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 year : Fall 2023 (5)
| | | This course emphasizes critical reading and analytical writing using literature as the basis for composition. The course includes an analysis of primary and/or secondary sources with a focus on academic writing. (Prerequisite(s): Grade of "C" or better in ENGL 1711) (MnTC: Goal 1) 2C/2/0/0 | William Lund | Monday 12 – 1:55pm | Traditional on campus meetings | 000180 | Fall 2023 | | | | This course surveys the political and social history of the United States from the end of the Reconstruction Period to the present. Topics covered include racial segregation in the South, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, the Great Depression, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, the War in Vietnam, the Civil Rights Movement, Social Movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and the political and cultural challenges of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Course themes also investigate the roles of women, immigrants, and people of color, as well as the country's evolving foreign policy and place in the world. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of "C" or better or concurrent enrollment or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 5 & 7) 4C/4/0/0 | Ayesha Shariff | Tuesday 10 – 11:50AM | Blended/Hybrid Course | 000210 | Fall 2023 | | | | This course offers an introduction to American cinema as art form and medium of cultural communication from its earliest years at the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. We consider the evolution of the Hollywood industry, film form, cinematic experience, genres, independents, social and political movements, and issues of national identity. Students taking this course develop skills to approach film as informed and critical viewers of style and content. Through film screenings and discussion, we explore relationships between movies and the images and ideas Americans have had of themselves. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0722 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0900 with a grade of "C" or better, or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 6 & 7) 3C/3/0/0 | Leigh Roethke | Thursday 1 – 2:55pm | Blended/Hybrid Course | 000821 | Fall 2023 | | | | This course covers concepts and applications of descriptive and inferential statistics. Measures of central tendency and variance, confidence intervals, normal distributions and central limit theorem are explored. The student learns about probability distributions and random variables. Techniques of estimation, hypothesis testing, z-scores, t-tests, F-tests, Chi-square tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and linear regression are covered in this course. This course can be used to fulfill the general education requirement for math, and transfer to 2 and 4 year institutions. (Prerequisite(s): MATH 0740 or MATH 0910 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goal 4) 4C/4/0/0 | Sarah Cooley | Online in D2L Brightspace | Asynchronous Online | 000611 | Fall 2023 | | | | This course introduces basic ethical theories, principles, and decision-making guidelines used in health care ethics. It examines moral issues confronting health care practitioners, patients, and others involved in medicine. The course includes philosophical analysis of cultural differences regarding medical practices, contemporary moral decision-making on topics such as disclosure, confidentiality, human cloning, medical research, abortion, transplantation and organ markets, allocation of limited resources, conscientious objection, research on human subjects, and euthanasia. The course is open to all students interested in health care ethics. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0722 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0900 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC Goals: 6 & 9) 3C/3/0/0 | Ian Stoner | Wednesday 1 – 3:55pm | Traditional on campus meetings | 000273 | Fall 2023 | |
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