Meets MnTC Goal Areas 2 and 6. This course introduces students to the basic drawing media, techniques and traditions of drawing. Students are exposed to the work of artists, drafters and illustrators and are subsequently guided through a wide variety of drawing experiences and applications.

This course covers both hot water baseboard and in-floor heating, with emphasis on calculations involved in hydronic heating.

Meets MnTC Goal Areas 2, 6 and 8. This course is a survey of architecture, painting and sculpture and their historical and social contexts. Specific periods from prehistoric through the Middle Ages will be introduced.

Meets MnTC Goal Areas 2 and 6. Through this course, students are introduced to basic three-dimensional concepts as well as a variety of materials and technical processes. Students will create three-dimensional designs that explore form and space.

This course focuses on enhancing expressive and receptive fingerspelling and numbers in American Sign Language (ASL). ASL1105 will expand the emphasis on using fingerspelling, lexicalized and abbreviated words, and ASL numbers, along with continued study of the complex rules and patterns of ASL number systems.

This course is a study of how organizations use social media to support their marketing strategies through social listening, social analytics and social engagement. Students will learn techniques to create engaging content for social platforms, identify influencers, deliver content to a target audience and measure success by using key performance indicators. Emphasis will be placed on how to leverage social media marketing to build a brand, drive demand, engage buyers and increase revenue.

This course covers the key elements in creating user-friendly, functional and aesthetically pleasing web pages to improve the customer experience. Emphasis will be placed on examining both the topics of user experience design (UX) and user interface design (UI) in the development of web pages for both desktop and mobile devices. Students will apply skills learned by developing web page designs using content management software for a portfolio.

This course will guide students in understanding the teacher strategies and skills needed to establish and maintain a physically and psychologically safe, healthy learning environment for young children ages birth through 8. Topics include preventing illness and accidents, handling emergencies, providing health, safety and nutrition educational experiences within the daily routine, meeting children's basic nutritional needs, child abuse and neglect, childhood stress, trauma and current health, safety and nutrition-related issues.

This course provides the student with an opportunity to observe, assess, record, interpret and develop plans to strengthen the development of children. Students will study then carry out numerous informal and formal methods of observing and assessing children and will construct a child study based on assessments gathered throughout the semester.

This course provides an overview of developmentally appropriate learning experiences in home, center-based and school settings. Students integrate knowledge of developmental needs, environments and teaching strategies to enhance all areas of a child's emerging development throughout the curriculum.