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Artificial intelligence is already part of everyday work and knowing how to use it can give you an edge in the real world. This course is all about learning the practical, creative, and low-key powerful ways you can use generative AI as a partner on the job. You’ll try out AI tools that write and edit, design graphics, and even make short videos. You’ll get hands-on with “vibe coding,” where you create working apps by describing what you want in plain language, and you’ll explore agentic AI bots that can run tasks for you automatically.

Over three weeks, you’ll build skills that transfer to any field, while also learning how to spot the limits of AI and use it responsibly. Together, we’ll dig into AI tools and topics you want to know more about but never seem to have the time to try out. It’s short, it’s hands-on, and it’s designed for students who want to get ahead by working smarter, not harder. So, how will you put AI to work for you?

• CRN: 51799
• Instructor: Jason Bock
• Credit Hours: 1 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

Spreadsheets run the world. Budgets, sports stats, lab results, business plans — all of it lives in Excel. Whether you’re crunching numbers for class, tracking your side hustle, or just trying to make sense of your weekly coffee spending, Excel is one of the most versatile tools you’ll ever use. The catch? Most people only scratch the surface of what it can actually do. This course is your chance to unlock Excel’s hidden superpowers. We’ll start simple, with entering and formatting data, and quickly move into creating professional-quality graphs and exploring clever shortcuts. Along the way, you’ll see how Excel is less about “number crunching” and more about making decisions, solving problems, and telling stories with data. By the end of the course, you’ll walk away with practical skills that transfer to any field — and a final project that shows what you can do with Excel.

Think of it as a three-week power-up that will save you time, make your work sharper, and give you an edge wherever data shows up (which is basically everywhere). Excel is your power-up for turning raw numbers into real insight.

• CRN: 51800
• Instructor: TBD
• Credit Hours: 1 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

Spreadsheets run the world. Budgets, sports stats, lab results, business plans — all of it lives in Excel. Whether you’re crunching numbers for class, tracking your side hustle, or just trying to make sense of your weekly coffee spending, Excel is one of the most versatile tools you’ll ever use. The catch? Most people only scratch the surface of what it can actually do. This course is your chance to unlock Excel’s hidden superpowers. We’ll start simple, with entering and formatting data, and quickly move into creating professional-quality graphs and exploring clever shortcuts. Along the way, you’ll see how Excel is less about “number crunching” and more about making decisions, solving problems, and telling stories with data. By the end of the course, you’ll walk away with practical skills that transfer to any field — and a final project that shows what you can do with Excel.

Think of it as a three-week power-up that will save you time, make your work sharper, and give you an edge wherever data shows up (which is basically everywhere). Excel is your power-up for turning raw numbers into real insight.

• CRN: 51801
• Instructor: Ian Faerman
• Credit Hours: 1 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

Your major tells employers what you studied. Your personal brand tells them why they should hire you.

This dynamic three-week online course is designed specifically for students who want to confidently communicate their value in today’s competitive job market. Instead of exams and traditional papers, you’ll engage in practical, career-building work you can use immediately.

You’ll learn how to:
• Identify and articulate your professional strengths
• Translate academic experiences into employer-ready competencies
• Craft a compelling personal brand statement
• Build or refine a polished LinkedIn profile
• Develop and practice a confident, authentic elevator pitch
•Every assignment is hands-on and directly applicable to internships, networking events, graduate school applications, and job interviews.

In a supportive, feedback-driven environment, you’ll practice presenting yourself professionally — and leave with the clarity and confidence to stand out.

By the end of this course, you won’t just understand your strengths — you’ll know how to communicate them strategically.

No exams. No busywork. Just practical tools to help you launch your future.

• CRN: 51802
• Instructor: Kellie Lynch
• Credit Hours: 1 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

This course prepares students to make the most of their internship by developing the habits and strategies that lead to strong performance. Students will explore how to build connections with colleagues, adapt to organizational culture, communicate with clarity, and maintain professionalism in multiple work contexts. Emphasis is placed on setting intentional goals that support both day‑to‑day success and long‑term career development.

• CRN: 51788
• Instructor: Logan Mayhew
• Credit Hours: 1 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

This course provides a supervised walking program in a safe, enjoyable environment. Classes meet ACSM guidelines for safe, effective classes. Includes warm-up, cardiovascular segment, cool-down, and stretch (may be repeated for a maximum of 2 credit hours).

