This course introduces the student to financial accounting. It includes recording transactions, making adjustments, and preparation of financial statements. Detailed coverage of accounting for cash, receivables, inventories, property, plant and equipment, payroll, and other current liabilities is included. The course covers the various forms of ownership including sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations

An introduction to the organ systems of the human body, including chemical principles, cell and tissue study, and the organ systems: muscular, skeletal, integumentary, digestive, circulatory, immune, respiratory, excretory, nervous, muscular, skeletal, endocrine, and reproductive.

Includes lecture and laboratory hours.
Course Fee: $8.00
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement including the laboratory requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

The course teaches the application of the basic elements of reasoning to common business scenarios. The student will identify reasoning abilities that are necessary for developing management skills. The student will be introduced to the standards used in evaluating their reasoning and a variety of case studies will be used to apply the concepts of the course.

Leadership for First Line Management. Study of the practices, roles, attributes, challenges, and principles of leadership. The implementation of the qualities of leadership - kindness, justice, selfcontrol, and energy.

The course serves as both a basic introduction to the legal system and a general overview of specific legal topics. In the introductory phase of the class, students will study the different kinds of law that make up our legal system, the courts, and the steps in a court case. The class will cover traditional legal topics like contract law, property law, torts, and business organizations. Students will also study newer areas of law like sales contracts, product liability law, and consumer protection law.

A study of the basic management and organizational principles within business entities. Direct application of management theory is examined with consideration of the functional aspects of decision making, planning, application of ethics, implementation of change and corporate culture. Course will examine and evaluate organizational change with particular interest in individuals, groups and team processes as applied in the domestic business operations and international business.

An analysis and description of present-day personnel practices; stresses labor supply sources, equal employment opportunity, employee selection processes, management and employee training, collective bargaining, grievances, job description and job evaluation analysis, and judging effectiveness of the labor force in the public and private sector.

Prerequisite: BUS 300

Study and analysis of the elements of marketing and marketing strategy, stressing product-development, policies, pricing strategies, promotion, distribution strategies, and market and institution structures and middlemen according to the functions they perform and other marketing information systems.

Designed to acquaint the prospective physical education teacher with broad concepts of health, physical education, and recreation including the historical development of modern programs, philosophies, and their application to physical education.

A course designed to provide the student with the latest approved first aid and CPR procedures.

Course Fee: $12.00

This course is an introduction to the basic and new concepts of health. Topics included will be nutrition, physical fitness, stress management, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, safety and risk management, as well as wellness components of emotional, physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual health. This course is required for all pre-education majors to fulfill OPI certification requirements, and is a program requirement for Health Promotion majors and minors. It is also appropriate for prenursing majors and those interested in taking a proactive approach to their lives and health.

A course designed to teach leadership, basic skills, rules, and techniques for various recreational games. Practical student experiences in directing all phases involved within an ongoing intramural program; scheduling, league organization, publicity, and team point computations.

Evaluation of personal health in relation to the services available throughout a community. Application to K-12 teachers for coordinating/utilizing community services in a health enhancement curriculum.

Health Promotion is the art and science of assisting individuals in their progress toward a greater level of personal wellness. This course will introduce various theories of health promotion and allow for the exploration and practice of a variety techniques used in the field.

Prerequisite: Junior Standing

This course is designed to give students exposure to a variety of fitness, sport and game activities that are utilized in the middle and high school health promotion programs of many Montana schools to promote lifetime fitness activities. Emphasis is placed on skills development, skills progression, and evaluation of motor performance as well as lifetime enjoyment. Safety and organization of units and curriculum are also discussed.

Course Fee: $10.00

Kinesiology is the study of human movement: the action of muscles and muscle systems, the application of force to levers, and the evaluation of movement for improved performance and reduced risk of injury. These concepts are applied to teaching and coaching at all developmental levels through classroom experiences.

Prerequisites: BIOL 204 or BIOL 241, M 121 or higher

The study of the effects of various exercises on the systems of the body, with implications for the improvement of health, physical fitness, and athletics. Applications of theory to actual situations.

Prerequisite: BIOL 204 or BIOL 241
Course Fee: $30.00

This course is a field experience in health and physical education. Candidates who have opportunities for work/volunteer experiences in health and physical education/health promotion outside of their coursework may register for this course to reflect these experiences. This course may be repeated for credit up to a total of three credits. Candidates working with children may be required to complete a background check; all candidates should have professional liability insurance.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor

A study of conditioning and evaluation to prevent injuries; recognition and evaluation of injuries; treatment and rehabilitation of injuries. Additional topics of nutrition, ergogenic aids, and risk management are included. Lab will involve the application of evaluation and rehabilitation skills as well as the practice of basic taping techniques.

Prerequisite: BIOL 240 or BIOL 241
Course Fee: $15.00

Study of current health issues that affect present populations: the environment, drug and alcohol, AIDS, diseases of lifestyle, healthcare and insurance, and birth control. To include prevention and/or control, solution, and implications.

