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Course Descriptions



 

 

Media Studies

  
  • MSTU 352 - Audio Production II


    Description:
    Training in audio production across multiple formats such as sportscasting, producing non-fiction, producing fiction, producing audio for video post-production, and music recording. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    Prerequisites:
    MSTU 254  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 354 - Special Topics in Producing Media


    Description:
    Subtitle will designate area. Typical offerings include Video Art and YouTube: Producing Digital Identities. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 356 - Video Production II


    Description:
    Culminating experience in media production. Typical offerings include broadcast news, sports production, animation, and documentary. External hard drive required. See Media Studies faculty for specifications. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    Prerequisites:
    MSTU 253  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 357 - Media and Popular Culture


    Description:
    Survey of various methods asking how popular culture shapes our sense of the world through its representations, technologies, and practices of communication and daily living.

    Prerequisites:
    MSTU 106  or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 359 - Topics in Media


    Description:
    Study and discussion of issues in media industry or practice. Typical offerings include applied media aesthetics, networked media practice and mobile culture, media auteurs, and media genres. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    Prerequisites:
    MSTU 106  or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 360 - Film History: Beginning to 1945


    Description:
    Development and international trends of the motion picture from late 19th century to 1945.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 361 - Film History: 1945 to Present


    Description:
    Development and international trends of the motion picture from 1945 to the contemporary era.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 363 - Media Genres


    Description:
    Typical offerings include: fangs on film, cinema at the end of the world, children and the media, and haunted cinema. Subtitle will designate area. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for graduate credit as MSTU 563 .

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 367 - International Media


    Description:
    Examines the process(es) in international information flow and the economics and policies of corporations and governments impacting the production and distribution of media domestically and abroad.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: GA

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 394 - Sex, Media, and Rape Culture


    Description:
    A study of the multilayered relationships between gender, communication, and rape culture by focusing on communication practices of the U.S. popular media.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: USD
    Associate: DUS

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 395 - Hashtag Activism


    Description:
    Investigate how technology and new media guide understanding of social movements and their impact on historically marginalized groups. Explore history of social movements and how they influence and guide new modes and forms of activism and consciousness raising.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 396 - Communication and Gender


    Description:
    Study communication behaviors as they affect and are affected by gender.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: USD
    Associate: DUS

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 399 - Media Studies Practicum


    Description:
    Preparation and implementation of a recruitment action plan for the Media Studies major.

    Prerequisites:
    Senior standing

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Credits: 0-1

  
  • MSTU 460 - Media Studies Symposium and Capstone


    Description:
    Prepare a portfolio of work and edit/revise existing work for presentation in a public symposium setting. Demonstrate readiness to transition into the professional world.

    Prerequisites:
    Senior standing and Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 480 - Internship in Media Studies


    Description:
    Supervised field experience with a cooperating agency in fields related to media studies; evaluation reports from agency supervisor; mid-semester and culminating paper. May apply 12 cr max to graduation and 3 cr max to major.

    Prerequisites:
    Approved Media Studies Major with junior or senior standing, and Internship Director Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Credits: 1-12 pass/fail

  
  • MSTU 485 - Externship in Media Studies - London


    Description:
    Part-time foreign placement through UW-Stevens Point Office of International Education in a media studies focused externship. 3 cr. max apply to major.

    Prerequisites:
    2.75 GPA in Media Studies Major, senior standing, approved application, and interview with the head of the School of Communication Arts or designee

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Credits: 6

  
  • MSTU 499 - Special Work in Media Studies


    Description:
    Junior and senior Media Studies majors may arrange for independent study. Credit based on scope of the project. May apply 3 cr max to the major.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • MSTU 523 - Topics in Journalism Writing


    Description:
    Practice in specific forms of journalistic writing. Typical offerings include science journalism, business journalism, multimedia journalism, and food and travel writing. Subtitle will designate area. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for undergraduate credit as MSTU 323 .

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 525 - Media Law


    Description:
    Legal issues for media professionals including journalists and producers of electronic media. Available for undergraduate credit as MSTU 325 .

