Courses
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- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HS 390, 12 additional credits in history and junior standing.
This seminar experience brings together historiography and primary source research. Major work consists of researching and writing an article-length, peer-reviewed historical essay demonstrating the ability to integrate primary and secondary sources into a significant essay that articulates and defends an historical thesis. Emphasis of course may vary with instructor.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: HS 200, 2.5 grade point average, junior standing and departmental permission.
- Offered: Contact Department
- Prerequisites: Junior standing and completion of 200- or 300-level history course.
Investigation of a significant topic or problem in history. Content varies depending upon the intentions of the instructor and the needs of the students.
Notes: May be repeated if topic differs.- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Junior standing and department permission.
- Offered: Fall
This course covers the basic concepts of electrical circuits as applied to heating, ventilation, refrigeration, air conditioning, industrial maintenance and related trades. Circuit fundamentals, components, wiring diagrams and symbols, motors, motor control devices and power supplies are covered.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: HV 170 or concurrent enrollment.
- Offered: Fall
An introduction to basic refrigeration and cooling systems, the theory of refrigeration, basic service methods and operation of mechanical refrigeration systems. Provides a fundamental understanding of mechanical refrigeration through study of major components and their detailed operation, piping connections and fabrication, refrigerant characteristics and refrigerant management.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HV 171.
Gas heating systems, gas piping design and installation, mid- and high-efficiency gas heating equipment, basic and advanced gas heating controls, integrated microprocessor controls, venting, installation, troubleshooting, service and code requirements.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HV 170 and HV 172.
This course is designed for continued study of mechanical refrigeration and cooling. Students will use knowledge obtained in previous courses to learn how components operate as a system. Residential and light commercial ACR equipment will be studied with emphasis placed on air conditioning systems, electrical faults and troubleshooting and refrigerant management laws. This course will prepare students for the EPA Section 608 certification examinations.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: HV 171 and HV 172 or concurrent enrollment.
This is a course designed to familiarize the student with air flow as applied to forced air comfort systems and the apparatus used to deliver it. Students will layout and fabricate sheet metal ducts, study air flow principles and measurements, and test and balance air distribution systems. They will also learn about various duct configurations and how duct work is applied to an indoor air quality system.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: HV 170, HV 171 and HV 173 or instructor permission.
This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of hydronic heating and cooling systems and the use of water as a heat transfer medium. Other topics covered include: pump sizing, domestic hot water, control applications, and piping.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: HV 170, HV 172 and HV 174.
This course is designed to continue in advanced study of commercial refrigeration and air conditioning systems and their application. Topics will include all areas of the system, including advanced electrical wiring and control strategies, advanced troubleshooting, and installation and repair of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. Pressure regulating controls, complex piping components and special refrigeration applications are emphasized.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HV 171 and HV 172.
Designed to teach the fundamentals of residential heating and cooling load calculations and basic residential duct design. The course uses the industry standard Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Manual J and Manual D design methods.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HV 260, HV 270 and HV 271.
An advanced laboratory based course in service and installation of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Emphasis is placed on completion of specialized laboratory projects involving application, installation, and service engineering of HVAC/R equipment and technical reports of such work. The course creates a professional atmosphere in order to help the student make the transition from educational to professional practice and orient them to the business and industrial environment in which this discipline operates.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Department permission.
- Offered: Fall Winter
This class provides an introduction into the fundamentals of indoor farming techniques and practices, with an emphasis on environment and climate control, energy consumption and sustainability, and productivity.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 101 or concurrent enrollment.
This course focuses on learning how energy and matter are interconnected through each phase of plant growth and development by applying indoor farming methodologies and monitoring indoor environmental conditions.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 130.
In this course, students will investigate the features of hydroponic farming, including chemical properties of water, solute concentrations, and nutrient fertilizers. Students will also evaluate energy efficiency, plant productivity, and nutrient output by comparing indoor growing systems.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 130.
Students will examine historical, current, and future farming methods and evaluate reasons for growing food indoors in northern climates. Students will also apply life science and physical science concepts to growing food hydroponically by analyzing readings, participating in discussions, and reviewing data to grapple with their understanding of how science applies to food. Chemistry concepts are reinforced through hands-on labs that require students to test different substrates, create nutrient solutions, measure electrical conductivity & pH, and design and build their own custom indoor growing system.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: CN 278.
This course offers a more advanced look into building systems specifically geared towards the operation of Controlled Environment Agricultural facilities. Students will learn about general building codes and regulation processes which impact overall building designs and their components, as well as specific content regarding different water systems, mechanical equipment, lighting, and automated building controls systems. There is also a general overlying theme focused on building energy usage and conservation through building design, operation and production.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 250.
This controlled environment agriculture (CEA) course builds upon students' knowledge of and experience with indoor agriculture systems and growing in controlled environment settings developed in NMU's IA AAS program. The focus will be on scaling up for commercial crop production, including hands-on experiences with daisy-chaining systems and evaluating yields and plant health and nutritional quality for production crops. Exploration of cutting-edge industry research will include testing growth of non-traditional crops, organic nutrient management, and microbial amendments.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 340.
This course engages students in identification and management of the primary pathogens of concern to human health in fresh produce production. Students will plan for and implement the core principles of fresh produce food safety. Students study fresh produce food safety standards and voluntary certifications, resulting in a written fresh produce food safety plan.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 315 and senior status, or instructor permission.
This course offers students an in-depth view of typical property development processes and practices with an emphasis on market research, site analysis, regulations, financial analysis, and design parameters. Students work on individual and group projects that help put theory into practice to ultimately determine the overall feasibility of new development projects.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Senior standing and approval of ICP Committee.