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GE (General Engineering)
  

  • GE 685 - Management and Leadership in Technical Organizations

    Credits: 3
    Study of the roles and responsibilities of managers in technology-driven organizations.  Topics include leadership, strategic planning and implementation, staffing and training to meet organizational needs, personal management style, and communicating effectively with all levels of an organization. 


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  • GE 750 - Capstone

    Credits: 1
    Project that integrates technical knowledge in an engineering discipline, application of engineering, management and leadership concepts, and ability to effectively communicate.


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GEOG (Geography)
  

  • GEOG 510 - Soil Geography and Land Use Interpretation

    Credits: 2
    Relationship of soil characteristics and soil classification to land use interpretations. Laboratory exercises involve field and laboratory procedures used in soil survey investigations. Corequisites: GEOG 510L . Prerequisites: GEOG 132-132L or PS 213-213L or instructor consent. Cross-Listed: PS 510 .


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  • GEOG 515 - Environmental Geography

    Credits: 3
    Geographical aspects of environmental issues including historical geography of environmental problems, global driving forces, land ethics and stewardship, environmental externalities, population, resources, climate change, and environmental restoration. Focus on connections between human and natural systems; consequence chains between cause and effect; impact of time and space on problem perception, analysis, and solution; and natural and human laws.  Term paper required.


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  • GEOG 520 - Geography of Tourism

    Credits: 3
    Based on fundamental tourism principles, this course will examine, from a geographical perspective, the social, cultural, environmental and economic complexities associated with tourism as a global, national and local phenomenon. This course will also consider the positive and negative factors that affect tourists and destinations, and the costs and benefits of tourism to communities and places, providing case-study examples from the Unites States and around the world. Cross-Listed: HMGT 520 .


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  • GEOG 521 - Qualitative Research Methods in Geography

    Credits: 3
    The theory and application of qualitative methods in geographic studies. Emphasis on the purpose and effective use of archival, visual, interview, survey, focus group, observation, and ethnography techniques. Design and implementation of research projects using qualitative methods as the primary data collection and analysis tool.


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  • GEOG 525 - Population Geography

    Credits: 3
    Geographic analysis of such population characteristics as: numbers and distribution; growth and change; composition; mortality, fertility, and theories of population change; policy and family planning; migration and mobility; population, environment, food supply, and human wellbeing. Problems and prospects are considered in the context of each topic.


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  • GEOG 559 - Political Geography

    Credits: 3
    This course addresses geographic factors which influence current international relations and the policies of nations and political units with consideration given to aspects of geopolitics, racial/ethnic groupings, religions, languages, boundaries, and territorial changes.


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  • GEOG 560 - Geopolitics

    Credits: 3
    An introduction to geopolitics that addresses the fundamental links between power and space at the global, national, and local scales.  Focuses on classical geopolitics, critical geopolitics, political-economic approaches to geopolitics, world orders and hegemonic cycles, historical development of the international state system, and geography of imperialism.


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  • GEOG 561 - Urban Geography

    Credits: 3
    Geography of cities: types, functions, and distribution of world cities. Special emphasis on planning of cities in the U.S.


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  • GEOG 573 - GIS Data Creation/Integration

    Credits: 3
    This course introduces advanced tools and techniques of data creation, data integration, mapping, and spatial analysis in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).  It provides basic approaches for solving problems of data integration including format identification, conversion, and spatial registration.  Building on the skills and techniques learned int he introductory GIS course or equivalent, it gives a conceptual base to many methods and techniques associated with vector and raster-based spatial analysis including imagery.  It provides an examination of the functions and capabilities of ArcGIS Desktop GIS software (including extensions). Corequisites: GEOG 573L .


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  • GEOG 573L - GIS: Data Creation and Integration Lab

    Credits: 0
    Hands-on experience to apply advanced tools and techniques of data creation, data integration, mapping, and spatial analysis in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It provides basic approaches for solving problems of data integration including format identification, conversion, and spatial registration. Building on the skills and techniques learned in the introductory GIS course or equivalent, it gives a conceptual base to many methods and techniques associated with vector and raster-based spatial analysis including imagery. It provides an examination of the functions and capabilities of ArcGIS Desktop GIS software (including extensions). Corequisites: GEOG 573 .


