Course Descriptions

REC 360 - Outdoor Survival

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate the fundamentals of successful camping

• Demonstrate ability to:
  • Build a shelter, 
  • Start a friction fire
  • Find dry tender and other wood for a fire
  • Use a map and compass
  • Tie appropriate knots
  • Identify medical issues and provide appropriate support
  • Forecast Weather
  • Use appropriate signaling
  • Hunt food sources
• Analyze the mental nature of wilderness accidents and how to survive mentally
• Reflect on Life’s great challenges

REC 381 - Recreational and Collegiate Sports Management

• Identify the history, nature, scope and importance of recreational sports in the total recreation program.
• Describe and demonstrate competencies required to program recreation sports in a variety of settings.
• Analyze and critique current recreational sports implications and opportunities.
• Discuss current and future trends in recreational sports.
• Describe and critique basic recreational sports terminology, the theories of competitive and cooperative play, and the philosophical basis and values or recreational sports to the individual.
• Recognize participants development attributes and the socialization process in sports.
• Develop skills of planning, organizing and scheduling recreational sports in collegiate, public, and private settings.

REC 382 - Community Recreation

• Identify funding sources, scope grants, craft grant proposal
• Describe types of Boards and the corresponding staff functions associated with various Board governing structures
• Create strategic action plans tailored to build community capacity to achieve agency objectives
• Demonstrate social marketing techniques
• Apply principles of sustainability to community-based recreation strategic planning

REC 394 - Participatory Leadership

• Define participatory leadership.
• Describe the art of community building.
• Compare and contrast interpersonal encounters through structured engagement opportunities.
• Analyze elements of social connectedness as they relate to democracy.
• Evaluate activities/events in regards to participatory leadership elements and social impact.
• Reflect on engagement experiences to determine personal impact and effectiveness in participatory leadership opportunities.

REC 431 - Recreation Administration of Retreats and Camps

• Demonstrate programming in class and in practical applications
• Plan and develop a program from conceptualization to implementation stages, including budgeting
• Plan, demonstrate and lead an initiative or adventure activity
• Demonstrate concern for safety of self and others
• Incorporate trends into programming and initiative planning

REC 487 - Outdoor Recreation Issues

• Describe the history of Outdoor Leadership.
• Identify emergency procedures used in the outdoors.
• Describe the three phases of risk management.
• Describe leader behavior and considerations for each stage of group development.
• Define emotional crisis and identify behaviors that are likely to be evident during a typical crisis found in wilderness settings.
• Describe the seven “Leave No Trace” principles.

 
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
4/22/19

Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations:
Spring Locations: Ellensburg

REC 488 - Recreation Management

• Identify principal population groups at large in the organizational service area
• Identify, select and prepare physical resources for utilization as activity venues
• Design, write, produce and circulate appropriate media materials dependent upon target user groups
• Construct and administer activity/program budgets for specific agency/organizational offerings
• Recruit, interview, test and select appropriately qualified leadership staff
• Design and implement appropriate personnel and program evaluations
• Organize and implement safety and risk management plans for activities to be offered to organizational clientele

REC 491 - Workshop

REC 497 - Honors

RTE 222A - Recreation Programming and Activities

• Demonstrate programming in class and in practical situations
• Plan and develop a program from conceptualization to implementation
• Demonstrate, plan, and lead a game or adventure activity
• Identify the fundamentals of play leadership
• Demonstrate concern for safety or self and others
• Modify a game for a specific identifiable population

RTE 293 - Outdoor Leadership Training

• Explain the organization of the lodging industry and foundations of lodging operations.
• Identify the ownership and management of lodging properties including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT),management companies, brands, and independent ownership.
• Explain the Global Distribution System (GDS) including Social Media and Online Travel Agents used in the lodging industry.
• Describe the operation of the Property Management System including the interaction of the reservations, registration and in house accounting systems.
• Describe the processes involved in the foundations of lodging accounting (forecasting, revenue management, approving credit, posting to accounts and night audit).

RTE 397 - Honors

RELS 101 - World Religions

• Describe of the development of the major world religions within their contexts of origin and subsequent spread to other geographic regions.
• Articulate the primary tenets, practices and symbolic systems of the major world religions.
• Describe the historical role of religion in shaping cultures and institutions.
• Articulate how religion functions in their personal, social and historical lives and the lives of others.
• Recognize the diversity of manifestations of religious expressions.
• Develop analytical, reading and writing skills.

