Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022
Course Descriptions
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Baking |
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BKG 111 - Professional Baking II
Credits: 8
This course will include baking and pastry theory topics, demonstrations, and hands-on applications. Students will have the opportunity to further develop proficiencies in a variety of breads, fillings, tarts, pies, and specialty desserts. Emphasis will also be on advanced theory topics, skills, and techniques of classical and contemporary pastry arts. Specialty topics will include Genoese, international buttercreams, icings, sugar and chocolate decoration.
Prerequisites: BKG 101 and CUL 103 .
Course Fee: $100. 00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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BKG 201 - Art of Grand Finale
Credits: 4
Students will learn the art of designing, decorating and plating individual desserts for single-serving and banquet functions. Students will also learn chocolate and pulled-sugar techniques.
Prerequisites: BKG 111 .
Corequisite: BKG 202 .
Course Fee: $100. 00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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BKG 202 - Advanced Cake Decorating
Credits: 4
Students will learn a variety of cake-baking skills and advanced decorating techniques from single-serving cake portions to wedding cakes to cakes for banquet dessert tables.
Prerequisites: BKG 111 .
Corequisite: BKG 201
Course Fee: $100. 00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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BKG 209 - Professional Baking Basics
Credits: 3
The Professional Baking Basics course provides students with the basic knowledge needed to understand the day-to-day operation of a free-standing bakery or hotel bakery department. Students will be involved in all aspects of baking preparation including a strong emphasis on display, marketing, and sales aspects.
Prerequisites: CUL 101.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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Business Administration |
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BUS 302 - Human Resource Management
Credits: 3
This course is the study of human resource management function in organization, and encompasses recruitment, selection, and maintenance of a qualified, motivated, and productive workforce. The effective performance of these functions requires understanding and skill in employment law, planning, job analysis, recruitment, selection, orientation, training, employee development, performance appraisal, compensation, benefits, safety, and labor relations. Emphasis is placed on how human resource management as a whole enhances organizational performance and success. Even if you do not enter into a career in Human Resources, this course will be useful no matter what career path you pursue since it addresses issues that will have an impact on you in the workplace.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in ACG 210 , LAW 205 .
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BUS 305 - Effective Business Communication
Credits: 3
This course presents communication as integral to management strategy and as a critical component for success in the workplace. In this class, you will develop a foundation for designing effective messages, both written and oral, from concept to delivery. You will use a strategic communication model to identify objectives, analyze audiences, choose information, and create the most effective arrangement and channel for that message. Particularly, the course emphasizes elements of persuasive communication: how to design messages for diverse and possibly resistant audiences and how to present that information in a credible and convincing way. Specifically, you will practice drafting and editing clear, precise, and readable written business documents as well as learn to design documents to make information easily accessible to a busy, executive-level reader.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in ENGL 1120 .
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BUS 310 - Business Statistics
Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to the principles and practice of business statistics emphasizing the role of data in decision-making. Among the topics that the course will cover are data collection techniques and their limitations, visual and numerical summaries of data, sampling distributions, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, goodness of fitness tests, and linear regression techniques.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in MATH 1350 .
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BUS 328 - International Management
Credits: 3
This course introduces to the principles and practices of managing international businesses for it is an interdisciplinary course depicting a broad view of the increasing level, scope, and complexity managers facing in this new millennium of international businesses while captivating the general management perspective throughout the semester. It also lays the foundation for the study of International management. Business is becoming increasingly global. The barriers to trade continue to fall, and the level of trade among countries continues to rise. The result is that a firm’s competitors may no longer be in the next state or province but in a country that it hardly knew existed a few years ago and people need to be abreast with it.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in ACG 210 .
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BUS 331 - Social Environment of Business
Credits: 3
In a world economy that is becoming increasingly integrated and interdependent, the relationship between business and society is becoming ever more complex. The globalization of business, the emergence of civil society organizations in many nations, and new government regulations and international agreements have significantly altered the job of managers and the nature of strategic decision making within the firm. At no time has business faced greater public scrutiny or more urgent demands to act in an ethical and socially responsible manner than at the present.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BUS 305 .
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BUS 335 - Tourism and Hospitality Management
Credits: 3
The Tourism & Hospitality course will introduce students to the world’s largest industries, from destination planning, hotel and restaurant management to sports, entertainment and event management, and include the study of geography, economics, and world cultures. Tourism & Travel are thriving industries with a multitude of employment opportunities. This program will provide students with curriculum focused on current tourism, travel and hospitality related industries. Students learn about the history of the industry, explore traveler motivation and consumer needs, the industry’s economic and environmental impacts, domestic and international travel, and sales in tourism.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in ACG 210 .