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 527 - Culinary Journalism: Food & Wines of the World


    Description:
    Three-week study abroad exploration of contemporary issues of importance to food and travel writers, including culinary traditions and their relationships to geography and culture, and innovative practices in sustainable agriculture and tourism. Obtain and submit application through the Office of International Education. Available for undergraduate credit as MSTU 327 .

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSTU 563 - Film and Television Genres


    Description:
    Typical offerings include: fangs on film, cinema at the end of the world, children and the media, and haunted cinema. Subtitle will designate area. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for undergraduate credit as MSTU 363 .

    Credits: 3


Medical Laboratory Science

  
  • MLS 125 - Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science


    Description:
    Overview of laboratory safety, phlebotomy, immunology, immunohematology, hematology, coagulation, clinical chemistry, body fluid analysis, diagnostic microbiology, and molecular pathology. Major topics are accompanied with introductory lab exercises. 1 hr lec, 2 hrs lab per wk.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2

  
  • MLS 365 - Body Fluid Analysis


    Description:
    Theoretical and practical aspects of chemical and microscopic analysis of urine, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, and serous fluid. 2 hrs lec per wk. Independent lab.

    Prerequisites:
    BIOL 385  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Summer Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MLS 399 - Special Work


    Description:
    Special independent research projects. Credit based on scope of project. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Junior standing and Department Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • MLS 400 - Cytologic Techniques I


    Description:
    Study common diagnostic techniques in cytology. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 401 - Cytologic Techniques II


    Description:
    Study advanced techniques and emerging methodologies in cytology. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 402 - Microscopy


    Description:
    Study of light and electron microscopy techniques for the histology laboratory. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1

  
  • MLS 405 - Clinical Chemistry


    Description:
    Study physiology of body analytes, organ systems, and clinical procedures corresponding to human disease states; discuss areas unique to clinical chemistry laboratory and professional performance. 3 hrs lec, 1 hr disc, 3 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    Either CHEM 260  or CHEM 365  (or concurrent registration in either)

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 5

  
  • MLS 406 - Clinical Chemistry Practicum


    Description:
    Apply principles of clinical chemistry; use chemical analytical techniques to determine specific substances and correlate results to various disease states. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Prerequisites:
    MLS 405  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 4

  
  • MLS 409 - Immunohistochemistry


    Description:
    Study the theory and techniques in immunohistochemistry staining.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 410 - Histology Techniques I


    Description:
    Study laboratory safety, specimen processing and accessioning, instrumentation, and fixation. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 411 - Histology Techniques II


    Description:
    Study techniques for tissue processing, theories of staining, and tissue embedding. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 412 - Histology Instrumentation


    Description:
    Study of routine histology instruments; tissue preparation and use of microtomes and other instruments in preparing and staining specimens for microscopic examination. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 414 - Hemostasis


    Description:
    Study mechanisms and disorders of hemostasis and fibrinolysis; diagnostic techniques and instrumentation used in patient diagnosis. 1 hr lec, 1 hr lab per wk.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MLS 415 - Hematology


    Description:
    Study the hematopoietic system including the relationship of hematologic disease states to diagnostic characteristics; determine blood and bone marrow cellular morphology; discuss erythrocyte and leukocyte disorders; study diagnostic techniques and correlate results to disease processes. 3 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    BIOL 385  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 4

  
  • MLS 416 - Clinical Hematology and Hemostasis Practicum


    Description:
    Practical application of theoretical knowledge in hematology and hemostasis; process and analyze patient specimens; use instrumentation and microscopic techniques to determine anemias, leukemias, coagulation disorders, and other disease processes. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Prerequisites:
    MLS 415  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 4

  
  • MLS 420 - Special Stains


    Description:
    Use special staining methodology for connective tissue, nerve cells, lipids, amyloid, minerals, pigments, microorganisms, and enzymes. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 6

  
  • MLS 421 - Frozen Sections and Cytology Preparation


    Description:
    Study the techniques to prepare frozen tissue and sections for microscopic examination. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 425 - Diagnostic Medical Microbiology


