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IND 3260 - Direct Digital Manufacturing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MET 1210 or IND 3660 with a grade of “C” or better
Description: In this combination lab lecture course, students explore the latest applications of digital 3D scanning and direct digital manufacturing. Through this course, students are introduced to current developments and the critical challenges of digital 3D technologies. Emphasis is placed on practical experience in utilizing departmental equipment to produce digital 3D tiles and output them to appropriate direct digital manufacturing equipment. Students will apply knowledge of 3D scanners for reverse engineering and direct digital manufacturing purposes.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: IND or MET.
Cross Listed Course(s): MET 3260
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IND 3330 - Furniture Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 1010 or ART 1300; IND 1450
Description: This lecture/lab course employs furniture fabrication projects to address the furniture design process, aesthetic design issues, structure, ergonomics, functionality, materials technology and manufacturability. Students utilize the design process to formulate concepts, communicate those design concepts, and fabricate a quality furniture piece based on their research and design solutions.
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IND 3400 - Product Usability and Ergonomics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 2450 or instructor’s approval
Description: This combination lecture and laboratory course stresses the importance of user interaction with products as a measure of product market viability and manufacturability. User interface components, anthropometries and psychologically intuitive design solutions for manufacture are addressed in the course.
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IND 3450 - Intermediate Industrial Design Studio
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): IND 2450
Description: Students will produce functional, aesthetic designs for mass-market consumer products. Students will also learn and adapt the design developmental process used in industry. This includes finding and analyzing problems, conducting and documenting research, generating and proposing concepts, and presenting solutions in public. Projects emphasize materials, manufacturing methods, concept visualization, market relevance, and historical context.
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IND 3480 - Industrial Design Model Making
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 1010 and IND 1130 or permission of instructor
Description: In a studio and laboratory environment, students will gain experience with a variety of model-making techniques and materials. Students will learn to construct different levels of design models, from form study mockups in various scales to presentation-quality models. Students will also learn how to use them to evaluate and communicate product design concepts.
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IND 3550 - Textiles: Materials and Fabrication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 1450, IND 1470
Description: In this course, students are provided with instruction in textile material characteristics, selection criteria, and appropriate textile design applications. The course will also provide an opportunity for basic skill development in fabrication techniques, including the use of sewing machines and pattern design.
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IND 3600 - Digital Visualization Techniques in ID
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 2450
Description: The objective of this studio course is to develop 2D digital concept visualization skills using computer programs and equipment. Instruction emphasizes professional level presentation techniques with various 2D computer programs, including vector and bitmap based programs.
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IND 3660 - Computer Aided Modeling
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 1450 or CET 1215 or MET 1200
Description: In a computer laboratory environment, students use software to model/render objects and designs in virtual three-dimensional space.
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IND 3680 - Computer Modeling for Manufacturing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 3660
Description: This combination lecture and laboratory course serves as an advanced, computer-aided modeling course in sequence with IND 3660. The course focuses on the material and assembly testing tools within appropriate solid modeling software to create products for manufacture. Appropriate software for analysis of a product’s readiness for manufacturing is also introduced. Emphasis is placed on developing models that facilitate direct digital manufacturing and advanced manufacturing methods.
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IND 3700 - Public Furniture Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 2450
Description: This is a combination lecture and laboratory course in which students investigate and apply the key considerations for the design of public furniture. Instruction will be provided in the preparation of presentation materials for public use furniture competitions and furniture fabrication techniques. The application of these topics will be employed in the design and fabrication of a piece of furniture for public use.
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IND 3800 - Design for Marketability and Manufacturing
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): IND 3450
Description: In this course, students gain knowledge of design for production criteria by developing a product and optimizing its design for specific mass manufacturing technologies. Students gain experience through the design development process, including market feasibility research, brainstorming new concepts, refining concepts, and constructing alpha and beta prototypes that are designed for mass manufacturing. Projects are based upon real-world, new product development principles. Students learn fundamentals of industrial production, ecological design, consumer safety and entrepreneurship.
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IND 3950 - History of Industrial Design
Credits: 3
Description: This course provides an overview of the major personalities, organizations, styles, and evolutionary events that shaped the course of industrial design, from the Industrial Revolution to the present. There is a focus on the refinement of industrial design in Europe, the congruence of American design and industry, and the emergence of Asian design and manufacturing.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: IND or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3950
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IND 3980 - Elective Internship Experience
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): IND 2450
Description: This internship is designed to allow students to acquire additional work experience in the design profession. The experience must be supervised by a design professional in conjunction with an Industrial Design faculty member.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Applied Learning Center at 303-615-1333 or internships@msudenver.edu.
