A general introduction to the field of cultural anthropology is provided. The course’s main goal is to expose students to an anthropological perspective on culture and humanity. Cross-cultural comparisons of language, ecology, economy, kinship/family, gender, social stratification, and change comprise the main topics. Theories of culture and methods of studying culture are briefly described.
Form and function of life using the human organism as the specific example. Topics will include: Life, evolution, the human organism in the environment, human ecology, human systems including organization, support and movement, processing and transport, integration and coordination, and reproduction and development. Three hours of lecture and one 3hour laboratory per week. Lab fee.
Biological principles important in understanding animals, plants, and microorganisms; cytology, ecology, evolution, genetics, growth, molecular biology, physiology. An introductory course for the science major. Three hours of lecture and one 3hour laboratory period per week. Lab fee.
A one semester introductory course in Human Anatomy and Physiology with emphasis on anatomy. This course focuses on principles of histology and the following body systems: skeletal, muscular, integumentary, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, immunity, digestion, urinary and reproductive. Four hours of lecture and one twohour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: None, but should be taken with CHEM 101 or CHEM 108, if BIOL 253 is to follow. Lab fee.
A course to bring beginning students to an ACTFL proficiency level of novice-mid (for 101) and novice-high (for 102) through study and practice of communicative skills, functional grammar, and the culture of Coeur d’Alene-speaking people. Prerequisite for CA 102: CA 101 or placement.
A systematic and intensive treatment of chemical principles and their applications. Four hours of lecture/recitation, and one 3hour laboratory period per week. Prerequisites:An A or B in high school chemistry within last 5 years or CHEM 101 or satisfactory grade on Chemistry Placement Exam, minimum math competency. Lab fee.
This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the skills necessary to communicate with others and in groups. In addition, the course will prepare students to present material orally and visually.
A study of skills aimed at improving the individual student’s communication in interpersonal relationships and in small group settings. Includes experiential methods through experiences that exemplify concepts taught: self-image, self-disclosure, listening skills, nonverbal skills. This course is writing intensive.
Variables and theories of small group behavior, structure, and interaction. Emphasis on actual experience in small groups.
Theory and practice to facilitate basic competency in public speaking through a variety of types of “one-to-many” speaking situations: banquets, panels and forums, sales presentations, special public ceremonies, political action meetings.
Builds breadth of understanding with respect to current economic events, problems and issues in the nation and world. May not be used by Business Administration and Management majors to satisfy the General Education Distributive Component.
Builds breadth of knowledge regarding consumers as an economic force and the impact of global and national economic trends on personal finance. May not be used by Business Administration and Management majors to satisfy the General Education Distributive Component.
Examines the problems of unemployment and inflation, and the measurement of aggregate activity and other performance activity, and principles of Gross Domestic Product determination. The influence of monetary and fiscal policy are considered. Recommended prerequisite: ECON 202.
Builds breadth of knowledge regarding the economic principles which govern the production, exchange, and pricing of goods, services and resources and the distribution of incomes in competitive and non-competitive markets. Recommended for students who have completed high school algebra.
The fundamental skills of reading and writing the essay. Specific attention to personal, descriptive, expository, and persuasive writing. Required of all students except as specified by the English faculty. Successful students will be able to:
A continuation of ENGL 101 with an emphasis on general research techniques with applications to various academic disciplines. Required of all students. Successful students will be able to:
An examination of the technical, psychological, social and cultural dimensions of the artistic mediums of art, music and drama. Students will develop means of analyzing and critically commenting on the artistic experiences.
Focuses on the social and ethical implications of the artist’s creative freedom, and particularly how artistic freedom relates to personal freedom. Considers issues common to the visual, plastic, musical, and theatrical arts. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Traces the origins, examines the practices and considers the consequences of propaganda in both totalitarian and democratic societies. The ethical implication of propaganda will be explored by applying relevant ethical and moral codes to a variety of case studies. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Seminars focus on a range of value questions about a single contemporary issue (wilderness, health, minorities, etc.). Issues will change from year to year. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
A course to bring beginning students to an ACTFL proficiency level of novice-mid (for 101) and novice-high (for 102) through study and practice of communicative skills, functional grammar, and the culture of French-speaking areas. Prerequisite for FREN 102: FREN 101 or placement.
