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2022-2023 Graduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]
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MBA 8205 - Critical Thinking
It is a challenging objective to raise student skills in critical and analytical thinking. And this course’s purpose is just that. Through exploring today’s complex business problems, students develop a critical thinking attitude while learning how to apply an array of critical thinking skills. Emphasis is placed on using logical reasoning supported by qualitative and quantitative evidence to identify problems, evaluate alternatives, and justify decisions. It is expected that students become better listeners, more capable communicators – both in writing and speaking – as well as better at reflecting upon their own thinking.
The class is based on the premise that critical thinking and communication skills are best learned through practice. Therefore, repeated writing and speaking exercises are core components of the class, and students receive training and practice as well as instructor and peer feedback to help them improve their skills.
Credits: 4
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MBA 8225 - Global Supply Chain Management
In this course students learn how to coordinate and integrate global logistics, purchasing, and operations. Students also learn how to assess company strengths and weaknesses to assist in making effective global supply chain management decisions. In addition, students explore the international business environment and the adaptation challenges it poses to organizations along dimensions such as political economy, legal frameworks and regulatory environment, trade and investment, cultural differences, social responsibility and ethical decision-making involving multiple stakeholders.
Credits: 4
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MBA 8230 - Financial Accounting for Managers
This course is an introduction to the external accounting systems used by U.S. organizations to report their financial position to external users such as stockholders, creditors, and potential investors. Students develop an understanding of the Balance Sheet and Income Statement.
Credits: 4
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MBA 8245 - Financial Decision Making
This course considers financial factors involved in managerial decision making including present value analysis, bond valuation, stock valuation, financial statement analysis, statement of cash flows, capital budgeting, cost-volume profit analysis, differential analysis, full absorption costing, variable costing, and standard costs.
Prerequisite: MBA 8230
Credits: 4
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MBA 8255 - Data Analytics and Decision Making
Organizations today operate in a complex environment, with more data available than ever before. While tools and technology have enabled better use of that data, managers must be prepared to structure data-driven decision-making processes, understand the implications and assumptions of analytical methods, and successfully communicate findings to non-technical audiences. This course builds a strong foundation in decision-making theory, data management and analysis, and communication. Students build skills in using tools for data management, analysis and visualization. The course adds to the student’s toolbox of managerial skills and helps get them ready for analysis in the real world, where problems and data do not come in neatly wrapped packages; data and decision-making is messy.
Credits: 4
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MBA 8265 - Marketing Management
It is essential for leaders across every business function to understand the drivers and resource limitations of their organization’s marketing strategy. This course gives students an overview of the complex challenges of capitalizing on opportunities in local and global markets. Students learn marketing theory and state-of-the art practices and develop the skills and knowledge to influence profitable and ethical marketing choices.
Credits: 4
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MBA 8275 - Business Process Improvement
Business Process Improvement (BPI) is a critical dimension for any organization. It is a continuous journey of getting better, moving faster, and doing more with less. BPI is part of the culture in most successful organizations where leadership places high value on people who can bring cross-functional teams together to address the issues and challenges at hand. These challenges present real opportunities for improvement across every facet and function within the organization.
In this course, students learn how to define and start a Business Process Improvement project, utilize the proven DMAIC methodology and tools from lean six sigma and develop problem-solving skills that can immediately be put to work solving process problems in their own workplace. Students learn the importance of using data analytics in arriving at the best recommendation for improvement. It is expected that students use critical thinking skills to best frame the project objective, learn to ask the difficult questions, and present their recommendations with conviction based on facts, not opinions.
The course is based on real-life case studies of companies with process challenges within their organizations – from manufacturing/operations, supply chain, service, and other functional areas.
One unique feature of this course is that upon completion, students receive their Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification through www.GoLeanSixSigma.com on the last day of class.
Credits: 4
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MBA 8280 - Business Law and Ethics
This course helps students develop a clear understanding of basic principles of law as they relate to business. Topics covered include business organizations, contracts, product liability, intellectual property, and ethics. Students gain the knowledge and skills they need to identify common legal problems and ethical issues and to communicate effectively and concisely about them.
Credits: 4
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MBA 8295 - Strategic Financial Analysis
Viewing strategy through the lens of financial performance sharpens (or enhances) management (or management capabilities). Whether evaluating alternative strategies, setting strategy-assessing metrics, or judging strategy implementation, financials play a paramount role. Strategic Financial Analysis is designed to provide students with both theory and hands-on analytical practice to analyze and support strategic decisions. Value creation and competent financial analysis are central to good management and firm success. The goals of this course are to answer the following questions: Is our strategy working? What are the sources of problems, if they exist? What corrective actions and targets should be established to get back on track?