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  • GEOG 574 - GIS: Vector & Raster Modeling

    Credits: 3
    This course introduces basic concepts of vector and raster modeling in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with special emphasis on construction and use of raster digital elevation models (DEMs).  Provides in-depth experience with a range of geoprocessing techniques for handling and analyzing GIS data.  Topics include vector processing in a model framework, weighted suitability modeling, path findings, modeling viewsheds, constructing surfaces from point samples, and spatial hydrologic modeling.  Builds on the skills and techniques learned in the introductory GIS course or equivalent. Corequisites: GEOG 574 . Prerequisites: GEOG 372.


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  • GEOG 574L - GIS: Vector and Raster Modeling Lab

    Credits: 0
    Hands-on experience to apply basic concepts of vector and raster modeling in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with special emphasis is on construction and use of raster digital elevation models (DEMs). Provides in-depth experience with a range of geoprocessing techniques for handling and analyzing GIS data. Topics include vector processing in a model framework, weighted suitability modeling, path finding, modeling viewsheds, constructing surfaces from point samples, and spatial hydrologic modeling. Corequisites: GEOG 574 .


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  • GEOG 575 - GIS Applications

    Credits: 3
    This course explores the latest software and its applications in Geographic Information Sciences. Corequisites: GEOG 575 .


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  • GEOG 575L - GIS Applications Lab

    Credits: 0
    Hands-on experience to explore the latest software and its applications in Geographic Information Sciences. Corequisites: GEOG 575 .


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  • GEOG 582 - Travel Studies

    Credits: 1-4
    This travel study course is designed to provide extra-mural education experiences, as approved by and under the direction of a faculty member, and may be in cooperation with faculty and administrators of other institutions. Students will participate in hands-on activities and design educational activities for presentation at selected locations. Includes pre-travel orientation, post-travel self-evaluation, and a written report.


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  • GEOG 584-584L - Remote Sensing and Lab

    Credits: 3
    Applications of remote sensing. Development of remote sensing; instrumentation; and techniques and methodology that will aid in the determination of need and proper utilization of our physical and cultural resources. The lab is a hands-on experience using various software and the application of methods and principles of remote sensing. Corequisites: GEOG 584L-584.


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  • GEOG 585 - Quantitative Remote Sensing

    Credits: 3
    This course will concentrate on the digital processing and visualization of various types on remotely sensed imagery. Image sources, characteristics, formats and analysis techniques will be explored as well as the integration of remotely sensed imagery with GIS and GPS datasets.


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  • GEOG 710 - Evolution of Geographic Thought

    Credits: 3
    The history and development of geography and its theories, schools of thought, and current ideas.


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  • GEOG 714 - Research and Writing

    Credits: 3
    Development of geographic research and writing skills including a survey of data sources and literature, and preparation of reports, papers, articles, and the master’s thesis.


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  • GEOG 741 - Quantitative Remote Sensory for Terrestrial Monitoring

    Credits: 3
    The course will describe the science, algorithms, and computational approaches to generate and assess derived satellite products for long term Earth system monitoring. Emphasis will be on the principles of optical remote sensing and state-of- the-art quantitative algorithms for estimating biophysical and geophysical land surface variables from remotely sensed observations. Prerequisites: STAT 541  and GEOG 484 or consent. Cross-Listed: GSE 741 .


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  • GEOG 742 - Cultural Geography

    Credits: 3
    Consideration of culture in a geographic context including such concepts as cultural origins and diffusion, ecology, landscapes, and regions.


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  • GEOG 743 - Geospatial Analysis

    Credits: 3
    This course covers concepts and methods of spatial data analysis, focusing on the analysis of broad-scale geographic datasets characterizing physical, biological, and socioeconomic landscape features. Students learn to develop scientific hypotheses about spatial relationships, and to test these hypotheses using appropriate spatial datasets and analytical techniques. Topics include exploratory data analysis, methods for quantifying spatial pattern, development of explanatory models to test spatial hypotheses, and development of predictive models for spatial interpolation. Prerequisites: One graduate level course in statistics (e.g. STAT 541 or equivalent). Cross-Listed: GSE 743 .


