This course is designed to teach the necessary skills to protect yourself, your fellow responder and the public from exposure in a hazardous materials incident. The course meets the requirements of the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) 1910.120 for the First Responder Operation level. The student will learn how to recognize and identify the presence of hazardous materials, the proper protective clothing to use, how to decontaminate properly, how to establish an Incident Command System and the proper standard operating procedures to maintain safety at the incident scene. The course follows the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) Standard 472 requirements for the First Responder Operational level.

This course introduces students to the content and concepts underlying financial statements. Course content includes study of the accounting model, financial statements, merchandise accounting, internal controls and accounting for assets. The course focuses on using accounting information for decision making.

This course is for students in their first semester of study in the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) cohort. The course pairs with ENGL0097: Express English and an academic content course. Students will learn strategies for taking notes and analyzing texts, identifying patterns of error in their writing and applying strategies for increasing sentence-level accuracy.

This course is for students in their second semester of study in the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) cohort and pairs with ENGL1101: College Writing and an academic content course. Students will continue to develop language skills necessary to read and understand a variety of texts. The course also will continue development of editing skills and build research skills, including the critical analysis of sources.

This course provides an examination of the physical and social environments that promote learning and development for young children. It includes an introduction to basic child guidance techniques for individual and group situations. Emphasis is on exploring, observing and practicing problem prevention and positive child guidance strategies through coursework and a lab experience. This course contains an off-site lab experience that assists in guiding students to obtain the skills necessary to become successful professionals within early childhood settings. All students are required to obtain and pass a Minnesota background check prior to completing 30 hours at an approved lab site.

In this course students will learn basic techniques pertaining to hair, skin and nails and meet a portion of the hours required by the State Board of Cosmetology. The course content will include a brief overview of all cosmetology topics required for licensure by the State Board of Cosmetology. Upon completion, students could earn up to 75 hours (based on attendance) toward their cosmetology license. Students who elect to take the course a second time could earn up to 75 additional hours toward their cosmetology license.

This course, the fourth in a series of American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf culture courses, focuses upon the grammatical features of ASL and vocabulary expansion. Content of this course will focus on sentence construction, inflecting verbs and classifiers. Fluency and accuracy of fingerspelling will continue to be developed, along with the use of lexicalized signs and numbering.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 3. This course, which is open to all students but especially suited for engineering students, gives a theoretical and practical introduction to physics for math, science and engineering majors. It is a calculus-based course. Topics include kinetics of one and two dimensions, force and dynamics, bodies in equilibrium, work and energy, linear momentum, rotational motion, fluids, waves and sound. Lab equipment is used to illustrate these concepts. A mastery of college algebra as well as knowledge of calculus and trigonometry is essential for success in this course. The ability to use computers for creating reports and spreadsheets is needed for lab work. Lab is required.

The purpose of this laboratory course is to discuss, perform and relate the concepts taught in the EMT Fundamentals course. This will be done in group discussions and demonstrations, and in individual and group scenarios. This hands-on course will teach and test the physical and mental skills necessary for the appropriate assessment and treatment of patients in small groups and/or individually. Instruction includes rigorous questioning and skill demonstration in front of instructors and peers.

This is an introductory course for Medical Laboratory Technology students. The course is an overview of the urinary system in health and disease. The course also includes study of other body fluids including cerebral spinal fluid, amniotic fluid, serous fluid, synovial fluid, sputum, semen and feces.