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DS (Dairy Science)
  
  

ECE (Early Childhood Education)
  

  • ECE 543 - Child Inquiry

    Credits: 2
    Students will gain an understanding of inquiry based learning and of model programs such as those found at Reggio Emilia, Italy. Students will critically review, reflect upon, and evaluate theory, literature, and current research related to Developmentally Appropriate Early Childhood Education that supports child inquiry. Students will learn to draw on quality assessment, observation, and documentation for curriculum development, including collaborative long-term inquiry based investigations with children, and for conducting action research.


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  • ECE 645 - Contemporary Perspectives in Early Childhood Education

    Credits: 3
    The course is designed to present contemporary perspectives in the field of early childhood education. Current influences from Dewey to Reggio Emilia on curriculum development and assessment and teaching and learning will be explored.


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  • ECE 711 - Child Development Theory and Application

    Credits: 3
    In-depth study of human development. Emphasis upon current theories and their application to an understanding of the developmental growth processes; relationship between cognitive, social, physical and emotional development and behavior; range of normality in growth and behavior. Focus on normal development but with consideration of impact of deviance from normative development on child, family, neighborhood.


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ECON (Economics)
  

  • ECON 503 - History of Economic Thought

    Credits: 3
    History of economic thought surveys the historical development of economic theory from ancient to modern times. The writings of Aristotle, Adam Smith, Marx, and Marshall provide part of the diverse menu of economic thought.


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  • ECON 520 - Economics of the Public Sector

    Credits: 3
    Governmental operations, policies, and revenues as related to employment, productivity and economic welfare. Alternatives that would affect social services, education, commerce and trade, fiscal policies, and quality of life. Prerequisites: ECON 201 or instructor consent.


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  • ECON 531 - Managerial Economics

    Credits: 3
    Applications of microeconomic theory, statistics and other quantitative methods to analysis and solution of decision making problems confronted by managers of agribusiness, commercial and manufacturing enterprises. Topics include economic analysis of demand, production, cost, market structure, government regulation, risk, and capital budgeting. Prerequisites: ECON 201, STAT 281.


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  • ECON 533 - Public Finance (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Public Finance covers the role of government in the United States economy. The necessity of government in a market economy, optimality in government expenditures and taxation, and a survey of patterns and trends of governmental economic activity are discussed.


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  • ECON 540 - Economics of the International Sector

    Credits: 3
    International flow of trade and balance of payments. Monetary and fiscal policies. Trade controls and their effect upon the agricultural and domestic economies. Significant current developments in trade and finance. Prerequisites: ECON 201, 202, and ECON 301 or 302 or 330.


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  • ECON 550 - Industrial Organization

    Credits: 3
    Industrial organization studies how different industry structures influence firm performance and business practices, and how government policies affect competitiveness and the economy.


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  • ECON 553 - Risk Management - Personal and Business

    Credits: 3
    Protection against or adaptation to risk and uncertainty. Principles and practices of fire, casualty, surety and life insurance and other risk management techniques. Prerequisites: STAT 281 and ECON 301.


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  • ECON 560 - Economic Development

    Credits: 3
    Developing and developed national economies. Factors impacting economic development. Role of public policies in development. Agricultural and rural development issues emphasized.


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  • ECON 572 - Resource and Environmental Economics

    Credits: 3
    Resource and environmental economics surveys the allocation and conservation of natural resources from a perspective of optimal use and sustainability. Emphasis is placed on environmental economics including the problems of pollution, population, and economic growth. Methods for evaluating projects and programs are considered.


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  • ECON 576 - Marketing Research

    Credits: 3
    Marketing problems confronting agribusinesses and businesses. Descriptive and analytical techniques in a research methods approach. Marketing research techniques. (Offered on demand)


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  • ECON 601 - Economic Study in Industrial Management

    Credits: 3
    Intensive study of economic choice and value theory, financial statement structure and analysis, and financial management. Not open to economics majors.


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  • ECON 610 - Financial Management

    Credits: 3
    Advanced techniques for managing working capital, capital budgeting, analysis of financial structure and cost of capital, valuation, financial planning and control. Prerequisites: BADM 310, STAT 281, or instructor consent.


