Courses
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- Offered: Summer
Kinomaage, when translated, is "Earth shows us the way." Students will examine various plants of the Northwoods that have been traditionally used by the Anishinaabeg. Students will also examine the close relationship between Anishinaabeg [Anishinaabe] peoples, culture and the Earth while comparing that relationship to modern day society's view of the environment.
- Offered: Winter
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: NAS 204 and NAS 310.
Indigenous critical analysis is rooted in place-based First Nations/Native American/Indigenous belief systems focusing on the interconnectedness of communities and culture, and confronts historic and contemporary acts of colonialism that has led to systematic marginalization. This course will explore Indigenous critical thought and Indigenous critical theory as independent and necessary scholarship through varied texts.
- Offered: Contact Department
Focus on issues, topics affecting first nations women of yesterday and today. Notable first nations women will be explored along with multiple concepts including: relationships within tribal communities, spiritual health and survival of tribal nations.
- Offered: Contact department
- Prerequisites: Junior standing, or instructor permission.
Through films, poems, lyrics, plays, political cartoons, memoirs, short stories, and emerging media, this course examines why humor is considered medicine and serves as a vital component of cultural expression to Indigenous peoples of North America. Native American humor naturally plays around a number of other important topics which you will re-encounter: topics such as images, logos, and stereotypes, along with opinions about gender and its roles, contemporary popular culture, and traditional oral narratives.
- Offered: Contact Department
- Prerequisites: Junior standing, or instructor permission.
Anishinaabe teachings tell us it was from Ma’iingan (Wolf) that humanity learned of our close relationship to the planet and other species. NAS 440 draws on this teaching to explore the lifeways, cultures, and perspectives of the Animal Nations through advanced forest immersion as well as the study of Native cultural expressions and various forms of traditional Indigenous science including Traditional Ecological Knowledge. According to Indigenous science, our animal relations are some of humanity’s greatest teachers. Rather than classifying the Animal Nations into categories of what they are, this course engages students in an experiential-based inquiry as to who are these beings we call our animal relations.
Notes:Recommended Prerequisites: NAS 101, NAS 201, NAS 340 or NAS 342.
- Offered: Fall
This course will challenge students’ preconceptions of what Native American inclusion means and provide methods and materials that will help them meet state standards while effectively including Native American cultural concepts across the curriculum. Emphasis is on State of Michigan standards and Anishinaabe language and cultural concepts.
- Offered: Winter
Students will explore significant Native American education policy from pre-colonial times to the present day. Students will investigate treaties with educational provisions, current U.S. federal Indian education law; standards-based reform and Native American inclusion. Through online chat rooms, students will discuss these issues with individuals from different parts of the world.
- Offered: Winter
This is a capstone course for the Native American Studies major. Students will create logic models and engage with multiple local American Indian communities to implement assessed and needed academic service learning projects for those communities.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Junior standing and instuctor's permission.
A close study of a particular issue, topic or theme within Native American studies that is not emphasized or focused upon in another existing undergraduate course within the realm of Native American studies.
Notes: May be repeated if topic differs.- Offered: On demand
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor permission.
A close study of a particular issue, topic or theme within Native American studies that is not emphasized or focused upon in another existing undergraduate course within the realm of Native American studies.
- Offered: On demand
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: NAS 204 with a grade of "C" or better, junior standing and department head permission.
An opportunity for a qualified junior or senior to study a particular issue, person, topic or theme within Native American studies that is not explicitly addressed within an existing NAS undergraduate course.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: NAS 204 with a grade of "C" or better, junior standing and department head permission.
An opportunity for a qualified junior or senior to study a particular issue, person, topic or theme within Native American studies that is not explicitly addressed within an existing NAS undergraduate course.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Co-requisites: NU 001 Health Assessment, NU 202, NU 211/212, NU 221 and NU 231.
- Prerequisites: Admission to the nursing major.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Graded: S/U
- Co-requisites: NU 201, NU 211/212, NU 221 and NU 231.
- Prerequisites: Admission to the nursing major.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Co-requisites: NU 201/202, NU 212 and NU 231.
- Prerequisites: Admission to the nursing major.
Provides the foundation for the nursing major. Students will be introduced to concepts of professional nursing including communication and caring, wellness, health promotion, disease prevention, holistic nursing care, nursing informatics, evidence-based nursing practice, culture, ethics, advocacy and safety.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Co-requisites: NU 201/202, NU 211, NU 221 and NU 231.
- Prerequisites: Admission to the nursing major.
In the first weeks of this combination lab/clinic course, students will learn skills required to care for diverse patients using demonstration and simulated practice. After mastery of basic skills, students will provide safe, holistic nursing care of patients/residents in a non-emergent health care setting.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Co-requisites: NU 201/202, NU 211/212 and NU 231.
- Prerequisites: BI 104 or BI 207 and BI 208 or instructor's permission.
This course introduces students to the accurate therapeutic use and safe administration of drugs. A prototype approach is used to emphasize the application of key concepts of selected drug classes in professional nursing practice. Clinical examples will be provided throughout the course.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Co-requisites: NU 201/202, NU 211/212, and NU 221.
- Prerequisites: BI 104 or BI 207 and BI 208, or instructor's permission.
Pathophysiology is the study of how normal physiologic processes are altered by disease. Concepts learned in this course are fundamental to nursing practice and will be applied in higher level nursing courses.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: NU 201/202, NU 211/212, NU 221 and NU 231.
Provides the theoretical foundation necessary to make critical decisions in planning and implementing therapeutic nursing interventions in the care of the adult experiencing medical-surgical health needs. The nursing process is the organizing framework for the discussion of each topic area.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Graded: S/U
- Co-requisites: NU 301 and NU 311.
- Prerequisites: NU 201/202, NU 211/212, NU 221 and NU 231.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Co-requisites: NU 301/302.
- Prerequisites: NU 201/202, NU 211/212, NU 221 and NU 231.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: NU 301/302.
Focus on the family unit during pregnancy. Physiological and psychosocial adaptations of the mother/baby following delivery are explored along with complications that may arise. Nursing care of patients with selected women’s health issues will also be addressed.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Graded: S/U
- Co-requisites: NU 321, NU 331/332, and NU 341.
- Prerequisites: NU 301/302.