Credits: 4
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MBA 8492 - Strategic Management
In this course students integrate knowledge and learning accumulated throughout the MBA Program, focusing on the long-term direction and profitability of the overall firm. Students explore how organizations leverage external and internal environments to create sustained competitive advantage and superior performance. Students hone their critical thinking skills by performing a variety of strategic analyses as they apply to organizations and practice making strategic recommendations as a manager. Students learn how to develop and integrate an organization’s vision, mission, and values, analyze the external environment and develop internal resources and capabilities. In addition, students learn about different types of business strategy and when they may be most valuable to the organization. Furthermore, students gain a better understanding of the formulation and implementation of strategy by learning more about diversified firm strategy, corporate social responsibility, ethics, and sustainability, organizational structure, internal controls and organizational culture.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8001 - Leading in Organizations
This course focuses on the skills leaders need to elicit commitment and productivity from individuals and groups to create positive change and build flourishing organizations. Students learn theories and practices for identifying and motivating key actors in the workplace, and to create and lead successful teams. Awareness of one’s own values, beliefs, decision-making tendencies and behaviors is a crucial first step in becoming a leader. Thus, a significant portion of the course consists of assessment and reflection activities designed to enhance self-awareness of cultural intelligence, conflict style, team behaviors and preferences, sense of flourishing and wellbeing, and leadership values and goals.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8005 - Nonprofit and Government Collaboration
This course examines the history and development of both the public and nonprofit sectors in the United States and the unique interactions and partnerships between the sectors in serving communities. Students examine emerging and historical critical issues in society as well as the operating environment and leadership challenges for public and nonprofit executives. The course provides both an academic and a practical foundation to these fields by drawing on theory, history, concepts, terms, noted authors, movements, and underlying philosophies of serving the public. How each sector influences the other is discussed via public policy and service delivery examples.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8030 - Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
This course introduces concepts and techniques in financial management applicable to nonprofit organizations. The focus is on nonprofit accounting, the interpretation and analysis of nonprofit financial statements, data and procedures for operational forecasts and budgets, financial responsibility, and the duties of nonprofit boards.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8035 - Fundraising for Nonprofits
This course examines strategies for diversifying revenues and creating short and long-term development plans. This course helps students develop skills in conducting research, identifying resources for public and private grants, and writing proposals. This course covers capital campaigns, earned income opportunities, membership development, individual donors, planned giving campaigns, and other fundraising initiatives.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8052 - Human Resource Management for Nonprofit Organizations
This course provides an overview of the human resources function, with emphasis on the unique issues facing nonprofit organizations. It examines challenges of recruitment, retention, compensation, and personnel policies. Special attention is given to the role of boards and other volunteers.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8062 - Law for Nonprofit Organizations
This course examines the legal history and frameworks of nonprofit organizations. Emphasis is placed on the laws relating to the incorporation and tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations. Students look at issues of accountability for nonprofit organizations and analyze the differences between profit and nonprofit organizations.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8065 - Data Analytics and Decision Making
Organizations today operate in a complex environment, with more data available than ever before. While tools and technology have enabled better use of that data, managers must be prepared to structure data-driven decision-making processes, understand the implications and assumptions of analytical methods, and successfully communicate findings to non-technical audiences. This course builds a strong foundation in decision-making theory, data management and analysis, and communication. Students build skills in using tools for data management, analysis and visualization. The course adds to the student’s toolbox of managerial skills and helps get them ready for analysis in the real world, where problems and data do not come in neatly wrapped packages; data and decision-making is messy.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8082 - Volunteer Management
This course explores the theories and practices required to develop and implement effective volunteer management programs within nonprofits. Topics include planning to ensure the success of volunteer programs, outlining the steps of appropriate volunteer recruitment, creating effective personnel policies and procedures, orientation training, supervising and evaluating, and recognizing volunteers for their contributions. Some related topics covered: what is national service, the changing demographics of the community volunteer, and organizational responsibilities and liabilities with administering volunteer programs.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8090 - Program Evaluation
Continuously improving the services and programs of public agencies and nonprofits is critical to their ongoing success as organizations. Truly understanding what is happening in a program, service or organization of the social or governmental sector is important to help managers and leaders to improve those programs, services, and organizations. The methodologies and tools of research and program evaluation are the means to this understanding. This course investigates the principal methodologies of research: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. It also considers the methods employed by each to capture and utilize data.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8100 - Communications and Marketing for Nonprofits
This course explores research and marketing techniques used by nonprofits. It examines the importance of long range strategic planning for nonprofit organizations’ market development. The course involves students in exercises in brand development and management, audience targeting, development of key messages, and other components of effective communication.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8110 - Governance and Planning in Nonprofit Organizations
This course introduces the governance and strategic planning processes in nonprofit organizations. This includes the composition, roles, and responsibilities of governing boards; the relationship between boards and staff; and the role of governing boards in planning as well as an understanding of the strategic planning process through the use of the strategic change cycle.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8160 - Project Management
This course provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of project management, an important aspect of how organizations accomplish both tactical and strategic goals. The course discusses the theory, methodology, tools, application and art of project management, including an introduction to Agile and Lean Six Sigma. Topics include scope management, time and cost management, quality management, the human aspect of managing change, communications, and risk management.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8210 - Negotiation
Through both lecture and simulation, this course explores major themes in negotiation theory and practice, including distributive versus integrative bargaining, personality styles, multi-party negotiation, and ethical issues. Students are encouraged to reflect on the theoretical foundations that underlie our actions and on the many considerations that influence constructive, ethical negotiation practices.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8211 - Leading through Change
This course helps students understand organizations at a systems level, improve decisions, increase creativity, enhance others’ performance and develop capacity to build a healthy, productive workplace. Students experience how conflict is managed individually and systemically through assessing culture elements such as patterns, roles, concerns, power differentials and differing workplace assumptions and work in teams to design customized change leadership responses. They learn how assessments, buy-in, design teams, development, implementation, roll-out and feedback loops and other group process practices can build their capacity to lead systemic change more effectively.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8212 - Perspectives on Conflict and Change
This course explores the nature of conflict and the implications for individuals, groups and organizational change from a range of theoretical and research-based perspectives. Students learn how to identify underlying causes of conflict and resistance to change and to develop appropriate approaches to constructive engagement and sustainable change.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8225 - Critical Issues in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management
This course explores the current practices and issues addressed by the public and nonprofit sectors individually or in collaboration with one another or the private sector. Students will explore both theory and practice in looking at current complex problems and approaches to address them, including the resources, leadership and collaborations needed. Students will apply their knowledge by developing possible solutions to an issue as well as analyzing the type of leadership needed to implement the proposals.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8360 - Advocacy and Lobbying for Nonprofits
This course provides the historical and theoretical context for nonprofit involvement in advocacy and lobbying; addresses organizational infrastructure needs in building capacity for public policy work; examines legal guidelines for nonprofit lobbying; and provides students with practical experience in working with the legislative process at all levels of government.