Note: Students may take this course twice for a total of 6 credits.
Course revised July 5, 2018
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IND 4090 - Advanced Modelmaking Fabrication Techniques
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 3480
Description: This course will provide students with the opportunity to fabricate finished product models using different types of computer controlled prototyping processes. A variety of materials, processes, and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines will be utilized in the model fabrication process.
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IND 4200 - Utilization of Composites in Manufacturing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 3100
Description: In this combination lecture and laboratory course, students build upon the skills and knowledge acquired in IND 3100 - Composites: Materials and Fabrication utilizing design and fabrication projects to inform how they can use composite materials for advanced manufacture. The course will provide instruction in advanced composite fabrication techniques and relevant equipment for composite-based manufacture.
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IND 4410 - Surface Modeling for Industrial Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): IND 1450 or permission of instructor
Description: This lecture/lab provides instruction upon the skillset acquired in . Students will learn the principles of a NURBS (Non-uniform Rational B-Spline) based 3D modeling and visual rendering program. The modeling program will be used to produce digitally generated, realistic, visual imagery to maximize the effectiveness of design presentations and the design decision-making process.
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IND 4450 - Advanced Industrial Design Studio
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): IND 3450
Description: This course is a continuation of IND 3450, extending industrial design to user-centered research, conceptualization, and presentation. In this course, students learn advanced product conceptualization techniques, use additional product development tools, and produce professional quality product presentation materials. Special emphasis is given to human factors in product design.
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IND 4460 - Professional Industrial Design Studio
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): IND 4450
Description: Students develop a semester-long design project under the guidance of a primary instructor and specialized mentor. Students compliment knowledge and skills from previous coursework with in-depth, qualitative research to create design solutions.
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IND 4540 - Concept and Portfolio Development
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): IND 3450, IND 3800
Description: In this course, students develop futuristic ‘blue sky’ concepts that are based on new technologies and user-centered research. Students also develop a professional design portfolio of their best work. The portfolio showcases students’ skills as aligned with program and student learning outcomes. Evaluation of portfolios provides data for ongoing assessment of the Industrial Design program.
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IND 4860 - Research in Industrial Technology
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; IND major
Description: This course provides in-depth research, laboratory experimentation, and/or development of a student-selected and faculty-approved topic in one technical system. The areas of research are: communications, manufacturing, and transportation/power. The course allows the student the opportunity to further develop problem-solving abilities. At the same time, the process enhances the student’s knowledge and skills in a technical concentration.
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IND 4870 - Special Studies in Industrial Design
Credits: 1-5
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor
Description: A study and investigation of a selected topic in the field of industrial design. Student may repeat this course in alternate concentrations.
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IND 4960 - Professional Internship
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements; senior standing; and IND 4450.
Description: The internship provides an opportunity for senior students to gain experience under the guidance of an industry professional. Students must complete a total of 150 hours during the semester in a placement relevant to the practice of Industrial Design.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ITP 1000 - Health Career Foundations
Credits: 3
Description: This course is designed for students desiring a career in a health profession or a health related field. Through familiarization with health care trends and key concepts, students will have a solid foundation for their journey. Using design thinking, students will explore possible pathways through their academic education and extra-curricular activities to increase the probability that they will enter a health career that aligns with their values, interests, talents, and goals. Connecting students with campus, community, pre-professional, and professional resources to support their health career aspirations will increase their ability to successfully achieve their goals.
Note: Course created July 6, 2018
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ITP 1500 - Dynamics of Health
Credits: 3
Description: This course investigates contemporary health topics. Subjects surveyed include current biological, psychological, sociological, and cultural factors that influence health. Experiential learning encourages students to plan and adopt healthier behaviors.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or ITP.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1501
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ITP 1600 - Herbal Medicine
Credits: 3
Description: This introductory course welcomes students of all levels and majors who are interested in learning about medicinal herbs. The class begins with a review of the history of herb use, Federal Drug Administration regulation, herb preparations, and potential actions of plant chemicals in the body. For each bodily system, lectures and readings will cover herbs traditionally used to benefit that system and to modulate specific ailments, including summary statements of scientific evidence for efficacy and safety.
