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HIS 140 World Civilizations Before 1500
3 credit hours
Overview of the development of major eras and key people, ideas, and events in selected civilizations in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Americas, Africa, and Asia from their origins to 1500. This course will utilize a comparative approach analyzing and interpreting the past through a variety of global themes and related patterns over time. There will be emphasis on the examination of causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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HIS 201 Native American History
3 credit hours
A survey of the rich heritage of Native American cultures north of Mexico. Ethnographic, historical, and archeological materials will be used, along with films, to examine regional differences in cultural patterns. The course concludes with a discussion of contemporary problems of the indigenous peoples of North America.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 202 African American History
3 credit hours
A survey of the African American experience from African origins to the present. This course will provide an understanding of the role African Americans have played in the U.S. history and explore the various political, economic, social and cultural methods African Americans have employed to survive in an overwhelmingly segregated nation.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 203 Mexican American History
3 credit hours
A survey of the Mexican American experience from colonial origins to the present. This course will provide an understanding of the role Mexican Americans have played in the United States history and explore the political, economic, social and cultural factors that have molded Mexican American Society.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 204 Women In U.S. History
3 credit hours
This course will introduce students to the field of U.S. Women’s history. Women’s history is the study of women from different periods and across cultures. This course will explore the diversity of women’s experiences in U.S. society.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 211 United States History
3 credit hours
Overview of the major eras and key people, ideas, and events in U.S. history from its colonial beginnings with greater emphasis on development from the Civil War to the contemporary age. This course will promote examination of related factors, analysis, and interpretation of the past, and a study of causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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HIS 220 Museum Studies And Collections
3 credit hours
The goal of this course is to give students the opportunity to apply academic training in the administration of a historic site to practical situations outside the traditional classroom setting. Using different museums and historic sites as learning “laboratories,” students will be introduced to different types of museums/historical organizations; standards to which museum professionals adhere; the ethics of museum collecting and representation; the approach to material culture taken by museum professionals and those in related disciplines; and the basic functions and operations of museums, including collections management, conservation, education, and exhibition.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 285 Special Topics
3 credit hours
Study of specific selected topics with development of appropriate major eras and key people, ideas, and events. Special Topics courses will promote examination of pertinent related factors with analysis and interpretation of the past studying causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions. Special Topics may be repeated for credit with the approval of the department/advisor.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 300 Michigan History
3 credit hours
Overview of the major eras and key people, ideas, and events in Michigan history from its indigenous beginnings to the contemporary age. This course will promote examination of related factors, analysis, and interpretation of the past, and a study of causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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HIS 302 World Regional History
3 credit hours
Study of history through focus on a region with development of appropriate major eras and key people, ideas and events. This regional focus will promote examination of pertinent related factors with analysis and interpretation of the past, studying causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions. World Regional History may be repeated for credit with the approval of the department/advisor.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 303 War In History
3 credit hours
Study of history through focus on significant conflicts and their resolutions. This focus will promote examination of appropriate major eras and key people, ideas and events. The presentation will feature analysis and interpretation of pertinent related factors, critical turning points and significant decisions as well as appropriate comparison and contrast across eras and regions. War in History may be repeated for credit with the approval of the department/advisor.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 304 American West
3 credit hours
This course covers the history of the U.S. West from European contact through the late 19th century. Several key themes are explored: The U.S. Federal government and its role in the conquest, economic development, growth, and administration of the West; the legacy of that conquest for various peoples; human interaction with the environment; the formation of communities in the West; and the role of the mythic West in American popular culture.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 305 Historical Cases
3 credit hours
Study of selected cases in world history through factor analysis. This analytical approach will focus on key people, ideas, and events and employ pertinent factors from economics, political science and/or geography to identify salient causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions and decision makers. Historical Cases may be repeated for credit with the approval of the department/advisor.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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HIS 323 History Of Middle East
3 credit hours
Study of the development of the major eras and key people, ideas, and events in the social and political history of the Middle East from the founding of Islam to the current Arab-Israeli conflict. This course concentrates on the historical roots of current problems, and emphasizes the examination of related factors with analysis and interpretation of the past, studying causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 333 Biography As History
3 credit hours
Study of history through focus on key people with development of appropriate major eras and key ideas and events. This biographical focus will promote examination of pertinent related factors with analysis and interpretation of the past, studying causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions. Biography as History may be repeated for credit with the approval of the department/advisor.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 340 Historiography And Methodology
3 credit hours
An examination and application of history methods both current and past with emphasis on comparison of various historiographical perspectives from selected eras and regions. This course will develop investigative research abilities and information processing skills.