RELS 102 - Food, Sex, and the Other: Everyday Religion and Morality

• Identify how different world religious traditions address contemporary moral issues and controversies in everyday culture.
• Demonstrate an understanding, in writing and in class discussion, of diverse ethical issues and positions as they appear in everyday life.
• Use a diverse set of religious ethical theories to address contemporary moral issues as they arise in popular culture.
• Explain and justify their own positions on these questions, in discussion and in writing.

RELS 103 - World Mythologies

• Accurately describe and analyze orally and in writing how the myths of the world help understand different cultures and diverse perspectives
• Analyse the ways world myths have shaped human experiences and informed social, political, sand global interactions
• Discuss popular themes and motifs found in myths and situate them in their wider social, cultural, historical, and political contexts
• Examine and discuss how labels affect perceptions and justify people’s treatment of others
• Identify and synthesize high quality academic sources and use them effectively to support an argument as well as cite and document such sources using MLA or Chicago style guidelines

RELS 298 - Special Topics

RELS 299 - Seminar

RELS 351 - Religions of China and Japan

• Identify the major religious traditions (Daoism, Confucianism, Shinto, and Buddhism) of China and Japan.
• Explain the differences and commonalities of religious practices, beliefs, symbols and institutions for the traditions.
• Verbally and expositorally articulate an understanding of the religious traditions of China and Japan and their influences on the wider social milieu.
• Develop analytical, reading and writing skills.
• Identify the changes in and evolution of the traditions in contemporary East Asian society.

RELS 352 - Religions of India

• Identify the major religious traditions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism) of India.
• Explain the differences and commonalities of religious practices, beliefs, symbols and institutions for the traditions.
• Verbally and expositorally articulate an understanding of the religious traditions of India and their influences on the wider social milieu.
• Develop analytical, reading and writing skills.
• Identify the changes in and evolution of the traditions in contemporary India society.

RELS 353 - Judaism

• Describe the origin and development of Judaism.
• Describe the rituals and beliefs within the different periods and later branches of Judaism, with special attention to the key themes of Scripture and Tradition, Monotheism, Authority, Worship, and Ritual, Ethics, and Religion and Political Order.
• Verbally and expositorally articulate an understanding of the potential distinction of Judaism in theory and in practice.
• Verbally articulate the potential distinction in exploring Judaism from an academic versus adherent’s perspective.
• Develop analytical, reading and writing skills.

RELS 354 - Christianity

• Describe the origin and development of Christianity, with particular attention to the forms of early Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism.
• Describe the rituals and beliefs within the major divisions of Christianity, with special attention to the key themes of Scripture and Tradition, Monotheism, Authority, Worship and Ritual, Ethics, and Religion and the Political Order.
• Verbally and expositorally articulate an understanding of the potential distinction of these religions in theory and in practice
• Verbally articulate the potential distinction in exploring these traditions from an academic versus adherent’s perspectives.
• Develop analytical, reading and writing skills.

RELS 355 - Islam

• Describe the origin and development of Islam.
• Describe the rituals and beliefs within the different periods and branches of Islam, with special attention to the key themes of Scripture and Tradition, monotheism, authority, worship, ritual, ethics, religion, and political order.
• Verbally and expositorially articulate an understanding of the potential distinction of Islam in theory and in practice.
• Verbally articulate the potential distinction in exploring these traditions from an academic versus adherent’s perspective.
• Develop analytical, reading and writing skills.

RELS 356 - Early Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Literature

• Examine (orally and in written form) primary sources related to apocalyptic literature from antiquity.
• Describe the common characteristics of the various genres of literature found in Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic literature.
• Evaluate diverse methodological problems and debates related to studying Jewish Christian relations and boundaries in late antiquity.
• Assess the impact of apocalyptic and eschatological literature on the development of early Judaism and Christianity
• Identify high-quality secondary sources and use them effectively in support of an argument; cite and document those sources using SBL (Society of Biblical Literature) or Chicago Style guidelines.

RELS 376 - Contemporary Religious Thought

• Understand the ambiguity of the phrase “contemporary religious thought.”
• Evaluate the major ideas relevant to contemporary religious thought.
• Analyze primary texts from post-Modern and contemporary philosophers, as well as religious scholars.
• Demonstrate knowledge of popular religious thought as depicted in current books, media, journal articles, and newspapers.
• Develop analytical, reading and writing skills.

