This course is recommended as a first semester course for students who are new to the University and to the Applied Leadership Program. The purpose of the course is to assist students with the transition to the University in an online program environment. The course provides students with an overview of the University, its online program resources, and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. This course will introduce students to leadership and organizations, build student success skills and develop the professional skills needed for future job placement.

Topics include world economics and their implications for the labor force, critical and creative thinking, leadership, and portfolio assessment. Required for admission to the Applied Organizational Studies program.

The focus in this course is on communication within organizations (including virtual environments), workplace engagement in virtual teamwork and the application of critical and creative thinking resulting in organizational innovation. The course also engages students in an exploration of the role of social organizing and the impact of networking on organizational growth and sustainability.

The focus in this course is on critical thinking, decision-making, and leadership in contemporary organizational environments. The course also explores the concept of followership and power distribution, and organizational adaptation due to technological and global economic change. Students will also participate in an applied research project in an approved organization of choice.

The course focuses on contemporary organizational issues and the concept of change in organizational design and development. Subject matter includes the use of causal thinking and econometric measurement, effectuation and entrepreneurial thinking, and the role of mission and vision. Students will complete a project-based exploration of the financial and resource aspects of return on investment comparing the effectual and causal perspectives on an organizational change.

This course is an exploration of the rapidly growing social entrepreneurship in the United States, the developing world, other developed countries, and in transnational contexts. Social entrepreneurs use business methods to help solve social and environmental challenges otherwise ignored or missed by traditional commerce. This course also includes social intrapreneurship where employees in existing companies similarly are developing new income opportunities for their firms by addressing social and environmental challenges in a profitable, scalable manner.

The course focuses on the development of social enterprise strategies, public and non-profit organizational innovation and the critical thinking required to solve complex social problems on a local and global scale through a sustainability and equity lens. This course serves as an elective for Applied Leadership majors.

Capstone project in which the student creates a portfolio that demonstrates the student's achievement in the core competencies of the program. Portfolio to be presented to a committee.

Prerequisites:

AOS 301

Topics vary as announced in class schedule. May be retaken for credit if topic varies.

A specialized topic of the students' choice. Coordination with a faculty member is necessary.

2-D visual problem solving and art-making strategies using the elements and principles of design. For elementary education majors and general education.

Goal Areas:

GE-06

For art, art history and art education majors.

An introduction to concepts and processes related to the visual and physical organization of three-dimensional form and space.

Introduction to traditional drawing techniques and concepts.

Introduction to Western and non-Western visual arts and the variety of methods by which art is understood. These may include art appreciation, art criticism, the history of art, popular culture, and aesthetic awareness.

Goal Areas:

GE-06, GE-08

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

This graphic design course is an introduction to digital media technology as a creative tool for the development of visual expression. The course is taught using the Mac OS and explores vector and bitmap image making.

Continued exploration of drawing techniques and concepts.

Prerequisites:

ART 110

Experience in drawing from the human figure.

Prerequisites:

ART 110

This course explores the basic principles of graphic design. Emphasis is placed on developing an awareness and effective use of type, image, and symbol. Students focus on the design process as a way to develop and refine design solutions.

Prerequisites:

ART 202

ART 225 offers art experiences with a focus on working with children. The class will be introduced to methods and materials that work best with these populations. The course includes an introduction to a broad scope of artists and artworks that reflect our culturally diverse country, as well as the global nature of our world. Visual Culture, work of fine art, museum analysis, installations, performances, video art, and graffiti will be discussed. Students will participate in hands-on art making activities through studio experiences, they will write and reflect on the outcomes, and they will participate in critiques and discussions.

Goal Areas:

GE-06, GE-07

Multimedia art exploration is a problem solving art studio experience involving the use of a variety of traditional and non-traditional art materials.

Goal Areas:

GE-06

Beginning experience with oil and/or acrylic paint. Emphasis upon technical and conceptual development.

Prerequisites:

ART 100 or ART 101, ART 110 or consent

Introduction to basic techniques in watercolor.

Prerequisites:

ART 100 or ART 101, ART 110 or consent

An introduction to basic wheel throwing techniques exploring the potential of clay as a creative and expressive material.

An introduction to basic sculptural hand building techniques exploring the nature of clay as a creative-expressive medium.