Prerequisite: Junior status or permission
Course is Offered: FA 2018
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HIS 341 Early Modern Europe
3 credit hours
Study of development of major eras and key people, ideas, and events in European transition from 1500 to 1815 with emphasis on the Renaissance, the Protestant Movement, the emerging nation states, and the French Revolution. This course will promote examination of related factors with analysis and interpretation of the past, studying causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 385 Special Topics
3 credit hours
Study of specific selected topics with development of appropriate major eras and key people, ideas, and events. Special Topics courses will promote examination of pertinent related factors with analysis and interpretation of the past studying causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions. Special Topics may be repeated for credit with the approval of the department/advisor.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 480 Internship
3 credit hours
The internship provides a work experience with an organization utilizing museum studies skills. 150 clock hours are required at the approved location for three credit hours of college credit.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: FA, WI, SU Every Year
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HIS 485 Special Topics
3 credit hours
Study of specific selected topics with development of appropriate major eras and key people, ideas, and events. Special Topics courses will promote examination of pertinent related factors with analysis and interpretation of the past studying causes and effects, critical turning points, and significant decisions. Special Topics may be repeated for credit with the approval of the department/advisor.
Prerequisite: Based on course topic
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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HIS 495 Senior Seminar
3 credit hours
Intensive individual research project culminating in a paper and formal presentation in either history or social science. Seminar discussions will focus on comparison of various historiographical perspectives from selected eras and regions. This course will develop investigative research abilities and information processing skills.
Prerequisite: Senior status
Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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HON 100 Honors Seminar I
1 credit hours
This Honors Seminar is the foundational course that introduces students to leadership theory through the practice of a substantial service project, supervised by the Honors Program Director, and results in a final report on the activity. A minimum of 45 hours of confirmed service learning focused on earth care shall be required per seminar.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors Program
Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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HON 240 Honors Seminar II
1 credit hours
This Honors Seminar focuses upon leadership theory through the practice of a substantial service project, supervised by the Honors Program Director, and results in a final report on the activity. A minimum of 45 hours of confirmed service learning focused on people care shall be required per seminar.
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Course is Offered: Every FA beginning FA 2019
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HON 340 Honors Seminar III
1 credit hours
This Honors Seminar focuses upon leadership theory through the practice of a substantial service project, supervised by the Honors Program Director, and results in a final report on the activity A minimum of 45 hours of confirmed service learning focused on fair share shall be required per seminar.
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Course is Offered: Every FA beginning FA 2020
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HON 385 Honors Special Topics
1-4 credit hours
Study of special selected topics with development of appropriate major areas. Special topics may be repeated for credit with the approval of the Honors Director.
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Course is Offered: Every WI beginning WI 2019
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HON 440 Honors Seminar IV
1 credit hours
This Honors Seminar focuses upon leadership theory through the practice of substantial individualized service projects, supervised by the Honors Program Director, and results in a final report on the activity.
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Course is Offered: Every FA beginning FA 2021
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HON 495 Thesis Proposal Development
1 credit hours
This course serves as a seminar for Honors Program students to develop their research proposals, expanding their research skills, and executing their work through scholarly writing.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors Program
Course is Offered: Every FA beginning FA 2021
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HON 496 Honors Thesis
3 credit hours
This course is an independent research course in which students conduct their Honors Thesis research with the guidance of a thesis director and produce a scholarly work.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors Program
Course is Offered: Every WI beginning WI 2022
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Humanities |
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HUM 110 Intro To Ethnic And Gender Studies
3 credit hours
This interdisciplinary course explores cultural pluralism as an essential dynamic of cultural history and will introduce students to the academic study of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. Though this course will focus on the United States it will also consider global cultures and transnationalism.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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Information Technology |
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ITM 365 Management Of Information Technology
3 credit hours
The course provides an in-depth look at how organizations use management information systems and related technologies to achieve organizational goals. Key concepts and principles are explored and lay the foundation for the other ITM courses.
Prerequisite: An Introductory information systems course preferred
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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ITM 370 Electronic Commerce
3 credit hours
The course focuses on the many aspects of e-commerce centered around 3 themes: e-commerce business development and strategy; technological innovation; and social controversies and impacts. In addition to the concepts and components of e-commerce, the student will explore how e-commerce is in use in a variety of organizations across multiple sectors.