    Description:
    Study bacterial, mycoplasmal, rickettsial, and chlamydial diseases of humans; identify clinical signs and symptoms of these diseases; explore collection, transportation, modes of transmission, and laboratory methods used to detect and identify the pathogens as well as appropriate antibiotic therapy. 3 hrs lec, 6 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    Either BIOL 233  or BIOL 333  (or concurrent registration in either)

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 5

  
  • MLS 426 - Diagnostic Microbiology Practicum


    Description:
    Cultivate, isolate, and identify pathogenic bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites from a variety of patient specimens; perform antibiotic sensitivities and therapeutic drug testing. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Prerequisites:
    MLS 425  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 5

  
  • MLS 427 - Diagnostic Medical Parasitology


    Description:
    Study life cycles of human parasites of medical significance. Identify clinical signs, symptoms, treatment, and epidemiology associated with human parasitic disease. Examine specimen collection, transportation and laboratory methods used to detect and identify the parasites. 1 hr lec, 2 hrs lab per wk for 8 wks.

    Prerequisites:
    Either BIOL 233  or BIOL 333  (or concurrent registration in either)

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MLS 428 - Medical Mycology


    Description:
    Study medically significant fungi. Identify clinical signs, symptoms, treatment, and epidemiology associated with human mycotic diseases. Explore laboratory methods used to detect and identify organisms. 1 hr lec, 2 hrs lab per wk for 8 wks.

    Prerequisites:
    Either BIOL 233  or BIOL 333  (or concurrent registration in either)

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MLS 435 - Immunology


    Description:
    Study concepts in immunology and serologic techniques used to diagnose disease; discuss immuno-deficiency diseases, autoimmune disorders, immunology of malignancies, and hypersensitivities. 2 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    BIOL 385  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 436 - Clinical Immunology Practicum


    Description:
    Apply clinical immunologic techniques to identify antigen-antibody reactions and relate to disease states; explore principles and interpretation of HLA testing and flow cytometry. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Prerequisites:
    MLS 435  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MLS 445 - Immunohematology


    Description:
    Study of human blood group systems, antibody screening and identification, blood components, compatibility testing, donor selection and processing, blood bank regulations; perform blood bank procedures. 2 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    BIOL 385  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Summer Only

    Credits: 4

  
  • MLS 446 - Clinical Immunohematology Practicum


    Description:
    Concepts of blood banking; determine patient compatibility for blood and blood components; solve hemolytic disease and antibody identification problems; process blood and components; explore histocompatibility techniques. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories. Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Prerequisites:
    MLS 445  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 451 - Advanced Clinical Studies in Immunology and Immunohematology


    Description:
    Advanced study of immunological principles in diagnostic testing; problems and solutions to compatibility testing for blood components and tissue and organ transplants.

    Prerequisites:
    MLT (ASCP), MLT (AAB), or MLT (AMT) Certification

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 452 - Advanced Clinical Studies in Hematology and Hemostasis


    Description:
    Principles and procedures of complex clinical tests used to diagnose, treat and monitor patients with leukemias, anemias, and other hematologic disorders. Examine factors involved in complicated hemostasis situations.

    Prerequisites:
    MLT (ASCP), MLT (AAB), or MLT (AMT) Certification

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 453 - Advanced Studies in Clinical Chemistry


    Description:
    Advanced automated and manual techniques in chemical analysis of blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, and other fluids and tissues. Focus on problem solving in clinical chemistry lab.

    Prerequisites:
    MLT (ASCP), MLT (AAB), or MLT (AMT) Certification

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 454 - Advanced Diagnostic Microbiology


    Description:
    Advanced techniques used to handle and identify fastidious and highly infectious microbes, especially antibiotic-resistant organisms. Appropriate responses to biohazardous spills, potential contamination of food and water, and bioterrorism.