RELS 381 - Life Hacks for Transfer Student Success

• Identify common transfer issues and propose strategies for success at CWU.
• Generate connections with faculty and peers in the discipline.
• Plan an efficient pathway to graduation.
• Identify CWU and community resources available for different types of support.
• Demonstrate knowledge and use of discipline specific practices using CWU academic resources.
• Design an individualized plan for engagement in the discipline

RELS 396 - Individual Study

RELS 397 - Honors

RELS 398 - Special Topics

RELS 399 - Seminar

RELS 401 - The Daoist Tradition

• Identify the major sectarian forms of the Daoist religious tradition.
• Explain the differences and commonalities of religious practices, beliefs, symbols and institutions for the sectarian schools.
• Verbally and expositorally articulate an understanding of the religious traditions of Daoism and their influences on the wider social milieu.
• Develop analytical, reading and writing skills.
• Recognize and describe the full tradition of Daoism, including its practices, ethics, rituals and philosophy.
• Recognize and identify the difficulties in defining Daoism.

RELS 402 - Religion and Film

• Identify the themes of mythology, theology and ideology in contemporary films from around the world.
• Apply text literary criticism and theory to analyses of sacred and secular narratives in contemporary film.
• Critically watch films and evaluate how their form and content work together to produce/construct meaning.
• Develop analytical, reading and writing skills.
• Assess, discuss, and write critically about film from a religious studies perspective.
• Broaden the students’ understanding of the term “Religious” and to integrate that understanding into its significant role in film plot, narrative, and imagery.
• Compare and contrast “western” and “eastern” portrayals of religious themes in film.
• Identify and articulate diverse perspectives on religion in film, including those from global, class, gender and ethnic/minority viewpoints.

RELS 403 - Buddhist Thought and Practice

• Identify the major sectarian forms of the Buddhist religious tradition.
• Explain the differences and commonalities of religious practices, beliefs, symbols and institutions for the sectarian schools.
• Verbally and expositorally articulate an understanding of the religious traditions of Buddhism and their influences on the wider social milieu.
• Develop analytical, reading and writing skills.
• Recognize and describe the full tradition of Buddhism, including its practices, ethics, rituals and philosophy.
• Recognize and identify the difficulties in defining Buddhism.

RELS 410 - The Legacy of the Hebrew Bible

• Identify the canon of the Hebrew Bible.
• Discuss the growth and structure of the Hebrew Bible.
• Explain the issues involved in the authorship of the Hebrew Bible.
• Define rabbinic literature, to include delineating texts that belong to his corpus, their contents, genre, exegetical techniques, and the significance such texts have on the Judaic interpretation of the Hebrew Bible.
• Describe the contents of each book including major themes, moral implications, and religious and philosophical implications.
• Discuss specific examples by which the Hebrew Bible has been influential in the field of liberal arts (fine art, literature, music, and film, etc.)
• Analyze the historical, cultural, and literary background of the Hebrew Bible in relation to the ancient near east.

RELS 413 - Varieties of Early Christianity

• Identify and assess the contents and common characteristics of the various genres of literature found in early Christian non-canonical writings
• Discuss and analyze the theoretical issues and problems surrounding the idea of “orthodoxy” and “heresy”
• Explain and summarize the historical growth and development of early Christianity and the influence and place of non-canonical literature in biblical history and interpretation
• Compare and contrast different portrayals of key Christian figures (e.g., Jesus, Mary, Mary Magdalene, etc.) in canonical and non-canonical literature and how these depictions intersect with issues of history, politics, ethics, theology, gender, race, etc.
• Compare and contrast different portrayals of key Christian figures (e.g., Jesus, Mary, Mary Magdalene, etc.) in canonical and non-canonical literature in art, literature, film, pop culture, etc.
• Examine the historical, cultural, and literary background of non-canonical writings in relation to Judaism and the Ancient Mediterranean World

RELS 414 - Earliest Portraits of Jesus

Identify the contents of the canonical gospels in the New Testament and other early writings as well as diverse depictions of Jesus found in art, literature, film, pop culture, etc.

Understand the arguments and stakes of critical gospel and Historical Jesus scholarship.

