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2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu

FCS-Child Development & Family Studies (BS)

This course emphasizes cognitive, emotional, and social development within our diverse society. Multi-generational local and national-level underrepresented/diverse family forms and practices are highlighted, relating to inter/intrapersonal communication, conflict resolution, mate selection, marriage/family dynamics, sexual development, family strengths, stress and crisis, parenting, decision-making, parent-child relationships, and the balancing act of family and work. As an introductory level course, no prerequisite knowledge is required.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Liberal Arts and Sciences (AA)

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Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Urban and Regional Studies Minor

This course will identify and analyze global social, economic, political and environmental problems impacting community viability and explore the full range of solutions to these problems. The course will view communities as complex, sustainable organisms and bring together the works of the great minds working on sustainability.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Criminal Justice Minor

This course will introduce students to the numerous agencies and organizations that make up the criminal justice system and its components. A primary goal for this course is to help students prepare for, as well as succeed in, a criminal justice system career.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Economics Minor

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

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Social Welfare Minor

An introduction to social work as a profession including the history of the profession, professional behaviors, values and Codes of Ethics, fields of practice, roles and tasks, and core theories and social work skills required for generalist social work practice. Students will develop skills in critical thinking, professional communication and behaviors, demonstrate self-awareness as they prepare to work in a diverse society, and apply values, ethics, and theories through group-based projects. Students are provided with information about the BSSW curriculum.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Military Science Minor

This class is open to all students. Please note, this is a physically demanding class. It is a comprehensive fitness program based on the latest military fitness techniques and principles. Students participate in and learn the components of an effective physical fitness program, with emphasis on the development of an individual fitness program and the role of exercise and fitness in one's life. In addition, students will achieve the highest standards of physical fitness in preparation for the Army Physical Fitness Test. This class is a pre-requisite for MSL 403.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Special Education: Learning Disabilities (GC)

Pedagogy for teaching students with mild to severe learning disabilities with an understanding of instructional theories and trends. Applications include sequences/adaptations of instruction/curriculum, technology integration, collaborative techniques, and metacognitive strategies. Focus is in reading, written language, and mathematics.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Spanish Minor

Develop writing and reading skills for academic and professional settings for students with intermediate high oral language proficiency who would like to develop their critical reading skills and improve their writing for academic and professional purposes. Practice of orthography, stylistics, compositional elements characteristic of writing in Spanish for a variety of cultural settings, etc. and development of communicative competence for a Spanish-speaking audience based on multicultural readings.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Software Development Minor

This course builds on CS 122 (Data Structures) with coverage of advanced data structures and associated algorithms, including trees, graphs, hashing, searching, priority queues, and memory management. Formal proof techniques, the analysis of best, worst, and expected cases, and the development of efficient algorithms are emphasized. Use of effect-free programming, first-class functions, and higher-order operations such as map, reduce, and filter are explored.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: MATH 112 or MATH 113 or MATH 115 or MATH 121

Art Education Minor

The Minor in Art Education offers an introduction to those interested in becoming teaching artists and community arts organization administrators. It offers insight into the world of art standards, learning outcomes, and curriculum while introducing students to developmental stages of learning in visual arts and the practial, applied skills needed to run an art program. The minor does not complete the K-12 teacher certification requirements.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: ART 100 or ART 101, Jr. status or consent

Developmental Adapted PE Minor

This course will prepare teacher candidates to recognize, understand, apply, and analyze methodologies within the PK-12 developmental adapted physical education settings. Candidates will learn practical procedures and practices for teaching essential content within PK-12 DAPE settings. Candidates will learn organizational and managerial practices for the teaching environment and will apply this knowledge in various teaching situations.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Technical Integration & Design Minor

Students working towards a minor in the Department of Integrated Engineering will participate in and reflect on the engineering design process, the professional aspects of working on an engineering team, and the intersection of engineering projects and their major. Design activities include such things as scoping, modeling, experimentation, analysis, modern tools, design reviews,multi-disciplinary systems view, creativity, safety, business plans, and global/societal/environmental impacts.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: Students must be admitted to the Department of Integrated Engineering minor or certificate programs.