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  • ECON 660 - Operations Management

    Credits: 3
    Product planning, demand forecasting and management, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory planning and timing, materials management, quality, work standards and measurement. Prerequisites: BADM 360, ECON 301 and STAT 281.


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  • ECON 662 - Bioenergy Economic/Sustainability

    Credits: 3
    This course will provide an understanding of the economic issues relating to overall supply chains producing bioenergy and bio-based products.  The course will address the economic, sustainability and social dimensions of these industries.  Participants will gain an understanding of triple bottom line objectives, life cycle analysis and the principles of feasibility analysis. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • ECON 663 - Bio-Energy Feasibility and Commercialization

    Credits: 3
    This course will introduce the student to the concepts involved in feasibility and commercialization of bio-fuel and bio-based projects. Participants will gain an understanding of issues and processes in moving a project from pilot scale into commercialization. Prerequisites: ECON 201. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • ECON 672 - Bioenergy & Resource Economics

    Credits: 3
    Bioenergy and Resource Economics surveys the allocation and conservation of natural resources from a perspective of optimal use and sustainability.  Emphasis is placed on the tradeoffs and issues related to the production of biomass and development of the biofuels market including resource allocation, valuation methodology, economic growth, and market development. Prerequisites: ECON 201, MATH 121 or MATH 123. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • ECON 703 - Advanced Macroeconomics

    Credits: 3
    Advanced Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole. The course investigates the sources of long-run economic growth and short-run aggregate shocks. Some of the models examined include Solow, Infinite Horizon, Overlapping Generations, New Growth, and Real Business Cycle. Also theories of incomplete nominal adjustment, rational expectations, unemployment and inflation, and monetary and fiscal policies are studied. Prerequisites: ECON 428 or instructor consent.


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  • ECON 704 - Advanced Microeconomics

    Credits: 3
    Rigorous analysis of topics in microeconomics including: methodology of economic science, economic choice, production, resource allocation, distribution, welfare economics, and general equilibrium. Prerequisites: ECON 428 or instructor consent.


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  • ECON 705 - Econometrics

    Credits: 3
    Practice in the application of micro-and macro-economic theory to solutions of real and hypothetical problems. Selection and use of appropriate statistical and other analytical methods suitable for complex problems. Prerequisites: ECON 423 and ECON 428.


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  • ECON 707 - Research Methodology in Applied Economics

    Credits: 2
    Planning and conducting empirical research in applied economics. The organization of research, philosophy and the aim of science and research. Research project proposal and presentation are required.


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  • ECON 713 - Monetary Theory and Practice: The American Experience

    Credits: 3
    Examine how the money supply and other nominal economic variables, including inflation rates and nominal interest and exchange rates, relate to real economic variables, including real output, income, and employment. Examine this relationship theoretically, empirically, and in the context of the US experience from 1913 to the present.


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  • ECON 740 - Investment Science

    Credits: 3
    The course will apply econometrics, advanced statistics, and differential calculus to the process of stock analysis and pricing, portfolio composition, options pricing, and risk management.  Its focus is on minimizing risk while seeking a target rate of return.


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ED (Education)
  
  

EDAD (Educational Administration)
  
  

  • EDAD 700 - Introduction to School Administration

    Credits: 2
    A broad overview of administration. Will examine administration as an applied science and analyze the organizational, political, and human relations systems as forces affecting administration. Specific topics will include conflict resolution, crisis management, planning, staff development, evaluation, and communications theory. Corequisites: EDAD 695 .


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  • EDAD 701 - Introduction to Education Administration

    Credits: 3
    An introduction to (1) the organization, administration, and control of public education, and (2) the profession of educational administration, including task, process, and activity analysis.


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  • EDAD 707 - The Principalship

    Credits: 2
    Emphasis is on the principal as an instructional leader with major topics focusing on staff recruitment, supervision and evaluation, student services, rights and responsibilities, research on effective schools, parent community relationships and the principal’s role in dealing with current issues facing our schools. Corequisites: EDAD 709 .