Introduction to basic concepts of geology in the context of geologic hazards and geologic resources. Topics covered include: global circulation of water and air, rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, geologic time, deductive reasoning from sparse evidence. Geologic and topographic map reading skills are taught and emphasized, using examples from the local area. Lecture and laboratory. Lab fee.
Emphasis on geologic time; no other discipline offers such a long time perspective relevant to modern decision making. Includes: review of basic Earth materials; plate-tectonic framework for interpreting Earth history; absolute dating techniques and the age of the Earth’s formation; depositional environments and interpretation of sedimentary rocks as a tool of paleogeography; lithostratigraphic principles and relative dating by Steno’s laws and cross-cutting relationships; basic principles of paleontology, including overview of taxonomy, processes of fossilization, evolutionary principles, biostratigraphic principles; systematic examination of tectonic setting, paleogeography, paleobiology, and paleoclimate for each period of Earth’s history. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: GEOL 100 or permission of instructor. Lab fee.
A course to bring beginning students to an ACTFL proficiency level of novice-mid (for 101) and novice-high (for 102) through study and practice of communicative skills, functional grammar, and the culture of German-speaking areas. Prerequisite for GERM 102: GERM 101 or placement.
Surveys the development of society from Paleolithic era to the Reformation. Focuses on several facets of selected cultures, such as the evolution of civilizations, religion and philosophy, rhetorical tradition, and the unfolding of world commerce.
Advent of the political and economic revolutions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Consequences of war, extension of economic, political, and social relationships beyond national borders. Identifies and expounds four themes: Development of Western World; Emergence of World System; Revolution and Ideology: War and Peace in the Twentieth Century.
A survey of political, diplomatic, economic, social and cultural history of the United States from earliest times to 1865.
A survey of political, diplomatic, economic, social and cultural history of the United States from 1865 to the present.
An examination of Native Americans, their cultures and unique histories, including their relation to the “Old World,” Americans and the government of the United States.
A study of political and cultural developments in China, Japan, Indian and other Asian countries. Recent trends and relations with the West will be emphasized.
A course to bring beginning students to an ACTFL proficiency level of novice-mid (for 101) and novice-high (for 102) through study and practice of communicative skills, functional grammar, and the culture of Japan. Prerequisite for JAPN 102: JAPN 101 or placement.
An introduction to reading and undestanding world literature. Literary study as a method of understanding the human condition and exercising critical thinking. Writing intensive.
Investigates through students’ own value systems the assumptions implicit in assertions of and justifications for human rights. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Writing intensive.
Introduces the nature of ethical reasoning in relation to the ecology and the impact of human culture and scientific thought on ecology. Students face questions arising from their ethical obligations to each other, to non-human species, and to the planet itself. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Writing intensive.
Explores ethical challenges of living and working in a technological world. Students consider the personal, social, and philosophical implications of global technology. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Writing intensive.
Ethical issues confronted by women worldwide, through a study of literary and historical texts and through their own writing. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Writing intensive.
Explores, through a study of literary texts, how differences in race, ethnicity, gender, and social class affect individual values and conduct. Enlarges understanding and seeks to reconcile human differences. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Writing intensive.
Explores value-laden questions surrounding contemporary and perennial issues of people’s relationship with nature Stresses clarification of values in personal and public spheres through the perspectives of several disciplines (literature, history, natural science, and philosophy). Prerequisite: Junior standing. Writing intensive.
Systems of linear equations and inequalities, elementary matrix algebra, introduction to linear programming, elementary discrete probability and statistics. Emphasis on applications to business, economics and social sciences. Prerequisite: LM 100 Elementary Algebra or satisfactory placement score.