Consumer Studies Minor

Consumer Studies examines decision making of everything from credit to debt to insurance to saving and investments to estate planning to daily consumer choice and more. This area also helps students understand consumers in the marketplace, with an emphasis on discussing consumer well-being and consumer issues related to families and communities.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Automotive Engineering Minor

Automotive Engineering prepares students for careers in product research, design and development, manufacturing, and technical sales in the original equipment and aftermarket industries. Fields include passenger cars, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, vehicle emissions, safety, fuels and lubricants, construction, industrial, and agricultural equipment. Graduates from the program are currently working for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), such as Cummins, Toro, General Motors, Polaris, John Deere, AGCO, and Ford along with aftermarket companies such as QA1, Bosch, and S&S Cycle.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Sociology Minor

A critical description and analysis of selected social problems, as well as the social problems process through which problems are socially constructed and defined. A social constructionist approach examines how people and social systems define and react to social problems. Emphasis on the sociological perspective, critical thinking, roots of social inequality, and exploration of solutions and alternatives to existing social problems.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Biology Minor

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

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

International Relations Minor

This course explores the interaction of the three complex contemporary political and socioeconomic phenomena: the continuing expansion of global capitalism, the rise of nationalism(s), and the new wave of democratization around the world. The following topics are covered and discussed in class, with references to specific country and regional examples, (1) the impact of international economic institutions and democratization, (2) new forms of political participation in emerging democracies, (3) cultural and ethnic determinants of democratization, (4) problems of economic inequality in new democracies, (5) social and gender issues of democratic transitions, and (6) the relationship between democratic expansion and world peace. Course format will be lecture, discussion, student presentations and occasional films.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Special Education: Autism Spectrum Disorders (GC)

This course will focus primarily on educational program development for children with autism. Students will learn to build visual schedules and write social stories to affect the behavior of students with autism. Students will learn the importance of individualized program development and legal issues surrounding appropriate programming.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

International Business Minor

This course examines cross-cultural differences in business practices. Among the topics covered are the differences in management styles, multiculturalism, international negotiations, as well as international human resource issues, social responsibility and ethics in a global context, international labor relations, cultural synergy and multicultural teams.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Gender and Women's Studies Minor

Students in this course will learn concrete examples of feminist and other social justice activism. Students will conceptualize, plan, and implement their own feminist activism project, and use research skills to contextualize their action within feminist scholarship. This course will give students a deeper introduction to contemporary feminist activism and its connections to other social justice movements in the United States.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Hispanic Studies: Languages and Cultures Minor

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Special Education: Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (GC)

Core Competency Courses - Choose 7 - 11 Credit(s). Core Competency Courses. This certificate is specifically designed to meet MN Board of Teaching (BOT) Licensure Standards. A student admitted to this program must work with an advisor to determine the exact number of credits needed to meet MN BOT licensure standards.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Geography Minor

An introduction to the science of understanding earth's physical environment, with focus on the processes that drive fundamental earth systems. Includes investigation of natural hazards, earth-sun relationships, climate and climate change, weather, flora and fauna, soil, landforms, and surfaces processes driven by rivers, glaciers, wind, rock decay, gravity. North American and world-wide examples are used to demonstrate spatial distribution and interrelationships. Some coverage of human-environmental relations.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Music Minor

Popular music is a multi-billion dollar industry today. What is it, and where did it come from? Learn about the origins of jazz in the music of African-Americans, its growth from Dixieland through the Big Band era (with the contributions of performers like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington) to its influences on musical styles in the present day.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Marketing Minor

This course provides a basic understanding of marketing concepts with emphasis on the pricing, promotion, and distribution of need satisfying products and services in domestic and international markets. The format of the course consists of lectures, case discussions, application exercises, projects, exams, and in-class group assignments.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: MATH 112 or MATH 115or MATH 121 or MATH 130 or MATH 181

Communication and Media Minor

The Communication and Media minor prepares engaged, knowledgeable citizens. The study of communication and media fosters the public good by encouraging socially responsible practices.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Automotive Engineering Technology Minor

This course is centered on the theory, components, and diagnostic procedures related to modern automobile electrical and electronic systems. The major emphasis of the course involves the computer, sensors, and actuators as used in vehicles to control the ignition, fuel, emission, ABS, and chassis systems.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Aging Studies for Nursing Students Minor

The Minor in Aging Studies for Nursing Students provides undergraduate nursing students with the opportunity to explore the biological, psychological and social perspectives on aging while enhancing their specific knowledge of nursing in relation to older persons. Within the next two decades elders over the age of 65 will comprise 25% of the population in the United States leading to a shortage of over one million nurses to serve the aging population, making this minor particularly beneficial in supporting this career choice for nursing students. The University is a member of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Agribusiness and Food Innovation Minor