• CRN: 50675
• Instructor: Brian Gonzalez
• Credit Hours: 1 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

This course provides a supervised walking program in a safe, enjoyable environment. Classes meet ACSM guidelines for safe, effective classes. Includes warm-up, cardiovascular segment, cool-down, and stretch (may be repeated for a maximum of 2 credit hours).

• CRN: 50675
• Instructor: Shotaro Egashira
• Credit Hours: 1 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

This course introduces the student to basic yoga techniques that can be practiced as a way of developing a wide variety of sports (may be repeated for a maximum of 2 credit hours).

• CRN: 50636
• Instructor: Darren Tuason
• Credit Hours: 1 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

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• CRN: 51806
• Instructor: Megan Vendemia
• Credit Hours: 2 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

In this course, you’ll learn how to turn your ideas into visually compelling presentations and materials that actually connect with your audience. Working hands-on in PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Canva, you’ll build practical design skills while exploring core principles of layout, visual hierarchy, and accessibility. You’ll learn how to choose the right tool for your message and create presentations, slides, and flyers that look polished and professional.

NOTE: Access to a computer is strongly recommended for this course, as a tablet or smartphone will not allow you to fully engage with the software.

• CRN: 51808
• Instructor: Jayme Scally
• Credit Hours: 2 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

This hands-on course helps you create clean, organized, and professional documents that are ready for academic or workplace submission. You’ll learn how to manage files effectively, master formatting tools in Word and Google Docs, and collaborate smoothly with others. The focus is on turning messy drafts into polished, well-structured documents that reflect clarity and professionalism.

NOTE: You must have access to a computer to enroll in this course, as a tablet or smartphone will not allow you to fully engage with the software.

• CRN: 51809
• Instructor: Jayme Scally
• Credit Hours: 2 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

This course is designed to help you communicate with clarity and confidence across college, the workplace, and everyday life. You’ll practice writing effective academic emails, professional messages, and audience-centered communications tailored to different platforms and situations. The course also introduces responsible and strategic use of AI tools, helping you understand when they are appropriate, how to use them to strengthen your drafts, and how to critically revise AI-generated content. By the end, you’ll have a polished communication portfolio and the skills to communicate with credibility and impact.

• CRN: 51810
• Instructor: Jayme Scally
• Credit Hours: 2 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

Basic concepts associated with the development and maintenance of physical activity. Exposure to local fitness opportunities. Engagement in health-promoting and wellness activities. Awareness and responsibility for the maintenance of health and physical well-being through physical activity.

• CRN: 50637
• Instructor: Lindsey Leatherman
• Credit Hours: 2 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

Focuses on the concepts and logic of information access including using the libraries’ online catalog, various databases and the Internet to find quality information. Incorporates hands-on practice with electronic resources for research and synthesis of information.

• CRN: 51345
• Instructor: Miranda Smith
• Credit Hours: 2 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

An introduction to all sides of the advertising field and to the process, quantitative, strategic and aesthetic, by which the sales message is planned, produced and delivered.

• CRN: 51773
• Instructor: Catherine Mezera
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 4 | GEC: N/A

Essentials of human evolution and prehistory with a concentration on the varieties of languages and cultures found among peoples of the world.

• CRN: 50646
• Instructor: Genesis Snyder
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 7 | GEC: 8, 9

Introduction to the study of art history from prehistory to the present in which major landmarks of world art and architecture are considered as aesthetic objects, cultural documents and within their socio-historical contexts.

• CRN: 50626
• Instructor: Katherine Inge
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 6 | GEC: 3, 5

Explores the physical, psychological, and cognitive developmental changes of individuals who are functioning in family systems that change across the life-span.

• CRN: 50633
• Instructor: TBD
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 4 | GEC: 4

Students will explore family processes and dynamics. Attention will be given to how family forms, functions, and expectations have changed across generations. Thus, students will study contemporary families in relation to how the concept of family has evolved over time.

• CRN: 51772
• Instructor: TBD
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 4 | GEC: 7

Introduction of terminology, descriptions, and explanations of the parental role and parent-child interactions. Emphasis on social and personal definitions of the parental role and on the problems and changes in parent-child relationships.

• CRN: 51771
• Instructor: TBD
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

Explores the context of public communication through the rhetorical canons of invention, arrangement, style, delivery, and memory. Emphasizes the listening, critical thinking, logical reasoning, and ethical skills necessary for the creation, delivery, and interpretation of appropriate and effective persuasive appeals.