• Describe the growth and structure of the New Testament and other Early Christian Writings.
• Explain the issues involved in the authorship of the NT and other early Christian Writings
• Compare, contrast, and analyze different portrayals of Jesus and how these depictions intersect with issues of history, politics, ethics, theology, gender, race, etc.
• Describe the historical, cultural, and literary background of Jesus related gospels and writings in relation to the Ancient Mediterranean World
• Identify specific examples by which the canonical and non-canonical writings have been influential in the portrayal of Jesus in fine art, literature, music, film, pop culture, etc.)
• Understand the importance of historical context and social location in the development, production, and interpretation of the figure Jesus. 
• Gain insight into the value of reading the early texts in their original language

RELS 488 - Senior Methodologies Seminar

• Demonstrate clear communication strategies and techniques in oral, written, or expressive form.
• Apply higher-order critical thinking and/or problem-solving skills.
• Reflect upon, integrate, and apply the knowledge and skills they gleaned from their undergraduate experience, including General Education.
• Synthesize and present a response, propose a solution/answer, or showcase their own creative work.

RELS 490 - Cooperative Education

RELS 491 - Workshop

RELS 494 - Undergraduate Thesis Preparation

• Demonstrate progress towards understanding the major ideas within religious studies, specifically those relevant to the self-designed thesis topic.
• Demonstrate progress in the ability to advance and support a thesis, as well as analyze and critically evaluate the beliefs and arguments of others.
• Demonstrate pluralistic and flexible thinking, considering new ideas and critically reflecting on them.
• Respond productively to advisor suggestions on topic, thesis statement, sources, and organization of the senior thesis.
• Evaluate the relevance and reliability of scholarly sources, specific to the topic of the senior thesis.

RELS 495 - Undergraduate Thesis

• Demonstrate an understanding the major ideas within religious studies, specifically those relevant to the self-designed thesis topic.
• Demonstrate the ability to advance and support an original thesis.
• Analyze and critically evaluate the beliefs and arguments of others.
• Demonstrate pluralistic and flexible thinking, considering new ideas and critically reflecting on them.
• Respond productively to advisor’s suggestions for revision.
• Evaluate the relevance and reliability of scholarly sources, specific to the topic of the senior thesis.

RELS 496 - Individual Study

RELS 497 - Honors Thesis

• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the major ideas within religious studies, specifically those relevant to the self-designed thesis topic.
• Demonstrate an advanced ability to develop and support an original thesis.
• Analyze and critically evaluate the beliefs and arguments of others.
• Demonstrate a high degree of pluralistic and flexible thinking, considering new ideas and critically reflecting on them.
• Respond productively to advisor’s suggestions for revision.
• Evaluate the relevance and reliability of scholarly sources, specific to the topic of the senior thesis.

RELS 498 - Special Topics

RELS 499 - Seminar

RMT 298 - Special Topics

RMT 299 - Seminar

RMT 320 - Topics in Strategy for the Craft Brewing Industry

• Construct a business plan for a start-up business
• Analyze costs related to brewing industry which includes materials, supplies, and labor
• Demonstrate knowledge of the three-tiered system of distribution for beer
• Apply theories of consumer behavior to the formulation of effective marketing strategy
• Discuss the goals of marketing strategy as they pertain to strengthening brands
• Discuss and defend developed business plan
• Demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of channel selling and where it fits in the field of brewing
• Apply the functional areas of channel selling and how those areas interrelate with the craft beer business
• Identify basic understanding of the ethical and legal issues in brewery
• Acquire knowledge of the framework of distribution and its special characteristics within the brewing industry
• Describe the interdependence of the brewer and the distributor
• Apply the elements involved in a brewer’s channel communication
• Describe the brewer’s supply chain management
• Describe and list the key requirements and mandatory reporting in Washington State

RMT 330 - Principles of Retailing

• Demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of retailing and where it fits in the field of business.
• Identify careers and opportunities in retailing.
• Discuss the philosophies of retailing.
• Identify various forms of retailing.
• Demonstrate basic merchandising techniques.
• Identify the role of the sales supporting function.
• Define the responsibilities of the retail: operations function.
• Demonstrate basic decision-making skills in retailing.
• Discuss and identify the unique aspects of service retailing.
• Evaluate retailing principles from multiple sources.
• Competent in the use of electronic mail and Power Point presentation.
• Incorporate technology into presentations and assignments.
• Understand how computers and the World Wide Web can be used in retail operations.