This course examines basic business concepts and principles and their application to modern and future agriculture industries. Agribusiness topics covered include commodities, supply chain, finance, sales, accounting, law, engineering, food safety, healthcare, data analysis, and technology. Professionals in the agriculture industry will be brought into class to explain how business knowledge and skills are essential to various sectors; including but not limited to: livestock, poultry, corn/soybeans, bio-fuels, engineering, and natural resources. Students will have an opportunity to broaden their thinking, understanding, and professional potential as related to the agriculture industry while interacting with industry professionals.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Manufacturing Engineering Minor

This course is designed to provide students new to the major an opportunity to explore issues relevant to the university, department, and career field. The goal is to provide an open forum for discussion about transitioning to college life, and to promote greater self-awareness, growth, and understanding as a scholar, individual, and global citizen. Over the course of the semester, the student will investigate college and department experiences holistically, which will allow them the ability to make informed decisions paving the way for a richer, fuller college career.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Athletic Coaching Minor

This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing, and first aid emergencies in order to provide immediate care to an injured or ill person, which include performing CPR/AED and first aid, and to decide whether advanced medical care is needed. This course includes a basic level of First Aid and CPR/AED certification, along with certification in bloodborne pathogens.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Environmental Humanities Minor

The arts and humanities play an important role in our shared challenge of forging an environmentally better future. Poets, filmmakers, photographers, and artists make important environmental interventions. This course explores the emergence of environmental thinking and its development in art, literature, history, philosophy, theology, music, theater, film, and many other areas of the arts and humanities. Topics may include urbanization, land use, environmental politics, human/nonhuman relations, disaster capitalism, environmental fiction, the anthropocene, global environmental justice, energy, and climate change.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Statistics Minor

A calculus based introduction to probability and statistics. Topics include probability, random variables, probability distributions (discrete and continuous), joint probability distributions (discrete and continuous), statistical inference (both estimation and hypothesis testing), confidence intervals for distribution of parameters and their functions, sample size determinations, analysis of variance, regression, and correlation. This course meets the needs of the practitioner and the person who plans further study in statistics. Same as MATH 354. Prereq: MATH 122 with C or better or consent Fall, Spring, Summer

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: Satisfy Placement Table in this section, MATH 115 or both MATH 112 and MATH 113 with "C" (2.0) or better.

History Minor

The History minor complements any major. It allows students with an interest in history to bolster their historical knowledge, sharpen their historical thinking, and hone their professional skills.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

International Technology Minor

Study abroad to earn at least 12 credits. For international students, this must be in a country whose culture differs significantly from the student's home country. The international program of study must be approved by both the student's advisor and by the chair of the Computer Information Science Department. The 12 credits can be taken as CIS 390 or as other courses as determined and approved by the student, advisor, and CIS chair.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

English Writing Studies Minor

We are all members of communities, whether geographical or familial or hobbyist or academic. Every community we participate in has its own way of thinking, talking, and writing. Literacy is at the heart of every community practice. In this course, students will learn more about literacy and community, create texts that introduce and explore communities of interest, and create reflective practices on reading, writing, language, learning, and creating. Building from the social literacy framework, this course engages students in participatory action research in the area of community writing.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: ENG 101

Film Studies Minor

This course examines the major films, filmmakers, movements, and trends that have defined cinema from the early 1960s to the present. It utilizes a range of historical lenses--aesthetic, industrial, technological, sociocultural--to offer a fuller understanding of film's development across varying temporal and geographic contexts. Utilizing primary documents alongside scholarly historical accounts, it also allows students to conduct research into contemporary titles and make an argument for how they reflect and/or challenge larger historical patterns. Ultimately, the course explores how the state of modern cinema can be contextualized and understood through an engagement with the (relatively) recent filmic past.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Sports Medicine Minor

Sports Medicine is intended for students who are interested in the broad field of Sports Medicine. While available to any student, it is ideal for students pursuing healthcare-related fields or study in the following academic disciplines: pre-athletic training, pre-physical therapy, pre-medicine, pre-chiropractic, exercise science, physical education, coaching, psychology, nutrition, and nursing. The minor provides students with foundational knowledge in concepts of fitness, first aid, prevention and care of athletic-related injuries and illnesses, and therapeutic interventions and rehabilitation. The goal is to provide interested students, from a variety of backgrounds with the academic background and the opportunity to further develop interest in Sports Medicine related topics and issues.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: Non-licensure Preparation Minor