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  • GEOG 760 - Advanced Methods in Geospatial Modeling: Topical

    Credits: 3
    Selected topics in advanced methods in geospatial modeling. May be repeated for credit. Specific topics covered will change each semester.  Cross-listed:  GSE 760. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in a degree program. Specific pre-requisites dependent on topic.


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  • GEOG 765 - Advanced Studies in Land Utilization

    Credits: 1-4
    The physical and cultural factors affecting the nature and pattern of land utilization. Local and/or regional utilization, planning, and problems will be studied in detail in relation to the topic. Course may be repeated under different topic.


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  • GEOG 766 - Advanced Remote Sensing Application

    Credits: 3
    Selected topics in advanced applications in remote sensing. May be repeated for credit. Specific topics covered will change each semester.  Prerequisites: Graduate standing in a degree program. Specific pre-requisites dependent on topic. Cross-Listed: GSE 766 .


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  • GEOG 767 - Fire and Ecosystems

    Credits: 3
    This course is a broad treatment of how fire and ecosystems combine to form the landscapes that we see. Course material examines the contributions of climate, topography, weather, and fuels to the fire environment and how these factors influence wildland fire behavior. We will explore the interactions between ecological processes and fire regimes in ecosystem dynamics and the ways in which human land use and land management affect the outcomes. Cross-Listed: GSE 767 /BIOL 767 .


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  • GEOG 768 - Global Climate Change

    Credits: 3
    The course will provide a multidisciplinary examination of the drivers of the Earth’s climate, how they interact, and how they change over time. We will critically examine the roles of greenhouse gases and anthropogenic land cover/use in affecting these changes as well as the types, strengths and limitations of global climate models. Class will combine lectures on various aspects of the Earth’s climate system with class discussion of a variety of scientific papers exploring the current controversies and ideas central to climate research. Students will be challenged to develop their own projects/papers on course-related topics and use the most recent scientific research to decide for themselves about the importance of global climate change. Cross-Listed: GSE /NRM 768 .


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  • GEOG 786 - Geographic Information Systems

    Credits: 3
    Practical application of GIS to problems and land-use planning, management of natural resources, transportation, as well as demographic data. Hands-on experience in the making of maps with computers, digitization, the storing and retrieving of geographic data, and the design of simple GIS.


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GER (German)
  

GLST (Global Studies)
  

  • GLST 581 - Travel Studies

    Credits: 1-6
    This course is taken as part of an approved study abroad program under faculty supervision.  The number of credit hours depends upon the length of the study abroad program, number of course contact hours, and course content. 


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GSE (Geospatial Science and Engineering)
  

  • GSE 740 - Introduction to Geospatial Science and Engineering

    Credits: 3
    The interdisciplinary course provides an overview of the science and technology of Earth observation, including the fundamentals of remote sensing, geographic information systems, computational and analytical approaches, and professional practices, including research information resources, graphical and oral presentation, proposal writing, publishing, and research ethics. Prerequisites: Admission to the GSE PhD program.


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  • GSE 741 - Quantitative Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Monitoring

    Credits: 3
    The course will describe the science, algorithms, and computational approaches to generate and assess derived satellite products for long term Earth system monitoring. Emphasis will be on the principles of optical remote sensing and state-of-the-art quantitative algorithms for estimating biophysical and geophysical land surface variables from remotely sensed observations. Prerequisites: STAT 541  and GEOG 484 or consent. Cross-Listed: GEOG 741 .


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  • GSE 743 - Geospatial Analysis

    Credits: 3
    This course covers concepts and methods of spatial data analysis, focusing on the analysis of broad-scale geographic datasets characterizing physical, biological, and socioeconomic landscape features.  Students learn to develop scientific hypotheses about spatial datasets and analytical techniques.  Topics include exploratory data analysis, methods for quantifying spatial pattern, development of explanatory models to test spatial hypotheses, and development of predictive models for spatial interpolation. Prerequisites: One graduate level course in statistics (e.g. STAT 541 or equivalent). Cross-Listed: GEOG 743 .