RMT 335 - Retail Information Technology

• Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of contemporary retail technology terms and their meanings.
• Identify and understand the hardware and software which encompasses retail technology including but not limited to e-point of sales, automatic identification and data capture, database management systems, networking and telecommunication.
• Understand the role of modern electronic payment systems, enterprise resource planning systems and their functions and features in the retail context.
• Understand the importance of supply chain management and customer relationship management, electronic commerce, emerging technologies like mobile computing, m­commerce, global positioning systems, and fraud protection systems in the retail context.
• Identify and evaluate retail IT products and vendors.
• Identify trends in technology that will impact the retail industry.

RMT 340 - Principles of Selling

RMT 345 - Sustainable Retailing

• Demonstrate an understanding of the history of sustainable development in retailing
• Analyze the environmental impacts of differing retail management operations and the associated benefits and opportunities
• Demonstrate an understanding of best practices and processes in sustainable retail operations
• Evaluate sustainable strategies for working with key stakeholders
• Evaluate industry claims with respect to environmental dimensions such as certified, organic, fair trade products and practices
• Apply the techniques for applying cost/benefit analyses to sustainable retail operations
• Demonstrate an understanding of retail technology innovations that maximize sustainable strategies
• Create strategies for setting, implementing, and assessing retailing goals for sustainability
• Identify and analyze job descriptions focused on sustainability within a retail-related operation
• Self-assess current qualifications to match the identified jobs

RMT 350 - Omni Channel Retailing

• Demonstrate knowledge of the history of omni channel retailing and its impact on management of the 21st century.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the framework of omni channel retailers.
• Describe the elements involved in omni channel security.
• Describe the elements involved in omni channel social media.
• Critique the omni channel strategies and tactics of retailers.
• Create a web based retailer.

RMT 366 - Customer Relationship Management

• Use IT technologies/tools in the context of CRM.
• Explain what is CRM and its roots, and its importance for organizations.
• Explain different enablers of CRM especially data integration, and how can technology facilitate this integration.
• Demonstrate the importance of data mining in CRM and apply some data mining techniques.
• Demonstrate and apply some measurement of CRM effort and effectiveness.
• Demonstrate basic understanding of the ethical and future issues in CRM.
• Demonstrate personal thinking and personal integration of concepts.

RMT 379 - IT Management Career Planning

• Research and design a plan for finding an internship or career advancement

RMT 396 - Individual Study

RMT 397 - Honors

RMT 398 - Special Topics

RMT 399 - Seminar

RMT 467 - Retail Management

• Describe the framework of retailing and its special characteristics.
• Apply strategic planning in retailing.
• Critique the philosophies of business ownership and management.
• Describe retail institutions on the basis of strategy mix.
• Describe and apply the steps in setting up a retail organization.
• Describe and understand the processes of merchandise buying and handling.
• Describe and understand several pricing concepts and strategies.
• Describe and understand the elements involved in a retailers communication with its customers.
• Discuss and identify the unique aspects of service retailing.
• Evaluate retail management information from multiple sources.
• Use electronic mail and Power Point presentation.
• Demonstrate technology into presentations and assignments.
• Demonstrate how computers and the World Wide Web can be used in retail operations.

RMT 485 - International Retailing

• Knowledge of key International Retailing (IR) concepts, terminology, decision-making areas, planning process, and global trends
• Analyze the contemporary global marketing and retailing environment and identify shifts/trends in: demographics, social/cultural values, political attitudes, laws and regulations
• Demonstrate concern of ethics in IR
• Use and apply various research technologies (Web, library, on-line databases, CD-ROMs) to IR decisions
• Demonstrate how global marketing retail decisions affect resources in the natural environment and vice versa
• Development of oral and written communication skills

RMT 490 - Cooperative Education

RMT 492 - Practicum

RMT 496 - Individual Study

RMT 497 - Honors

RMT 498 - Special Topics

RMT 499 - Seminar

RUSS 151 - First-year Russian

RUSS 152 - First-year Russian

RUSS 153 - First-year Russian

RUSS 200 - The Art of the Protest: Censorship and Resistance in Russian Culture

• Recognize resistant artistic practices in Russia in different historical and cultural contexts and in variety of media.
• Identify various cultural, political and social factors that contribute to censorship in Russia in different historical and cultural contexts.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the relationship between arts and political power in Russia in different historical and cultural contexts.
• Analyze and interpret primary sources (literary texts, films, art pieces).
• Relate primary sources to the examined secondary sources(scholarly articles).
• Generate cultural analysis of a chosen censored text (a literary text, film or an art piece) in its political and cultural context.

