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Leadership preparation in the delivery of oral health care in the public health model. Emphasis will be placed on defining oral health problems and solutions, community planning, implementation and evaluation based on the oral health objectives of Healthy People 2010.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Leadership preparation in the delivery of oral health care in the public health model. Emphasis will be placed on defining oral health problems and solutions, community planning, implementation and evaluation based on the oral health objectives of Healthy People 2010.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene Post Licensure (BS)

Examines educational methods needed for effective dental hygiene instruction. Topics addressed within this course will include learner and context analysis, performance objectives, assessment instruments, instructional strategies, formative and summative evaluations. Emphasis will be placed on competency based instruction.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene Post Licensure (BS)

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to first hand experience in providing dental hygiene services through a study abroad opportunity. This course centers on an international week long service learning project in a foreign country. Most of our time and effort will be spent providing dental hygiene treatment. This course will also address ethics, cultural issues, standard of care issues, as well as challenges in providing dental hygiene care in a foreign country.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Gold

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

This course provides a framework for comprehensive patient-centered care using the Human Needs Conceptual Model to prevent oral disease and to promote health and wellness.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene Post Licensure (BS)

Combines the sciences and knowledge in the discipline of dental hygiene that permits systhesis and application of periodontal treatment techniques. Surgical and aggressive management of medically compromised periodontal patients will be addressed in this course.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene Post Licensure (BS)

Students will discover research and writing careers for dental hygienists. Course will provide awareness of the American Dental Hygienists' Association research agenda. Various research methods will be explored and students will develop skills related to locating and evaluating scientific literature to make evidence-based decisions. Professional writing skills will be developed throughout the course.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene Post Licensure (BS)

Demonstration of oral health delivery in community based clinics embracing oral health promotion efforts as a methodology. Increasing demand for care, dental services and prevention resulting in reduction of oral diseases and improved community oral health.

Prerequisites:

DHYG 444

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene Post Licensure (BS)

Applies content from Principles of Educational Methods to support the role of dental hygiene educator in didactic and clinical instruction. Active participation in course design, delivery and evaluation in classroom, on-line or clinical format with emphasis on competency based instruction.

Prerequisites:

DHYG 445

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene Post Licensure (BS)

This course is designed to facilitate critical thinking skills related to drugs used in dentistry and medicine with emphasis placed on the impact of the dental hygiene diagnosis.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene Post Licensure (BS)

Students will learn the characteristics of direct restorative materials. In a laboratory settings on typodont, students will place, contour, and adjust direct restorative materials. This is the first course in a series.

Prerequisites:

DHYG 322, DHYG 326

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene (BS)

Students work on patients in a clinical setting to place, contour, and adjust direct restorative materials in accordance with MN Statute. This is the second course in a series.

Prerequisites:

DHYG 322, DHYG 326, DHYG 460

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene (BS)

This course is the final clinical course in a series of courses in which students gain clinical proficiency by completing required patient experiences and final clinical test to fulfill State of Minnesota requirements to earn a certificate in restorative functions.

Prerequisites:

DHYG 322, DHYG 326, DHYG 460, DHYG 461

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Dental Hygiene (BS)

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Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Brief description of the operation of the US economic system illustrated by a discussion of current economic policies, issues, and problems. No credit toward a major, minor, or area with economics as a core, or if credit has been earned in ECON 201 and/or ECON 202, or equivalent.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Programs:

Ethnic Studies (BS) Public/Government

This course will examine the gendered nature of public policy using standard microeconomic tools. It examines the impact of public policy on employment discrimination, reproductive rights, and sexual orientation.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 2 - Critical Thinking | Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Emphasis on forces influencing employment and inflation. Current problems of the economy are stressed along with tools government has to cope with them.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Programs:

Actuarial Science Minor | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Bus Ad: General Minor | Business Administration (BBA) | Civil Engineering (BSCE) | Computer Engineering (BSEC) | Economics (BA) | Economics Minor | Electrical Engineering (BSEE) | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Political Science | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Anthropology | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Economics | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Geography | Social Studies Teaching (BS) History | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Political Science | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Psychology | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Sociology | Software Engineering (BS)

Examines decision making by the individual firm, the determination of prices and wages, and current problems facing business firms.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Programs:

Actuarial Science Minor | Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Automotive Engineering Technology (BS) | Aviation (BS) Aviation Management | Bus Ad: General Minor | Business Administration (BBA) | Civil Engineering (BSCE) | Computer Engineering (BSEC) | Economics (BA) | Economics Minor | Electrical Engineering (BSEE) | Management (BS) | Management (BS) Business Management | Management (BS) Human Resource Management | Manufacturing Engineering Technology (BS) | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Political Science | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Anthropology | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Economics | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Geography | Social Studies Teaching (BS) History | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Political Science | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Psychology | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Sociology | Software Engineering (BS)

Basic statistical methods including measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, probability distributions, sampling, problems of estimation and hypothesis testing in the case of one and two sample meaans and proportions. Chi-Square, one-way analysis of variance, simple regression and correlation analysis, and brief introduction to multiple regression analysis. Use of computer statistical packages required.

Prerequisites:

MATH 112 or equivalent

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 2 - Critical Thinking | Goal Area 4 - Mathematical/Logical Reasoning

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Programs:

Applied Health Science (BS) Pre-Healthcare Administration | Bus Ad: General Minor | Business Analytics (CERT) | Economics (BA) | Management (BS) | Management (BS) Business Management | Management (BS) Human Resource Management | Management Information Systems (BS) | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Economics | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Philosophy | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Political Science

This course will introduce the student to the use of mathematics in economic analysis. Topics include optimization methods, comparative statics, and linear algebra.

Prerequisites:

ECON 201, ECON 202, ECON 207, MATH 112 or equivalent

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Programs:

Economics (BA) | Economics (BS) | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Philosophy | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Political Science

A descriptive and analytical study of the basic principles of money, banking, and finance as they are related to business and public policy.

Prerequisites:

ECON 201 and ECON 202

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Programs:

Economics (BA) | Economics (BS) | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Philosophy | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Political Science

Elementary economic background and analysis of housing, medical care, inflation, unemployment dilemma, pollution, poverty and affluence, balance between public and private sectors, transportation, urban problems, and other issues will be covered in this course.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Programs:

Economics (BA) | Economics (BS) | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Philosophy | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Political Science | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Economics

This course will provide tools for analyzing the effects of economic globalization on employment, distribution of income, economic development and socio-economic issues from a gender perspective.

Prerequisites:

ECON 201 or ECON 202

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Programs:

Economics (BA) | Economics (BS)

A survey of imperfect competition, multiple-product firms, multiple-plant firms, and interest theory, designed to develop a system of economic thought.

Prerequisites:

ECON 201, ECON 202 and ECON 301

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Programs:

Economics (BA) | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Philosophy | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Political Science

Study of factors determining aggregate level of production, employment, inflation, and implications of monetary and fiscal policies.

Prerequisites:

ECON 201, ECON 202 and ECON 301

Areas of Interest:

Government and Public Administration

Programs:

Economics (BA) | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA) Political Science