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BUS 340 - Management Information System
Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the field of management of information systems (MIS). Managing information systems has become a task for all levels of managers and all function areas of the business. This course is designed to familiarize students with the concepts related to the utilization of information technology in business organizations. It will focus both on technical and managerial aspects of information technology adoption in the organization. Topics such as information technology infrastructure, electronic commerce, information systems and business strategy, ethical issues related to information systems will be covered in class. The course should provide the student with knowledge of the core principles of MIS, focusing on breadth rather than depth of knowledge. Learning activities will include case studies, group assignments, and application software exercises that will provide an opportunity to apply MIS concepts to real-world applications.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BCIS 1115 and ACG 210 .
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BUS 350 - Organizational Theory and Behavior
Credits: 3
Organization Theory and Behavior examines the theoretical frameworks developed to aid us in understanding how public sector organizations are structured and operate. The study of organization theory also examines how people interact and work together within an organizational setting. The purpose of this course is for students to explore and understand the classical and contemporary organizational theory and behavior literature. Organizations are the medium through which work in the public sector occurs. Thus, in order for students to become effective public administrator, they must gain a fundamental understanding of the nature of organizations and the various factors that influence human behavior within them. During the course of this semester we will examine classical and contemporary readings on organizational theory to introduce you to the various perspectives on the structure and behavior of the organizations that we inhabit daily.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in PSYC 1110 and BUS 305 .
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BUS 352 - Project Management
Credits: 3
This course covers key components of project management including project integration, project scope management, project time and cost management, quality management, human resource considerations, communications, risk management, and procurement management. Project Management introduces project management from the standpoint of a manager who must organize, plan, implement, and control tasks to achieve an organization’s schedule, budget, and performance objectives.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BUS 305 .
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BUS 353 - Supply Chain and Operation Management
Credits: 3
This course focuses on management and improvement of supply chain processes and performance. It will be valuable for students who would like to pursue a career in consulting or take a position in operations, marketing or finance functions in a manufacturing or distribution firm. We explore important supply chain metrics, primary tradeoffs in making supply chain decisions, and basic tools for effective and efficient supply chain management, production planning and inventory control, order fulfillment and supply chain coordination. We will also investigate topics such as global supply chain design, logistics, and outsourcing, several other recent supply chain innovations.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BUS 302 .
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BUS 364 - Business of Gaming
Credits: 3
This course will investigate the history of gaming in the United States and will investigate why the gaming industry is one of the fastest-growing industries from its beginning and up through modern day operations. Students will also gain an understanding the importance of gaming and how it highlights tourist attractions. Students will also gain an understanding of how Native American tribes use revenues for economic development. Students will also gain an understanding of the state and federal laws that govern gaming and casino management. This course will also cover on the topic sociology of gambling and its addiction.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in ACG 210 .
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BUS 375 - Financial Management
Credits: 3
Financial Management studies corporate finance and capital markets, emphasizing the financial aspects of managerial decisions. It touches on all areas of finance, including the valuation of real and financial assets, risk management and financial derivatives, the trade-off between risk and expected return, and corporate financing and dividend policy. The course draws heavily on empirical research to help guide managerial decisions.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in ACG 212 .
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BUS 380 - Management for Environmental Sustainability and Durable Competitive Advantage
Credits: 3
Businesses are increasingly applying strategic management tools to incorporate considerations of sustainability into decision-making and operations. While some businesses incorporate sustainable practices because of an ethical conviction to do well for society and the environment, most are motivated to address pressures from stakeholders such as regulators, shareholders, customers and neighbors and to exploit knowledge and experience for long term competitive advantage. This course will examine how businesses develop and implement strategies to promote sustainability. Students will examine roles and responsibilities of sustainable strategic managers and learn how to apply the tools of strategic business management to problems of sustainability. Students will consider how managers apply leadership practices to promote sustainable practices in their organizations. Business case study analysis will be a critical component of this course, as will team work.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BUS 352 .
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BUS 437 - Internship in Business
Credits: 3
An internship experience provides the student with an opportunity to explore career interests while applying knowledge and skills learned in the classroom in a work setting. The experience also helps students gain a clearer sense of what they still need to learn and provides an opportunity to build professional networks.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BUS 352 .
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BUS 440 - Business Analytics
Credits: 3
The course is an introduction to Business Analytics. It covers managerial statistical tools in descriptive analytics and predictive analytics, including regression. Other topics covered include forecasting, risk analysis, simulation, and data mining, and decision analysis. This course provides students with the fundamental concepts and tools needed to understand the emerging role of business analytics in organizations and shows students how to apply basic business analytics tools in a spreadsheet environment, and how to communicate with analytics professionals to effectively use and interpret analytic models and results for making better business decision. Emphasis is placed on applications, concepts and interpretation of results, rather than theory and calculations.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BUS 310 , BUS 340 .