    Prerequisites:
    MLT (ASCP), MLT (AAB), or MLT (AMT) Certification

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 465 - Molecular Pathology


    Description:
    Study composition, structure, function, and characteristic DNA; use clinical laboratory techniques to isolate, amplify, manipulate, and analyze DNA sequences; relate to human health and disease states. 1 hr lec, 6 hrs lab per wk.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Summer Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 468 - Gynecologic Cytology


    Description:
    Study normal cell differentiation in the female reproductive system. Identify and describe cellular changes/abnormalities in cells found in female reproductive organs. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 6

  
  • MLS 469 - Pulmonary Cytology


    Description:
    Study normal cell differentiation in the lung. Identify and describe cellular changes and abnormalities in cells found in pulmonary tissue. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 470 - GI Tract Cytology


    Description:
    Study normal cell differentiation. Identify and describe cellular changes and abnormalities in cells found in the GI tract. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 3

  
  • MLS 471 - Urinary Tract Cytology


    Description:
    Study normal cell differentiation. Identify and describe cellular changes and abnormalities in cells found in the urinary tract. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 2

  
  • MLS 476 - Clinical Body Fluid Analysis


    Description:
    Clinical study of body fluids including cerebral spinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, seminal fluid, and urinalysis; discuss specimen analysis, diagnostic procedures, and test results as related to disease. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    MLS 365  and Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MLS 479 - Body Fluid Cytology


    Description:
    Distinguish normal cells from cells undergoing changes and abnormal cells in various body fluids. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 2

  
  • MLS 480 - Aspiration Cytology


    Description:
    Classification and differentiation of cells obtained through aspiration techniques. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 2

  
  • MLS 482 - Clinical Practicum I


    Description:
    Supervised clinical practicum experience focusing on applied clinical laboratory techniques and concepts to diagnose disease. Practicums are designed for each student based on the students’ practicum site’s required competencies. Coursework completed at clinical practicum site. May be repeated for credit for up to 12 credits.

    Prerequisites:
    All of the following (or concurrent registration in any): MLS 451 , MLS 452 , MLS 453 , and MLS 454  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1-12

  
  • MLS 484 - Professional Practice


    Description:
    Orientation to the theory and skills in clinical laboratory operations, management and supervision, education, safety, quality assurance and improvement, ethics and professionalism. Topics discussed relate to current and new innovations in clinical laboratory science. May be repeated for credit for up to 12 credits.

    Prerequisites:
    All of the following: MLS 451 , MLS 452 , MLS 453 , and MLS 454  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1-12

  
  • MLS 486 - Management and Laboratory Information Systems


    Description:
    Management theory and application of management techniques to laboratory situations; fundamentals of laboratory information systems. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 2

  
  • MLS 488 - Methodologies in Histology Education


    Description:
    Current approaches to education in the histology laboratory. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1

  
  • MLS 489 - Methodologies in Cytology Education


    Description:
    Current approaches to education in the cytology laboratory. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1

  
  • MLS 490 - Management in Cytology


    Description:
    Study of cytology laboratory management practices. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1

  
  • MLS 491 - Management in Histology


    Description:
    Study of histology laboratory management practices. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1

  
  • MLS 499 - Advanced Clinical Studies


    Description:
    Capstone course under supervision of mentor. Design and conduct research project in specialty area of clinical laboratory science; prepare major research paper and presentation. Clinical practicum: course will be completed at affiliated clinical laboratories.

    Prerequisites:
    Admission to the Professional Program is a prerequisite for all clinical practicum courses.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3


Military Science

  
  • MSL 101 - Introduction to Military Leadership I


    Description:
    Introduction to Army profession and military leadership. Explore seven Army values and 16 Army leadership dimensions, plus core competencies critical to effective leadership such as time management, problem solving, decision making. Useful manager/leader skills whether military or civilian. Seminar format with practical exercises. Open to all students. 1 hr lec per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    Concurrent registration in MSL 111  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MSL 102 - Introduction to Military Leadership II


    Description:
    Continuation of MSL 101 , expanding ability to apply problem-solving and decision-making processes and further develop military leadership and competency. 1 hr lec per wk.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MSL 111 - Fall Leadership Lab


    Description:
    Off-campus weekend leadership orientation in a military environment with outdoor physical activities to support MSL 101  curriculum. Includes pugil stick, obstacle course, rappelling and airborne tower training.