This course is designed for candidates to learn the various ways to administer, analyze, interpret and utilize various tests in health and physical education. Basic statistical manipulation/analysis and test construction will be covered as well as test validity/reliability issues. Alternative and authentic testing issues will also be addressed.

Prerequisites: M 145/121, junior standing, Level I Admission to Teacher Education for HPE majors/minors
Co-requisite: EDUC 300 for HPE majors

A study of the biological and behavioral values as it concerns human sexuality.

A planned and supervised work-learning experience in education, business, government, or community service agencies related to the University program of study

Prerequisites: Junior standing and approval of advisor, Dean of the College of Education, Arts and Sciences, Nursing, and cooperative education coordinator

This course surveys a wide variety of topics including: properties and theorems of the real and complex number systems, the function concept including inverse functions, graphing techniques, linear, quadratic, polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions, solving systems of equations in two or more variables using matrices, determinants, and matrix algebra. The development of problemsolving skills is emphasized.

Prerequisite: M 095
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Mathematics (CAT II) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with the sales methods available for the professional sales arena and to develop the framework for preparing professional sales plans. The students will work their way through basic one-on-one small item sales to counter sales, to retail floor sales, to single item industrial sales, to multi-item industrial sales. An emphasis will be put on fast moving technology that requires detailed specifications in sales activities.

An introductory survey of the scientific discipline of psychology. Attention will be given to such standard topics as the nature of empirical, scientific research, and the learning process, intelligence, perception, personality, motivation, emotion, cognitive processes, abnormal behavior, human sexuality, psi-phenomena, major systems of psychotherapy, human growth and development, psychobiology and physiology, social psychology, memory, stress, forensic and industrial psychology. Students will be guided towards an appreciation of the six major theoretical perspectives that psychology has to offer. As psychology is intended to describe, predict, understand, and to control behavior, students should emerge from the course with an increased degree of enlightened control over their lives.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Social Sciences/History (CAT IV) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

Study of the concepts and principles of group behavior and of the impact which society has upon the programming of the mind and thought processes. Analysis of the components of culture and of the structure of society, as well as social organization and differentiation will also be emphasized. Introduces the essentials of micro sociology and macro sociology.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Social Sciences/History (CAT IV) requirement
Montana University System Core Course

Human development is the study of how and why people change over time, as well as how and why they remain the same. Thus, this course will provide an overview of what is empirically known about all the periods of life from conception to death of our physical vehicles. We shall examine what is known scientifically about physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development in humans. We shall examine how changes in each one of these major areas impacts change in each of the other two. The relative importance of nature and nurture will be examined for each of the various life stages. The issues of native temperament and physical appearance will be given special emphasis as these areas impact psychosocial and cognitive development. A considerable amount of time will be devoted to what is known about methods of effective/ineffective, successful/unsuccessful parenting. Finally, we shall look at the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial aspects of our final years of life.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Social Sciences/History (CAT IV) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

Practical analysis of principles of small business management and owner-operated businesses are covered including management methods, location decision making, financial support for startups, marketing management, common administration and control problems, and analysis of trends, professional practices, and family applications.

Prerequisites: BUS 300 and BUS 335

A study and utilization of the principles and techniques of oral communication. Problems of research, preparation, content, organization, argument, and delivery are examined.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Communication (CAT I) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

A study of the theory and application of verbal and nonverbal communication as they occur in relatively unstructured person-to-person settings.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Communication (CAT I) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

Emphasizes argumentation and research writing. Students will write at least six essays and a significant research paper including a thorough bibliography. Students will be introduced to library research methods, the avoidance of plagiarism, and formal documentation.

Prerequisite: Completion of WRIT 095 or in accordance with Board of Regents Policy 301.16. See "General Education Course Placement" in the "Graduation and General Education Requirements" of this catalog.
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Communication (CAT I) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

The courses in this series (HPEA 18X Fitness and Wellness Skills) are designed to teach lifetime activities which will promote fitness and wellness for a healthy lifestyle.

The courses in this series (HPEA 18X Fitness and Wellness Skills) are designed to teach lifetime activities which will promote fitness and wellness for a healthy lifestyle.

The courses in this series (HPEA 18X Fitness and Wellness Skills) are designed to teach lifetime activities which will promote fitness and wellness for a healthy lifestyle.

The courses in this series (HPEA 18X Fitness and Wellness Skills) are designed to teach lifetime activities which will promote fitness and wellness for a healthy lifestyle.

The courses in this series (HPEA 18X Fitness and Wellness Skills) are designed to teach lifetime activities which will promote fitness and wellness for a healthy lifestyle.

The courses in this series (HPEA 18X Fitness and Wellness Skills) are designed to teach lifetime activities which will promote fitness and wellness for a healthy lifestyle.

The courses in this series (HPEA 18X Fitness and Wellness Skills) are designed to teach lifetime activities which will promote fitness and wellness for a healthy lifestyle.

The courses in this series (HPEA 18X Fitness and Wellness Skills) are designed to teach lifetime activities which will promote fitness and wellness for a healthy lifestyle.

The courses in this series (HPEA 18X Fitness and Wellness Skills) are designed to teach lifetime activities which will promote fitness and wellness for a healthy lifestyle.