2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • Scientific Inquiry (SCII)
  • Laboratory Science University Requirement (LAB)

An introduction to the principles and content areas of the science of psychology. This course includes a focus on the philosophy and methodology of science, using selected problems from psychology as examples for application and demonstration. Includes laboratory experience.

Formerly PY 100 Introduction to Psychology (4 cr.).
Can not earn credit for both PSY 100 and PSY 101. PSY 100 will repeat PSY 101.

• Offered: Every Third Semester
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Examination of philosophical texts, issues, and analyses concerning the nature, status, and experience of women. Attention will be devoted to global patterns of gender discrimination and philosophical explanations and critiques of these patterns. Additional topics may include philosophical analyses of social justice, philosophical analyses of gender, philosophical analyses of power hierarchies, social roles, and related issues. Readings will include works by classic and contemporary philosophers.

• Offered: Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • Integrative Thinking (INTT)
  • World Cultures University Requirement (WC)

The course utilizes a variety of technologies for students to engage with historical virtual tours. This course introduces students to types of history, historical sources, historical interpretation, and digital literacy.

Available for an additional research credit; students must be registered for the three-credit course before signing up for the additional credit. This additional credit must be added separately.

• Offered: Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The course will expose students to proficiency in of spatial (geo) databases and databases in general. The course will cover foundations of relational databases; familiarity and fundamentals of SQL databases and general operations within standalone database software. The goal of the material is to lead students to the production of a working database to provided specifications.

• Offered: Contact department for information.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The course examines how race, class, and gender have influenced environmental decision-making, and explores how groups of people that have been disproportionately affected by environmental problems have organized to address those issues. We examine how laws and policies contributed to environmental injustice, and how have they been used to achieve environmental and social equality. Students develop deeper understandings of the history of the environmental justice movement, contemporary environmental justice issues, and directions forward for the field.

Field work may be required. Contact instructor for more information.

• Offered: Fall
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

An introduction to the historical development of world animation from early optical devices for illusion of motions to the latest computer animated movies. While the history and culture of 2D animation is featured, stop-motion animation, 3D animation, and experimental animation (19th-21st centuries) are discussed as well.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: Senior Standing, AD 218, AD 285, PR 330, and MKT 432 or MKT 470.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Advanced research and visual problem-solving. Emphasis is placed on the creation and application and coordination of branding and identity systems for social media platforms.

• Offered: Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Iconographic and contextual exploration of visual images in historical and contemporary artworks through critical integration of two distinctive approaches: gender and psychoanalysis. Issues include creativities and struggles of major women artists in history, visual expressions of gender and sexuality, and imagery of unconscious mind.

• Offered: Fall Winter Summer
• Prerequisites: Declared major in Outdoor Recreation Leadership and Management. Satisfactory completion of all 100-200 level ORLM Major core courses and junior status.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A professional development and awareness course designed to prepare students for RE 492 Internship and a career in the outdoor industry. Students will research jobs and develop a professional portfolio, and job application (cover letters, resumes, interviews). Completion of a scholarly project or 32 hours of field work in the community is required.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: HPE 110 and HPE 120.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Students learn the skills, techniques and teaching aspects of Outdoor Pursuit Activities. Activities in this category may include hiking, backpacking, orienteering, geocaching, wall/rock climbing, low or high ropes course, climbing towers, canoeing, kayaking, snorkeling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, mountain bike riding, or equestrian trail riding. Focus is on the analysis of skills, progressions, error analysis/correction, and student assessment.