This course introduces students to sociolinguistics with some specific focus on the role of culture and language in education. Topics of study focus on diverse student populations in American schools, particularly language learners. The course examines the interaction between language(s) and culture and helps students explore how individuals are members of many communities and are influenced by a host of different cultural markers, such as language, race, ethnicity, regionalism, social class, gender, and other differences.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Computer Technology Minor

Basic foundations in computer concepts. Topics include: hardware, software, uses of technology in industry, and ethical, and social issues. Lab work covers various systems and applications software including word processing, e-mail, the Internet, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software. Cannot be counted toward any major or minor offered by Computer Information Science.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Manufacturing Engineering Tech Minor

An overview of careers, technology and requirements for individuals interested in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. Hands-on experience is gained in a variety of new technologies. Careers in engineering and technology are examined along with professional organizations and ethics. The course is intended as a first step toward a career in manufacturing.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Special Education: Developmental Disabilities (GC)

This course will provide students with foundational background knowledge of developmental disabilities, and characteristics and assessments associated with students with developmental disabilities. Topics covered will include: characteristics, historical perspectives, identification and assessment, family perspectives, learning characteristics and educational models.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: K-12 ESL Licensure Preparation Minor

The minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) prepares undergraduate students to teach English Learners in K-12 schools. All students seeking a teaching license must also be admitted into professional education. See the Teaching Programs section in the catalog for admission requirements for professional education and for a list of required professional education courses. Students pursuing the TESOL licensure preparation track must meet a language requirement (i.e., one year of college level or two years of high school foreign language study or an equivalent experience) to be licensed to teach K-12 ESL in Minnesota.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Agriculture Minor

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

SPED: Autism/Emotional Behavioral Disorders (BS)

Admission to Student Teaching . Student teaching at Minnesota State University, Mankato is a performance-based, 16-week program, requiring the demonstration of an acceptable level of performance in the areas of planning and preparation, classroom management, instruction, and professionalism. Multiple methods of assessment are used and evidence is collected to assess the student teacher's skills and dispositions. These methods include direct observations of teaching activities by cooperating teachers and university faculty, the use of video recorded lessons and activities for self-assessment, participation in online activities, and participation in activities reflective of the professional responsibilities of teachers (e.g., parent conferences). The Office of Field and International Experience (OFIE) requests placements for all student teachers in partner districts. Application materials are available in 119 Armstrong Hall.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: to the Major

Esport Management Minor

This course introduces students to governing bodies and regulatory structures of esport organizations. Students explore the structure and function of esports governing bodies, such as: BEA, ESL, IESF, NACE, and NEA. Students also explore the concept of a player bill of rights, various rule sets, and conference structures for various esport leagues. The class will cover the various organizational goals and administrative functions of the esport ecosystem¿s various governing bodies and learn about the history of how these bodies developed. Requires admission to the Esport Management Minor program.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Computer & Information Science Minor

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: MATH 112 or MATH 113 or MATH 115 or MATH 121

Food and Nutrition Minor

This class will explore the complex modern food system from a systems lens, including the development, establishment, and execution of policies regarding the production and availability of food and food/nutrition practices as well as the environmental impact of those practices. Policies that are explicit (set by law) and implicit (not the result of legislation) and the programs that derive from them will be explored. Agricultural systems and policies at the personal, local, national and global level will be considered.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Interdisciplinary Humanities Minor

An introduction to the cultures and traditions of the Americas, Australia, and Oceania regions through focused interdisciplinary humanities topics--language and literature, art and architecture, music, philosophy, and religion. Through the study of the humanities, we aim not only to know but also to understand how culture has influenced humans to develop and express their ideas, ideals, and their inner selves. May be repeated with different topics.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Communication Sciences and Disorders Minor

This course will introduce a wide range of communication disorders affecting children and adult population. We will explore how the brain produces and understands speech, language and hearing. Neurological, anatomical, physiological, sensory, cognitive and linguistic liberation components of communication will be discussed. You will learn to identify a communication disorder based on the origin of the disorder, characteristics of the disorder, related assessment and intervention methods, and an impact of the disorder on one¿s daily life (for example, home, school, work, and/or community). You will learn how systemic racism affects linguistic diversity and equity in speech-language and hearing sciences.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Corrections Minor