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ITP 1700 - Medical Terminology
Credits: 2
Description: This course introduces students to the basic Latin and Greek word parts that are combined to create medical terms and definitions of those terms. This will include terminology related to body structure, disease and treatment, and individual body systems. This course is a valuable introduction for any student interested in pursuing a career in a health-related field.
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ITP 2000 - Integrative Health Foundations
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): 15 credits and ENG 1010 or ENG 1008 and ENG 1009
Description: This course allows students to orient to the field of lntegrative Health. Students will review course curriculum, deportment rules for participation in prescribed courses, and use of available resources. Professional behavior and career options will be covered.
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ITP 2500 - Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of General Studies Written Communication Requirement
Description: This course is designed to acquaint students with a variety of nontraditional health and healing modalities in use in the United States today. It provides the basis for understanding the mechanisms and principles by which therapeutic responses are produced. The student will be required to develop and present a report related to a specific therapeutic modality.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
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ITP 2700 - Holistic Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020
Description: This course is designed to allow students the opportunity to explore health from a holistic perspective, which is a complex combination of mind, body, spirit and emotions.
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ITP 2720 - Cannabis as Medicine
Credits: 3
Description: Students in this course will explore the historical and current use of cannabis as a medicine. The major focus will be the current research and evidence of cannabis from an herbal and pharmacological perspective which includes the chemical constituents with physiological and psychoactive properties; medicinal uses, indications and dosage; current research and evidence based approaches; and the contraindications, side effects and adverse reactions related to the medical use of cannabis.
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ITP 2800 - Health, Society, and the Environment
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIO 1080 or ITP 1500 or ITP 2500 or PSY 1001 or SOC 1010
Description: This course examines the reciprocal relationship between human social organization and the natural environment. Students will gain a deeper understanding of how this relationship affects human health. Furthermore, they will learn to consider individual health challenges in the context of imbalances in personal, social, and environmental health.
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ITP 2810 - Men Across Cultures
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or ENG 1009
Description: The purpose of this course is to address men/boy’s health on a global scale, providing insight into cultural influences on masculinity, which directly affect men’s beliefs and behaviors about health and healthcare. Students in this course will explore the theoretical and practical influences on the experience of being a man in today’s world, especially given the shift away from patriarchal power. Instruction in the course will include formation of a framework for understanding men in general and then move beyond the hegemonic masculine ideal to investigate the masculinities of numerous sub groups. The list of groups covered in the course will include marginalized social populations. Students will then apply their understanding of cultural influences on men to discern the effects on key determinants of health and well-being for men and boys.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
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ITP 2820 - Anger In Men: A Whole Approach
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or ENG 1009
Description: This class will allow students to address issues of anger in men, with an exploration of responsible anger, cultural perspectives on aggression and violence, the physiology of anger, and self-reflection on one’s own anger, including the triggers and expression of anger.
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ITP 2950 - Wellness Coaching I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies Written Communication and Quantitative Literacy Requirements
Description: This course is an introduction to the principles and tools of wellness coaching practice. Topics include scope of practice, ethics and values, effective communication, relationship building, and facilitating results to illuminate the discipline of wellness coaching. Research based techniques and best practices for facilitating behavior change are included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HPS or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): HPS 2700
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ITP 3000 - Men’s Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): General Studies Written Communication requirement
Description: This course is an in-depth study of health issues specific to men. It will take a holistic approach, encompassing the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of men’s lives and the impact of each on health. This course emphasizes dialoguing between students to encourage active engagement with issues that boys and men encounter in today’s world.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
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ITP 3100 - Health Education and Counseling
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020, and ITP 1500 or NUT 2040, and junior standing
Description: This course provides students with a basic understanding of the various methods of communication used in the health professions and enhances their communication skills through practice. This class focuses on developing educational materials and counseling and interviewing patients.
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ITP 3200 - Ethics in Health Care
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy; ITP 1700 and ITP 2700.
