This course will explore the skills necessary to function as a supervisor within a tight-knit, family-like setting. Topics will include motivating employees; group dynamics; managing change; organizational behavior; organizational culture; performance evaluations; leadership theories; group cohesiveness; generational considerations; and personal leadership styles.

This course provides fundamental knowledge relating to the field of fire prevention. Topics include history and philosophy of fire prevention; organization and operation of a fire prevention bureau; use and application of codes and standards; plans review; fire inspections; fire and life safety education; and fire investigation.

This course is an introduction to computer programming. Emphasis will be on programming concepts, program design methodology, program debugging, problem solving and writing clear code.

This course covers inspection techniques, methods of material measurement, documentation, material sampling and testing methods for soils and concrete.

This course will cover the solid modeling tools and functions in AutoCAD. Students will learn to create and manipulate primitive solids, extrusions, sweeps and lofts. They will learn to utilize the Boolean functions, solid editing commands and derived view drawing tools required to generate complex solid models and create industry-standard drawing layouts based on the designed geometry.

This course covers basic information about computer hardware and software and the use of the Windows operating system. Topics include file management techniques, utilizing common screen elements, multitasking, object linking and customizing the desktop.

This course provides application of basic theory and operation to electronic motor control including semi-conductors, rectifiers, regulators and amplifiers.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 3. This laboratory course includes the fundamental techniques of cultivation, staining, biochemical analysis and identification of known and unknown bacterial isolates, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Morphological examination and pathogenesis of fungi, protozoans and helminths are also addressed.

This course will add to the student's electrical knowledge regarding circuits and schematics.

Meets MnTC Goal Areas 5 and 8. This course is an introduction to the field of global and international politics, with an emphasis on the history, structure and processes of global relations. Students will study the role of state and non-state actors such as nations, international conflict, war, global economic relations and international organizations.