This course requires students to complete 50 hours of volunteering at a community agency to gain experience and learn how the agency and its staff perform their objectives. The course also requires students to practice their writing skills in assignments designed for reflection on personal strengths and interests, career pursuits, and résumé writing. Class discussions emphasize professional development, ethics, and various issues relevant to criminal justice and corrections. Corrections majors should take this course as early as possible.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Child Development and Family Studies Minor

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

Recreation Minor

Diversity, equity, and inclusion within RPLS has evolved from a focus on control by othering to a strategic-level effort to enhance quality of life and wellbeing in our communities. While we aspire to create a community climate that acknowledges and appreciates diversity, equity, and inclusion, current community practices lag behind this aspiration. We will explore language around diversity, equity, and inclusion to engage in discourse that requires us to acknowledge our history and ways we can learn, heal, and advocate for equitable practices related to recreation programming and access to spaces.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: none

2025-2026 Course List

This course will introduce the field of sports medicine and healthcare careers involved in sports medicine (e.g., athletic trainer, orthopedic surgeon, sports physical therapist, sports orthotist, registered sports dietician, sports medicine physician, certified sport psychologist, licensed psychologist, sports strength and conditioning coach) and will familiarize students with majors and minors that can lead to a career in sports medicine. Students will become familiar with issues that span healthcare professions such as cultural competence, ethics, professionalism, credentialing, patient centered care and interprofessional care delivery. And students will be introduced to resources on campus that can help them accomplish their educational goals.

Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.mnsu.edu
Prerequisite: Human Performance major or Aquatic emphasis. Ability to swim front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke. Developing teaching skills and curriculum.

Spring - 4 Credits

Focuses on the role of the Community Health Worker in health promotion and disease prevention and/or management, including cultural navigation, social determinants of health, connections to resources, and educating and supporting clients and families. Prerequisites:: HLTH 101 Supervised practical experience (80 hours) that allows opportunities for the student to prepare for independent work in the Community Health Worker (CHW) role. Prerequisites:: none

Type: course
Edition: 0088
Source: www.mnsu.edu

Deadlines for internship applications for both the Alcohol and Drug Studies majors

October 15 for Spring Semester, March 15 for Summer Semester, and May 15 for Fall Semester

