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Infrequently Offered Courses

The following courses have been offered in the past but are not likely to be offered in the next two year cycle. Any questions regarding future scheduling of these courses should be directed to the particular discipline coordinator.

ADED 348 Deaf Culture & Sign Language in America 1
2 Semester Credits
This course is designed to increase awareness of characteristics of the deaf community as well as provide beginning skills in sign language. This course provides an introduction to historical, educational and psycho social issues, family concerns, language and cognitive development of the deaf, social organization, resources, publications, and technology and the deaf.

ADED 349 Deaf Culture & Sign Language in America 2
2 Semester Credits
This course is designed to further develop an understanding of the components of deaf culture and improve techniques, fluency, and usage of sign language models. Graduate students will be required to prepare a project appropriate for their individual areas in the field of education. Prerequisite: Deaf Culture I.

BIOL 225 Vertebrate Natural History
A lecture and laboratory course on natural history, taxonomy, and ecological relationships of vertebrate animals. Field collections, identification, and preservation of specimens will be an integral part of the course. Prerequisite: BIOL 121.

BIOL 374 Plant Structure
Lectures and laboratory studies of the anatomy and morphology of vascular plants. Prerequisite: BIOL 201

BIOL 376 Plant Systematics
A lecture, field, and laboratory study of the fundamentals of plant relationship, identification, and classification based on local flora and the extensive resources of the College herbarium. Prerequisite: BIOL 121.

BUAD 100 Introduction to Business
A survey of business administration for students who do not intend to be business majors. Provides students with the fundamental knowledge for understanding business. Topics include management, marketing, finance, accounting and the use of computer systems. Examines the role of business in our economy and society through study of the historical development of business institutions in a global society. This course may not be counted toward a business administration major and is not open to Jr./Sr. BBA majors.

BUAD 140 Business Information Systems
This course focuses on computer systems. Students will: study data processing concepts and terminology, computer tools (such as presentation manager and spreadsheet), and explore information systems concepts.

BUAD 261 Dimensions of International Business
This course introduces students to the international business environment. It focuses on business functions (such as finance, management, marketing, and operations) as applied in the global business environment

BUAD 379 International Marketing
The course differentiates between domestic, international, and global marketing. It also treats international marketing in relation to cultural, economic, and political contexts. This course builds on students' previous coursework in marketing, and investigates the nuances of competing in a global environment , both in terms of competitive strategies and product-market considerations. Prerequisite: BUAD 270.

BUAD 486 Small Business Ventures
This course focuses on the creation, assessment, growth, development, and operation of new and emerging small business ventures. Students will deal with the complete business plan, assessment of opportunities, and the preparation, planning and operation of entrepreneurial start-ups. Prerequisites: BUAD 206 or 315, 230, 270, 350, and senior standing or instructor consent.

CHEM 216 Organic Chemistry
The course includes a review of chemical fundamentals, reactions of organic functional groups, an introduction to spectroscopic methods of structure determination, and basic biochemistry. Selected synthesis and mechanisms are developed to the extent that students have a basic understanding of these areas. The course is designed for medical technologists and students in the life sciences for whom a one-semester course is desirable. Note: CHEM 216 does not serve as a prerequisite for CHEM 222. Prerequisite: CHEM 107.

COMM 323 Nonverbal Communication
An examination of theory and research in several non-linguistic codes and the effects on human communication behavior. Topic areas covered include: touch, movement, space, vocal characteristics, time, appearance, etc. Prerequisite: COMM 122.

CSCI 210 COBOL Programming
This course covers introductory, intermediate, and advanced topics in the COBOL language. Structured programming and top-down design are emphasized. Student teams are responsible for the development of information requirements, data structures, report layouts, processing logic, logic representation, and external and internal documentation. Prerequisite: CSCI 205.

EDUC H75 Nursery School Student Teaching
Students who aspire to be licensed educators of young children engage in supervised laboratory experiences in the St. Norbert Community Nursery. Through observation, clinical teaching experiences, and seminars students acquire knowledge in the observation and interpretation of child behavior, familiarity with materials appropriate for young children, and techniques of selecting, planning, organizing, presenting, and evaluating educational experiences appropriate to the developmental level of the children. Whenever possible ED H72 and H75 should be taken together. Prerequisite: Pre-Professional Block and acceptance into Teacher Education.

ENGL 190 English Grammar
This course introduces the student to the scientific study of language, with special emphasis on traditional English grammar.

ENGL 338 Religion and Literature
The course will examine the religious imagination--the human capacity to imagine, or not to imagine, Ultimate Reality. The class will study theological texts which establish what a religious imagination might be, and it will also study important literary works, both traditional and modern, which exemplify forms of the religious imagination. Cross listed as RELS 338.