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BUS 455 - Entrepreneurial Practicum
Credits: 3
The objective of an Entrepreneurial Practicum is to provide students with a practical client working experience, which is essential for a more complete understanding of the application of technical degree coursework and business theories and procedures. In the course, students learn about the entrepreneurial mindset and explore the steps to entrepreneurship. In the Practicum student work takes on the characteristics of a real business with guided, then independent application of skills and knowledge in an entrepreneurial setting. Students network with professionals who are entrepreneurs or who assist entrepreneurs in finding opportunities for commercialization.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BUS 352 .
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BUS 480 - Business Plan Development
Credits: 3
This course will prepare the student for running a business. The emphasis of the course will be in the development of a functional business plan while gaining a thorough knowledge of the legal requirements for establishing a business along with an understanding of the financial obligations of owning a business. This course provides participants wide range of business/management skills, but especially know-how to launch a new venture company or start one inside an established organization.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BUS 440 .
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BUS 485 - Global Business Strategies
Credits: 3
In this course students learn to assess corporate strategy and to develop corporate strategy for transnational’s, 101 multinationals and other global corporate entities. Through lecture, reading, case study, and activities, students analyze corporate functions such as marketing, operations, human resource management and finance to learn to successfully manage these functions in a foreign setting. Geopolitical, macroeconomic, and market trends are probed for their effect on firm strategy. Thus students learn to effectively analyze that strategy and to forecast the immediate effect and global impact of large-scale forces.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BUS 331 .
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BUS 496 - Senior Seminar and Strategic Management
Credits: 3
The project completed during the semester will allow the student to demonstrate mastery of the competencies expected of graduates of the Business Administration program. Emphasis is on critical thinking, effective communication, ethical decision-making, understanding of operating in a Navajo Nation context, and application of appropriate research methods. The student will assume the role of management consultant for the purpose of this project. In this role the student will identify problems and formulate reasonable solutions for a client they have identified as the focus of their project. An alternative project will be designed with the student in the role of a potential entrepreneur who proposes to set up a new business based upon the student’s ideas. The student will identify the product or service, the target market, potential challenges, and possible solutions to those challenges.
Prerequisites: “C” or better in BUS 352 .
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BUSA 2420 - Tribal Law
Credits: 3
This course will examine the special relationship that exists between the federal government and tribal governments. It includes jurisdiction in Indian country, state tribal relations and tribal governing structures.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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Business Computer Information Systems |
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BCIS 1115 - Introduction to Computers
Credits: 3
This is a lecture and hands-on course on different technologies commonly use in business and different agencies like computer, printer and other computer devices. It includes introduction to hardware, operating software, and MS Office applications like Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, & other MS Office Tools. The class will include an overview of the history of technology and its future, as well as giving a fundamental introduction to industry-standard application software for word processing, spreadsheet, database management, and graphics. Basic computer use, files and file structure, windows, the Internet, programming, ethics, and security will also be addressed. This course (or a higher level course is a general education requirement for all degree programs.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
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Chemical Engineering Technology |
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CHEME 115 - Introduction to Process Technology
Credits: 3
Provides an overview of process-based manufacturing industries with a focus on process technology operations using a systems perspective. Includes concepts of safety, process instruments, environmental standards, and continuous process improvement.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CHEME 117 - Process Technology I - Equipment
Credits: 4
Introduces students to the purpose, components, and the process technician’s role for operating and troubleshooting the equipment used within the process industry.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CHEME 119 - Safety, Health & Environmental I
Credits: 4
An overview of safety, health, and environmental issues in the performance of all job tasks associated with the process industries. This course covers recognition, control, and regulation of safety hazards in the workplace. Topics include record keeping, training, facilities, personal protection equipment, fire protection and governmental regulations.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CHEME 130 - Introduction to Process Operations
Credits: 2
Introduction to chemical and refinery plant operations. Topics include process technician process technician duties, responsibilities and expectations; plant organizations; plant process and utility systems; and the physical and mental requirements of the process technician. Also, the course is designed to provide hand-on experience in process operations, instrumentation and controls.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CHEME 202 - Industrial Chemistry and Lab
Credits: 4
Chemical concepts of industry, basic chemical engineering and chemical processing, basic organic chemistry, synthetic polymers, diffusion, fluid flow, heat transfer, air and water pollution, and energy routes.