    Prerequisites:
    Concurrent registration in MSL 101  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MSL 121 - Fall Leadership Lab


    Description:
    Continuation of MSL 111 .

    Prerequisites:
    Concurrent registration in MSL 201  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MSL 153 - Advanced Physical Training


    Description:
    Techniques to improve muscular strength and endurance and cardio-respiratory capacity. Includes strength and aerobic exercises, water confidence training, distance running, military drills and team sports. Open to all students. May be repeated for credit for up to 2 credits.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MSL 154 - Advanced Physical Training


    Description:
    Continuation of MSL 153 . May be repeated for credit for up to 2 credits.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MSL 201 - Innovative Tactical Leadership


    Description:
    Identify successful leadership characteristics through practical exercises. Record observed traits/situations to illustrate concepts and apply situational leadership analysis. Develop personal leadership style. Includes physical training and leadership lab. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    Both MSL 101  and MSL 102 , or Instructor Consent; Optional concurrent registration MSL 121  

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSL 202 - Leadership in Contemporary Military Environments


    Description:
    Includes team building, influencing action, effective communication for setting/achieving goals, importance of timing a decision, creativity in problem-solving process, obtaining team buy-in through immediate feedback. Transition for MSL Advanced Course. Physical training and leadership lab. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    MSL 101 , MSL 102 , and MSL 201 ; or Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MSL 222 - Introduction to Basic Survival Skills


    Description:
    Learn basic skills necessary to conquer a wilderness survival situation such as navigating using a map and compass, field expedient methods of starting fire, constructing shelters out of available materials, and snaring small game. Develop an understanding of the psychology necessary to survive a life threatening circumstance. Learn how to plan and pack for a survival situation. Open to all students. 1 hr lec per wk. with practical exercise conducted over one weekend off campus.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 2

  
  • MSL 250 - Accelerated Cadet Commissioning Training


    Description:
    Establish foundation of basic U.S. Army military and leadership fundamentals as well as individual soldier skills and knowledge base for progression into Army ROTC advanced course.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    No Longer Offered

    Credits: 1

  
  • MSL 301 - Adaptive Team Leadership


    Description:
    Study, practice and evaluate adaptive leadership attributes, skills and actions through individual leader and small unit tactical scenarios. Receive systematic and specific feedback on leadership abilities. Prepare for Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC). Physical training and leadership lab. 2 hrs lec, 5 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    MSL 101 , MSL 102 , MSL 201 , and MSL 202 , advanced placement, or Department Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 4

  
  • MSL 302 - Leadership and Ethical Decision Making


    Description:
    Increasingly intense situational challenges for leading small units. Explore, evaluate, develop skills in ethical decision-making and persuading/motivating team members when under pressure. Aspects of contemporary military operations to foster proficiency in leadership ability and to prepare for LDAC. How to think as a leader in today’s military. Physical training and leadership lab. 2 hrs lec, 5 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    MSL 301  or Department Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 4

  
  • MSL 399 - Special Work in Contemporary Military Leadership


    Description:
    Design individual study plan in consultation with MSL faculty. May be repeated for up to 7 credits.

    Prerequisites:
    Department Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    As Needed

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • MSL 401 - Building Adaptive Leaders


    Description:
    Develop proficiency to plan, conduct and assess complex operations; function as member of Army command and staff team. Teach, coach, mentor fellow cadets. Explore Army training management, methods of effective staff collaboration, and developmental counseling techniques. Physical training and leadership lab. 2 hrs lec, 5 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    MSL 302  or Department Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 4

  
  • MSL 402 - Leadership in a Complex Security Environment


    Description:
    Dynamics of leading in complex situations of current military operations. Examine cultural influences in military operations, military law, laws for land warfare and rules for use of military force in asymmetric warfare. Aspects of interacting with nongovernmental organizations, civilians on the battlefield and host nation support. Completes transition from student/cadet to Army lieutenant. Physical training and leadership lab. 2 hrs lec, 5 hrs lab per wk.

