This course prepares the massage student to apply deep muscular therapy techniques. Emphasis will be placed on the use of proper body mechanics and the use of proper techniques to deliver deep tissue massage safely. Trigger point therapy will be used extensively in this course. Students will learn the use of massage tools. Individual muscles will be isolated and massaged with parallel and cross fiber techniques.

This course introduces the student to the various methodologies for attacking a network. The student will be introduced to concepts, principles and techniques, supplemented by hands-on exercises for attacking and disabling a network. The course will emphasize network attack methodologies with the emphasis on student use of network attack techniques and tools.

This course provides the study of the principles of alternating current high voltage distribution circuitry. Included in this course are mathematical computation of AC power, conductor application including practice at armor rodding, hand and pre-formed ties, overvoltage and overcurrent installations, and street lighting circuits.

This course provides the student with a means to study economic principles as they relate to determinants of national income, national income accounting, business cycles, unemployment, inflation and aggregate expenditures. The course also examines macroeconomic policy and provides information to gain further understanding in the areas of fiscal policy, financial markets, money and banking, monetary policy, international policy and the varying viewpoints that have evolved throughout history, including the Keynesian and Monetarist schools of thought.

This course meets MnTC Goal Areas 2, 6 and 10. This course will focus on texts written by great nature writers. While special emphasis will be placed on those works that stress conservation and ecology, others will enable students to see the human struggle with the environment as protagonist. Material may also include travel writing, as well as the more recent directions toward urban nature and nontraditional/multicultural perspectives. Texts may include nonfiction, novels, poetry and plays. Students will gain experience in reading critically and writing logical, sound papers that deal with environmental issues and text analysis.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6. This course introduces the principal topics of music technology: acoustics, computers, MIDI, digital audio and tools for music production and scoring. Hands-on experience is used extensively to enhance understanding. This course serves as a springboard to further study and exploration of hardware and software tools for music creation.

As the first of three layout and design courses in a series, this foundational course introduces students to the basic elements and principles of design. Students will produce a variety of design projects that will familiarize them with the creative process, basic design theories, branding philosophies and production techniques. Most projects will be created using Adobe Creative Suite applications.

In this course, students will be introduced to basic through intermediate functions of Adobe InDesign. Developing proficiency in software vocabulary, applied techniques and overall efficiency will be emphasized throughout the course. Students will create a variety of industry-related graphic design projects that effectively incorporate type and imagery in single- and multiple-page InDesign documents. These projects will involve simple to complex tasks that will reinforce students' basic design knowledge and skills.

This course is an introduction to the career of teaching, along with the development of technology skills. Specific variables related to teaching as a profession are explored including professional roles and responsibilities, students, curriculum and the structure of schools. This course is to be taken concurrently with ED 2206.

This course introduces the student to the history and emerging role of cardiovascular technologist. Students will learn medical terminology and have opportunities to observe the role of the cardiovascular technologist in various settings. Students in this course will incur the cost of and be required to receive clear national and Minnesota Department of Health background checks and be listed in the North Dakota Board of Nursing Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Directory.