RUSS 251 - Second-year Russian

RUSS 252 - Second-year Russian

RUSS 253 - Second-year Russian

RUSS 261 - Heritage Russian Through Film and Media

• Recognize idiomatic speech in films and identify relevant cultural context using the increased knowledge of Russian vocabulary and grammar.
• Identify and differentiate Russian grammatical and syntactical patterns in written text.
• Use context-appropriate speech to discuss important ideas from assigned films: from descriptive narration and characterization to argumentation and critical analysis.
• Summarize and analyze cinematic texts within their historical and cultural context.
• Analyze films from the perspectives of form both in written and oral modalities.
• Formulate an effective oral presentation using tools of formal and cultural analysis of a favorite film.

RUSS 298 - Special Topics

RUSS 299 - Seminar

RUSS 341 - Advanced Russian Through Mass Media

• Recognize and reproduce speech patterns found in different Russian media: such as news casts, blogs/vlogs, social networks, and traditional opinion pieces.
• Differentiate speech registers in various types of mass media.
• Examine current topics or events through different media in written and oral modalities.
• Formulate and express a range of ideas in spoken Russian: from descriptive narration and characterization to argumentation and critical analysis.
• Practice cultural awareness and communicative competence in the context of Russian media culture and use the knowledge acquired in the course to recognize and understand cultural diversity.

RUSS 342 - Advanced Russian Through History

• Translate and demonstrate in-depth understanding of the scholarly texts and their academic context. 
• Examine a historical event or figure and compose a short research paper in Russian
• Summarize research findings in oral modality
• Formulate and express a range of ideas in spoken Russian: from descriptive narration and characterization to argumentation and critical analysis.
• Design and participate in a conference based on the knowledge of Russian academic culture.

RUSS 351 - Advanced Russian Through Literature

• Recognize and reproduce advanced grammatical constructions found in high literary language.
• Generate accurate translations of select literary works from Russian to English.
• Evaluate and analyze literary texts from the perspectives of translation and literary studies in written modality.
• Apply knowledge of literary language and grammar in conversational context. Formulate and express a range of ideas in oral modality.
• Value and practice cultural awareness through understanding the context of Russian literary culture of the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

RUSS 352 - Advanced Russian Through Film

• Recognize and reproduce in speech and in writing colloquial, conversational patterns found in films.
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the content of the visual texts and their cultural context.
• Examine films from the perspectives of content and form both in written and oral modalities.
• Express themselves in conversational Russian in a range of complex interpersonal situations connected to the material.
• Practice cultural awareness and communicative competence in the context of Russian popular visual culture, and use the knowledge acquired in the course to recognize and understand cultural diversity.

RUSS 396 - Individual Study

RUSS 397 - Honors

RUSS 398 - Special Topics

RUSS 399 - Seminar

RUSS 441 - Advanced Composition and Grammar (Put on Reserve 9/1/2020)

• Demonstrate strong communicative competence in predictable everyday situations and moderate communicative competence in spontaneous, unscripted situations
• Use high-intermediate level of vocabulary and gramma r appropriately, orally and in writing, most of the time
• Identify and recognize salient features of the information presented in sentence-length speech, in an uninterrupted dialogue or monologue, in authentic personal and social contexts
• Demonstrate complete understanding of simple authentic texts and moderate understanding of complex authentic texts
• Use intermediate to advanced stylistic and rhetorical devices in writing most of the time
• Demonstrate a strong ability to write in different time frames with some control of the aspect
• Demonstrate an ability to write in a variety of formats (re- telling, descriptive and analytical compositions, argument, summary and review)
• Demonstrate a moderate ability to identify salient features in complex oral and written texts

RUSS 445 - Topics in Russian Language

• Identify and correctly utilize advanced grammatical and morphological concepts in Russian.
• Express complex ideas orally in Russian.
• Express complex ideas in writing in Russian.

