2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

HS 135 History Virtual Tours 3-4 cr.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • World Cultures University Requirement (WC)
  • Integrative Thinking (INTT)

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.

Notes:

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.

GC 412 Database Development 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 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.

GC 424 Environmental Justice 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 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.

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

AD 281 History and Culture of Animation 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 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.

AD 488 Social Media Design Management 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: Senior Standing, AD 218, AD 285, PR 330, and MKT 432 or MKT 470.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 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.

AD 376 Art, Gender, Psyche 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 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.

RE 392 Internship Preparation and Professional Awareness 4 cr.  (4-0-0)

• 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: 2022 - 2023 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.

HPE 290 Effective Instruction of Outdoor Pursuit Activities 2 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: HPE 110 and HPE 120.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 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.

HPE 280 Effective Instruction of Striking/Fielding/Target Games 2 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: HPE 110, HPE 120.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Students learn the skills, techniques and teaching aspects of Striking/Fielding/Target Games. The striking/fielding category includes games, such as softball, baseball, broomball, cricket, and kickball. The target games category includes games, such as golf, bowling, archery, disc golf, and bocce ball. Focus is on the analysis of skills, progressions, error analysis/correction, and student assessment.

HPE 270 Effective Instruction of Health-Related Activities 2 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: HPE 110, HPE 120.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Students learn the skills, techniques and teaching aspects of Health-Related Activities. This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to assess general health-related physical fitness (cardiorespiratory endurance, strength, flexibility, and body composition), increase general knowledge about health-related fitness, and develop the basic aerobic capacity that will allow safe participation in school and community recreation settings. Focus is on the analysis of skills, progressions, error analysis/correction, and student assessment.