Prerequisites: A grade of C in CHEM 1217C , CHEM 1225C .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CHEME 218 - Process Technology II - Systems
Credits: 4
The course is related to the studies of the interrelation of various process systems to process equipment. Examines how to arrange process equipment into basic systems; describes the purpose and function of specific process systems; explains how factors affecting process systems are controlled under normal conditions; introduces the concept of system and plant economics.
Prerequisites: CHEME 117 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CHEME 222 - Fundamentals of Chemical Eng.
Credits: 4
Use of basic mathematical concepts and computer tools, physical laws, stoichiometry and the thermodynamic properties of matter to obtain material and energy balances for steady and unsteady state systems. This course introduces basic mass and energy balances as preparation for subsequent courses in heat transfer, fluid flow, mass transfer and reaction engineering for physical, chemical, metallurgical and biological processes. All these processes begin with general mass and energy balances. A grade of A in a course equivalent to MATH 1220 or satisfactory placement score.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CHEME 223 - Petroleum Refinery Engineering & Petrochemicals
Credits: 3
Topic to be covered include: gasoline, diesel, plastic, rubber, and synthetic fiber, catalytic reforming of naphtha, oil refinery processes, fluid catalytic cracking, ethylene, propylene, steam cracking of natural gas liquids such as ethane and propane, detergents, and adhesives.
Prerequisites: A grade of C in CHEM 1225C .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CHEME 224 - Quality Control in Chemical Engineering
Credits: 4
The course will cover how products are designed, manufactured, and brought to market. Additionally, students learn to track how these products perform in the consumer market and how to package and transport products in optimal ways. The course will emphasize on the procedure of the control of the quality and testing methods of products to uncover defects and reporting to management who make the decision to allow or deny product release. A grade of A in a course equivalent to in MATH 1220 or satisfactory placement score.
The course is a combination of lectures, class work and possible practical training.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CHEME 230 - Practicum in Industry
Credits: 4
The course introduces the processes to appropriate practicums and provides counselor trainee experiences that complement classroom learning and help prepare the students for employment. Students will learn how to explore state-approved community treatment agencies and apply for placement with them by developing a resume and cover letter, and interviewing with sites open to student placement. Students will be learning to observe and participate in treatment programs, while practicing professional behavior and learning about the organizations.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CHEME 231 - Process Technology III - Operations
Credits: 4
This course covers process technology today, process hazards, permit systems, quality and economics. In addition, plant science physics and chemistry are discussed in relationship to process technology and training. Also covered are; Process Technician’s role and maintenance duties, bulk chemical handling and storage, process unit shutdown, turnarounds and process unit startup.
Prerequisites: CHEME 218 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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Chemistry |
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CHEM 286 - Inorganic Chemistry with Lab
Credits: 4
Build a descriptive and theoretical framework for understanding inorganic systems. Advanced atomic structure and bonding theories will be applied to understanding the properties and reactions of inorganic compounds. Systematic presentation of properties and reactions of representative elements of the periodic table with application of chemical principles. Theories of electronic structure, stereochemistry, and symmetry properties of inorganic molecules.
Prerequisites: CHEM 1217C .
Three lectures and one laboratory period.Lab fee: $125.00.
Offered: Fall
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CHEM 1120C - Introduction to Chemistry
Credits: 4
This course covers qualitative and quantitative areas of non-organic general chemistry for non-science majors and some health professions. Students will learn and apply principles pertaining, but not limited to, atomic and molecular structure, the periodic table, acids and bases, mass relationships, and solutions. Lab covers qualitative and quantitative areas of non-organic general chemistry for non-science majors and some health professions. Students will learn and apply principles pertaining, but not limited to, atomic and molecular structure, the periodic table, acids and bases, mass relationships, and solutions. The laboratory component introduces students to techniques for obtaining and analyzing experimental observations pertaining to chemistry using diverse methods and equipment.
Lab fee: $125.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
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CHEM 1217C - Principles of Chemistry I
Credits: 4
As the first of a two-semester sequence, this course teaches fundamental concepts in chemistry, including the electronic structure of atoms, chemical periodicity, nature of chemical bonds, molecular structure, the three phases of matter, etc. In addition, the application of these concepts to various chemical sub-disciplines, such as organic chemistry, biochemistry, and materials chemistry. Designed for majors in chemical sciences and engineering, it is assumed that the students are familiar with college algebra, chemical nomenclature, stoichiometry, and scientific measurements. Lab introduces students to chemistry measurements, atomic structure, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, quantum chemistry, periodic properties, atomic and electronic structures of atoms, and bonding.
Prerequisites: MATH 1220 , CHEM 1120C .