Credits: 4
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MNM 8440 - Social Demographics
This course looks at some of the details impacting our society and specifically how immigration, aging, and policy converge in our society and ultimately in our policymaking. Any one of the three issues covered in this course could be a separate, semester long course. This course covers basic concepts present in each of the three areas.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8001 - Leading in Organizations
This course focuses on the skills leaders need to elicit commitment and productivity from individuals and groups to create positive change and build flourishing organizations. Students learn theories and practices for identifying and motivating key actors in the workplace, and to create and lead successful teams. Awareness of one’s own values, beliefs, decision-making tendencies and behaviors is a crucial first step in becoming a leader. Thus, a significant portion of the course consists of assessment and reflection activities designed to enhance self-awareness of cultural intelligence, conflict style, team behaviors and preferences, sense of flourishing and wellbeing, and leadership values and goals.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8005 - Nonprofit and Government Collaboration
This course examines the history and development of both the public and nonprofit sectors in the United States and the unique interactions and partnerships between the sectors in serving communities. Students examine emerging and historical critical issues in society as well as the operating environment and leadership challenges for public and nonprofit executives. The course provides both an academic and a practical foundation to these fields by drawing on theory, history, concepts, terms, noted authors, movements, and underlying philosophies of serving the public. How each sector influences the other is discussed via public policy and service delivery examples.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8010 - Professional Ethics
This course explores selected theories of ethics and fundamental principles of ethical management, with a focus on practical approaches to dealing with ethical dilemmas primarily across the public sector.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8030 - Public Fiscal Management
This course analyzes government revenue and expenditure policies, with an emphasis on the Minnesota state budgetary process. Topics include principles of public fiscal management, tax and spending systems, revenue sources, intergovernmental relations, and the administrative and political aspects of fiscal policy.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8040 - Public Policy Analysis
This course evaluates a variety of approaches and models used to analyze the making of public policy by examining the assumptions and limitations of each model. Current policy issues are explored. Each student designs and completes a significant research project on a selected public policy issue.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8045 - National Public Policy
Washington DC has a special place when it comes to public administration. It is the center of the federal government but as important, it is the center of discussion around many public policy and administration issues. Every successful public administrator needs to have an understanding of how things in Washington DC work, how they can work effectively on national issues and deal with the federal government.
This class provides students with several unique experiences that can only be had in Washington DC. These experiences include talking with national leaders to discuss cutting-edge issues facing public administration, talking with persons who implement federal programs to understand the complexities of programs from the national level and understanding the federal policy-setting process by talking with actors in that process. In addition, this class takes advantage of a unique opportunity to talk about ethical issues facing public administrators that can only be had in Washington DC.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8050 - Human Resource Management for Government
This course examines current case law, regulations, and trends that define and influence the personnel function. Topics include recruitment, selection, compensation, employee motivation, collective bargaining, organizational philosophies, and legislation and regulation.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8061 - Administrative Law
This course is designed to be user-friendly to the nonlawyer and has as its goal to acquaint students with the fundamental principles and concepts of administrative law. Taught from a public administration perspective, the course provides students the opportunity to explore the interplay between and among politics, democracy, and bureaucracy; to examine bureaucracy’s relationship to the legislative branch of government and to the courts; to learn about the administrative process at the local, state, and federal levels; to focus on the regulatory aspects of administrative law with particular attention to controlling risks, solving problems, and managing compliance; and to take a look at some contemporary substantive issues through the lens of administrative law.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8065 - Data Analytics and Decision Making
Organizations today operate in a complex environment, with more data available than ever before. While tools and technology have enabled better use of that data, managers must be prepared to structure data-driven decision-making processes, understand the implications and assumptions of analytical methods, and successfully communicate findings to non-technical audiences. This course builds a strong foundation in decision-making theory, data management and analysis, and communication. Students build skills in using tools for data management, analysis and visualization. The course adds to the student’s toolbox of managerial skills and helps get them ready for analysis in the real world, where problems and data do not come in neatly wrapped packages; data and decision-making is messy.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8090 - Program Evaluation
Continuously improving the services and programs of public agencies and nonprofits is critical to their ongoing success as organizations. Truly understanding what is happening in a program, service or organization of the social or governmental sector is important to help managers and leaders to improve those programs, services, and organizations. The methodologies and tools of research and program evaluation are the means to this understanding. This course investigates the principal methodologies of research: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. It also considers the methods employed by each to capture and utilize data.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8120 - Labor Relations
This course offers a wide review of Labor Relations. The course assumes a general understanding of relationships between management and organized labor and other core graduate courses specifically organizational theory and human resource management. The instructional approach is in the survey form and employs lecture, readings, guest speakers, student presentation, and case study to achieve its objectives. It is not intended to train students for specialized careers in labor relations in a single course, but to acquaint the student with the underlying values, systems, laws and procedures shaping Labor Relations and the pertinent topics affecting the workplace today.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8130 - Housing & Economic Policy