Description: This course is designed to assist students entering health care to become familiar with ethical theories and issues that are encountered within the field.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3202
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ITP 3230 - Bodies and Embodiment
Credits: 3
Description: Students in this course examine multiple interdisciplinary discourses about gendered, sexed, raced, classed, and able bodies, beginning with Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex. Through discussion, lecture and critical evaluation of key theories in Body and Embodiment Studies (by Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Susan Bordo, bell hooks, and Iris M. Young) students in this course explore the inscribed, as well as the lived, body–bodies that are gazed at, desired, fashioned, heard, and eroticized. In order to historically situate these discourses, the body is presented as a social construct that is controlled and manipulated but that also has unique experiences which cannot be verbalized and/or managed.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ITP, SOC, or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): SOC 3230, GWS 3230
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ITP 3300 - Homeopathy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 1700 and ITP 2700
Description: This course familiarizes students with the field of homeopathy. The course includes the history, laws, principles, and uses of homeopathy in the current health care system. Students are introduced to various homeopathic remedies and their uses. Contemporary research findings are presented, and potential research designs identified.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3301
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ITP 3400 - Ayurveda
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy; ITP 1700 and ITP 2700.
Description: This course covers the basic principles underlying the Indian health care system known as Ayurveda. It includes yoga, breathing techniques, meditation, herbal remedies, dietary practices, and the theories and research behind these practices.
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ITP 3450 - Dynamics of Disease
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 1500
Description: This course will acquaint students with the processes, dynamics and treatment of diseases with special focus on chronic diseases. It will also explore the psychosocial aspects of health as it relates to patients, families and caregivers; psychological crises; and death and dying.
Note: Course created July 6, 2018
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ITP 3500 - Traditional Chinese Medicine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy; ITP 1700 and ITP 2700.
Description: This course provides the basis for understanding the mechanisms and principles by which traditional Chinese medicine is practiced. Students explore different therapeutic modalities. Course content includes traditional Chinese philosophy as applied to treatment in acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage therapy, T’ai Chi, and Qi-Gong. This course requires individuals to be open to learning about different philosophical beliefs upon which Chinese medicine is based.
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ITP 3600 - Energy Medicine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 1700 and ITP 2700
Description: An experiential and conceptual exploration of energy medicine, this course combines theoretical foundations, such as quantum physics and chakra anatomy, with a strong, practical emphasis, including energy field assessment, basic healing techniques, and distance healing.
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ITP 3700 - Physiology of Aging
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIO 2310 and BIO 2320
Description: This course views aging from biological perspectives, explores theories of aging, and examines individual and cultural variations in the aging process. These themes form a backdrop to a detailed study of age-related structural and functional changes in the bodily systems, as well as the common diseases associated with each system. Successful aging will be emphasized through an examination of the modifiable risk factors for senescence and age-associated diseases.
Cross Listed Course(s): BIO 3530
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ITP 3800 - Stress and Sleep: Impact on Health and Disease
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIO 2310 or ITP 1500
Description: This course provides an in-depth study of stress, sleep, and the relationship between the two. Students will learn the physiologic mechanisms of acute and chronic stress, diseases associated with stress overload, and evidence-based ways to manage stress. They will also learn about sleep needs over the life cycle, circadian rhythms, major sleep disorders, and the dangers of sleep deprivation.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or ITP.
Course Revised July 3, 2018
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3801
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ITP 3850 - Lifestyle Medicine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1009 or ENG 1010; and ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: This class is an overview of lifestyle medicine and its use in disease prevention and enhancing overall health and wellbeing. Students will gain a basic understanding of the most common medical conditions that are impacted by lifestyle behaviors. In addition, we will explore the importance of motivation and behavior change in the field of lifestyle medicine and the importance of self-care/self-advocacy for optimal health. Students will understand the importance of referral to appropriate health professionals.
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ITP 3920 - Women’s Health Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 1500
Description: This course will give students the opportunity to focus on health issues specific to women and the challenges historically faced by women in the health care arena. This course explores feminist, biological, psychological, and sociological factors in women’s health within a global context.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSY, SOC, GWS, or ITP
Cross Listed Course(s): PSY 3920, SOC 3920, ITP 3920
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ITP 3980 - Internship in Integrative Therapeutic Practices
Credits: 1-15
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department
Description: This internship requires specialized skills that students may apply in educational or professional health care settings. A written learning contract between student, faculty supervisor, site supervisor, agency, and department chair is required. Activities include finding and working in an approved health care setting under the auspices of the office management or the clinical management. Academic credit is determined with 45 worked hours being equivalent to 1 credit. Therefore, 3 credits would be 135 worked hours, and 6 credits would be 270 worked hours.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Applied Learning Center at 303-615-1333 or internships@msudenver.edu.
Note: Course Revised July 3, 2018
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ITP 4000 - Pediatric Holistic Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIO 2320 and ITP 3200
Description: This course provides an overview of facts promoting the biological, psychological, and social health of children. The content emphasizes health maintenance, illness/injury prevention, and a holistic approach to common childhood illnesses. For each illness reviewed, lectures and readings will cover the etiology, diagnosis, conventional treatment, complementary therapies, and home management.