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Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus.
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ITM 460 Information Technology Project Management
3 credit hours
This course focuses on the concepts and principles of project management. While addressing project management from an IT perspective, the lessons learned should apply to most project management activities. The course deals with the approach and functional requirements of project management but does not delve into automated system tools.
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Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus.
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ITM 461 Project Management Coordination
3 credit hours
This course focuses on the processes and activities used by the project manager and team to identify, define, combine (integration requirements), unify, and coordinate project work, such as developing the project management plans. Further, special attention is given to the planning, executing, and controlling of project scope. Finally, students will learn the processes, policies, and procedures that must be implemented to meet the quality requirements.
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Course is Offered: Uncertain
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ITM 467 Agile Project Management
3 credit hours
Agile is a project management methodology that uses short development cycles called sprints to focus on continuous improvement in the development of a product or service. Organizations with an Agile mindset have a distinct advantage in this rapidly changing world. They shorten time to market, improve product quality and create more value for customers.
This course is designed to teach students to identify and manage products that are suited for the Agile approach. These projects are typically ambiguous in scope, such as initiatives launched in the IT field. Students will learn the Agile Manifesto, and the different agile methodologies, including Scrum, Extreme Programming, Crystal, and Lean Development. Special attention is given to the Scrum ceremonies, such as sprint planning meeting, daily standup, spring review meeting, sprint retrospective, and grooming the prioritized product backlog. Students will learn the similarities and differences between Waterfall and Scrum projects.
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Course is Offered: Uncertain
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ITM 470 Strategic Management Of Innovation
3 credit hours
The course covers many of the principles, concepts and processes that enable both product and process innovation across industries and organizations.
Prerequisite:
Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus.
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ITM 480 Information Technology Strategy
3 credit hours
The course is to be taken as the final ITM course and focuses on IT management issues rather than technology issues. The student will gain insights into the various issues that make up and impact the IT strategy and supporting processes. Heavy use of case studies will re-enforce the critical issues being presented.
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Course is Offered: At one or more Siena Heights degree completion centers, but may not be available on the Adrian campus.
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LAN 201 Education Communication
3 credit hours
A course designed for students seeking teacher certification. This course emphasizes communication theory and introduces students to a variety of communication models. Students develop the skills they will use in teaching within interpersonal, small group, and large public speaking environments.
Prerequisite: Permission
Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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LAN 213 Introduction To Language Arts
3 credit hours
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of Language Arts and the role it plays in the field of education. Students will acquire a basic understanding of the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking/Listening, and Language along with the Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. Three (3) clock hours: Three observations of Language Arts classes: Grades K – 2, 3 – 5, 6 – 8.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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LAN 285 Special Topics
1-3 credit hours
Dependent upon topic.
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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LAN 330 Developmental Reading
3 credit hours
Students will gain an understanding of the reading process and how it differs across the content areas. Emphasis is placed on assessment, data analysis, and implementation of best practices in reading instruction in the intermediate grades. Attention will be given to designing lessons which meet the needs of learners with diverse reading abilities. Students will demonstrate knowledge of integrating technology with instruction. Twenty (20) clock hours: Candidates tutor Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade general education delayed readers.
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Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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LAN 332 Teaching Writing
3 credit hours
This course is designed to be a Writer’s Workshop. Students will learn about the teaching of writing by being writers together. A variety of genre will be addressed including narrative, argumentative, information, and poetic texts. Consideration will be given to both “Writing to Learn” and “Learning to Write.” Two (2) clock hours: Two observations of Writers’ Workshop.
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Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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LAN 334 Strategies For Teaching Reading
3 credit hours
The purpose of this course is for students to gain an understanding of the reading process. Emphasis is placed on assessment, data analysis, and implementation of best practices in reading instruction in the primary grades. Lessons will be designed to meet the needs of all learners. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the components essential to a child’s learning to read as evidenced by research: oral language, phonemic awareness, word study (phonics and vocabulary), fluency, comprehension and writing about reading. Ideas for ongoing communication and collaboration with parents will also be incorporated. Twenty (20) clock hours: Candidates tutor Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade general education delayed readers.