This course examines economic development theories and housing policies in the United States. Emphasis upon understanding how economic and housing markets operate and how national, state, and local governments can influence business investment and job development decisions and the construction and rehabilitation of housing for different populations. This course first provides an overview on how economic and housing markets function. The course includes a discussion of basic principles of macro and microeconomics and then analysis of specific views of economic development, including export-base, core-periphery, and locational theories. The course then provides specific analysis and evaluation of the different policies and techniques governments have used to secure economic and housing goals. Among the techniques examined include: tax incentives and TIFs, bonding, public subsidies, public/private partnerships, infrastructure development, and direct government investment in, or ownership of housing and economic development entities.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8140 - Local Government Budgeting
This course focuses on the basic elements of developing, implementing, and evaluating the operating and capital budgets of local governments, emphasizing governments in Minnesota. Topics include review of major revenues and spending of local governments and their estimation and management within budgets, alternative strategies for developing and presenting budgets that align with public policy goals, the interaction of state and federal policies with local budgets, monitoring and managing an adopted budgets, and understanding and effectively communicating local financial issues and consequences to policymakers and citizens.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8160 - Project Management
This course provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of project management, an important aspect of how organizations accomplish both tactical and strategic goals. The course discusses the theory, methodology, tools, application and art of project management, including an introduction to Agile and Lean Six Sigma. Topics include scope management, time and cost management, quality management, the human aspect of managing change, communications, and risk management.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8201 - Public Dispute Resolution
This course is an introduction to the public policy formation and implementation process. Public organizations encounter many situations where negotiation skills and mediation/arbitration training in a public context is useful. Neighborhood disputes, development issues or special interest concerns require public officials to negotiate and mediate between parties in order to reach consensus and resolution to different opinions and points of view. These skills are different from the typical policymaking and implementation training that most public officials are used to. In today’s world of public participation and citizen awareness, negotiation and mediation skills are essential.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8210 - Negotiation
Through both lecture and simulation, this course explores major themes in negotiation theory and practice, including distributive versus integrative bargaining, personality styles, multi-party negotiation, and ethical issues. Students are encouraged to reflect on the theoretical foundations that underlie our actions and on the many considerations that influence constructive, ethical negotiation practices.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8211 - Leading through Change
This course helps students understand organizations at a systems level, improve decisions, increase creativity, enhance others’ performance and develop capacity to build a healthy, productive workplace. Students experience how conflict is managed individually and systemically through assessing culture elements such as patterns, roles, concerns, power differentials and differing workplace assumptions and work in teams to design customized change leadership responses. They learn how assessments, buy-in, design teams, development, implementation, roll-out and feedback loops and other group process practices can build their capacity to lead systemic change more effectively.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8212 - Perspectives on Conflict and Change
This course explores the nature of conflict and the implications for individuals, groups and organizational change from a range of theoretical and research-based perspectives. Students learn how to identify underlying causes of conflict and resistance to change and to develop appropriate approaches to constructive engagement and sustainable change.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8223 - Contemporary Social Policy Issues
This course is open to advanced master’s level students. This course examines the historical context, theoretical arguments, and political controversies surrounding current and emerging social policy issues. Consideration is given to the impacts of changing social policies on vulnerable populations, the delivery of health and human services, and society at large.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8225 - Critical Issues in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management
This course explores the current practices and issues addressed by the public and nonprofit sectors individually or in collaboration with one another or the private sector. Students will explore both theory and practice in looking at current complex problems and approaches to address them, including the resources, leadership and collaborations needed. Students will apply their knowledge by developing possible solutions to an issue as well as analyzing the type of leadership needed to implement the proposals.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8230 - Municipal County Administration
This course is a survey of contemporary issues facing municipalities specifically in Minnesota and generally in the upper Midwest. The course explores the practicalities and politics of managing a municipal organization using a variety of current practitioners in the field. Areas of concentration include: community roles and power structures, city council and staff relations, public safety and public works issues, land use and community development, employee relations, finance, legal authority and emerging issues of governance and the role of citizen participation. Students find this course a good way to acquire a broad-based understanding of municipal operations and the complexities of this occupational field.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8234 - Civic Engagement
Fundamental to our democracy is the active involvement of citizens. Today we hear a lot of talk about civic engagement. But what is civic engagement? How do the public and nonprofit sectors become models of citizen participation? This course explores the discontents and the promises, introducing students to a new model of engaged democratic practice which is deeply political in an older sense of politics as engaging different interests and views in solving common problems and creating common things.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8235 - Strategic Planning and Decision Making in the Public Sector
This course provides students a high-level overview of strategic management and planning. The course focuses on the elements of the strategic management process with an emphasis on strategy development, planning, evaluation, decision making, citizen/customer engagement and environmental scanning.