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ITP 4100 - Women’s Holistic Health
Credits: 3
Description: This course takes an in-depth, holistic approach to women’s health. While highlighting new research findings, the class will explore the optimal integration of conventional medicine and complementary modalities for common women’s health concerns. Students will deepen their awareness of tools women can utilize to maintain health and prevent illness.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 4100
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ITP 4200 - Aromatherapy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIO 2320, CHE 1100 or CHE 1800, and ITP 3200
Description: This course is a comprehensive and practical study of aromatherapy. It provides information needed to develop skills and knowledge in integrated aromatherapy. This course covers clinical and research trials, pharmacokinetics and chemistry of essential oils, physiological effects of essential oils, practical applications, and therapeutic blending. Individual oils will be profiled.
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ITP 4300 - Botanical Pharmacology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIO 2320, CHE 1100 or CHE 1800, and ITP 3200
Description: This course provides an in-depth exploration of commonly used plant medicines. The review of each botanical will include its history, botanical classification, chemical constituents, modern uses, the scientific research supporting those uses, contraindications, potential side effects, and drug interactions.
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ITP 4400 - Wellness Coaching II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 2950 or HPS 2700; ITP 3850
Description: This advanced course in wellness coaching allows students to better understand ethics, professionalism, communication, behavior change, and coaching sessions. Students create coaching agreements, behavior change plans, and document interactions to support the eventual creation of a coaching business.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ITP or HPS.
Cross Listed Course(s): HPS 4700
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ITP 4500 - Professionalism in Integrative Therapies
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): ITP Major or IHC Major or ITP Extended Major or IHC Extended Major and junior standing (60 or more credit hours)
Description: This preparatory course is a prerequisite for both of the senior experiences for the ITP program: ITP 4800 Internship in Integrative Therapeutic Practices or ITP 4900 Theories and Application of Knowledge for Integrative Health. The course covers pre-professional skills such as cover letters and resumes, interview skills, and professional presentations. Students choosing to take ITP 4800 will identify and apply for a health care internship, while students electing ITP 4900 will research graduate programs.
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ITP 4550 - Advanced Health Navigation and Assessment
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 3450, ITP 3850 and ITP 4400
Description: Students in this course will develop skills necessary to perform patient navigation and lifestyle medicine health assessments. They will also learn clinical practice guidelines for lifestyle related chronic health conditions. Students will practice developing action plans utilizing nationally accepted guidelines for healthy lifestyle behaviors. Students create community health referral networks, explore health improvement programs, and practice using the tools that health navigators and lifestyle medicine focused wellness coaches use in the community.
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ITP 4600 - Clinical Pathophysiology
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): BIO 2320
Description: This course is designed to familiarize the student with the nature of human pathophysiology using major conceptual areas. Pertinent biochemical and metabolic derangements are correlated with the cellular structure by applying systems theory. The course focuses on the effects of the disease process on all of the major bodily systems, pathogenesis, and related clinical manifestations.
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ITP 4700 - Community Health Education & Lifestyle Medicine
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 3850
Description: This class will help students gain a more in-depth understanding of lifestyle medicine in areas such as healthy eating, physical activity, stress reduction, and healthy sleep habits. They will work with various community groups to identify wellness educational needs, and then develop lifestyle medicine educational programs to assist community members with improving their wellbeing. Students will learn about health promotion concepts, create dynamic educational presentations/materials, and serve a community through sharing what they have created. Through service learning, students will assist various communities with disease prevention and enhance overall health and wellbeing through lifestyle medicine (Service Learning).
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ITP 4800 - Lifestyle Medicine Across Gender and Lifespan
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 3850
Description: This class will focus on how lifestyle choices impact health across the lifespan from childhood/adolescence through early adulthood and into late adulthood. It will also focus on how lifestyle medicine impacts women’s health, men’s health, and LGBTQ health. Students will understand how areas of lifestyle medicine topics such as healthy eating, physical activity, stress reduction, healthy sleep habits impact the health of these various groups in different ways. They will also learn about lifestyle medicine topics that are of particular importance to certain populations of people.