RUSS 451 - Advanced Russian Conversation and Composition

• Recognize and use in written text and in speech advanced level grammatical concepts and constructions (such as verbs of motion, aspectual pairs, conditional and hypothetical constructions, complex sentence,  case system in relation to verbs and prepositions).
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the content of authentic Russian texts and their cultural context.
• Analyze authentic Russian texts from the perspectives of content and form both in written and oral  modalities.
• Formulate and express a range of ideas in spoken Russian: from descriptive narration and characterization to argumentation and critical analysis.
• Value and practice cultural awareness and communicative competence in the context of Russian culture and use the knowledge acquired in the course to recognize and understand cultural diversity.

RUSS 462 - Russian Cinema

• Identify salient issues in the historic evolution of Russian cinema.
• Recognize various genres and tropes of film language and form.
• Critically analyze films from the standpoint of cultural context and cinematic techniques.
• Identify and interpret the cultural, political and social impact of Russian cinema on Russian society.
• Recognize and interpret the significance of international cinematic context for the development of Russian cinema.

RUSS 496 - Individual Study

RUSS 497 - Honors

RUSS 498 - Special Topics

RUSS 499 - Seminar

SHM 101 - Evolution of Workplace Safety and Health (Put on reserve 9/16/19)

• Demonstrate their ability to identify the influence of various institutions such as trade associations, government agencies, insurance companies, and professional societies that led to a change in safety culture in the American workplace.
• Demonstrate their ability to critically analyze historical events (human suffering resulting from occupational accidents, industrial disasters, workplace injuries and diseases), their social impacts and the results of those experiences as expressed in economic, legal, behavioral, and ethical societal changes.
• Demonstrate their ability to: (1) research and identify common safety and health issues in American workplace, (2) recommend solution by identifying appropriate regulatory measures currently in place, and (3) demonstrate their understanding of the impact of these issues/solutions within a societal and global context.
• Demonstrate their understanding of ethical responsibilities of employers to provide a work environment free of known hazards.

SHM 102 - Occupational Health

• Explain scientific and technological advances in occupational health and how they impact the lives of workers
• Describe potential biological, chemical, ergonomic, physical, and psychosocial risk factors and hazards
• Assess the importance of prevention and proactive behavior in reducing risk factors and hazards
• Research occupational and environmental risk factors, hazards, and exposures for a selected work environment
• Investigate the use of human factors theories to enhance workplace health
• Prioritize recommendations based on research and quantitative reasoning

SHM 298 - Special Topics

SHM 299 - Seminar

SHM 301 - Fundamentals of Safety and Health Management

• Explain the influence of various institutions such as trade associations, government agencies, insurance companies, and professional societies that led to a change in safety culture in the American workplace.
• Explain the fundamental aspects of safety, risk management, industrial hygiene, environmental management, fire safety, process safety, ergonomics, hazardous materials, fleet safety, emergency management, and accident investigation.
• Demonstrate an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern scientific and technical tools necessary for professional practice in the safety and health discipline.
• Complete the OSHA recordkeeping log.
• Calculate the common safety performance metrics and explain their importance.
• Demonstrate their basic understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities as safety and health professionals.

SHM 302 - Workplace Safety and Substance Abuse Program

• Identify and describe risks and hazardous conditions created by drug and alcohol use in the workplace.
• Identify and apply pertinent standards, regulations, and codes.
• Design, implement, and evaluate a workplace substance abuse program.
• Describe the various employer recordkeeping requirements and best practices for drug and alcohol testing.
• Recognize observable behaviors in the workplace that indicate that an employee is impaired by alcohol and/or drugs.

SHM 321 - Agriculture Safety (Put on reserve 9/16/19)

• Describe the characteristics of the agriculture and food processing industry.
• Describe fundamental aspects of agriculture and food processing safety.
• Identify and apply agriculture and food-processing industry related standards, regulations, and codes.
• Anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and develop control strategies for hazardous conditions and work practices in the agriculture and food processing industry.
• Evaluate worker task performance to identify the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to control the hazards.

SHM 323 - Construction Safety and Health

• Describe construction contract types, contractual elements, pricing schemes, and typical project delivery methods including advantages and disadvantages from a safety perspective.
• Identify and apply construction-related standards, regulations, and codes.
• Anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and develop control strategies for hazardous conditions and work practices in the construction industry.
• Develop a site specific safety plan for a construction project.
• Demonstrate an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern scientific and technical tools necessary for professional practice in the construction safety and health discipline.