The course is designed for students with management experience who are near the completion of course requirements. It presents a systemic approach to the integration of management functions into a continuous process of improvement with a focus on results and the customer, improving performance and being responsive to customer needs in a continuously changing environment.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8250 - Legislative Practicum
An in-depth exploration of how the state legislative processes operate and how knowledge of the law-making process is critical to public policy management and advocacy. The course employs reading, discussion, guest presenters, on-site visits, and a project that requires students to follow a bill from start to finish.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8270 - Managerial Leadership and Cultural Competency
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to examine issues of cultural competence in managing and leading organizations in changing times. The course engages students in a series of dialogues concerning issues of cultural competence in the workplace, their impact on the processes of management, work, and the organization. Emphasis is placed on workplace issues of race and gender and includes discussions of issues of disability, age, social class, sexual identity, religion, and ethnicity.
Credits: 4
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MPA 8440 - Social Demographics
This course looks at some of the details impacting our society and specifically how immigration, aging, and policy converge in our society and ultimately in our policymaking. Any one of the three issues covered in this course could be a separate, semester long course. This course covers basic concepts present in each of the three areas.
Credits: 4
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MSBA 8100 - Statistical Foundations of Business Analytics
The objective of this course is to build a solid foundation of understanding in probability and statistics for decision making under uncertainty. Topics include statistical independence, conditional probability, Bayes theorem, discrete and continuous distributions, sampling distributions, ANOVA, correlation and linear regression.
Credits: 4
Note: MNM and MPA students who have completed Data Analytics & Decision Making may take this course. To register, please contact the Graduate Programs Advisor at hsbgradadvisor@hamline.edu.
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MSBA 8110 - Databases
This course focuses on the fundamentals of database design and modeling, data structures and storage technologies, and techniques for managing data. Topics include multidimensional databases (cubes), columnar databases and Cloud technologies, Structured Query Language (SQL), and processes for moving data. The course introduces “big data” architectures, including Hadoop, Map-reduce, Hive, and Spark and cloud environments such as MS Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.
Credits: 4
Note: MNM and MPA students who have completed Data Analytics & Decision Making may take this course. To register, please contact the Graduate Programs Advisor at hsbgradadvisor@hamline.edu.
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MSBA 8125 - Principles of Data Analytics
This course addresses foundational and broad aspects of data use. Students will engage with the ethical dimensions of data science, including the ways we build models and algorithms to aid in our decisions. Data collection, quality, management, preparation, manipulation, sharing, ownership, and persistence all factor into an ethical framework.
Data quality is addressed as an ongoing operational and governance process, as well as within the context of massive volumes of data available today. Methods of finding and addressing data issues, including missing and erroneous values are discussed.
Credits: 4
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MSBA 8140 - Programming for Data Analytics
This course provides an introduction to programming in R and Python, which are among the most popular tools for data analytics. The course covers basic programming concepts, the logic of programming; along with program design, including function modularity and managing data structures. The course provides a solid foundation for using these tools in later courses and in work careers.
Prerequisite: MSBA 8100
Credits: 4
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MSBA 8150 - Data Visualization
This course explores the principles and techniques used in creating visual representations of quantitative data that effectively communicate the meaning in the data. It covers the core topics in data visualization: data representation, visualization toolkits (Tableau, Power BI, Python, others), dashboard design, and web-based visualizations, and visualization of complex, high dimensional data.
Credits: 4
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MSBA 8170 - Machine Learning I
This course builds on the basic statistics course and moves quickly into applying these techniques towards understanding patterns in our data. R and Python are the primary tools used, and topics include an overview of regression analysis (including logistic, OLS, Poisson, and nonlinear models), supervised and unsupervised machine learning, data partitioning, and principal component analysis.
Prerequisites: MSBA 8100 and MSBA 8140
Credits: 4
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MSBA 8180 - Machine Learning II
This course advances the student’s understanding of machine learning techniques, emphasizing the application of these techniques to business datasets. Students use R and Python and other tools to better understand concepts, including neural networks, clustering algorithms, naïve Bayes, and ensemble techniques such as Random Forests.
Prerequisite: MSBA 8170
Credits: 4
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MSBA 8490 - Business Analytics Practicum
The Practicum integrates all earlier coursework, applying student skills and knowledge to a real-world situation. Students work on a project with a regional organization.