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ITP 4900 - Theories and Application of Knowledge for Integrative Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and ITP major
Description: This course explores the history, theories and philosophies surrounding the acquisition of health-related knowledge and understanding of the mind-body-spirit complex. The performance of a basic level Holistic Health assessment and knowledge of when and how to initiate appropriate referrals to traditional and complementary health team members will be covered, along with understanding the transformational nature of personal change.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ITP 4910 - Applications in Wellness Coaching
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITP 2500, ITP 2700, ITP 2950
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ITP 3850, ITP 4400
Description: This capstone course provides students with the opportunity to combine skills, knowledge, personal growth, and reflection with application through a summative presentation and demonstration of wellness coaching skills.
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ITP 4950 - Community Coaching for Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): HPS 4700 or ITP 4400 and Senior Standing
Description: Lifestyle medicine knowledge is meant to be applied in the community setting, in order to truly impact the health of others. This course will allow senior students to utilize their competencies in lifestyle medicine, wellness coaching, and patient navigation in the community. Through community and campus partnerships, students will have the opportunity to apply their skills in real-world situations to impact the health and wellbeing of clients. Students will complete a coaching log that may be utilized when applying for the National Board Certification for Health and Wellness Coaching. Professionalism, documentation skills, and refinement of their coaching skills will be emphasized.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ITP 4990 - Internship in Integrative Therapeutic Practices
Credits: 3-6
Prerequisite(s): ITP 4500
Description: This capstone course allows students to integrate and apply biological, psychological, sociological and cultural theories and all previously learned holistic health and integrative therapies knowledge and skills to individuals in a health care setting. Under supervision, students will utilize all course work in collaborating with field experts in solving problems related to integrative therapies. The integrative therapies area of study and the internship site are mutually agreed upon by the student, the faculty member, and the health setting staff. Internship credits are calculated with 45 worked hours being equivalent to one credit.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Applied Learning Center at 303-615-1333 or internships@msudenver.edu.
Note: Course Revised July 3, 2018
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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ITP 4991 - Integrative Capstone
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ITP 4900 or ITP 4990
Description: This capstone course allows students to clarify their relationship with the newly emerging field of integrative health care, solidify their body of knowledge and create new paths for the future. In close consultation with faculty, students design projects from internships, community service work, research, wellness curriculum, study abroad or long-term leadership experiences. The course requires students to create their own website to display their academic body of work and their capstone project.
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ITA 1010 - Elementary Italian I
Credits: 5
Description: This is a basic course in Italian, with emphasis primarily on pronunciation, speaking, and understanding, supplemented by grammar, reading, and writing. Attention will also focus on understanding the culture and customs of Italy.
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ITA 1020 - Elementary Italian II
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): ITA 1010 or equivalent
Description: This course is a continuation of ITA 1010 and focuses on skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and cultural competency.
Note: This course requires a grade of “C” or better to fulfill the General Studies requirement.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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ITA 2010 - Intermediate Italian I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 1020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is the first of a two-semester, integrated, second-year sequence focusing on the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The course emphasizes the use of functional, communicative language for achieving oral and written proficiency, and cultural competence. Classes are conducted mostly in Italian and will include a variety of interactive activities designed to help students develop their knowledge of ltalian and their ability to use it productively in situations of communication.
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ITA 2020 - Intermediate Italian II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 1020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is a continuation of ITA 2010 and is the second of a two-semester, integrated, second-year sequence focusing on the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The course emphasizes the use of functional, communicative language for achieving oral and written proficiency, and cultural competence. Classes are conducted mostly in Italian and will include a variety of interactive activities designed to help students develop their knowledge of Italian and their ability to use it productively in situations of communication.
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ITA 2110 - Italian Reading and Conversation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 1020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is designed to deepen students’ knowledge of the geographical, historical, economic, and sociological aspects of Italian culture. It strengthens conversational ability through the use of group discussions, role-playing, oral presentations, and debates. Conducted in Italian.
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ITA 3010 - Italian Culture Through Film
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is designed to expand students’ knowledge of the culture and civilization of modern Italy primarily through film. It will focus on a selection of ltalian movies from World War II to the present with the purpose of analyzing the historical, cultural, and socio-economic complexity of contemporary Italy. Classes will be conducted in Italian.
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ITA 3110 - Advanced Conversation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course focuses on refining language skills while providing insight into Italian society and culture. It helps students expand vocabulary and communication strategies while revising complex grammatical structures. Conducted in Italian.
