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3.00 Credits
This course introduces intermediate and advanced GIS students to concepts and techniques for integrating GIS with the Internet. Topics explored in the class will include various protocols, approaches, hardware, software, and programming languages utilized to serve digital spatial data via the Internet. Practical experience with Google Earth, KMUKMZ, Google Map APis, Javascript APis, Flex APis, and ArcGIS Server will be used to teach and reinforce concepts. 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces intermediate and advanced GIS students to the complexities of acquiring, processing, and extracting information from remotely sensed data with a high spatial resolution. Students will become familiar with applying object-based image analysis techniques on a data stack generated from LiDAR returns, QuickBird imagery, IKONOS imagery, aerial, and/or corresponding derivative data (e.g., vegetation indices, wetness indices, erosion indices, etc.). 3C/3/0/0
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4.00 Credits
This course provides intermediate and advanced GIS students an introduction to the programming interface and function in ArcGIS. Fundamental concepts of computer programming are introduced from a geospatial processing perspective via the use of Python. General programming concepts will focus on object-oriented programming and scripting. Students will acquire basic programming skills and techniques necessary to search, explore, revise, manipulate, analyze, and model spatial data beyond the standard options available in the standard ArcGIS interface and extensions. 4C/4/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course introduces students to the concept of global studies and the processes of globalization. Students will examine the economic, political, cultural, and environmental aspects of globalization, with an emphasis on social change and conflict. Students will also discuss the effects of global cooperation, conflict, and interdependence on efforts to manage and mitigate global problems, both today and in the future. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate assessment score. (MnTC Goals: 5 & 8) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys Contemporary World History, from the end of World War II to the present with a focus on Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Significant forces, ideas, events and people that have influenced the world since 1945 are studied while course themes highlight how and why events transpired and created change in people's lives. Historical events are studied to provide an appreciation for their influence on contemporary society and the implications they may hold for the future. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of "C" or better or concurrent enrollment or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 5 & 8) 3C/3/0/0
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4.00 Credits
This course surveys the political and social history of America from before European arrival to the end of the Reconstruction Period. Course topics investigate westward expansion, immigration, gender roles, the expansion of democracy, social reform movements, foreign policy, and early industrialization. The course also covers significant events and eras including the American Revolution, the Early Republic era, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Throughout, the course examines the interactions between racialized groups (including Indigenous Americans, Europeans, White Americans, Africans, and African Americans) and the power dynamics and social structures created through such interactions, including the establishment and maintenance of race-based slavery and the quest for its abolition. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of "C" or better or concurrent enrollment or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 5 & 7) 4C/4/0/0
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4.00 Credits
This course surveys the political and social history of the United States from the end of the Reconstruction Period to the present. Course themes address urbanization, industrialization, immigration and demographic shifts, gender roles, as well as the country's evolving foreign policy and place in the world. The course also covers significant events and eras including the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, the Great Depression, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, the war in Vietnam, the Civil Rights Movement, Social Movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and the political and cultural debates of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Throughout, the course examines the interactions between racialized groups and the power dynamics and social structures created through such interactions, including the establishment and maintenance of racial segregation and the quest to dismantle it. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of "C" or better or concurrent enrollment or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 5 & 7) 4C/4/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys Minnesota's historical development from the pre-Columbian period to the present. It focuses on the historic importance of Minnesota's geography and natural resources, American Indian-white relations, the development of Minnesota's unique political tradition, and the emergence of Minnesota's diverse society and economy. Course readings, videos and class discussions are supplemented by visits to metro-area historic sites and the Minnesota Historical Society's History Center. In addition, students are exposed to the tools and techniques historians use to study the past as a part of completing research projects. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of "C" or better or concurrent enrollment or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 5 & 10) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This course integrates the history of racial categorization and its consequences with philosophical perspectives on race, racial justice, and related issues. Historical topics will cover how and why the concept of race was created, how racial definitions were written into the laws of colonial America and the United States, how and why racial categories changed over time in the United States, the consequences of racial categorization, and how communities defined as non-white have challenged the boundaries created by racial definitions. Philosophical components of the course will examine a variety of ideas and arguments in philosophy of race, focusing on helping students develop their abilities to analyze, evaluate, and develop arguments. Issues covered will include the Metaphysics of Race (Are races real? Are they biological or social categories? Why might this matter?), Value theory (What is racial justice? What is racial discrimination? What are racism, racial stereotyping, and racial bias, and what's wrong with them?), and Epistemology (Does being racially oppressed or privileged affect what you know or how your knowledge is received? What is implicit racial bias, can we know our own biases, and how should this affect our beliefs?). (Prerequisite(s): READ 0722 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0900 with a grade of "C" or better, or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 5 & 6) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys world history from the first civilizations to 1500 C.E. Course themes focus on political, ideological, economic, social, cultural, religious, technological and environmental developments in Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of "C" or better or concurrent enrollment or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 5 & 8) 3C/3/0/0
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