Lab fee: $125.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
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CHEM 1225C - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors
Credits: 4
This course is intended to serve as a continuation of general chemistry principles for students enrolled in science, engineering, and certain pre-professional programs. The course includes, but is not limited to a theoretical and quantitative coverage of solutions and their properties, kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, entropy and free energy, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Additional topics may include (as time permits organic, polymer, atmospheric, and biochemistry. The laboratory component is designed to complement the theory and concepts presented in lecture, and will introduce students to techniques for obtaining and analyzing experimental observations pertaining to chemistry using diverse methods and equipment.
Prerequisites: CHEM 1217C .
Lab fee: $125.00.
Offered: Fall 103
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CHEM 2130C - Organic Chemistry I
Credits: 4
This course is the first of a two semester sequence of Organic Chemistry, the chemistry of carbon containing compounds, as required for chemistry, medical science, and engineering majors. The course includes theoretical, qualitative, and quantitative discussion of Organic Chemistry concepts, including but not limited to a review of electronic structure and bonding, acids and bases, stereochemistry, an introduction to organic compounds, isomers, substitution and elimination reactions of alkyl halides, reactions of alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, ethers, epoxides, amines, and thiols, mass and infrared spectrometry, ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance.
Prerequisites: CHEM 1225C
Lab fee: $125.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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CHEM 2135C - Organic Chemistry II
Credits: 4
This course is the second of a two semester sequence of Organic Chemistry, the chemistry of carbon containing compounds, as required for chemistry, medical science, and engineering majors. The course will emphasize structure, main physical properties, chemical reactivity, and reaction mechanisms relating to alcohols, arenes and carbonyl compounds, as well as continued integration of mass and infrared spectrometry, ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance technique and analysis.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2130C .
Lab fee: $125.00.
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CHEM 2325C - Environmental Chemistry
Credits: 4
This course introduces students with a topics-based approach to chemistry of the environment. They are expected to have some knowledge of chemistry, with a desire of applying this knowledge to the environment. Topics of interest include environmental of water, water pollution, water treatment, geochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, air pollution, radioactivity, hazardous materials and resources.
Prerequisites: CHEM 1217C .
Lab included.Lab Fee: $125.00
Offered: Spring
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Cooking |
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CKG 101 - Professional Cooking I
Credits: 8
The Professional Cooking, I course provides students with the basic knowledge needed for entry into the professional food industry. Instruction focuses on a maximum hands-on experience, as well as theory and food safety and sanitation. Students will be involved in all aspects of meal preparation for the staff, students and community.
Course fee: $100.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CKG 111 - Professional Cooking II
Credits: 8
Students advance into more intricate cookery methods associated with dinner and banquet preparation. Table service and banquet setups are also covered. This course also gives the basics of baking and dessert creation.
Prerequisites: CKG 101 .
Course fee: $100.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CKG 112 - Professional Internship
Credits: 3
The internship features on-the-job training at different locations. The student improves cooking and baking skills along with developing an understanding of cooperation and respect with regard to fellow workers, supervisors, and future employers.
Prerequisites: CKG 101 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CKG 208 - Professional Cooking Basics
Credits: 3
The Professional Cooking Basics course provides students with the basic knowledge needed to understand the day-to-day operation of a commercial kitchen. The course will involve a strong emphasis on planning and organization of a food service operation which includes recipe breakdown, scheduling, ordering, and menu planning. Students will also learn about the basic cooking styles used in all professional kitchens.
Prerequisites: CKG 101 or BKG 101 .
Course fee: $100.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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Commercial Drivers License |
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CDL 100 - General Knowledge and Endorsements
Credits: 6
This course covers the general knowledge of combination vehicles, air brakes, tank vehicles, doubles, triples, hazardous material, defensive driving, log books, trip planning, map reading, and drug and alcohol avoidance.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CDL 101 - Pre Trip and Backing Skills
Credits: 3
This course provides the students opportunities to practice their skills in backing a tractor-trailer. The students will perform straight-line backing, alley docking, parallel parking, conventional and sight-side parking, and backward serpentine control.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CDL 102 - Defensive Driving and Safe Practices
Credits: 3
This course will provide opportunities for students to practice shifting and lane control, left and right turns, light and medium city traffic, Interstate highway navigation, the proper use of on and off ramps, mountain driving, and railroad crossings. Safety is stressed at all times.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CDL 103 - Driving Skills, Rules and Regulations
Credits: 6
The students will practice over the road skills and perform 108 pre- and post- trip inspections. The students will also learn the skills necessary to be used in hooking and unhooking trailers and securing various loads.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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Communication |
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COMM 1130 - Public Speaking
Credits: 3
This course introduces the theory and fundamental principles of public speaking, emphasizing audience analysis, reasoning, the use of evidence, and effective delivery. Students will study principles of communication theory and rhetoric and apply them in the analysis, preparation and presentation of speeches, including informative, persuasive, and impromptu speeches.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1210 or ENGL 1110 or a comparable English course.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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COMM 1996 - Topics in Communication
Credits: 3-Jan
Specific subjects and credits to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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COMM 2120 - Interpersonal Communication
Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to the study of interpersonal communication. Students will examine the application of interpersonal communication in personal and professional relationships.