Emphasis on the concept of (real-valued) functions as mathematical entities, including domain, range, algebraic operations, composition, inverses, graphing. Polynomial functions, division of polynomials, roots of polynomials, theory of equations, complex numbers, fundamental theorem of algebra. Rational functions and asymptotes. Logarithmic and exponential functions. Multi-level algebraic manipulation of complicated functional expressions-e.g., difference quotients. Conic sections, translation of axes, distance from point to line. Prerequisite: LM 104 Intermediate Algebra or satisfactory placement score.
A survey of the essentials of calculus, intended mainly for students in biological and social sciences, business and liberal arts; emphasis on applications to such areas. Basic concepts and computational techniques for functions, derivatives, and integrals, with emphasis on polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions. Very brief introduction to calculus of functions of several variables. Prerequisite: LM 104 Intermediate Algebra or satisfactory placement score; MATH 143 College Algebra strongly recommended.
Definitions of limit, derivative, antiderivative, definite integral. Computation of the derivative, including logarithmic, exponential, and trigonometric functions. Applications of the derivative, optimization, mean value theorem. The fundamental theorem of calculus, brief introduction to applications of the integral and to computation of antiderivatives. Intended for students in engineering, mathematics, and the sciences. Prerequisites: MATH 143, MATH 144, or Pre-Calculus, or satisfactory placement score.
An introduction to science as a way of knowing. Examples are chosen from astronomy, genetics, genetic engineering, evolution and other timely topics.
Fulfills a portion of the integrative component of the core curriculum. Lectures, films, and discussions will focus on the variety of effects caused by human intervention in natural ecosystems in the first course and on the impact of recent developments in science and technology on society in the second. Prerequisite:Junior standing.
Designed to satisfy a portion of the integrative component of the core curriculum. Topics will vary from year to year, but will deal with a wide range of value questions from the point of view of the natural sciences. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Mechanics, heat and thermodynamics. General Physics I is a study of the fundamental principles of classical physics. An emphasis is placed upon analytic problem solving using algebra and elementary trigonometry, and laboratory skills. There are three hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: MATH 143 and MATH 144 or permission of the instructor. Lab fee.
Theories and concepts appropriate to understanding how human conflict arises and is resolved are surveyed. Problems in American, foreign and international politics provide the focus of study.
Students are introduced to the general problems of government. The emphasis is on the basic concepts of American politics and the major structural and Constitutional elements of national government.
An introduction to the study of politics through the comparison of selected foreign governments is provided. The significance of contrasts in the role of culture, constitutions, interest groups, parties, participation, and political institutions in the formation of policy are discussed and analyzed.
A general survey of the field of psychology and the principles of behavior including: methodology, conditioning and learning, memory, perception, motivation and emotions, individual differences, adjustment and social interaction.
Helps students gain an understanding of the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development of children and adolescents from a multicultural perspective. Basic theories of child and adolescent development will be addressed to assist the student to learn to set the conditions for human development.
An introduction to the basic concepts, principles and processes in sociology with materials relating to culture, social interaction, institutions and social change.
A course to bring beginning students to an ACTFL proficiency level of novice-high (for 101) and intermediate-low (for 102) through study and practice of communicative skills, functional grammar, and the culture of Spanish-speaking areas. Prerequisite for SPAN 102: SPAN 101 or placement.
This course provides an overview of the global system in which we live. The primary emphasis will be on basic factors of resource utilization, conflict and cooperation, and the current events that affect our lives.
The social sciences affect our everyday life through school, government, and business. This course introduces the student to this complex and influential field of knowledge and its uses. Students will investigate social problems of global concern, such as crime, population growth, human rights, and other concerns.
An interdisciplinary survey into the phenomena of political violence and terrorism is the core of this course. Historical, ethnic, religious, and ideological roots of terrorism are examined to put this behavior in sound, ethical perspective with respect to the values of society and the goals of its perpetrators. Prerequisite: Junior class standing with respect to the values of society and the goals of its perpetrators.
The ethical issues confronted by American women are examined by study of literary and historical texts as well as through their own writing. Cross-listed as LL 350; Prerequisite: Junior class standing.