• CRN: 51803
• Instructor: TBD
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 5 | GEC: 4, 6

Examines the task and relational components associated with group member socialization, role acquisition, and leadership development. Emphasizes development of problem-solving, decision-making, listening, and conflict resolution skills necessary for effective group work.

• CRN: 51793
• Instructor: TBD
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 5 | GEC: 4, 6 | Service Course

Introduces students to motion picture analysis so that they can appreciate how film, television, and motion pictures on social media engage audiences and communicate meaning. Draws from historical, film studies, critical, cultural, and psychological perspectives to provide a basic but holistic understanding of how motion pictures are produced, and how their production both reflects and influences society.

• CRN: 51805
• Instructor: Megan Dillow
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 6 | GEC: N/A | SpeakWrite Course

Introduces students to motion picture analysis so that they can appreciate how film, television, and motion pictures on social media engage audiences and communicate meaning. Draws from historical, film studies, critical, cultural, and psychological perspectives to provide a basic but holistic understanding of how motion pictures are produced, and how their production both reflects and influences society.

• CRN: 51804
• Instructor: John Cole
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 6 | GEC: N/A | SpeakWrite Course

Explores the personal, social, economic and environmental aspects of making sustainable choices. Sustainability principles and practices are discussed along with assessments of consumption and lifestyle decisions.

• CRN: 51779
• Instructor: Ronald Hollingshead
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 7 | GEC: 6, 7

Examines twentieth century American culture, politics, and society through film. It explores the relationship between film and history using films as primary sources for understanding the past.

• CRN: 51807
• Instructor: Zachary Patrick
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

Exploration on a global basis of interactions of man and environment as reflected in food production systems. Relation of food supply and use in development or maintenance of social and political institutions.

• CRN: 51013
• Instructor: Jacek Jaczynski
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 4 | GEC: 4, 8

Nutrient structure, metabolism, integrated function and their importance to human well-being during all stages of the life cycle. Current concerns and those of special interest to college students in meeting nutrient needs.

• CRN: 50629
• Instructor: Kelli George
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 2A | GEC: 2C, 4

Introductory study of quantitative and reasoning skills needed for success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

• CRN: 51366
• Instructor: Jolleen Bidwell
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 3 | GEC: N/A | Stem Course Designation

PR: Satisfactory placement through ACT/SAT or ALEKS.

Examines human rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human rights and other UN documents and places them in the context of contemporary video games. Exploration of whether video games can educate us about human rights and to what extent video games and those who create them endorse or devalue human rights.

• CRN: 51811
• Instructor: Thaddeus Herman
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: N/A | GEC: N/A

Introduction of history and development of American popular music.

• CRN: 51770
• Instructor: Adam Osmianski
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 6 | GEC: 5, 7

An examination of current moral problems. Topics include some of the following: abortion, euthanasia, sexism and sexual equality, preferential treatment, animal rights, sexual morality, pornography, economic justice, paternalism, punishment, and nuclear deterrence.

• CRN: 51000
• Instructor: Daniel Miller
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 5 | GEC: 4, 6

Introduces the principles of public relations. Examines the definition and historical development, opportunities and challenges, and techniques and management of public relations.

• CRN: 51769
• Instructor: Craig Davis
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 4 | GEC: N/A

This course explores five of the most widely practiced world religions; Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Students are introduced to the history and basic tenets of each faith.

• CRN: 50631
• Instructor: Aaron Gale
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 7 | GEC: 3, 7

Basic course intended to develop a perspective about the nature of social processes and the structure of society.

• CRN: 50632
• Instructor: Daniel Brewster
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 4 | GEC: 4, 7

Introduction to Earth system processes, human impacts on the environment, and sustainability. Both human and environmental sustainability are emphasized in topics related to Earth materials, climate change, the origin of landforms, natural hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and floods), sustainable energy, and water resources.

• CRN: 51812
• Instructor: TBD
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 2A, 2B | GEC: N/A

Through viewing popular Hollywood films, we will analyze femininity across the life span. Critical thinking and cultural analysis will be practiced as we study heroines, working girls, motherhood, brides, cheerleaders, and old women on screen.

• CRN: 51796
• Instructor: TBD
• Credit Hours: 3 | GEF: 6 | GEC: 4,7 | SpeakWrite Course