures.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 4710 - Special Topics in Anthropology
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 4000-level not offered in the general Anthropology curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ANT 4720 - Senior Seminar in Anthropology/Sociology
Credit(s): 3
This capstone course reviews the major concepts, theories and methodologies of anthropology and sociology and offers students leadership, teaching and volunteer service opportunities to demonstrate their unique knowledge and skills in social situations, in social services and in high schools.
Restrictions: Senior standing
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 4730 - Topical Seminar in Anthropology
Credit(s): 1-3
This course explores new topics and current developments in the discipline. The seminar emphasizes student research, presentation and discussion.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 4810 - Internship in Anthropology
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved internship in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 4910 - Independent Study in Anthropology (J)
Credit(s): 1-12
Students plan and complete an approved independent study in consultation with their faculty supervisor.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ANT 4910 - Independent Study in Anthropology (L)
Credit(s): 1 to 3
This course 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: Permission.
Restrictions: Junior standing.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With change of topic.
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ART 1011 - Drawing I (J)
Credit(s): 3
This course is an introduction to drawing media, techniques and concepts, with emphasis on drawing from observation.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 1011 - Drawing I (L)
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an introduction to drawing mediums, techniques, and concepts, with emphasis on drawing from observation.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ART 1025 - Learning Communities Lab: Art
Credit(s): 1
This Learning Communities success lab is a one-semester course designed to support students in successful completion of Learning Community-related courses. It will achieve this goal by assisting students in develolping communication, technology, planning, and research skills as they directly relate to Learning Community course assignments. Whilte taught in conjunction with Learning Community courses, this course will be applicable to the students’ education at large.
Corequisites: ARH 1030
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 1035 - Visual Arts Seminar
Credit(s): 3
This course emphasizes the key components to being successful in college and the visual arts. Careers, ethics, professionalism, and current trends in the visual arts will be discussed, and opportunities for practical use are given in presentations and critiques, as well as craftsmanship. Students will set goals and make plans for future success in their chosen field.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee, but students may be required to incur additional expenses toward the completion of their projects.
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ART 1045 - Visual Narrative
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces concepts of visual story-telling related to different types of narrative, including, but not limited to, storyboarding, cinema, children’s picture books, and the sequential art of graphic novels and comic books. Students will develop the ability to communicate visually using a variety of media.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee, but students may be required to incur additional expenses toward the completion of their projects.
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ART 1080 - FYS: iMe: Reinventing Yourself in the Digital Age
Credit(s): 3
Have you ever uploaded a photo to Facebook, viewed cats from around the world on YouTube or conquered a video game with online teammates? Digital technology is making it easier than ever to express yourself and communicate on a global scale. With the advent of virtual realities like Second Life, you can reach beyond globalism and enter the realm of total imagination. With all of these exciting changes, how do you navigate this new world? In this seminar, we will explore technology’s role in our lives. Through an interdisciplinary approach, we will examine science, art and literature’s take on topics including Web 2.0, cybernetics and virtual reality. We will look at how these topics have influenced robotics, viral videos and most important, you.
Restrictions: First-year students only
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 1090 - Worlds of Art
Credit(s): 3
Worlds of Art will explore the many worlds of art – art making, art appreciation, art presentation, art criticism, and the artist and art studio, and the course will culminate in an intensive, five-day excursion into New York City.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 1130 - Revitalizing Community Through the Arts
Credit(s): 3
Students of all art abilities are welcome to create a variety of public art works that celebrates our inherent need to express ourselves. Projects are designed to be inclusive for all levels. Art in community celebrates and honors our variety of visual expressions. Students will fabricate a series of work to exhibit and share in public venues in Lamoille County. Possibilities include creating a series of prints, puppets and mural.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 1140 - Design I
Credit(s): 3
Design is a conceptural discipline directed at the analysis, interpretation, synthesis, and transformation of physical objects (form) and the physical environment (space) that contribute to the human experience. Exercises and projects are aimed at developing an understanding of the issues, elements, and processes of design. Sketching, drawing, modeling and prototyping will be used (both digital and analog) to develop useful objects, structures and environments.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 1180 - FYS: Art of Social Imagination: Sculpture in a Public Realm
Credit(s): 3
This introductory studio art course provides first-year students with an understanding of the tools and techniques of sculpture as well as applications of mixed media in a public realm. Starting as far back as ancient Rome, we explore art and art history to explain the theory and practice of public sculpture as it relates to community. Students will view “Interventionists” as people who interact with society to produce thoughtful and imaginative results. In class, students will develop proposals and construct projects that interact with academic, local, personal, and/or interpersonal realms. No prior experience is necessary; the emphasis here is an introduction to art history and hands-on learning.