Type: course
Edition: 0241
Source: www.mnsu.edu

HLTHCredits

Introduces concepts of verbal and non-verbal communication required for the Community Health Worker (CHW) to effectively interact with clients, their families, and healthcare providers of all backgrounds. Students apply skills such as active listening and motivational interviewing, to empower clients to become self-sufficient in achieving personal health goals. This course also focuses on the CHW's role as a teacher to increase the capability of the community and the client to access health and social services. Focuses on the legal and ethical dimensions of the Community Health Worker's (CHW) role. Included are boundaries of the CHW position, agency policies, confidentiality, liability, mandatory reporting, and cultural issues that can influence legal and ethical responsibilities. This course also focuses on the importance and ability of the CHW to gather, document, and report client visits and other activities. The emphasis is on appropriate, accurate, and clear documentation considering legal and agency requirements. This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing, and first aid emergencies in order to provide immediate care to an injured or ill person, which include performing CPR/AED and first aid, and to decide whether advanced medical care is needed. This course includes a basic level of First Aid and CPR/AED certification, along with certification in bloodborne pathogens. This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to respond and perform in an emergency to help sustain life, reduce pain, and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness. This course includes an advanced level of First Aid certification, including bloodborne pathogens, and all aspects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillation (CPR/AED) for the Emergency Medical Responder. This course is an overview of Human Sexuality with special emphasis on how sexuality relates to marginalized populations. This course requires a supervised fieldtrip. This a course designed to examine health products, services, and information from the consumer's perspective. Emphasis will be placed on those factors that influence and ultimately determine which products, services, and information sources that you will either accept or reject. This course provides information on a variety of topics related to chemical use, abuse and dependency. Students will be exposed to chemical dependency counseling, assessment and intervention techniques. Different drug classifications will be discussed in detail. Counselor core functions and ethics will be discussed also. Addresses drugs and drug use from psychological, behavioral, pharmacological, historical, legal and clinical perspectives - while examining the effects of drug use on personal health and social functioning. HLTH 260 Introduction to Applied Health Science is required of all Applied Health Science majors and minors. This is the foundation class for the professional preparation of health educators. The course explores the knowledge, skills, and competencies of health educators in various settings. Prepares students for the workforce and advanced graduate studies within the Applied Health Sciences. Supervised practical experience (80 hours) that allows opportunities for the student to prepare for independent work in the Community Health Worker (CHW) role. Prerequisites:: HLTH 101, HLTH 201, HLTH 202, HLTH 203 Explores biological, physiological, and sociological perspectives of human sexuality. The course examines personal and family relationships and addresses family life and sex education teaching methods for school and community settings. This course provides School Health teaching majors the knowledge, skills and dispositions they will need to be a part of a coordinated school health program team and teach comprehensive school health education in middle/junior and senior high schools. Spring For health care personnel, emphasis on spelling, pronunciation and meaning. Introduces theories and models in the context of health education. Examines approaches to health education program planning as well approaches to explain and predict health behavior and their application to interventions in health education. NOTE: HLTH 360 may be taken concurrently with HLTH 260 with instructor permission. Prerequisites:: HLTH 260 Health Communication and Advocacy focuses upon the development of communication and advocacy skills for the health educator. Identifying credible sources, communicating public health information, health media campaigns, health advocacy; written and verbal communication skills emphasized. Prerequisites:: HLTH 101, HLTH 360 This course provides an understanding of the multicultural aspects of addiction and addiction treatment. Multiculturalism is a critical topic to examine in relation to addictions counseling as our clients¿ race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, gender identity, or disability status can impact the course of their addiction and treatment. In this course, students will develop cultural self-awareness and sensitivity to their cultural background and experiences. They will examine cultural influences as they intersect with the substance use and mental health disorders. Developing cultural competence in addictions counseling knowledge and skills is emphasized. Prerequisites:: HLTH 225 The purpose of this class is to provide students with an overview of the 12 core functions of licensed alcohol and drug counselors (LADCs). These core functions include client screening, intake, orientation, assessment, treatment planning, counseling, case management, crisis intervention, client education, referral, record-keeping and reporting, and consultation. Students will be taught decision making models related to screening and intake of clients, diagnostic and treatment planning protocols, and will develop writing skills related reports and record keeping. Students will understand the importance of the core functions of the addictions professional and their integration into the daily work of an LADC. Prerequisites:: HLTH 225 This course is designed to help students understand adolescent substance use disorders from a developmental perspective. The developing adolescent brain and the behavior associated with it will be examined as well as the risk and protective factors these present. The course will overview current drug trends and the social climate that contributes to these trends. Evidenced based treatment interventions and substance abuse prevention will also be examined. Prerequisites:: HLTH 225 The focus of this course is to introduce students to basic counseling skills to be used with clients dealing with substance use disorders. It provides an overview of addiction counseling theory and practice, counseling ethics, documentation, as well as culturally appropriate models for counseling. It includes examination and practice of a variety of modalities and techniques central to helping others across a range of issues related to substance use disorders. Specific skills covered include developing rapport, building empathy and active listening, self-disclosure, immediacy, reflecting and paraphrasing, challenging, etc. Students will demonstrate skills in various exercises, role plays, video-recording, and self-assessment. Prerequisites:: HLTH 225 The focus of this course is on effective facilitation of various types of groups relevant to treating individuals with substance use disorders. Topics include client orientation, group formation, functions of various group types, application of theoretical frameworks, and documentation. Students will apply core concepts from the course and demonstrate skills by participating in structured training group activities. Prerequisites:: HLTH 225 This course requires students to plan a health promotion and health education program. Skills include assessing needs, determining objectives, identifying measurement and intervention strategies, and developing an evaluation plan. HLTH 361W may be taken concurrently with HLTH 380W with instructor permission. Prerequisites:: HLTH 360, HLTH 361W The focus of this course is on the foundations of ethics and professionalism for addictions professionals. The course will cover professional and ethical codes as well as topics related to continued development as a professional. Prerequisites:: HLTH 225 This course provides information on characteristic and classifying information, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, behavioral effects, and pharmacotherapy options for drugs of abuse. The course will focus on the application of topics in alcohol and drug professional settings. Prerequisites:: HLTH 225 This course explores counseling theories and strategies and how they can be applied to clients in alcohol and drug treatment programs. The course also provides an overview of primary functions of addictions professionals and methods to deliver effective services. Prerequisites:: HLTH 225

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