Prerequisites: MSBA 8180
Credits: 4
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NSED 7010 - Sustainable Foods
This course looks at the food systems of society, and their environmental and economic impacts through land and water usage, production, transportation and distribution, and animal and human welfare/health. We will examine conventional agriculture and then focus on how we can move to sustainable food systems through local, organic, poly-culture and community shared models, and behavior changes individuals can make such as school and backyard gardening, food preserving, and supporting local farmer’s markets, co-ops and environmentally conscious restaurants.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7011 - Clean Energy Solutions
This course looks at how humans use energy and ways we can reduce our environmental impact through energy conservation, efficiency, and renewable energy production. During this weekend course based at Osprey Wilds, students will examine conventional forms of energy production and consumption, and gain firsthand experience with clean and sustainable energy options by examining measures that Osprey Wilds does on these fronts.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7065 - Community Based Environmental Science
In this course, students will:
- Learn the principles and priorities of community-based science (CBS)
- Evaluate and Analyze ongoing, local CBS projects
- Connect CBS projects to curriculum and educational standards for multiple audiences and grade levels
- Identify CBS projects and outcomes appropriate for students’ contexts
- Understand and articulate the value of CBS projects for science, activism, and community engagement
In this course, students will engage in the practice of science by collecting data relevant to ongoing science projects with a focus on outdoor environmental science projects. Many of these projects can be adapted to service learning opportunities. We will identify and explore community based science projects that connect to research conducted by scientists throughout the world and locally. Projects may include pollinator monitoring, water quality investigations, marine mammal ecology, ocean debris tracking, and bioblitzes. Students will learn about the impacts of community-based science investigations and how they benefit the global scientific community, as well as local communities. Together we will identify priorities and research outcomes, and develop tools, plans and strategies for implementing rigorous, relevant community-based science projects in your context.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7100 - Introduction to STEAM in Early Childhood
This course explores teaching science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) in the early childhood classroom setting (pre-K - grade 2). The course includes a comprehensive review of current standards and practices related to STEAM teaching in early grades. Students will learn about the inquiry approach as well as cross-cutting concepts for connecting material across various disciplines. Activities, lessons, and units that meet standards and are developmentally appropriate will be developed.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7101 - Eco Art
This course will help teachers and parents consider ways to combine art and nature in early childhood experiences. With art as our focus, we will investigate current research and best practices in early childhood development. Using hands-on and multi-sensory activities, we will create a set of resources to share with each other.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7102 - A Sense of Wonder: Nature Education in Early Childhood
Introducing children to nature at a young age is one of the best ways to foster a sense of wonder and stewardship for the natural world. It has also been shown to boost learning and reduce behavior issues in the classroom. Review different ways to integrate nature and the outdoors into the classroom. Evaluate readings, discuss current research, make observations and develop programs or tools of your own. Target audience: non-formal and formal educators K-6.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7105 - Early Childhood Literacy Outdoors
This course will help teachers and caregivers implement strategies that use nature to support early childhood literacy experiences. With the outdoors as our classroom and inspiration, we will investigate current research and best practices in emergent literacy development. Using hands-on and multi-sensory activities, each student will create a workable plan to implement nature-based early childhood experiences in emergent reading, writing, and oral language.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7110 - Methods and Models in Nature-based Early Learning
This course will help educators and others who work with young children to better understand different models of NbEL, and the strengths and challenges of each. Reflecting on common practices in NbEL, students will learn how and why NbEL supports young children’s growth and development, including social-emotional learning, academic achievement, creativity and collaboration, and intrapersonal skills development. Students also develop an awareness of how very young learners are affected by factors such as trauma, environmental racism, and climate change, and how different NbEL approaches respond.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7115 - Nature-based Learning: Policy to Practice
In this course, students will learn about policies, laws, rules and regulations that apply to Nature-based learning environments. Through an exploration of international, national, regional, and local guidelines and practices, students will develop an understanding of the factors that shape and influence the development of nature-based early learning settings including preschools, community programs, and nonformal education settings, among others. They will examine, evaluate, and apply different models of program assessment, including early learning standards as well as environmental education best practices. They will evaluate the implications of various policy decisions on the discipline and practice of nature-based early learning. Finally, they will consider other factors relevant to early learning settings, including risk and reward, equity, and inclusive practices.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7195 - Nature-based Early Learning Leadership Project
The synthesis course allows students who are completing a certificate to synthesize, reflect, and apply their learning within the context of nature-based early learning. Working with faculty and colleagues in the program, students develop and design a culminating project and document their learning. Interest areas within the context of the certificate may include equity and inclusion, nature’s impact on children with special needs, development of a nature-based early learning program, and more.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7205 - Eco-Justice Education
In this course, students engage with and examine theories and practices to support diverse, democratic, and sustainable communities. Explore the intersections of environmental justice and important topics such as Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock, the Flint water crisis, and climate change.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7230 - Theories and Models in Climate Change Education
How can the complex topic of climate change be best explored with your students?
An effective environmental educator helps develop a citizenry that is able and willing to help solve current environmental problems, such as climate change. Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to communicate the topic of climate change in your classroom. Explore theories and pedagogy in environmental education and resources for communicating the complexity of climate change to students. Target audience: pre-service and in-service educators 4-12.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7750 - Science Communication and Climate Change
Using research and evidence, students will demonstrate understanding of the impact of popular media on public understanding of current issues in science such as vaccines, climate change, and public health. Students will critically evaluate media and other popular information sources to identify: cognitive bias, error, misinformation, and logical fallacies. Students will articulate key factors in effective media campaigns for environmental behavior change. Students will develop their own tools and examples of effective, accurate science communication.
This course introduces students to a variety of media formats and tools used in popular science communication and how they impact public understanding. With a focus specifically on the topic of climate change, we’ll critically analyze media for bias, error, and misinformation. Students will learn more about the psychology of behavior change and the importance of accurate, effective science communication for an informed, engaged public.