Restrictions: First-year students only
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 1231 - Ceramics I
Credit(s): 3
This course is an introduction to the ceramic arts, which develops the student’s working knowledge of ceramic materials, tools and techniques. Students work with issues of concept and design and develop an understanding and appreciation of traditional, historical and contemporary ceramic objects and issues. Hand building is emphasized.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 1410 - Digital Photography
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the mechanical and electronic aspects of digital photography, as well as the basic tools of image manipulation. Instruction focuses on composition and the aesthetics of digital images. Access to a digital camera is required.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ART 1710 - Special Topics in Art
Credit(s): Variable
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue topics appropriate to the 1000-level not offered in the general Art curriculum.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: With a change of topic.
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ART 2007 - FYS: Comix Go Legit: Contemporary Graphic
Credit(s): 3
One could argue that cave paintings were the first comics, but this course focuses on the most recent graphic novels, including award winning works by Art Spiegelman, Marjane Satrapi, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Alison Bechdel and many more. In addition to reading masterworks, we will study the history of comics and the many uses of comics, including advertising and animation. Students will also design their own comics and produce a limited edition graphic of their own work. Drawing is only one way to approach this, but not the only way- photographers, writers, collage artists and stick-figure maestros are all welcome.
Restrictions: First-year students only
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 2020 - Color Theory
Credit(s): 3
This course explores color theory as related to art, print, design, film, web, and other visual mediums. Instruction investigates color harmonies, effects, visual perception, and color symbolism.
Recommended: DES 1035
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ART 2030 - Decorative Arts
Credit(s): 3
This course is an introduction to a variety of decorative art mediums. Students will explore processes such as papermaking, marbling, pattern design, textile printing and fabric dyeing. Emphasis will be on creativity, the expressive use of color, and development of artistic technique.
Restrictions: Sophomore standing.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ART 2045 - 3D Modeling for Games and Animation
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to 3D character- and object-modeling for gaming and other animation, using 3D animation software to complete self-directed modeling projects.
Prerequisites: DES 2010
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ART 2055 - Onsite Sketching
Credit(s): 3
This intensive studio course focuses on one aspect of the illustration world: reportage(onsite illustration). The class will explore drawing skills, design basics, layout, perspective, line quality, and color by practicing onsite illustrations of the surrounding landscape, including buildings, objects, and people in order to tell a story or to depict a mood.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Repeatable for Credit: Up to 3 times (but only 3 credits may be counted toward Visual Arts program requirements).
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ART 2070 - Introduction to Animation
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the process of traditional animation. Students will learn the basics of the animation process and its’ application by story boarding and creating basic animation.
Prerequisites: ART 1011
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ART 2110 - Introduction to Digital Media
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an overview of the digital image tools used in professional image editing, layout and design work, as well as an introduction to the general issues relevant to the handling of images and related art material in the digital context. A series of discussion topics will frame the relationship of digital media to fine art discourse and to specific media within that discourse.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 2115 - Digital Arts
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the use of digital technology as a venue for making art. Students will create original artwork using software programs in conjunction with digital photography and scans of traditional artwork. Contemporary digital artists and exhibition practices will be investigated.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ART 2120 - Intro. Media Arts
Credit(s): 3
Intro. Media Arts is an overview of artistic and theoretical principles in media arts. Students will be taught basic image processing, vector-based design, video production and digital sound creation. Students will be exposed to work created by innovators of media arts to gain insight into applying technique and theory. The class will also provide an environment where students can share their work, ideas, and critique each others’ progress.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 2121 - Calligraphy I
Credit(s): 3
The study and practice of historical and contemporary calligraphy will be introduced in this class. Techniques of lettering by hand and the anatomy of letterforms will be studied in depth.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ART 2150 - Jewelry & Metalsmithing
Credit(s): 3
Students will develop a working knowledge and sensitivity toward metal as a material, gain a vocabulary of metalsmithing and jewelry techniques, and confront the degrees of excellence, precision and impeccability of craftsmanship in their own work as artists craftsmen.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 2211 - Painting I (J)
Credit(s): 3
This course presents technical and aesthetic aspects of painting that introduce students to the use of various painting media: oil, acrylic, watercolor, oil pastel, soft pastel, etc. A strong foundation in color theory is included, as well as an overview of painting masters, both historic and contemporary.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 2241 - Painting I (L)
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces techniques in watercolor painting, including preparation steps, paper selection, color mixing, and painting methods. Instruction covers aesthetics, composition, and possibilities of the medium.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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ART 2251 - Sculpture I (J)
Credit(s): 3
Students are introduced to historic and contemporary sculpture through different theoretical, practical and conceptual approaches utilizing a variety of media.
Offering Location: Johnson Campus
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ART 2251 - Sculpture I (L)
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to historical and contemporary sculpture. Studio projects explore form, space, and dimension utilizing a variety of mediums.
Offering Location: Lyndon Campus
Notes: There is a course fee.
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