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ITA 3140 - Advanced Italian Grammar
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course systematizes and reinforces the language skills presented in lower-level courses through a review of complex grammatical points, and through the analysis of literary texts and newspaper articles. Classes will be conducted in Italian.
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ITA 3250 - Readings in Italian Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is designed as an introduction to the study of Italian literature. It helps students gain confidence and increase their effectiveness in reading Italian texts, develop vocabulary, and become familiar with idiomatic expressions through discussions, oral reports, and essays. Conducted in Italian.
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ITA 3310 - Contemporary Italy: Culture and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ITA 2020 or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course is designed to deepen students’ knowledge of ltalian language and society. Students will examine the political, cultural, and social history of Italy from the post-war period to the present. Students will use different idiomatic expressions, review grammatical structures, present oral reports, and write essays on the topics discussed in class. Conducted in Italian.
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JPS 1010 - Elementary Japanese I
Credits: 5
Description: This basic course in Japanese emphasizes pronunciation, speaking, and understanding, supplemented by grammar, reading, and writing.
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JPS 1020 - Elementary Japanese II
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): JPS 1010 or one year of high school Japanese or its equivalent with a grade of “C” or better
Description: This course is a continuation of JPS 1010 and focuses on skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and cultural competency.
Note: This course requires a grade of “C” or better to fulfill the General Studies requirement.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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JPS 2010 - Intermediate Japanese I
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): JPS 1020 or advisor permission
Description: This is the first semester of a two-semester intermediate Japanese language sequence specifically designed to strengthen grammatical skills and proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. The course will also introduce students to a sampling of social, cultural and literary topics central to the understanding of Japan and the Japanese people.
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JPS 2020 - Intermediate Japanese II
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): JPS 2010 or advisor permission
Description: This second course in the JPS 2010 and JPS 2020 sequence is designed to continue strengthening grammatical skills and proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. It will also present further examples of sociocultural issues central to Japan and the Japanese people.
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JPS 2110 - Conversational Japanese I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 1020 or advisor permission
Description: This conversation course is designed to improve oral proficiency and further develop fluency in the Japanese language. Students will study a variety of model dialogues and will learn useful conversational formulas applicable to different scenarios of everyday life in Japan.
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JPS 2120 - Kanji I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 1020 or advisor permission
Description: This Japanese course introduces 464 kanji: their etymology, meaning and usage. Students will learn to recognize and apply these selected kanji in both reading and writing.
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JPS 3110 - Conversational Japanese II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 2110 or advisor permission
Description: This Japanese conversation course further develops the skills addressed in Conversational Japanese I. and is designed to enable students to speak more readily and with improved fluency. Students will learn a variety of dialogue models that are useful in different scenarios of every day life in Japan and will improve their communication skills.
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JPS 3120 - Kanji II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 2120 or advisor permission
Description: This course is a continuation of Kanji I. The course introduces 232 additional, new kanji characters, their etymology, meaning, and usage. Students will be able to recognize and use them in reading and writing.
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JPS 3200 - Japanese through Media Culture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 2020 or advisor permission
Description: This course focuses on the Japanese language, as well as on social and cultural customs through the prism of media. Materials studied include, but are not limited to: manga, online publications, and film.
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JPS 3210 - Advanced Japanese: Major Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JPS 2020 or instructor permission
Description: Advanced course for those who have taken two years of basic Japanese. The variable topics in this course will target specific aspects of the language to further the understanding of the culture.
Note: This course may be repeated under different topics
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COM 3459 - Audio Production for Broadcast
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a hands-on, practical guide for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts offering experiences in a variety of recording situations. Students will learn how to judge recordings and to use the equipment available to improve them.
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COM 3461 - Producing the TV Newscast
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 and (JRN 3440 or permission of instructor)
Description: This course introduces students to producing television news. This includes writing for TV news, in-studio production techniques, as well as post-production considerations in the creation of news packages. Business aspects of the broadcast news industry are explored, as well as legal and ethical issues that arise in news production.
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COM 3462 - Workshop in Radio Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400 and JRN 3430 or permission of instructor
Description: This course allows students to access facilities of the department’s On-Air Broadcast Learning Center and online station, WCAS Radio. Students are given real-world training and practice opportunities in up-to-date broadcast techniques and technologies, building from their hands-on training in the professionally equipped WCAS Radio Broadcast Control Center.