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Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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LAN 335 Content Area Reading
3 credit hours
This course deals with secondary content area reading instruction. Emphasis is placed on reading to learn with a goal of assisting secondary students in becoming more independent learners. Students will define the reading process and articulate a personal philosophy of reading to learn. There will be an emphasis on literacy across the curriculum as students create, modify, and adapt lessons to address the needs of various learning styles and explore assessment strategies for use in the content area classroom. Integration of technology will also be explored. Twenty (20) clock hours: Candidates tutor Grade 6 – 12 general education delayed readers in content area literacy.
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Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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LAN 341 Integrated Language Arts
3 credit hours
Consideration of process, product, and assessment for diverse classrooms will be the emphasis as students explore the Language Arts: reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing. Students will design short and long term learning plans. A culminating small group project will be integrating the language arts into a content area unit of instruction and assessment. Two (2) clock hours: Two observations of the integration of language arts in the content areas.
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Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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LAN 371 Strategies For Teaching Language Arts
3 credit hours
The inquiry approach, utilizing both critical and creative thinking, will be used as students explore ways to incorporate the language arts components of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing across the curriculum. Students will reflect on ideas and concepts gleaned from courses they have taken in the Language Arts Program and consider how they may be used to enhance student learning. Thirty (30) clock hours: candidates work closely with a language arts teacher in his/her classroom.
Prerequisite: Completion of all other Language Arts Program Core Requirements
Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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LAN 474 Language Arts Application
1 credit hours
In collaboration with a practicing classroom teacher, students will utilize knowledge gleaned from the Language Arts Program to design an integrated unit of instruction in a content area.
Corequisite:
Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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LAN 485 Special Topics
Dependent upon topic.
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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LAS 100 First Year Experience
1 credit hours
Students at Siena will begin their liberal arts and integrative experience by participating in the First Year Experience (FYE). FYE is a comprehensive program of events, programs and activities that will assist students in becoming familiar with Siena Heights University and develop the necessary college success skills to thrive in Siena’s liberal arts environment. FYE not only links incoming students with the institution, but also with faculty, staff, and incoming and current students. FYE will introduce students to the school’s mission, Dominican tradition (prayer, study, community, and preaching/service), the liberal arts program and the expectations of the learning community at Siena. A peer mentor will assist each student throughout their first year at Siena. This course requires a grade of C- or better.
Liberal Arts: Integrated Learning. A grade of 2.0 or greater is required for this course.
Course is Offered: FA and WI every year
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LAS 101 Freshman Transitions
2 credit hours
Eligible Student Support Services (SSS) freshmen will have the opportunity to get a jump on success with the Freshman Transition Scholars Program (FTSP). Participants move into their residence hall, or commute, two weeks early and complete this two credit hour class at no charge to them. Seminars and activities throughout the program will assist in transitioning into college life, assisting the student to develop learning strategies that will be beneficial to their growth as a lifelong learner. Seminars include success strategies, library skills, English and grammar dynamics, computer skills, financial literacy, career explorations, and graphing calculators. In addition, students will become familiar with campus surroundings, including their classrooms, key offices, as well as meeting faculty and staff. A peer mentor will assist each student throughout their first year at Siena.
Prerequisite: FTIC Student Support Services eligibility and approval of Director of SSS
Course is Offered: SU enrollment in Freshman Transitions Summer Program
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LAS 102 Career Explorations
2 credit hours
An introduction to career/life planning. Topics include self-assessment, career exploration, using information technology, self-marketing techniques, job search methods, and academic/career planning strategies. Course is limited to students at Freshman and Sophomore level.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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LAS 141 Diversity In Community
3 credit hours
This Liberal Arts Core seminar begins with an exploration of various definitions and models of “community” and then explores how “community” gets constructed and defined through various social movements in the context of American history, and examines issues related to the Earth community and sustainability. The course introduces students to the Domincan community in Adrian and the broader Dominican tradition, and includes some community outreach component. This course serves as an introduction to the Liberal Arts Program learning outcomes, especially diversity in community and social responsibility.
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Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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LAS 222 Siena Serves – Service Learning
1 credit hours
This experiential learning course will help students better understand service-learning and civic engagement. Students will have the opportunity to learn about several different service learning theories and put them into practice with tangible service experiences. The culmination of the class is an investment in a local service project or to participate in one of our main Siena Serves alternative break experiences.
Prerequisite: None
Course Fee: $150
Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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LAS 241 Inquiry And Truth
3 credit hours
This liberal Arts Core seminar explores the way humans seek and express “truth” through symbols and story-telling, rational inquiry and philosophy, empirical method and the sciences. The course introduces students to the concerns that led to the Enlightenment, to questions regarding the relationship between faith and reason, and issues regarding epistemology and the historical contingency of human truth claims. The seminar also introduces students to the Dominican intellectual tradition. This course helps students develop skills connected to the program’s learning outcomes, especially critical thinking and communication skills.