Credits: 2
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NSED 7995 - Climate Literacy Synthesis Project
In this synthesis course, students compile artifacts, research questions, projects, and more from their climate literacy coursework to create a project, presentation, or portfolio that demonstrates how each student met the outcomes of the certificate.
Credits: 2
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NSEE 8110 - Foundations of Environmental Education
The discipline of environmental education will be explored through an examination of philosophies, historical events, and issues that have shaped-and continue to shape-the field. Students will read and explore issues such as barriers to participation, social justice, and equity in environmental education, the role of formal and non-formal settings, and the growing interest in connecting STEM with environmental education. Students will examine approaches and practices, their impacts on the discipline and how they impact learning. Through writing, group discussions, and reflective practice, students will gain knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of environmental education and its role in society, education, and the scientific community. Throughout the course, participants will reflect on and develop their own environmental philosophy, while compiling a toolkit of resources to help them become more effective and reflective educators.
Credits: 4
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NSEE 8130 - Environment and Society
Investigate the intersection of natural and social environments. Explore environmental literacy and environmental communication through place-based learning, using the lenses of systems, problem solving, and environmental advocacy. We will emphasize the power of who tells a story and how this impacts social justice and sustainability.
Course materials will examine regional and national ecological, social, and environmental systems and concerns. Students will focus on their local environments.
Please register at least one week prior to course start date.
Target Audience: Educators K-12
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1120 - Astronomy
Goals: To engage students in scientific observation and thought through astronomy, and to share a sense of wonder about the Universe.
Content: Ancient astronomy, planetary motion, telescope optics, image processing, stars and their lifecycle, galaxies, large-scale structure, cosmology.
Taught: Annually
Credits: 4
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PHYS 1150 - Algebra-Based Physics I
Goals: To introduce science and non-science majors to the basic concepts of physics to develop skills in formulating and solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of kinematics.
Content: The topics of kinematics, Newton’s second law, energy, and momentum will be covered both in translation and rotation, simple harmonic motion and elasticity, fluids, and thermodynamics
Taught: Fall term.
Prerequisites: High school algebra and elementary trigonometry.
Credits: 4
Note: NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
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PHYS 1160 - Algebra-Based Physics II
Goals: To introduce students to the basic concepts of physics to develop skills in formulating and solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of optics, circuits, waves and heat.
Content: Topics include waves and sound, electricity and magnetism, DC and AC circuits, and optics.
Taught: Spring term.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1150
Credits: 4
Note: NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
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PHYS 1230 - General Physics I
Goals: To introduce students to the basic concept of physics, and to develop skill in formulating and problem solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in
the areas of kinematics using calculus.
Content: The topics of kinematics, Newton’s second law, energy, and momentum will be covered both in translation and rotation, fluids, and thermodynamics.
Taught: Spring term
Prerequisite: MATH 1170.
Credits: 4
Note: NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
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PHYS 1240 - General Physics II
Goals: To introduce students to the basic concepts of physics to develop skills in formulating and solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of optics, circuits, waves, and heat using calculus.
Content: Topics include waves and sound, electricity and magnetism, DC and AC circuits, and optics.
Taught: Fall term.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1150 or 1230, and MATH 1180 or by permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
Note: NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
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PHYS 3540 - Modern Physics
Goals: To understand the developments of the late 19th and early 20th century in the field of physics.
Content: Relativity, the discovery of the electron, the quantum nature of light, the wave nature of particles, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and Schrodinger wave mechanics.
Taught: Spring.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3320 or co-registration.
Credits: 4
Note: NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
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PHYS 5930 - Theoretical Mechanics
Goals: To develop an understanding of Newtonian mechanics with emphasis on conservation principles.
Content: Particle dynamics in one and three dimensions with special attention to the central force problem, simple harmonic oscillator, kinematics, dynamics of a system of particles, wave motion, generalized coordinates, and the Lagrangian formulation of mechanics. This course acts as an elective of the Computational Science minor because students model dynamical systems using computer software like Mathematica.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3720
Credits: 4
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PSCI 1110 - American Government and Politics
Goals: To introduce students to analytical concepts and frameworks for the study of American national government, and politics, especially as it relates to the question of who gets what, how, and why.
Content: The constitutional framework; political values and public opinion; the role of parties, interest groups and mass media; Congress, the judiciary and the presidency; the policy process in selected substantive areas such as defense, foreign policy, economic management, and civil liberties.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4
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PSCI 3540 - Political Research and Analysis
Goals: To introduce fundamental concepts of politics and contemporary methods of political analysis and research.
Content: The development of political science as a discipline, various theories and approaches in political analysis, methods of research in political science, and practical experience in empirical analysis.
Taught: Annually.
Credits: 4
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PSY 1330 - General Psychology
Goals: To introduce the content and methods of the science of psychology. To provide a foundation for the further study of psychology.
Content: Physiological processes, perception, learning and memory, cognition, emotion, development and personality, social processes, psychopathology and psychotherapy.
Taught: Every semester
Credits: 4
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PSY 3350 - Research Methods in Psychology
Goals: To understand the logic of experimental methodology, basic principles of experimental design, data analyses, limitations of experiments, and ethical considerations related to psychology research.
Content: Correlational and experimental research methods, threats to good experimental design, and interpretation of results. Students conduct statistical analysis and write up their own experiment.
