Courses
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- Offered: Infrequently
- Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Development of an understanding of the range of phenomena included in the study of nonverbal communication. A study of the relationship of proxemics, kinesics, chronemics and haptics to the total human communication process.
- Offered: Every Third Semester
- Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Designed to acquaint students with theories and principles of effective communication within organizational settings, with specific application of behavioral theories to contexts of communication relevant to organizations such as labor unions, hospitals, government agencies, business, military and educational institutions.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Understanding the prodromal conditions that create crisis situations for businesses, organizations, and high-profile individuals and applying communication theories to create appropriate responses to a crisis situation. Through case studies, simulations, and creation of a crisis communication plan, students learn how to anticipate and plan communication strategies for the post 9/11 era.
- Offered: Infrequently
- Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Principles and perspectives of ethical communication will be studied and applied to a variety of communication contexts. The impact of honest versus deceptive communication on the individual and society is evaluated.
- Offered: Every Third Semester
- Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Understanding the social and cultural foundations for and strategic and tactical dimensions of the effective promotion of environmental policy, including the psychology of environmental communication; historical and cultural analyses of environmental rhetoric; environmental communication in government, business and communities; and the role of the media.
- Offered: Contact Department
- Prerequisites: Junior standing.
This course is designed to introduce students to the environmental conditions in Brazil while focusing on the ways in which Brazilians communicate about and understand communications related to those conditions in the context of an integrated social science perspective. Following a series of on-campus workshops dealing with Brazil in general as well as a variety of social science perspectives, students will spend two weeks in Brazil studying and applying concepts.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: SP 310, completion of 32 credits in the major and registration for graduation.
Taught as a seminar and focused on assessment of educational outcomes in the major as students finalize their preparations for graduate studies and/or entry into the workforce. Current and emerging issues in the field of communication studies, along with general current events, provide a basis for developing professional portfolios, reflecting on educational experiences, and completing various assessment-based tasks.
- Offered: On demand
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Projects in the areas of speech carried on under the supervision of a faculty member.
- Offered: On demand
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Junior standing. Students must submit required forms to register for their internship before the end of the 4th week of a semester in which the internship will take place.
Practical, applied experience involving placement in a job situation.
- Offered: On demand.
- Prerequisites: Junior standing.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Independent study by qualified undergraduates in an area to be defined by the student and instructor.
Notes: May be repeated for up to eight credits.- Offered: Fall Winter
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: ST 101 or permission from instructor.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: ST 111.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: ST 111.
- Offered: Summer
- Prerequisites: ST 111.
- Offered: Summer
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Admission into the surgical technology program and completion of the following courses with a "C" or better: CLS 109, CLS 204, ST 101, ST 211, ST 212, BI 207 and BI 208.
ST 250 and 260 represent the Surgical Technology Practicum. Together these courses represent a full-time commitment of a 500-hour, 21-week supervised practicum at various affiliated hospital sites. Grading is on an S/U basis.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: Admission into the Surgical Technology program and completion of the following courses with a "C" or better: CLS 109, CLS 204, ST 101, ST 211, ST 212, BI 207 and BI 208.
ST 250 and 260 represent the Surgical Technology Practicum. Together these courses represent a full-time commitment of a 500-hour, 21-week supervised practicum at various affiliated hospital sites. Grading is on a S/U basis.
- Offered: Fall Winter Summer
- Prerequisites: Must be a certified surgical technologist (CST) in order to pursue a bachelor’s degree in clinical health science with two years’ experience in the field of surgical technology (with proof of employment) and advanced cardiac life support training (ACLS). A minimum of 2.5 in the major and NMU cumulative GPA.
Designed to give certified surgical technologists a full-time practicum experience in one or several advanced practice areas. Depending on the student’s goals, experiences desired and available internship slots, credit may be variable and range from 2 to 16 credits.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: SO 101 or instructor's permission.
Introduction to techniques of data analysis for social research. Applied uses of descriptive and inferential statistics are emphasized. Computers and statistical software are used as part of the instruction process.
Notes: Cross listed as SO 208.- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: SO 101 and PSY 100, or instructor's permission.
Examination of social and behavioral science applications to practice. Presents social systems model for analyzing human functioning in the social environment.
Notes: Formerly SW 330.- Offered: Contact department
Crisis is best defined as a perception of an event or situation as an intolerable difficulty that exceeds the resources or coping mechanisms of the person(s). Effectiveness in crisis intervention requires a basic knowledge of human behavior and purposeful communication skills. In this course, the humanistic and strengths perspectives are applied to understanding and responding to persons in crisis. Students will learn and practice skills in establishing rapport, empathetic listening, de-escalation, and other verbal and nonverbal communication. Students are also introduced to the community human services network, so that they have knowledge of resources available for follow-up. This course is particularly well-suited for students who are pursuing careers in human services professions, but can be applied in many other professional and/or personal situations.
- Offered: Summer
- Prerequisites: NAS 204 and instructor approval.
This course provides students with an introductory, experiential opportunity to practice social service work with Tribal communities in the Upper Peninsula. Students will be placed in a Tribal victim services agency where they will both observe and perform relevant tasks in cultural competence with Native American peoples, and a foundational understanding of Native American culture will allow students to develop increased competency in this area.
Notes: A maximum of 12 students will be allowed to enroll in the course. Per the grant, the course will start with fewer students (6) and progress toward (12) by the end of the 3 year grant period.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: SO 208 or equivalent or instructor's permission.