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Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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LAS 260 Leadership And Mentoring
3 credit hours
This is an introductory leadership course designed to provide the opportunity for students to explore leadership broadly and to engage in discussion and projects that will allow them to define their personal leadership philosophies, styles and skills. Students will also learn about roles and responsibilities of Peer Mentors and ethical leadership. This course is required for all Peer Mentors.
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Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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LAS 301 The Adult Learner
3 credit hours
In this course students will view the world through the lens of liberal arts learning in the traditions of Siena’s Catholic and Dominican heritage. LAS 301 assists students in transitioning and enhancing critical thinking and communication skills in compliance with the university’s mission and standards. The course fosters integration of life and educational experiences consistent with the values and principles of liberal arts at Siena Heights University. Topics include, but are not limited to: critical thinking, learning styles, adult development, personal/professional goals and lifelong learning. These topics provide a forum for open intellectual inquiry and opportunities to refine written and oral communication.
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Liberal Arts: Integrative Learning. A grade of 2.0 or greater is required in this course.
Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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LAS 341 Contemplation And Action
3 credit hours
This Liberal Arts Core seminar provides students an opportunity to explore and engage in the interplay between meditation, prayer and contemplation on the one hand and creative action, work, and service to family, community, and society on the other. The Dominican tradition, with its challenge “to contemplate and to share with others the fruits of contemplation” provides a starting point for the course. Students will explore Dominican Art, and Dominican social outreach, as well as some other religious traditions in terms of what insight they offer into the fruitful tension between contemplation and action. This course helps students to continue developing skills related to the program’s learning outcomes, especially creativity and religious traditions.
Prerequisite: LAS 241 , except students transferring in with 56 or more credit hours
Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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LAS 401 Senior Seminar: Integrative Experience
3 credit hours
In this course students will view the world through the lens of liberal arts learning in the traditions of Siena’s Catholic and Dominican heritage. LAS 401 affords the student, together with peers from other majors, the structured reflective and integrative seminar that deepens and broadens their educational experience as they continue to pursue their goals for lifelong learning. Students are expected to integrate the course readings, films and discussions into a final project focused on their philosophy of life.
Prerequisite: Senior Standing or Permission
Liberal Arts: Integrative Learning. A grade of 2.0 or greater is required in this course.
Course is Offered: FA, WI, and SU Every Year
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LAS 441 Justice And Peace
3 credit hours
This Liberal Arts Core seminar focuses on the interdependence of justice and peace. Drawing on a wide variety of sources students ask what “justice” means with respect to the courts of law, the economy, globalization, human rights, social harmony, and so on. Injustices of various kinds often lead to violence and even war, so this course also provides an arena for students to consider the tenets of Just war theory, the broad lines of a common good ethic, and non-violent means of peace-building through the promotion of justice. Students will be introduced to some of the work of the Adrian Dominican office on Justice and Peace. This capstone course helps students master some content and skills identified by our liberal arts learning outcomes, especially ethical integration, and to integrate knowledge acquired through the construction of a cumulative project, or composition of a philosophy of life essay.
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Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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LAS 485 Special Topics
3 credit hours
Based upon topic.
Course is Offered: Uncertain
Instruction Type: This course is totally online.
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LDR 601 Leadership Theory
3 credit hours
An interdisciplinary overview of program topics including relevant concepts from business, psychology, education, ethics, and career development. Reviews historical approaches to organizational leadership as well as recent innovations in managing the change process.
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LDR 602 Research And Professional Writing
3 credit hours
An introduction to the effective selection, analysis, and use of qualitative and quantitative research for professional purposes. Information and activities presented from the perspective of both the consumer and the producer of research. Requires demonstration of computer competencies and library/informational resource competencies, presentation skills, and the application of research to a real-life issue or situation.
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LDR 604 Ethics And Social Justice
3 credit hours
This course is reflective of the Dominican tradition: “Specifically, these are the values of the reflective life, the free exploration of ultimate questions, the imperative to witness one’s values to the world, the concern for justice in human relationships, and participation in communal celebration.” Scholarly work will be linked to real world examples, focusing on how human interaction and leadership behaviors are best woven into organizational leadership. Assignments and discussions will equip participants with the tools and practice needed to create ethical and socially just organizations.