    Prerequisites:
    MSL 401  or Department Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 4


Music

  
  • MUS 100 - Appreciation and History of Music


    Description:
    Development of music, stressing the elements of music understanding and intelligent listening; form and design in composition. Does not count toward music major/minor or bachelor’s degrees in music.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART
    Associate: HC

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Fall and Spring; Wausau: Fall and Spring

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 101 - Appreciation of Music in Performance


    Description:
    Music appreciation; art of listening to and critiquing live music performances. Class lectures, in-class demonstrations/performances, required attendance at public concerts. Does not count toward music major/minor.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: CT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 102 - Popular Music in America


    Description:
    Music of America’s people, past and present: the great jazz and folk movements, Broadway musical theatre, film music; recording, publishing, broadcasting. Subtitle designates area. Does not count toward music major/minor, or bachelor’s degree in music. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART
    Associate: DUS, IK

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Summer Only

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Wausau: Spring Only

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • MUS 103 - Music in Film


    Description:
    How music enhances film and molds viewers’ perception. Does not count toward music major/minor.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 104 - Music of Underrepresented and Minority American Composers


    Description:
    Historical survey of the music of underrepresented and minority composers, including the socioeconomic circumstances that helped shape their music and experiences.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 105 - Survey of Jazz History


    Description:
    History and literature of jazz from beginnings to present. Sociological impact of the music and musicians responsible for creating this American art form. Does not count toward music major/minor.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART, USD
    Associate: DUS, IK

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 107 - Creativity in the Arts


    Description:
    EFall xplores basic concepts of creativity. Course content can include the study and analysis of creative expression; the application of theories and conceptual frameworks; intellectual insight, and imagination; creative endeavors within group projects. Individual instructors may draw special attention to problems of creation in artistic endeavors, the role of personality, or innovative teaching techniques.

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 108 - Fundamentals of Music Theory


    Description:
    Introduction to the basic elements of music reading, writing, and analysis. Learn about standard musical notation and develop the foundational skills for analyzing tonal music.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Credits: 2

  
  • MUS 109 - Songwriting


    Description:
    Students of varying backgrounds study basic music theory, demonstrate lyric writing and composition techniques, analyze songs from various styles and periods and create original songs using standard music notation.

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 110 - Musicianship I


    Description:
    Review theory fundamentals. Introduction to applied skills, analysis, and composition of tonal music.

    Prerequisites:
    Placement exam required, and concurrent registration in MUS 112  

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 111 - Musicianship II


    Description:
    Extension of applied skills, analysis, and composition in the tonal idiom, including modulation and chromaticism.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 110 , MUS 112 , and concurrent registration in MUS 113  

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 3

  
  • MUS 112 - Aural Musicianship I


    Description:
    Introduction to aural musicianship.

    Prerequisites:
    Placement exam required, and concurrent registration in MUS 110  

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 113 - Aural Musicianship II


    Description:
    Extension of aural musicianship skills. If you fail or receive an incomplete in applied musicianship courses (MUS 112 , MUS 113, MUS 212 ), you may enroll for the next course in the sequence with permission of the theory faculty, provided that you repeat the failed course, or remove the incomplete in the same semester.

    Prerequisites:
    MUS 110 , MUS 112 , and concurrent registration in MUS 111  

    General Education Designation(s):
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Spring Only

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 122 - Small Ensembles I - Vocal Jazz


    Description:
    May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall and Spring

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 124 - Small Ensemble I - Pit Orchestra


    Description:
    Small Ensembles I. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 125 - Small Ensembles I - Studio Orchestra


    Description:
    May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 126 - Small Ensemble I - Improvisation Ensemble


    Description:
    Small Ensembles I. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 130 - Small Ensemble I - Vocal


    Description:
    Small Ensembles I. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Fall Only

    Credits: 1

  
  • MUS 142 - Campus Orchestra


    Description:
    Opportunity for nonmusic majors to continue playing in a musical organization for enrichment. No audition required. Must play a string instrument. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisites:
    Instructor Consent

    General Education Designation(s):
    Bachelor: ART
    Associate: CCT

    Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
    Occasionally

    Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
    Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally

    Credits: 1

 

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