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  • GSE 760 - Advanced Methods in Geospatial Modeling: Topical

    Credits: 3
    Selected topics in advanced methods in geospatial modeling. May be repeated for credit. Specific topics covered will change each semester. Recent topics have included: Image Geometry and Photogrammetry; Change Analysis; Land Cover Mapping.  Prerequisites: Graduate standing in a degree program.  Specific prerequisites dependent on topic. Cross-Listed: GEOG 760 .


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  • GSE 766 - Advanced Remote Sensing Applications: Topical

    Credits: 3
    Selected topics in advanced applications in remote sensing. May be repeated for credit. Specific topics covered will change each semester. Recent topics have included:  Water Resources; Conservation; Weather & Climate. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in a degree program. Specific pre-requisites dependent on topic. Cross-Listed: GEOG 766 .


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  • GSE 767 - Fire and Ecosystems

    Credits: 3
    This course is a broad treatment of how fire and ecosystems combine to form the landscapes that we see. Course material examines the contributions of climate, topography, weather, and fuels to the fire environment and how these factors influence wildland fire behavior. We will explore the interactions between ecological processes and fire regimes in ecosystem dynamics and the ways in which human land use and land management affect the outcomes. Cross-Listed: GEOG 767 /BIOL 767 .


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  • GSE 768 - Global Climate Change

    Credits: 3
    The course will provide a multidisciplinary examination of the drivers of the Earth’s climate, how they interact, and how they change over time. We will critically examine the roles of greenhouse gases and anthropogenic land cover/use in affecting these changes as well as the types, strengths and limitations of global climate models. Class will combine lectures on various aspects of the Earth’s climate system with class discussion of a variety of scientific papers exploring the current controversies and ideas central to climate research. Students will be challenged to develop their own projects/papers on course-related topics and use the most recent scientific research to decide for themselves about the importance of global climate change. Cross-Listed: GEOG /NRM 768 .


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GSR (Graduate School Research)
  
  

  • GSR 600 - Graduate School Tracking

    Credits: 0
    Course used to track students who are enrolled at a different university for a given semester. The course keeps students active so they can qualify for financial aid at SDSU. Restrictions:  Advisor or Department Head Approval.


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  • GSR 601 - Research Regulations Compliance

    Credits: 1
    The course consists of lecture/seminars on compliance with governmental regulations in research at SDSU. The course includes completion of educational modules and associated paperwork required for the performance of research at South Dakota State University. The course also serves as the foundation for SDSU’s education program for compliance with current and pending regulatory guidelines. Topics to be covered include: Animal Care and Use, Human Subjects Research, Recombinant DNA, Radiation Safety, Laboratory/Biological Safety, Integrity in Research, Conflict of Interest in Research, Financial Accountability, and Intellectual Property Issues.


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  • GSR 602 - Program Continuation

    Credits: 1
    This course is suitable for graduate students to maintain enrollment in their programs of study.


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  • GSR 699 - Preparing Future Faculty

    Credits: 2
    This course provides students an understanding of academic and administrative expectations within higher education.  Students will have a deeper understanding of teaching, research and service expectations in colleges and universities and be able to smoothly transition into a college teaching and/or research position.


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HDFS (Human Development and Family Studies)
  

  • HDFS 501 - Foundations and Principles of Community Service

    Credits: 3
    An introduction to the field of family studies and related professions that involve working with families and communities. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 510 - Parenting

    Credits: 3
    The study of theories, models, research and skills regarding parenting effectiveness and parent-child relations in the context of Western, Native American, and other cultures living in the U.S.  Included are comparisons of the relative strengths and weaknesses of various parenting approaches, historical perspective on parenthood and children, and the developmental perspectives of children and parenting.  Best practices for individual and community parent education programs will be addressed. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 525 - Family Resiliency

    Credits: 3
    Literature on stress experienced by individuals and families with an emphasis on a systemic analysis of the conceptual/clinical literature of individual and family resilience will be examined.  Individual and family characteristics of resilient families and prevention and solution-based principles will be explored in order to understand and promote family resilience in a developmental and ecological context.  Students in counseling and human development as well as education, nursing, and other behavioral, social, and health sciences may benefit from this course. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 586 - Service Learning

    Credits: 1-3
    Service learning in Human Development and Family Studies, including service planning, interaction with community, and reflection.