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LDR 606 Entrepreneurship
3 credit hours
Entrepreneurship emphasizes entrepreneurial skills and issues in business creation, innovation, and design. Focus will include the entrepreneur’s challenge of building People, Process, and Product capabilities within a start-up or existing organization. Discussion will include small and global organizational models.
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LDR 609 Health Care Systems Management
3 credit hours
A critical analysis and evaluation of health service delivery in various settings. This course explores the history, organization, roles and relationships of consumers and providers, as well as the various health service delivery systems functioning today. Students discuss current trends, issues and market dynamics which impact health service systems and integrate them into their leadership and management mental models.
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LDR 610 Career Development And Mentoring
3 credit hours
An examination of factors affecting the selection and development of professional roles. Explores career development methods. Each student develops an individualized career action plan and learns techniques to assist individuals and organizations with career development programs.
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LDR 612 Higher Education Law
3 credit hours
Important legal and ethical issues facing higher education institutions are explored during this course. Includes review of policy issues related to student rights, academic freedom, and intellectual property. In addition, the role of federal, state, and local governments in public education is explored. Using a case study approach, students are to develop an understanding of administrative law pertaining to students, faculty, administrators, and boards of trustees at institutions of higher education.
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LDR 614 Contemporary Issues In Health Care
3 credit hours
This course will expose students to the trends and contemporary issues of the health care delivery system. It will examine the issues pertaining to the organization, roles, and relationships of consumers and providers of health care services, as well as the various types of facilities and organizations, and current issues which impact the health care system.
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LDR 620 Information Systems Management
3 credit hours
An introduction to the strategic management of information technology in the health service industry. Students examine in-depth the issues faced by managers of information systems. Areas of focus include clinical and financial information systems, community health information systems networks, and analysis of need, systems acquisition, operational challenges, and information systems planning and system/network integration strategies.
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LDR 621 Organizational Behavior And Psychology
3 credit hours
Topics of current interest in Organizational Psychology from an individual, group or systems perspective are covered. Understanding the workplace in today’s global market requires administrative, managerial and leadership insight and awareness from multiple dimensions. Focus areas will include Job Analysis, Performance Appraisal, Training, Motivation, Job Attitudes, Antecedents and Consequences, and Stress and Worker Well- Being among others.
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LDR 622 Student Development Theory
3 credit hours
Using a comprehensive overview of college student development theory, this course focuses on the historical and contemporary approaches to college student growth and development to promote positive outcomes. This course examines the fundamental theories regarding the diversity and culture of the adult student, as well as effective teaching principles and practices for adult students.
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LDR 623 Teaching And Technology In Higher Education
3 credit hours
An overview of current trends in higher education that impact teaching and learning, such as instructional methodologies, evaluation methods, and classroom culture. Developing an understanding of how contemporary technology can enhance the adult learning experience is vital to student success. Strategies, software, and other educational technology tools are explored and used during this course. Instructors model a best practices approach to teaching, learning and technology.
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LDR 624 Organization And Administration In Higher Education
3 credit hours
An exploration of administrative roles, governance, and management functions of postsecondary institutions. Students are to develop an understanding of academic and student service policies and procedures, and to review and analyze organizational theory related to institutions of higher education.
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LDR 625 Human Resource Management In Health Care
3 credit hours
The student will see how today’s world shapes both human resource management issues and needs. The course will also examine the roles that individuals, team members, managers, staff generalists and specialists play in human resource management (HRM). Our focus is on HRM functions as they relate to one another and to organizational performance strategy. The student will experience and evaluate a variety of training and development techniques as well.
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LDR 629 Overview Of U.S. Healthcare System
3 credit hours
This course provides a wide-ranging overview of America’s health care system, combining a historical perspective with an analysis of current trends in the industry. While considering the evolution of the modern American health care system, the course will provide a complete examination and delivery while offering critical insight into the issues that the US health system faces today. The courser will review the complex structures, relationships, and processes of this rapidly growing industry, including information on the progress and impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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LDR 630 Organizational Culture And Communication
3 credit hours
An in-depth study of the impact communication has on organizational culture, and how culture influences individual and organizational behavior. Students will examine communication and the impact it has on individual performance, organizational structure and cultural environment. This course will also examine different theories and methods of communication linked to a variety of leadership models and the development of technical competencies. Students are required to demonstrate basic computer-based competencies.