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COMM 2996 - Topics in Communication
Credits: 3-Jan
Specific subjects and credits to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Offered: Occasionally
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Criminal Justice |
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CJUS 1110 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
This course provides an overall exploration of the historical development and structure of the United States criminal justice system, with emphasis on how the varied components of the justice system intertwine to protect and preserve individual rights. The course covers critical analysis of criminal justice processes and the ethical, legal, and political factors affecting the exercise of discretion by criminal justice professionals.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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Computer Science |
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CS 101 - Programming I
Credits: 3
This course introduces the student to some of the basic concepts of programming languages. Statements such as assignments, conditional statements, and loops will be covered. The student will learn how to write simple programs.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CS 120 - Computational Thinking
Credits: 3
This course prepares the student to problem solving, using fundamental concepts of computer science. The latter includes problem solving, abstraction, modularity. Computational thinking can be used to solve problems algorithmically and efficiently.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CS 125 - Scripting
Credits: 3
This course is to introduce the student to writing lightweight computer programs to automate the process of solving certain problems. This course will also be used to familiarize the student with the command-line interface.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CS 150 - Programming II
This course in a continuation of CS 250 , and will cover concepts in the object-oriented language JAVA, such as classes, objects, and inheritance.
Prerequisites: CS 101 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CS 175 - Introduction to Computer Organization
Credits: 3
This course prepares the student for Computer Organization. Binary, octal, and hexadecimal numbers will be covered, as well as conversions from one system into another. Two-complement numbers will be introduced. Assembly language, control mechanisms, memory, input, output will be introduced at a basic level.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CS 200 - Data Structures I
Credits: 3
This course will focus on lists, stacks, and queues. Students will learn how to implement such data structures. They will also learn to choose the appropriate data structure for to solve a problem.
Prerequisites: CS 150
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CS 225 - Comparative Programming Language
Credits: 3
This course will study several major programming languages and their characteristics. It covers basic concepts and underlying design principles of different kinds of programming languages.
Prerequisites: CS 150
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CS 250 - Data Structures II
Credits: 3
This course will focus on recursion, sorting, as well as certain graph algorithms, such as shortest paths and minimum spanning trees.
Prerequisites: CS 200
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Construction Technology |
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CT 100 - Construction I
Credits: 3
This course is designed to prepare students for entry into the Advanced Residential Construction course. Instruction includes identifying and utilizing all tools and machines associated with carpentry, material layout, the cutting, shaping, and assembling of wood products, furniture construction and cabinetry. The course also presents information related to current manufacturing materials and techniques, technologies, and equipment used to produce products for the marketplace. In addition to technical skills, students completing this course will also develop advanced critical thinking, applied academic skills, and career development skills.
Course fee: $100.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 102 - Construction Math & Drawing
Credits: 2
Introduction to the principles of drafting to include terminology and fundamentals, including size and shape descriptions, projection methods, geometric construction, sections, auxiliary views, and reproduction processes.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 103 - Introduction to Craft Skills
Credits: 3
Development of skills and techniques necessary for basic construction/industrial maintenance craft skills.
Lab Fee: $125.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 104 - Concrete and Masonry Construction
Credits: 3
A study of the versatility, durability, and mix design of quality concrete. Also included is the study of the use of masonry in modern construction. Both classroom and laboratory experiences will assist students in developing a firm understanding of use concrete and masonry materials.
Lab Fee: $125.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 108 - Residential Plumbing
Credits: 2
In this course, students will be introduced to all aspects of residential plumbing and be able to identify and utilize hand and power tools associated with residential plumbing. In addition, students will begin to learn about site layout and the identification of symbols related to plumbing. This course is designed to teach the basics that students will build upon in the Advanced Residential Plumbing course.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 109 - Basic Electric
Credits: 2
This course is designed to provide students with the fundamentals of the electrical trade, including the information and basic skills needed for identification and proper usage of materials, blueprint reading, and the use of hand and power tools associated with residential wiring.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 110 - Construction II
Credits: 3
This course provides practical experience and related technical information for occupations specializing in carpentry. Students will learn to utilize layout tools, layout building lines, form concrete, frame floors, walls, roofs, install roofing components, install thermal, sound and moisture protection, install doors, windows, and trim, apply exterior and interior components, apply roof coverings, paint surfaces, and decorative woodworking.
