Independent work devoted to specific problems or areas of interest in Russian language, literature, culture, or pedagogy. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

This course is designed as an advanced course exploring the dynamics involved in individual and group situations. Specifically, students will explore basic psychological and social psychological processes shaping human behavior and learn to apply the knowledge of these processes in educational, organizational and community settings. Topics to be explored include (but are not limited to): personal vs. professional identity, culture, socialization, individual vs. group decision making, conflict resolution and team building.

Physical, chemical and biological properties of viruses. Modes of replication and control of gene product formation displayed by representative plant, animal, and bacterial viruses. Same as MI 582.

An independent study project investigating an area of interest under the guidance of faculty. May encompass library study or patient care utilizing aspects of scientific approach. May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.

Students will gain practical general training and experiences in the healthcare workplace with a focus on exposure/experience in clinical leadership and management. The CLM faculty in coordination with the practicum coordinator will arrange these experiences with the site employer/personnel and develop an individualized plan for the student at each site. The plan relates the workplace training and experiences to the student's general and technical course of study.

This course is designed to meet the needs of intermediate-level students of Arabic as well as members of the business community who wish to learn Arabic for professional purposes. The topics cover travel, social, and business interactions. The course also introduces and engages with a variety of current, authentic and primary Arabic materials through the language of the newspapers, magazines, Internet news sites, and TV news. Some of the media topics that will be covered are meetings and conferences, elections, and demonstrations and social protest.

This course builds on and expands the business, travel, and social topics covered in AIS 311 through additional and more complex situations and interactions, such as shopping, going around town, at the sales office, at the post office, at the bank, renting and buying a house and a lot of land. The course also expands on the media topics covered in the first part of this course, in terms of both variety and difficulty. Some of the new topics will be elections, conflict and terrorism, business, cultural and social news.

Health care reform is often in the news, and everyone has an opinion on why the system is broken, how to fix it, who should have access to good medical care, under what circumstances, and what constitutes "good care." This online, multi-format course will consider what it has meant to be a good patient or a good doctor at various points in U.S. history, who was included or excluded in each group, how medicine became professionalized, and how people have organized around health issues.

Health care reform is often in the news, and everyone has an opinion on why the system is broken, how to fix it, who should have access to good medical care, under what circumstances, and what constitutes "good care." This online, multi-format course will consider what it has meant to be a good patient or a good doctor at various points in U.S. history, who was included or excluded in each group, how medicine became professionalized, and how people have organized around health issues.

This course is especially designed for music teachers who wish to acquire knowledge and skills in Dalcroze pedagogy and musicianship. There are two parts of this course: on-site participation and a Blackboard component. Students will be immersed in the principal subjects of the Dalcroze approach: eurhythmics, solfège, and improvisation. The on-site session provides creative experiences of hands-on activities and the Blackboard component covers assignments related to the philosophy, history, composition, lesson designs, and discussion of the Dalcroze approach in music education.