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LDR 635 Program Planning And Evaluation
3 credit hours
An introduction to the concepts of curriculum, program planning, outcomes and instructional improvement strategies in higher education. Institutional assessment in higher education, as required by national, regional, or local accrediting agencies is explored. Evaluation and assessment are emphasized as providing guidance for making informed decisions regarding academic programs and student services. A variety of evaluation tools related to student achievement and organizational performance are explored.
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LDR 636 Teaming And Decision Making
3 credit hours
An introduction to team building processes, characteristics of high performance teams, group decision-making techniques, methods to enhance team effectiveness, and individual assessment of team style. Students develop a team-based organization, which is organized around their individual competencies.
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LDR 640 Finance + Quantitative Leadership
3 credit hours
Organized around the understanding and application of maximizing the value of the firm for its shareholders. The areas of financial engineering, institutional characteristics and valuation models, time value of money concepts, cash flow analysis, options in capital investments, and the use of new financial instruments and strategies are explored.
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LDR 645 History Of Higher Education
3 credit hours
This course provides an introduction to the historical development of American higher education from colonial times to the 21st century. Emphasis is given to societal changes and laws that affected the major historical events that contributed to the diversity of higher education.
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LDR 650 Medical Law
3 credit hours
An introduction to the legal relationships and dynamics among health service providers, health care organizations, regulatory agencies, and society. Selective dimensions of the legal and regulatory systems and their impact on the delivery of health services are reviewed. Students develop an understanding of the legal dynamics affecting governmental institutions at every level and the regulatory process impacting the delivery of health services.
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LDR 655 Negotiations As A Process
3 credit hours
An analysis of the negotiation process as well as the behavior and actions of individuals and groups within an organization involved in them. A focus on various strategies to conduct successful negotiations and build relationships in an organizational setting.
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LDR 660 Strategic Leadership
3 credit hours
An in-depth examination of strategic planning, organizational development, and change management from a continuous improvement perspective. Students understand the connection between strategic planning and change management process. Additionally, examination will demonstrate how this connection affects organizational alignment, cultural transformation, and financial viability. Students develop planning and implementation strategies with emphasis on methods to best develop individuals, enterprises and community.
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LDR 678 Practicum
3 credit hours
Students are expected to engage in an individually approved, application-based project to apply theories explored throughout the leadership program/concentration area. Students may complete this practicum requirement in a new or their own work setting under the direct supervision of a pre-approved facilitator. [200 hours are required.] At the culmination of this experience, students are expected to submit a comprehensive product, which documents the outcome of this practicum requirement.
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LDR 695 Capstone
3 credit hours
The Organizational Leadership Capstone is a culminating experience designed to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate mastery in the field of organizational leadership. The Capstone course will be based on program coursework, research, application to career, and reflect the synthesis of theory and practice. Practiced leadership behavior will be viewed via a valid and reliable survey 360o instrument.
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MAT 099 Concepts Of Math
1 credit hours
A review of core mathematics concepts while introducing technology tools. Content includes numerical relationships and operations, using formulas, solving equations, and graphing functions.
Prerequisite: Placement
Materials Fee: $6
Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MAT 102 College Algebra
4 credit hours
Understanding and applying principles for solving equations; representations of functions in verbal, symbolic, numeric, and graphic forms; properties of functions; and applying functions in modeling real-world problems. Technology tools will enable exploration of ideas and provide several approaches for problem solving.
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Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MAT 104 Technology Studies: Making Sense Of Data
1 credit hours
Technology will be used as a tool in the process of collecting, organizing; analyzing, representing, and communicating numerical information. Concepts and procedures will include statistical sampling methods; structured methods of organizing data, numerical analysis of data, including measures of central tendency and measures of variability; graphical representation of data; and constructing summary reports, both oral and written.
Prerequisite: Placement
Course is Offered: FA, WI, and SU Every Year
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MAT 106 Technology Studies: Time, Value, And Money Applications
1 credit hours
This course explores the relationships between time and the value of money in applications relevant to both personal and professional financial areas. Topics include compound interest, loans and mortgages, annuities and sinking funds. Additional topics may be offered as time allows: amortization tables, depreciation, break even analysis, net present value and internal rate of return, bond yield to maturity, and return on a share of stock. Recommended for students majoring in business and others who would like to learn basic financial calculations for personal use. The technology tool (calculator or computer software) may change, but the content will remain the same.