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  • EDAD 715 - Supervision

    Credits: 3
    A study of leadership styles and the effects different styles have on motivating people.  Emphasis on utilizing and developing human potential.


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  • EDAD 730 - School Finance

    Credits: 2
    Develop an understanding and working knowledge of school finance theory and practice. Prerequisites: Emphasis will be placed on the school finance reform movement in recent years.


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  • EDAD 735 - School Law

    Credits: 3
    Legal foundations of elementary and secondary education in our society; legal powers and relationships of school boards, administrators, teachers, parents (guardians) and students. Emphasis will be placed upon the values underlying these foundations, powers and relationships.


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  • EDAD 741 - Community and Public Relations

    Credits: 2
    Maintaining working relations between school and community from the perspective of the building administrator. Includes working with community organizations and public relations. This course is a prerequisite or corequiste for EDAD 794, Internship.


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  • EDAD 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects

    Credits: 1-2
    A problem is selected, analyzed, and reported in form approved by the research advisor. Required of all graduate students in education qualifying for the degree under Option B.  Can be elected under Option C if desired.  Course is repeatable for additional credit.


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EDER (Education Evaluation and Research)
  
  

  • EDER 711 - Educational Assessment

    Credits: 3
    Examines the theory and principles of educational assessment.


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  • EDER 760 - Informational Literacy

    Credits: 3
    Particular emphasis is placed on the knowledge needed to be an informed and effective consumer of research.  This course helps students become critical consumers of professional information by addressing the location, evaluation, use, and communication of information.


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  • EDER 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects

    Credits: 1-2
    Notes: Course is repeatable for additional credit.


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EDFN (Education Foundations)
  

  • EDFN 527 - Middle School: Philosophy and Application

    Credits: 2
    Group processes and issues in affective education at the middle school/junior high level. Topics for study are group processes, interdisciplinary team planning, cooperative learning, student advisory programs, self-esteem building, and student/teacher relationships. Prerequisites: Consent (Admission to teacher education program, junior standing, an adolescent psychology/development course).


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  • EDFN 560 - Applied Linguistics for Teaching English as a Second Language

    Credits: 3
    The study of social and linguistic structures which undergird different discourse forms. Emphasis will be on discourse forms which are particularly important for full participation in US culture such as the rhetoric of public and school interactions.


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  • EDFN 561 - Cultural and Psychological Perspectives in the Acquisition of English as a Second Language

    Credits: 3
    Addresses the social and cognitive processes involved in the acquisition of a second language including developmental influences.


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  • EDFN 562 - Teaching Language Arts for English as a Second Language Across the Curriculum

    Credits: 3
    The teaching of reading and writing to students with limited English proficiency. Emphasis will be on reading and writing as it pertains to performance in educational and public settings.


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  • EDFN 563 - Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language

    Credits: 3
    Develops the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structure of teaching English to students with limited English proficiency. Includes the evaluation of instructional processes, learning resources, curriculum, and programs. Emphasis will be on teaching students to use English in educational and public settings.


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  • EDFN 700 - Exceptional Learners

    Credits: 3
    Assist regular classroom teachers to better understand and more effectively teach students with special learning needs. Focuses on learning disabilities, mental retardation, and behavior disorders. Also includes short sections regarding hearing impairments, visual impairments, orthopedic or health impairments, speech/language disorders, and the gifted. Regular classroom curricular adaptations and modifications are included. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • EDFN 725 - Education in a Pluralistic Society

    Credits: 3
    Focus on school issues surrounding pluralism in a democratic society. This course relates to working with the diversity of populations within our schools. This diversity is represented in our schools by the multi-cultural nature of American society, and differences associated with exceptionality, gender, age, religion, and socio- economic status. The course will focus on preparing educators to confront issues relating to pluralism and diversity and to work productively in a variety of settings. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • EDFN 727 - Group Processes

    Credits: 3
    A survey of small group constructs, research, and principles of application. Emphasis on learning methods and skills of group observation as well as developing knowledge of group roles and dynamics. members will learn experimentally about groups by participating, observing and analyzing opportunities to experience their own behaviors and styles as they deem appropriate.


