2024-2025 Course List

This course addresses the application of safety management principles and techniques to air transportation operations. Topics include flight operation safety, cabin safety, ground safety, transportation of dangerous goods, and organizational safety culture promotion. FAA regulatory requirements and industry standards are included throughout the course. Students will gain complete and updated knowledge of the current safety management issues and best practices for air transportation.

This course covers aviation maintenance safety policies, procedures, and practices in use throughout the aviation industry. The course develops students¿ understanding of the influence and role of the regulatory agencies in aviation maintenance safety, the role of maintenance safety in relation to the overall safety management program in an organization, and mechanics¿ safety responsibilities in their areas of operation.

This course introduces students to both commercial and generation aviation airport operational safety and security. The course focuses on compliance with regulations as they pertain to airport operations and the best practices that can be implemented in the airport environment. Specific topics include: airport certification, airport emergency plan (AEP), airport rescue and fire fighting, runway safety, wildlife management, winter operations, ground vehicle operations, airport threats, and security measures, security-related incidents response and departmental cooperation. Students will learn how to plan, coordinate, implement, and monitor preventive security measures at airports.

In this course, students will collaboratively or individually complete an aviation safety-related project under the close supervision of a faculty member. A faculty sponsor is required for this course. Group work is permissible with the approval of the supervising faculty member.

The course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply aviation safety knowledge and skills to professional activities while gaining real-world experience. The internship incorporates professional experience with required periodic progress and a final report. Requires consent of instructor.

This course involves intensive research activity associated with a master's thesis. Any student wishing to complete a master's thesis must obtain the permission of a faculty member. The research project should be conducted under the supervision of the student's advisor and thesis committee. Submission of a research paper, an oral defense of the research work, and approval by the thesis committee are required for thesis credits to be earned.

Introductory course designed for students not majoring in science. Focuses on basic biological principles with special emphasis on the human species. Includes scientific problem solving, biodiversity, human and social aspects of biology, ecology, cellular processes and organ function, human reproduction, pre-natal development, and heredity. Lecture, laboratory, and small group discussions.

Goal Areas:

GE-03, GE-08

An introduction to biological topics of special interest to women with emphasis on anatomic and physiologic changes over the course of a woman's lifetime. Designed for students not majoring in science. Presents fundamental biologic concepts within this specialized context and provides opportunity to collect, evaluate, and analyze data.

Goal Areas:

GE-03

An introduction to the multidisciplinary field of soil science and fertility. The course will examine the basic physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils. Further topics will explore soil genesis, soil health and management, and their relationships to crop production. Field trips and lab activities will be used to explore key concepts, with emphasis on examples relevant to the soils of southern Minnesota. Local field trips included.

Goal Areas:

GE-03, GE-10

Study of biological processes at the suborganismal level including cell chemistry, metabolism, reproduction, genetics, and complex tissue physiology. Laboratory and discussion sessions stress problem solving and experimental design.

Goal Areas:

GE-03

Study of biological processes at the organismal level including a survey of life forms (viruses, bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals), their evolution, and ecology. Laboratory and discussion sessions stress problem solving and experimental design.

This course covers animal production history and economic impact, breeddevelopment, animal anatomy and physiology, animal production features, growth and lactation physiology, environmental animal production factors and animal research. This course also provides a comprehensive introduction to thefundamental principles of animal science based on biological and scientific aspects of animals that serve mankind.

This course includes the study of the management and production of forages,grasses for harvested and grazed production. Subject areas will include varietals selection, planting, calculating yields, production costs, growth management, harvesting techniques and marketing techniques. The forage management will focus on legume and grass production, it will include emphasis on establishment, winter survival, fertilization, cutting management, forage storage and variety selection.

This course covers agronomy principles for crop growth in the upper Midwest. The course covers the components of plant growth, seed quality, plant structures, plant development, plant classification, maturity systems and seeding rates. Corn and soybean production will be the main crops being discussed. The lab component will include activities in seed germination, staging of plant growth, stem, root, and flower structures.

An introduction to the health care profession with special emphasis on clinical laboratory personnel. Course includes presentations by professionals in some of the major health care fields, especially medical technology. Includes lectures, field observations.

This course is designed for nursing and allied health sciences majors and will prepare them for advanced coursework in their majors. The course will focus on human anatomy and physiology with emphasis on the structure and function of the systems of the body. Special emphasis will be placed on cell structure and function, tissues, metabolism and major organ systems including the integumentary system, the skeletal system, joints, muscle and muscular system, and nervous system, and special senses. Lab included with dissection.

This course is designed for nursing and allied health sciences majors and will prepare them for advanced coursework in their majors. This course will focus on human anatomy and physiology with emphasis on the structure and function of the systems of the body. Special emphasis will be placed on cells, tissues, structure and function of major organ systems including endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems, and development. Lab included with dissection.

This course will include both the technical an practical information that should be of assistance to a student who will farm or go into the fertilizer business. The course deals with the basic soil-plant relationships and the effects of fertility. Detailed information of soil test results will be covered. Materials from the Certified Crop Advisor program will be used.

Prerequisites:

BIOL 104, GEOL 104

Introduction to genetic analysis. Topics covered will include those of both classical and modern genetics: population genetics, molecular genetics, genetic manipulation of organisms and selection. Central to this course will be the primacy of the trait as the object of genetics and the development/refinement of the concept of the gene. Lab included.Fall, Spring, Summer

Prerequisites:

BIOL 105, BIOL 106, and MATH 112

Principles of the study of relationships between organisms and the environment. Topics include flow of energy and materials, organism-level interactions, growth and evolution of populations, and community ecology. Field trips to prairie, lake, stream, and forest communities, training in data collection and analysis, use of equipment, and report writing. Lab included.

Prerequisites:

BIOL 105 and BIOL 106 or consent

Biology of plants including unique features of plant cells, life histories, metabolism, anatomy, physiology, and ecology. The course empathizes plants' remarkable adaptations to their environments, their diversity, and the vital roles they play in ecological interactions. For biology and environmental science majors and minors. Lab included.

Prerequisites:

BIOL 105 and BIOL 106 or consent

Systems approach to the structure of the human body. The course is designed for students majoring in biology or health related programs. Lab included.

This course considers the characteristics and identification of noxious and common weeds and weed seeds, methods of control, evaluation of herbicide performance and tolerance to herbicides. Topics on herbicide characteristics, formulations and application methods will be taken into account in determining the most economic method of weed control.

Prerequisites:

BIOL 146

An introduction to the general principles and methods used in the study of microorganisms. Lab included. Prereq: One BIOL course and one semester of chemistry from among CHEM 104, CHEM 106, CHEM 111, or CHEM 201. Fall, Spring, Summer

Prerequisites:

One BIOL course and one semester of chemistry from among CHEM 104, CHEM 106, CHEM 111, or CHEM 201

Goal Areas:

GE-03

An introduction to the general principles and methods to control the growth and transmission of pathogenic microbes and the development of antibiotic resistance in healthcare, food preparation/service, and industrial settings. Lab included.

Goal Areas:

GE-03