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  • HDFS 592 - Topics

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


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  • HDFS 601 - Orientation in Graduate Study

    Credits: 1
    An orientation to graduate studies including exposure to graduate procedures and policies as well as writing skills. Notes: Taught online.


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  • HDFS 602 - Research and Evaluation in Counseling and Human Development

    Credits: 3
    The course explores various research designs and methodologies applicable to the field of counseling. The course will emphasize qualitative and quantitative research, critical evaluation of research reports, the use of internet databases for writing a research paper, a thorough understanding of APA format.


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  • HDFS 605 - Program Administration and Management

    Credits: 3
    An introduction to the development, administration, and management of youth, family, and community service organizations. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 610 - Family Resource Management

    Credits: 3
    Survey course of personal finance and family resource management literature to provide an overview of how individual and family members develop and exercise their capacity to obtain and manage resources to meet life needs. Resources include the self, other people, time, money, energy, material assets, space, and environment. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 614 - Adult Development

    Credits: 3
    Study of research, theoretical adult development; physical, intellectual and personality development of the adult integrates issues of individual, family, gender, and career development and provides opportunity for application in working with adults.


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  • HDFS 620 - Family Dynamics

    Credits: 3
    An examination of theories of family function and dysfunction, techniques of assessment, and models of family intervention. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 630 - Lifespan Development

    Credits: 3
    An examination of human development from both lifespan and bio-ecological perspectives focusing on major theories of development and current research on micro-macro relationship. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 635 - Crises Across the Lifespan

    Credits: 3
    Exploration of resources related to managing stress and coping with crises across the lifespan including the bio psychosocial nature of stress; methods of coping with stress, anxiety, and conflict; models of effective family functioning in the presence of stress and crises; and the current literature on how families cope with a variety of life transitions and crises. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 640 - Interpersonal Relationships

    Credits: 3
    An in-depth examination of interpersonal relationships, including theoretical perspectives, research methods, relationship forms, relationship processes, and how context affects relationships. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 710 - Program Design, Evaluation, and Implementation

    Credits: 3
    An overview of the program development process and outcome evaluation of community, children, and family programs. Modes of outcome scholarship and their implications for community-based programs are discussed. Students will develop knowledge through participating in a community-based project involving the practical application of program design and evaluation methods. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 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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  • HDFS 730 - Grant Writing

    Credits: 3
    An overview of the complete grant writing process and potential outcomes. Students will develop knowledge through the actual grant writing, budgeting, and reviewing grant proposals.


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  • HDFS 742 - Family Theory and Research

    Credits: 3
    Current theoretical approaches to family interactions; impact of various forces (social, personal, intrapersonal) upon dynamic aspects of family relationships; patterns and sequences of coalitions and alliances; factors which result in stress and breakdown or enhanced and rewarding relationships. Emphasis upon normal families but families but family problems are also studied.


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  • HDFS 745 - Work and Family

    Credits: 3
    The Work and Family course utilizes a bioecological perspective to explore the challenges individuals, families, employers, and communities of managing work and family in today’s world. Topics include the history of the work-family relationship, gender roles and the work-family relationship, demographic and cultural changes within the workforce, leisure and the work-family relationship, and organizational work-family policies.


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  • HDFS 753 - Family Public Policy

    Credits: 3
    The impact of the professional in shaping family policy and effecting positive family policy formation; study of family policy priority issues and alternative strategies.


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HIST (History)
  

HLTH (Health)
  

  • HLTH 520 - K-12 Methods of Health Instruction

    Credits: 2
    Curriculum content at elementary and secondary levels. Methods of presentation including direct, correlated, and integrated health instruction. Organization of health and safety education. Cross-Listed: HSC 520 .


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HMGT (Hospitality Management)
  

  • HMGT 520 - Geography of Tourism

    Credits: 3
    Based on fundamental tourism principles, this course will examine, from a geographical perspective, the social, cultural, environmental and economic complexities associated with tourism as a global, national and local phenomenon. This course will also consider the positive and negative factors that affect tourists and destinations, and the costs and benefits of tourism to communities and places, providing case-study examples from the Unites States and around the world. Cross-Listed: GEOG 520 .


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HNS (Health and Nutritional Science)
  
  
  

  • HNS 592 - Topics

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


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