Taught: Every semester
Prerequisites: PSY 1330 and a course in statistics
Credits: 4
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QMBE 1310 - Statistics
Goals: To acquaint students with major parametric and nonparametric statistical techniques.
Content: Data organization, simple probability, and sampling distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; regression and correlation; time series; selected non parametric tests.
Credit will not be given for both QMBE 1310 and PSY 1340 or MATH 1200
Credits: 4
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SJSC 1110 - Society and Social Change
Goals: To introduce students to the discipline of sociology and how understanding the organization of society enables one to both understand and effect social change.
Content: Introduction to theoretical perspectives, research methods, culture, socialization, and social institutions such as, but not limited to family, education, and government. Introduction to class, race, and gender as forms of social structure, with a specific focus on social change. Topical focus may vary with the instructor.
Credits: 4
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SJSC 3920 - Social Research Methods
Goals: To learn how to design and implement a research project. To become familiar with limits and appropriateness of various qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Content: Various types of research methods such as field research, content analysis, and survey.
Credits: 4
Note: Prerequisite: SJSC 1100 and SJSC 1110 with grade of C- or better or instructor permission, and junior or senior standing
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SPED 7100 - ASD: Introduction and Overview
The incidence of autism spectrum disorders has increased significantly, and schools are charged with creating appropriate programs. Examine autism and Asperger Syndrome, educational criteria, identification and assessment, personal perspectives, teaching strategies, and family issues. Discuss specific research related to autism and educational practices. Address the effects of autism on families, as well as how to include the family in educational planning. Target audience: educators, administrators, autism resource specialists, special educators P-12, and related services personnel.
Credits: 2
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SPED 7101 - Proactive Behavior Management
Too often, students with autism are ‘treated’ with behavior management strategies that expect the student to have necessary skills in the areas of emotional regulation, perspective-taking, and executive functioning. The emergence of scientific information regarding behavior and brain function should compel us to rethink many of our preconceived ideas about challenging behaviors and the strategies we use for intervention. In addition, research regarding emotional regulation development and sensory systems deficits, offers us an increased understanding of why our students struggle in specific situations.
This class examines behavior management philosophy, sensory and emotional regulation research, tools for Functional Behavior Assessments, and strategies for writing Positive Behavior Support Plans for students on the autism spectrum.
Note: This course is required for the completion of the Autism Spectrum Disorders certification and may also be taken as an elective for the Other Health Disabilities Certificate.
Prerequisite: SPED 7100
Credits: 2
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SPED 7102 - Assessment: Identification and Planning for the Student with ASD
Become competent in the identification and assessment of individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
Review Minnesota state criteria for the process of identification, assessment and educational planning for students with autism spectrum disorders. Effectively select, utilize, and report results using appropriate tools for evaluation of autism spectrum disorders. Write your own comprehensive evaluation report based on results obtained from testing an individual to which you have access.
Target audience: educators, administrators, autism resource specialists, special educators P-12, and related services personnel.
NOTE: This course is required for completion of the Autism Spectrum Disorders certificate.
Prerequisite: SPED 7100
Credits: 2
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SPED 7103 - Communication, Assessment, and Intervention for Learners with ASD
This course is required for students pursuing the ASD license (meets required competencies). It is one of two choices for an assessment class in the ASD certificate program, providing educators with an overview of the communication characteristics of individuals with ASD and exploring current assessment tools and strategies related to communication. The following areas will be addressed: development of social communication and its relevance in ASD, communicative characteristics across the autism spectrum, formal and informal assessment tools and strategies currently used to evaluate communication, including the use of informal tests to evaluate communicative functions, social communication, non-verbal language and play skills, use of assessment results to identify needs and develop intervention plans, and principles of guiding language intervention in ASD.
Credits: 2
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SPED 7104 - Intervention and Strategies for Students with ASD
This course examines how to organize and structure learning environments and integrate various evidence based strategies/interventions to support learners on the autism spectrum. This is a required course for both the ASD license and ASD certificate and is intended to be completed near the end of your ASD licensure/certificate.
Credits: 4
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SPED 7105 - Collaborative Transition Programming to Support Individuals with ASD Across Ages
The intent of this course is to develop an understanding of the impact an autism spectrum disorder has throughout an individual’s educational, employment, and independent living environments. Emphasis will be on the characteristics, issues, and essential elements for effective transition involved in the education and support of adolescents and young adults across the spectrum.
Participants will learn effective strategies based on current research they can use to teach individuals with ASD how to manage, cope, contribute, and succeed in educational, home, employment, and community environments. Collaboration among multidisciplinary team members involved in the assessment of academic, functional, social communication, employment, and independent living abilities will be a major focus of this course. A variety of educational approaches will be explored. Participants will integrate, apply, and evaluate strategies learned and have the opportunity to share and reflect on the results with their classmates.
The overall goal of this course is to teach educators and other team members how to prepare self-determined individuals able to advocate their wishes, goals, needs, and accommodations. Curricular options will be carefully considered to provide opportunities related to an individual’s interests, strengths, instructional level, self-understanding, self-regulation, and self-determination.
This is a requirement for the ASD license and an elective course for the ASD certificate. It is intended to be completed near the end of the ASD license/certificate.
Credits: 2
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