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COM 4411 - The Denver Media Roadshow
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400
Description: This field research course offers students the opportunity for guided, onsite visits with industry professionals in a variety of communication and media companies in and around Denver. It will consist of an orientation session, class sessions in the field, and an online component. Students will learn firsthand about the business and the day-to-day operations of these companies from the industry perspective. Students will have the chance to meet and interact with media/communications professionals. Presentations by industry professionals will focus on facets of their business and issues related to the local, national, and international marketplace.
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COM 4443 - Advanced Television Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2400, JRN 3410, and JRN 3440; or permission of instructor
Description: This is an advanced course in digital production skills for both studio and the field projects. Specific focus is on digital, high-definition workflow and file-based capture and finishing. This course allows students independence and the opportunity for formative research, including team building, financing possibilities, target audience evaluation, and potential distribution venues.
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COM 4462 - Advanced Radio Production
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): COM 3462 or permission of instructor
Description: In this course, students continue their studies at the university CAS Sound Hub facility and online station, WCAS Radio. Students are given responsibility for creating regularly-scheduled program “air shifts” and will create both all-live and recorded-live station programming blocks. Students enrolled in this course become the semester’s staff-in-training at the WCAS Radio Broadcast Control Center. This is not an internship.
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JRN 1010 - Introduction to Journalism and Mass Media
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on reading, writing, and mathematics assessment tests
Description: This survey course introduces students from all academic disciplines to the historical development of journalism and mass media and its relationship to contemporary society. Students will explore the functions and impact of newspapers, books, television, radio, magazines, films, public relations and issues such as technology convergence, censorship, economic control, and privacy.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS3
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JRN 1100 - Journalism Fundamentals
Credits: 3
Description: This course emphasizes writing and editing using Associated Press style guidelines, proper punctuation for news copy, and the basic skills required of journalists. This course introduces students to the ethical and legal considerations for journalists with a special emphasis on libel and privacy laws. Students are regularly tested on their use of Associated Press guidelines. Students develop their ability to edit copy.
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JRN 2000 - Journalism Techniques and Tactics
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): JRN 1100
Description: This course provides the basic techniques and tactics for gathering effective, accurate information. Students learn through case studies key elements of interviewing, news gathering fundamentals, and methods to develop the basic skills of reporting and news writing with an emphasis on accuracy, completeness, clarity, and speed.
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JRN 2100 - Reporting
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JRN 1100
Description: This course allows students to refine the news-gathering, interviewing, and writing techniques that were learned in JRN 1100 by introducing students to beat reporting. Students spend time perfecting their skills in a writing laboratory. Students are required to cover events outside of class.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or JRN.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2101
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JRN 2210 - Beginning Layout and Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JRN 1100
Description: This course will provide students with basic knowledge of layout and design for newspapers, magazines and other mass media publications, including the Internet, via a variety of software platforms.
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JRN 2600 - Beginning Photojournalism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): JRN 1010
Description: Students in this course receive beginning-level instruction in photojournalism and techniques used in still photography for print media and online media. The photojournalist’s use of the camera is emphasized, and students are introduced to the mechanical limitations of the camera and how to best use the instrument. Students receive instruction in the use of light, pre-visualization of photographs, and the ethics of photojournalism.
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JRN 2700 - Fundamentals of Public Relations
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JRN 1100
Description: This course is an introductory analysis and practical exploration of the roles and functions of public relations as it relates to an organization’s internal and external publics. Development of practical skills include persuasive strategies, media relations, and effective news releases.
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JRN 2890 - Overview of the Social Documentary
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies Written Communication Requirement
Description: This course covers the different production elements required to produce a documentary for either a video or still photo program. It covers documentary styles, scripting techniques, production considerations and editing methods that are relevant to the documentary. Various documentary programs are viewed and critiqued.
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JRN 3063 - Sports Photojournalism
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JRN 2600
Description: Students in the course gain an introductory level of instruction in sports photojournalism and techniques used in capturing sports action, sports reaction and sports feature photography for print and online media. Students must have working knowledge of DSLR cameras.
Note: Course created July 6, 2018
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JRN 3130 - Sports Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JRN 1100
Description: This course will provide students with knowledge of sports coverage for newspapers, magazines and other mass media publications, including the Internet, via a variety of software platforms. Students will cover a sport during a season, writing game reports and features, as part of the course.
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JRN 3200 - News Editing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JRN 2100
Description: This course provides advanced training in the complex problems of copy editing, headline and caption writing, and applying news judgment. Students also work on page design and photo editing. Students spend time perfecting their editing skills in a laboratory setting.
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