2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

• Offered: Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A course for students who do not yet know Python, but have some computer skills. Teaches programming in Python include file management, control structures, objects, and using Python for doing math/statistics/graphing and using Python for system administration tasks.

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• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • Perspectives on Society (PERS)

This course introduces students to the history of gangs, gang and gang member characteristics, gang life, female gang members, reasons for joining and leaving gangs, gang violence, prison gangs, and strategies of gang control. This course also addresses definitional issues associated with correctly identifying and classifying gangs and gang members.

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• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Photographic documentation plays a crucial role in the criminal justice system. The knowledge of proper photographic techniques helps ensure that evidence is documented correctly and admissible in a court of law. This course examines how photography is used within the criminal justice system in the investigation and prosecution of cases. Students will learn and apply photographic investigative skills in practical exercises and study the law of evidence as it applies to this practice.

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• Prerequisites: CJ 110 and Junior standing or higher.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course focuses on the relationship between media, crime and the criminal justice system. Television, film, newspaper, and internet/social media shape our ideas and responses while impacting the commission of crime. Key criminological theories and concepts are utilized to analyze the construction of crime news and other popular media representations.

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• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course provides a survey of the intersection of race and ethnicity with the criminal justice system. This course will emphasize the role of race and ethnicity with respect to crime, victims of crime, offenders, defendants, and criminal justice professionals.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: MGT 221; Recommended MGT 343.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course gives students an overview of employment and labor laws with concentration on those affecting business operations. Students will acquire foundational knowledge of state and federal employment and labor laws; will understand legalities of recruitment, development, compensation, evaluation and termination of employees; will examine employee engagement; and learn to assess how organizational culture and leadership styles affect employee performance. Students will refine writing and presentation skills appropriate for upper level course work.

• Offered: Summer
• Prerequisites: Instructor approval.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course covers basic and advanced topics in DC and AC circuit analysis and computer assisted circuit analysis. Students should be familiar with the fundamentals of DC and AC electricity, along with basic electrical components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transformers. Basic concepts shall be reviewed including Ohm’s Law, electrical power, and rules for series/parallel circuit analysis. More advanced topics will be focused upon including Kirchhoff’s Laws, Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems, Maximum Power Transfer Theorem, Capacitive and Inductive Reactance, Power Triangles, and AC Phasor Analysis with complex numbers.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: DD 202.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course will prepare students to take the Certified SolidWorks Professional exam; an industry performance standard.  While the material is advanced, it is focused on the CSWP requirements more than it is centered on industry readiness or a continuation of DD203 topics. Topics include: modifying parts and assemblies, substituting parts or sub-assemblies, global variables, multibody parts, mechanical mates, and alternate coordinate systems.

• Offered: Summer
• Prerequisites: NAS 204 and Instructor approval.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

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 under the guidance of an agency supervisor. Students will concurrently participate in a seminar course with an NMU instructor, which will emphasize integration of knowledge and skills learned in the classroom and practicum through discussion and self-reflection.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: EC 201 and DATA 109.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course is designed to help students get a good understanding of econometric models and a working knowledge of techniques used in data analysis. Students will learn how to conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses of real-world data with statistical software packages. Hands-on experiences with data analysis will enrich students’ skills of policy evaluation too.