Prerequisites: CT 100 .
Course fee: $100.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 111 - Woodworking with Lab
Credits: 3
The carpenter’s working tool kit, including shop tools, will be used by students in accordance with pre- established safety practices. Small projects will precede larger ones, and a semester project showing the student’s progress will account for most of the grade.
Course fee: $100.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 113 - Introduction to Cabinet Making
Credits: 3
This course is a continuation of Woodworking I. Shop techniques for cabinetmaking and simple furniture will be introduced and projects will reflect advanced techniques in woodworking.
Prerequisites: CT 111 .
Course fee: $100.00.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 114 - Field Project II
Credits: 3
This project will provide students with a second opportunity to perform carpentry fieldwork in the construction industry. On-the-job training (with strict attendance requirements to fulfill stated production requirements is expected and high quality workmanship is required. A comprehensive view of the complete building process will result from the realistic variety of tasks each student performs.
Prerequisites: CT 112.
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CT 115 - Introduction Construction Project Management
Credits: 3
The course is designed to develop the learner’s/student’s knowledge and skills in traditional and innovative construction project management, and project delivery systems such as project participants, construction administration, control of quality in construction, organizational structure of a construction project, professional construction management, defining scope of work in a construction management contract, resident project representative and inspectors as members of the construction projects and handling job-related information. Documentation - records and reports.
Offered: Fall.
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CT 119 - Construction Site Practicum
Credits: 3
As work becomes available in the field, transportation will be provided to enable students to test their skills at a job site. Industry standards will be emphasized and quality workmanship required. A general understanding of the complete building process will result from the varied tasks asked of each individual.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 121 - Introduction Building Environmental System
Credits: 2
This course provides an introduction to the building systems, operations, and maintenance of residential properties. Topics include basic mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. The course is aligned with the National Center for Construction Education and Research standards.
Offered: Fall.
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CT 195 - Topics in Construction Technology
Credits: 1-3
This course explores a variety of contemporary technologies and applications in the field of construction technology. Course content varies each semester so the course may be repeated for credit with differing section numbers. The course is offered based upon the need, interest, and demand.
Offered: Occasionally.
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CT 200 - Construction Codes and Specification
Credits: 3
A study of the interpretation of technical building specifications, codes, and contract documents as they affect the selection, and application of materials and equipment. The course will emphasize understanding of local and state codes.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CT 201 - Construction Cost Estimating
Credits: 3
Students will study fundamentals of performing construction estimates including making material quantity take-offs and labor estimates. The Construction Specifications Institute (material divisions will be used to organize the estimating process. Emphasis is placed on interpreting plans and specifications to determine accurate material quantities and labor estimates, selection of appropriate material grades and types, and other miscellaneous cost associated with successful completion of a building project.
Offered: Fall.
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CT 202 - Advanced Construction Project Management
Credits: 3
Covers the concepts and techniques for scheduling and control systems for effectively managing a construction project. Students will obtain the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively plan and schedule a project, to monitor and control all project aspects, and to anticipate and resolve problems as they occur.
Prerequisites: CT 115 .
Offered: Fall.
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CT 203 - Construction Surveying
Credits: 3
Presents fundamentals of surveying, including use of transit, reading angles, land description, restrictions and legal problems. Covers topographical maps and their use.
Offered: Fall.
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CT 204 - Construction Technology Internship
Credits: 4
Major focus is to provide practical on-the-job experience working with a construction company. Student interns might work in the areas of print reading, estimating, equipment management, project supervision, or other management related activities and tasks.
Offered: Fall.
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CT 205 - Building Environmental Systems II
Credits: 3
The emphasis in this class is on building’s impact on the environment, active HVAC systems - central heat and cooling sources, passive methods of cooling and heating, electrical systems - day lighting, and electrical lighting, plumbing systems - water supply, plumbing fixtures, sanitary piping, and storm water drainage, and fire protection - detection and alarm systems, smoke control and fire suppression.
Prerequisites: CT 121 .
Offered: Fall.
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CT 206 - Sustainable Construction
Credits: 3
This course is to provide the learners/students with information, knowledge, and tools to understand sustainability requirements in construction, as related to the driving forces for sustainable construction, materials usage, the challenge of materials product selection and major environmental and resource concern, the purpose of green building assessment, green building council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED building rating system, and construction operation and commissioning (site protection, construction materials management, construction, and demolition waste management, and the green building benefits.
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CT 208 - Materials and Methods of Construction
Credits: 3
This course provides an introductory overview of the various materials used in construction. The students will learn about material and product manufacturing techniques and how they relate to mechanical and non-mechanical properties of the various materials. Common construction methods are introduced and building details are explored. Students have the opportunity to experience material capacity and behavior as well as construction methods in demonstrations and lab experiments. Furthermore, material applications and detailing in structural and non-structural building components are explored. Resulting from this course, students will gain a comparative knowledge of material properties and possible applications in construction and architecture.