Prerequisite: None
Course is Offered: Uncertain
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MAT 135 Quantitative Reasoning
3 credit hours
The effective use of quantitative information in the form of numbers, graphs, formulas and statistics, is crucial to all organizations and individuals. This course develops mathematical tools, using arithmetic, geometry, algebra and technology that will increase the students’ ability to interpret and reason with quantitative information. Practical hands-on methods and real-world applications will be emphasized so that the student may become confident in applying mathematics to problems and issues in the world around you.
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Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MAT 142 Statistical Reasoning Via Application And Simulation
3 credit hours
This course will teach students how to use four-steps of the statistical process in the context of sports: ask questions, collect data, analyze data, and make conclusions. Each chapter will begin with a sports-related statistical question (e.g., Is there a home field advantage in the NFL?) and then students will learn how to collect appropriate data, how to analyze the data, and how to make reasonable conclusions. Although the context of the examples and exercises will be sports related, the primary focus of the class will be to teach students the basic principles of statistical reasoning. Major statistical topics include: analyzing distributions of univariate and bivariate data, both categorical and numerical, using graphs and summary statistics; correlation and least squares regression; using simulations to estimate probability distributions; theoretical probability distributions, including the binomial and normal distributions; rules of probability, including conditional probability and expected value; the logic of hypothesis testing, including stating hypotheses, calculating and interpreting p-values, drawing conclusions, and Type I and Type II errors; using confidence intervals to estimate parameters; and proper methods of data collection, including sampling and experimentation. Use of technology, including online applets and the graphing calculator will be prominent in the course. Throughout the course, students will complete investigations that require students to complete the four-step statistical process using athletes of their choice.
Prerequisite: College Algebra or Placement
Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MAT 143 Statistics And Society
3 credit hours
A general introductory course in data gathering, description and analysis. Goals of the course: to familiarize students with basic statistical ideas and how they are applied in various disciplines, to teach statistical ideas that will be useful in designing or understanding research in most areas of study, and to improve the quantitative skills of students who are weak in arithmetic and algebra by exercising these skills in the context of statistics. This course covers standard statistical methods through linear regression and introduces the use of statistical computing via graphing calculator technology and Minitab and includes a weekly computing laboratory. Primarily intended for students who will take only one statistics course.
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Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Course is Offered: FA, WI, and SU Every Year
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MAT 148 The Math Of Games
3 credit hours
The human mind is always searching for ways to amuse itself. This course proposes to explore the world of games through the mathematical optic. Entire branches of mathematics have been created just to study and predict the outcome of games. Games of luck and gambling spawned probability theory. Games of strategy and decision making generated game theory. Models of game design are now using advanced math topics such as graph theory, non-Euclidean geometry and linear algebra.
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Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MAT 150 Math For Elementary Teachers I
2 credit hours
Emphasis is placed on the theory and methods appropriate to teaching the concepts of mathematics in grades K- 8. The content will include real numbers and their operations, measurement, geometry, statistics, probability, algebra, problem solving, logical reasoning, calculations, and computers. The mathematical processes used and taught will be conceptualization and spatial visualization, mental arithmetic, estimation, computation, problem solving, applications, calculators, and computers.
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Course is Offered: FA Every Year
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MAT 151 Math For Elementary Teachers II
2 credit hours
This is a continuation of the material presented in Math for Elementary Teachers I.
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Course is Offered: WI Every Year
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MAT 159 Precalculus
4 credit hours
This is a course in algebra and trigonometry geared to prepare scholars for the calculus sequence. Analytical, graphical, and numerical tools will be developed to solve functional (polynomial, logarithmic, exponential, trigonometric, and matrix) equations and inequalities. Applications to business and science will be stressed.
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Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MAT 174 Data Analysis And Statistics
3 credit hours
A technique-oriented approach to statistical problems with emphasis on applications. Descriptive statistics, probability distributions, estimation, testing hypotheses, z and t-tests, regression and correlation, chi-square tests, one-way analysis of variance. Statistical software packages will provide computational assistance.
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Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MAT 181 Calculus With Analytic Geometry I
4 credit hours
This is the first course in the calculus sequence. The course content includes a quick review of algebra and a study of functions, derivatives, curve sketching, and application of the derivative, integration, and separable differential equations.
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Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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MAT 182 Calculus With Analytic Geometry II
4 credit hours
Methods of integration, and applications of integration, infinite series, especially power and Taylor series, integrating factors and linear differential equations.
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Course is Offered: FA and WI Every Year
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