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  • EDFN 730 - Current Issues in Education

    Credits: 3
    Analysis of current trends and issues in education. Focus on the change process in educational and social settings.


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  • EDFN 745 - Effective Teaching: Theory Into Practice

    Credits: 3
    Approaches instruction from the perspective of Effective Teaching Research integrated with a focus on thinking skills. Students study various instructional models, focus on selection and implementation of appropriate strategies and consider other classroom issues related to effective teaching.


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  • EDFN 747 - Curriculum: Theory Into Practice

    Credits: 2
    A study of the nature and principles of curriculum and curriculum development in schools. Process of curriculum change, development and evaluation will be examined. Roles of teachers, administrators, students and the public in curriculum change will be studied.  Corequisites: ELED 748  and SEED 748 .


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  • EDFN 750 - Educational Technology

    Credits: 3
    This course provides an advanced grounding in the educational uses of computing and communications technology. It includes integration of technology into the classroom, distance education, multimedia production, and school management systems.


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  • EDFN 751 - Teaching Reading Across Disciplines

    Credits: 3
    Examines the latest research on how readers comprehend and learn from written tests, and the classroom applications of this research. Intended for teachers of content subjects (science, English, math, history, etc.) in grades 4 through the early years of college. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • EDFN 754 - Clinical Practice in Reading

    Credits: 1-3
    Supervised experience in utilizing best techniques and materials to effect desirable solution to reading difficulties; practical experience in writing case studies, in diagnosing reading disability. Proposing effective remediation, keeping records and in evaluating progress of student.


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  • EDFN 792 - Topics

    Credits: 1-3
    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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EE (Electrical Engineering)
  

  • EE 536 - Photovoltaic Systems Engineering

    Credits: 3
    Fundamentals of hybrid photovoltaic power systems.  Topics may include: an overview of energy and electricity use; solar resource characteristics; load assessment; the fundamentals of solar cells, batteries, power electronics, and generators and other power sources; power system design; the National Electric Code; and energy economics. Corequisites: EE 536L .


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  • EE 536L - Photovoltaic Systems Engineering Laboratory

    Credits: 1
    This lab provides practical experience in the design of hybrid photovoltaic power systems. Corequisites: EE 536 .


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  • EE 554 - Biomedical Instrumentation and Electrical Safety

    Credits: 3
    The design of electronic instrumentation for physiological applications.  Emphasis on modeling and design of biopotential electrode/amplifier systems, physiological measurement techniques, therapeutic and prosthetic devices, and electrical safety in healthcare facilities. Prerequisites: EE 321.


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  • EE 560 - Sensors and Measurements

    Credits: 2
    Introduction to the operation, design, testing and applications of modern sensors in use and under development.  Signal conditioning and system integration are also reviewed. Corequisites: EE 560L .


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  • EE 562L - Electronic Materials Laboratory

    Credits: 1
    An introduction to microelectronic fabrication including evaporative and sputter deposition, photolithography, mask design, and packaging. Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • EE 571 - Fiber Optics Communications

    Credits: 3
    Theory and application of optical fibers and communication systems.  Topics include fundamentals of optical fiber waveguides, electroluminescent sources, single-mode and multimode, propagation, coupling consideration, photo-detectors, signal degradation, fabrication and cabling, and transmission linked analysis.  Corequisites: EE 571L . Prerequisites: EE 316.


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  • EE 571L - Fiber Optics Communications Laboratory

    Credits: 1
    This laboratory reinforces the theoretical concepts presented in the lecture course, EE 471/571.  Topics include basic knowledge and skills needed for handling and testing optical fibers, characteristics of optical components, fiber optic communication systems and fiber optic sensing systems.


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  • EE 575 - Digital Image Processing

    Credits: 3
    Introductions to the fundamentals of digital image processing.  Topics include image formation, transforms, enhancement, restoration, compression, and analysis. Prerequisites: EE 317.


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