Offered: Fall.
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CT 210 - Construction Site Safety Management
Credits: 3
Emphasis is placed on identifying and reducing safety risk on the job site. Students will study OSHA standards, accident and fire prevention, protection from hazardous materials, use of protective equipment and clothing, construction equipment and other safety concerns. The role of managers, workers, sub-contractors and others is stressed. Student will gain an appreciation for how accidents and safety concerns affect morale and productivity.
Offered: Fall.
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CT 215 - Advanced Construction Project Management
Credits: 3
Covers the concepts and techniques for scheduling and control systems for effectively managing a construction project. Students will obtain the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively plan and schedule a project, to monitor and control all project aspects, and to anticipate and resolve problems as they occur.
Prerequisites: CT 115 .
Offered: Fall
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CT 216 - Advanced Construction Math and Drawing
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to drawing skills and techniques necessary to produce basic construction drawings. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of the requirements of contract drawings, understanding terminology, symbols, and conventions used in residential, commercial, and industrial drawings, including architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical plans and sections.
Prerequisites: CT 102 .
Offered: Fall.
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CEPY 1110 - Introduction to Counseling Theories
Credits: 3
This course provides knowledge in current theoretical approaches to counseling. Theoretical models such as psychodynamic, existential, person-centered, cognitive and behavioral therapy, rational emotive behavioral therapy, family systems, individual, and solution-focused therapies will be studied.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1110 & PSYC 1110 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CEPY 1130 - Counseling Substance Abuse in Schools and Communities
Credits: 3
This course will cover substance abuse issues in the society. Substance abuse and addiction within family, impacts to members of the community as well as intervention and treatment approaches will be discussed.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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CEPY 1140 - Personality Psychology
Credits: 3
This course will provide a foundational knowledge of the nature and nurture determinants of human behavior. It will include the definition and scientific measurement of personality. Theories studied will include the psychodynamic, Neo-Freudian, biological, humanistic, cognitive, traits, and behavioral theories.
Offered: Fall.
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CEPY 1198 - Internship
Credits: 3
Students will do internships in behavioral health facilities to gain practical knowledge about counseling in the areas of substance abuse prevention and treatment, personality psychology, counseling theory, etc.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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COU 108 - Foundations of Addiction
Credits: 3
This course provides foundational knowledge regarding addiction and substance use disorders. Biopsychosocial dynamics; stages, processes, and impact of addiction and substance use; and the role of the addiction professional in prevention, intervention, relapse prevention, and aftercare will be studied. How substance use impacts family and community will be explored. The course provides overviews of the substance abuse counselor’s code of ethics, HIPAA, and legal issues involved in counseling.
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COU 165 - Introduction to Family Dynamics
Credits: 3
This course introduces the historical and theoretical perspectives of family dynamics and systems. Topics include roles, communication styles, boundaries, generational patterns, cultural influences, and couples and parenting dynamics. Skills and modalities relevant to working with families with substance use disorders will be explored.
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COU 210 - Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Credits: 3
This course focuses on the treatment of substance use disorders. Students demonstrate and apply assessment, diagnosis, and treatment methods, as well as understanding of risk factors, social influences, prevention strategies, intervention, treatment planning, and relapse prevention. The importance of family involvement, family education, and community involvement in prevention will be discussed.
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COU 220 - Foundations in Crisis and Suicide Risk Management
Credits: 3
This introductory course provides an overview of the knowledge areas needed in the provision of services in health and mental health settings for youth and adults. Emphasis will be placed on youth and will focus on Native American youth in particular.
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COU 230 - Case Management and Crisis Skills for Substance Use Disorders
Credits: 3
This course provides foundational knowledge on stages of change, interviewing techniques, screening and assessment, report writing, record keeping, treatment planning, and case management. In addition, students develop knowledge and skill in crisis intervention in preparation for working with clients and families with addiction or substance use disorders.
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COU 235 - Group Dynamics
Credits: 3
This course provides foundational knowledge in the study of group dynamics, stages, and processes. Students learn the importance of screening, intervention, and leadership styles in effective group interventions. Self-help groups and community resources are explored.
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COU 250 - Suicide Risk Assessment
Credits: 3
This course provides the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct a risk assessments of clients/patients within local health and mental health settings, that include risk and protective factors for suicide and other mental health problems (substance abuse, mental disorders, conduct disorders, etc. ). Emphasis will be placed on youth and will focus on Native American youth in
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