ENGL 356 The Postcolonial Novel
This course studies literature of the twentieth century coming from countries that have emerged only recently from colonial domination. The Postcolonial Novel will: (1) explore this literature in the form of the contemporary novel; and (2) examine through selected novels, the continued effects of colonialism on the perceptions of the colonized peoples. The course will focus on novels from countries in regions that were formerly subject to the major colonial powers: Latin America/The Caribbean (Spain and the U.S.); Africa (England and France); the Philippines (Spain and the U.S.). Course fulfills Gernal Education Area 11 - Global Society Requirement. See General Education Extended Course Description

GEOG 120 Physical Geography
This course addresses the spatial dimensions of our planet's dynamic systems, including energy transfer, air, water, weather and climate, landforms, vegetation, and soils. Understanding of the interrelationships between these earth systems -- and of human interaction with them -- is key to forming an integrated understanding of the physical landscape and its significance to humankind. The course addresses issues of the environment and of natural hazards, and includes a substantial laboratory component. Fulfills General Education Area 4 - Natural Science Requirement. See General Education Extended Course Description

HIST 366 Modern Indian History: India and the Raj
This course examines the history of India during the 19th and 20th centuries, with an emphasis on political and social developments. It covers the height of British colonial rule in India, and the subsequent development of an Indian nationalist movement which culminated in Independence in 1947. It also looks at Hindu and Muslim social reform movements which flowered during the colonial period, and which were due in part to the ideas introduced by British rule and education. The course concludes by examining how India has functioned as a democracy since Independence, and looks at the schisms -- religious, social and economic -- which threaten the continued existence of democracy in India today

MUSI 315 Introduction to Opera
This course is designed to meet the needs and interests of the general student rather than the music major. The class will view selected operas on videotape and study the development of opera from Monteverdi to the present, exploring the opera as a social and cultural phenomenon and an expression of national musical styles. The course attempts to make the student aware not only of the history of opera in its many forms, but also to appreciate the extent to which modern music, including popular musical drama, is indebted to the success and popularity of opera. Since opera includes universal human themes such as ambition, revenge, betrayal, sacrifice, love and death, the course also has a values dimension. Note: Course not open to music majors. Fulfills General Education Area 10 - Western Tradition Requirement. See General Education Extended Course Description

NSCI 344 Issues in Science
An in-depth approach to major issues confronting contemporary science. Topics and instructors may change from one semester to the next, but an emphasis is placed on achieving a scientific perspective within the larger context of society, culture, history, and other disciplines. Scientific assumptions, methodologies, and conclusions are compared with those used by other disciplines and by the nonscientist in confronting issues.

PHIL 325 Ethics: International Issues
This course considers a number of important international issues from an ethical perspective. These include such topics as war, human rights, world hunger, environmental deterioration, and the activities of multinational corporations, particularly in the developing world. Specific topics will vary from semester to semester. Fulfills General Education Area 11 - Global Society Requirement. See General Education Extended Course Description

PHIL 360 Philosophy of Science
A study of the philosophical aspects of the physical and biological sciences. Topics covered include historical as well as contemporary scientific developments and perspectives.

PHYS 101 Concepts of Physics
An introduction to selected concepts and theories of physics, presenting their origin in connection with specific persons and events and their development into their present forms. Topics include the Copernican revolution, Newtonian dynamics, electromagnetic theory, the theory of relativity, and the quantum theory of microscopic matter. Emphasis will be given to concepts that have broad applications to phenomena of common experience. Presentation is by lectures, demonstrations, and laboratory experiments. No mathematical background beyond high school algebra will be assumed. A student who has received credit for PHYS111 or PHYS121 may not take PHYS101 for credit without the Registrar's consent. Fulfills General Education Area 4 - Natural Science Requirement. See General Education Extended Course Description

RELS 338 Religion and Literature
This course will examine the religious imagination -- the capacity to imagine, or not to imagine, Ultimate Reality. The class will study theological texts which establish what a religious imagination might be, and it will also study important literary works, both traditional and modern, which exemplify forms of the religious imagination. Cross listed as ENGL 338.

WOLT 207 Contemporary Latin American Literature and Culture
An introduction to Latin American literature in its cultural context. Discussion and analysis of significant literary works and of historical and cultural issues that affect Latin American writing today. Will include such writers as Machado de Assis, Borges, Garcia Marquez, Carpentier, Fuentes, Cortazar, Paz. Fulfills General Education Area 7 - Foreign Heritages Requirement. See General Education Extended Course Description

WOLT 208 Spanish Life and Culture
Panoramic view of the artistic and literary expression of the Spanish culture through the centuries. Special emphasis is given to the environment and the style of daily life as it is reflected in the classics, in order to ultimately arrive at an understanding of the circumstances, beliefs, problems, assumptions and ideals that gave character to the culture and shaped its historical development. Fulfills General Education Area 7 - Foreign Heritages Requirement. See General Education Extended Course Description

WOLT 210 Soviet Dissident Literature
This course explores twentieth century Soviet culture and society through readings of Soviet dissident literature. Besides a close reading of the literary texts, considerable attention is devoted to the history of the Soviet period, Soviet ideology, Russian culture in the former Soviet Union and abroad, and contemporary Soviet society. Authors who may be treated include Zamiatin, Babel, Olesha, Solzhenitsyn, Bulgakov, Pasternak and Brovdsky. Fulfills General Education Area 7 - Foreign Heritages Requirement. See General Education Extended Course Description

WOLT 330 Contemporary French and Francophone Women Writers
A critical comparison and assessment of post-colonial themes and issues reflected in French and Francophone (native French-speaking) women's literature in translation from France, Quebec, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and West and North Africa. Does not count toward French major. At intervals. Fulfills General Education Area 11 - Global Society Requirement. See General Education Extended Course Description

WOLT 352 French Civilization and Literature
This course offers an in-depth look at the evolution of French civilization from its beginnings to the present by examining landmark achievements in the world of literature, philosophy, history, and art such as The Song of Roland, Descartes's Discourse on Method, Moliere's Tartuffe, Burke's Essay on the French Revolution, and de Toqueville's Democracy in America. The course is organized around different chronological and thematic unities, including the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution, and the Age of Romanticism. At intervals. Fulfills General Education Area 10 - Western Heritage Requirement. See General Education Extended Course Description

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